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According to the principles of Christian Morality. social economy
imposes certain duties which regulate the relations between employers
and wage earners-between capital and labor. Advancement of the
arts and methods of industry. changed relations between employers
and employees. accumulation of riches in the hands of a few and the
extensive spread of poverty. clearer realization hy the worldng classes
through union leaders of their own powers-all have caused a conflict
between proprietors (owners of property) and t e proletarians (who
serve the state mainly ough their olispring-"prolee" children).
The labor question. the economic-social question. is serious on
account of its enormous repercussions.
The ideals of Justice and charity can solve this dilicult problem
and offer a remedy for the miserable conditions of the worlring classes.
whose members are sometimes exposed to the greediness oi unscrupu-
leus employers to cut-throat competition. and to bad economic union
leaders 'p.
The conflict between the classes cannot be settled by the sup-
pression el the classes. nor should the struggle be allowed to cen-
tinue: it must e set y a harmonious agreement of the classes.
cannot be ettled by the suppression of the classes because it
is impossible to remove social disparity from the world. From the
‘great differences which naturally exist among men are arises a
variety of social conditions: this is an advanta e to the social life
which requires various talents and ditierent offices.
The struggle must not he perpetuated as if the classes were
designed by nature to Eght continually among themselves. A perpetual
conflict can produce only confusion and barbo-rism.
re must be a harmonious union between capital and labor.
As the various members of the human body are harmoniously cone-
lated. so nature desires that in civil society the two classes should be
in harmony and that from this armony a balance should arise. One
has absolute need oi the other. Capital cannot exist without labor.
Labor cannot eidst without copitah It is false to ascribe to capital
alone or to labor alone that which can be obtained only by the
united efforts of
For some years capital has taken too much for itself. seizing
everything that was produced as well as the profits derived therefrom.
and leaving for the worker only enough to restore an reproduce his
grave lnlustice. but likewise unlust is the pretext of
produced and the proit thereof. allowing only what sutiices to com-
pensate and reproduce capital. In virtue of social justice. one class
cannot exclude the other from its lust share in the benefits ol wealth.
order to obtain a armonious union of capital and labor.
knowledge oi and observance of mutual duties are necessary. Some
of iboseidutiee spring from justice. others from charity. lt is proper.
in’the iirst place. to specify the duties arising from lustioe in order
to avoid the danger of allowing the capitalists to represent as the
worlr of charity that which is an obligation of Iustice: nor may one
attempt to excuse himself tram the great duties imposed by justice
with sma '
e worker has these obligations: to perform entirely and faith-
fully the work which was ireely and equitably agreed upon: not to
cause damage to material nor ofiense to the person oi the employer:
in defending his own proper rights. to abstain from acts of violence.
and never allow the defense of his rights to become mutiny: not to
associate with evil intentioned men who premise great things without
any other profit to the laborer than regrets and losses.
Capitalists and employers are not to look upon their employees as
slaves. but must respect in them the dignity of the human person.
which is sanctise by the character of Christicmity. for labor does
not degrade a man but enables him. it is also important that the
religion and the spiritual welfare of workers be held in proper esteem.
Hence. employers have an obligation to give to laborers the leisure
and the time to fulfill their religious dutie : not to expose them to
corrupting influences or to the danger of scandal: not to injure their
family spirit: nor to discourage their sense of thrift. and not to impose
on them labors out of propordon to their strength and unsuitable to
their age and sex.
Capitalists and employers have cr duty to give a just wage. To
defraud workers of their lust due is so serious a crime hat it cries
to heaven for vengeance: Capital has a duty not to leopardire the
small savings of the worker. either through violence. or fraud. or
usurv whether open or disguised.
The determination ol wages is important and difficult. Salary from
“salarium" means “ration ol salt." The wage depends on many con-
siderations. But be it remembered that neither the divine nor human
awn permit the oppression. ior one's own profit. oi the needy and the
underprivileged. and the trafhclring in the misery of one's neighbor.
The principle which considers as lust any salary offered by an em-
ployer and accepted by an employee is lalse. This principle ignores
the social character oi labor which. in addition to the note of per-
sonality. has also the note of necessity. because the rewcnd for labor
is necessary tor a man to maintain himself and ‘s iamily. Hence in
the labor contract there enters an element of natural iustice. anterior
and superior to the tree will of the contracting parties. and this
element deman that the amount of wages be not inferior to that
necessity. It is also false to say: “Labor is worth as much as. and
should be pm'd in proportion to. the value of the fruits produced by it."
