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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-14
Times Writer
X. f. Pattee
Given Medal

Richard F. Pattee, historian and
Journalist, and Catholic Times col
umnist, has been named the 1851
recipient of the Catholic Action
Medal, awarded annually by st.
Bonaventure University, Olean, N.
Y.
In making the announcement of
the 1851 award, st. Bonaventure's
president, Very Rev. Juvenal La
lor, OFM, cited Mr.. Pattee for his
contribution to the work of the
Church in the United States and
abroad as tremendous"
Currently the Arizona born
scholar is a resident of Fribourg,
Switzerland, where he represents
the National Catholic Welfare Con
ference and its press service, and
serves as a member of various in
ternational commissions set up on
the continent.
From 1888 through 1943, Mr..
Pattee was division chief of the
Division of the American Repub.
lies and later assistant chief of Cul-
tural Relations, both of the Depart
ment of State, Washington, DC.
Mr.. Pattee, As, was educated at
the University of Arizona, the
Catholic University of America and
the University of Louvain, Bel
gium.
Prior to joining the State De-
partment, Mr.. Pattee was an in.
structor and professor of political
science and history at the Univer.
sity of Puerto Rico for eleven
years.
Mr.. Pattee has authored eight
books including "The Negro in
Brazil" introduction a La Civili-
zacion Hispanoamericana," a text
book for American colleges; "The
Catholic Revival in Mexico" and
Catholic Life in the West Indies. y
He also is a regular contributor
to such publications as 'Reviista
Javeriana" of Bogato, Columbia; to
"Sic" of Caracas, Venezuela, and to
the "Agencia Mundial de Colabor-
aciones" of Madrid, Spain, and fire.
quent contributor to 'The Month
of London, England, and to "Amer-
ica," 'The Sign,p and Columbia,
magazines of this country.
He is a member of the Geo
graphical Society of Lisbon, Acad
emies of History of Panama, Nicar'
aqua, Venezuela, Colombia, and
Ecuador.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-14
College Gives Crib
To Its Community
AS Christmas Gift

WINoOSKI PARK, VT. = (NC)
st. Michael's College already has
presented a Christmas gift to its
local community Nativity crib.
Students did all the work and
the college contributed the materi-
al. Bob Ieahy of New York City,
st. Michaers football star and staff
artist for The Michaelman, design
ed the figures.
The crib has been installed in
an empty store on Main Street in
the center of the city of Winooski.
Two Burlington women, non-Cath-
olics, opened their store for the
exhibit.
It's all part of the nationwide
move to put Christ back into
Christmas, according to the Very
Rev. Daniel P. Lyons, S.S.E., pres
ident of st. Michael's.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-14
LIST INCLUDES
THREE BISHOPS

LOS ANGELES-(NC) - Three
Catholic Bishops, a nun and nine
other Catholic missionaries are in
cluded in a list of 80 American
citizens reported imprisoned in
communist China. All 13 Catholics
were said to have been arrested
this year.
Senator William F. Knowland of
California released the names
here. He said it was a confidential
list given him by the State De-
partment, and that he was remov.
ing the confidential restriction
ION my own responsibility as q
United States Senator"
The State Department had indi-
Gated there were some 300 other
Americans still on the Chinese
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-14
Church Ceases
Open Function
In Red Russia

LONDON - (NC) - The Cath
olic Church, still the communist
regimes implacable enemy, has
now completely ceased to function
openly in Soviet Russia, according
to Sir David Kelly, recently retired
British Ambassador to Moscow. He
is a Catholic.
The last church believed to re.
main still open, that of st. Louis
of the French in Moscow, which
was run by an Assumptionist priest
under the protection of the French
embassy, has now come under the
communist wing. The communists
edged into control an accommo'
dating Lithuanian religious, and
the few foreign Catholics in the
capital, boycotting his services
went to Mass in the apartment oi
departed Frenchman, the Rev
Jean de Matha Thomas. Father
Thomas left Russia when his resi-
dence permit was not renewed.
(The Rev. Arthur o. Brassard
US. Assumptionist who went to
Moscow to serve at the Church oi
st. Louis of the French, has never
been permitted by the Soviets tc
function at that church. He has
however, celebrated Mass at the
residence of the US. Ambassador
and other private homes. Father
Brassard is in Moscow under the
terms of the Roosevelt-Litvino'
agreement of 1934.)
Sir David told the annual meet
ing of the Sword of the Spirit or
ganization that he had heard O
two other priests serving churche
in Russia. One was said to be al
80-year-old foreigner, believed t
be of the Latin Rite, working a
Tiflis. But when Sir David wen
there, with a bodyguard of MVI
secret police, the church was clos
ed and the priest had disappeared
Lady Kelly went to the place
where the priest was staying ant
Continued on Page 81
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-14

