Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-30

gram Of unemployment relief Is the
recognition of the principle Of a mini
mum Of comfort and decency, the rec
ignition of q minimum material way
Of life below which no one shall be al
lowed to fall.
The details Of the second step. he
said, include the use of the power of
taxation to bring about better distribu-
ton Of land resources. better distribu-
ton Of income, q better education to
promote . wise use Of that income and
so forth
Unemployment insurance In the
United States, Mr.. Wolman explained,
affects only half o million workers and
operates solely under private concerns
He explained the experiment in the
clothing industry as evidence that it is
possible to impose expenditures without
imposing excessive~Surdens on industry
and to avoid also the evils of the Euro
pean system of insurance.
Problems affecting disqualification,
particularly Catholic institutions, were
presented at the meeting Of the Com
mittee on Health.
Rev. G. H. lie Blond Of Cleveland,
Ohio, said that hospital has an obliga-
ton which it must perform in social
service work to the community upon
which 1t draws its support.
Tine hospital that doesn't do that
certainly misses the opportunity of fill
ing the biggest part in the program Of
charity" he said. Social service and
charity work, he stressed, should be and
generally Is the major obligation of
Catholic hospitals. DR.. Alexius Nc
Glannan of Mercy Hospital, Baltimore,
also discussed the hospital as q relief
giving institution and Sister M. Eileen
OF st. Johns Hospital, Cleveland, and
Rev. Alphonse Schwitalla, s. j., of St.
Louis University School of Medicine
elaborated on the work Of social service
clinics.
At tonight's general conference in
the Willard, DR.. William j. Kerby, pro-
lessor OF sociology Of the Catholic Uni
versity, will be the principal speaker.
Secretary Of Labor Speaks.
Secretary of Labor James J. Davis
was the principal speaker on last nights
program Of the general session. He was
introduced by one OF the pioneer work.
ers Of the conference, Miss Teresa r.
O'Donohue. president of the League of
Catholic Women.
"A conference in the interests of
charity could not have been called at
a more .propitious time" Secretary
THE home is Just now under assault
from number of points of attack. The
rapid mechanization of life is q factor
A thousand interests outside the home
are Turing the family until the home
Is hardly more than q sleeping place"
Preservation of the family hearth and
rehabilitation of delinquent children.
Secretary Davis told the delegates, are
two major tasks confronting charity or
CARNATIONS. He pointed out that 2,000,-
600 delinquent children passed through
the courts last year and that As, 900
boys and girls are in institutions.
Mr.. Davis suggested that the Catholic
charities had an important part to play
in this work Of rehabilitating mankind
by helping to infuse in this country a
spirit OF Cancellation. He praised the
work of the conference and told the
delegates that the head of the Chill
dren's Bureau of the Department OF
Labor had told him of the invaluable
service being rendered by the Catholic
organizations.
Secretary Davis was originally sched-
ule to speak tonight, but at the last
moment he was given a place instead
on last nights program Rev. Jones
Corrigan, S. j., of Boston College, also
was . speaker on the same program.
Mrs. e. j.. Mcdonald of Waterbury,
Conn, gave a talk on Catholic Women
and Community Movements"
Unemployed Discussed.
Sessions yesterday afternoon were de-
voted to various interests affecting
charity work, including unemployment.
Among the speakers were Rev. Walter
Z. Foery of Rochester. N. Y; Mgr. r.
M. Wagner of Cincinnati, E. j. Galbally
of Philadelphia, and Dr. Frank OHara.
professor Of economics at the Catholic
University in Washington.
DR.. O'Hara spoke on Credit Unions
and Their Relations to UNEMPLOYMENT"
He explained the origin and purpose
OF the credit unions, which for the
past SO years had been established in
various Catholic parishes in Europe and
In Canada TO furnish its members with
small loans in times of emergency.
It's first popular introduction in this
country was in 1909, he said, when Ed
ward A. F1lene of Boston created q
Credit Union National Extension Blu
reau which was to encourage a similar
ldea among the people of the United
states. At the present time, DR.. O,Hara
pointed out, two-thirds of the States
have. passed credit union laws and there
Is now pending in Congress q credit
union bill for the District of Columbia.
Primarily the credit union aims To
cultivate q spirit of thrift among its
members, he said, and the result Is that
these associations established on a busi-
ness basis, make the most practical
form OF insurance against unemploy-