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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-11-23

food clothing and medicines valued at $2l 1892 300
were sent by War Relief Services for distribution in
the areas of greatest need throughout the world
The figures become staggering if we total all that
WRS has done since its establishment in 1943 Dur
ing the intervening years relief goods weighing ap
proximaely 419, ,845 pounds and valued at more
than $l69, 900 has gone TO warstricken peoples.
To Korea where the privaton is rather that of cloth
ing and shelter WRS sent 3811 407 pounds of relief
material valued at almost, ,$5,000,000.
WRS also assisted directly in the immigration of
0202 persons to the United States, and aided
total of $3.50 individuals of those admitted to this
country under the Displaced Persons Act This was
35 per cent of the total admitted.
American Catholics can be quite proud Of this
record This is the sbounding charity of Holy Writ.
One cannot help but think of the words of Sacred
Scripture, Charity covereth multitude of SINS
and hope that the tremendous charity of all Amer
leans through the Marshall Plan, food and clothing
collections of all sorts. and various financial grants,
that Almighty God will cover over our sins and fail
ngs and protect from the catastrophe of war; not
only within our own borders but anywhere III the
world
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-11-23
The World Is Coming
To An End!

There are certain types OF news stories that re-
appear year after year with disarming frequency
You just have to sit there and take them
Some are seasonal like the members of the Polar
Bear Club breaking the icy crust of the river or lake
to take swim in sub-zero weather, or the blooming
OF the Japanese cherry blossoms i'm Washington
Others are not dependent on the vagaries OF the
weather but are born OF far more unpredetabe
element: some fellowmanS fertile little brain Each
year we stuff eyes with the accounts OF the in
sane antics OF those whose goal il is to fling them
selves over Niagara Falls eat unfried goldfish
whether it is Friday or not
Editors who feel constrained to foist these newsy
ud.bEts on John q. must do with a smile akin to
that Of dentist, with drill in hand about TO attack
a particularly decadent molar.
Our fsyorite il that is the word among these
printed eyesores is the bearing the shocking
information that the world is coming to an end in
two weeks or two months such convenient
period Convenient because you will just have time
enough TO send all your money TO the prophet and
prepare to shuttle off
We suggest psrenthetically an even more divert
Ing and newsworthy project for these wacky seers
would be TO try TO maintain the role of prophet
while predicting the world has already come to an
end two weeks ago.
These people the prophets, and those who pub
licize their favorites because they do real
service The world Ia coming to an end and we too
often forget IT, They serve as handy reminder
We will all experience the end of the world We
shall die II is of small consequence whether we
leave the world or IL leaves us-the result for us
will be the same.
II is good in the sense of sautary for us 10
think about this coming end of things holy old
priests recipe for successful spiritual life was TO
live at least minute day in the coniuredup
presence of death
For those who would like 10 hear real News
story by real Prophet about the end OF the world
listen TO this Sundays Gospel
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-11-23
Those Skvrockcling
FIGURES AgainI

For some years now people have made wise
cracks about the big figures used by our Federal
Government. Numbers quickly get beyond compre.
hension when used TO indicate the costs of war the
number OF tax dollars needed or any Of a thousand
things In the big business that government has be-
come People have become accustomed to the fact
that the figures are so great. though they do
moi adequately realize their full import
In this regard II is inspiring to read some other
figures also tremendous, but concerned with the
fundamental concept of Christianity charity The
American Bishops heard this thrilling story last
week At their meeting IN Washington. II was the
story Of the War Relief Services OF the National
Catholic Welfare Conference The amount of charity
done BY American Catholics-aded not a little By
their nonCatholc neighbors-takes on something of
the dramatic when put down in numerical figures.
translated into numbers of pounds of supplies. or
into dollars and cents
During the last year alone 1851 ,7s6 pounds OF
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-11-23
Unlikely Thesis

