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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-26
"Why Emphasize The
Obvious

II Is not only comforting but useful TO recall
that the Church has the everpresent Spirit of
Truth guiding II in all its affairs To remember this
fact Is to view with deeper meaning each pro-
nouncement of the Holy Father Where men, as
mere men, might have devious reasons for their
actions, however they might act from immediate
eNpedency and with shortsighed objective, the
Catholic knows the Church never acts alone, as an
organization of mere men, but enjoys the constant
guiding presence Of the Holy Ghost
Thus. when the Church defines a dogma, it
is acting with definite aim. with grave and meas
ured motive and with the good of all men of all
the time TO come in mind. This same grave motive
ard lasting interest must be looked for when Feast
Is instituted by the Church,
TpentysN years ago this Sunday, Catholics the
world over celebrated for the first time the Feast
Of Christ the King. They reioced in a special way
and on special day in the fact foretod by prophets
and borne out in Christs life He is the King of
Kings and Lord Of Lords
Christians had always acknowledged Christ as a
King lie proclaimed His majesty IN word and deed
In the beginning lie was visited by royalty as a
king In the end He was enthroned upon the Cross
by an unknowing mob as king
Why then should special Feast be established2
Why emphasize the obvious? Did mere whim direct
Plus Kl 26 years ago? Is there any message left for
Us IN celebrating the Feast this Sunday? Christ S
Vicar, the late Pope thought
The worlds denial Of Christs divinity and king.
ship and the resulting evils prompted Holy
Father To establish this Feast To Danish the cause
OF these evils and to repair the damage was his
We know the cause and are experiencing the
effect Of this present world crisis We know the
cure Let us renew our fervent kubjugation tt
Christ the King this Sunday
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-26
FATHER HIGGINS
Lobbyists With Us Always

only individuals and the State.
This is to the great harm of the
State itself; for, with structure
of social governance lost, and
with the taking over of all the
burdens which the wrecked as
sociations once bore, the State
has been overwhelmed and
crushed by almost infinite tasks
and duties"
Lobbying will never be COM
pletely eliminated from the ma
tons Capitol so long as we have
a democratic form of govern
ment. Thank God for that. Some
sort of lobbying, properly con-
trolled, is a necessary element
of the democratic process. But
lobbying will be reduced to more
neutrality-suspicious. to the ex-
tent that government is able to
slough off many of its present
responsibilities in the field OF
economics.
What To Do
Our second question Is. How
is this to be done? The answer
has already been suggested: by
gradually developing system OF
economic self.government which
will be subject, of course, TO the
supervision of the State but will
unburden the State of many Of
its present functions in the eco
nomic order and thereby en-
hance its authority and surround
it with even greater dignity.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-26

Brown, S3.50l. He estimates that
there are 80 lobbyists in Wash
ington for every 10 congress
men. They are operating a bill
lion.dollar business. Some work
out in the open, others behind
scenes. Some are working for hu.
manitarlan causes, others for
special andIor rather selfish in
terests. All are in Washington
for one purpose and one pur-
post only. to influence the Con
gress to enact or to veto legis-
lation pleasing or displeasing to
some particular group of Ameri-
can citizens.
Mr.. SehriftgieSer is not oppos.
ed to lobbying as such. He does
not suggest that 1t be completely
eliminated. That would be i'm.
possible. of course, as we'll as I'm.
desirable. He does think, how.
ever. that lobbying ought to be
regulated or controlled. Is this
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-26

much possible? Yes, he says, but
not under the present Federal
Lobbying Act.
Mr.. Schriftgieser's criticism of
the present lobbying act and his
recommendations for improving
it are beyond the scope of this
column. He is probably correct
in arguing that the present law
is inadequate, but whether or
not his specific recommends
tions are we'll founded we would
not be qualified to Judge.
Why The Increase
We are interested in the long.
range questions: Why is lobby
ing constantly on the increase?
What can be done to reduce it to
more reasonable or more man
ageable proportions?
The answer to the first ques-
tion is Stated-in general terms
applicable to almost every mod
ern governmental Plus ks
eneyelical. On Reconstructing
the Social Order: when we
speak of the reform of institu-
tions, the State comes chiefly to
mind because things have
come to such a pass through the
evil of what we have termed
'individualism' that, following
upon the overthrow and near ex.
tinetion of that rich social life
which was once highly developed
through associations of various
kinds. there remained virtually
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-26

