Evening star., 1925-11-16
HITS BIRTH CURB
AS FREE LOVE AID
Bishop Schrembs Addresses
National Catholic Wom-
ems Council Here.

The business sessions of the Ma
tional Council of Catholic Women,
holding their annual convention here
this morning with an address by
Bishop Joseph Schrembs of Cleve-
land, in which he violently attacked
the proponents of birth control ad-
vocation, which, he declared, is
threatening to turn the institution of
marriage into IAN indescribable condl-
ton of free love"
Bishop Schrembs also protested
against narrow, selfish interests as OPP
posed to the viewpoint of Worldwide
brotherhood of man and urged the
delegates to abandon their petty
parochial and diocesan viewpoints"
and to assume a national Catholic out
look regarding such questions as edu-
cation, religion, birth control and
women's rights. He urged them to
adopt as their creed, Il believe in the
Holy Catholic Church and to out
grow the idea of regarding the parish
or diocese as the big thing.
Reports Are Approved.
The reports of the president, sec
retary and treasurer We're read and
approved and the list of committees
was read by Miss Anna Dill Gamble
of York, Pa, secretary. They are as
follows:
Nominating committee-Mrs. Charles
p. Neill, Washington, ID. c.; Miss Nj.
Louise Darr, Washington, ID. c.;
Mrs. James F. Hartnett of Provi-
dence, r. l.: Mrs Agnes NJ. Bacon of
p,-ny
Rockford, ILL.,; Mrs. F. E. Mackentepe,
Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs. John F. Mar
tin. Green Bay, Wis; Mrs. A. II.
Stuckey. San Diego. Calf; Mrs. Jo-
seph Slevin, New York City; MRS.
Frank Valley. New Orleans Mrs.
Johnson Harrisburg. Pa; Mrs. Frank
Blackinger, Boise, Idaho; Mrs. Henry
Lyme, Denver. Colo; Mrs George ID.
Sattery, St. Paul; Mrs. l.. G. Kurtz,
Des Moines, Iowa; Miss Mary Spoor.
Kansas City, Mo.
Credentials committee-MisS Mar
guerite Boylan. Hartford Conn: Miss
Clara O'Connell. Atlanta, Ca; Mrs. w.
J. O'Toole, st. Paul. Mimi; Miss May
Jennings. Rochester, n. Y; Miss
Mary c. Green, San Francisco. Calf.
Resolutions committee-Miss Agnes
Corrigan, Kansas City, Mo; Mrs.
James H. Hackett. Milwaukee, Wis;
Mrs. Cecil Smith, Sherman, Tex; Miss
Anne Hume. Houston. Tex: Mrs. s. j.
Kraft. Birmingham, Wash; Mrs.
James p. Mulherin. Augusta, Ga; Mrs.
j. E. Powell. Washington, d. c., and
Mrs. Charles ]. H. Hayes. New York
City.
Election committee-Mrs. p. Sylves-
ter Flynn, New York City; Mrs. j.
Stofer, Buffalo, \. y; Mrs. Jennie B.
Green, Baltimore. Md; Mrs. Curran j.
Jones. Charleston, 5. c., and Mrs.
John J. Barrett of Richmond, Va.
Immigration Discussed.
A discussion of the best methods of
dealing with immigrants was to be
held this afternoon. with Mrs. Michael
Gavin, vice president. presiding. Miss
Sarah Weadrick, assistant director or
the Bureau of immigration, \. c. w.
c.. will read a report on immigration
and the international conference OF
Catholic women's leagues"
Miss Mary Kennedy of New York
was scheduled to talk on immigrant
aid as a practical experiment, and
Miss Irene Hickey of Oklahoma City,
Okla, and Mrs. Agnes Bacon OF
Providence. r. l., on the best methods
of cooperating with the Federal and
State programs in Americanizing the
immigrants.
Miss Johnette Pierik Of Honolulu
was on the program for discussion of
the possibilities of community house
and Very Rev. Edward Molloy. c. SIS.
R., San Antonio, Tex, was to talk on
the Mexican immigrant.
The evening session will be devoted
to discussion of education and health
talks by Miss Mary f. Spencer, de-
partment of education, n. c. w. c.,
and Rev. Thomas Werner Moore, pro-
fessor Of psychology at Catholic Uni.
versity.
Rev. George w. johnson, depart
ment of education, Catholic Univer-
sity. will give an address on 'Educa-
ton in the Home"
Mgr. PAGES Address Topic.
knowledge you are told, is what
the world needs For evil thrives on
ignorance. Vice and crime and law
lessness are it's offspring. To remove
them we have only to raise the level
Of intelligence" Mgr. Edward A. Pace
of the Catholic University declared at
the opening of the convention at pom
tifical mass in the Shrine Of the I'M
maculate Conception yesterday.
However, Mgr. Pace warned, many
are coming to see that education of
the intellect without moral training
can and often does produce more bane-
full effects than ignorance of the low
est type
you are not seeking political power,
| YOU are not aiming to have your voice
heard in any civic assembly, but you
are meeting to enlighten your country
on the excellence of the ideals in
which you have been trained" Mgr
G. F. Thomas of ST. Patrick's Church
told the delegates at a reception at
the Willard Hotel last night Although
women are not intellectually inferior
to men. they can never be his equal,
Mgr. Thomas declared.
Commissioner Fenning Speaks.
At the evening session Commissioner
Fenning, speaking on behalf Of the
Commissioners, welcomed the women
to the city.
He praised the work the society has
done and expressed the belief that
they would do still better in the fu-
ture.
Other speakers were Rev. John
Burke. c. S. P, and Miss Florence
Loeber Of New Orleans, president of
the council.
More than 800 women from all sec
tions of the country who are at
tending the council were received by
President Coolidge in his office today
Before coming to the Presidents s
Office the women were received In
| the blue room at the White House
bv Mrs. Coolidge.
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