Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1941-1945

Official Organ of the Diocese of San Diego, November 3, 1944

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Program eomplete; T/1ree Prominent Citizens Will Preside Over Meetings Eminent Industria l Authorities . Taking Part. Labor and Capital Represented. Sessions to Be Held ov. 9th to 11th. Papal Encyclicals relating to management and labor rights and wrongs in industry and practical solutions for bet: tering conditions for workers will be studied durino- the three-day Seminar on Industrial Relations ,vhich will 0begin Thursday, November 9, in the San Diego Woman's Club 2557 Third avenue. '

)ISGR. KEATIXG TO OP~~ PROGR.~I The list of participants numbers sociologists with national reputa– tions as authorities. The Very Rev.• !sgr. Martin Cody Keating of Burbank, C~if. ,editor of the social-industrial magazine, "Christ the \Vorker," and long prominent in industrial circles, will open Thursday night's sessi~n. Consollda ted Vultee Aircraft corporation has an able component in William M. Shanahan ,secre– tary-treasurer of the corporation, who will portray the problems of management. SAN FRANCISCO REPRE· SENTED The Rev. Hugh A. Donohoe, Ph.D., editor of "The Monitor," San Francisco, and noted sociol– ogist, will give one of the main addresses Friday evening. ARBITRATOR SPEAKS A discourse on "Post-War San Diego" by Frederick B. Sykes of the Chamber of Commerce will open Saturday evening's program. The second address, on "The

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tration or more than 30 strikes in which he was requested to be arbitrator by both labor and man• agement. OPEN FORUM Leaders of discussion from both management and labor will stress points of interest in their allotted periods of seven minutes each, to be followed by a spirit of rebuttal lasting not more than three min• utes. Following a thrashing out of intricate angles by the appointed discussants, questions will be thrown open to the house in an open forum. The complete program: First Session Thursday, November 9, 8 p.rn. The Hon. Edward J. Kelly Judge of the Superior Court Presiding INTRODUCTION- His Excellency Most Rev. Charles F. Buddy, Ph.D~ D.D.-Bishop of San Diego ADDRESSES- (1) The Church and the Ameri• can Labor Movement. Very Rev. Monsignor Martin Cody Keating, State Chaplain California American Federation of Labor (2) Leaders of Discussion: (a) Joseph A. Walsh Investment Broker Hill, Richards Company (b) Max J. Osslo Central Labor Council San Diego (Continued on Page 2)

Eminent representatives of the judicial, legal and business fields will preside over the evening ses– sions of the seminar. The Hon. Edward J. Kelly, Judge of the Superior Court, has accepted an invitation to conduct the first evening session at eight o'clock, Thursday. Chairman for the second evening, Friday, No– vember 10, is Sir Nicholas Martin, K.S.G. , attorney-at-law and chief counsel for the Most Rev. Charles F. Buddy, Ph.D., D.D., Bishop of San Diego, under whose direction the institute is being held. LeRoy E. Goodbody, M.A.!., vice president of the Franklin Insurance Service corporation and business agent for His ExceJlency, will conduct the Saturday evening seminar. DAl.'TIME SESSIONS The Rev. LeRoy F. Fenster– maker of st. Joseph's Cathedral staff will deliver the principal ad– dress at the afternoon session at 1:30 o'clock, Thursday, when the Very Rev. Franklin F. Hurd, rector of the Cathedral and dio– ~esan superintendent of schools, .vill preside. Participating groups mil be Mercy College of Nursing, the Aquinas clubs of San Diego public high school and graduates and undergraduates of San Diego's three Catholic high schools. The same group3 will have another session at 10 a.m., Friday, at Our Lady of Peace academy. The Rev. Joseph A. Luther, Ph.D., Diocesan Labor Representative, will be the main speaker at this session. 1,800 INVITATIONS ISSUED Eighteen hundred invitations have been issued, representing capacity space for the three eve– nings combined. The San Diego Woman's Club auditorium accom– modates not more than 600. The invitations appear in the form of green, red and brown cards neces– sary for admission. Green cards are for Thursday, November 9; red admit Friday evening, Novem– ber 10, and brown, Saturday eve– ning, November 11. SPONSORED BY CATHOLIC ACTION The seminar has for sponsors Catholic Action groups of San Diego. Each of the 22 parishes will send representatives for the three evenings. Management, labor and educa– tional institutions, including State College and Mercy Colege of Nurs– ing, will be generously represent– ed. The program reveals a well– balanced selection from three di– visions of labor, the A. F. of L., the C.I.O., and the U.A.W.

Church and Social Problems," will be delivered by the Rev. Joseph A. Luther, Ph.D., of the Cathedral staff, who for over 30 years has stood deservedly high both as a lecturer and writer on industrial problems. Father Luther is the Most Rev. Bishop's labor repr:· 1 sentative in San Diego. To his credit stand:i the successful arbi- 'Bishop Buddy Makes Plea for Justice, Equality (Continued from page 5)

JUSTICE AND CHARITY ESSENTIAL If a spir it of unselfish co– operation, motivated by the · ( essentials of justice and char– ity, pervade the working pop– ulation and their employers, the interests of all will be pro– tected. Peace planners must reckon with the j us t demands of labor. For enlightenment and guida n ce let them study, without bias, the encyclicals of Pope Leo XI 11. , Pope Pius XI. , and Pope Pius XI I. They cannot escape their responsi– bi Iity any more than labor leaders can lie supinely on their backs and surrender their rights to atheism, to the false promises of communism, or to unjust legislation that could render them helpless. The Catholic Church and her representatives , always articu– late in the cause of justice, truth , and charity, can be counted upon fearlessly to de– fend the rights of mankind. The Church built on a rock has Divine assurance that the powers of evil shall not prevail.

cause it is the history of the world that only in religion can be found the basis for the rights of the working man . The question resolves itself : Is he to be regarded as a mere machine, according to atheis– tic philosophy? Deprive the laboring man of an ethical code effective enough to safe– guard his rights, and he be– comes the mere pawn of those in power. His condition rn tota Iitarian states proves this contention. Who will compel rulers and employers to re– spect his rights , his human dignity?-rights that no hu– man power can abrogate. Deny the authority of religion , and the labor Union loses its char– ter of liberty. Regard laboring men as mere chattels or tools, ignore the Christian funda– mental that men are brothers under God, and democracy be– comes a hollow-sounding word. True democracy cannot be realized unless its religious foundation be first acce ted.