There is a widespread convic-
tion that the campaign, first for
the nominations and, then, for
the presidency, will be bitter.
This serves as warning to
popular figures mentioned by
their friends as presidential tim
Der that they must stand ready
to ieopardize their places in his
tory If they venture into the
political arena. There ars signs
that some popular heroes al
ready are being subjected to
the "deflation" treatment by old
political hands, who seek to head
off the political possibilities OF
these possible opponents before
they get chance to develop.
This will lead some of the less
hardy souls To decide that ii Is
not worth the risk. They are
already great Americans and
certain to be mentioned in our
history books. If they make
the race and gain the presiden-
ey, it will add something more
to their stature. but how much?
II they make the race, are SUBJ
iected TO helittling and de
bunking' attacks, and lose the
presidency, they have lost every
thing.
But many will decide that
the prize is worth il all.
And so, we seem to face the
prospect that in one of the most
turbulent periods in our eoun-
try's and the worlds history,
people with varying degrees Of
political acumen will have at
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-26

enemies" is useful slogan; and
know your enemies purposes"
is even more Informative.
Those whose duty it is to per-
form this work of intellectual
Summing report that writer's
who attack the Church in print
have, in this country, a single,
elear-cut goal: to stir up anti
clericalism among the Catholic
faithful.
"Anti-clericalism" has an anti
quated ring; when we voice it,
the echo rebounds from the 18th
century church walls of revolu-
tionary France. II has always
been a termite philosophy, a
: password shared by baptized
Catholics who wished to weaken
the Body to which they themsel-
YES belonged. Pagans and atheists
and Communists and the kind of
Protestant who hates Rome
would storm the Church from
without; but the anti-clerical be.
longs to a Catholic Fifth Col
umn, which betrays the Church
of Christ from inside its walls.
Drive a Wedge
No organized group of Amer
ican iaity today admits to name
Of "sntl-clerical'; the few splin-
ter movements of the laity apos-
toIate seek a theological endorse
ment from at least one priest,
although they may refuse full
obedience to the advice of their
Bishops. Even a group in open
rebellion. and under sanctions
from Rome, still maintains that
it is loyal to the Holy See: the
spokesmen for Bostons st. Ben
edict Center pick and choose,
contumaciously, among the Bish-
ops whom they will obey, but
they still pay lip-service to the
authority of the Holy Father. No
American group has voiced the
full formula Of European anti
cleriealism which said, I'VE are
Catholics. but we will not accept
the guidance of our priests. our
Bishops or the Holy See when il
departs from the field of dogma
and morality.
And thank God for that For
it is the strategy Of those who
hate the Church to divide the
laity from the clergy, to separate
the weaker clergy from their
Bishops. to try even to confuse
some Bishops into disagreement
with Rome. 1t does not much
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-26

INDUCED in this with respect TO
Spain and delighted vast sec
tors of American public opinion
with an appalling panorama of
contemporary Spanish life. Later
Life took upon itself to present
a Spanish village and in a series
of depressing photographs under
the title, Spanish village. 1t
lives in ancient poverty and
faith"
On the basis Of this ancient
poverty and faith, the daily life
of the little town of Deleitosa in
Extremadura was examined.
Here was grinding poverty,
harsh, sterile agriculture, peas
ants who were scarcely to be
distinguished from the earth
from which they eked a liveli.
hood. Drought and a primitive
economy ground them down UNI
til their existence became SOM
ber moroSe, thing. Look was
more lurid than this and chose
number of graphic forms to
present the unbelievable pow
erty in the villages and towns.
Pot and Kettle
This sort of thing has pro-
foundly irritated Spaniards. A
leading Madrid magazine, Mundo
HiSpdnico, has taken upon itself
to demonstrate two things: first,
that if anyone wants to do it,
life in the United States can be
presented in form as gruesome
as that of any other land; sec
only, that the illustrated reports
on Deleitosa and similar villages
overlook the very considerable
efforts that have been made in
the past Is years to restore and
create a new village life in
Spain.
The illustrations on American
life run as follows: the slums of.
Chicago and New York with
some of the choicer dwellings in
South Chicago, the like of which
might we'll make the resident
of Madrid shudder. A shooting
scrape is depicted with police
holding a gun over the wounded
bandit. A lynching is pictured
complete with the cadaver swing
ing in the air and the mob hang
ing about gloatingly. The .sordid
grimness of some of the mining
atowns Of. eastern United States
are mentioned as indicating the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-26
Ambassador to
Vatican State

