The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-10-19


ATTEND GATHERING IN METRO
PoLITAN CITY-ALL DAY SES.
SloNs -PRoMINENT SPEAKERS
FROM EAST AND WEsT-WEL.
FARE CAMPAIGN PLANS DIS.
ussED-RIsHoP BUSCH PRE-
SIDED.
Tuesday morning, October Is, a
meeting in the Knights of Columbus
Hall, in this city, opened the cam
paign for welfare work in the North
west. The sessions lasted all day.
countrywide campaign for funds for
welfare and relief were discussed by
prominent speakers from this and
other parts of the country.
Fourteen such meetings, one in each
ecclesiastical province throughout the
country, were authorized by the Ma
tional Catholic War Council. Some of
these gatherings already have taken
place; others, due to the epidemic of
Influenza, have been postponed for
short time, The ST. Paul meeting rep
resented the various dioceses and or
ganlzatiops in three States: Mime
sofa, North and South Dakota.
Convention opens.
Shortly after ten o'clock last Tues
Il bn
called to order by the Very Reverend
James c. Byrne, pastor of st. Luke's
Church, this city, and Administrator
of the Archdiocese. Father Byrne
read several kilograms from the Ma
tional Catholic War Council, explained
the nature of the work contemplated,
and then named the Right Reverend
Joseph Busch, Bishop of st. Cloud, as
chairman of the convention. Rev. C.
+. McGinnis was appointed secretary.
Bishop Busch opened the convention
with prayer.
On the platform were the following:
Bishop Busch, Very Rev. Father
Byrne, Rev. l.. Ryan, Messrs. c. II. F.
Smith, George McKenna, H. M.
Beardsley, S. L. Postlethwait, John A.
Burns, DR.. Buckley and the secretary.
Bishop Busch explained the object
in view entertained by the confer
ence. This was to obtain accurate and
full information with regard to the
various phases of the campaign in
which it is proposed to raise $170,
100000 for the use of the seven great
organizations engaged in welfare work
for the military forces of the United
States and the Allies. These organ
izations are: Y. NJ. c. A., Catholic
War Council (Knights of Columbus),
V. w. G. A., Salvation Army, Jewish
Welfare Board, War Community Serv-
ice, and American Library Associa-
ton.
Mr.. C. H. F. Smith is the State dele
gate appointed by the Catholic War
Council. The st. Paul representatives
are: Mr. Pierce Butler and Mrs. R.
Walsh; those from Minneapolis, Mr.
J. ]. Regan and Miss Mary Chute.
Parishes in the diocese, and outside
the Twin Cities, have each two rep
resentatives: the pastor and layman
selected by him. Parish committees
are formed for the following: Re
cruiting, Women's Cooperation, Vic
tory Boys, Victory Girls, Continuous
List
The keynote of all the speeches and
addresses was the wonderful .oppor-
tunity offered for personal sacrifice,
irfo o+,,in nd +Io h,y,,i o1 oe
antagonistic religious feelings.
Mr.. Beardsley.
The first speaker was the Hon. H. NJ.
Beardsley, former mayor of Kansas
City. The speaker announced the OBJ
ject of the drive to include relief work
not only for the fighting men but also
for the women engaged in war work,
such as those employed in munitions
plants. He pictured the young man
caught up, from home surroundings,
placed in a uniform, and sent forth to
fight our battles. He told how relief
workers followed that young man to
the camp, to the point of embarkation,
on the sea and across, at the port of
ueDaFkdClOu, III JHe HIf6uCnSS, Ill mo
Mans Land, and even into the prisons
of Germany. The result he said, is
that today the men of the American
army and navy are cleaner lot Of
men than they were in civilian life.
With regard to the allotment to each
organization, Mr.. Beardsley said that
when the plan for a united drive was
broached, each relief agency placed
before the President of the United
States full account of work accom-
plished and contemplated in the near
future. On this basis the apportion-
ment was made Of the sums to be
given from this campaign to each or
ganization. The advantages of a
united effort were apparent in econ
omy of time, expense and the spirit
of cooperation engendered.
The reasons why SO much money is
needed we're set forth as follows: Cd
When the budgets were first made the
government intended to have one mil
lion men overseas: now there are two
million. 1t was thought there would
be three millions abroad next year;
now it is seen that there will be