The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-03-20

operation with the same undertake
the task of caring for the immigrant
girl in transit from her home to her
destination in the United States, or
vice versa.
Women's Council take steps toward
affiliating with the International
Union of Catholic Women's Organiza-
tions.
a. That the National Catholic
Women's Council establish a travelling
exhibit
"5. That the National Catholic
Women's Council establish a Service
Bureau.
This Bureau will function along
four chief lines: (a) Personnel; CD
Information; Co Representation; (dD
Direction.
so far as Personnel is concerned:
1t will undertake the task of gather
ing together lists of all Catholic
women in the country. engaged as
volunteers or as full time workers, in
social work and kindred activities
Such lists are already begun with
about five thousand names card cat
alogued. 1t will next perform the
work of an employment exchange,
particularly for social workers. Lists
and records of available social work
ers will be kept and the Bureau will
community or organization for Cath
olic social workers.
In addition, the Bureau will have
a limited staff of trained workers who
will go upon request to any COM
munity or organization asking their
services This field service will be
rendered on self-supporting basis,
the communities making the request
paying the salary of the worker for
the period during which services are
rendered.
The bureau will also undertake to
secure trained workers from among
the graduates of the National Train
ing School for Women, conducted by
the National Catholic War Council.
The bureau will also be in a position
to furnish speakers, either on pro-
fessional or volunteer basis or both,
according to the occasion and request.
information Bureau.
so far as information is con-
cerned: 1t will be the duty of the
bureau to undertake research in spe-
cial types of social work, in which
there is particular opportunity for re-
suits to be obtained by our Catholic
organizations. In addition, the bu-
reau will serve as medium for the
interchange of ideas; as a clearing
house of experience of the various Or
ganiZatiOns Of the country in the diff
ferent types Of social work. The re-
suits of such research and such inter
change of ideas will be embodied in
the Bulletin of the WOmen's Council,
in pamphlets, or in leaflets, according
as occasion demands. The bureau
will also serve as a clearing house for
the interchange of ideas between the
National Catholic Women's Council
and the Catholic women's associations
of the rest of the world. The bureau
will also be ready to help communities
through correspondence, when such
communities may ask for its help
suggesting means of bettering work
and standards, and acting as a slim
cerned. Finally, it will, through its
touch with the legislative bureau of
the National Catholic Welfare Coun
| Gil and through other sources, be pre-.
pared to send information on pending
| legislation or on movements that have
to do with national or Catholic Wei
fare Word of such legislation and
movements can be published in the
| Bulletin or else can be sent by form
| letter or by correspondence to the
organizations interested.
So far as the representation is con
cerned: 1t will be the duty of the
| service bureau to do it's part toward
keeping track of national convention:
and movements, and keeping in toucl
with governmental and other agencies
in order to arrange in time for rep
resentation of Catholic women in sucl
movements, committees, conventions
and so forth. 1t will, when the Occa
sion requires, engage to furnish sucl
speakers One of the first things t.
be done after the present meeting j
to send word to all national govern
mental and other agencies that tn
Catholic women of America have OF
ganized a council and will be ready
"a certain amount of directive wor
will devolve upon the bureau. Thi
will depend on the amount OF Wor
that the council agrees to undertake
The field work, for instance, col
nected with the care of immigrar
girls and with cooperation with tn
international Catholic associations fo
the protection of young girls, will ia
:, under the immediate direction OF tn
, service bureau. The field secretarie
), of social work would also come unde
: the service bureau.
''It need hardly be added that til
:, head of this bureau will have to be.
: resident, full-time worker, the be-
: | trained and the most efficient Cathol
woman in the country that can be e
: gagged for task of such promise al
of such possibilities and responsible
ties. On the choice of this wOms
will largely hang the future of tt
C service bureau. We have confide
n belief that such Catholic women a