Addams speaks on changes going on in the trade unions that are weakening the movement. Helena Dudley discussed the work of Denison House in relation to Syrian immigrants.
Addams discusses the association in the public eye between settlements and immigrants and when immigrants are involved in high profile crimes, settlements are accused of supporting anarchism. Addams defends the role of the settlement as the bridge between immigrant communities and the American public, holding that it does not change in times of crisis.
Addams suggests that Barnett visit Hull-House and describes a planned meeting of the American Federation of Settlements that will honor her deceased husband.
Addams recalls stories from her childhood meetings with Civil War Colonel John A. Davis, as part of a dedication of a guest chamber at the Abraham Lincoln Center settlement in his honor. The speech was published in a pamphlet on the event.
After Addams declined an invitation to speak at the Industrial School Association in Detroit, Hatch writes in the hopes of scheduling another time and to solicit ideas for a replacement.
