The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-08

About 1,e00 were present at the annual meeting of the State Dio- cesan Bureau of Social Service which was held yesterday after noon at the Waterbury Catholic High school auditorium, the hall taxed to its capacity with repre- sentatives of the state and local bureaus, members of the state and local councils of Catholic women, and representatives and members of the Connecticut Conference of Social work. The meeting yester- day afternoon was held in conjunc- ton with the state conference; arr engagements for the state meeting in this city this year arranged for by Rev Eugene P. Cryne, local diocesan director. Most Rev Maur- ice F. McAuIiffe, D. D.. auxiliary bishop of Hartford, Rev John Augustine Ryan, D. D., professor of sociology at the Catholic Uni- versity at Washington, D. C., and one of the acknowledged leading economists of the country, were the principal speakers. Mayor Frank Hayes also gave a brief ad- dress. Rev George Grady, diocesan director presided, Introducing the speakers and giving 8 short ad- dress of welcome, and Miss Anna r. Cummings, executive secretary, read @ report of the activities of the bureau during the past year.
 In addition to the guests of honor there were also present many clergy, including. Rev Fran cis M. O'Shea, assistant local diocesan, director, Rev Thomas MuIcahy, Rev John Fitzgerald, Rev Leo Finn, Rev Raymond J. O'Cal- laghan of New London and Rev William J. Daly of New Haven.
 Following his address of welcome Father Grady introduced Miss An- na F. Cummings. executive secre- tary, who read her report of the year, stating that the family well fare department provided for the necessities of 22,092,676 families receiving some personal service. The relief given amounted to $169.- S49.99, and 1S,643 articles of cothing were distributed. She stated also that over 1,800 educa- tion and recreation opportunities were afforded.
 The financial report was next read by Father Grady, which stat ed the balance on hand Dec 1. 1892 was $3,937.59 balance on hand Dec. 31, s2,S61.12 to total disbursements, $439,167.2S.
 Father Grady then introduced Mayor Hayes who spoke briefly complimenting the Diocesan Bureau of Social Service and other chari- table and cooperating agencies on Holding the enemy in check"
 Dr. Ryan was next introduced and prefaced his talk on "Catholic Principles for Better Social Order" by stating that social agen- cies have to perform a certain routine of charitable work, helping out the unemployed situation, that they would not have to do in nor mai times, and said that charitable organizations should cover other fields, and not this one. The main topics outlined by Father Ryan in his talk and which follow closely the encyclicals of Pope Leo XIII and Pope Plus XI, gone into briefly were as follows: Property, capital, wages, labor unions and the state, all of which have been taken up in both mentioned encylicals, be- gun by Pope Leo and further de- veloped by Plus. An abstract of the substance of Dr. Ryan's talk follows:
 These principles may be sum- marized under two headings: Notifications of the Present In- dustrial System and a Reconstruc- ted Social Order. In the former category, the most important slb- jects are property, capital, wages, labor unions and the state.
 (a) Pope Leo XIII, in his En- cyclical Rerum Novarum strongly asserted that private ownership is a natural right, but that the use of the right is limited and that property itself should be widely diffused. Pope Plus KIT, in his En- cyclical Quadragesimo Anno, re- stated the truth of his predecessor and expanded it by emphasizing the social aspect of property and pointing out that the limitation of both the right and the use of property must be defined by the government in conformity with so- cial justice and the common good.
 (b) The right of property in- cludes the right to own capital. Plus XI declares that the owner of capital has a right to his due share" of the product. The due share" of both capital and labor IS determined, says the Holy Father, by "the common good" and the principles of social Justice.
 Here the pope takes issue with labor which said it should have all the profits. The pope says, labor and capital each should have It's due share. The pope lays down a general rule, that capital should have as much as is necessary 10 promote the common good and so- ciaI justice. We are coming to re. alize that capital will have to ac- cept smaller percentage on it's in- vestments than percent.
 To think that we can get per- cent on our investments over period of years is delusion. The only thing during the past 20 years which has brought in steady in- come have been U. s, government bonds, the highest of which pay slightly more than percent.
 Co Pope Leo XIII laid down the right of labor to a living wage. Pope Plus XI has made this doc- Urine more definite and comprehen- siv by proclainiing the right of the laborer to a wage which will give him an ample suffciency", which the Holy Father explains as com prising goods sufficient to support q family, to provide for depen- dents and old age and to obtain "a certain modest fortune" More over, he declares that where feasible, the wage contract should be modified so as to enable the worker to share in management. profits and ownership"
 (d) The right of labor to orr ganize was asserted by Pope Leo in terms sufficiently comprehensive to