The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-13
Catholic Thought And Opinion
By REV. JOSEPH F. DONNELLY

ailments cannot be put off and he be expected to give his best service in the emergency.
 And like the man, so labor. With orderly discussion and arbitration cure its ailments. Settle the juris- dictional disputes. Establish a fair proportion between profits and wages. The union drives, the closed shop and the rest-these are ques- tions which must be settled to the satisfaction of both parties for their benefit and ultimately for the suc- cess of the great struggle of the nation.
 But as the Commonweal pointed out recently in a schorlarly com ment, "A real freezing would have to preserve all sources of unrest in the heart of industrial life :. Such freezing is impossible and it is undesirable. The strikes that have gone on or broken out since Pearl Harbor testify to the irreality of any such idea. :. Battles abroad may draw our attention away from them, but the problems are still here, and no less than military and naval ones, they must be faced calmly and intelligently if the coun- try is to have any real measure of social and so military success" HITTING WHERE IT HURTS
 When you reach them through the profits in the box office the Hollywood producers become inter- ested in your grievance. Hit them where it hurts: that is the only argument these people seem to un- derstand. That and not the love of decency was the means that affected the recall of the 1900 copies of the condemned movie Two Faced Woman" in order that 1t be re-edited in accord with the code of the Legion of Decercy.
 But MT. John O'Hara, amuse- ment editor of News Week, ridiculed the Legion of Decency and its con- demnation of this parade of im- morality. However, we may presume that MT. O'Hara was hit with an argument for decency that he can understand. Here is what one &C., count told him. The writer is an alumnus of Notre Dame '34 and he sent copy of his letter to the Notre Dame Religious Bulletin. The letter was addressed to News Week s Editor in-chief.
 O'HAKA'S EDITORIAL ATHEISM
 'The last time I saw you was happy meeting in Milwaukee. I am only sorry that the meeting did not take place this week for would like to have told you the following things.
 First, your editorial on page 68 written by John O'Hara regarding the Legion of Decency is probably one of the rankest bits of editorial atheism that I have run across in long time. Second. in a world that has as little decency as ours really has why kick something like the Legion of Decency downstairs?
 q must tell you a little story, MT. Muir; maybe you could pass it on to your John O'Hara. Religion and the things 1t stands for such l dS JllC lCB lOll VI CCCCIlCy tlC JllC crutches on which I use to get through this rather shabby world on. don't particularly like to have a fine paper like News Week at- tempts to kick the crutches from under me.
 There Is very little that I can personally do to counter -act your article on page 68, but I can tell you that it would save me consider able trouble If you would advise your Chicago representative not to bother to come in for the advertis- ing contract that was scheduled for your 1922 series of publications.
 You, your staff, and your Chicago office have been working on our ac- count for some time in the hope of getting us in your book. Forget it.