Americans pay their own grave
diggers when they support Com
munist entertainers, Vincent w.
Hartnett, authority on Red influ-
ence in radio and television, de-
clared in Columbus last Sunday.
He gave the third Erskine lecture
in the current series at the College
of st. Mary of the Springs on
RED Fronts in Radio and TV."
He warned his audience to avoid
Communist-front traps by refusal
to support "those, including fa-
nous personalities of radio, TV,
motion pictures, and the stage, who
repeatedly support C mmu n ist
fronts"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-14

Referring to the fact that the
proclaimed day of prayer follows
Immediately after the feast COM
memorating the maryrdom of st.
Thomas Beckett, Archbishop Ke-
ough said:
"We feel that on that day Amer
leans will be given not only a re-
newed consciousness of the suffer
ing which is being endured by per
secuted peoples abroad, but they
will be given as well an opportun
ity to offer by prayer and mortifi
cation some concrete demonstra
tion of their faith"
(St. Thomas a Beckett, Archbish
op of Canterbury, was slain in his
cathedral Dec. 29, ITO, by sol
diers of King Henry II, for refus
ing to sanction practices that
would have made the Church Z
servant of the kings pleasure.)
Proclamation of the day of pray
er was in accordance with deci
SionS made at the recent meeting
of the American Hierarchy here
At that time a resolution was
adopted expressing 'boundless ad
miration" and mourning for "our
martyred dead in Russia and in
the IA nations which are now cap
tives to Communism"
In sending the victims "frater
nal sympathy and the assurance d
our fervent prayers" the Bishop:
expressed sorrow at the indiffer
ence of the so-called Christian gov
ernments to this frightful persecu
ton"
The Bishops also declared them
selves appalled, by the apparent
inability of the free secular press
to inform the public of the true
facts of persecution"
The resolution called the roll oi
nations in which persecution of the
Church RACES: Russia, the Ukraine
Yugoslavia, Hungary, Romania
Bulgaria, Albania, eastern Austria
Czechoslovakia, Poland, Latvia, Es
tonia, Lithuania, eastern Germany
Mongolia, and China and northern
Korea.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-14
Officials of Israeli Nation
Take OUer Catholic Shrines

JERUSALEM - NC) - Israeli
authorities have turned over a
large portion of the Catholic
Church's property in the country
to the governments Custodian of
German Property, 1t has been re-
liably learned here.
Church officials have. stated that
they will fight the governments
move in court.
The property has been admins
tered by the Benedictine Fathers
headed by the Rev. Leo Rudolf,
O.S.B., formerly of st. Mary's mon
astery in Morristown, N. ]. 1t in
cludes the abbey and church of
the Dormition on Mount Sion; the
abbey's annex consisting of house
and a garden; the Church of the
Multiplication of the Loaves and
Fishes at Tabgha, near the Sea of
Galilee, and a hospice for pilgrims
and large farm, also at Tabgha.
The property is registered in
the name of the Archdiocese of
Cologne, Germany. AS such it is
subject to the Custodian of Ger
man Property, the Israeli govern
ment states.
Church officials in Israel con-
tend that the governments move
is illegal because the property
cannot be considered as belonging
to a German national agency. The
Cologne archdiocese in this case,
they state, is merely an agent of a
supernatural organization, the
Catholic Church which has head
quarters at the Vatican.
The Israeli government turned
the property over to the Custodian
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-14
German Reds
Ban Customs
of Christmas
BY Max Jordan

