Evening star., 1939-02-10
Clergy, Laymen Join
In Tributes 10
Pope Plus
Catholics, Protestunts,
Jews Honor Pontiffs
Efforts for Peace
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt. prominent
members OF the Roman Catholic
Church in the United States and
representatives of other creedS from
all walks of life united today in
tribute to Pope Plus XII.
On behalf of President Roosevelt
Secretary of State Hull today eX-
pressed to the Papal Secretary OF
State at Rome, profound condol-
ences" on the death of Pope Plus XII.
The message was sent by telegram
to His Eminence Cardinal Pacelll,
Papal Secretary Of State, at the
Vatican City.
The message read:
THE President desires me to ex-
press to your eminence profound
condolences on the death OF His
Holiness Pope Plus XII. His great
spiritual qualities and his zeal for
peace and tolerance won him a
place in the hearts of all races and
creeds. Word of his passing has
been received with deep sorrow
throughout the United States"
Other tributes included:
James A. Farley, Postmaster Cen
eral:
THE world has lost leader whose
spiritual influence will exist long
after most of us are forgotten The
earnest efforts of his holiness to pro-
mote world peace and his energy in
advocating social justice made him
respected by men Of all political ana
religious faiths.
I'VE in America should feel a spe-
cial loss in the death of Pope Plus
XII. From my visit with him, l
learned how intensely interested he
was in the affairs of this country and
how sympathetic he was to the ideal
of democratic government. HIS
memory should be honors by genera
tions of Americans yet to be born
George Cardinal Mundelein, Arch
bishop of Chicago:
pope Plus xI is dead. The human
race has lost one of its commanding
end benefcent personalities. A
courageous and uncompromlslng
champion of the dignities. the work
and the inalienable rights OF hu-
man nature is removed from the
stage of human action.
THE first voice of international
significance to be raised in behalf OF
a. prosecuted and downtrodden race
was that of Plus XI. To him the
supreme fact of human history was
the fatherhood of God and the
brotherhood of man. Whatever
agency, political, social or economic
which attacked this supreme prln-
ciple was the enemy of mankind
In our age of hesitancy, barter and
compron1ise. he stood with adaman-
tine courage for the inalienable.
God-given rights of human beings
He will be forever remembered as
the greatest champion of human
rights our age has ever known
Former Gov. Alfred E. Smith of
Kew York, a papal chamberlain:
along with people around the
world, 1 heard with deep regret OF
the passing of our holy father, the
POPE. He will go down in history as
one of the worlds truly great men,
We are losing him at time when we
need him most"
The Right Rev. Msgr. Michael J.
Ready, Washington, general secre-
tary of the National Catholic We'll
fare Conferences:
I'm Plus KI we can find the quail
ties of a real saint-sanctlty nobility
and indomitable courage. Amidst
the strife and bitterness Of the
world, he stood imperturbable and
serene, preaching peace and justice
and charity
The Rev. Robert I. Cannon, S. j.,
president of Fordham University:
His holiness was martyr to the
cause of liberty. Every one will
mourn his death with the possible
exception of the luckiest man in Eu-
rope. May God grant the world an
other Pope equally strong and
Christlike."
Mayor F. H. La Guardia of New
York:
Il am sincerely and deeply dis
tressed to hear of the death of
Pope Plus XI. He was exercising
eli his strength for peace in this
world in these disturbing times. I
know that I and all the people in
the world at the present time will
miss the forces that he was trying
to express. The world is undergoing
a real loss in his death.
Gov. Herbert r. O'Conor of Mary
land:
Regardless of religious beliefs of
the people, there was universal re-
spect and admiration for the Holy
Father. His unceasing devotion to
the cause of world peace was in
happy contrast to the clashing am
bitions of dictators. who seemed
ready to plunge their nations into
warfare to accomplish their selfish
ends. 1t is no eXaggeration to state
that world conditions would have
been much worse except for the
mild, but unremitting entreaties of
the pontiff.
'"The Pope's firm adherence to
tenets, which are the foundation
stones of everything worthwhile in
civilization, made him the benefac-
tor of all mankind. His leadership
in the world wide movement for So
cial justice also was of estimable
value to this great humanitarian
effort. In q word, he was an eX-
cmplar who, without ulterior mo-
tives or selfish aims, gave his life
to the welfare of humanity. The
entire world suffers an incalculable
loss in his passing"
The Right Rev. Henry X. Sheriff.,
Episcopal Bishop of Massachusetts,:
The death of Pope Plus is
great loss to the entire Christian
church and to all civilization in
these trying days"