The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-23
MISSION SERVICE AT ST. PAUL $ CHURCH
Extracts From Pastoral Letter By Cardinal Gib-
 bOns Read At Service

l The dominion fathers will be given { Lenten mission at St. Pauls next Sunday
 The opening sermon will be preached a high mass.
 l The Very Rev Dean Coyle read ex tracts from the pastoral letter of th' American hierachy, signed by Cardina Gibbons, on his own behalf and on behali of the archbishops and bishops. Thi' document was read at one or the othei of the masses in every Catholic Churef in the United States. Many large 1ues' tions, such as Christian education il progress of religion, Americas pledge tt the world and industrial relations. Under the caption touching the European car mage, the pastoral says:
 We went into the war and ended it. In any material sense, we had nothing to gain. We fought to make the world . better place fer all mankind. In pro claiming OUT purpose, we held up oul country and it's institutions as the hope of humanity. The pledges we gave must be redeemed
 Regarding capital and labor this was said
 The disturbances from which our in dustries are suffering bring home 10 all the people, in direct and practical form, the need cf thorough readjustment. In part, the present situation is duo to the war; but it's real causes lie farther back in our industrial history. It is not merely that unwise policies have been adopted but rather that htese have been framed uopn wrong principles and baseless as- sumptions.
 '1t is an error to assume that the is- sues involved are purely economic. They are, at bottom, moral and religious Their settlement calls for clear perception of the obligations which justice and charity Impose.
 ''In urging their respective claims, the parties, apparently, disregarded the fact that the people as d whole have prior claim The first step, therefore, toward the rights of the community shall pre- vail that law and order shall be pre- served and that the public shall not be made to suffer while the contention goes on from one mistake to another.
 ''rhe failure to rach an agreement is due in large measure, to the supposition that class is naturally hostile to class. in truth. each needs the other Capital can not do without labor, nor labor without capital. This is obvious; but the more im- portant point is that capital and labor are bound by mutual obligations, not simply by mutual needs or interests.
 Tn this whole question. the moral value of man and the dignity of human labor are cardinal points. By treating the la- borer as man, not as machine, the employer will make him better work ingman. By respecting his own moral dignity as a fan, the laborer will com pei the respect of his employer and of the community
 The right of labor to living wage, with decent maintenance for the present and provision for the future. is generally recognized. The right of capital to a fair days work fer fair day's pay, is equal ly plain. To secure the practical recogni- ton and exercise of both rights. good will. no less than adherence to justice. is required Animosity and mistrust should first be cleared away. When this is done. when the parties meet in a friendly, rather than militant. spirit. 1t will ce possible to effect a conciliation."