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.
