The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-19
CELEBRATION OF ''CATH0LIC WEEK"
 BEGINS IN N. '.

New York, Aug. 19-The German Catholic Verein began its annual con- vention here today with the meeting of the committee on resolutions. The Catholic Press. Asso ociation also con- tinued its convention.
 Thousands of delegates to the Catholic Week" of the National Fed eration of Catholic Societies are here for the annual convention.
 May Be Catholic Chatauqua.
 This conference will try to agree on a universal, practical program, some of those interested believing that from 1t may result in a national Catholic Chautauqua. This has been attempted locally in several parts of the country, but has not yet been tried on a coun- try-wide scale.
 The verein delegates will devote the remainder of today to the recep- will be guests at a reception at Kop- ling House in East 82nd street.
 Those delegates to the German sec ton of the convention who arrived yesterday found ready for them hand somely printed souvenir books, most of the pages of which were devoted to attractive photographs of import ant personages in the church, and views of New York. They got, too, pocket programs printed in their own language, in which the Cathedral Week" was changed to "Katoliche Tag.
 Leaders of the various bodies pass ed out the word to the arriving dele gates yesterday that the constitution of the federation, with which the is affiliated, strictly forbade partisan politics.
 Every effort is being made to have the National campaign now in pro- gross ignored at the many meetings. As far as possible, reference to the recent investigation of charitable in- stitutions in this city, which resulted in a controversy between Mayor Mitchell and some Catholic prelates, also will be avoided.
 !. Purposes of the Federation.
 The general purpose of the gather ing, the first of its kind at which the component organizations have united in their annual conventions, was thus outlined yesterday by Charles T. Daily, assistant secretary of the fed eration, who Is in harge of its pub 1icity work during the week:
 The aim of this organization is to cultivate peace, destroy bigotry and prejudice, to place ourselves and the Catholic Church in true light before the' American people for correct jus tice and Christian morality.
 ''It 1abors unceasingly to extend the hand of fellowship to n-Catholics and to unite with them when neces- sary for the, solution of the problems of the day. and the redress of the evils which menace the stability of the nation and the security of the founda- itions of moral civilization and Ameri- can society.
 .'The Federation of Catholic Socie- movement that has for it's object the betterment of social conditions and in- dustrial relations. It recognizes the rights of toilers and their insistence on a living wage. It also declares it a. necessary function of legislation to secure their rights and to portect life and limb in mills, mines, factories iii fact in every hazardous occupa- tion."
 Bishop J. J. hartley opened yester- days session of the Catholic Press as- sociation with prayer at the Catholic club in the morning. About one- fourth of those attending, represent ing more than half the denomina- tional publications of the country, were women.
 President John Paul Chew congrat- ulated those present on the success of the organization, urged that all Ro- man Catholic publications be induced to join the association, and pointed out s',at foreign-language papers and periodicals had particularly rich op- portunity to do missionary work
 The Committee on Resolutions, of which the Rev John J. Burke of New York, editor of The Catholic World, is chairman, was instructed to pre- pare a memorial to the Federal Trade Commission on the rising cost of white paper.
 F. A. Wilson-Lawrenson of the re- 1igious department of the Associated Advertising Clubs of America asked the members the association to af- gliate with his organization. This provoked much discussion, many of the publishers present demanding to know exactly what the attitude of the associated clubs would be toward re- ligious publications and what advan- tages were offered. The matter being one for individual determination by the publishers, no action was taken.
 The Press Association delegates were guests of the Catholic Club at luncheon and dinner. In the evening they were taken on an automobile tour of the city, stops being made at interesting Catholic landmarks in the city.
 The Press Association will conclude It's convention today, the delegates go- ing in the afternoon on an extended visit to Coney Island. A matter of importance to be decided in the af- ternoon is the proposed adoption of a new constitution drafted by the exec .utice committee in which the rules similar to those of the Assocoated Press and the United Press Associa- tion have been incorporated.
 An Indian Priest.
 The central figure of interest in the Catholic Club yesterday was Father Philip Gordon, full-bIooded Indian, whose tribal name Is Tibishkogijik- A Sign of the Skies. Father Gordon,
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