Evening star., 1938-10-15
CATHOLICS PLEAD
FOR LABOR PEACE
Hierarchy Protests Against
Treatment of Cardinal by
Austrian NaziS.

WAS 1OCuScO COQay on Lne maj action
of the American hierarchy as it wound
up a three-daya session at Catholic
University yesterday with a plea for
labor peace here and a protest against
treatment accorded Cardinal Innitzer
Of Vienna by Austrian Nazis.
Bringing their influence to bear on
the labor war between the c. I. O. and
the A. F. of L., although they did not
name the two groups. the archbishops
and bishop appealed to Catholic labor
leaders, unionists and employers to
effect social peace.
while we give thanks that in our
own beloved country warfare between
capital and labor seems in some meas
ure to have abated. we grieve to see it
has but given way to warfare between
labor and labor" they declared in a
formal statement as the session ended
Eighty archbishops and bishops at
tended the meeting, which was pre-
sided over by Archbishop John T. Nc
Nicholas of Cincinnati
Turning their attention to Europe,
the members found cause to rejoice
that war between the nations Of Eu-
rope seems for the time at least,
averted," but they added:
I'VE cannot close our eyes to the
fact that greed, selfishness. suspicion
and hatred still smoulder beneath the
surface and are ready to break into
worldwide conflagration at the touch
OF the tinder."
Law Of Love Extolled.
In view of the social conditions in
America and the political situation
abroad, the statement continued:
Once again, therefore, we turn to
our people and beg of them to study
anew the practical implications of
the law of love. and to enthrone that
law in their hearts. We earnestly
beseech them to examine carefully
and apply conscientiously the saving
principals enunciated in the provi-
dental encyclicals OF his holiness,
Pope Plus XII"
The only solution to the evils that
now beset the world, they declared.
is the application of the perfect law
of liberty prescribed by our Divine
Saviour; that we know and love God
above all things and our neighbor
as ourselves"
The bishops also indicated the
campaign against salacious literature
inaugurated in many dioceses in
America will be placed on a national
basis by appointing a committee to
study ways and means of making such
q campaign effective. This committee
will work under the National Catholic
Welfare Conference Administrative
Board.
The Catholic Youth Movement was
extended to every diocese. with work
to be centered in q Catholic Youth
Council.
At the same time the bishops also
instructed a committee to prepare a
pastoral letter to make known to all
Catholics the decision Of the hierarchy
to install in the Catholic school system
throughout the country courses in
social sciences.
The courses are to be specially pre-
pared by the Catholic University here
with a view to carrying out suggestions
of the Pope made in a letter to the
university on the occasion of the OPEN
ing Of its golden jubilee year Wednes-
day.
The courses will embrace civics, eco
nomics and sociology with thorough
exposition of democracy in terms Of
Catholic action and tradition.
The Episcopal Committee on Motion
Pictures was continued by the approval
of the general meeting and it is
planned that the Legion Of Decency
pledge will be renewed publicly in all
Catholic churches of the country on
Sunday, December IL.
Board Members Named.
The following were named as men,
bers of the Administrative Board of
the National Catholic Welfare Con-
ference for the ensuing year:
Archbishops Edward Mooney Of De-
troit, John Gregory Murray of st.
Paul, Joseph F. Rummel OF New Or
leans and Samuel A. Stritch of Mil
waukee. Bishops Hugh c. Boyle Of
Pittsburgh. John A. Duffy Of Buffalo,
John Mark Cannon of Erie, Pa; Fran
els c. Kelley Of Oklahoma City, Edwin
v. O'Hara Of Great Falls, Mont, and
John B. Peterson of Manchester. N. H.
Bishop Duffy becomes a member of
the Administrative Board for the first
time, succeeding Archbishop John j.
NIFTY of San Francisco, who has re-
tired from the board. Bishop Duffy
was formerly one of the boards as
sisting bishops. He was likewise
elected a member of the Board of
Trustees Of the Catholic University Of
America, succeeding the late Bishop
Thomas O'Reilly Of Scranton.
At q meeting held after the close of
the general session the newly named
Administrative Board elected the fol-
lowing officers: Archbishop Edward
Mooney of Detroit, chairman; Bishop
John B. Peterson of Manchester, N. H.,
vice chairman; Bishop Francis c.
Kelley of Oklahoma City, treasurer,
and Bishop John A. Duffy of Buffalo,
secretary. Mser. Michael j. Ready
was reappointed general secretary.
The following assisting bishops were
named: Bishops Bartholomew ].
Eustace Of Camden. Walter A. Foery
OF Syracuse, Karl j. Alter of Toledo,
Edward F. Hoban of Rockford, H.:
Francis P. Keough Of Providence and
Emmet M. Walsh of Charleston.
Member Contest Launched.
Treasury Local 262, National Fed
Grafton of Federal Employees, today is
lnaugurating a membership contest.
The principal prizes for the workers
are SIS, SIS and $40.