Evening star., 1927-09-29
CATHOLIC WOMEN
ELECT OFFICERS
Mary G. Hawkes. of Newark
Named President of Ma
ti0naI Council.

Miss Mary G. Hawkes. of Newark
y. j.. was elected president of the
National Council of Catholic Women
at the closing session of their con.
vention here today.
Other officers elected were as fol
lows: First vice president, Mrs. w. c.
Benham, Cleveland Ohio; second vice
president, Mrs. Henry j. Keyser
Milwaukee, Wis; third vice president
Mrs. George F. Satory, st. Paul
Mimi; treasurer, Mrs. Agnes M. Bacon
Providence. r. l.. and secretary, Miss
Anna Dill Gamble. York. Pa.
1t was voted to hold the next con.
gress in Cleveland at a date to be
| decided later. Miss Agnes G. Regain
of San Francisco was reappointed
executive secretary by the new board
of directors.
Pope Praises Work.
The work of the council in preserv'
ing the sanctity Of marriage, the unity
of family life, freedom in education
and in opposing the modern trend tC
immoral literature, books and motion
pictures, was highly commended by
the Pope through the papal legate
Most Rev. Peter Fumasoni-B -Biondi, at
the banquet at the Mayflower Hotel
last night.
Frequently the Holy Father has
pleaded with women to take a firm
stand against extreme and immodest
fashions of dress, immoral cinemas
and literature" declared the apostolic
al 70 v1As Ill
activity in opposing the paganizing
of marriage and the breaking down
of Christian standards is highly graft.
flying. The Holy Father counts on
you to uphold the noble standards of
Christian womanhood and I shall tell
him his trust has not been misplaced -
Beauty Contest Hit.
The proposed resolution against
beauty contests. and bathing beach
pageants, recommended at a session
Monday, was unanimously adopted by
the entire convention, yesterday aft
ernoon.
| The resolution read: Resolved. that
in the interest of public morality and
for the welfare of our girls, the Ma
tional Council Of Catholic Women pro.
tests the holding of beauty contests.
and be 1t further resolved that all
organizations of Catholic women put
forth every effort to end such ex-
ploitations in their local commun-
ities."
In condemning the Curtis Reed bill
to establish a department of education
with a secretary in the cabinet, the
National Council pronounced such leg
islation unconstitutional, politically
dangerous and educationally vicious. -
Further resolutions were passed.
aimed against birth control, legislation
for human sterilization, and organized
vice of every kind including immoral
moving pictures, literature and ex-
treme fashions.
Sympathy for Mexico.
The council extended it's sympathy
to the Catholics of Mexico, pledging it's
members to continue a crusade of
prayer and sacrifice in an endeavor to
better their condition.
The seven new directors, nominated
at the morning meeting, were elected
in the afternoon. They were: Mrs.
w. F. Sands of this city, Mrs. George
v. Mcintyre of Chicago, Mrs. L. c..
Kurtz Of Des Moines, Iowa; Mrs.
James Downey Of Mobile. Ala; Miss
Mary G. Hawkes. Of Newark, n. j.:
Mrs. Theodore Benoist of st. Louis
| and Mrs. +. 7. Buell. Of Dallas, Tex.
The modernist point of view con-
corning marriage, with its selfishness
and haste, leaving little time for home
| making and for raising a family, was
given by Mrs. James A. Bach Of Mil.
waukee as the cause for most d.
vorces, at the dinner last night.
Mrs. Arthur +. Mullen of Omaha
the retiring president. presided at the
banquet. and Mrs. Charles w. Mat.
tingly of Cleveland. was toastmistress.
Others who spoke were Rev. John j.
Burke, G. S. p. executive secretary
of the National Catholic Welfare Con
ference; Michael Williams. editor of
the Commonweal. on Our Holy
Father; Miss Katherine Breezy. on
Our Literature; Charles Phillips,
professor Of English of Notre Dame
University. on Our Country" and
Dr. Enrique Olaya, minister from
| Colombia, on Our South American
Neighbors."