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By the Associated Press

A1ASAN I'll 1, rcp. 10
Thirty-two eminent prelates
among them four Americans
were elevated to the College OF
Cardinals today with churchly
pomp and ceremony.
Formally. Pope Plus XII an.
nounced at a secret consistorv OF
the college, attended by % of the
81 members, the creation of the
81 new princes of the Roman Cath.
ollc Church. All but 3 of the 81
were in Rome, and papal ennis.
saries delivered to them immediatel,
their biglietti, or formal notifica.
lions. With this notification the
deslgnees formally became cardinals
line new American cardinals
making up with Dennis Carolina,
Dougherty of Philadelphia the s
Americans in the 69-cardinal col
lege, are:
John Cardinal Glennon of St
Louis, dean of the group:
Edward Cardinal Mooney of De-
troit.
Samuel Cardinal stritch OF
Chicago.
Francis Cardinal spellman of
New York.
Mindszenty to Arrive Today.
Archbishop Josef Mindszenty,
prlmate of Hungary and one of the
new cardinals, was scheduled to ar
rive here during the day in an
american Air Transport plane.
Finally granted Russian clearance
to attend the consistories, the arch
bishop was slated to leave Budapest
this morning and Vatican officials
said he would receive his notifica-
ton late today.
Two other archbishops, Johannes
de Long of Utrecht and Jules
Geraud Saliege of Toulouse, who
were unable to attend because of
illness, became cardinals in absen-
tia.
The new cardinals came from 10
countries in six continents. Twenty
eight are non-Italians and 11-more
than one-third-come from the new
world.
Princes Of the church began ar
irving for the consistory about 9
am, entering the great circular
plaza before St. Peters Church
through the Santa Marta Gate and
proceeding into the Apostolic Palace
through the courtyard of st. Da-
maScuS.
Five-Minute AliOcution,
In the colorful plaza, surrounded
by its rich colonnade, were the usual
number of aged women and beggars
warming their bones in the bright
sunlight. There were no assembled
crowds to see the cardinals arrive.
The college went into session at
9:35 am. (3:35 am, Eastern stand
ard time. Pope Plus went through
the centuries-old formality of mott
tying the cardinals of the appoint
ment of 80 new members, largest
group ever elevated to the cardinal
ate at one time
The pontiff's allUcution, declaring
the designation of new princes of
the church put into a new light the
universally of the church, lasted
but five minutes.
Then the papal emissaries sped
on their rounds to the 10 different
places where the new cardinals were
waiting.
The Rev. Martin Gilligan of Gin
cinnati, Ohio, carried the notifica-
ton letters to the United States
group at the apostolic chancellery
Farley and Walker at ChanceIIery
The four Americans, seated on
thronelike chairs facing the main
door, waited in room crowded with
spectators.
James A. Farley, former United
States Postmaster General, was
among the first to kiss Cardinal
Spellman's hand after he had re-
ceived his notification.
Among the first to speak to the
new cardinals was Frank C. Walker
also former Postmaster General.
Cardinal Spellman rededicated
himself to the service of humanity
said America is endangered by pip
ers OF materialism and greed" and
asserted that man must return tc
spiritual values to suppress his
dreadful potentialities for destruc-
ton.
Mans need is to return to God, ;
Cardinal Spellmans statement said
Man has become indifferent ano
neglectful. He has scoffed and rs.
Jected God, has spurned the spirit
ual and has followed the pipers oil
materialism and greed. This mad
ness is contagious and the disease
is ravaging our own dear country
Three Germans Notified.
Three German archbishops re-
ceived their notification at head
quarters of the Salvatorian Fathers
AS spokesman of the three, josef
Cardinal Frings of Cologne urged
that not all Germans be held re-
sponsible for the war and asserted
that the Pope had recognized this ir
: naming three new cardinals from
Germany.
Three nephews of the Pope ano
an American Army chaplain, Capt
: Ralph H. Schenk of st. Louis, Joined
German speaking clergymen in
congratulating the three.
Tomorrow the new cardinals will
receive visits of congratulations, OF
Wednesday they will receive thei
tSee CARDINALS, Page A-5.)