Jane Addams, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
I reside at 800 South Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois.
I am a member of the Executive Committee of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and I am International President, having held this office continuously since the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom was founded in May, 1919 at a congress held in Zurich, Switzerland, and having been duly elected at each succeeding Congress, viz: at Vienna, Austria in 1921; at Washington, U.S.A., in 1924; and at Dublin, Ireland, in 1926.
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom is a charitable association, organized and existing to spread peace and freedom throughout the world, and embracing within its membership women opposed to war and who work for universal peace and disarmament.
The object, or Statement of Aims, of said League, as appears in the Constitution of said League, as amended in 1926, is, as follows:
"STATEMENT OF AIMS:
"The W.I.L. aims at uniting women in all countries who are opposed to every kind of war, exploitation and oppression, and who work for universal disarmament and for the solution of conflicts by the recognition of human solidarity, by conciliation and arbitration, by world [cooperation], and by the establishment of social, political, and economic justice for all, without distinction of sex, race, class or creed.
"The work of all the National Sections is based upon the statements adopted and the Resolutions passed by the International Congresses of the League." [page 2]
The women's International League for Peace and Freedom was organized in the year 1919. The name "Women's International League for Peace and Freedom" was adopted in 1919. The League consists of sections, organized and existing in 25 countries, (previous to April 1927, 24), and each section is authorized to elect and send delegates to a congress or meeting, held every three years. This congress convenes upon the summons of the Executive Committee, and is composed of the members of the Executive Committee, the members of the Consultative Committee of the League, and delegates and alternates from each national section. The delegates from each national section may not exceed twenty, and each delegate has a right to one vote. The League maintains an office, designated as the "Bureau of the League," at Geneva, Switzerland, and its address is 12 rue du Vieux College, Geneva. From the month of May 1919 to the month of December 1922, Emily Greene Balch was Secretary and Treasurer of this League, and, during this time, she was resident at Geneva, Switzerland, where the office or Bureau of the League is situated. As Treasurer, she was in charge of the finances of the League. Remittances from the national sections and from other sources were made to her, and she deposited the remittances in her discretion at the Banque Federale at Geneva and The National Park Bank, New York City, U.S.A. These funds were withdrawn by checks, signed "Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Emily Greene Balch, Treasurer." She made up statements and financial reports, and, generally, accounted for the funds in her custody, as Treasurer, to the Executive Committee and to the Congress of the League. Her reports as Treasurer were audited and approved in the usual way in which Treasurer's reports are audited and approved. [page 3]
Emily Greene Balch tendered her resignation, as Secretary and Treasurer of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, to the Executive Committee, at its meeting held at The Hague, Holland, in 1922. At this meeting of the Executive Committee, Miss Vilma [Glücklich] of Budapest, Hungary, was appointed her successor as International Secretary of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and Madame Cor Ramondt-Hirschmann of 14/III Daniel de Langestraat, Amsterdam, Holland, was appointed by the Executive Committee of the League, "Recording and Financial Secretary." Madame Cor Ramondt-Hirschmann accepted the office, and at all times since, has acted as such, and is now the Recording Secretary and Treasurer of said League, under the title "Recording and Financial Secretary."
Financial reports are made to the Executive Committee and Congress by Madame Ramondt-Hirschmann.
For convenience' sake all funds are deposited in a League account kept in the Union de Banques Suisses at Geneva, subject to withdrawal, by checks signed by the International Secretary, resident at the Bureau of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom in Geneva, Switzerland.
The International Secretary, resident at Geneva, accounts to Madame Ramondt-Hirschmann for all disbursements made by her. Madame Ramondt-Hirschmann is, in fact, the Treasurer of the International League, under the title "Financial Secretary." There is no other officer or person connected with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom who bears the title of Treasurer or is entitled to act as such.
Sworn to before me this [blank] day of April, 1927.
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