CATHOLIC lVol. V. No. 4. AUGUST, 1931 Price One Cent Lowell W.'s 0 1 c. Christ -w " .i Bouse Sounder Cardinal Aid StriJc.e Be Union Man ' AnsY1ers Active Catholic Workers Priests show By Activity Paper Smaller, Set Up Kitchen . They Know Where Our L• Th Criticism For Strikers • Lord Would Be Ille . e same The f ollowing i1 comp()sea of e::­ "Christ would be a labor leader The following is taken from a cerpts f rom a letter from one of if he were alive today," Father DAY AFTER DAY letter by Cardinal Verdier, print­ t he Lowell Gatll.olic i~orker1 , dei· Jahn B. Dela.unay, C.S.C., said in cribi ng the recent Boote M i.Ii strike a sermon at St. Patrick's Cathed­ ed in La Cro!x, and in answer to Low en, Maar. The..., Bod on gro1'p ral where he preached B.uring As we write our articles for the paper tills issue, the house is being certain crit icism by reactionary did toonaerfu l service, an.a it u;41 July. He is dean or men at Port­ torn down around us, and put to­ Catholic press of "Sept" and "!.a due t o t heir parti cipation, '"' c land University, Oregon. grgat measure, that the 1trike toa .s gether again. The, stor.y which be­ Vie lntellectuelle," progressive He would become a labor leader. gan la11t January, telling of tile settled. the priest pointed out, because His Freni:h Catholic periodicals. Tran5- sympathy, common sense and per­ threat of eviction because ours !• lated and arranged by Peter To begin at the beginning, John an old style tenement, confilctlnc Magee hlld been contacting the suasive speech. -would win the eon11.­ with fire laws, has now reached a · Maurin. C.I.O. leaders in Lowell and Law­ dence of His fellow workers and climax. It ls not the unhappy ell· "It-erhaps some ofticial would have I. An Old Saying rence, in an attempt to find out max of an e'tiction. The house Is just what we could do to help greeted the Young Labor Delegate - Ade B ~t11 une being made OTer to conform "WWl 1. The Cllur c~ ta case of an emergency, He found with intemperate and blaaphemous the law. Which Dieau that 1*1'­ as everybody knows, that the Boott MLll was 011 strike inTectlve." .Uttona are being torn down. aome obliges the faithful and that there seemed no possfbll­ (During the month tabor ~gan­ doors blocked up; wane knock-eel to accept on faith ity of a settlement becauae of the lzer• for the C10 were ttll'OWft out out and an sorts of strange· .allbee­ the dogmatic EASY ESSAYS determination of the heads of the / of three town1 In Pennaylvanla. toa blocks and aheeta of win latll and moral truths mill. Mrs. Schnelder, preparing caae1 ln. are being put up. As we go up and that · Christ its founder by PETER MAURIN H1rahey, Pa., for the Regional La­ down. stall'B. the banisters are be­ has transmitted to her. Help bor Board, wa1 put out of ttle town ing talreft down and steel ratllnga J . Outside of this field, I.n the morning, we visited aev­ owned by Mr. Hel'lhey who refvaea put up. The air la filled witll the she allows the faithful el'al places 11.nd decided upon the to recognlza the union and haa, by dust of plaiter ancl old wood u.• a just and wise liberty. City Hall Avenue hall. Twenty bulldlng up one of thoae famou• the women go about with tllelr I . A Tery old saying dollars a month. Mlss Margaret Acairue ci.... Loyal Citizens Committees, con­ beads covered to protect the111. exactly ·expresses Ryan, a close friend of Mrs. vinced many of the workers that from the dirt. The din, which be­ this double attitu4e Sullivan, gave us $2.00 and we had W'ar they wel'e bringing on a revolution gins at eight ta terrtflc. The entire of the Church. 1 started. The n~ ctay, we informed by contlnufng to belong to a uniOft. backJard u ~Ued with aandpllM 4. The saying is: more of the Catholic Worker· t No Recourse The editor and the farm manager and heaps of refuse. There LI ontr "Unity in things essential CZ'owd there of our actions and 1. Polltlclans uaed to say: of the Cathollc Worker went to a footpath through. The famllfea ta liberty in things doubtful, moblllied them for action. Then "We make prosperity Hershey during the mot1th and the front . house go a.bout thelt' charity in all things." Father Bolduc sent us $5.00. An an­ through our wise policies." talked to the organizer, to Mra. business of eating, sleeping, cleall­ nouncement