The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-22
STATE HAS RIGHT
TO FIX MINIMUM
WORKERS WAGE
Problem Discussed at Meeting Of
Catholic Federation
BLAME FOR MExICO'S UNREST
Placed Upon Radicalism in America
and the Distribution of
Anarchistic Literature.

New York, Aug. 21.-Establishment
of minimum wage for all workers was
discussed here tonight at social serv-
ice meeting of the American Fedora
tion of Catholic societies. Professor
James e. Haggerty of Ohio State uni
versity presided and the speakers were
Bishop p. ]. Muldoon of Rockford, H.;
the Rev. Edwin V. O'Hara Chairman
of the Oregon state commission on the
minimum wage, and the Rev. John A.
Ryan of Catholic University In Wash
ington.
Bishop Muldoon asserted the prob
lem of social service is so important
the federation had decided to hold a
separate meeting in future conven-
tions. Professor HagGerty declared
not more than fifteen per cent of wage
earners in the United States are orga-
nized These, he said, are skilled
workers.
He asserted that Investigations show
that family of five requires from 800
to $1,000 yearly to live.
"Three-fourths of the unskilled
workers of the country earn less than
$500" he said. 1T has been deter
mined that a woman cannot live on
less than IS week, but threefourths
of the women wage earners of the
country get less than that amount"
Father Ryan said:
Economically the state has as
much right to fix the minimum wage
as has the labor union. The state has
as much right to fix the minimum
wage as to compel the use of safety de
vices on machinery and railroads"
The federal administration was as
sailed today at business sessions Of
the American Federation of CATHOLIC
| societies. Anthony Matre, secretary
of the federation, said Catholic pro-
tests to the government against the
recognition of Carranza was like "a
| voice in the wilderness" At a meet
| ing of the German Catholic Central
| verein the administration was charged
| with favoritism towards the entente al
| lies, in an address by Charles Korz,
| president OF the New York state body.
| Suppression in many states of objec-
tionable motion pictures and success
| full efforts for more stringent divorce
laws. a cleaner stage and the control
| of indecent publications were among
| the principal activities of the commits
sion on public morals, according to the
annual report submitted today. Con-
tinuance of vigorous campaigns
against what they termed ''pernicious
cults and philosophers" among which
was included birth control. Socialism
and anarchy, was advocated.
| American decency Is still in the as
cendant," the report declared.
The committee also warned the d.
| rectors OF American universities and
colleges mot to permit an alien rad1-
calism to contaminate at the fount the
youth OF our country"
To such radicalism was attributed
much OF the present unrest in Mexico.
Tons of anarchistic literature sent
across the Rio Grande during the past
five years, for which the radicals of
the United States are said to have con.
tributed as much as $1,000 month.
have debauched many Mexicans." the
report continued. THE pernicious
propaganda spread until the bandit
chiefs found themselves at the head OF
military mobs bent upon hunting
Christ from the so-called republic.
Aided by other revolutionary factions.
a savage minority has terrorized and
demolized a nation of 100000 Chris
tianc.