Evening star., 1922-09-18
CHARITIES PAR[EY
+. DEBATES DIVORCE
Catholic Speakers AssaiI So
ciaI "Cancer Eating
Heart of Nation:'

the United states 10 oHc III s
minfon of Canada was stressed oy
Rev. Arthur j. Scanlan of Dunwoodle
seminary. Yonkers. N. Y, in paper
on "The Family Caseworker and the
, Marriage Problem" at the session, TO-
day of the National Conference OF
Catholic Charities in the gymnasium
of the Catholic University. as an ar
pumen, against the ease with which
divorces were procurable in certain
sections of the country. He dweit az
length on the clear cut principles OF
| the Catholic Church as to the essen
tials of marriage and divorce, po,nt-
! ing out certain regulations reGaroink
which, he said. have always been
practiced by the Roman eatnohe
! Church.
The priest said that while LESSEN
| ing Of divorce may be obtained through
| state or federal legislation. the true
| remedy lies in the total abolition of
! 1.-The cancer that is eating into tne
! very heart of our nation.
Cannot LeEisIat Morality.
In opening discussion on the
divorce and marriage problem, Rev.
| George v O'Connor, diocesan direc-
tor of the Catholic charities In
Boston, said:
|
you can have honesty and virtue oy
instflling into the minds of the peo-
pie that purity and clean living is
THE will Of God"
n& CConnor emphasized the ne
icessity Of the family standing to-
igether as a force against lax mar
iriages and divorce as the destroyers
of the home.
| The early session was opened by
Thomas Farrell. president West Man
haitian Particular Council, Society Of
ST. Vincent de Paul. New York city.
helpful accomplishments in the field
OF family relief by the Catholic chari-
tiles of the various dioceses during
the past year"
Reports were read from the com.
mittee on sick and defective, and
a schedule OF medical facts for social
| workers was detailed The prob
lem OF old age will be discussed this
afternoon by the committee on social
and civic activities. and at O'Clock
for delinquent girls will be held.
Law Enforcement Urged.
Stirring appeals for prompt and
rigid law enforcement to check the
rising wave Of crime" remedies for
the unprotected children OF America
and installation OF uniform divorce
! laws. Dy Justice MARCUS :. hAVafaSH Il
of the Cook county superior court OF
Chicago, Secretary Of Labor James J.
Davis and Senator Joseph E. Ransdel
of louisiana respectively, featured
the opening session held at the uni.
versity yesterday.
which most largely makes for presen,
increases of crime" declared Justice
Kavanagh, can only be consequent
upon widespread lack Of respect ant
fear of our country's laws, and thai
lack has Its origin. in the most part
in the American habit of dilly-dally.
Ing with the criminal.
Not greater severity OF Justice
but celerity, certainty and f1nality o.
Justice are the need of the hour oi
the American courts" continued th'
jurist, who gave statistics to show
that there had been estimated In th.
United States in 1921 between 7.50t
and 5000 cases of murder and man
slaughter, compared with 1877 In Eng
land and Wales for the same period
The number of persons unlawful!
slain In Canada during the same yea
equaled exactly the number Of slain IL
San Francisco alone" added Justice
Kavanagh.
Urges Child Labor Laws.
Secretary Davis opened tho late ses
sion, which was presided over by Ri
Rev. Thomas J. Shahan. president o.
the conference with declaration
that kmerica's problem today "is thu
problem Of her children"
II will tell you what makes the futur'
) terrible to me-" said the Secretary. "ant
what prompts me 70 consecrate my lif'
and work to tho service Of children. Il
is these things:
1 Lad H,xyl q n hafOFJ
they have had time scarce to open theil
unseeing eyes upon tho world abou1
them.
"Half a million American children
so-called detectives and delinquents
growing up almost totally neglected
American children bent beneath tht
! burden Of premature toll in mines ane
mill factory before they have sensed thu
privileges and duties OF humanity
Thirty million American children o
!, school age. who. even n they win tn, tn,
.. schools false learning and education
that will not it more than ene in tel
Of them for the places they must occupy
:. in life. These evils are with US today
, Out Of the millions Of mouths OF oul
babes they cry to US for action.
u Secretary Davis said that state law
could be passed for the regulation o.
|. child labor, but predicted the adoption
Of q constitutional amendment to tina
end.
Senator RansAell Speaks.
Senator Ransdell stressed the neces
sity of uniform divorce laws.
The conference opened with th'
celebration Of pontifcial high mas
by Bishop shahan. Rt. Rev. P.
McDevitt Bishop of Harrisburg
\ a - tnf
that the Catholic church IL the onl!
orranized force with authority an,
strength sufficiently great to offe
. efYecffye, resistance to doctrines be
ing proclaimed today with dogmatt
4 fnality, which. II carried out. woul'
wreck the Individual the famiiy an
. society.
Il Immigrant welfare was discussed b,
the committee Of woman activities. a
the meeting, Of which Mrs. Georg
w. Mcintyre. chairman Of, the sBii
Sisters, Chicago, presided.
charitabie bureau, Boston. reviewe,
the work that 70 being done by Catho
lie organizations In that city In meet
ing Immigrants, and the Rev.. Ed
ward Lying OF Philadelphia urge
more careful. supervision of 'tmmi
s oshsr speakers at the. meeting .
We're Bruce M. Mohler of the Ma
tional Catholic Welfare COUNCIL
washington: MT; 81 9. R0cioppi. bh
Of al. Vincent de Paul. which IL hold
inr its national conference u con
:. nection with the charities conferences
also held . meeting aurins the aft
ernoon. ~ = y 80: ~ z; *.
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