A 28-page illustrated pamphlet outlining the work and social conditions of newsboys and newsgirls, based on a two-day intensive investigation. In it the Committee proposes revisions in child labor laws to curb the worst excesses.
Macmillan offers a defense against malicious statements about the company circulating in Chicago. Brett hoped to clarify the issue with Addams, who was a member of the school board and might help.
Post informs Addams that the newspaper coverage of the Women's Trade Union League's decision to move their meetings from Bowen Hall at Hull-House to the Chicago Federation of Labor Hall was inaccurate and designed to cause hard feelings.
Norton updates Addams on his family and offers his sympathy for the negative attacks on Hull-House printed in the newspaper following the murder of Lazarus Averbuch.
Small criticizes the Chicago Tribune's coverage of the Averbuch Incident, specifically discussing meetings between Jane Addams and others in John Maynard Harlan's office.
McClure asks Addams to ensure that reporters covering her speech to the Chicago Ethical Society only publish summaries, as he wishes to preserve copyright on her forthcoming article in McClures.
The author sympathizes with the McNamara brothers, who bombed the Los Angeles Times building in California in October 1910, because they were insane but criticizes the Chicago newspapers for responding with bigotry against the Irish community.
Dye congratulates Addams on promoting the ideas of social work and suggests that social workers should create their own newspapers to spread the word of their deeds.
Harper writes Addams to explain something erroneous attributed to her in the newspaper, which were critical of Addams. She also criticizes Addams for seconding Roosevelt.
