(Mrs. Simon) recently addressed the following letter to Mrs. Stewart Garnett, chairman of the Ladies' Committee of the St. Mary's Hospitals am very sorry that it will not be possible for me to do as your committee asks and distribute the Christmas gifts at St. Mary's on December 28. Holding, as I do, very strongly the necessity for the inclusion of women on the governing boards and on the staffs of our hospitals, particularly those that deal exclusively with women and children, I do not feel that 1 can ce-operate with St. Mary's so long og it continues to be managed and staffed entirely by men.
"As I do not wish there to be any misunderstanding as to my refusing your kind invitation, I am sending a copy of this letter to the press.""
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