Addams and a number of other leaders petition President Taft to open a commision to study the conditions of labor, its relation to the government, the cost of strikes, and trade unions.
Wald writes Pinchot that Addams is unable to assist with his campaign due to her other speaking obligations, but she invites him to visit the Henry Street Settlement while in New York.
Wald asks Addams for her opinion on joining the Central Committee of the Catherine Breshkovsky Fund for Russian Orphans based on Breshkovsky's statements.
Wald tells Addams that the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's New York Branch seems optimistic about raising funds and notes the German peace activists are pleasant.