Evening star., 1921-09-21
CATHOLICS CALLED.
| TRUE AMERICANS
World War Work and Other
Topics Discussed at
Churchmen's Council.

Catholics are Americans because they
are Catholics, and if they could deny
the principles of Americanism they
would be denying the teachings of their
church. declared Michael Williams,
author of the official history of the Ma
tional Catholic War Council, at the
opening of the second days session of
the first annual convention of the Ma
tional Council of Catholic Men at the
New Willard Hotel today.
I MIR. Williams gave brief review of
the work done in the late war by the
Catholic men and women of America,
and said "the enviable record estab-
lished by the Catholics of America
was not the result of quickly gotten-to-
gether co-ordinators, efficiency experts
and the like, but the logical outcome and
necessary consequences OF natural
events that had come down since the
discovery of America-principles handed
down from the early Catholic settlers.
Mr. Williams made a strong appeal
for members to circulate as much as
possible among non-Cathoiics the book,
American Catholics in the War. Not
said he. "for the purpose of braggadocio.
but rather to let the world know just
what was accomplished
Rev. James VI. Ryan's Address.
had done nothing more than the hold
ing in check of the Smith -Towner bill,
it's life would have been worth while,
Rev. James H. Ryan. executive secre-
tary, n. c. w. G. department of edu-
cation, spoke on "Our Catholic Educa-
ton system" and detailed the meth
ods and activities of Catholic edu-
Gators in the United States today.
! Father Ryan said that it was due to
! the untiring efforts of the organiza-
ton that the Smith-Towner bill had
been prevented from being incorpo-
rated in the platforms of the repub-
lican and democratic parties, and,
while it is lying dormant at present,
too much care cannot be exercised by
the organization to fight it every
time it shows its head
Moving Pictures Discussed.
Charles A. Mcmahon. editor of the
National Catholic Welfare Council
Bulletin, spoke on The n. c. w. c.
Campaigns for Better Citizenship and
/ Better Moving Pictures
| Following an address at the after
noon session on THE Negro Prob
lens by Thomas w. Turner of How
! ard University, the visiting delegates
will be taken for an automobile sight
seeing trip around the city.
| VIII Fight Ku-kIux Khan.
That the organization has been and
! will continue to wage "a fight against
! the spread of bigotry as eXemplified
| by the ku-klux Khan" wes empha
sized at the opening session yester-
day.
| Reports from various committees
showed also that the activities of the
| council in the past year had been
concentrated on the following pur-
poses: The establishment of an i'm
migration bureau with offices in New
York to cooperate in caring for i'm
I isrrantS work done combat
proselyting activities of other re-
| ligious organizations in the Philip
pines: defeat of the Smith-Towner
/ bill: a national motion-picture cam
paign; a nationwide effort to place
Catholic newspaper in every Cath
olic home: undertaking of the task
/ to consecrate with Catholic ceremony
| the graves OF the Catholic soldier
dead of France. and missionary work
among American negroes. 1t was
pointed out that a summer ScnoDl
i for training Boy Scout leaders was
conducted at Notre Dame University.