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Addams asks Borah to intercede to prevent the executions of Sacco and Vanzetti.

Jesse Ashley's article describing a strike in Massachusetts.

Addams describes the positive impact of Prohibition and argues for better enforcement and disarmament in order to improve things.

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

Addams argues that woman suffrage might impact the plight of fallen women who are preyed upon by men.

With Maud Booth, Addams addresses the Merchant's Club, appealing for aid in helping criminals and rescuing boys who may become criminals.

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

An anonymous writer apologizes for his misunderstanding of the biases of the Record-Herald against the police. Addams received a copy of this letter.

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

A "Friend to Man" asks Addams to give a Bible to Nicholas Viana and hopes that his execution will be stayed.

Lindsey writes Addams to explain a campaign to discredit his work to regulate crime against women.

Flexner describes a lynching in Livermore, Kentucky and the reaction of the town and arrest of the participants.

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

The article covers the arrest of Emily Hobhouse by British authorities.

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

Henderson offers an analysis of Addams' statement about capital punishment in Illinois.

Dawes praises Addams' piece in Charities and the Commons about the Averbuch Incident.

Addams responds to judges ordering parents to administer corporal punishment to juvenile delinquents. This was part of a longer new article.

Taylor and Addams discuss the arrest of Abraham Isaak.

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

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

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

Stahl criticizes Addams for her opposititon to capital punishment.

Addams discusses crime, juvenile delinquency and efforts to humanize justice.

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

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

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

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

Routzahn thanks Addams for her honest article about the Averbuch incident.

Rich disputes Addams's views on capital punishment, claiming that sentimental opposition results in more crime.

MacVeagh writes Addams about his intention to read her Charities and the Commons article on the Averbuch incident.

Greeley praises Addams' article on the Averbuch Incident and discusses his sojourn in Maine.

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

Speranza asks the members of the Committee on Crime and Immigration to inform him of particular questions the committee should consider and that they will convene via correspondence due to the difficulty of scheduling a meeting of the group.

Speranza thanks Abbott and Jane Addams for their work on behalf of the American Institute of Criminal Law & Criminology in its investigation of the courts.

Speranza complains to MacChesney that his committee has been unable to do much on their research on immigrants and crime.

Speranza accepts MacChesney's invitation to serve as chairman of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology Committee, which includes Jane Addams.

Speranza's assignments of Committee on Crime and Immigration members into subcommittees.

Abbott writes Speranza with Jane Addams' opinion that the North American Civic League should conduct an investigation into crime and immigration in New York.

Laidlaw writes to Waldo about an brutal attack on a female social worker in New York City's Chinatown and demands an investigation.

Laidlaw demands that Gaynor protect social workers operating in New York City's Chinatown .

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

A narrative describing the social and economic background of four men convicted of murdering Frank Guelzow.

Addams offers reasons why Chicago should extend vote to women.

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

Addams appeals to Fuller to commute the death sentence of 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.

Addams tells Pinchot that she will send his letter to the American Civil Liberties Union to answer his questions about clemency.

Addams discusses Emma Goldman's case with Wald.

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

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