The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-14
EARL BROWDER
 CRITIC OF POPE
But Communist Leader Is Made Target By Critics
 of His Policy

of the Communist Party, said last night that Pope Plus XII,s encyclical contains a direct attack upon a fundamental American principle, the separation of church and state."
 "The Pope makes a direct attack against those ideas which do not hesitate to divorce civil authority from every kind of dependence upon the appointed representatives of Rome" he told a Madison Square Garden rally celebrating the 22nd anniversary of the United Soviet Socialist Republics.
 "We have no quarrel with the great masses of Catholic workers in America; we support their religious liberty internationally; we find a growing sympathetic attitude to- ward socialism among them which we welcome" he said.
 Browder said there were growing signs that the hierarchy of the Catholic Church in this country "are not content to influence the lives of their own flock, but have the ambition to determine more and more the laws and administration of the states and hte nations in line with their professed creeds."
 His Principal Theme
 Providers principal theme was the progress made by the Soviet Union during the past 9 years, but he replied in his address to those critics who have charged his party with reasonable intent.
 He charged that New York news papers had misquoted his Boston speech of November 5. He said the press had made it appear that he called for quick transition to so- cialisln" whereas he had pointed out that the United States would be ripe for such a transition were its workers ready, but that he had ex- plained that they were not.
 He did not refer to the federal fraudulent passport charges against him, but other speakers at the rally said his conviction would be blow to civil liberties. The garden was packed and police had to turn away thousands at the doors.
 "The Communists have never in history made an attempt to over throw the government of the United States" he said. But there is a party in the United States which did organize a desperate and bloody struggle to do just that. The party was none ohtre than the party of Martin Dies and Jack Garner"
 Communists under the inspiration of Karl Marx, even supported Abra- ham Lincoln to preserve the United States, he said, and" ."gave their lives to maintain our democratic heri- tage."
 Barred From Harvard
 Cambridge, Mass, November IA. -- (UP) - Earl Browder, general secretary of the Communist Party, was barred today from speaking in any Harvard University building by the Harvard Corporation in c de- cision upholding its secretary's earlier ban.
 The corporations stand was an- nounced last night in response to a petition of 400 students protecting the action of Secretary Jerome D. Greene last week. Greene with drew permission for the John Reed Liberal undergraduate or to hold meeting at which Browder was to speak.
 Greene explained that he be- .ieved Providers appearance at Har- yard would be g breach of "good 1 ,aste".
 "The president and fellows voted l 'o withhold permission for the John Reed Society to use Harvard build Ing for a meeting addressed by Earl Browder, until the basis of Harvard's practice in granting free use of its buildings for meetings shall have been further investigated by spe- ,ial committee of the corporation.
 Pope, Mussolini Act
 Rome, November IA. - (UP) - Pope Plus and Premier Benito Mus 'olini are both striving to keep the people of southeastern Europe out of the war and some 'ources here even suggested today hat they were collaborating in the work.
 In any event, it was said, their truggle to keep peace in the Balk- ms has the approval of Germany as yell as the Allies. Germany wants o keep drawing supplies from the 'alkan countries and wants them to tay neutral so the Allies cannot nake a flank attack on her from the Great Britain and France elieve that a Balkan peace bloc 'ould tend to prevent expansion in hat direction by Germany or Russia.
 The Pope received several church representatives from the Balkans esterday, including Msgr. Ettore 'elice, apostolic nuncio to Belgrade, the Archbishop of Sara evo and Rev. Francesca Chrubini, to the apostolic nunciatura f Budapest, Hungary.
 His Holiness was said to have OAlC 1AAo uIAiAOob tO CAlSOuA d6C ClOoCA | citations among the Balkan coun- ries ever since he decided a few ,eeks ago that further efforts to top the war were futile.
 Rev. Dr. Walsh Attacks
 Boston, November IA. - (UP) - he Rev. Dr. Edmund A. Walsh, egent of Georgetown University's chool of Foreign Service, today &C., used Russia of sinking the British ner Athenia in hope of drawing he United States into the European 'ar.
 The Soviet government will strike riend and foe alike in its fight for 'orld mastery, he told the Foreign commerce Club of Boston last night. [e foresaw Bolshevism as the ulti- late winner when the warning na- ons exhaust themselves. He be- eyed that Russia also may have ngineered the recent bomb-assas-