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I have been in
I am leaving
You were kind enough to say that the use of my name on the Committee would not entail any duties. But unfortunately the use of one's name on any committee means many invitations from other societies and committees, and a great many letters from people who seem to write to one merely because seeing one's name reminds them of one's existence. However good your intentions might be, you could not prevent this. For the present, while my mother is in this condition, I want to eliminate in so far as possible all intrusions from the outside, and even the use of my name on your Committee would result in intrusions of this kind. I know by experience that when one's name is printed on a committee list, many unforeseen complications may ensue, and for the next year or so I would like to be forgotten completely.