AS could have been surmised, there was an i'm
mediate strong protest over the Presidents appoint
ment OF an ambassador to Vatican City Protests of
one sort or another have been made and publicized
regularly for many months. There is little doubt
about there having been concerted effort in this
direction Nevertheless, it was disappointing that
the secular news services gave publicity to state
ments this week by people who should have been
ignored. BY this time the notorious Protestants
and Others United (PAOU) group should be known
for its senseless bgotry And yet Of its officials
was given extensive space among those protesting
the appointment of an ambassador to the Vatican.
Informed Protestants cannot be happy such
prominence given to this organization
Another senseiess quotation was TO the effect
that Protesants have been more vigorously fighting
communism than has the Catholic Church. Everyone
knows that this is not true, and such quotation
among those Of the protesters would not enhance
the cause of the opposition to the Presidents action
II should be pointed out that, though Catholics
have answered some of the attacks made upon
their Church during recent years because of the pos
sibity of IT, S. representation at the Vatican there
has been no official authoritative effort made
by Catholics to bring about such representation.
Nor has the Vatican made move to effect it, Nat
urally Catholics are pleased 1t is hoped that under
standing and patriotic nonCatholics will be pleased
Most will admit that it will be of value TO the
United States TO have an official representative st
the Vatican At the same time it is quite certain
that such representation will be of little adj
vantage to the Vatican or the Catholic Church In
the interest of harmony and good will it is we'll to
keep this In mind
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-26
RICHARD PATTEE
Life as. Spain

low standards to which civiliza-
tion in this land has descended.
American culture is described
through cheap film houses and
pornographic displays II bus
stations and other spots.
The Sore Spots
At the conclusion of profuse-
ly illustrated article in which the
United States is shown to be a
dreary, depressed, moronic sort
of place, the Spanish article con.
eludes: But we know obviously
that all of this is not a true pre-
sentatiton of the whole of Amer
iean life. Like so many situa-
tions, each individual incident
or case is true, but they do not
add up to one solid, uniform sit.
uation American life is not this
and nothing more. These are the
sore spots, the stigma. Side by
side with it are to be found an
infinite number of other aspects
that are important and insig.
nificant."
The query is raised, why does
the American reporter in Spain
see only the unhappiest aspects
of the national scene? Why is
the pictorial introduction to
Spanish life as it appears in two
leading American periodicals
restricted to those phases which
are the least savory?
Mundo Hispdnico replies to
Life in long article in English
and many pages of pictures of
the new Spain that is being ere.
ated everywhere.
Not Lone Example
There is the little town of Ber-
nuy in the province of Toledo
that has literally been created
out of nothing. Here we have
excellent housing, good schools,
farm houses that combine the
best elements of comfort and
hygiene, community centers and
a hundred and one other advan-
tages that innumerable Spanish
towns have never. possessed. Ber
nuy is not a lone example.
Towns that we're destroyed dur
ing the war have been recon-
structed along modern lines, to
the end that the depression. both
material and moral of the past,
shall not survive.
| have seen many of these Ber.
nuys all over the country, con.
trasting so greatly with the SOM
nolent little villages of the De-
leitosa type. This vitalized Spain,
eager to construct as wen as pre-
serve merits a word from time
to time. It is pity that maga'
zines of enormous circulation in
our country create an impress.
sion which becomes almost inn
possible to eradicate-not be-
cause what they say is necessar.
lily and always untrue, but be-
cause what they picture is only
part of the total scene. With
out complete panorama the
result is bound to be distortion.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-26
GRETTA PALMER
AnH-CIericaLs Again!

