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Hamilton thanks Addams for The Second Twenty Years at Hull-House and tells of the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection.

Balch urges the League to support the United States's entry into the World Court.

Breckinridge thanks Addams for The Second Twenty Years at Hull-House, and tells her what happened at the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection.

Cabot tells Addams that he wrote to Ray Wilbur on her suggestion.

Wilbur tells Addams that he has invited Grace Abbott to speak at the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection.

Colcord asks Addams sign a letter urging Herbert Hoover to support efforts to make war illegal.

Lathrop encourages Addams to attend the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection.

Blake tells Addams her views on sending a Women's International League for Peace and Freedom delegation to India.

A report on the National Conference of Social Work's endorsement of Grace Abbott for the Secretary of Labor.

Addams decries the deportation of immigrants due to the Immigration Act of 1924. This speech was given at the National Conference of Social Work.

Todd tells Addams how he has supported Grace Abbott's candidacy for Secretary of Labor.

Robins tells Addams that she heard a rumor that a new Secretary of Labor was already selected, but supports Grace Abbott's appointment.

Mack gives Addams some suggestions to help Grace Abbott secure the Department of Labor position.

Abbott hopes to meet Addams in Washington and D.C. and offers her disillusionment about the fate of the Children's Bureau.

Rosenwald asks Abbott for information about the political future of the Children's Bureau.

Levinson sends Addams a donation and discusses the politics of the World Court and the United States government.

Ludlow asks Addams for her opinion of his resolution about the growing centralization of the government.

Addams describes the positive impact of Prohibition and argues for better enforcement and disarmament in order to improve things.

Holmes argues that Rosika Schwimmer ought not be barred from citizenship because her pacifism makes her unwilling to bear arms in defense of the country.

Gilbert thanks Addams for her letter regarding the United States membership in the Permanent Court of International Justice.

Wolf asks Addams for her advice on an upcoming meeting with Calvin Coolidge.

Kitchell argues that most anthems are warlike and he wants to develop one for international peace.

Kellogg asks Addams to add her name to a request to get a new trial for Sacco and Vanzetti.

Earle tells Detzer that he like her idea of holding a conference on protecting citizens living abroad.

Detzer asks Coolidge to add a disarmament expert to the upcoming Naval Conference.

Detzer asks Earle, Latane, Moon, Putney and Sheppard for help defending Senate Resolution #15.

Detzer asks Coolidge to add Theodore Burton to the American delegation to the upcoming Naval Conference.

Detzer sends Hull information about lobbying actions taken regaring the upcoming Naval Conference.

McDonald summarizes a meeting of the World Court Conference that discusses the United States's reaction to the World Court and whether or not unity of action was desirable.

Detzer updates Addams on her protesting a bill in Congress.

Coolidge writes Stewart in support of the work of the National Illiteracy Crusade.

Coolidge writes Stewart in support of the work of the National Illiteracy Crusade.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Baxter sends Addams his statement opposing National Defense Day.

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

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

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

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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