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I was the one who said “yes or no” on amendments and what to do. They would all act on a signal. It was the best piece of coordination and cooperation I ever saw. It was real comradeship and friendship among these people.

So, of course, I was handicapped in not being able to be active in this. But Nelle Swartz, Joe Hammitt, Bob Binkerd, Pauline Goldmark, Robert Kohn, the architect, Anne Morgan and Rudolph P. Miller, an engineer and building expert, are the people I remember. There were many others too. Bailey Burritt, John Andrews, Irene Andrews, Paul Kennedy, all did what I asked. They took my word for it and kept the organization together. They went up to Albany. They made all the representations. They didn't let the organization die, which was a very great blessing.

As I look back at it I see that surely I was handicapped at that point, but there were friends, organizations and the support of colleagues who trusted each other. That was what made that thing go all right.

By 1916 when my daughter was born the war was well on. The war was obscuring many things in many people's minds. We had agreed among ourselves in the Committee on Safety - it was my idea - that there was no sense in keeping this organization alive, collecting money and getting the support of the public, after its primary objective was accomplished.