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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.

SR_NCWC_1.pdf

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.

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 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

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.

SR_NCWC_2.pdf

BishopRussltr.doc

"Social Reconstruction" published pamphlet, 1/1919

This is the final, published form of the Plan for "Social Reconstruction" issued by the NCWC.

Letter from Rev. John J. Burke to Bishop Peter Muldoon, April 2, 1919

Writing to Bishop Muldoon, Rev. Burke expresses his excitement over public reaction to the Bishops' Program for Social Reconstruction pamphlet. He also notes with frustration difficulties with the New York Diocesan Council whose members are…

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