c. c. SEPTEMBER Address of Rt. Rev. Joseph F. Rummel To Members of Third Order of St. Francis CATHOLICS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS By Patrick J. Ward YORKTOWN ANNIVERSARY OBSERVANCE By Rev. Francis J. Bryne, D.D. ROCHESTER -- N. C. C. M. CONVENTION CITY By Maurice Sammons COMPILING THE COUNTY'S CATHOLIC WAR RECORD By Irene Dunn ADDITIONAL FEATURES Portland Prolince Bishops Meet in Lacey, lVash.-Bishops Approve Raising Catholic University Fund-Convention of Fl'anciscan Tertiaries Attracts Thousands-N. C. C. W. Convention Program Visions Current Problems- Rochester: Convention City of the N. C. C. M.- Study Outline on New Labor Encyclical-Reports of National Con­ ventions of Catholic Central Verein, Knights of Columbus, Ancient Order of Hi­ bernians, Catholic Daughters of America and Daughters of Isabella-Reports of Conventions of N. C. C. lV. Units in Cincinnati, Monterey-Fresno, Connecticut, Idaho and Arizona-National Catholic School of Social Service Enters Its Second Decade-Regular REVIEW Departments. Christian Education Solvent For This World's Ills--An.Editorial Subscription Price VOL. XIII, No.9 Domestic- $t.OO per year Septcm ber, 1931 Foreign-'l.U per year 2 N. C. W. C. REVIEW September, 1931 N. C. W. C. REVIEW OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC WELFARE CONFERENCE N. C. w. C. Administrative "This organization (the N. C. Purpose of the N. C. W. C. Committee W. C.) is not only useful, but IN THE WORDS OF OUR HOLY FATHER: MOST REV. EDWARD .T. HANNA, D.D. necessary. .. We praise all "Since you (the Bishops) reside in ArchbiBhop of San FrancisCQ cities far apart and there are matters who in any way cooperate in this of a h7:gher import demanding your Chairman great work/'-POPE PIUS XI. joint deliberation. it is im­ perative that by taking counsel together RT. REV. THOMAS F. LILLIS, D.D. you all agree on one common aim and Bishop of Kansas City F4,CTS ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION with one united will strive for its attain­ Vice-Chairman ment by employing, as you now do, the HE National Catholic Welfare Conference was means which are adequate and adapted Chairman, Depa1'lmenl of Social Action T organized in September, 1919. to present-day conditions." The N. C. W. C. is a common agency acting un­ -Pope Pius XI to the Bishops of the United RT. REV. PHILIP R. McDEVITT, D.D. der the authority of the Bishops to promote the States, August, 1927. Bishop of Harrisburg welfare of the Catholics of the country. IN THE WORDS OF OUR BISHOPS: Secretary It has for its incorporated purposes "unifying, coordinating and organizing the Catholic people of "We have g1'ouped together, under the United States in works of education, social wel­ the National Catholic Welfare Confer­ MOST REV. JOHN T. McNICHOLAS, fare, immigrant aid and other activities." ence, the various agenmes by which O.P., S.T.M. It comprises six departments-ExEcUTIVE, EDU­ the cause of religion is fUTthered. Archbishop of Cincinnati CATION, PRESS, SOCIAL ACTION, LEGAL and LAY Each of these, continuing its oum Chairman, Department of Educ(ltion ORGANIZATIONS, including the National Councils of special work in its chosen field, will Catholic Men and Catholic Women. now derive additional support through general cooperation. RT. REV. JOSEPH SCHREMBS, D.D. The Conference is conducted by an Administra­ "The task assigned to each depart­ Bishop of Cleveland tive Committee composed of seven Archbishops ment is so laborious and yet so promis­ and Bishops. ing of results, that we may surely ex­ Chairman, Departrttent of Lay Each department of the N. C. W. C. is adminis­ Organizations pect, with the Divine assistance and tered by an Episcopal Chairman. the loyal support of our clergy and Through the General Secretary, chief executive people, to promote more effectually RT. REV. HUGH C. BOYLE, D.D. officer of the Conference, the reports of the Depart­ the glory of God, the interests of His Bishop of Pittsburgh ments and information on the general work of the Church, and the welfare of our Chairman, Press Department headquarter's staff are sent regularly to the mem­ Country." bers of the Administrative Committee. -From the 1919 Pastoral Letter o{ the The Administrative Bishops of the Conference re­ Archbishops and BishoPI' of the U. S. RT. REV. JOHN G. MURRAY, S.T.D. port annually upon their work to the Holy See. Bishop of Portland Annually at the general meeting of the Bishops, Chairman, Legal Department detailed reports are submitted by the Administra­ tive Bishops of the Conference and authorization Departments and Bureaus secured for the work of the coming year. No official action is taken by any N. C. W. C. EXECUTIVE-Bureaus maintained: Im­ Assistant Bishops department without authorization of its