INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF CATHOLIC ALUMNE, Hon. GEORGE S. GRAHAM, House of Representatives. DEAR SIR: The International Federation of Catholic Alumnæ is extremely anxious to be incorporated with a Federal charter. For this purpose a bill has been introduced by Congressman Linthicum of Maryland, and which has been referred to your Committee on the Judiciary. May I beg this will have your favorable consideration. The bill is H. R. 6061. The federation is composed of 60,000 graduates of Catholic universities, colleges, and high schools, a fine type of citizen from almost every State in the Union. We are holding our sixth biennial convention in Philadelphia in October and to Philadelphians it would be a source of great pride to announce the granting of this charter at the biennial convention. The hearing for the bill before the Judiciary Committee will be February 21. May I again beg your favorable attention to this matter and remain, Very truly yours, (Mrs. A. L.) MARY E. (BUCK) FITZPATRICK. PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER, Philadelphia, Pa., February, 16, 1924. INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF CATHOLIC ALUMNÆ, Hon. GEORGE R. GRAHAM, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. HONORED SIR: As a Philadelphia member of the Committee on the Judiciary, I beg leave to enlist your favorable attention to a bill introduced by Mr. Linthicum, of Maryland, to incorporate the International Federation of Catholic Alumnæ. This organization is composed of 60,000 representatives and prominent women, graduates of Catholic universities, colleges, and high schools throughout the United States, and for this reason we desire a Federal rather than a State charter. The sixth biennial convention of this organization will be held at the BellevueStratford Hotel from October 18 to 27, inclusive. I appeal, to you as a Philadelphian to give our city the privilege of having this charter granted to our organization through your efforts, a Philadelphian and a Pennsylvanian. Being hostess at the convention, it will be my pleasure to invite you to announce during the convention the passage of this bill. Whatever effort you put forth to aid us in our request will be deeply appreciated and remembered by the 3,200 members of our organization residents of Philadelphia alone, as well as the other 2,000 Pennsylvanian members of our organization. With every expression of appreciation, I beg to remain, Very truly yours, T. FLORENCE CLOSE, Governor Pennsylvania Chapter International Federation of Catholic Alumnæ. Hon. GEORGE S. GRAHAM. 1305 WEST ALLEGHENY AVENUE, Philadelphia, Pa., February 17, 1924. HONORED and DEAR SIR: As a member of the International Federation of Catholic Alumnæ, an organization composed of 60,000 members, graduates of high schools, academies, and colleges, I wish to solicit your interest and assistance in securing for it a Federal charter. I understand the bill listed as H. R. 6061 has been introduced by Congressman Linthicum and will come up on February 21, 1924, before you as chairman of the committee. Your services are particularly valuable at this time, as the sixth biennial convention of this organization is to be held in Philadelphia next October, and we are anticipating the pleasure of announcing the granting of the Federal charter by a chairman from Philadelphia. Of course the 3,200 members in Philadelphia and 5,200 throughout Pennsylvania will be informed much sooner. Trusting you will give this matter your prompt attention, with very good wish for a successful term in office, I remain, Very sincerely yours, MARY ANGELA CAMPBELL. Hon. GEORGE Graham, THE ALLIANCE OF CATHOLIC WOMEN, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. YOUR HONOR: We are most anxious to have the International Federation of Catholic Alumnæ incorporated. Bill is H. R. 6061. Any assistance you can give us in this matter will be deeply appreciated by this large body of women. Yours most respectfully, ELEANOR R. HOBAN, President of Alliance of Catholic Women of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Hon. GEORGE S. GRAHAM. 3517 FIFTH AVENUE, Pittsburgh, Pa., February 19, 1924. DEAR SIR: May I earnestly solicit your support in behalf of bill H. R. 6061? NAOMI LARKIN, Mount Mercy Academy Alumnæ, Pittsburgh, Pa. ST. MARY'S OF THE MOUNT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, Hon. GEORGE S. GRAHAM, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. We wish to call your attention to bill H. R. 6061, which will come under your jurisdiction as chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary. Kindly do all you can to secure the passage of this bill, as the International Federation of Catholic Alumnæ is a representative body of women graduates of Catholic universities, colleges, and high schools, and are the finest type of citizens in America. Appreciating your support, and trusting