Shaw reports that the National Association is unable take up the matter or peace, but is sending all communications to Addams as head of the peace movement in the United States.
Shaw writes to Addams to clarify the awkward situation between the National and State associations for suffrage in navigating the Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft campaigns.
Shaw congratulates Addams on her nominating speech at the Progressive Party Convention, but notes that she does not share Addams' faith in Theodore Roosevelt.