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Newspaper summary of Addams' speech on child labor and the need for new laws.

Addams testifies that the system of child labor destroys genius, and how work on the stage damages children.

An excerpt from Addams' March 22 speech at Faneuil Hall to the Boston Equal Suffrage Association and the Women's Trade Union League on the changes in women's work brought about by factory work.

Addams seeks Senator Sutherland's support for the establishment of a Federal Children's Bureau, arguing that it would allow the gathering of information currently not possible.

Addams and Abbott write Underwood to oppose a Congressional bill to require literacy tests for immigrants.

Harper offers Addams his opinion on a bill regulating children in the street trades.

Addams led a contingent to oppose efforts to exclude child actors from child labor laws. She testified before the State Senate committee considering the bill, along with Will J. Davis (speaking for the bill), Mrs. Coonley-Ward, Mrs. A. T. Aldrich, Margaret Halsey, and Anna Nichols.

Addams' lecture on March 12 at the National Child Labor Committee Conference in Birmingham, Alabama, in which she discusses child labor legislation in Illinois.

A published version of Addams' lecture on March 12 at the National Child Labor Committee Conference in Birmingham, Alabama, in which she discussed child labor legislation in Illinois.

Lovejoy asks Addams about the status of the Child Actor Bill pending in the Illinois legislature.

Addams sends Johnson her letter to Niels Juul asking for another opportunity to address the Illinois Senate regarding Senate Substitute Bill 233 and child actors.

Addams asks Juul if she can speak against a new version of Senate Bill 233 regarding child actors.

Holaday invites Addams to present her arguments on State Senate Bill 233, which threatens to exempt child actors from the 1903 Illinois Child Labor Law.

Bates praises Addams for her work to ban child actors from the theater.

Addams' testimony before an Illinois State Senate committee as the leader of a contingent to oppose legislation in Illinois that would exempt child actors from the state's 1903 Child Labor Law.

Brown asks Addams for advice about how best to get his research on stage children to Illinois legislators.

Addams writes Lovejoy about the progress of a bill in the Illinois legislature that would exempt child actors from the Illinois Child Labor Law.

Addams asks Oglesby to allow herself or someone else to testify before the Illinois Senate in regard to legislation that would give theaters an exception to employing children after hours.

Brown informs Addams that the street trades bill she favored failed in the Illinois Senate, but the child stage bill she opposed also failed.

Chute and Brown send Addams a telegram regarding the defeat of stage bill in the Illinois Senate.

Oglesby informs Addams that allowing her request to speak at the hearings on the child actor bill was not within his power.

Newspaper report of an Addams' statement about the causes of violent labor actions being antiquated laws.

Van Horn corrects an error in Addams' recent article in McClure's Magazine about the age of consent in Wyoming.

An eight-page pamphlet summarizing Roosevelt's political record on labor.

Congressman Sulzer asks Addams for her assistance on the passage of a resolution (not found).

Addams explains the Progressive Party's approach to child labor and legislation.

Fisher invites Addams to a luncheon meeting in New York to discuss efforts to lobby for Progressive legislation.

Andrews asks Addams, as a member of the Committee on Unemployment, to assist with a report for the American Association for Labor Legislation.

Matheny informs Addams about the Progressive legislation agenda and suffrage in West Virginia and asks her to be a part of it all.

Addams et al. ask Washington to join the American Association for Labor Legislation campaign.

McCarthy asks Addams for financial backing for his plan to hire stenographers to help create and distribute materials and legislative bills for the Progressive Party Legislative Bureau.

McCormick discusses his views on the legislative agenda of the Progressive Party.

McCarthy offers his assistance in developing a legislative bureau within the Progressive Party.

Addams provides an argument against literacy tests for immigrants, proposed by the Burnett Bill recently pased by the U.S. House of Representatives.

Minutes of the first meeting of the Progressive Party's Legislative Committee.

Draper announces the formation of the Progressive Party's Legislative Bureau, its composition, and its duties.

A proposed resolution setting out the rules regarding the recording of committee meetings.

Lewis writes Addams about the agenda of the upcoming meeting of the Legislative Reference Committee of the Progressive National Service.

The American Association for Labor Legislation seeks support of time and money to conduct its work.

Addams seeks Washington's aid in a campaign for labor regulations.

Kellogg writes Bowen regarding a number of labor legislation bills.

A House bill, introduced by Victor Murdock, to create a Commission on Naturalization.

Addams discusses the Funds to Parents Act, which provides charitable support for impoverished children.

Addams' speaks on the impact of poverty at the National Federation of Settlements in Pittsburgh.

Testimony of Addams and Anna Shaw before a Congressional Committee on Rules regarding woman's suffrage.

Lewis asks for Addams' approval of the wording of a draft of the Progressive Party's Workmen's Compensation Act.

Lewis asks the Drafting Association to work on creating legislation for workmen's compensation.

Lewis asks for Addams' suggestions on legislative language related to the recall of judicial decisions.

Addams questions the process of how pension funds are being distributed to needing families and how it needs to be handled better while criticizing the city of Chicago's government for not doing enough to help the poor.

Addams questions the process of how pension funds are being distributed to needing families and how it needs to be handled better while criticizing the city of Chicago's government for not doing enough to help the poor.

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