that you will do all you can to make this bill favorable for passage, I am Respectfully, HELEN M. PHILPOTT, Secretary St. Marys of the Mount High School Association. Hon. GEORGE S. GRAHAM, 212 TENNYSON AVENUE, Pittsburgh, Pa., February 19, 1924. House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. We As a DEAR SIR: As a member of the International Federation of Catholic Alumnæ, and president of Mount Mercy Academy, I am extremely interested in our efforts to be incorporated, with a Federal charter. A bill for this purpose has been introduced by Congressman Linthicum, of Maryland (H. R. 6061). hear it has been referred to a committee of which you are chairman. citizen of Pittsburgh, may I respectfully beg your favorable attention and support. We are composed of 60,000 graduates of Catholic universities, colleges and high schools; almost every State in the Union is represented by a fine type of citizen. Your cooperation would be welcome and appreciated by many of your friends in Pittsburgh. May we hope to announce at the sixth biennial convention in Philadelphia next October that owing to your interest and support our wishes are realized. I beg to sign myself. Very sincerely yours, MARIE FRIDAY FLANNERY. STATEMENT OF MR. GEORGE W. DALZELL, WASHINGTON, D. C. Mr. DALZELL. I merely wanted to invite the attention of the committee to some of the precedents for action of this kind. The committee is probably more familiar with them than I am. The committee is aware of the incorporation by special act of a considerable number of patriotic organizations national in scope. Mr. DYER. Have you the list of them? Mr. DALZELL. I will place a list of them in the record. There are a very large number. Perhaps the most conspicuous is the American Red Cross. Incorporated in the last Congress by special act was the Belleau Wood Memorial Association, an organization for the purpose of soliciting funds to rebuild or to build a monument in the village of Belleau in France. It seems to me if this bill is obnoxious to the principle of the Senate committee's resolution, that is equally obnoxious. That was at the last session of the last Congress. The CHAIRMAN. That was to build a memorial for the soldiers, you know, in foreign fields. Mr. DALZELL. Quite so, sir. The CHAIRMAN. That was very exceptional. Mr. DALZELL. I was just about to invite attention to Thirty-fourth Statutes at Large, 867, a bill incorporating the International Sunday School Association. The purpose, as stated in the bill, was to promote and organize Sunday-school work, encourage the study of the Bible, and assist in the spread of the Christian religion. Mr. HERSEY. Was that statute passed? Mr. DALZELL. That was in 1907. Also in the Thirty-fifth Statutes at Large there was an act incorporating the Episcopalian Society known as the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, the purpose being stated to be the spread of Christ's kingdom among men. The first is exclusively religious and the last one is entirely sec tarian. This bill is proposing the incorporation of an organization primarily educational, secondly religious, and only sectarian in its name, because there are a very large number of non-Catholics who are alumnae of Catholic institutions. Mr. SUMNERS. I may suggest, that just such precedents as were being established by the bill you refer to caused the Senate and the House committee to show a disposition to back up. to. Mr. DALZELL. It may be that that is the case. Mr. SUMNERS. In other words, we saw just where we were getting Mr. DALZELL. I think it does seem to me, with deference to the chairman, that the incorporation of the Belleau Wood Association in the last Congress is for a no more definitely national purpose than is this. Mr. LINTHICUM. Is not the Daughters of America to be incorporated by Congress? Mr. ĎALZELL. I am not sure about that. Mr. HERSEY. Let me ask you a question. The purpose of this association, as mentioned in the bill, is for the promotion of Catholic education, literature, and social service. What publications would your association issue, newspapers or magazines, or anything of that sort? Mr. DALZELL. I suggest that Mrs. Benzinger answer that question. I merely came here to invite your attention to the precedents. I should like to ask permission to file a list of incorporations that are precedents for this bill. The CHAIRMAN. Very well. (The list referred to is as follows:) 11 Stat. 386, February 26, 1859. Washington National Monument Society.1 12 Stat. 650, February 14, 1863. National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children.1 National Conservatory of Music.1 26 Stat. 1093, March 3, 1891. Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias. Amended June 7, 1900 (31 Stat. 708). Amended February 26, 1907 (34 Stat. 934). 29 Stat. 9, February 20, 1896. National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Amended March 3, 1915 (38 Stat. 955). 