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

Also known as Wickersham Commission

Wickersham invites Addams to speak for the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement on prohibition in Chicago.

A writers criticizes Addams for intervening in the Sacco & Vanzetti court case.

Starr urges the public to believe the experts who claim that evidence was misused against Sacco and Vanzetti.

Williams breaks down inconsistencies in the government's report on the Sacco-Vanzetti case, highlighting the misinterpretation of evidence.

Newspaper reports on Brown's letter to the Boston Herald regarding the Sacco and Vanzetti case.

Article publishes Borah's telegram to Addams refusing to interfere in the Sacco and Vanzetti trial.

Young argues to the editor that outsiders should not question the justice system.

Addams supports Anita Whitney who was convicted for being a member of the communist party.

Addams argues for gun control and placing more faith in the younger generation.

Kellogg tells Addams about a crime study by William Bolitho that was funded by Anita Blaine.

Freund asks Addams to intercede for Sacco and Vanzetti with Governor Fuller.

Addams appeals to Fuller to commute the death sentence of Sacco and Vanzetti.

The authors appeal to the Belgian Government for clemency for Flemish nationalists for actions taken during World War I.

A list of people who signed a petition in support of amnesty for Flemish Nationalists imprisoned after World War I.

Lovett asks Addams to join the Committee, offering an outline of its goals.

The Post criticizes Addams’s arguments against the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti.

Cotterell tells Addams about his view on crime.

Addams thanks Borah for assisting the Sacco and Vanzetti defense.

Addams tells the Committee that she has telegramed President Coolidge and Governor Fuller.

Addams thanks Borah for helping the Sacco and Vanzetti defense.

Borah tells Addams that he disagrees with her views on the Sacco and Vanzetti case.

Holland tells Addams that they might turn the outrage against the Sacco and Vanzetti verdicts to a movement to overhaul the legal system.

A reader sends Addams a clipping mocking efforts to stay the Sacco and Vanzetti execution.

Addams sends Borah a clipping to explains her support of clemency in the Sacco and Vanzetti case.

Starr sends Addams clippings on the Sacco and Vanzetti case and apologizes that Hull-House was brought into it.

Borah tells Addams that he will not intervene in the Sacco and Vanzetti case.

Cooper asks Elliott's opinion on the role of the settlement in a neighborhood.

Elliott tells Cooper that he opposes capital punishment but does not think that all settlement people agree.

Lovett tells Addams he will print her note on the Sacco and Vanzetti trial and shares family news.

Addams tells Lovett why she will not join the Citizen's Committee's petition to the Department of Justice.

Addams tells Kellogg that she supports his idea to try to save Sacco and Vanzetti.

Addams tells Kelley that she refused to sign a petition because she does not trust the Justice Department's files on the Sacco and Vanzetti case.

Kellogg and Hapgood ask Addams to support an effort to get a new trial for Sacco and Vanzetti.

Thomas asks Addams to lobby government officials to ask for a new trial for Sacco and Vanzetti.

Kotty tells Addams that reformers are the cause of moral laxity and that bringing back saloons and red light districts will improve morality.

Gilman asks Addams to intervene to prevent the execution of Nicolo Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.

Addams asks Fuller to set aside the death penalty for Sacco and Vanzetti because the trial was unfair.

A flyer advertises a public event to promote efforts to end the death penalty in New York. This was held on January 31, 1927.

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