The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-30
WAR COUNCIL
Of CATHOLICS
National Council Issues Handbook Elk
planning Purpose of the Organ
ization During the
War.
IT is TO BEAT THE HUN
National Catholic War Council Dis
tributes Literature Giving In
formation About War
Work.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 80
Declaring it's main purpose to be ito
give direction to the activity of the
Catholic forces of the nation, in such
way that they may cooperate with
the government to their fullest ex-
tent in winning the present war;" the
national Catholic war council today
issued from it's headquarters in this
city a hand book describing the war
work now being done by Catholics,
over which it has supervision.
Through dozen bureaus and COM
mittees on special war activities as
well as almost thousand mems and
women's organizations, every variety
of war welfare work is directed and
coordinated from the headquarters of
this war council at 932 Fourteenth
street in this city. Not only is the
war work of the Knights of Column
bus, and that of scores of other or
CARNATIONS included in the national
Catholic war council, described in the
new hand book, but it contains chap
tiers explaining the possibilities OF
Catholic cooperation with every gov
eminent department or agency and
such supplementary agencies for CO.
operative war work as the Red Cross,
Y. M. c. A.. Jewish welfare board,
Travellers Aid, Y. w. C. A, and gen.
eral wartime commission of the fed
eral council of the Churches of Christ
in America.
Through three principal commit
tees, in charge Of finance, special war
activities and knights Of Columbus
war activities, the national Catholic
war council operates with regard to
immediate war work on war prob
lens, according to the plan OF organl-
cation outlined in it's hand book.
Standing committees on women's &C
tivities, mems activities, chaplain's
aid, reconstruction and after-war &C
Invites, historical records and other
branches of war work superintend the
activities along these lines of mil
lions of Catholics in every section OF
the country. Installed in headQuar-
tiers in the heart of Washington, the
leaders of this organiza ton are able
not only to direct and coordinate all
the war welfare work Of their church.
but to put and keep in touch with
every government activity, all the
Catholic men and women who are
eager to push any branch of national
wartime effort behind the lines.
Asks for Cooperation.
In order to completely organize
every individual and local force in the
church so that every Catholic man
and woman will be interested in and
informed about this work of co-opera-
ton" the hand book declares that
ait is the desire of the national Cath
hot nn1U in
every diocese but also in every parish
in the country Catholic war council
committee be established" Close CO.
operation with the American Red
Cross, the council of national defense,
the food and fuel administrations,
Liberty loan, w. S. S. and other local
civic war agencies is enJo1ned and
fostered by every branch of the ma
tional war council organization.
Through study OF this hand book and
contact with it's many agencies, 1t is
intended by this organization to IN
form every Catholic how best to
assist the government in every need
and problem arising from the war;
millions of Catholics wish to do
their duty nobly and ask for direc-
ton, for opportunity to serve, for
qualification Of the problems Of SER
vice" 1t is declared in the hand book.
"The national Catholic war council
was created to serve as best 1t
might this coordination of Catholic
activities, to afford means for sys-
tematic study of national problems
and to offer national cooperation to
the civic. social and moral agencies
of the church in the present emer-
gency."