The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-09
Catholic Thought And Opinion
By REV. JOSEPH y. DONNELLY

of the recent dllncultles of Messts. Pearson and Winchell over their right Co criticize members of Con. gress over the air, to give this ia. teresting bit of information: T heard recently that an attempt was made to put the screws on Msgr. Fulton ]. Sheen for his oplnions."
 How9 and by whom7 Mir. sokolsky does not reveal. But we may be sure that the honesty with which Msgr. Sheen in his earlier talks on the Catholic Hour faced the problems of Russia's war aims and the exploit. ation of our emergency by the Com. munistS in America are the opln. Ions that have been unacceptable ln some quarters. But these problems must Do faced, and the bolder the better.
 To discover the many deeply en- trenched dihlcuItles that underlie the ellttering generallties of the post-war planners will be amazing and dlscouraging to those who take at face value the glihly tossed off dictums of these sages. Father 0illis has been sounding the depth of the problem In the editorial department of the February and March issues of Tho Catholic World. We recofn- mend his reasoning heartily to those who can take the truth straight and are unafratd to follow untempered logic to It's conclusion.
 LETTERS TO THE BOYS
 Writing letters is one of the prac- tices in which many people easily become careless. writing letters to the boys in the services, however, Is something too scared for careless. ness, Young boys in need of temem- brance and affection have been placed in a kind of life totally dif- ferent from what was their custom, and their spirits can be greatly sus- tained by those at home merely through the letter we write to them. Lonely at times and certainly think ing often of home they are looking eagerly for the signs of your TO. membrance and love.
 With the hope of encouraging this correspondence we quote the fol- lowing from q chaplain's letter:
 "One of the greatest thrills of the day for a soldier is to get Q letter And the keenest disappointment for him is, if hoping to receive q letter he doesn't got one. No kidding, 1t is Q tug at the heart to see the eager- ness written on the faces of real he. men at mail time and Q joy to note the gleetul happiness with which they read passages to their buddleS or pass on pictures or clippings to their pals while they loaf and talk during the mail period.
 MAIL FROM HOME
 "Ycs. and 1t is truly pathetic to sec the eagerness fade from tho faces of too many of these sterling boys Rs name after name is called to the ond of the list md theirs is not among them. Some walk off their keen disappointment by them selves, Others stand sheepishly by and try to simulate c resignation which In their hearts they do not feel
 Mail from home, from friends, even from strangers, ranks among the most important factors in mak- ing and keeping Q soldier boy con- tented. As for the soldier answering letters that he receives, well no one should Do eXacting, Trouble B that it iS not too easy for the poor guy to write letters, that is, under aver age circumstances. Iie sits on c cot using Q magazine on his knee for q desk trying to toll tho tid.bits Of news and needs to those at home while three or four spirited bud- dies raise horse-play in the same i2 by i2 tent"