Addams discusses the role that settlements play in improving the conditions of the poor. Only the portion of the article with Addams remarks has been included.
Kennedy tells Addams that she, John Elliott, and Lillian Wald have been appointed to direct Miss Beck's study of settlements and community work in Germany.
Kennedy sends Addams recent minutes of the Federation, the upcoming annual conference, and discusses the creation of an International Settlement association.
Kennedy asks Addams whether the Chicago Federation of Settlements will write to their representatives to support the Henry Cabot Lodge bill on delaying reparations asks about details of a child labor law.