Monsignor John P. Boland was a

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priest in

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involved in unionization and other

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issues. He was involved in the foundation of the ''Buffalo Committee on Stabilization of Unemployment'', and later became chairman of the New York State Labor Relations Board. After

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, he was involved with the War Relief Service of the

National Catholic Welfare Conference The National Catholic Welfare Council (NCWC) was the annual meeting of the American Catholic hierarchy and its standing secretariat; it was established in 1919 as the successor to the emergency organization, the National Catholic War Council. It co ...

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* Notre Dame Archive

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