Evening star., 1940-01-12
Civic Education Plan
Support Reported
By Mser. Corrigan
New Members Added
To Map Program for
Catholic Schools

Leaders of Catholic fraternal and
other organizations have Endorsed
the civic education program of the
Commission on American Citizen
ship, according to an announcement
today by Msgr. Joseph M. Corrigan,
commission chairman and rector of
Catholic University.
The commission is preparing
courses in citizenship for the
Catholic schools of the country at
the instance of the late Pope Plus
XII.
Declaration of support for the
commissions objectives in the ex-
tension and deepening of the teach
ing Of citizenship in the Catholic
schools of the Nation has been
voiced by the following, organiza-
ton officers, who are also members
of the commission: Louis Kennedy,
president of the National Council
Of Catholic Men; Mrs. j. w. McCol-
lum, president of the National
Council of Catholic Women;
Thomas H. Cannon, high chief
ranger, Catholic Order of Foresters;
Mrs. Anna R. Downes, high chief
ranger, Women's Catholic Order of
Foresters; Mrs. Mary A. Kinsella,
president of the Ladies' Auxiliary
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians
In America; Joseph E. Kerrigan,
national president, Ancient Order
of Hiberians in America Francis P.
Matthews, supreme knight of the
Knights of Columbus; Mrs. Carolyn
B. Manning, national regent, Daugh-
ters of Isabella, and John Eibeck,
supreme president, Catholic Knights
Of st. George.
New Commission Members.
Supplementing a group already
made public, Msgr. Corrigan also
announced the appointment to the
commission, which is to consist of
100 distinguished members, both
Catholics and non- Catholics, of the
following representative citizens:
Senator Robert F. Wagner, Senator
Robert M. La Toilette, jr,; Senator
Patrick McCarran, Senator Burton
K. Wheeler. Breckenridge Long,
former Ambassador to Italy; Hugh
Gibson. former Ambassador to BEL
GUM; Representative Foster Stearns,
Maj. Elbridge Colby, Army War
College.
Miss Katharine Lenroot, chief,
Children's Bureau. Department of
Labor; j. v. Connolly, King Fea-
lures Syndicate, Inc; Will H. Hays,
president of the Motion Picture Pro-
ducers and Distributors of America;
Charles H. Ridder, president of the
Catholic Press Association; Roger
w. Straus, New York City; William
H. Albers, Cincinnati; Joseph 1.
Breen, Hollywood; Ralph Adams
Cram. Boston; John Steven Nc
Groarty. Tujunga, Calf; Harold
Storey, Milwaukee; John J. Sullivan,
Philadelphia; Mrs. George E. Bren-
nan, Chicago
Dean Emeritus Named.
Mrs. H. F. Chadeayne, st. Louis;
Mrs. Mary Pflaum Fischer. Dayton,
Ohio; Mrs. Herbert Field Fisher,
Hartford, Conn; Miss Permeal
French, emeritus dean of women,
University of Idaho; Mrs. Carter H.
Harrison, Chicago; Miss May Hav-
erty, Atlanta, Ga: Miss Mary Gra-
ham Hawks, Buffalo, N Y; Miss
Ann Sarachon Hooley, Kansas City,
Mo.
Miss Elizabeth Jordan, New York
City; Miss Elizabeth Ward Lough-
ran, Boston; Miss Mary v. Merrick,
founder and president of the Christ
Child Society; Mrs. Carroll Miller,
Washington; Mrs. Arthur F. Mullen,
Omaha. Nebr.; DR.. Anne M. Nichol-
son. Oakland, Calf; Mrs. Percival
de st. Aubin, Providence; Mrs. Allen
Worries, Washington; Miss Helen c.
White, University Of Wisconsin, and
Charles w. Eliot, National Resources
Planning Board.