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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA 15 Catholic Women of the United States and the Na tional Council of Catholic Women—that wonderful society organized by the Hierarchy of this country and which has accomplished so much in a little more than a year’s growth, especially toward explaining our Church’s position in regard, to many important questions of the day, in the minds of just and kind, yet uninformed people. Let the Catholic Women’s Clubs in Georgia consider this question while in meeting assembled and be prepared to take active steps toward organizing a State Society of Catholic Women who will uphold with dignity the sublime faith that is our blessed heritage, at the annual meeting of the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia in September. For God, for Country, for Home,—may these three objects guide a Georgia Catholic Woman’s Organization. THE CATHOLIC WOMAN’S CLUB OF MACON The Catholic Woman’s Club was organized in October, 1920. Not more than fifteen women attended the organi zation meeting. Not in the least discouraged, another meeting was called for the following week for the election of permanent oflicers for the year. These officials were selected: Chaplain, Rev. W. A. Wil kinson, S. J.; President, Mrs. H. M. Sours; Vice- President, Miss Annie McKervey; Secretary, Miss Mary Agnes Cassidy; Treasurer, Miss Julia Mc Creary. Early this year the Catholic Woman’s Club fed erated with the Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs. They have been active in many charitable and social movements. One of their chief activities is to asist the Catholic societies of Macon in build ing a club house to be known as the Catholic Colum bian Building. The Catholic Woman’s Club is steadily growing in membership. The last roll call disclosed a member ship of something like two hundred. A friendly and very active contest for new members has just closed. Mrs. Dorr was captain of one side and Miss Agnes McKervey captain of the other. The contest was very close, Miss McKervey’s side winning by a majority of twelve. Seventy-two new members came in as a result of this very active drive. The Catholic Woman’s Club feels very proud of the work it has accomplished this year. Contribu tions have been made to the Near East Fund, The Salvation Army Drive, and a check has been sent for the Tallulah Falls School for Mountain Girls. Last, but not least, they have purchased several shares of stock in the Catholic Columbian Building. SENATOR WILLIAMS INTERESTED IN COLLEAGUE’S CHARGES (Continued from Page 7) “ ‘We desire to make a special report regarding visits by the grand jury committees to St. Vincent’s Convent of Mercy. “ ‘We found this institution to he the exclusive and private home of the Sisters of Mercy, there be ing no other inmates. While we were accorded every courtesy by the Sisters we felt that we were impos ing ourselves, and, therefore, recommend that future grand juries strike this institution from the list of places to be visited under the Veasey Act. “ ‘Respectfully submitted, “ ‘J. C. Schwarts, Chairman; “ ‘H. C. Strachan, “ ‘Sam Ross, “ ‘E. W. Rosenthal, “ ‘Carl J. Herman. “This will, I believe, remove any suspicion created in your mind that the courts, grand juries, and pros ecuting attorney of Chatham County are so shame lessly delinquent as to suffer a white girl slave pen to exist in Savannah, as the article in the paper of the Junior Senator from Georgia alleges. The Treas on you sense does not emanate from Savannah. ‘‘Thanking you for your interest and assuring you of our readiness to give you any other information desired, “Sincerely yours, RICHARD REID, “Publicity Director. In his reply to this letter, Senator Williams, be fore reading the enclosed clippings, wrote to the pub licity director asking where he got the idea “that there was a ‘suspicion’ in my mind that there was a ‘white girl slave pen’ in Savannah.” He asserted that this was not in his thought, and that the state ment of the publicity bureau that there is no defiance of law in Savannah is sufficient for him. He asked that he be allowed to show the whole correspondence between the publicity bureau and himself to the Junior Senator from Georgia, “because it involves, to some extent, possibly, an attack on his veracity.” A Second Answer. The answer to this letter of Senator Williams ex pressed gratification that he did not suspect that the statements of the Junior Senator from Georgia were true, and also pointed out that there was nothing secret about the correspondence since the Junior Senator from Georgia had been furnished with a copy of the original letter to each Senator, to Vice-Presi dent Coolidge and to President Harding. A third letter from Senator Williams stated that what he wanted to know in the first place was whether “ ‘Pope, prince or potentate,’ or any of its agencies, male or female, was engaged in defying the laws of the States of the Union, and your last letter to me on the subject said there had been no defiance at Augusta, or Savannah, or whatever the town was—I have forgotten now, I think Savannah. “I have no idea that any church in the world wants to establish any ‘white girl slave pens’—either your church, or my church, or any other.” That is not the question, Senator Williams asserts; the question is the alleged defiance of law by the ecclesiastical authorities. The Laymen’s Association does not be lieve this is any longer a question since Senator Wil liams admits the defiance does not exist. Last Letter to Senator Williams. Extracts from the last letter of the publicity bu reau to Senator Williams follow: “ ‘In your letter of June 16 in answer to mine, you asked me the following question: ‘Is it true that Bishop Keiley, the Bishop of Savannah, refuses to permit the Keiley establishment at Savannah to be inspected by officers of the courts of Chatham Coun ty? I would like an answer yes or no to that ques tion.’ My answer was TSTo “Your ietter of July 5 induces me now, in my turn, with your permission, to ask you a question. I shall not ask you what you intended to do if my answer had been Yes to your question, but what you in tended to do should my answer be No, as it was?. . . . “It never occurred to me that although you per haps intended, had you learned his charges were true, to help the Junior Senator from Georgia arouse the moral sense of the people of Savannah, that when you learned it was untrue you would do noth ing.” James A. Farrell, president of the United States Steel corporation, has been elected to the Board of Regents of Georgetown University.