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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-12
Catholic DaiIies
Defend Freedom of
Argentine Press

BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 5 (NC)-
-Four Catholic dailies took a lead
ing part in adoption by the Ar
gentine press of a decalogue to
defend the constitutional freedoms
and emphasize the primacy of the
individual over the state.
The decalogue was adopted at
the national congress of journalists
here, representing 100 publica-
tions. The Catholic dailies partici-
pating were: Ell Pueblo of Buenos
Aires, Los Principles of Cordoba,
La Manana of Santa Fe and La I'm
ion of Catamarca.
The new decalogue urges all Ar
gentine papers to: fight for the
sovereignty of individual states and
the exercise of freedom; spread
peace and remove the causes of
war; defend the economic auton-
omy of nations and their internal
prosperity; promote the welfare
of the family through social JUS
tiee; support the development Of
capital without tolerating its abus-
es; reaffirm the constitutional
principles of freedom, right and
justice; avoid spreading ideas
which imply the exploitation of
man by man or by the state; learn
the truth and publish freely all
news which is not against the high
er interests of the nation.
In addition, these resolutions
proposed by the Catholic paper
we're approved: The press has the
duty to give more space to the sci
enees and arts and culture in gen
eral. All information about crime
should be short, objective and pru-
dent. Stories of suicides should be
suppressed because they influence
weaker minds to the same crime.
Names of victims should be with
held in stories on sex crimes,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-12
Senate Votes Aid
For War Damage
In Philippines

WASHINGTON - fNC) - Re
ligious organizations which suf-
fered losses in the Philippines dur
ing World War II while furnishing
relief to u. S. servicemen or Amer
lean citizens would receive com.
pensation under a War Claims Act
amendment passed by the Senate.
The amendment provides COM
pensation for damage to schools,
colleges, universities, scientific OBJ
ServatorieS, hospitals, dispensaries,
orphanageS and other facilities
connected with educational, med
ical or welfare work.
The Senate Judiciary Committee
report, submitted by Senator Her
bert 0'Conor of Maryland, said:
at is proposed by this legislation
TO pay to these religious organiza-
tions of all faiths a reasonable
amount of money through which
they may begin again to rebuild
the splendid institutions in the
Philippines which did so much TO
inculcate into the people of those
islands the intense loyalty to our
form Of government which stood us
so we'll in the late war and which
will continue TO provide an almost
impregnable bulwark agfinst the
march of Communist aggression in
the Pacific"
Senator O'Conor noted the role
played by missionaries in resisting
Communism in the Philippines and
added at is acknowledged that the
missionaries are effectuating the
detectives of the Point 4 program
without cost TO the American tax
payer"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-12
$50 Nuns TO Gipe
Blood for 4rmed Forces

NEW YORK = (NCl - Four
hundred fifty Sisters of this
archdiocese are expected to
make blood donations in one
group at st. Vincent's Hospital
here on October IL, Columbus
Day-reportedly the largest sin
gle group donation in the his
tory of the New York Red Cross
regional blood program.
The gift Of the nuns comes in
response to the appeal of His
Eminence Francis Ca I'd inal
Spellman, Archbishop of New
York, for members Of the clergy
and Religious to give blood for
the armed forces. 1t will be the
fourth group donation since the
Cardinal made his appeal on
September IA.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-12

SHAWINIGAN FALLS, Que. -
(NC) - II is regrettable that Cath
Ollie minoritieS in other provinces
do not receive the same treatment
in the field of education as the
Protestant minority in Quebec, the
annual convention of the Provin-
cial Association OF Protestant
School Boards was told here.
Onesime Gagnon, Quebec Pro
vincial Treasurer, said that since
l945 the Provincial Government
has supplied $4,300,000 of $780,
600 expended on building and ex-
tending Protestant schools. More
than is per cent of the Provinces
expenditures of $46,675,000 for
education last year went to the
Protestant minority, he reported.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-12
Name De Paul Officers

Officers of the st. Vincent de
Paul conference in st. Patrick's
parish, Columbus, announced last
week, are: Charles r. Sherrard
president; John J. Peacocke, vice
president; Edgar Morrissey, sec
retary, and William Schwarzwal-
der, treasurer.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-12

Of all created beings man alone
has a knowledge of his destiny. In
thi. knowledge lies the secret of
his dignity.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-12