was placed in t~e pa- %. Businessmen used to say: Schneider, and to several of the lng, and so do we. It looks as II. An Explanation pera telling the aims of the moTe-' "We make )lrosperlty w~ricera and• to Fr. Monalgnor though the hoase were being bom· L Tllese words meau ment and informing tile strikers or throUbl& our prliate P.1rl(1 of St. Joan of Aro Church barded. and sounds lfll:e lt to<>. It that the Church the opening ot · the kitchen. In enterprise." there. One of the wor1Ull'9 had left ts hard to think. requires assent the morning, about two hundred 3. The workers had nothing to do the Church and had not attended The dining room and ldtchea are and obedience men came in and we had about about the matter. MaH since the atf'lke because the being enlarged, and· the .aoper for an truths ten sandwiches ready and two bot· I . They were either put to work priest attacked the union and John 8oora m.acle into donnltorie1 ao which she proclaima tl011, Of milk. ·or thrown out of employment. L. Lewie In hla eermona, and an­ there will no longer be four roGlllll to be Tevealed, 5 Anti whe11 unemployment came other wor'ker hae left ttle union on a floor. There wm be leu prty. for all precepts Talk about the miracle ot the • the workers bad no recourse ltecause of hl1 loyalty to Monalg. &CY than eTel'. It la either oae which she judges loaves and llahts. We weDt out against the profe111ed makel'a nor Par:lca. A comp11cated 91tua­ kl.ntl of J>Ql'erty or .anl>ther. necessary or useful and bought $8.00 worth of food ot prosperity, tlon. to salvation. and the men made sandwiches. politicians &read '-in• for all practical directlon1 Then eame a gas BtoTe, donated, and .busineBI men. Leather Workers So far we ha-ve been abt. to k"p which she gives also tables donated. (Ray Snllin.n Otte of the CW reade,,., attomey up the colree Une tu the front anti in view of religious will send you these names. About H. Business f s Bu&iness fot" the Natlona1 Leathef' Worker• 11&7 the coe>pera.U..-e whtcll dem&A4a or moral 1i:ood. eight of the men jumped right into 1. Be~ause everybod,. is selll.sh .-.aeoclatlon, wrote us of three or- cash, ol.· courae., beiug a true ce>­ %. When there is question the kitchen and did the cooking busln.essmen say ·ganlzers belng driven out of Elk- operatin. Last rear they borrowe4 of controversial doctrines and believe me yo11 should seen that business land, Pa., saying that •t 11 lmpo• J the money themaelve-s to keep u or attitudes (Continued on Page 3) {Continued on Page I) (Continued 01l P~e S> (Continaed on Page !, that can legitimately be eonsidered diverse!,. she leaves to each one freedom of choice. I. Finally NEW UNITY FOR SEAMEN she requires that in all things the laws of true charltr should be respected. Capable Leaders And Sound Set-Up Mark N.M.U. Convention Ill. In Apostolic Times This isn't a newa be uphel~I: Rank and Ille repre&en· their crews han been Tepresented. 1. Through her long hlatorr story. It's a picture tation. leaden -who lead by Tirtue There are 250 ship aa.d Shore d.ele- . the Chul'ch has known tlmee ot the first eonstitu­ ot their qualities of teaderahip and gates there, witb. chairman Sol!leph Salaries particularly dangerous. Uonal conTentlon of not b1' po1rer which they hue Curran. the man wbo led the last ·' J. In tflose times, the National Mari­ uurped and moneys which ther two strikes on the Eu.t eoast. He Ant there 'ha~e without cea.siug time Union-an hia­ han atolen, unity amongst the fa also bead of the District Com· been ftghw ad tt1- to be herself, tol'ic occasion for workers-these are the aims of the mlttee here in tire Ea.at. CmTan ls .1enut-oa:s ol cOIU'.. ahe llas been obliged the East Coaat:, Gulf. convention to be expressed in their 35 years old. went to public and · Fights •bout UY to have recourse and Great Lakes constitution. parochial school In Westtleld. New . salaries of o'lficlal1, to new means Joe Curran, Seamen of America. Jersey, h~s been going tosea slace whether ther to win the world Chairman RepresentatlTes of Learnlng he sixteen, hu worked la e-verr l'at Wllalen, shootd be forty llol- Iuasmucll as was to Chrlat. the tlshermen ot di'tisi .011 excei>t the Balti111ere Iara or aeTentr~ they ant wt)):Ji:­ I . In the beglnnipg Boston, Gloucester, Providence, i1tewwd's.