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Show CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION. At a meeting of the American Catholic Press association, held at the office of the Catholic Union and Times, Buffalo, on Sept. 12, 1908. the following follow-ing resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That the Catholic Press association invites in-vites all Catholic societies to pass a resolution pledging the patronage of their members to business busi-ness men who advertise in Catholic papers. Resolved. That it is the right of the Catholic press to be the first to get strictly Catholic news, and this particularly from the hierarchy and the clergy. Resolved. That we express our conviction that the Catholic press is the very best kind of an advertising adver-tising medium. Wc also protest against the discrimination dis-crimination practiced by many lines of business against ihe Catholic press, and hereby declare our determination to resent in every legitimate way a continuance of such discrimination. Resolved. That we remind the Catholic people that the Holy Father and fathers of the Council of Baltimore, and the clergy in general, have spoken of the necessity of the Catholic newspaper in the Catholic family and as a continuous mission in the parish. In "harmony with these declarations we respectfully re-spectfully appeal to the hierarchy and clergy to take steps to make these sentiments practically effective. Resolved. That the American Catholic Press association as-sociation encourage Catholic writers and foster Catholic literature. |