WASHINGTON-(NC)-F Francis
P. Matthews who has just sailed to
take his new post as American
Ambassador to Ireland, was honor
ed before his departure at din
ner given here by 800 friends, in
cluding high-ranking Church and
State dignitaries.
Brief and informal addresses
we're made by Archbishop Patrick
A. OBoyle of Washington; John j.
Hearne, Ambassador from Ireland
to the United States; Joseph Scott,
Los Angeles attorney, and Ambass-
ador Matthews. U. S. Attorney Gen
eral ]. Howard McGrath was toast
master,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-12
Dorothy Donate Weds
Ronald BigIer Here

D0VER-The wedding of Doro.
thy Donate and Ronald Bigler took
place Oct. / in st. Joseph's church
here, with the Rev. Plus Kaelin,
0FMCap. officiating. She is a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Mike
Donate of Dover; he is son of
Nh and Mrs. Dale Bigler of New
Philadelphia.
The couple will leave for Trini-
dad, British West Indies, where
MIR. Bigler is stationed with the
L S. Navy. at the expiration of his
current leave. Dorothy J. Hisrich,
Correspondent
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-10-12

ST. CLOUD, Minn.-(NC)-The
Rev. William A. Renner has been
named a Domestic Prelate with the
title of Monsignor by His Holiness
Pope Plus XII. He is the first
priest of the Diocese of st. Cloud
to be so honored since 1885. Faith
er Renner is rector of St Johns
diocesan seminary in Collegeville,
Mimi.
Evening star., 1951-07-22

makes plea to give a just need of
praise to some pilgrim by ones side who
is trying to add to the harmony Of the
world. The dramatist puts it thus: IF
any man can play the pipes, in Gods
name let him play" The implication
Of that is. not only let him play but,
do not spoil his music by criticism;
enhance 1t by praise. Even though the
performance of some other may be as
impossible for you as was Saul's suit of
armor for David. the shepherd boy,
nevertheless rejoice that another can
meet the common foe with sling and
stones. instead Of the sword your skillful
arm may WELD IF any man can play
the pipes, in Gods name let him play"
Praise would more often be upon our
lips if we bore in mind constantly the
deep pathos of what Ian MacLaren of
the Bonnie Briar Bush was always
reminding his flock: BE kind be kind.
Everybody you meet is having a hard
battle" .-r
Robert Louis Stevenson had a hard
battle to fight. He spent most Of his
days in one of life's darkest dungeons.
the dungeon of i'll health. But he took
it as his mission in life to turn his
dungeon into lighthouse. He declared.
"Our business is to make happiness for
Others"
Evening star., 1951-07-22
Lesson of the Irwin Case

1t is regrettable that action to prevent law
enforcement mistakes often is delayed until the
mistakes have occurred and public indignation
has been aroused. Nevertheless, it is gratifying
to learn that Michigan's mistake in paroling
Warren Lee Irwin, the sex criminal who killed
himself recently after abducting and attacking
a 17-year-old Riverdale girl, may lead to adop-
tion of State legislation similar to the Districts
Miller Act.
Governor Williams of Michigan, in letter
to girls uncle said that the release of Irwin
by the Michigan Parole Board was tragic"
but honest mistake He added: "We now
have proposals before the Legislature which,
believe, will go long way to prevent such things
as the Irwin case. In 1949 appointed study
commission of prominent citizens to survey the
whole question of the criminal sex offender This
commission has made several recommendations.
One recommendation calls for an indeterminate
sentence of one day to life for certain types OF
Evening star., 1951-07-22
Spires Of the Spirit
Let Him Play

There are no verbal vitaminS more
potent than praise. A word OF praise
uttered with transparent sincerity often
proves an elixir to one whose fear OF
failure and sense of inadequacy borders
on despair. Almost magical is the ef-
fectiveness of handful of apprecia-
tive words as an antidote to the mood
of encouragement and the agony OF
self -disparagement often labeled an
inferiority complex. Yet how easily one
falls into the fatal habit of specializing
in defects and faults and remaining
silent with regard to that which could
be and often ought to be lauded. The
meanest motives expressed in terms Of
discount and blame often camoufage
their inner ugliness by posing as in
telligent discernment One Of the
most grievous sources Of misery which
torments human spirits is the corroding
habit of fault-finding:
In spite of things galore which Justly
could be criticized. it is equally true
that there Is ample reason for graft
tude and praise, II one will but look
for 1t. When with honest appreciation
we say. THAT is good" we have con-
tributed something positive to the sum
total Of life's glory. This Is not to
advocate that imperfections are to be
whitewashed with gushing extrava=
gance of commentator, as If one had
just kissed the Blarney Stone There
is no virtue in that. However, the habit
of sincere praise lifts morale, sets the
dropping soul singing and starts folded
wings fluttering. ready to leave the
clods for the clouds. This habit of
praise is based on seeing the best that
glimmers through the worst. It under
scores the things that are excellent and
OF good report. 1t regards the chess
board of life as not white on black, but
as black on white.
"You call the chessboard black" says
Browning's Bishop Blougran; but try
looking at 1t from another point and
see If you don't have to call it white"
The cynic always is complaining about
the mud beneath, while his companion
may be glorying in the stars above.
Bernard Shaw. In his Joan Of Arc"
Evening star., 1951-07-22
Pen names may be used il letters carry
Uriters' correct names and addresses.
AL letters are subject to condensation.

