Evening star., 1933-10-05
URGES REDOUBLED
EFFORT FOR RELIEF.
Roosevelt Makes Plea to Ma.
ton in Address Before Cath
oIic Charities Conference.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 5.-Before the
National Conference of Catholic Chari-
ties, President Roosevelt last night
praised the Nation for its relief efforts
and called State, city. church and pri-
vate institutions to redouble the efforts
for the harder part ahead"
The President, who received a cheer
ing reception was applauded heartily
by the crowd in the vast square audi
torium Of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel as
he asserted:
I'VE have ventured and we have won; ;
we shall venture further and we shall
win again.
Mr.. Roosevelt was surrounded on the
platform by high church dignitaries
and prominent men Of New York City.
including Alfred E. Smith and Mayor
John p. O'Brien.
Mr.. Smith slapped the President on
his shoulder as the latter passed him
walking to his seat. Smiling, Mr. Roose-
velt whispered in Smiths ear as he
passed.
Interrupted BY Applause.
Again Mr.. Roosevelt was interrupted
With IuSty applause as he remarked:
Leadership have tried to give; but
the great and most important fact has
been the reSponSe-the wholehearted
responSe-of America"
Cardinal Hayes, who sat beside the
President on the speakers platform ex-
tending across one end of the hall, fol-
lowed the Chief Executive with brief
address to which Mr. Roosevelt listened
before departing for a special train to
carry him back to Washington.
The President and his party entered
the hall nearly two hours before he de-
livered his address.
Mr.. Roosevelt was escorted by his
military aid. Col. Edwin Watson. On
the arm of Cardinal Hayes was Mrs.
Roosevelt. The cardinal, in robes of
rich red, sat between them at the ban
quet.
Study in New York Politics.
The banquet provided study in New
York Democratic politics. In the CEN
ter was the President. who has de-
ciared. q White House announcement
recently said, a hands of" policy in
the mayoralty election. To his right
were Mayor O'Brien and the man who
brought about his denomination, Tam
many leader John F. Curry. seated i'm
medlately below the dais. To the Presi-
dents left was Postmaster General Far
ley. who, it has been reported, lends
his influence to the campaign Of Joseph
Mckee, as an Independent. over O'Brien,
Still further left was Smith, an enigma
In the mayoralty fight.
Currency Is Not Mentioned.
The expected discussion of currency
was not forthcoming. Instead, the
President stressed the spiritual side of
the national life
long roar swelled over the banquet
hall as he declared:
Always have been certain that we
would conquer, because the spirit of
America springs from faith-faith in
the beloved institutions of our land and
q true and abiding faith In the divine
guidance Of God"
As did the President, Cardinal HAYES
said the country must be reconstructed
on a new basis. The old order, the
prelate said was built upon a founda-
ton OF selhshness, unrestricted COM
petition, and craving for economic
power"
Our able bodied citizens should be
assured of a family wage" he con-
tinued. Decent hours, safe working
conditions and steady work. No one
can assert that they are beyond the
resources Of the land If properly man
aged
1.-The days that face us are days Of
uncertainty, Of change, but nevertheless
days Of hope. Our most cherished
hopes for America can come true only
to serve our fellow man unSelf1shly."
Called Humanitarian.
President Roosevelt was termed ian
executive Of outstanding ability and a
humanitarian who has fostered the
cause Of social Justice in q resolution
adopted yesterday by the conference.
The resolution thanked Mr.. Roosevelt
and other members Of his administra-
ton for cooperating in the conference
Very Rev. r. Marcellus Wagner, for
the last seven years director of Cath
olic charities In Cincinnati. Ohio, was
the 1884 conference in Richmond, Va,
beginning on October Z, and the 1885
meeting in Cincinnati.
Other officers elected were DR.. F. E.
Fronczak Of Buffalo. N. Y; Miss Mary
Duffy Of Newark, N. j.; James Fitz-
gerald Of Detroit, William Harahan Of
Richmond and Rev. Edwin L. Leonard
Of Baltimore, vice presidents; Thomas
F. Farrell Of New York, treasurer: Rev.
John O'Grady of Washington, D. c.,
secretary, and Rev. Francis Mellen Of
Washington, D. c., field secretary.
New Executives Chosen.
On the new Executive Committee are
Very Rev. Msgr. Peter Wynhoven Of
New Orleans, Mrs. Leon Fink Of De-
troit, Rev. Bryan j. McEntegart of New
York and A. j. Ohilschlager of Louis
vile, KY.
chosen as follows: Children, Mrs.
Mabel Mattingly Of Cleveland; social
and economic problems, Rev. William
Walsh Of Wilkes-Barre, Pa; neighbor-
hood and community activities. Rev.
Ralph Glover of Newark, N. j., and
protective care, James Owens OF Al
bany, N. Y.
Activities Of the Ascension Club Of
Minneapolis were described at one
group meeting by Rev. James r. Cole
man, one Of its directors.
The clubs work, he said, was typical
Of possibilities In that field Of social
welfare.
Maurice L. Petit Of the South Bend.
Ind, Juvenile Court stressed the need
for use Of the medical, spiritual. edu.
cational, recreational and industrial
resources of the community In crime
prevention and probation work.
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