To determine wages. three points must be considered.
lst: The laborer must he paid a wage which sulflces for his main-
tenance and that of his iamily. (ln lustice, however. each member of
the family according to his strength should contribute to the common
maintenance. If the mother works. she should not neglect her own
obligations and duties especially regarding the early training oi her
children. lt is praiseworthy in employers to increase wages with the
increase of family burdens.
2nd: in establishing the amount oi salary account must be taken of
the business and its proprietor. It is unjust to demand high salaries
which the business cannot ailord to pay without detriment to itself
and consequent distress to the workers.
3rd: amount of salary must be i proportion to the public
economic welfare. Although it is desirable that workers lay aside a
portion of their salary to acquire a modest savings account. it is
necessary on the other hand that salaries be regulated so as to
allow the employment of as many workers as possi e.
in the interest oi capital and labor strikes should be ferestalled and
violence ruled out.
One of the greatest problems confronting our Nation new is the
problem of capital an e should unite in humble prayer
before God that a happy solution of this problem be found in the
post-war economic program of our Nation.
MEN of MALVEBN
With September's Retreats
Until the war made us com-
pletely conscious of the value of
man hours. it. had long been the
custom to have a holiday on
Labor Day, and because of that
the men who look after our
needs in the great food markets
of the city had seized upon that
time as the only available op-
portunity to make a Retreat at
Mslvern. Gludly they gave up
the holiday of pleasure and con-
secrated it to the welfare of
their souls when, under the lead-
ership of Board Director 120
Buhrmsn, they formed the
Labor Day Group of the Men
of Malvern.
This year the group will make
its seventh annual trek to St.
Joseph's-in-the-llills, and from
present indications the complete
capacity of the Retreat; House
will be needed to accommodate
them, since ably seconded by
Stewart Scully and Joe Kearney
Captain Bubrmsn has been
flooding the office with reserva-
tions.
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The "James A. Flaherty Me-
morial Retreat," under the able
leadership of Judge Gerald F’.
Flood, comes to Mslvern again
on September 8. Last: year the
attendance Was 188, and because
that is not possible this year,
the question has been how to
keep within bounds, since an
even larger number could very
easily have been recruited.
This year the group will also
mourn the passing of Peter A.
Flood, father of Judge Flood.
who ‘was one of the hlclest
members of the group and who
was called to his reward on Jan-
uary 6, 1944.
numbers they were turning in
could not be handled.
A feature of this group for
the last several years has been
the presence of in Color Guard
of United States Marine: with
their full stand of Colors. These
men have been recruited by As-
sociate Captain John J. Smith,
and since Raymond J. Koob,
long an Associate of this group,
now a Captain of Marines. sta-
tioned in: Qusntico, Va.,‘ will al-
so be present there shall be a
distinct Marine atmosphere.
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September 22 will find Regis-
ter ef Wills, Hon. John P. Bo-
lsnd, again assembling his co-
horts for their annual Retreat.
Since the death of their former
Captain, District Attorney
Charles F. Kelley, Captain Bo-
land has carried on, and it looks
as though their recruiting will
have to be limited because of
the fact; that be has invited
some of the group from the
Navy Yard to attend with him.
Ordinarily, this group goes on
Retreat in October, but the va-
gsries of the Leap Year Calen-
dar caused 11 mix-up which John
cleared by accepting the above
date.
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Long rated as one of the most
substantial groups of the
League, the Atlantic City Men
of Malvern, under their beloved
leader, Hugh P. Genoe, will
again visit the hills of Mslvern
over the week-end of September
2
9.
Although the present year has
not been such a good one for
Hughie from a health stand-
point, we are sure that even
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group is looked upon 3
Knights of Columbus gathering,
because many Knights flock to
it from all sections of the state.
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The second member of the
Leighton family, William J.,
comes to Mslvem on the week-
end of September 15, when,
with his co-Captain, Mannie
Perez, Bill will assemble anoth-
er capacity Retreat. Here, too,
it has been necessary to set
quota limits on the several As-
sociate Captains because the
hospital he was planning ways
and means of lining up his As-
sociates and their prospects so
that he would bring another
"full house” to Malvern.
