The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-05-01


to the heirs of any member whose life
was lost in defending the honor Of
Uncle SAM"
1t was suggested that the K. of C..
must be up and coming to sustain It's
war record overseas. Mr.. Goldstein
thought the relief work at home had
not lowered the standard. "a report
of the war work of the K. of c. over
seas and since then here at home, fills
two large Volumes" said he. "The
books are just off the press. AS you
say, upon the fields of France and
Flanders, in Italy, England, Poland
and Siberia, the X. of c. secretaries
have done work that has won the COM
mendation of all the soldiers, sailors
and marines who fought the good
fight. Then, too, the public press has
published the most complimentary
communications from President Will
son, Secretary of the Navy Daniels,
Secretary of War Baker, Chairman
Fosdick of the commission on train
ing camp activities, General Pershing,
Premier Clemenceau, Marshal FOch,
Cardinal MERCER, Pope Benedict XIV
and others. Truly, it goes without
saying that the credit of our Catholic
society is safe and secure for all
time"
"As to the work at homer" repeat
ing the query, Mr.. Goldstein contin-
ued, with the signing of the armis
tice and the rehabilitation of our
troops, our order began an intensive
campaign to help our government in
its work of readjusting our affairs
from a war to peace basis. The
main thing was to lend hand to our
boys, to the men who have come back
with their ambitions greatly stimu-
lated. They demand opportunities of
higher order than those they left
behind when they responded to the
countrys call to duty-to the call of
death if need be, as you know. So
it was that night schools for demo-
bilized service men were established
without any charge for tuition. The
first one was started in Boston, where
MORE than two thousand veterans are
enrolled today, some in commercial
and academic classes, others in spe-
cial civil service, telegraphy, mechan-
ical drawing, French, Spanish, Italian
and other classes of various kinds.
More than $4,000 service men were
housed in the spacious building by.
the K. of C. in my home city during
the first twelve months since the boys
came back. Similar schools are being
established day after day all over the
country Every one of the councils
of our order is being encouraged to
take up the work of vocational guild
ance and training. American citizen
ship and history is given special atten-
ton. The supreme officers of our
order voted $4,000 from our treasu-
ry to begin the work and we have no
intention of permitting it to fail"
Mr. Goldstein thought that citizens
are under moral obligation to help our
foreign groups feel. at home. "Be-
sides preaching Americanism," said
he, "our knights are assisting our i
literate foreign groups to better
knowledge of what American institu-
tions truly are, and thus fitting them
to be better able to defend themselves
and to earn wage befitting those
who labor under the protecting folds
of the Star Spangled Banner.
eyes, those of the highest aspira-
tions are given lift. To the boys
who have ambitions for a higher .cul-
ture our organization has just given
away Ais scholarships in thirty-six
of our institutions of higher learning.
OF course, we ali shall agree that the
best is none too good for good Amer
leans. These scholarships (includ-
ing board as well as tuition fees) are
for academic courses leading. to the
cultural degree of Bachelor of Arts
and for technical curses leading to the
degree of Bachelor of Science, or
their equivalent"
Mr.. Goldstein was firm in the opin-
ion that an ounce Of prevention is
worth pound of cure. He proceed
ed: ITO still further help our re-
turning soldiers, sailors and marines
in the means Of earning a living and
at the same time to do practical
work of counteracting the boshevist
propaganda that feeds on the hard
ships of the poor, the Knights of Col
umbus have established the most sue
cessful employment bureaus ever or
ganized in our country. So, if re-
suits count, the. crown Of success be-
longs to the knights Of Columbus.
Jobs for 1882 Of our returning
boys were procured inside Of a year.
No job was considered that paid less
than SIS week, the average being
$24. You win see that this effort
alone has in wages placed nearly two
hundred and fifty millions in the
pockets Of our soldiers, sailors and