of Russia. It asks him to cease intervention in Russia and asks him to act against " any attempt of the Allies to strangle European democracy in its cradle." In other words, it charac terizes the Soviet government as the one budding system of democracy in Europe. A certain group in the Catholic Church with leanings toward Socialism, under the leadership of the Rev. Dr. Ryan, professor at the Catholic University of Washington, issued in January, 1918, a pamphlet called "Social Reconstruction; a General Review of the Problems, and a Survey of Remedies." It was issued by the Committee on Special War Activities of the National Catholic Council in Washington, and was signed by four bishops: Peter J. Muldoon, Bishop of Rockford; Joseph Schrembs, Bishop of Toledo; Patrick J. Hayes, Bishop of Tagaste, William T. Russell, Bishop of Charleston. It begins by a disapproval of the famous social reconstruction program of the British Labor Party because this program, it considers, would lead ultimately to complete Socialism. It considers the program of the American Federation of Labor not to give. sufficient expression to the weaker sections of the working class, and calls attention to its failure to even imply that the workers should become owners as well as users of the instruments of production. It examines other plans, such as that of the National Chamber of Commerce, and especially the proposals of the interdenominational conference of social service unions, comprising ten religious bodies of Great Britain. The committee itself outlines in a rather general way its own proposed solution. Among other things, it favors the co-operative societies owned and managed by the consumers. It favors a large participation of labor in industrial management. Where the socialistic tendency of the committee shows itself most clearly is in what is said under the heading of "Co-operation and Copartnership." This statement is of sufficient importance to be quoted: "Nevertheless, the full possibilities of increased production will not be realized so long as the majority of the workers remain mere wage earners. The majority must somehow become owners, or at least in part, of the instruments of production. They can be enabled to reach this stage gradually through co-operative productive societies and copartnership arrangements. In the former, the workers own and manage the industries themselves; in the latter, they own a substantial part of the corporate stock and exercise a reasonable share in the management. However slow the attainment of these ends, they will have to be reached before we can have a thoroughly efficient system of production, or an industrial and social order that will be secure from the danger of revolution. It is to be noted that this particular modification of the existing order, however far-reaching and involving to a great extent the abolition of the wage system, would not mean the abolition of private ownership. The instruments of production will still be owned by individuals, not by the State." INDEX TO LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENTS, 1921 A Agricultural Experiment Station, report.... Agriculture, State College of, Cornell University, report. Appropriations, report of Budget Committee on requests for. Architect, State, annual report... Assembly, bills, supplemental index. members, list Attorney-General, report B Banks, Superintendent of, report on banks of deposit and discount... on Savings and loan associations, Land banks, etc.. on Savings banks, Trust companies, etc. Barge canal, message from Governor regarding resolution by Congress on. 5 6 24 21 Bath, New York State Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, report.... 34 Bedford Hills, New York State Reformatory for Women, report. 70 State School for, report..... 21 Boundary waters, preliminary report of Commission on. Boxing Commission, report Boards, commissions and departments, see specific names for. Bridge and Tunnel Commission, report.. Budget committee, report on requests for appropriations. c Canals, report of Comptroller relating to expenditures on. 20 79 64 11 35 59 24 St. Lawrence Ship Canal, preliminary report of Commission on. 20 Charities, Fiscal Supervisor, report.. 87 Charities, State Board of, report.. 49 Charity Organization Society of the City of Buffalo, report.. Commutations granted by Governor, statement of. Comptroller, State, report report on expenditures on the canals. special report on municipal accounts. Conrad Poppenhusen Association, annual report. Conservation Commission, report Cornell University, State College of Agriculture, report.. Credit unions, report of Superintendent of Banks relative to.. Crippled and deformed children, New York State Hospital for, report.... 83 28 54 10 59 9 78 95 45 8 5 Engineer and Surveyor, State, report... Ellicott creek, map showing blue lines established by State Engineer. report on Ellicott creek Escheated lands, report of Commissioners of Land Office on. 5 Excise, Commissioner of, report.... F Farms and Markets, Department of, report.. Forest Preserve, report of Commission to investigate title to lands in.. G water powers of the State.. Governor, statement of pardons, commutations and reprieves granted by.. 54 annual Barge canal, regarding resolution by Congress on. Public utilities, regulation Liquor tax law, recommending repeal, and passage of executive en- 23 58 Hospital Commission, report Housing conditions, intermediate report of investigating committee. I Index, supplemental index to Assembly bills. to Senate bills ... 62 94 26 89 15 73 Indian school, see Thomas Indian School. Industrial Commission, report Insane, see Hospital Commission. Institute for Study of Malignant Diseases, report. International Sunshine Society, report of Department for the Blind... J Jewish Protectory and Aid Society, report..... L Labor laws, report of joint committee on revision.... 3 Doc. No. Liquor tax law, message from Governor recommending repeal and passage Loan Associations, see Savings and Loan Associations. Loan brokers, report of Superintendent of Banks, relative to.... M Malignant Diseases, State Institute for Study of, report.. Members of the Senate, list.. Mental Defectives, State Commission for, report. State schools for, reports..... Messages from the Governor, see Governor. Military hospital, report of Commission for. Monuments Commission, report ... ... Motor vehicle law, receipts under provisions of.. Municipal accounts, special report of Comptroller on. Museum, State, report .1, 29 43 .32, 74, 75 77 55 9 N Nautical School, New York State, report... New York City, Transit Construction Commissioner, report.. New York Monuments Commission, report New York-New Jersey Port and Harbor Development Commission, sum- final report New York State Boxing Commission, report New York State Bridge and Tunnel Commission, report..... New York State College of Agriculture, Cornell University, report.. New York State Hospital for Care of Crippled and Deformed Children, 83 New York State Hospital for treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, re- 41 New York State Museum, report 52 New York State Nautical School, report New York State Reformatory for Women, Bedford Hills, report.. 70 .32, 74, 75 New York State Training School for Girls, Hudson, report. New York State Women's Relief Corps Home, Oxford, report. 71 42 55 33 63 79 64 45 84 73 8 |