Evening star., 1942-08-24
Seminar Of Americas
Told Hitler Is Peril
To Christianity
Struggle for Just Peace
To Come When War Is
Won, Detroiter Says

A victory for Hitler will drive
Christians underground for genera
tions, the Most Rev. Edward A..
Mooney, Archbishop of Detroit, de-
clared here today.
The warning came at the opening
session of the Inter American
Seminar of Social Studies, sponsored
by the National Catholic Welfare
Conference and being held in con-
ference headquarters, 1912 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV.
The Detroit cleric further warned
that when we win this war we shall
still have to struggle for a true
Christian peace"
A just and Christian peace is
needed, he added, but there is "a
long road ahead before we can see
the vision of that peace"
Democracy Emphasized.
From the Rev. Wilfrid Parsons,
s. j., professor of politics at Catholic
University, came another warning
that "it will profit us little to achieve
a victory in arms if we fall victim to
the beliefs of our enemies"
Only by showing that democracy
Is not economic liberalism" and
"atheistic naturalism" can we sur
vive this crisis, Father Parsons de-
clared. He added that the principal
danger confronting democracy today
is "a worldwide misunderstanding
of what democracy intends to be-"
The first address of a Latin Amer
lean representative was to be given
later in the day. Bishop Miguel
Dairo Miranda of Tulancingo, prom
inent Catholic Action leader of
Mexico, was to speak on 1.-THE I'M
portance of Catholics of the Amer
icas in the Crisis" While Bishop
Miranda was scheduled to give his
address in English, other delegates
from the southern republics will
speak in their native language.
Bishop Edward v. OHara of Kan
sas City, chairman of the welfare
conference, opened the seminar with
an address Of welcome this morning.
A message from Archbishop Michael
j. Curley of the Baltimore Wash
Dean Mcclure Speaks.
The first lay leader in the Cath
olic movement heard today was DR..
Martin r. P. Mcclure, dean of Cath
olic University Graduate School and
chairman of Ibero-A American studies
of the university.
Guests at today's meeting included
Assistant Secretary of State G..
Rowland Shaw and Bishop John F.
Mcnamara, auxiliary head of this
archdiocese.
Theme of the conference, which
will continue through the week at
the welfare conference building,
1912 Massachusetts, avenue NV, Is
1.-THE Americas and the Crisis of
Civilization"
Canada also was represented in
the seminar by the Rev. Albert LIE
Roy, S. j., and the Rev. Jean d'Au-
teuil Richard, S. J.
Homage Paid Washington.
At ceremonies yesterday Bishop
Miguel de Andrea of Buenos Aires,
Argentina, placed wreath on the
tomb of George Washington at
Mount Vernon.
Bishop de Andrea, in making the
pilgrimage to Washington's home,
said it was "a pleasure to invoke
his immortal spirit" He rejoiced
that his glorious heritage is hero
ically preserved by President Frank
lin Roosevelt"
The President addressed a letter
to him, Bishop de Andreas said,
after he had delivered an address
at the University of Buenos Aires
"in defense of our great institu-
tional principles"
A wreath was also placed on
Washington's tomb by Msgr Howard
j. Carroll, assistant general secre-
tary of the National Catholic We'll
fare Conference.