South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02
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tlonal, minimum wage, the emphasis
of which must be laid upon adequate
living standards and not upon the
minimum. Second, upon the reduc-
ton of hours of labor. Third. COM
plete provision through insurance or
otherwise against sickness, industrial
accidents and old age. Fourth, the
guarantee of a national minimum OF
child nurture. Fifth. the prevention
of unemployment coupled with insur-
ance against II. And, finally, decent,
normal, wholesome housing for all.
The minimum wage is asked not
for wastrals, but for workers: not for
idle vagabonds, but for tOilers. The
civilization is indeed, as an English
statesman said, a mOckery under
which vast numbers of wage earnerS
are permanently below the standard
Of living.
Church Must Lead.
The church must lead in the war
against poverty because poverty and
religion cannot permanently coeXist.
If religion be truly in the world, then
poverty must go; if poverty must re-
main, then religion is nothing more
than a name and a shadow. The
churches of the world may have to
choose between being helped by the
few who have, and coming to the sup
port and rescue of the many who have
not. God pity the churches if the mill
lions OF the needy must live on with
out the succor Of the church Of God,
purporting 10 stand for the realization
of he divine purposes Of amity and
justice among the sons and daughters
OF man.
The war against poverty must be
religious in its inspiration and reli-
gious in the conservation of its lead
ers The war against poverty will be
waged and successfully waged. The
question of the church IS merely
whether it is forever to permit itself
to be superseded in the place of
leadership by other forces. Is the
church forever TO step aside when
great things are to be done and be
little more than one OF the minor di-
visions of the great army. or Is II to
assume the place Of command which
is rightly its own?
Granted thatthe war against pow
erty were a forlorn hope, still must
the church press on. The church OF
Goo must never fear to undertake the
most hopeless of quests, If bat this be
under the conservation of what we be-
lieVe 70 be the mind OF God.
Preceding the address by Rabbi
Wise. Miss r.. Katherine Beeson Of
Lafayette read paper upon Can
We Afford It? 4 Protest Against the
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Grade Section Elects Officers.
Following the report Of the nom
mating committee the following staff
OF officers for the grade section were
elected: Miss Frieda Eggert, South
Bend, president; Miss Lillian Edinger,
Muncie. vice president; Miss Mary
Morrison, secretary; Miss Hannah Lin
dahl. Mishawaka. Miss Verna Hoke,
Anderson. and Miss Nora Hines, Ke-
wanna, executive board.
At the meeting Of the grade prin-
cipals' section a resolution was
adopted which will be sent to the
state board Of education Directing to
the text books in grammar and geOg-
raphy now in use and recommending
the adption of a two-book course in
geography. officers for the year were
elected as follows: +. a Hite South
Bend, president; L L. Kemper, La
porte. vice president; r. Estella Win
ter. Fort Wayne. secretary; r. s.
Light. Elkhart J. L. Cue, Kokomo,
and Alice Smith. Michigan City. ex-