matter to the Church's enemies
which level of the priestly hier-
archy they can induce group of
Catholics to defy. Intransigence
against the parish priest serves
their purpose very well; but so
does acceptance to the parish
priest, if it is accompanied with
a rehellious spirit towards the lo-
cal Bishops-and SO does accept
ance of the American clergy IN
TOTO, if the laity can be made
to resent European interfer-
ence" in the affairs of Catholics
in the United States.
Do not read the writings of
those who are trying to split us
from our pastors and to leave us
shepherdless; they would disgust
and disturb you. Such venom Is
best kept locked in the Poison"
compartment of the Libraries.
But believe this truth: whenever
a Paul Blanshard, Pierre Van
Paasen, a George Seldes dips his
pen in bile for one more literary
assault upon the Church OF
Rome, his efforts are directed
towards single end: to drive a
wedge of distrust between lay
Catholics and their priests, their
Bishops or their Holy Father.
Divide and Conquer
Our enemies assume that such
a wedge exists, that all they
have to do is to widen. it. The
writings of these men tell us
that "liberal,. Catholics, or I'm
tellectual' Catholics resent"
this or that ruling of the clergy.
They have searched through all
the shelves of modern Catholic
literature and skilfully distill-
ed the bit of lead that can be
found in its great nuggets OF
gold. They treasure. a sentence
that Harry Sylvester wrote in an
angry mood, and pretend that it
represents ground swell OF
Catholic indignation against our
much loved clergy. They sit at
the feet of any poor, deluded
apostate Catholic they can find,
and listen TO him rationalize his
Cwn sins, then take down his
statements as if they were the
sentiments shared by Catholics
in a state of Grace.
Divide and conquer" Is the
old rule Of colonial warfare.
THIS is war, waged by those
who would divide and conquer
God Himself, not knowing His
Simplicity, not knowing He is
One and 1ndiviSible.l not know
ing that His Church possesses
these Divine attributes. The
Vine can have dead branches,
but the Vine Itself is not de-
stroyed when these are burned.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-26
NAonLn1IoA LEIlEh oooos 7,sa eaa. aay ss
National Elections Come
At Time of World Crisis

each other" with the aim of
electing themselves or their can
didates to the highest office in
the land. This promised bitter
contest will come at time when
international affairs have never
been more critical, when our
problems at home have never
been more numerous or more
serious. We are fighting an act
ual war in remote corner of.
the world. The serious difficult
Ties of a score of other coun-
tries are affecting us directly,
Communists are causing us head
aches, abroad and at home. We
are warned that we are already
in the clutches of initiation; the
question we are told is no long
er whether we can avoid having
initiation, but being in it how we
can escape from it. The real
shortage of civilian goods, be-
cause Of the armament program,
is only now beginning to be
felk~
Some will ask if. with this
flaming and turbulent panorama
before us, we can give a ma
tional election the attention it
deserves? Others will ask If,
with a tremendously important
national election engrossing our
attention, we can keep our eye
on national and international af-
fairs as we ought to? We have
to do both. It's going to take an
earnest and informed citizen to
make the best possible contri-
button to these times.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-26
WASHINCTON LETTER

WASHINGTON - II one were
to search for a single point to
emphasize in the light of the
kaleidoscope happenings here,
it might we'll prove to be,
warning to the American peo-
pie that they are in for A period
of increased stress and strain.
II will be a period that will try
democracy in action.
Developments here are nu-
merous, divergent and rapid in
succession. Some of them are
breath-taking; all of them COM
pete for public attention for
varying periods of time. But
underlying and cutting across
all of these happenings today is
the fact that the 1852 Presi-
dental election is only a little
more than a year away, and al
ready we have begun to move
under its influence.
AT least one national figure
has announced that he is a
candidate nor his party's NOM
ination for the presidency. 9th
ers will follow suit as state pri-
mary elections are announced.
These primaries are not con-
elusive in indicating the next
president, or even the nominees.
experience has shown, but they
do furnish some test of relative
strength. Moreover, candidates
find that they cannot abstain
from them indefinitely, as they
present means of keeping
ones name before the nation,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-26

