Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-10-16
Catholic War Work of the Past
Promises Future Usefulness
to Uncle Sam.
MILLION WORKERS ENLISTED.
From the War Front to Every Corner
81 This Country Catholic War
Council Helps Our Cause.

Catholic Church In this country, that
has been called in Washington to con.
slider the past and future work of the
National Catholic War Council, the
leaders OF this nationwide welfare or
ganizatiOn have outlined a record OF
war work that extends from the front
lines In France to the furthest cor
ners Of this country. They have also
indicated comprehensive lines along
which the full force Of the millions of
workers enlisted In their various activ.
tiles at home and overseas may be
turned to the aid Of the government
in the trying times Of reconstruction
ahead.
In summarizing the war work Of :ts
Committee on Special War Activities.
In recent report to the Administra-
tive Committee of the National Catho-
lie War Council, the following resume
of some of the things undertaken and
carried out by this organization has
just been presented:
I'VE have co-Ordinated and brought
into q common service 10000 Catholic
mems organizations throughout the
country. This cooperation insures our
ability, which has been tested more
than once, to meet the great oppOrtu.
mites that present and will present
| themselves. These mems OrganiZa-
tons are used to conduct service clubs
for men, to supply workers in many
fields OF endeavor, to cooperate with
| governmental agencies.
conditions at the beginning of the
war revealed the fact that the activity
of Catholic women had no national
expression, no recognition. The
Committee on Special War Activities
has within the ten months Of Its ex-
istence cO-ordinated into national &C
tivity the thousands .of Catholic wO-
mems organizations of the country; II
has established women's clubs through
out the country 1t is sending Catholic
women into every field of social work
1t is giving them the opportunity of
service in the visitors houses
I'm like manner we secured recOg-
milton for Catholic women In over.
seas work. That we might train them,
We established q training school for
women with It's own faculty. There il
ready to receive them home In Paris
and two representatives Of the Nation
al Catholic War Council. Mr.. Dene-
chaud and Mrs. Stocks Millar. The
work of women abroad will continue
for Mt least eighteen months to come,
and we are In a position to extend II
To- other countries The Catholic wo-
men Of the country have responded to
this opportunity in a wonderful way.
The resources at our command are
rich. All that is needed is training
and leadership.
"As early as April IL. 1918. the sub
committee on Reconstruction was ap.
pointed. This committee gave diligent
attention for months and anticipated
In surprisingly accurate way the
problems Of reconstruction. We have
assisted in shaping the Government
conduct Of the problem Of relief and of
vocational training Our workers are
placed In the reconstruction hospitals
throughout the country. Dependent
upon these men is the future education
to which he is sent and in what he Is
to be educated at the expense Of the
Government. We are officially coop
| Grating with the Federal Board Of Vo-
cational Training and with the United
States Employment Service. Through
the Committee on Special War Activi-
ties is published series OF pamphlets
on Reconstruction. the first Of which
VAS an official pronpuncement Of the
Administrative Committee Of Bishops
1.-THE Committee has likewise taken
up the work OF supplying through our
Catholic hospitals free clinical service
for soldiers and sailors and their fami-
lies and Is extending this in co-Opera-
ton with the Red Cross Home Service
to all the larger cities of the country.
The same extension has provided US
with m opportunity to have and en-
ploy the clinical woman social worker,
Ii is not too much 10 say that our work
In Reconstruction plays u leading part,
and the heads OF Government Depart
mentS have told US explicitly that they
have been aided more by the advice
and help Of the National Catholic War
CCnncil than by amy other organiza-
ton
Born Of the emergency that nect,s-
STATED the fuIl 60 operation and corpo-
rate service NJ the entire Catholic body
% America. The National Catholic War
torncil haS hcep officially recognized
Icy the t;nN eminent and has made en-
during lhc @rra. record of Catholic
patr.ulic service " las devolved in a
sl,@cial Way on Tie Committee on S,,e-
ciai War Activities 10 do the pioneer
wcr|> of .ordinniinS the mems organ
nations and 81 practically creating a
national wnmanS organization that
wn,'lH give the Carl Me women ~ TIE
cn'r"rN 3%htful t,l.,cc in war welfare
work The re,urd ~ aS'hIeNeiuent that
49, rCtrnI~shn"S. slight as il MAY h",
l. rTErI lr'v>> ~,,Yr evidence uf what
l'9 entire Catholic body Of the coui,-
IN under -He leadership of the Rs!l
OPS can 10 IN time of peace