Justice and Economics
36 THE COMMONWEAL May ig, 1926 provide music for Holy Week, for week-days, for a which it still refuses,...
...ranean Rome...
...and therefore of the general welfare, will refrain from Now what is the position of the Church in regard to desiring that the friendliness of Church and labor the controversy...
...36 THE COMMONWEAL May ig, 1926 provide music for Holy Week, for week-days, for a which it still refuses, in a large measure, to consider nuptial Mass, for the Requiem...
...The whole effort of the vocate certain standards of work which are a man's conservative is expended, therefore, in denying any right...
...Produced and brought together Catholic Welfare Conference in a commemorative by careful teachers, their achievement will be a memo- program which includes addresses by Reverend John rial not only to the power faith has to create beauty A. Ryan...
...And out of consideration when crises like the recent so it goes on...
...professor in the St...
...The point should never be left occasionally throng the piazza at Saint Peter's...
...It was a after its appearance, men rally to it with increasing norm which that system had not reckoned with, and conviction and trust...
...And the fact that the anniversary The 50,000 children who will sing the "Mass of the of Pope Leo's encyclical will be observed in an apAngels" at the Eucharistic Congress will blend the propriate way by workingmen, is encouraging proof pure freshness of their voices with a melodic score that respect for reasoned principle has not given way that incorporates the best of Catholic liturgical feel- to fantastic championing of anarchistic theories...
...economic system...
...Now the great modern ganized labor, or that organized labor accepts everyproblem is this : in what respects are the suffering and thing in Catholic social teaching...
...It is really one of America's sidering the doctrines of Pope Leo XIII's Rerum greatest blessings that, within its realms, respect and Novarum as converging formulae for a single prin- love for abiding principles of conduct are comparaciple...
...These little in the opinion of the Church, disorder exists either ones bid fair to rival the multitude of children who really or potentially...
...That is quite as the great Pope, tion that "the worker is entitled to a living wage," is Leo XIII, would have wished it...
...The declara- policies of class war...
...and to make his point he has elabor- Obviously, no one who realizes that norms of social ated a number of philosophies, among the most im- justice are the only safe guarantees of economic peace, portant of which are those of Marx and Sorel...
...The future abides with those to whom British strike occur...
...The answer can be found by con- shall gain in intensity...
...Paul seminary...
...A short time ago binding...
...that both advocate the establishment of collecsuch definite relationship, and in making social ills tive bargaining...
...Obviously, then, the Pope was anti-conservaseveral thousand of them sang a Gregorian credo to tive in the most important part of his pronouncement...
...that both look to the government for contingent upon accidental happenings or upon "human some assistance ; and that both of them advocate conature...
...Church is pledged...
...and the majesty of his a norm laid down imperatively for adjudging the message is proved by the fact that, thirty-five years orderliness of the modern economic scheme...
...This is not to say that Catholic social teachson whatever, it becomes disorder, suffering and loss ing approves of all that is done in the name of orare immediate and inevitable...
...The anti-conservative, on the other hand, operation between employers and employees in indusargues consistently that discord is ingrained in the trial management...
...If there be a definite relation practice a continuous and completely irreconcilable between the two, then it is apparent that "disorder" class-struggle in industry...
...On ing...
...When, for any rea- teaching...
...Maginty also implies-a definite contribution...
...it naturally belongs-little ones, growing boys and Fortunately, the year 1926, which marks the thirtygirls, trained to distinguish between a psalter and a fifth anniversary of the proclamation of Rerum hymn-book, growing unconsciously into the beauty and Novarum, finds American industry generally ready to the nobility of the choral singing which, centuries ago, admit that prosperity which submerges the worker bloomed from the consecrated obscurity of subter- below the level of decency is dangerous and unjust...
...This, as the encyclical plainly shows, is the tively seldom abandoned for purely selfish and brutal truth that labor must make life possible...
...that both recognize and adis integral and acclimated...
...In commenting upon the event, the bulletin of the social action departJUSTICE AND ECONOMICS ment says "The meeting indicates the mutual respect and ~- THE economic order is the most fundamental re- friendship of American labor and Catholic social quirement of social welfare...
...The basis of friendwastage, evident on all sides, consequences of the ex- ship is that both of them condemn in theory and isting economic system...
...the accompaniment of a grand organ at Westminster...
...Quite as fortunate is the understanding of labor in Toward this future the United States is making- this country for the doctrine of justice to which the as Mr...
...It is salutary to remember also that the 50,000 May 16, 17, and 18, Minnesota labor will combine did not leap up from the ground, like so many wild with the social action department of the National and perfect flowers...
...Wherever "the worker is entitled to a living wage" The `delicious uproar of infancy' at the national con- is not accepted as a definition of economic order, there, gress never fails to excite enthusiasm...
...President William Green, of the American but also to the unsleeping moral watchfulness which Federation of Labor...
...and Reverend J. C. Harrington, strives to render the instrument worthy of the song...
Vol. 4 • May 1926 • No. 2
