The Prescott daily news., 1919-10-08

of Catholic women had no national expression, no recognition. The Committee on Special War Activities has within the ten months of it's ex- istence co-ordinated Into national ac- tivity the thousands of Catholic wo- mems organizations Of the country if has established women's clubs through out the country; it. is sending Catholic women into every field of social work 1t is giving them the opportunity of service in the visitors houses
 "In like manner we secured recog- hilton for Catholic women in over seas work That we might train them, we established training school for women with it's own faculty There k ready to receive them a home in Paris and two representatives of the Nation-s al Catholic War Council, Air. Dene- chaud and Mrs Stocks fIiIlar The work of women abroad will continue for at least eighteen months to come, and we are in position to extend it to other countrles. The Catholic wo- men of the country have responded to tbis opportunity in a wonderful way. The resources at our command are ricIG. All that is needed is training' and leadership
 "As early as April 13 1918, the sub- committee on Reconstruction was ap- pointed This committee gave diligent attention for months and anticipated in a 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 of the wounded man and the college to which he is sent and in what he is to be, educated at the expense of the Government. We are officially coop erating 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 was an official pronouncement of the Administrative Committee of Bishops.
 'eThe 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- tiOn with the Red Cross Home Service to all the larger cities of the country. The same extension has provided us with an opportunity to have and em- ploy the clinical woman social worker It Is not too much to say that our work in Reconstruction plays 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 Council than by any other organiza- ton.
 Born of the emergency that neces- stated the full cooperation and corpo- rate service of the entire Catholic body of America, the National Catholic War Council has been officially recognized by the Government and has made en- during the great record of Catholic patriotic service. It has devolved in special way on the Committee on Spe- cial War Activities to do the pioneer work of co-ordinating the mems organ izations and of practically creating a nationai woniaIi's organization that tt..isa;tt would give the Catholic women of the country rightful place in war welfare. work The record of achievement that this report shows, slight as it may be, the entire Catholic body of the coun- try under the leadership of the Bisn. ops can do in time of peace"