The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-06-16
HUMAN RIGHTS
GROUP ELECTS
MURRAY HEAD

NEW YORK-Sen. James E. Muir.
ray of Montana was elected chairman
of the Committee of Catholics for
meeting here in the Hotel Commodore.
Other members of the committee
are the Most Rev. Robert E. Ducey,
archbishop of San Antonio; Frank j.
Lausche, mayor of Cleveland; Asso-
ciate Justice Frank Murphy, of the
United States Supreme Court; Philip
Murray, president of the Congress of
Industrial Organizations, and George
H. Shuster, president of Hunter Col
lege, Prof Emmanuel Chapman, of
Fordham university, was elected di-
rector.
A letter to Secretary of State Cor
dell Hull, commencing his recent ac-
ton in opening up conversations with
the United Nations for a program of
international organization for postwar
security, was unanimously adopted in
the form of a resolution. 1t stated:
I'VE heartily commend your recent
action, as announced in the press, of
inviting the British, Soviet, and Chi
nese governments, through their am
bassadors, to open conversations for a
program of international organization
for postwar security. The principles
of international law and justice and
the friendly cooperation of all ma
tions, have always been maintained in
Catholic thought. That a serious eff
fort is being made to apply these |
principles now in our foreign policy |
gives us much hope. Surely the COM |
mon good of our own nation cannot |
be properly fulfilled without the real |
ization of the common good of the |
society of nations of the world, united |
in the one family of mankind. Per-
cooperation of the four major
powers, who have led the war effort,
along with the other nations victim
lied by nazi aggression, will be the
only safeguard of the hard-earned vic
tory We wish you every success in
this great endeavor."
A further resolution supporting the
of free ports" was APP
proved and sent to President Roose-
gelt and to the War Refugee Board
The resolution reads:
"The establishment of free ports
wherein refugees can find haven,
pending plans for their permanent set
lement, has our strong approval To /,
perform the corporal work of mercy
If sheltering the homeless, the vic
inns of nazi persecution and injustice,
$ elementary Christianity and democ-
acy." +
A third resolution, which expresses
ONE of the committees policies, was
adopted. 1t reads:
Inspired by genuine Christian
eaching and the principles of democ-
acy, we are opposed to the dangerous
berration of anti-Semitism, anti
atholicism-which is the other side
f the same bad coin, anti-negro and
II other racial and minority bias
low incompatible these are with de- q
locracy and Christianity should be
vident to all Unfortunately there
re some who, despite all the evil Il
CHSCt SILL w uOI ItdllLS ludI luG
preading of racial and religious ha- i
reds has become the most dangerous Il
Teapon of nazism. Now that we are 9
n the verge of invading fortress Eur q
pc, the enemy is exploiting this wea- y
on more desperately. Our efforts 10
radicate this poison must be even =
reater. We must wipe out this evil p
herever it appears, in the school, v
le street, the home, the factory, and
herever people gather. If it is not u
,tally eradicated, there can be no y
enuine peace. We shall cooperate =
18th other groups of goodwill in this ?
ecessary work"