The Washington times., 1910-09-26
CHARITY EXTENSION
PLAN Of CATHOLICS
Nation Wide Campaig n
Meets With Approval
of Conference.

Vita a view to taking stock" Of the
work Of Catholic charities in all sec
tfons Of the United States, the first bust
ness session Of the Fifth National Con
ference of catholic Charities. at the
Catholic University this morning, was
devoted 10 hearing verbal and written
reports from the various dioceses-
These reports were required to show
whether II is possible for Catholic So
cieties TO cooperate with State and non
sectarian societies and. so interesting
did they prove 10 the delegates that II
Aas unanimously voted To dispense with
the sectional meetings set Tor II O. clock
judge William H De Lacy, Of the Ju-
venile Court presented the report OF lhe
District Of Columbia There Is no dis
elimination against Catholic charity
workers in the District. declared Judge
De Lacy. and "A spirit Of cooperation
and fTiendlIneSS prevails In answer 10
one Of the questions contained in the
circular sent broadcast by the confer
ence promoters, Judge De Lacy told the
delegates that Catholics are officially
recognized on the boards Of charity
No Board Here
A Catholic state board Of charity,
said Judge De Lacy, would not be Prac-
ticabIe for Washington. because Of the
smaIIness Of the District territory
Reports from the various States varied
as TO the ACCESSIBILITY Of organizing
Catholic state societies, to cooperate
with the tivH charitable organizations
The noon luncheon hour broke into
the preliminary discussion concerning
the best means TO bring about a nation
wide movement on the part Of the
Catholic Charities This afternoon the
sectional meetings. postponed this
morning because the J0g delegates pres
ent wished to take stock as Judge
De Lacy expressed IL, viii be held
The Rev Father Boyle, Of TeXar-
kama Ark enlivened a routine morn
ing session with a refutatiOn Of some
Of the maigning statements that
seem to have gone abroad concerning
Arkansas According to Father Boyle, /
who kept the delegates in laughter
for FIVE minutes, Arkansas is a most
prosperous State. so far as the Cath
olics are concerned, anyway
No Catholics There.
Answering the questions asked all
delegates as to the treatment Of
Catholic charities by State and city
governments, Father Boyle said
"CathOIiss never say mass al the Ar
kansas penltenJiary- for there isn't q
Catholic IN the peuIreDtlary- We have
an orphan asylum CAPABLE Of aCCOmmO-
dating 800 orphans and sevenJy-fiye a ged
people. We haven't been able 10 md
but seventy-One orphans and eight
needy old people IN the state
AS 20 Catholic representation on the |
State board of charities that IS a DO
Htical job ANY Catholic can get place
on the board If he wants 10 get out and
hustle for IL
indicating the groundwork OF the
great movement being luauEuTated Tor
2 Catholic charity movement mat Vii
Be felt in all sections, are the questions
asked by the promoters OF the confer
ence, which We're Informally answered AT
the session today These question were
Have you a State board Of charities,
and are Catholics represented on ttE
Are the pc .cies followed fair and just
10 Catholics
ests of CathOlics in public institutions
interfered with
Protecting Children
Is there a board Of chndren's guard
ians and are its methods and policies
satisfactory
Is there a StaJe conference On chart
ties. and are Catholics represented
Would a State organization Of Catho-
lie charities serve an purpose and
would II be practicable What oInicul-
ties re IN the wav2
With but few exceptions delegates
stated that Catholics we're fairly treat
ed In their States Isolated instances
were cited where 10 effort had been
made to place needy Catholic children
in homes Of the same faith and a few
OF the delegates declared that there were
no Catholic members upon the State
boards
on the whole, the consensus Of opin-
ion seemed 10 be that the organization
of State Catholic Charity societies
would be possible, but in States ike
Georgia. Michigan and West Virginia
where the church has not the same
following as in other States, the plan
vas deemed iuadFsable-
The reports from the States included
those by
A. G. AIcElvoy. of baltimore. who de-