Episcopal migration, Publicity and Information, Chairman. Historical Records, Publications, Bus­ Administrative Committee No official action is taken in the name of the iness and Auditing. whole Conference without authorization and ap­ MOST REV. SAMUEL A. STRITCH, D.D. proval of the Administrative Committee. EDUCATION-Divisions: Statistics and Archbishop of Milwaukee It is not the policy of the N. C. W. C. to create Information, Teachers' Registration, RT. REV. EDWARD F. HOBAN, D.D. new organizations. Library. Bishop of Rockford It helps, unifies, and leaves to their own fields PREss-Serves the Catholic Press in those that already exist. the United Statf>s and abroad with RT. REV. JOHN F. NOLL, D.D. It aims to defend and to advance the welfare both Bishop of Fort Wayne regular news, feature, editorial and of the Catholic Church and of our beloved Country. pictorial services. RT. REV. EMMET M. WALSH, D.D. It seeks to inform the life of America of right fun­ :\3ishop of Charleston damental principles of religion and morality. SOCIAL ACTION-Covers the fields of It is a central clearing house of information re­ RT. REV. JOSEPH F. RUMMEL, D.D. Industrial Relations, Citizenship, So­ garding activities of Catholic men and women. cial Work and Rural Welfare. BiBhop of Omaha All that are helped may play their part in pro­ RT. REV. JOHN F. O'HERN, D.D. moting the good work and in maintaining the com­ LEGAL-Serves as a clearing house of Bishop of Rochester mon agency, the National Catholic Welfare Con­ information on federal, state and ference. local legislation. RT. REV. EDWIN V. O'HARA, D.D. The N. C. W. C. REVIEW records monthly Bishop of Great Falls the work of the Conference and its affiliated organi- LAY ORGANIZATIONs-Maintains a per- zations. It presents our common needs and oppor- manent representation in the inter- tunities. Its special articles are helpful to every ests of the Catholic laity. Functions REV. JOHN J. BURKE, C.S.P., S.T.D. Catholic organization and individual. through local units of some 3500 societies affiliated with the N. C. General Secretary I C. M. and N. C. C. W. ---------------.:..---iI CHARLES A. McMAHON, Editor I--~--------------_II PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE Publication Office NATIONAL CATHOLIC WELFARE CONFERENCE Editorial and Executive Office Industrial Building Entered as second-class matter at the post-office at Baltimore, Md., under the Act of 1312 Massachusetts Ave., N. W, March 3, 1879. All changes of address, renewals and subscriptions should be sent Baltimore, Md. direct to N. C. W. C. REVIEW, Industrial Building;, Baltimore, Md., or 1312 Massa- Washington, D. C. chusetts Ave., N .W., Washington, D. C. The contents of the N. C. W. C. REVIEW are listed in the CATHOLIC PERIODICAL INDEX. September, 1931 N. C. W. C. REVIEW 3 AROUND THE CONFERENCE TABLE "Corne now,that we may take counsel together."-2 Esdras, Chapter VI: 7. Christian Education Solvent for This World's Ills THE 'AD STATE OF secular affairs in youth of the nation to be good, because general and the uncommon acuteness of HOLY FATHER BLESSES N. C. W. C. we have been training most of them primarily the economic crisis in particular make this REVIEW AND THOSE IN CHARGE for material u efulness, for earthly succes . September an appropriate occasion for re­ Is it any wonder, then, that men falter, when flecting upon our temporal task and our THOSE IN CHARGE of the N. C. W. C. the world fails them? A truly educated man eternal destiny. The month of September REVIEW are happy to have received does not grumble when visited by reverses, mark the opening of schools; it is in school for this publication and for themselves the and does not get di couraged when he can that we are prepared for life-or, more ex­ blessing of His Holiness, Pope Pius XI. This not readily rally. He will muse over the actly, it is education that prepares us to oc­ mark of the august Pontiff's favor is for them transitory nature of worldly glory. He will cupy properly a . useful position in the world not only a cause of deep and lasting grati­ be reconciled to the earthly lot of man that and to proceed unwaveringly toward our ul­ tude but also a stimulus to new endeavors. Scripture calls a continual warfare. He will timate goal; and therefore this juncture calls The occasion for the Supreme Pontiff's pa­ find refuge and comfort in knowledge and vir­ for some consideration of the need and the ternal benedi~tion was an audience which he tue, for these are treasures that neither tooth value of the right training of youth. granted to His Excellency, Rt. Rev. John J. of time nor hand of thief can reach, that we McMahon, Bishop of Trenton, and his brother can not lose by accident, that we can not be Statesmen and economists disagree con­ Charles A.