Letter from Lillian Gish, Chicago, Illinois, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1941 April 29 : typescript signed.

Expressing her regret that her speech (against American involvement in the war in Europe), which was broadcast over the Mutual Broadcast, was not aired in Seattle, and commenting on the difficulty of getting time on the Columbia or National networks if one intends to speak against the war; adding that letters for and against the broadcast "keep pouring in" and praising Wagenknecht's series of (antiwar) articles "Things I hate"; remarking that "Griffith is only living in Reno because he likes it", writing that they will be leaving Chicago on May 24th, that she does not know if she will go West to make a picture or East for the summer, and emphasizing that she needs a rest; informing him that her sister Dorothy is opening in Detroit the first week of June "where she will no doubt play through the summer", and telling him she has not made up her mind whether or not to re-sign to tour in "Life with Father" but will let know when she has reached a decision; promising to send him a copy of her speech "as soon as The America First Committee gets them over to me", and hoping that he will find his corrections incorporated into it.