Evening star., 1948-11-25
Thanksgiving
Continued From First Page.

ican Mass, which was attended by
many foreign diplomats and United
States officials, Msgr. Cartwright
declared religious faith must mott
vate all such international mech
aniSms' and that religion and
craftsmanship must work hand in
hand.
Il do not speak of ancient and
outWorn relationships Of church and
state, still less of forms of partiality
from governments to sectS and de-
nomina tions,' he said. There is no
redemption in confusing creeds oy
attaching political catchwordS to
them or by making them the badges
of factions.
But I DO speak of the legitimate
and proper comprehension and SYM
pathy which all men of influence
and power should show to the things
that are of everlasting value to
mans soul and that express the only
real basis of his dignity. We do
hope that the tragic errors which
have caused so much of our pres
ent trouble be not prolonged, still
less repeated, and that those who
minister to the temporal needs Of
an exhausted world shall be the
friends of those who minister to the
eternal needs
Praises Vests Defenders.
Msgr. Cartwright paid tribute to
the religious faith and action OF peo-
pies who have rallied to the defense
of Western civilization and ''on
the dreadful proscenium before the
iron curtain have, as peoples, re-
sisted the onset of the worlds dark
est despotism.'
The Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni
Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate to the
United States, presided at the mass
celebrated by the Most Rev. Patrick
A. O'Boyle, Archbishop of Wash
ington.
Services at Washington Cathedral
were holy communion at $50 am.
in the Bethlehem Chapel, with the
Rev. Merritt F. Williams as cele-
brant, and hymns and prayers at
II m, with sermon by the Rev.
o. Wedel, Cathedral
canon.
All Washington rabbis joined in
a Thanksgiving service at II am.
in Ohev Sholom Synagogue, 500 I
street NV.
Skies Overcast Early.
Early riserS today found wet
streets and overcast skies here BY
7 m. most of the clouds had passed
and the District forecaster was
promising mostly sunny conditions
all day" He predicted fair and
colder weather for tonight, with a
low of about 35 degrees in the city
and % in outlying sections. To-
morrow will be increasingly cloudy
but with little change in tempera-
ture, he said.
Other parts of the Nation were
not so fortunate. Skies were re-
ported "dreary and drippy" over
much of the North. Rain was
diminishing in the Middle Atlantic
and New England States. A mass
Of cold air was moving in from
Central Canada, with much colder
temperatures forecast for Mime
sofa and the Dakotas tonight.
While Government Offices, banks
libraries, stores and most private
businesses will be open again to-
morrow, thousands of Washington
area residents are having a four
day holiday. These include an esti-
mated $4,000 Government en-
ployes who will take off tomorrow
as part of their annual leave Pub
lie and parochial schools will re-
main closed until Monday.
Return Rush Expected.
Union Station and bus terminal
officials said things are pretty
quiet today but they expect an
other peak travel rush Sunday
Train travel, a station spokesman
said, was about 20 to 25 per cent
heavier yesterday and last night
than on the normal week end, but
apparently did not set a holiday
record.
Air travel continued heavy today
with several lines continuing to pro-
vide additional planes. Rain last