He was thought to be one of members of the right wing at the Society for the Study of Social Policy as he proposed policies based on a master-pupil relationship, familism, and paternalism, and he was criticized by extremists such as Iwasaburo TAKANO and Tokuzo FUKUDA in the above-mentioned first meeting.
社会政策学会における添田は、「主従の情誼」や家族主義・温情主義に基づく政策を唱道する最右派とされ、先述の第1回大会でもより急進的な部分を代表する高野岩三郎・福田徳三からの批判を受けている。