New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-05
X. of C.. Favors
Freedom for
Irish People
Resolution Declares Right
of Nations Everywhere to
Determine Government
Under Which They Live
Oppose Smith-TownerBill
Convention Hears Report
on Expenditures of Fund
for Service Mems Welfare

a. AeHoiuIioii ldFOFlHg a Tree ana IN
dependent" Irish nation was passed
unanimously at the late afternoon ses-
sion yesterday of the thirty-eighth su-
preme convention OF Knights of Column
bus at the Commodore Hotel. 1t was
drafted by the Committee on the Good
Of the Order, headed by Daniel j. Cal
lagher, United States District Attorney
OF Boston, and reads
AS Americans and as Knights of
Columbus we believe in the right of
freedom to every people everywhere to
determine the form of government
under which they live. 1t is trite, per
maps, to say it, but say it we do, that
the Knights of Columbus in common
with all true Americans believe that
ireland has the right and ought to be
Tree and independent nation This
truth Is automatic and therefore no
argument is necessary"
Inc resolution was drafted, it was
announced, previous to the receipt yes
terday of letter from Eamonn De
Valera, president of the Irish Repub-
nc, dated August 2. and addressed from
headquarters Of the Irish Republican
movement at Washington, recalling
that the supreme board of directors
favored the movement year ago
Another resolution passed bv the
knights protests against the enactment
OF the Smith-Towner bill, which they
declare aims at the liberalization Of
education, ''in conflict with American
prlciples and precedents and obstruct-
i've to the development OF real educa-
ton In democracy"
Seven Directors Elected
Seven supreme directors were
elected to the board of fifteen mem
bers. They are: John F. O'Neill. of
Jersey City; John A. Dryer. of
Toledo; Edward A. Houlihan, of Chi
cago; Frank W. Lonergan, of Port
land; William F. Fox, of INDIANAPOLIS:
Joseph J. Meyers, of Carroll, Iowa, and
James j. McGraw, of Panca City. Okla.
Inc last three were reelected for the
term of three years.
DAVID f. Supple, of San Francisco,
was elected supreme warden of the
order through the resignation of
thomas j. Mclaughlin, of Newark, who
mas gone to Panama in connection
with welfare wori, Of the order.
John f. O'Nenl IS state DEPUTY of
the knights Of Columbus for New
Jersey and is Boulevard Commissioner
OF Hudson County. In the drive for
funds during the war his district,
which had quota of $4,000, turned
IN subscriptions amounting to $780,
O0O
Secretary of War Baker wired con-
gratuations TO the Knights for their
welfare work and announced that he
mad detailed Genera Allen. commanding
the American army of occupation in
Germany, TO represent the government
of the United States at the unwilling
OF the Lafayette statue. gift Of the
order to France, at Metz. His tele-
gram read:
Greetings, Knights Of Columbus su-
preme convention, and congratulations
for your splendid work. have just in
structed the commander of the Ameri-
can Army of Occupation in Germany
to attend the dedication of the knights
OF Columbus statute of Lafayette at
Metz on August p as the representa-
tive Of the American government"
How the Fund Was Handled
The handling of the war fund of $780,
769 $3.50 donated by the American
people was described in a report of
the supreme board of directors made to
the convention and published for dis
tribution to the newspapers. 1t shows
q balance of S11.457, 621.95, of which
approximately S7,000,00O remains. the
difference having been used in main
tanning thirty-seven different courses
in the chain of Knights of Columbus
free schools for ex-service men.
Work of students in the KNIGHTS
school in connection with the Hospital
for the Insane, Washington, D. c., has
been on exhibition on the ballroom
floor of the Hotel Commodore since
two days prior to the opening of the
convention on Tuesday.
Drawings by promising artist
studying in a Knights of Columbus
school al Philadelphia also were shown
The exhibit comprises many things
made by convalescent ex-service men,
among them being toys, cabinet pieces
posters, and large pieces of furniture
The exhibit is open to the public until
the convention closes to-day.
The convention voted unanimously to
make education the leading work for
the ensuing year, and the report says
reconstruction work by the Knights
will be continued on an even larger
scale than heretofore, with the open
ing by the order of additional schools
in September. 1t is planned to extend
the nationwide chain of schools until
500 units are included. The report,
winch shows that more tnan 30u,0Un
positions were found for ex-service
men during the last year. contains
promise that the Knights of Columbus
will maintain its educational and en-
ployment work as long as either is
needed by veterans.
The report also says s21,516,4 67.7o
was spent on camp community and en-
ployment activities in the United
States. $5003,61 on work abroad and
$1,791 .S55 on educational work, exclu-
sive Of college scholarships, and in
Guiding only actual accomplishments to
June 80. Some funds invested in equip
ment were not included, the report
says, as expenditures. BY low over
head charges against administration
funds a national drive for reconstruct
ton work has been avoided, it adds.
The convention was addressed by
Joseph Scott. of Los Angeles, and the
Rev. John J. Wynne, of New York,
member of the knights of Columbus
educational advisory committee, who
spoke of the good records made by 500
veterans xeceiving college education
from the order.
Miss Anglin Addresses Delegates
Miss Margaret Anglin, introduced by
Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty,
said that this was the first time she
had addressed q public gathering of
men in q career of twenrv-fiva wars