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Cramton introduces three statements regarding the enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment in a House hearing on H.R. 3821.

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The Congress supports H.R. 3821 which will put enforcement of prohibition under civil service.

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Addams sends Detzer information on a study of military spending in Wisconsin and suggest other states look into it.

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Tilton asks the public to give prohibition more than five years before deeming it a failure.

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Gulick discusses Japanese-American foreign relations and how they have been impacted by the Great Kanto Earthquake and the anti-Japanese immigration laws passed in the United States.

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Woods tells Speer that he considers the Japanese Exclusion Act a disaster for the United States.

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Woods updates the group on the progress of having the Pan-American Committee bill introduced into the Congressional Record.

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Woods updates Baber on efforts to have Senators read the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's resolutions into the Congressional Record.

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Matthews sends Addams copies of Children's Bureau literature on child labor to use for her article.

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Kelley gives Addams a sense of the publicity campaign to pass the Child Labor amendment.

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Von Trueberg asks Addams for help in lobbying Congress to admit more immigrants from Italy, Germany and Austria.

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The Children's Bureau argues for the passage of an amendment to the constitution to protect children.

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The Bureau details the history of the development of the Child Labor Amendment.

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Baxter sends Addams his statement opposing National Defense Day.

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Catt tells Addams about the possibility of an investigation of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom for Russian ties by Congress and provides information about a similar investigation of the Women's Joint Congressional Committee, and mentions that the accusations are funded by militarists.

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Colcord sens Addams his ideas on how to gather Republican support for the World Court.

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A Women's International League for Peace and Freedom member reports to Addams on lobbying Senator Robert Owen.

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A Women's International League for Peace and Freedom member sends Addams a draft letter (not found) to answer press criticism of the International Congress of Women.

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Gulick tells Addams about the efforts of the Committee in regard to the House Immigration Bill and seeks financial support.

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Balch sends Marshall her concerns about peace delegates being admitted to the United States if they have communist ties.

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Snow tells Addams that it is likely that the United States will send an official observer to the League of Nations.

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Mead updates Addams about her activities for peace and her husband's political views.

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Addams thanks Kent for the work he is doing on resource allotment in California.

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Addams tells Lewis about Jeannette Rankin's interest in working with Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

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Dodd suggests some ideas to Addams about a chapter of the manuscript for Peace and Bread in Time of War.