BERLIN-(NC)-All Christmas
observanceS, except those within
church precincts, are to be banned
in the Soviet zone of Germany, if
the communist rulers have their
way. School principals throughout
the zone have been ordered to
substitute for Christmas programs
in class rooms with celebrations
of Stalin's birthday December q.
Communist-controlled youth
groups are to be guided by similar
directives, while the radio stations
have been ordered to drop all ref
erences to Christmas in their
broadcasts this month and to con-
centrate on Stalin's' birthday in
stead. At the same time, the cut
ting of fir trees is to be reduced
considerably to prevent the peo-
pie from observing Christmas -
the traditional manner.
Kirchlicher Nachrichtendienst,
Catholic news agency of Cologne,
reports in this connection that
Hungarian communists this year
will celebrate Stalin's birthday on
Christmas day in order to distract
from church observances altogeth-
er. At the same time the importa-
tion of Christmas trees has been
banned by the Red Regime of Hun
gary and the printing of "react-
ionary" Christmas cards prohibited
completely.
Coinciding with pertinent papal
announcements, communist prop
aganda agencies in Eastern Ger
many also have stepped up their
campaign to discredit Christian
teachings on the creation of the
world. Communist newspapers car
ry elaborate reports on the
publications and speeches by
Soviet pseudo scientists, who
claim that life on earth has devel-
oped automatically from "basic
chemical elements" without the
instrumentality of divine power.
According to DR.. Gustav Heine-
man, German Protestant lay read
er who has just returned from a
trip to the Soviet zone, children
whose parents want them to attend
Bible classes are not even permit
ted to take their Bibles along when
these classes are held in public
school buildings. Instances are
known where the children's brief.
cases we're searched by communist
teachers to enforce the ruling.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-14

BALTIMORE, Md. - NC) - A
standing committee to follow activ-
tiles and recommendations of the
continuation committee on the
White House Conference on Chill
dren and Youth has been set up by
the school superintendent depart
ment of the National Catholic Edu-
cationaI Association.
At their annual meeting at the
Lord Baltimore Hotel here the SUI
perintendents named Msgr. C. E.
Elwell, Cleveland diocesan super
intendent of schools, as chairman
of the committee. The other men,
bers chosen were Msgrs. Sylvester
]. Hobel and John ]. Weight, super
intendents of schools for the Buff
falo diocese and the New York
archdiocese, respectively.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-14
Informed Tokyo Sources
Say Number Is Fraction
OF Communist Victims


TOKYO-(NC)-A list released
by Senator William F. Knowland
of California of 80 American citi-
zens imprisoned in Red China is
but a small fraction of the foreign
ers held in Jail by the Reds, it is
pointed out here.
Catholic Bishops, priests, Broth
ers and Sisters of all nationalities
held in Chinese prisons exceed the
$50 mark. Hundreds of others, in.
cluding many Americans, are vir.
tually in prison in their own res
licences, informed sources here
state. Requests for exit permits 90
ignored.
(Senator Knowland's list con.
tanned the names of Is American
Catholic missionaries. He said il
was a confidential list given him
by the State Department. He stat.
ed he made it public ION my own
responsibility as United States
Senator.")
The list of American prisoners,
it is pointed out here, failed to in.
clude two Massachusetts, priests re-
Gently jailed by the Reds. They are
the Rev. Harold Travers, a Passion.
ist from Revere, and Thomas Lang.
ley, a Maryknoller from Framing.
ham.
The roll of imprisoned Catholic
missionaries in China includes IL
foreign members of the Hierarchy
besides three American Bishops
and a Prefect Apostolic.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-14
Reds Exploit Actors, Writer'S
To Finance World Conspiracy


Mr.. Hartnett, who is himself a
writer and producer of radio and
TV shows, accused 'Red frontiers"
of exploiting the entertainment
arts to fill Communist Golfers with
much needed cash.
He pointed out that Commun-
ist actor making $4,000 a year
would be expected to pay mini
mum of nearly $4,000 to the Red
conspiracy.
''By supporting Communists in
radio and TV," he went on, "Amer-
lean business and the American
public support the Communist con-
spiracy and help prepare the basis
for the final bloody class struggle
envisioned by the Red revolution
aries"
Mr.. Hartnett also charged the
Reds with using "phony peace
fronts and civil rights issues to fat.
ten their proletarian purses"
He cited the Joint Anti-F Fascist
Refugee Committee, called Com
munist and subversive by the us
Attorney General, which has raised
an estimated 81 million dollars,
virtually all of which went right
into the Golfers of the Communist
conspiracy"
Mr.. Hartnett was introduced by
Joseph Ryan, Columbus attorney
and, like the speaker, an alumnus
of the University of Notre Dame.
Fourth lecture in the series will
be given Sunday. Jan. Is, at 8:15
p. m. at the College of st. Mary OF
the Springs by Robert Aura Smith,
Nep York Times editorial writer,
on Your Foreign Policy"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-14
Many Red-HeId Missionaries
Not on Sen. KnOiUIand's List

