Swarthmore, Pa., Jan. 17, 1937.
Dear Membﬁr of ﬁhw: Business {Yomr'litteew
I recsaivml a lattar from "971's. DaVM in which 1511!: ancioaed one;
mowiynd by her from "ﬁrs. E1111 Knowles Iﬁaskel 1, of ’Grm‘f‘ana, from which T quote:

“Yes, in ﬁion‘hana, :thuro is now a chance to Obtain suffrage under
'the initiative and referendum, but «some one with executive ability will have “to give
their time to it. 'I‘hiza "E cannot (in at f")r2480nto My hands are vary full. If all 3:003
wall with ﬁha mine, and I hope t0 know by ﬁhe fall of 1907, I m1y nut hays ta yractica
law any longﬁr, than I Shauld hava morw'tﬁnﬁ for other work."

I was not aware that Montana had an ir::':-+.ia‘~..ive and rm’nrendtm
lav: ml I don"t; knmv no'r: whethﬁr it real. 1.31 exists; or whether they 1.1m only frying to

get it. I haw written to 1.1m. Haskell 11mins: Mar ".0 sand all the necessary tiata in
‘ .

cartméction with it to glaoe be 1‘0 :6! 72h!» 5-14.12: aims finmwuhtm :11; {aim Convenﬁnn in

Chicago, -.!.’rzaz~e «m can drmida whether it vmuld be advisable to initiatt‘: a campaign in

ﬁzhat 1551:1136. I ham? :11:de firs. Haskell 4m 45111]. me: not unl‘y 1.111: candy-3370115 m: wk‘dxth a

omimigm 11111:!1-211 initiate‘ad. 'bu‘r. 113.90 “hat “.111“: “Shinks is {Ea autitude of 1114:»; pry-33118

toward the que‘estinn, and how much 106ml halp we 'caulzl degmnd upon it an aman»‘}=‘:‘ent

, law
ahoulé he arbmiﬁmd, for if We»: Have an iniﬁiafcivm and 1‘i%f~’e.r'r‘:r1d1zm in ‘a‘ ate now,

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if; mifghﬁ “on a good thing for us. to begin ts) war-3!: tuyarr‘} 11111:» mzbmissinn of an azmndmant
and get 1.52161 11min in 1111115716 f“)? if.

171 rBf-‘Tard to communism inn TBI35‘1VI3d ‘1,‘2’1ip;. r11-§w~y\_in;-{ 'f‘ri‘g"; 345.3. {3.53th
concwnin ‘30—“: mﬁfmtuda of "the women in Utah, wha h we «headed not ‘to join our Asso-
ciati-rm 13hr: whole!- ﬁhinp. 113 var“ 133,1“17'1 triacea‘nla +10 “ﬁrs. Schoff of the Moﬂmra'

D ,3 1
Ccmgress. "#311111; she» said to theme 1921-3111611; in Utah, eh.“ has been saying: "fan the ‘x-Icmen
throughout all the western whites and in fact in all the states in which she has held

meetings. To my mind she is a. most dang-11 r0118 :mman and has vary Li 1,1316. regani for

fact: in making a statoment.

Some time ago, I received a 111?.th from a. lady in Utah mt-‘ating

that. in an address there, Mrs. 0148013, the wife at the: Sanator, had made: a statement