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during the present summer. The chair appointed Mr. Robbins,Miss 
and Mr. Allen as the .committee.”’ 
Mr. Alken brought me this report/;the morning after the meeting,and 
said tne Dir: C wanted someone who could go off at times and give 
lectures and talks to women’s clubs, possibly someone rich enough to 
give their services, and that if they found the “problematical person’, 
he or she might wish to assume all the work. If not they might want me 
to stay and do much as I am doing now, but at a reduced salary, to help 
towards the amount it would be necessary to pay the other person. Also 
that I would not be allowed extra time.He wanted to know whether I 
vould do this and I told him that when the committee had decided just 
what they were to do and made me a definite proposition, I would tell 
them whether I wanted to stay or not.I couldn’t tell whether the“other 
persqn” would be ane I @uuld work well with, how the work would be divid- 
ed or anything clearly. I was strongly tempted to resign at once and 
iy family felt the same about it when I told them, but I had stood so 
much already, and have felt so much interested in the work, I decideat 
see it through.I told Mr. Allen it waquld not be possible for anyone to 
go away lecturing and keep up with the office 1 k but he said he did 
DOG Agnew tied: lam anything about the work.He aiso said it was 
Some such” Dhan’ as. was suceested for Mr. Lord several years sroxGuine s\ia(@ aim 
me bee dedi. BE recoeniged that fact and had never felt that Mr. Hoffmann 
given up the scheme. He said -there was no oxriticism of the way I 
COnducted the, business of the Society and I showed him a ietter I 
received from Mr. Lowell in which he says,“I shail be very sorry if 
Directgrs do decide to make a change in the Secretary. As far as 
finencial end of the business goes, I have Qlways found you most 
metnodical and acturate.” Of course Mr. Lowell has only followed my 
WOrE as €meas. clasely. 
June 15th, Miss Hall came in and said the committee had held one 
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