Evening star., 1948-11-02
0'Boy|eAttacks
Communism at
K. ofC. Meeting
Archbishop Makes
UnseheduIed Talk to
Audience of 1000

More than a thousand persons
who attended an anti-Communist
meeting last night under the aus
rices of the Knights Of Columbus
heard an unscheduled speaker on
the subject in the person of the Most
Rev. Patrick A. OBoyle, Archbishop
OF Washington.
Presented after the three on the
program at Gonzaga High School
had completed their talks, the Arch
bishop remarked that 1t was Pc
culiar that I'VE are able to sit here
discussing an ism which not only
affects the countries behind the
Iron Curtain but practically every
country in the world"
I'VE are able to do It," he said,
because we enjoy the four freedoms
freedom of speech. of assembly, of
religion and of the press" He con-
graduated the Washington General
Assembly of the Knights of Colum-
bus for the anti-Communist forums
it is conducting.
Cites Communism in Poland.
Recalling it was 30 years ago this
month that AL Smith first was
elected Governor of New York, he
referred to him as man who hated
Communism. Adopting Gov Smiths
slogan of Lets look at the record"
he cited the record of Communism in
Poland
To-day in Poland" he said, there
is three-fold program: Rigid CEN
sorship of the Catholic press, a de-
sire TO abolish religious instruction
in the schools-in a country that is
"a per cent Catholic-and national
ization of Catholic institutions of
charity.
What I say of Poland is equally
true of Hungary, Czechoslovakia and
Romania.
I'VE Catholics have a great job to
do. Through our individual lives
and collective action may VIE 60 for
ward to keep our country strong and
virile-a glorious country"
The formal program had included
speeches by DR.. Stefan T. Possony,
professor of geopolitics at George
town University; DR.. Miriam Theresa
Rooney, associate professor of law
at Catholic University, and Joseph
A. Cantrel. attorney. william H.
Collins, also an attorney, presided.
Cost in Lives Estimated.
DIR. poSSonv said the total cost of
communism in lives in Russia has
been about 100000.
"It can be truly said that the
Communists replaced the church
with the churchyard," he added.
I'm 1929" he said, "the Soviet gov
ernment decided to collectivize agri-
culture and to eliminate the kulak
class of peasants. According to sta
tistics published by the League of
Nations, this experiment cost the
lives of 5,500O00 people and pro-
duced a population deficit of 13,000,-
600.
Previous Communist produced
famines had cost the lives of 3,000,-
0o0. The population loss of the
revolution was about 10000 900.
During the last 10 years, untold ad-
ditional millions we're purged, evac-
uated and put into concentration
camps"
Purge Recalled.
He recalled that Andre Vishinsky,
now deputy foreign minister. was
prosecutor of his former comrades
in the purge trials of the period be-
fore World War II. Those who were
tried, who had been the leaders of
the Soviet government for II years,
were described in this way by Mr..
vishinsky, the speaker said:
Here is foul smelling heap of
human garbage, who stop at moth
ing, who have no qualms whatso-
ever, who are ready for anything
to blow up factories and trains, to
destroy cattle, to spoil grain, to en-
gage in murder, espionage and high
treason. . Nobody has mastered
the art Of cynical double dealing to
such a degree as they have. ="
Mr.. Cantrel, discussing the origin
and purpose of government, said the
supreme authority for government is
God, and its purpose is to do His
will on earth.
DR.. Rooney asserted the United
States Government continually has
emphasized the value of personality
rather than property in its regula-
tions for the common good.
The next meeting of the forum
will be held on December 6.