The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-06

lures as possible. Catholics are also asked to circulate the petitions among Protestants and Jews.
 The paper also contains several articles concerning the attempt to lift the embargo and the fight against its removal being waged by Catholics and others about the na- ton. Lifting of the embargo, says The Transcript, would make pos sible the shipping of arms and munitions to Leftist Spain.
 Illegal Government
 The Loyalist regime in Spain, says The Transcript, is an illegal government which is the most vio- lent and persistent persecutor of the church in our time"
 Editorially, The Transcript de- clares that lifting of the Spanish embargo would be tantamount to declaration of war by the United States against the Nationalist forces led by General Franco. The move against the embargo, the editorial claims, is led by Red and Moscow inspired propagandists.
 The Transcripts front page ap- peal for support of the petition against lifting the embargo follows:
 As is evident from other news stories appearing on this page, the strongest means are being taken by leftists to force the Congress to lift the embargo on arms to Spain. This move is meant to aid the Spanish Leftists, the systematic prosecutors of religion and tramplers of every human right. It is but the first step in 8 projected series of moves to assist the leftist regime.
 How can this bold project be thwarted? The form of a petition to Congress in opposition to this leftist tactic is printed below. Copies of this form are available in The Transcript office. Catholics are re- quested to circulate this petition among their non-Catholic and Jew ish friends, securing as many sig natures as possible. Heads of Catho- lie organizations are especially urged to use every means in their power to circulate the petition and to gather as many signatures as possible. Catholics are further ad- vised to wire or write direct to their own congressman and Senators to urge these representatives to block the lifting of the embargo.
 On the petition it will be noted that not only the name of all sign CTS, but likewise their occupation and their address are wanted. This information will not be used in any way to their detriment or embar- rassment, but is meant to indicate the genuineness of the signatures and their signatories' place in the community.
 Subscribers to this paper are asked to read carefully our news stories on this whole embargo bus mess. Understand the issue before acting. Our news stories contain abundant evidence that the lift-the- embargo movement is wholly par tisan and is the work of a motley assortment of leftists. They are fur ther requested to read the editorial bearing on the matter. They must not let matters rest at that. They should get busy gathering sigma lures and should at once send word directly to their representatives in Congress that, here at home, there is strong, organized opposition to any action calculated to assist the illegal government which is the most violent and persistent perse- cutor of the Church in our time.
 Form of Petition
 TO THE CONGRESS OF
 THE UNITED STATES:
 We the undersigned respectfully petition the Congress, for as long as we shall adhere to the general policy of neutrality as enunciated in the Act of August 31, 1885, to re- tain on our statute books the fur ther and corollary principle enun- ciated in the Act of May l, 1887, ex- tending the original act to include civil as well as international con- Hiafc