mainland whose safety might be
endangered by release of the list,
Senator Knowland said. The SEN
ator declared he did not consider
this reasoning valid, and added
that ''it is high time" the public
knew about the list.
The three Catholic prelates list
ed are Bishops Francis x. Ford,
MN, of Kaying, Ambrose II. Ping
er, oF.M., of Chowtsun, and Rem.
bert Kowalski, O.F.M., of Wuch-
Continued on Page %
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-14

an i've years, 10 take up residence
The Yugoslay regime itself is
responsible for this unfavorable re-
action to its measure. The condi-
tions surrounding the release of
the Archbishop from physical con-
finement make it clear that the re-
gime continues to consider the pre-
late Justly convicted criminal
who has been granted parole" BY
referring TO him as "the former
Archbishop" the regime has sought
to uSurp the rights which the
Church has never grained, and new
er will grant, to any secular power.
American Catholic opinion was
reflected in a statement by Arch
bishop Francis P. Keough of Balti-
more, Chairman of tn Administra-
tive Board, National Catholic Well
fare Conference. He declared that
Archbishop Stephan is entitled
to full freedom" and that his liber-
alton from physical confinement
is merely a small step toward the
fulfillment of elementary human
rights"
Both Archbishop Stepinac him.
self and Osservatore Romano have
stated emphaticaIly that any at
tempt to deprive the prelate of his
episcopal status is utterly unac-
ceptable. American press CORES
pondents who interviewed the
Archbishop after he had offered
Mass in the village church of Kra-
sic, 80 miles from Zagreb, quote
him as saying:
Il am the legitimate Archbishop
and not the former Archbishop
No government can deprive me Of
my rank. never sought the office
of Bishop. II the Holy Father wants
it, | am ready to give up my office,
but / shall never do so as the result
of government pressure"
OsServatore declared editorially:
TN calling Monsignor Stepinac the
former Archbishop, the civic au-
thorities of the Fedc al Republic
Of Yugoslavia are arrogating to
themselves a right which is not
theirs, just as it is not that of
any other state"
Equally plain we're the state
ment by Archbishop Stepinac, Os-
servatore Romano and Catholic
spokesmen throughout the world
in making it clear that the issue at
stake in Yugoslavia goes far be-
yond the "Stepinac case"
/ Speaking with the same courage
and frankness that he had demon
strated during and after the war
and when facing his Judges" in
the Zagreb courtroom five years
ago, Archbishop Stepinac told, in
effect, press correspondents on the
morning after his release from
prison:
The major issues standing in
the way of an acceptable agree
ment between Church and State in
Yugoslavia are not yet settled.
There must be an agreement
based on honesty and the essential
conditions demanded by the Cath
olic Church.
These include church marriages,
religious education in the schools
and a free Catholic Press. Church
marriage must be defended to the
last breath, for it is Sacrament
established by God and man has no
right to change it.
/ Writing in the same vein, Osser-
vatore recalled that another Yugo-
slav prelate, Bishop Peter Guile OF
Mostar, is still in prison together
with hundreds of priests and Re-
ligious, that training of priests is
severely curbed, that religious con-
gregations have been dispersed
and the Catholic Press wiped out.
Pointing out that this painful
situation" has not been changed
Continued on Page p
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-14
Christmas Features In
Supplement Next Week

Readers of the Catholic Times
will receive their Christmas
"bonus" next Friday in the form
of 16-page tabloid Christmas
supplement, in color, and fea-
turing pictures, articles and fic-
tion of interest to everyone.
This special feature comes to
you through the cooperation of
our regular as well as special
Christmas edition advertisers.
Watch for it.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-14

Lawrence MUrnane (abeve) of
Christ fhe King parish, SoIUm-
bus, was named first president
of fhe Particular Council of fhe
Society of ST. Vincent dc Paul in
fhe Columbus Diocese Sunday.
Other officers Of the council are:
7. J. Frericks of 81. Christopher
parish, Columbus, vice presi.
dent; Paul o'Brien of lmmacu-
late Conception Parish, coIUm-
bus, secretary, and Or. Frank
Binder Of Holy Name Parish,
Columbus, treasurer. The Par
fieUlar Council is . eo-ordinaiing
group composed Of fhe presi-
dents and vice presidents of the
81. Vincent de Paul Sociefy's.
parish conferences.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-14
Conditional Release Does Not Work Justice
To Archbishop Stepinac, World Opinion Says
PreIate EmphaticolIy Rejects Attempt
To Take A,0ay His Authority
BY 9. r. Brunsf
iForeign Editor, N.c.W.c. News servieel

