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rNI: ANLNUR-Uiocese of Fan River-Thurs. Sept. 17, 1964
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SPECIAL PERMIT
Lauds Civil Rights Record Of Labor's Top Leaders
TO THE NEW YORK
By Msgr. George G. Higgins Director, NCWC Social Action Department
WORLD'S FAIR
The writer of this column is quoted in the Catholic press as having said that the American labor movement is "on the spot" in the field of race relations and civil rights. This quote, which was taken from the sermon de livered at the annual Labor nitely better than that of many Day Mass of the Archdiocese tank-and-file union members at of Washington, has ruffled the local level. Uncompromising Support the feathers of some of our friends in the labor movement. They think I was being a little too hard on or ganized labor, and they are quick to point out that by com parison wit h business, edu cation, the pro fessions and other segments of American life, the labor move ment has a rea sonably goo d record in the field of race re lations. This is true, of course, as I went to the trouble of point ing out in the text of my Labor Day sermon, which in context, reads in part as follows: Judge Performance "On Labor Day, 1964, the labor movement, like every other or ganization in American society is on the spot. For the moment, it must expect to be judged al most exclusively on its perform ance in the field of civil rights and must expect to be told, even by its friends, that its record in this particular field has· been far from perfect. "In fairness, of course, it should be pointed out that the American labor movement has done much in the past and is doing even more at the present time to promote the cause of in terracial justice, not only within its own ranks, but in the com munity at large * * * "However, many labor leaders have yet to grasp the depth and the passion of the present racial erisis. As a result, there is, un fortunately, a growing rift be tween organized labor and the Negro community * * .. Leadership's Record "It should not be necessary to add '" * .;. that the record of American industry and Amer ican management is no better than that of organized labor in the field of race relations and civil rights and, on balance, may not be quite as good. But surely this is no time for either side to be comparing its record phara saically with that of the other. They are both in the same boat." I am fully prepared to stand by this capsule-like summary of labor's past and present per formance in the field of race re
lations and civil rights, but, to
round out the picture and to 'put it in slightly better context, I should like to add at this time that the record of labor's top leadership - beginning wit h George Meany, president of the AFL-CIO - is much better than that of many second and third
echelon union officers and infi-
Diamond Jubilarian Dies in Canada Sister Marie of the Guardian Angel, S.S.C., formerly superior at St. Anthony and Sacred Heart Convents, New Bedford, and St. Joseph's Convent Attleboro, died after a long illness in St. Lau rent, Canada. The former Regina Dansereau of New Bedford, she celebrated the diamond jubilee in the Holy Cross Sisters in 1963, on which occasion she visited the Diocese for the last time. Among her survivors is Joseph Dansereau of New Bedford.
President Meany and the ma jority of the other top officers of the Federation can. be proud of their uncompromising support of equal employment opportu nity. Indeed the record will show that if it hadn't been for them, the Congress probably would not have included a section on equal employment opportunity in the Civil rights Act of 1964. Moreover, Mr. Meany and his colleagues on the executive council have made it abundantly clear that they intend to do everything within their power to bring about voluntary com. pliance with this section of·the law and that they will whole heartedly support the govern ment in its efforts to enforce it by court action if voluntary compliance is not forthcoming. Unfortunately, however, a siz able number of local union offi cers and rank-and-file union members are less enthusiasti cally in favor of equal employ ment opportunity than Mr. Meany and the other members. of the AFL-CIO Executive Council. These are the men who are putting the labor movement on the spot in the field of race re lations and civil rights. They will have much to an swer for if, by dragging their feet on this crucial issue, they mislead the Negro community into thinking that the labor movement as such is out of Sym pathy with the Negro's legiti mate and belated demand for complete and unqualified equal ity of opportunity in the field of employment.
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Pial' Retreat Day For Girls' Units The Fall River Marian Com mittee will sponSOr a day of recolledion for Girl Scouts and Campfire Girls from 10 to 3 SaturdflY, Oct. 3 at Camp Tatta panum, Route 138, Dighton. Rev. Martin L. Buote, assistant at St. Joseph Church, North Dighton, will preach two con ferences and other spiritual ex ercises on the program will in clude outdoor stations of the cross a:ld a rosary procession. Ticke·ts for a luncheon which will be served are available from Marian Committee mem ber. Rev. John F. Andrews, committee chaplain, is aided by Mrs. Harold E. Ward and Mrs. John B. Reed, co-chairmen. Ex ecutive advisor is Mrs. Peter J. Lucas of Plymouth Bay Girl Scout Council. A large commit
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SALTA (NC)-Three Ameri can Jesuits f·rom the Wisconsin province have taken an impor tant step toward the establish ment of a Catholic university in this mountainous northwest province of Argentina. At ceremonies attended by members of the Argentine hier archy and government officials, the priests have opened an in stitute which will offer a limit ed number of courses on a uni versity level. Father Leo J. Burns, S.J., who will serve as rector of the uni versity and heads the American priests, called establishment of the institute "an important first step toward tlhe eventual found ing of a Catholic university in Salta.
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