From reports coming to Head-
quarter: it looks as though re-
cruiting has stopped.
But; there shall be no “ce-
pscity” to their enthusiasm to
bring the choicest of flowers,
chrysanthemums and roses, as
has been their went for so many
years, to make is veritable bower
of the several altars.
Presidential Award
‘ Word has just: been received
from a Ninth Air Force Fighter
Base in France that a Presi-
dential Unit: Citation “for out-
standing performance of duty in
action against the enemy” was
awarded to the Pioneer P-51
Mustang Group.
In this group is Carl A. Leigh-
ton, .lr.. son of the co-Captain
of the Leighton-Shes. Group.
The award was presented to
C01. George R. Bickell, the com-
manding officer, by Lieut. Gen-
eral Lewis H. Brereoon. com-
manding gensral of the Ninth
Air Force, U. S. component of
the Allied Expeditionary Air
Force.
The Ninth Air Force Pioneer
Mustang Group was the first to
fly the long range P-51 in com-
bat. They set the distance rec-
ord for fighters, while escorting
bomber: on deep penetrations
inbo Germany on missions, to
Kiel, Berlin and later Gydnia.
They destroyed over 380 enemy
MEN or MALVERN a. published ........my bv the L-
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aircraft in seven months of
operations, though often out-
numbered and far from their
own buses. By proving the ef-
fectiveness of fighter escort on
these long range flights they
were nstrumental in the effec-
tive development of precision
daylight bombing.
Later they were the first to
use the P-51 to strnfe and dive
bomb military installations in
Germany, Belgium and France.
Since D-Day they have pro-
vided tactical support for Allied
ground -troops in Normandy.
Upon receiving the award,
Colonel Bickell stated, “The pi-
lots and the eihcsrs and men
of the ground personnel have
worked together, often under
very did-icuit circumstances but.
nothing seemed to stop their de-
termination to do a good job.
They have set an enviable rec-
ord and built an esprit dc corps
that can’: be best. In apprecia-
tion of the honor bestowed on
them I know that they will con-
tinue to strive towards that com-
mon gosl, victory.”
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Back Home
Capt. Hugh P. Genoa
We are glad to report that
Captain Hughie Genus, Atlantic
City Group, is back home follow-
ing his stay in the Jefferson Hos-
pital and that be will lead his
group as usual on the week-
end of September 29.
From the November, 1926, is-
sue of The Men of Malvern we
reprint the following:
"Hugh Genoe, from the
World’: Playground, brought;
up a cornmittce of six from the
shore on the October 1st re-
treat, just to see what it was
we were all talking about, and
now it's going to be that on At-
lsntic City week-end is likely
to be a part of the permsnent
roster. This is our chance to
raise our rates, after the man-
ner Lbey soak us when we go
vscationward, but don't let; on
we told you.”
He Was Silenced
Richard T. Mcsorley, Esq,
our pioneer secretary, was at.-
tracted recently by an announce-
ment? in The Catholic orker
about a weekly Retrest to be
held at St. Anthony's Village,
an orphan asylum art. Oskmont,
a. suburb of Pittsburgh.
He decided to make it and, ac-
cordingly, arrived on a recent
Sunday evening. Four class
rooms were turned into dormi-
tories for the summer season.
A cot: and one chair was as-
signed to each retreatsnt.
The desks were removed be
the gymnasium which became
the lecture room. There were
four one-hour lectures each day.
Retreatants took notes and the
Retreat: Master further empha-
sized certain phases of his lec-
tures by drawing on the black-
board. The drawings were not
especially artistic but they
served their purpose well.
The Retreat Master was the
Rev. Louis Farina, whose sub-
ject was “The Will of God.”
Rev. John Corcoran lectured one
day on “The Mystical Body.”
Complete silence reigned for
the full week which ended Satur-
day afternoon and which was
thoroughly enjoyed by our
famous Man of Malvem.
II. I. 1‘.
James J. Baney
Edward K. Gosline
Manus P. McLaughlin
llarry Meyer
Richard O’Malley
T omas S. Reilly
Raymond A. Stier
Harry E. Weaver
u rszz Arch sum. Philadelphia 1 9..
ohn . Sullivan, President:
ssurvr: Jeans
In. Associsrs Educ
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