One of the
most absurd of
all forms of re-
porting is to
pick out the
most sordid.
miserable and
generally re
pulsive fe a.
ures OF a coun-
try and depict
it as represent
ative of the
whole. Some
II m e a g 0
Look magazine
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-26
FATHER HIGGINS

A we'll known
w ash in & o n
correspondent,
Karl Scllrift-
gleser, recent
ly published a
rather contro-
versial b o o X
on lobbying
in the nations
Capitol ct h c
Lobbyists. AT.
lantic Little
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-26
GRETTA PALMER
What is the

What is the
greatest dan
ger to { h c
A m e r i C a n
Church today?
The a sw er
may be found
by studying
the statements
of those who
would destroy
the G h ur c h.
Know yo Ii r
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-26
Forty Hours Devotion

Week OF Oct. ~ - Nov. 4
Holy Family Church, Columbus
Holy Redeemar Church,
Portsmouth
San Anfenia Hnsnitals ksnten
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-26

The newspaper fills out small corner left after
The Iowa story with this gem: Trans Minister of
Railways is reported in the market for a large
quantity of barbed wire, Culture and civilization
sweep forward. No one pauses to inject an academ-
c discussion on the possibility of legally accept
able definition of barbed wire.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-26

Meanwhile the Iowa courts are battling with
the question of defining a Christian in legally
acceptable terms, To be sure this elevated and
abstruse discussion is only the chip over the bug.
The real issue is the decision of the extremely prae
tiea question of who gets the $4,000.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-26

man may call himself a Christian because he
regards Christ as the worlds greatest teacher, but
still merely man. Another calls himself Christ
ian because he believes in the divinity of Christ
And who believes in the divinity of Christ be-
eyes that Christ is actually God Almighty another
processes a divinity of Christ that is no more than
a divine quality in His teachings. kind of divine
approval which raises Christ above the common run
of mankind.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1951-10-27
Bishop Oman To Be
Founders Day
Speaker

GREENSBORO, N. CLAMP
- DR.. G.. Bromley Oman, resi-
dent bishop of the New York Area
of the Methodist Church, will be
the speaker at the 18th annual
Founders Day celebration at
Bennett college, October 80 in
Annie Merner Pfeiffer chapel.
A former president of DePauw
university, Bishop Oman now is
head of the Federal Council Of
Churches in America. The widely
travelled churchman also is dis
tinguished as a lecturer and au-
thor. Some of his more recent
publications are "The Social
Principles of Jesus" "By This
Sign Conquer" and preaching
md the Social Crisis"
Bishop Oman also will be the
principal speaker at a testimonial
dinner, honoring Bishop and Mrs.
Alexander P. Shaw of the Bal
timore Area of the Methodist
church.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1951-10-27
Woman's Day At
St. Paul Church

The annual day set aside for the
women of st. Paul AME Church,
Cor. 10Th ST., NV and 4th court.
Rev. R. A. Jackson, pastor, will
be held Sunday, November II all
day. Special feature of the occa-
sion will be the very fine corp of
women who are to participate in
the entire worship of the church.
Mrs. Jessie Smith, a member of
the ushers board, a member of
the No. l choir and an ardent
worker, has been selected as the
leader or chairman of the occa-
sion. Many prominent women in
every walk of life will be present
to make this woman's day one Of
the best in history. Former chair
men of woman's day are Mrs.
Johnnie Mae Andrews, Mrs. Mary
Dancy served with great deal of
interest. Come and hear speakers
with messages for women at the
II am. and pm. services all
day November IL.
Mrs. Iona Cook, reporter