70 the performance OF this
unpopular service - which he
must have found personally dis
tasteful as devoted alumnus of
Yale-he deserves a lot of credit
from his fellow Catholics and
from all other religious-minded
Americans. BY the same token,
however, he deserves nothing
but criticism, as a Catholic, for
his completely inadequate an
alysis of economics. This COM
ment is made not so much be.
cause his own social philosophy
is thoroughly mistaken from the
Catholic viewpoint. but rather
because of his attempt to iden.
tify the heresy of economic in.
dividualism" with the Catholic
or Christian tradition.
His thesis is tat Yale Univer.
Sity, in addition to fostering az
nosticism and even atheism, is
also promoting the cause of what
he chooses to call "collectivism. "
The line of augmentation fol.
lowed in attempting TO estab-
lish this unlikely hesiS is a dead
giye-away as TO his own total and
complete unfamiliarity with the
Catholic social teaching.
BY collectivism he means, ap-
parently, any measure and es-
pecially any governmental meas
ure which in any way ntelferes
with the automatic" operation
of the so-called laws" of free
competition. He considers amy
infringement upon the eompon-
ent parts of free economy to be
unsound economics" and regards
such infringeme nts as militat-
inc against maximum freedom
lie openly identifies himself as
an enthusiastic disciple of Adam
Smith and almost seems to sug.
gest that unlimited free compe.
tition is an article of divine rev.
elation. Support of the weak. he
i Argues-almost as though Intoxl-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-11-23
RICHARD PATTEE
Tito the Butcher

