The Irish standard., 1918-10-19

Ill Lllc Opou all. bloIOp luCu, VI bCA-
yer, took active control of the confer
ence, at which Bishop Glass, of Salt
Lake, and Bishop McGovern, of Chey-
enne, were present, with delegates
from their dioceses and the dioceses
of Santa Fe and Tucson to the num-
ber in all of over two hundred.
The conference at Dubuque, presided
over by Archbishop Keane, was held
on October 9th. Delegates were pres
ent from the dioceses of Dubuque,
Davenport, Des Moines, Sioux City,
Omaha, Lincoln, Grand Island, and
Rockford.
The New York Conference, attended
by delegates from the 'dioceses of Buff
alo, Rochester, Syracuse, Ogdensburg,
Albany, New York, Brooklyn, Trenton
and Newark to the number of about
five hundred, was held on October 9th.
Bishop Hayes of New York presided,
and, in the course of the proceedings,
Bishop O'Connor of Newark delivered
short address.
The Convention was addressed by
Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who has
undertaken, at the request of the seven
organizations, the direction of the cam
paign in Greater New York. Mr..
Rockefeller could hardly fail to have
been impressed by the warmth of the
greeting rendered to him when he was
presented in a very felicitous intro
duction by Bishop Hayes. Both when
he arose to speak and when he con-
cluded his address, the demonstration
was continued much longer than would
suffice to indicate an ordinary display
of courtesy.
Bishop Muldoon of Rockford, Chair
man of the Administrative Committee
Of the National Catholic War Council,
explained clearly to the delegates that
| it was at the request of the national
authorities that the National Catholic
War Council had become the repre-
sentative agency of the Catholic
Church in regard to all recreational
and welfare work connected with the
war. His lordship related his con-
versations with Mr.. Baker in the
course of which this arrangement was
completed, and told how the members
of the Committee of Bishops had de-
clined to entertain the proposal until
they had obtained from Mr.. Baker his
consent, willingly and cheerfully given
that the knights of Columbus should
be continued as the agency through
which the Catholic Church would
carry on it's work in the camps and
overseas. His 1ordship also gave a
full account OF the work under the di
rection of the Committee on Special
War Activities, including the work
of women's organizations, as in Wis
itors' Houses and Community Service
the collection of historical records OF
Catholic participation in the war, ant
many other matters in regard to which
the interests of the Church compe
continuous attention, and all of which
as well as the securing and appoint
ment of hundreds of Chaplains art
outside the field of activities in which
the Knights of Columbus are engaged
This program is typical Of what il
done at all these metropolitan con
ferences. The most significant of al
!. will doubtless be the one in Baltimore
which, although it has had to be post
poned on account of the epidemic, will
be held on the Monday following tn
celebration of Cardinal Gibbons Epis
copal Jubilee, and will be attended b,
, most of the Archbishops and Bishop
, of the United States as well as by tn
; delegates who would ordinarily b.
, present from the Province of Bait
more.
, The Pastoral letters of the Bishop
, extracts from some of which have al
, ready been published continue t
reach National Headquarters. Will
they are primarily designed to inform
the Pastors as to just what is require,
IL ol1ou Ol6du1LdlAOA, lAoS oil SOA
\ tain some exhortation bearing upol
, the larger ISSUE
!, Bishop Donahue of Wheeling, afte
, outlining what should be done adds
"All these efforts will call for grea
, sacrifices on the part of reverend pas
, tors and people. But they are as moth
ing compared to the hardships an,
: sacrifices of our gallant men who ar
: prepared to give up home and cas-
! and even life itself Your noble en-