Archbishop Aoyus sepinac of Zagreb though condionay
imprisonment still victim injustice
step political expedienc
lessen the persecution inflicted the Catholic Church
in Yugoslavis.
Catholic opinion throughout world
by Archbishop Zagreb permitted
after being held Jail for than five residence
in nativ village.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-14
Nurses Council To Meet

The Diocesan Council of Catholic
Nurses will meet Sunday, Dec. is,
at 3 p. m. in the Cathedral Book
Shop, Columbus. Mrs. Urith L. Ry-
an, DCCN president, will preside.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-14

BY virtue Of special faculties
granted by the Holy See. Bishop
Ready announces the following
regulation with reference 10 fhe
Ember Days:
All Catholics in the Diocese
of Columbus are permitted TO
eat meat ONCE, and only at the
principal meal, on Ember Wed.
nesdsy and Ember Saturday,
Dec. 10 and n.
BY order of the
Most Rev. Bishop
FRANCIS J. ScHWEHDEMAN
Chancellor
Evening star., 1951-12-09
Protecting Our Fighting Men Against Korea Cold

IF THE KOREAN fighting
Il should extend through
another bitter cold winter,
many of the boys at the front
at least will have better pro-
lection from the weather
than they had last year,
thanks to new clothing that
is being produced in ever
increasing quantities.
The items include Il new
type boot. underwear. wind
resistant and water rcpcllant
outer garments. new type
outer coats and hoods, outdoor
sleeping equipment, warmer
shirts and other apparel. But
the most interesting story lies
behind the new boot and it's
development.
Last winter. when snow and
ice were whipped by biting
winds through the Korean
mountains, they took a dis
tresSing toll of frOStbitten
fect-a painful. crippling in
Jury which sent many a fight
ing man to the amputation
table.
Evening star., 1951-12-09

But those same frigid ele-
mentS also speeded up the
wheels of American military
research and development to
produce the boot that is cx-
pectcd to reduce froStbite to
a minimum. The boot is
made on an entirely new
principal which involves a
bullt-ln air chamber" to
help keep in the warm body
vapOrS and, at the same time.
keep out the cold
Body vaporS result from the
natural evaporation of moiS
ture in the flesh. They col
lect, after condensation, as
moisture in socks and other
clothing and the flesh next to
the damp-laden clothing
eventually is reduced to the
outside temperature.
Perspiration, as dtfercnti-
atcd from the vapOrS. is
water cxudcd from sweat
glands when nature sets up
its own cooling system, The
body also fights a losing
continued on Paer obl
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1951-08-10

Nays sonic research plane, has
attained the highest speed and alti-
tude recorded by a piloted airplane,
the Navy has announced. Accom-
plished under rocket power, after
being carried aloft by a BIG mother
ship, the SkYROCKET's tests we're
flown at Edwards Air Force Base,
Muroc, California. The entire ma
tional sonic research program is
pointed toward extending aeronauti-
cal knowledge in realms far beyond
the speed, of sound.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1951-08-10
Y q lR + A F'iR'|'zIeE S
RelI3i7RS1S@:1sy2R#

(Send your questions about tbe
armed forces or any aspect of military
service to: Walter Sbead. Armed Serp-
Building, Washington 4, D. c. an
swers wiH be gipen in ibis eolumn.)
The Navy Department has
granted funds to 10 universities and
medical schools to carry out a
new program of research on Flash"
burns which might result from ex-
posture to an atom blast. During
World War II a high percentage of
shipboard casualties were burns of
the flash type, and burns also took
high toll of the victims of the atom
bomb blasts in Japan 1t is hoped
that new means of protecting mill
tary and civilian personnel from
burn injuries will emerge from this
research.
The Department of the Army has
announced that the 23th Infantry
Division, known as the Keystone
Division, Pennsylvania, and the 43rd
Division, National Guard division
composed principally of personnel
from Rhode Island, Connecticut, and
Vermont, have been alerted for
movement to the European COM
mand in the fall.
The Air Force clothing sales
freeze which has limited airmen to
about 10 per cent of their clothing
allotment and banned sales to Off
GERS has been lifted on mems cloth
ing but will continue on WAF
clothing, the Air Force has said.
Removal of the limitations on male
clothing will permit both officers
and airmen to buy all their required
clothing items.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1951-08-10

The Douglas skyrocket, the