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.

Addams speaks to the Catholic Women's League about the ways the poor are harmed by unthinking charitable efforts.

Updike asks Addams to assist a young man in Chicago who has had a difficult life and needs some guidance.