Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-11
Pope Plus Urges
Social Peace
In the j. ).
EncycIicoI Calls for
Solution of Conflict
Of Capital, Labor
BY the Associated Press.

VATICAN CITY, Nov. 11.-Pope
Plus XII today urged that the wis
dom of governing powers" in the
United States and "far seeing gen.
erosity" of employers be exerted to
solve the Nations labor problems,
including unemployment.
He also called on labor for ere
spect of the common veal" ex-
pressed regret that "the Christian
religion is ignored" in many schools
and criticized "levity in regard to
marriage and birth control and
"immodesty in dress"
A major share of special en-
cylical addressed to American
bishops in the 150th anniversary of
the founding of the Catholic
hierarchy in the United States was
devoted to a plea for harmony be-
tween laboring man and employer.
Divorce Decried.
He also decried divorce and the
evils of exaggerated egoism, thirst
for pleasure = avarice for power,
hungering for riches, neglect of the
poor, breaking down of family life
and neglect of duty to ones
country"
May it be brought about that
each and every able bodied man may
receive equal opportunity for work
in order to earn daily bread for
himself and his own" the Pope
wrote.
The pontiff said solution OF the
social question would bring great
honor to the American people"
The epistle of more than 5000
words also called attention to mod
ern evils" which arose from "ignor-
ance of God, disregard for His Com
mandments or their imperfect OBJ
Servance."
Pope Plus declared he was grieved
that in so many schools in the
United States the Christian religion
is ignored and human knowledge
confined within the cramped limits
OF rationalism and naturalism."
This could not continue without
dread consequences, he added.
OF supreme importance in his
mind, the pontiff asserted, is the So
cial question, which even in Amer
lea is the cause of disturbance and
unrest"
Urges Spur to Employment.
The pontif urged that salaries of
working men be sufficient to main
tain them and their families and
that something be done to provide
greater employment.
The principles of Christian ethics
must be generously reduced to prac-
tice. the Pope said, if the conflict be-
tween capital and labor, between
rich and poor, is to be solved in
justice and charity.
Poverty accepted in true Chris
tan spirit Is holy and honorable, he
said, and wealth carries with it
heavy responsibilities because of its
obligations to the poor.
May 1t be brought about that
each and every able bodied man
may receive equal opportunity for
work in order to earn daily bread
for himself and his own" the pom
TIL said. I'VE deeply lament the
lot Of those-their number in the
United States is large indeed-who
though robust, capable and willing
cannot have work for which they
anxiously are searching.
May the wisdom of governing
powers, far-seeing generosity on
the part of employers, together with
speedy re-establishment of more
favorable conditions, effect the real
ization of these reasonable hopes to
the advantage of ALL"
Approves Farmer, Labor Unions.
The Pope approved unions of la
boring men and farmers as we'll as
employers for the protection of their
rights, following, however, the die
tates of justice.
1T is not possible without injus-
tice to deny or limit either to pro-
ducers or to laboring and farming
classes the free faculty of uniting
in associations by means which they
may defend their proper rights and
secure betterment of goods of the
soul and body as well as the honest
comforts of life," the encylical con-
tinued.
The pontiff said such associations
or unions should draw their vital
force from principles of wholesome
liberty act in such a manner
that in their care for the interests
Of their class they violate no one's
rights; let them continue to strive
for harmony and respect of the COM
mon veal of civil society,""
Some employers themselves have
desired to settle ever recurring con-
troversies with workers in accordance
with the postulates of the gospel, he
added.
What proud vaunt it will be fol
the American people, by nature in
clined to grandiose undertakings and
to liberality," the Pope continued
(See POPE, Page A-4.)
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