Bailey tells Addams that the American Civil Liberties Union plans to sue the Chicago Tribune, C. B. Hopkins and the Military Intelligence Association for libel. They want Addams to join the suit.
Eastman sends Addams news coverage of an attack on her and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom made at the Massachusetts conference of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Addams replies to Catt's questionnaire but discourages Catt from trying to fight the Daughters of the American Revolution's attacks on her and the peace movement.
Addams tells Catt that the attacks against the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom have been answered by Emily Balch and the World, and that she does not take them seriously.
Addams tells Travis that the Daughters of the American Revolution's condemnation of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom is not the work of the national organization, but only of some local chapters.
Kilbreth accuses Addams and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom of lying when they say that there is no pledge or vow taken by its members. She indicates that a pledge to refuse to aid war efforts is unpatriotic.