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NATIONAL OFFICERS
NATIONAL
NOODROW WILSON
RED CROSS WAR
PRESIDENT
COUNCIL
Ru BERT w. DeFOREST
³ICE-PRESIDENT
BY APPOINTMENT
JOHN SKELTON WILLÍAMS
OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE
TREASURER
UNITED STATES
JOHN w. DAVIS
THE AMERICAN RED CROSS
-
COUNSELOR
HENRY P. DAVISON, CHAIRMAN
STOCKTON AXSON
JOHN D. RYAN
SECRETARY
C.D. STIMSON, MANAGER
CORNELIUS N. BLISS. JR.
NORTHWESTERN DIVISION
GEORGE B. CASE
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
HARVEY D. GIBSON
CHAIRMAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
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ELIOT WADSWORTH
VICE-CHAIRMAN
EX-OFFICIO
HARVEY D. GIBSON
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
GENERAL MANAGER
July 19, 1920.
ELIOT WADSWORTH
a
Mrs. St. John,
Tokyo, Japan.
My dear Mrs. St. John:
Your letter asking that I reconsider Miss Williams report "Note B" received.
I
am going to tell you why. If after the following explanation you think
I am wrong I wish you would write Miss Noyes directly because it is my desire
to be fair:
When the final efficiency reports were made out in Vladivostok for the Western
Division, I hoped in my reports to convey to National Headquarters (after months
of observation) my final recommendation for future service with the Red Cross
either at home or abroad.
"Note. (a) Miss Williams measures up well for practical
work that has been already established, but
in organization she gets lost in detail.
(b) Miss Williams makes statements, thoughtlessly
perhaps, which incriminate -- one such vicious
remark has been retracted, others have been proven
to be false."
In making out "Note B", without wishing to off-set the good work done by Miss
Williams, I did want you to know of this disappointing trait in Miss Williams.
She has the faculty of creating vile stories about people that she is working
with; stories that are slanderous in every respect. It caused a great deal
of concern even in our small colony in the West, and several innocent people
were slandered by her. However, all understood her and made allowances.
If Miss Williams should be associated with another foreign Commission, or in
the United States become connected with the Red Cross, as for instance, in
Public Health Work in counties, she could cause a great deal of disturbance,
and the reflection would be on the Red Cross as an organization, not Miss
Williams as an individiual.
It was for these reasons that I was as frank in stating my opinion because I
do know what an unscrupulous pe rson can do in small communities.
Miss Pinder and I discussed the subject, not forgetting the very good work done
by Miss Williams, and we felt that you should know exactly our findings in this
case.
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