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Minutes of the Meeting of the Committee on Special War Activities

These are the minutes for the meeting in which the Committee on Special War Activities approved and endorsed Ryan's Plan for Social Reconstruction. Note that the plan is accorded no special status in the minutes.

Letter from Bishop William Russell, Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina to all Archbishops

In this letter to all Archbishops Bishop Russell explains the need for the American Catholic Church to create the Committee of the National Catholic War Council to effect legislative change on the national level

Letter from Rev. John Burke CSP to Bishop Peter Muldoon, December 10, 1918

Here Rev. Burke, CSP, asks that Bishop Muldoon support the "Social Reconstrution" program and expresses his desire to publish the plan as soon as possible.

Letter from Rev. John O'Grady to Rev. Mgr. M.J. Splaine, October 9, 1918

In this letter Rev. O'Grady suggests potential members and an agenda for the Committee for Reconstruction. Suggested members include members of both labor and management. O'Grady emphasizes the necessity of the committee being public.

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Letter from Rev. Mgr. M.J. Splaine to Rev. John O'Grady, December 6, 1918

Rev. Msgr. Splaine requests that Rev. O'Grady provide a detailed plan for the four bishops of the Administrative Committee.

Letter from Rev. John O'Grady to Rev. Mgr. M.J. Splaine, October 16, 1918

In this letter Rev. O'Grady presents a revised budget for the Committee for Reconstruction and urges caution in choosing its members.

John J. Burke, ca. 1918

Fr. John J. Burke (1875-1936) was born in New York City to immigrant Irish parents, and entered the Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle, known as the Paulists, as a young man. Burke embraced a national view of Catholicism drawn from the ideals…

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