The Irish standard., 1917-09-22
NATIONAL WAR COUNCIL
COMMITTEES NAMED
Executive Board, Named by Most Rev.
Archbishops, Takes Up Duties
Monsignor DrumgooIe Heads
Historical Records De-
partment.

| In accordance with the resolutions
passed by the National Catholic War
Conference, held in Washington on
August II and ~, the executive board
met in Washington on September 2.
The Right Rev. Bishop Shahan, rector
of the Catholic University of America,
was present to greet the delegates and
extend to them the hospitality of the
university.
The executive board is composed of
the appointees of the Most Reverend
Archbishops of the United States. 1t
proceeded at once to study and unity
all Catholic activities and to take up
all the problems created by the ma
tional situation for Catholics. The To-
cal boards to be appointed by every
Bishop in his own diocese have already
in many instances been created. The
names of these will be announced
later. Their work is to study and
meet the local needs of every diocese
with regard to Catholic camps, the
care of Catholic soldiers and the hand
ling of the problems incident to the
new situation. These local boards
will work in union with the executive
board. The executive board at it's
meeting on Sunday, organized itself
permanently. The Rev. JOHN j. Burke,
G. S. p, was elected president; Mr..
Robert Biggs, of Baltimore, secretary,
and Mr.. John G. Agar, of New York,
treasurer.
For the national handling of the
different problems it organized various
committees, of which the following
are the titles and the chairmen: Com
mitees on chaplains, Right Rev. Mon
signor Michael J. Lavelle, of New
York; committee on legislation and
bylaws, Right Rev. Monsignor Edward
Kelly, of Chicago; committee on
finance, John G. Agar, of New York;
committee on recreation and rest
halls, Charles I. Denechaud, of New
Orleans; committee on historical rec
ords of Catholic war activities, Right
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LII. D., of Philadelphia; committee on
women's organizations, Right Rev.
Nonsignor Michael ]. Splaine, of Bos-
ton. A committee on publicity and
information and another on literature
and religious articles were voted, the
chairmen of which will be announced
later.
The chairmen of these committees
are empowered to call to membership
representative Catholic workers, the
members Of Catholic societies of both
men and women. The executive board
is following strictly the resolutions of
the national conference which aimed
at furthering the work of every par
ticular society, Of interfering with
none, but Of 50 co-ordinating all that
the common work would lose none of
its efficiency by having two societies
doing the same work or attending to
the same needs in the one locality. The
committee appointed by National Fed
GRAFTON Of Catholic Societies met with
the executive board at Washington on
Sunday, and both will work together
in entire cooperation. It is needless
to add that the executive board fol-
lowing their official action at the ma
tional conference on August II. is co.
operating fully with the Knights of
Columbus. Every Catholic society in
the country has shown its willingness
and eagerness to act together for the
common Catholic cause. Every society
has informed or will in the near future
inform the executive board Of the Ma.
tional Catholic War Council what It
is ready to do or has done, and the
outlook for united Catholic work is
bright indeed.