Detroit evening times., 1945-10-20

aS yOu dic Wcl aware, COHiInuHlSTH ana
fascism are essentially identical-in that
or any other country.
Hundreds of letters from servicemen
returned from and in Europe strongly ad-
here to this determination. The Catholic
press of the United States has consistently
held the opposite viewpoint from that ex-
pressed in your letter.
QUESTIONS SUBMITTED
For the benefit of our readers-a part
of the American people-would you kindly
reply to the following questions:
do you favor the establishment in
Spain of a regime which is made up,
for the most part, of men who were re-
sponsible for or at least approved by their
silence the murder in cold blood of de-
fenseless Catholic priests, religious and
members of the laity?
Most Rev. Enrique Pla Deniel, pri-
mate of Spain, asserted only recently that
"12 bishops and many thousands Of
priests, monks and nuns were killed and
thousands of churches were burned and
destroyed"
And Douglas Woodruff, well-known
British writer, recently returning from
Spain asserted hundreds of thousands Of
lay people had been murdered by the revo-
lutionists for such "crimes> as wearing
religious medal
Even anti-clericals have given testi
mony that the primary aim of the. So
called Republican regime, prior to the
Franco uprising, was the destruction of
religion-and in Spain that means the
Catholic Church. Do YOU favor, we re-
peat, the re-establishment Of such re-
gime?
0-You state that the state department
- is engaged in constant study to exert
it's influence that there should be estab-
lished in Spain forms of government
which would give the Spanish people the
opportunity to achieve their political
aspirations"
Is it freedom of the ballot, freedom OF
the press, freedom of religion, assemblage
or what is it that must be given to the
Spanish people? Whatever it is, why pick
out Spain? Why not Russia or the ma
tions of eastern Europe? Why are you
(the state department. concerned Tor the
people of Spain alone?
C-You speak of "our tthe state depart
y ment's) influence" being used. Is 1t
the policy of the United States to dictate
TO weaker countries land we are using the
word weaker" advisedly since Soviet Rus
sias form of government, obviously totall-
.tarian in the extreme, is not the object OF
your interference concerning her internal
affairs)? AS we recall Mr.. Roosevelt,
addressing the American Youth Congress
some years ago, opposed this policy. If
there has been such change in policy,
would you kindly inform us, for our read
ers, on what principles the change is
justified.
We assure you our readers, and Amer
leans generally, would like to know what
our American state department has pre-
pared for an independent, sovereign ma
ton which is certainly not in a position to
influence the United States and which,
even you (the state Department. must
agree, has served as bastion against the
wave of communism seeking to destroy
Christian civilization in western Europe
They would also like to know if you
have considered the probability that any
attempt at interference in Spains internal
affairs will be reflected in the Latin Amer
lean countries, where hostile propagan-
dists will seize upon the opportunity to
portray this country as an aggressor and
a hypocrite which protests the lack of
freedom in Spain while tolerating in
silence the complete destruction of liberty
in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and
the Balkan countries.
Latin America can well wonder what
motives impel us to stir up bloody revo-
luton and the persecution of Christianity
in Spain to, eliminate what we call
'facsism' while millions of eastern Euro
peans-many of whom fought for the
United Nations-are being cruciied and
incarcerated under the Red fascism of