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appointed the Right Rev. John J. Keane, the able and liberal-minded Rector of the Catholic University of America in Washington, to arrange with the General Committee for the proper and adequate presentation of the Catholic doctrine on the questions coming before the Parliament.
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND
Archbishop Ireland, of St. Paul, wrote, on accepting a membership in the Advisory Council:
I promise my active coöperarlon in the work. The conception of such a religious assembly seems almost like an inspiration.
In communicating the action of the Board of Archbishops, Bishop Keane wrote:
I ask leave to add the expression of my profound conviction that the project is an admirable one, and that it ought to receive the encouragement of all who really love truth and charity and who wish to further their reign among mankind. It is only by a friendly and brotherly comparison of convictions that reasonable men can ever come to an agreement about the
