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It provides a service table of contents listing major articles and reports. It also explains the National Catholic Welfare Conference’s mission, organizational structure, departments, bureaus, publications, and governance, emphasizing coordinated efforts in education and social action under episcopal authority.","CATHOLIC  \n·ACTION·  \nAPRIL,1940  \nVol.XXII,No.4  \n4  \nCatholic Hour 1930-1940  \nUNMARCH third last the Catholic Hour celebratedthe completion of ten years on the air.CATHOLICACTION has watched and,as far as it could,pro-moted every development of the Catholic Hour fromthe time when it was but a vague idea to the presentmoment of glorious accomplishment for Christ andfor His Church.As a consequence we are in a posi-tion to appreciate to the full its ten years of extra-ordinary and increasing service.  \nYT  \nWE EXTEND our sincerest felicitations and con-gratulations,therefore,to the National Council ofCatholic Men,its sponsors:to all who have superin-tended and participated in the program;to all thosediscerning and appreciative patrons who have seenin the Catholic Hour an object eminently worthy oftheir charity;and,not least of all,to the NationalBroadcasting Company and its associated stations fora most distinguished contribution to radio's publicservice.—The Editor.  \nA NATIONA L MONTHLY PUB LISHEDBY THENATIONAL CATHOLIC WELFARE CONFERENCE  \nPrice:20c  \nApril,1940  \n\n| SERVICE  \u003Cbr>TABLE OF CONTENTS  \u003Cbr>APRIL,1940  \u003Cbr>PAGE  \u003Cbr>3  \u003Cbr>Our Common Catholic Interests  \u003Cbr>Pope Pius XII and Peace:  \u003Cbr>1939-1940—Increasing Inter-  \u003Cbr>est in the Bishops'“Church  \u003Cbr>and Social Order”Statement  \u003Cbr>—Calendar of Scheduled  \u003Cbr>Catholic Meetings and Events.  \u003Cbr>Catholic Education—An Aposto-  \u003Cbr>5  \u003Cbr>late for Social Order.......  \u003Cbr>By Rt.Rev.Msgr.Michael J.  \u003Cbr>Ready  \u003Cbr>National Program of Hospital  \u003Cbr>Construction .............7  \u003Cbr>Archbishop Curley Installed as  \u003Cbr>First Archbishop of Wash-  \u003Cbr>ington .................10  \u003Cbr>Tax Exemption and Social Se-  \u003Cbr>curity....…..·........11  \u003Cbr>By William F.Montavon,K.S.G.  \u003Cbr>Southern Conference on Cath-  \u003Cbr>olic Activities ............12  \u003Cbr>News Headlines .............13  \u003Cbr>The Field of Catholic Education 14  \u003Cbr>Immigration Silhouettes ......15  \u003Cbr>Month by Month with the N.C.  \u003Cbr>W.C....................16  \u003Cbr>The Confraternity of Christian  \u003Cbr>Doctrine ................18  \u003Cbr>Sidelights on Social Action....19  \u003Cbr>“You and Your World”Study  \u003Cbr>Club Series:VII.Your World  \u003Cbr>Outlook .................21  \u003Cbr>With Our Catholic Laymen....24  \u003Cbr>Catholic Women in Catholic  \u003Cbr>Action ..................28  \u003Cbr>The contents of CATHOLIC ACTION  \u003Cbr>are fully indexed in the Catholi  \u003Cbr>Periodical Indez;also in the Catholic  \u003Cbr>Magazine Index of The Catholic Book-  \u003Cbr>man.   | T HE  \u003Cbr>FA CT S A B 0UT  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