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SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION BY JOHN A. RYAN, D. D., LL. D. Professor of Moral Theology at the Catholic University of America Author of A Living Wage, Distributive Justice, etc. jfteto gorfe THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1920 All rights reserved COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY Set up and electrotyped. Published September, 1920. FOREWORD The lectures composing this volume were delivered at the Fordham School of Social Service in the last two months of the year 1919 and the first two months of the year 1920. They were not written out beforehand, but were taken down by a stenog rapher, and revised by the author for publication. Owing to the manner in which it was composed, the book exhibits obvious crudities of style, but the be lief is entertained that this defect is partially offset by the spontaneity and personal character of the discourse. JOHN A. RYAN. The Catholic University of America, May 25, 1920. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE FOREWORD v I GENERAL FACTS CONCERNING THE PROGRAM . . i II PROBLEMS AND AGENCIES ARISING OUT OF THE WAR 25 III HIGH WAGES AND HIGH PRICES 46 IV A LIVING WAGE BY LAW 62 V SOCIAL INSURANCE 81 VI PUBLIC HOUSING VOCATIONAL TRAINING CHILD LABOR LEGISLATION 101 VII THE JUSTIFICATION OF THE LABOR LTNION . . 121 VIII LABOR SHARING IN MANAGEMENT AND IN PROFITS 141 IX CO-PARTNERSHIP AND COOPERATION .... 161 X EXORBITANT PROFITS 182 XI SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 200 APPENDIX THE BISHOPS PROGRAM .... 217 INDEX 239 SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION CHAPTER I GENERAL FACTS CONCERNING THE PROGRAM Reception. Authority. Comments. Beneficial Effects. Viewpoint and Content. IT is a great honor, indeed, to be invited as the first lecturer in this series of lecture courses which are tobear the name of the man l who has just been so beautifully eulogized by the President of Fordham University. It is a great satisfaction to me to contribute something to the work of this School of Sociology and Social Service, for I know how badl schools of this kind are needed. I know how great is the work that they can do, and that the pupils can do, for sound charity and sound social service, and ultimately for the Church and the Cath olic religion. The efforts which the faculty of Ford ham University have made to build up this school, which is a pioneer in the field, at least in the East, are deserving of every assistance that any one is able to give. Although I was somewhat doubtful late Thoinas M. Mulry. I SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION whether what I have to contribute is of very much value to students in the general field of social service, and although I could find plenty of work to occupy my time if I did not come here at all, I thought I should be shirking my duty to the great enterprise which you are carrying on here if I did not make some sacrifice to accept the invitation. And let me also say that I am particularly glad to cooperate in the work of this school because it is so much the wish of the Archbishop of New York that the school should expand and succeed. The topics which I am to discuss lie mainly in the field of economics. While economic subjects and problems are not the direct business of persons who are pursuing a course in the school of Social Service, yet they are of extremely great importance and interest. Social workers constantly come into contact with the economic causes and relations of the problems with which they are dealing. The greater their knowledge of theeconomics of these problems . . . and the more they know of Catholic doctrine concerning economic practices and institu tions . . . the better equipped they will be for the complex tasks of social service. The general subject of these lectures is the Bishops Program of Social Reconstruction. This document was issued in response to the general need which men felt after the war for programs for the reconstruction of social regions...
| ISBN-13 | 9781406770520 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1406770523 |
| Weight | 0.72 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 8.50 x 5.50 x 0.57 In |
| List Price | $28.95 |
| Format | - |
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| Language | English |
| Pages | 252 pages |
| Publisher | Baker Pr |
| Published On | 2007-03-01 |
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