Evening journal., 1922-08-29

sobbed forth. and 1 am not feeling
well myself
In IS much as my presence hero
might create different impressions
on different people it would certain
~ have been a much easier thing
for me to do to stay away. Tho
principal danger in speaking at any
gathering is that OF being misquoted.
Some time ago a boy in our school
came to another classroom looking
Tor lost book. The teacher In
charge told the boy who answered
the door to tell him this: Sidney
you are mistaken about your book
being here. you must look for it
elsewhere But this is the way the
message was delivered: Hey Sid,
Father says you're damn liar. You
better chase yourself out of here!"
When the laughter which greeted
this salley had ceased. Father Tuck
er continued:
Not long since I spoke in local
church on the theme, 'Sloth is the
Mother of All Vice. and l strictly
condemned loafing and laziness as
being against the law of God. If
any man will not work. said. quot
ing st. Paul neither let him eat.
After the mass some devout loafer
ter with Father Tucker? Is he op-
posed to Labor?'
"Of course 1 am not opposed to |
Labor and that is why / am here
today. No Catholic priest can be op
posed 10 the man whose lot is cast
with that of the Carpenter OF Naza-
reth.
THE greatest champion in these
modern times that the laboring man
has had was a pope of the Catholic
Church. Leo XIII. All men of sane
mind hail his encyclical on the Con-
dition of Labor as the masterpiece
expression of right reason on the
subject-of right reason, say, be-
cause at the same time It IL the au-
thoritative expression of the re-
veaied doctrine of God himself on
the matter.
by seeming paradox, which but
discloses the more the truth Of his
position, the Holy Father proves to
30 in this same document the great
st safeguard that righteous Capital
sm has against the erroneous doc
.rine of Socialism. An excerpt from
he Pope's document which has i'm
mediate bearing on this body and
which may command the attention
of all concerned is this:
Working mems associations :
ihould be so organized and govern
ID as to furnish the best and most I,
means for attaining what is
timed at, that Is. TO say, for help
I g each individual member to bet
er his condition to the utmost in =
ody, mind and property
My presence here means nothing
more than what those words mean.
{ does not mean that 1 favor this
trike. The only strike that would I
penly endorse and actively work
or in these hot summer months
you'd be a strike of the prohibit :
ion enforcement agents or of the
blue law advocatesi
Il made it clear to the gentlemen
( your organization who waited
pom me that ! was not in a posi-
ion to speak intelligently on this
resent crisis. First of all, on prln-
iple, I do not think It is the busl-
ess OF churchmen to be about any
ther business than their Fathers.
lst as I do not believe Il to be the
light Of any Tom. Dick or Harry to
ONE in our domain of religion and !
'ronounce upon It, authoritatively.
iedicine. law, religion and every
hing in It's respective order should
e left in the hands of professionals
rho devote their lives to the study
( these things. 1t would be both
,norance and injustice on my part
, pronounce on this grave problem =
lat confronts the nation. unless L