official Tito sources, that the re-
ligious persecution continues. To
be sure, The Tablet of London
reported recently that there is a
lesSening of the violence of this
persecution and some evidence
of religious tolerance. Neverthe-
less, we are assured by the au-
thoritative OsserUdtore Romano
september 8, 1851 that press
and government circles in Yugo-
Slavia persist in their attacks on
organized religion and particu-
larly on the Vatican.
The Vatican City publication
refers particularly to certain
impressions on Yugoslavia eman-
ating from an American visitor,
George Seldes, who produces
one of those frequent eulogies
of the Tito regime to which we
and becoming increasingly accus-
toned. L'OSServdtore notes that
1T is perfectly understandable
that Yugoslavia be admitted to
the scheme of western defense"
But on the other hand, it is abb
surd to ask Catholics to close
their eyes to the obvious perse-
cution of their co-religionists in
Yugoslavia or to abandon their
reservations at the dictate of po-
litical convenience.
PsipsbIe Betrayal
The thing that it is impossible
to make non-Catholics under
stand is that our opposition to
communism does not spring
from contingencies but from
principle. 1t is not what commun-
ism does or fails to do that
makes the slightest difference in
the Catholic positions. 1t is what
communism is, be it of the Stall
in or the Tito persuasion. IL
Catholics were to applaud the
Tito version of the Marxist faith
and condemn Stain, it would be
palpable betrayal of principle
since the doctrinal basis of both
is the same.
Just as during the last war
Catholic opinion refused to be
led astrsy by the obnoxious eff.
fort to sell" us the Soviet I'm
ion as a democracy-and many
of US we're charged with every
thing from treason to sympathy
for Hitler as a consequences
in case of Tito the major task of
Catholics is to keep before pub
lie opinion constantly that the
Yugoslav regime is intrinsically
evil, that its policy is profound
ly Christian, and that in go-
ing overheard for it, we are
committing the precise error we
made in 1941 when Mission to
Moscow" became the mirror of
our beliefs regarding the USSR.
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lam Buckley, Jr. Given the fact
that Buckley Is a Catholic ga
devout but unusually aggressive
Catholic" according to a recent
editorial in Life mtgazine) and
given his vigorous defense of the
Christian religion, Catholic re-
viewers might have been tempt.
ed to exaggerate the merits of a
book which, in man. respects is
tragically superficial from the
Catholic point of view.
This is not to say that the
book is completely without mer-
II. Buckley's defense of the
Christian religion and his criti-
cism of the anti-religious philos-
ophy of some of Yale's most pop
ular and influential professors
are worthy of praise But, some
OF his most ardent admirers
such as the editors of The Free
man-have suggested, 'he has
not given the faculty as a whole
a break" Nevertheless, he has
performed a real service to
American education by dramat-
ieally, if somewhat brashly, call
ING attention to the presence of
admittedly anti-religiou' profes.
sors or the faculty of a univer.
sity founded $50 years ago as a
Protestant theological seminary.
Even today. Yale officially pro-
claims its adherence to Chris.
tianity.
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Catholics are necessarily set
apart from all the Christian"
sects. The danger was that we
might sink our differences and,
affected by the intellectual eli
mate of our times, forget the
vast importance of dogma and
theology. That danger exists no
more.
There have been, in America
in recent years, a dozen organi-
zations whose noble purpose it
has been to gather up the peo-
pie of good will and make them
work together. The Conference
of Christians and Jews is such
an organization; the Christopher
movement is another; Guide
Posts" is third. Sanity Cathol-
les have been active in such
work; nobody will wisely criti-
cize its goal.
But God, arranging the events
of our era, has apparently deter
mined that we shall not be per-
mitted the easy way of co-opera-
ton with the splendid men and
women outside the Faith who
share with us a certain minimum
of Christian belief. God has de-
cided that, in this strange and
frightening century, Catholics
are to be set apart from all the
men and women who have just
good will and a dislike of Com
munism, joined with an honest
detestation of wickedness as they
define it. We are not, 1t seems,
to be Christians; we are to be
that far more exacting and def
mite thing-Catholics.
How much do we have in COM
mon with the best men of the
present age outside the Faith?
Not very much. 1t would oe COM
forting and pleasant to imagine
that all men and women who
fight on the angels side are
joined together-that We can
stress the agreements and for
get the differences, and work to-
gether, side by side to build a
better world. That is not the pat
tern of our day. Instead, we find
ourselves forced into a separa-
ton that we did not choose, re-
quired to emphasize the differ
ences and not the likeness to
the other groups OF fellow
christian" Americans.
Label OF Quality
The latest statement of the
Holy Father which has received
a wide appreciation in the Amer
icsn press dealt with one of the
Catholic positions least accept
able to Protestants and paganS:
the uncompromising condemns.
tion of birth control. The last
er euthedru pronouncement of
the Holy See was on the extremely
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ton regarding YugoSlavia, espec-
laIly because in labor circles af-
lection for Tito has increased so
ostentatiously. Since the falling
out of Tito and the Kremlin
there has come about, say. this
leading London Catholic paper,
a trend to make a hero of Tito
and to consider that a change of
policy means change of heart.
A Curious Tendency
To date, so far as anyone has
discovered, no demand that Tito
cease the persecution of religion
has been attached to the aid,
economic or military, extended
to the Belgrade government. Yet
the figures of actual persecution
demonstrate to what degree the
Tito regime is every whit as san
culinary as that of other So-called
popular democracies.
From the best possible sour
ces 1t is evident that 228 priests
have been executed since the
war. In Tito's prisons not only
the heroic Archbishop of Zagreb
but LIPS priests are serving
long terms OF the 1916 Catholic
parishes in the country, fewer
than 400 have a resident priest
at the present time. On Novem-
Der 3, 1850, the Bishop of Trieste
stated publicly that there are
some nations now being visited
and praised by western minis
ters wherein religious and polit-
ical persecution continues I'M
abated; and saying this we are
mindful of the Yugoslav zone of
our territory. We request there
IN religious liberty and humane
living conditions; we request
that those who guarantee liberty
do not forget their duty"
Obviously Absurd
! have recently come across a
considerable body of material
brought together by distinguish
ed and capable vugoslav exileS
in Europe regarding the status
of things in the homeland. The
evidence is overwhelming, from
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(dlHOllC ana Sup6rnaLurAl tack
that Our Lady was assumed into
Heaven, body as we'll as soul.
The Vatican knows what is re-
quired of Catholics in times like
ours-and the Vatican has spok-
en- out in these two cases, in a
way which will shock and scan
dalize all the Sects.
The Holy Father wishes us to
stand firm, disregarding the in
functions of the clever public
relations experts who would say,
Go easy on the matters which
divide the Christian world.
Stress all the things that join
modern Catholics with Protest
ants and pagans WHO are also
fighting Communism. Sink our
differences, and forget our divi.
Sions."
The Church is never content
to be clever or opportunist: the
Church stands out for truth, at
any temporal cost. And that is,
perhaps, the hardest of ali things
for modern Catholics to accept
the fact that the Holy See in
sists on rocking the boat, and on
bringing up, with q great want
of tact" these questions which
might have been let lie, as sleep
ing dogs. The Church, like her
Master, is no pacifist: she brings
not peace, but sword to divide
man from man. She knows that
the best is the superlative of the
good-and she requires the best.
Time OF Decision
Indifferentism is a tempting
position for us to take today.
Gray becomes an attractive col
or when contrasted with the
pitch-dark black of he Soviet
system. We should like, all of us,
to find allies among men of good
will who do not completely share
our belief; but that is not the
way that things are being deter
mined in this difficult century.
For in every country where the
Reds have gained political con-
troll, the lesson is the same and
1t is this: the only opposition
that stands firm and refuses to
compromise with evil is the
Catholic group. Fair weather
friends desert us when the price
of friendship is raised to the ex-
orbitant sum of martyrdom; on
ly those who have the sacra-
ments to help their wills and the
magnificent logic of the Faith
to enlighten their minds can re-
sist the strong temptation to
apostasize to evil in such days as
this.
We are not just Christians;
we are Catholics, and the distinc-
tion is being driven home to US
IL. many ways. The indignation
stirred among the Protestants--
kindly men and 'Lhristians"--
by the appointment of an AM
bsssador to Rome is merely an
other reminder of the fact that
we are set apart, that q have
taken you out of the world" and
that the world, when it was
friendly. was more of a threat
to us than now when its true
hostility is shown. We are con-
eerned with sanctityl
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The Catholic
Herald of Lon
don, with ref
erence to the
a p pro a cll of
the recent gen.
eral elections
in Great Brit
ain, suggested
that hecklers
at olitical ]
meetings con.
cern themsel-
YES with posing
certain gu es-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-11-23
FATHER HIGGINS

