The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-03-05
Declares the Church Will
Stand by Them to
the End.
Movement Now Launched
Against Socialism
Will Spread.

The Rev. VIM. J. Kerby, Professor
Of Sociology OF tie Catholic Univer-
| sity Of America, pledged the Catholic
Church from Pope Plus downward
Wednesday night at Cathedral Col
| lege In Madison Avenue, New. York,
to the cause Of union labor in an ad-
dress that was bitter arraignment
of Socialism.
The address was one of a series
planned with the official sanction of
the Church as a formal assault upon
doctrinal Socialism. The Rev. w. y.
Martin, President Of the Institute of
Scientific Study, who has charge of
the anti-Socialistic propaganda, said
after the address that he hoped to
see tie movement now being launch
ed spread to every city and village
in America, ard that it was being
launched in the Archdiocese of New
York for that purpose.
Asked specifically if it was an out
growth of the controversy following
the assassination Of Francisco Fer
rer in Spain. Father Martin said that
the movement originated in this dio.
cese, and was not stimulated from
abroad. but hal been submitted to
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ment and approval.
A squad of Headquarters detec-
tives and several policemen in uni
form stood at the main entrance to
the lecture room to keep out So
,calists and prevent disorder through
the interruption Of questioners who
disturbed the first lecture OF the
series week ago. Those present
were mostly members of the Cath
olic faith, and ii was announced that
the lecture was meant to be infor-
native and for Catholics themselves
rather than to attract the attention
of outsiders.
Programs announced that Arch
bishop Farley was patron of the lee
ture series, and this patronage was
emphasized through the presence on
the stand Of the Right Rev. M. j. La
velle, Second Assistant Vicar Gener-
al of the Archdiocese of New York,
who acted as chairman.
Father Kerby took the place as
lecturer of Charles D. Neill, United
States Commissioner Of Labor who
was prevented from keeping the en-
gagement announced for him.
In paying his tribute to trades
unionism as the force which is to
save the world from Socialism, Ta-
ther Kerby said that none Of the
modern institutional forces was so
generally misunderstood and so
wholly judged by its mistakes in
stead of its virtues as the trades
unions.
"Whcn the disorders that they
sometimes reluctantly participate il,
occur" he said, "the world hears All
about It, Rut personally know many
labor leaders, and know they stop a
thousand OF that thousand you never
hear You never hear of the collective
bargains they make upon terms that
mean decent livelihood for thousand.
of workingmen and hope in their fam
lilies for future that means some
thing more than serfdom.
"But don't pretend to say the
: unions do not make mistakes. They
are particularly prone to enthusiasm
and are very liable at times to over
reach. And that is just the very rea.
son why they need to be understood
1, and need to have friends and need to
have at their. backs all those who
believe in our institutions and our civi.
. lization; lending them always theil
4 helpful inspiration.
! "Organized labor, as at present con.
t stituted, believes in our institutions
e Socialism fblindly cries out agains
i these Institutions and would try t.
( lead the people away from them. Or
i ganized labor believes in rewards ac
cording to the service given, and i