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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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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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Neill telegrams Breckinridge that he thinks it best to secure an appropriation for a study on women workers before created a detailed plan.
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Neill offers Addams advice and assistance in securing an investigation of the condition of women workers.
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Woods tells Speer that he considers the Japanese Exclusion Act a disaster for the United States.
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Addams provides reasons for disarmament as a means to better the economy, reduce unemployment and taxes, and improve international relations. She gave the speech at the Eccleston Guildhouse in London on September 18, 1921.
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Tilton asks the public to give prohibition more than five years before deeming it a failure.
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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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Balch sends Marshall her concerns about peace delegates being admitted to the United States if they have communist ties.
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Balch asks Duggan for help establishing a commission to investigate the economic situation in Germany.
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This paper focuses on the relationship between ethics, economics, government, and religion.
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The Department of Labor proposes a reorganization of work for immigrants.
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Kelley gives Addams a sense of the publicity campaign to pass the Child Labor amendment.
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The text of a bill authorizing the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to investigate and report upon the industrial, social, moral, educational, and physical conditions of women and child workers in the United States.
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Thomas updates Addams on lobbying efforts and her upcoming travels.
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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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Lodge agrees to assist Breckinridge with her study of women's labor.
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Tarbell tells Addams why she declined a position on the United States Tariff Board.
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Tawney confirms that he will consider a study of women's labor and appropriation authorization is approved.
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The Chicago branch of the NAACP protests the Wilson administration's apparent racial discrimination in the federal 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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Addams urges Senator Dolliver to support a bill in Congress to create the Federal Children’s Bureau.
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Addams advises Innes against sending Austrians to approach Congress to avoid the perception of foreign interference.
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Addams tells Lewis about Jeannette Rankin's interest in working with Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.