The Catholic
press of the
United States
is TO be con-
graduated on
its objective
appraisal of
one of the sea.
sons most con
tro We Sial
books, God
and Man at
Yale by Will
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-11-23
GRETTA PALMER
GRETTA PALMER
Let's Be Different

w t n e
straight with
crooked lines,
God has per-
mitted a Paul
Blanshard to
appear at the
very moment
when we might
without h is
bracing bigot-
ry, have for
gotten t h a t
T.tl.N.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-04-07
CITE SECY.
SAWYER FOR
CON TEMPT

WASHINGTON, April 7 III
Secretary Of Commerce Sawyer has
drawn contempt Of court citation
for his part in the long bitter fight
over control Of the $4,000. 900
American President Steamship line.
The citation was made by the U.
s. Court Of Appeals. 1t said Sawyer
had failed to carry out the courts
order to return the shipping line
to its former owner. the Dollar
Company.
The government contends 1t owns
the lines stock because Of loans
granted the Dollar interests. The
Dollars have. disputed this during
years of litigation.
Government lawyers were unable
to recall any previous contempt
citations against cabinet officer
in connection with his official du-
ties.
The commerce secretary and nine
other persons cited with him were
given until Thursday to show
cause" why they should not be
found in contempt of court. There
was no comment from any Of those
cited.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-04-07
W05N0W
SLIDES ON
ALASKA RR

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April Z
lRl-Two snow slides beloved over
the Alaska Railroad tracks in two
places between here and Seward
yesterday, disrupting train travel
and communications.
Warming temperatures and a
fresh fall of three feet of snow
caused the slides.
Two trains from Anchorage were
delayed, and the boat train from
Seward to Anchorage was halted.
Workmen feared new slides might
impede clearing efforts.
The first slide came after a three
foot snowfall at Grandview, 43 miles
north of Seward. Snow piled 80 feet
deep over the tracks in some Sec
lions.
The second slide, reported even
larger than the first, occurred SO
miles north of Seward near Grid
wood on Turnagain Arm.
Both areas usually are trouble
some in the spring.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-04-07
CONFUSION!
MAYBE VI5A5 FOR
ALA5kA-CANADA!

There has been a good deal OF
confusion and feeling in Alaska and
Canada regarding proposed re-
vision of immigration laws that ap-
parently would require persons ira
Yelling by transportation Company
vessel or aircraft between Alaska
and Canada to have visas. Nothing
is said about travellers in private
automobiles.
Senate Bill 7i5 now in Congress
proposes such changes in legisla-
ton.
Under the present law foreign
contiguous territory is excepted
from visa provisions.
The Senate bill and its companion
bill, H. B. 2379 are nov being con-
sidered by joint subcommittee
composed of members of the Sen
ate and House judiciary committees,
according to information received
by transportation company office
in Juneau.
Section 273 (a) of the bills read
ut shall be unlawful for any per-
son. including any transportation
company, or the owner, master
commanding officer, agent, charter
or consignee of any vessel or air-
-
craft, to bring to the United States
from any place outside thereof any
alien who does not have an unex-
pired visa, if visa were required
under this act of regulations issued
hereunder"
The Juneau Chamber OF Com
MERGE has written to Delegate Box
Bartlett for copy of the proposed
legislation and for an opinion or
how it would affect travel between
Alaska and Canada.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-04-07
pNA CARGO CARRIED
I'm MARCH ALMOST
DOUBLE OVER 1850