29 Stat. 58, March 13, 1896. Supreme Council of the Thirty-third Degree of Scottish Rite Masonry for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States. 29 Stat. 58, March 16, 1896. Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Doicese of Washington. Amended August 11, 1919 (41 Stat. 278).1 29 Stat. 499, January 26, 1897. Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf. 30 Stat. 804, January 28, 1899. American Social Science Association. 31 Stat. 277, June 6, 1900. American National Red Cross. Amended January 5, 1905 (33 Stat. 599). Amended June 23, 1910 (36 Stat. 604). Amended December 10, 1912 (37 Stat. 647). 31 Stat. 804, February 25, 1901. National Society of U. S. Daughters of 1912. 31 Stat. 1438, March 3, 1901. General Federation of Women's Clubs. Amended April 28, 1904 (33 Stat. 542). 31 Stat. 1453, March 3, 1901. Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists. 32 Stat. 661, July 1, 1902. Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba. 32 Stat. 768, January 12, 1903. General Education Board. 32 Stat. 784, January 30, United States. 1903. Association of Military Surgeons of the Carnegie Institute of Washington. 33 Stat. 575, April 28, 1904. June 6, 1912 (37 Stat. 124). 34 Stat. 59, March 10, 1906. Teaching. 34 Stat. 117, April 16, 1906. Order of Red Men. 34 Stat. 161, May 1, 1906. 34 Stat. 203, May 26, 1906. 34 Stat. 227, June 9, 1906. Revolution. 34 Stat. 804, June 30, 1906. Amended Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Great Council of the United States Improved American Cross of Honor. Archaeological Institute of America. National Society of the Sons of the American National Education Association of the United States. Amended May 13, 1920 (41 Stat. 598). 1 Indicates corporations which were not specifically limited to the District of Columbia; all others were created corporations “in the District of Columbia," "of the District of Columbia," etc. By the act of April 22, 1870 (16 Stat. 93), the seat of operations was expressly located in the District of Columbia. 34 Stat. 867, January 31, 1907. International Sunday School Association of America. 34 Stat. 914, February 21, 1907. 34 Stat. 928, February 25, 1907. pealed July 30, 1918 (40 Stat. 917). National Child Labor Committee. Re 34 Stat. 1226, March 2, 1907. Hungarian Reformed Federation of America. 35 Stat. 475, May 30, 1908. Brotherhood of St. Andrew. 36 Stat. 1361, March 4, 1911. National McKinley Birthplace Memorial Association. 37 Stat. 108, May 9, 1912. American Numismatic Association. 37 Stat. 322, August 21, 1912. Naval Historical Society. 37 Stat. 654, January 30, 1913. American Hospital of Paris. National Institute of Arts and Letters. 41 Stat. 273, August 6, 1919. Near East Relief. 41 Stat. 284, September 16, 1919. American Legion.1 41 Stat. 691, May 31, 1920. Roosevelt Memorial Association. Mr. LINTHICUM. These are some of the publications issued by this association: This is the report of the International Federation of Catholic Alumnæ, Department of Education, Bureau for the Blind. International Federation of Catholic Alumnæ, Department of Education, Bureau for the Placement of Professional and Business Women. International Federation of Catholic Alumnæ, Bureau of Legislation, Bureau of Civics, Bureau of Art, Bureau of Parliamentary Law, Department of Literature, Bureau of Girl Scouts, Bureau of Girls' Welfare, Department of Social Service. That is a few of them. There are various bulletins of that kind. Then we have a quarterly bulletin of the International Federation of Catholic Alumnæ. This issue was the Christmas issue. That gives the various works and reports of the association. Mr. Chairman, are there any other questions? Mr. HERSEY. Does your organization favor the Federal educational bill now pending in Congress? Mr. LINTHICUM. Do they favor it? Mr. HERSEY. Yes. Mr. LINTHICUM. Mrs. Benzinger can best answer that; I do not know. I have not heard. Mr. SUMNERS. I do not think that question is proper. The CHAIRMAN. Objection is made to going into that subject as not being germane to what is before the committee. Mr. LINTHICUM. Mr. Chairman, besides the names of the institution that have been incorporated under the Federal law, would it be well also, if it can be supplied to us, so that we will have it in the record, the names of organizations that have been refused national incorporation? Mr. DALZELL. I presume that information is known only to the committee. The CHAIRMAN. That would be a difficult thing, I would suppose. We have, I would say for the information of the committee, in the matter of the incorporation of the Lighthouses for the Blind, an application which was made, a list of Federal incorporations of nonbusiness organizations. 1 Indicates corporations which were not specifically limited to the District of Columbia; all others were created corporations "in the District of Columbia, ""of the District of Columbia," etc. |