Addams discusses the association in the public eye between settlements and immigrants and when immigrants are involved in high profile crimes, settlements are accused of supporting anarchism. Addams defends the role of the settlement as the bridge between immigrant communities and the American public, holding that it does not change in times of crisis.
Addams sends Polacheck a photograph. Addams has also read Polacheck's manuscript and believes that the work would reach more people in a regular magazine.
Addams declines Johnson's invitation to write an article for The Century, but asks if Johnson will publish an open letter about the role of settlements as benevolent institutions.
Addams shares her horror over the execution of the defendants in the Fred Guelzow murder, provides Smith with a progress report on her writing, comments on two novels she has read, and shares her longing for Smith's presence.