Indications by Pacific Northern
Airline's increased traffic in pas
sengers, cargo and mail over a
year ago point to stepped up bus
mess conditions in Alaska.
Traffic originating at Juneau
last month increased over 1850
March totals in all categories, &C
cording to Robert P. Pheasant
PIMA district traffic manager.
Passenger miles increased 81 per
cent with 249.621 miles flown.
Largest single gain was in cargo
ton miles flown with an 81 per cent
gain over 1850.
u. S. Airmail carried from Ju-
neau increased % per cent.
The Juneau traffic gains in
March continue 1851 trend of in
creased air traffic to PIMA served
cities in the Prince William Sound
Kenai Peninsula. Bristol Bay anc
Kodiak Island areas. PIMA officials
anticipate an unprecedented growth
in Alaska trade and commerce dur
ing 1851 with Pacific Northern
Airlines playing an important par
in this development.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-04-07
PAN AN BRINGS 80;
TAKES Is SOUTH FRI.

Forty-six passengers flew with
Pan American World Always yes
terday with IA arriving from Seat
tie, Is from Fairbanks and one
from Annette. Twelve went to Sc
attic and four to Ketchikan.
From Seattle Frank Anderson,
Susan and Charles Cauley, Ray
Hope, Robert Rapuzzi, Floyd Sever
son. Alvin Taefchner, Emma Wal
tonen, Henry Williams and the
Short family consisting of Myrtle,
Lois. Patricia. Barbara, and Gail.
From Annette: Ian Ogg.
From Fairbanks: Vern Hendrick-
son, Eugene Smith, Edward Bar
Der, A. T. Kirkland, Louie and
Stella Odsather, Emmett Anderson,
j. B. and Emily Kyle, Mrs. Walter
lSimm and Donna. Mrs. Virginia
Dunton, Frank Hendrickson. Har-
| ry Mowry, Robert Hopes.
To Seattle: Clifford, Aldene and
Pamela Hurst, N. L. Field, Joe
Frankson. Roy Stewart, Louise
Skinner, Mrs. Peter Carlson. Mrs
Kenneth Junge. Mr.. and Mrs. AL
bert Taylor and daughter Dolores
To Ketchikan: r. M. Barnard
Don Morrison. D. X. Robinson. T
Tilson.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-04-07
JUST LET
Macarthur
DO IT NOW
Rev. Hubbard Gives His
Solution Regarding
Warfare in Korea

SEATTLE, April III. The
Rev. Bernard Hubbard, known as
the Glacier Priest" for his years
in Alaska, in Seattle Friday, offered
this as his solution to the Korean
war:
Leave the decisions TO General
Macarthur and take them out OF
the hands OF the bunglers of the
State Department and the United
Nations"
Father Hubbard, geologist at
Santa Clara University in Cali
fornia, asserted that "the diplomats
and politicians have lost the con-
fidence of the people
They have shown he continued,
their lack of leadership, of grasp
and appreciation"
He said that in his opinion Gen.
eral Macarthur is the greatest
living American"
He likened the situation of the
Chinese Reds in Korea to that OF
the wolves in Alaskan preserves.
1.-The wolves are protected in the
preserves so that their young can
go out and kill. The Chinese who
are killing our boys return to the
preserves of Siberia"
Father Hubbard estimated that
Russia needs two years to be ready
for an all-cut war.
"And we are graciously giving
them the time" he added.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-04-07
(0R0NER'S JURY
DECIDES KNORRE
DEATH AS SUICIDE

At an inquest conducted yester-
day afternoon in U. S. Commits
sioner's Court concerning the death
of Mrs. Margaret Knorre in Federal
Jail early Wednesday morning, the
jury BIRD lght in a verdict of suicide.
Mrs. Knorre was found hanging
to a framework around the lava
tory in the women's quarters with
wet dish towel knotted around
her neck. The jury found no evil
dence of negligence.
Assistant Attorney General STAN
ley Beskin conducted the investi-
cation with U. S. Commissioner
Gordon Gray sitting as Coroner.