Evening star., 1921-11-29
CATHOLICS GREET
NEW ARCHBISHOP
Enthusiastic Gathering at
Station Welcomes Successor
to Late Cardinal Gibbons.

Hundreds of Washington Catholics,
headed by clergymen, officials of the
knights of Columbus. and of various
church organizations. flocked through
the gates of the Union station train
shed today to stage an enthusiastic
informal reception to Archbishop
Michael J. Curley on his way through
this city to Baltimore. where he will
assume the post left vacant by the
death of Cardinal Gibbons.
In an interview to The Star he ask
ed that the people of Washington be
thanked for their cordial greeting and
added that he was highly gratifed at
the spontaneous welcome.
Il am most happy to come to this
diocese" he said, but / am sorry to
leave my friends in Florida. 1 come
in obedience to my orders. l will en-
deavor to carry them out with the
greatest fairness and honesty toward
all classes, but | know that no matter
how great my efforts may be or hard l
may strive. Cardinal Gibbons will
never have a successor who will come
up to the mark established by him.
Speaks Of Great Changes.
"These days especially are ones in
which great changes are taking place.
There has been unrest in the world
owing to the European strife. Indus
trial unrest has been accentuated in
this country especially. / would like
to urge that all methods Of fair play
be put into effect between capital and
labor, and that the two bodies SO vital
to the success of the country get as
closely together as possible. cease con-
tinual warfare upon each other and
work shoulder to shoulder not only for
their own mutual benefit. but for the
benefit of the great public.
'As l am the son of a laborer. my
sympathy is naturally with the labor
ing men and I feel especially for the
millions out of work in this country.
1t is a fine thing at this time for cities
to consider the pushing along of mu-
nfcipal improvements for industries
and do what construction work they
can at once, in order to give employ
ment 10 as many as possible.
"All this belief is temporary, how
ever. People are seeking for a pana-
cea when there is no panacea. All
those who have given thought TO the
situation know that we are suffering
because Europe is suffering. Europe
has nothing to sell to US and she can
not afford to buy from US.
"One of my objects in coming to
baltimore will be to meet personally
as many members of the church as
possibly can. This concerns not only
the cIeTSy Dut tne idlty. Anu, luFtHeT'
/ wish at all times to be as accessible
as possible to representatives of the
press. in order that they may commu-
nicate to the people what messages
have received from my superiors for
them"
Train Arrives mt 1925.
The train pulled in at 1925. Per-
mission had been obtained from offi-
cials at the Washington terminal to
allow certain delegations to enter the
train shed. Many persons. however.
crowded through the gates when once
opened and the result was that the
privilege was extended to the entire
group desiring to greet the arch
bishop.
Charles w. Darr and Michael Sha-
fer, representing the fourth degree.
Auman. state deputy for Maryland of
that organization. personally greeted
the archbishop and boarded the train
to accompany him to Baltimore.
Patrick J. Haltigan. representing
Holy Name Society of this diocese,
also greeted the archbishop person
ally More than seventy-five members
of the Catholic clergy of Washington
were received by Archbishop Curley
from the platform of his train.
Accompanied by Bishop Shahan and
Mgr Dougherty of Catholic Univer-
sity, the archbishop descended for a
few moments to the platform of the
trainshed where he was faced by a
battery of photographers. He then
addressed a few words to the crowd
and re-entered the car. In Baltimore
today plans have been made for a
formal reception of the archbishop. He
left here at l o'clock. and was sched-
uled to arrive at the Mount Royal sta
ton shortly before o'clock.