lensk, Union Of Soviet Socialist Re-
publics in 1889 and early 1940."
More than II years have elapsed since
the Katyn massacre occurred. During
that period. the Polish government in
exile as well as the American Committee
for the Investigation of the Katyn Mas
sacre, Inc. president, Honorable Arthur
Bliss Lane. former American Ambassa-
dor to Poland have collected vast
amount OF documentary evidence, fully
warranting an official investigation in
order to determine once and for all
who was and still is responsible for the
massacre of more than 1000 Polish
officers at Katyn and the disappearance
of another 1000 Polish prisoners of war
on Soviet soil. It is not only the American
community of Polish origin which is
tremendously interested in such an in
vestigation; every American citizen has
an interest In 1t in order to honor
President Roosevelt's solemn pledge,
issued on the close of the Moscow Con-
ference in October 1913:
Let those who have hitherto not
imbued their hands with innocent blood
beware lest they join the ranks of the
guilty. for most assuredly the three
Allied powers will pursue them to the
uttermost ends of the earth and will
deliver them to their accusers in order
that justice may be done"
Julius Epstein,
Executive Secretary. American Com
mittee for the Investigation of the
Katyn Massacre, Inc.
New York CITY.
Evening star., 1951-07-22
Fifty Years Ago in The Star

On July II, 1901, The Star announced
the death of John w. Thompson, one OF
the most promi-
John W. Thompson nent Washing
Decd at 70 tonians of his
day. Born in
Montreal, Canada, August /, 1922, he
had been printer in his youth in
Albany and in New York City. His
residence in the District of CO.
lumbia dated from 1847. For while he
was associated with ex-Gov. Alex
ander r. Shepherd in the plumbing
business. Then he became president of
the Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
Mr.. Thompson also was chief executive
officer of the National Metropolitan
Bank. "He took an active interest in all
matters relating to the welfare of the
city and, after the election of Gen.
Garfield as President of the United
States, he was made chairman of the
Inaugural Committee and managed the
arrangements for that event. :. One of
the most important, If not the most i'm
portant service rendered to the public
by Mr.. Thompson was the fight which
he undertook, almost Single-handed,
and carried to successful issue, against
the corruption which existed in the de-
tective force of this city,. His real
estate holdings were numerous. and he
likewise was heavy investor in many
local corporations. The Star said edi-
torially: His progressive prosperity ....
to his final position as one of the dom
inant factors in the local business world
was due to native qualities. :. Strength
of purpose, clear -sightedness and busi-
ness integrity were his original weapons
in the fight for fortune and influence.
He used them to their best advantage"
On July 16, 1901, The Star an
nounced: THE kissing bug, otherwise
known to entomology
Kissing Bug by the alarming titles
Nuisance OF Melanolestes piclpes
and Reduvius person.
atus, has made his temperance IN
these parts and has resumed business
at the old stand. Up to date his ne
farious work has not been performed
Evening star., 1951-07-22
Other Noises Resented

One reads and hears much these days
of captive audiences, particularly those
that the Capital Transit Co. is supposed
to intimidate Funk and WagnallS gives
me a definition of terms. Captive"
means lone captured and held in con-
f1nement or restraint, prisoner" Idly
I started to wonder to how many ex-
periences in life, not so publicized, this
term could apply. Instances came troop
ing to my mind and wondered If, with
this fine new order of suppresSing nui-
sances, they too would be removed.
Hopefully, considered them.
I thought of barking dogs that held
me captive" while the long arm Of the
clock made entire circles-just. as much
a prisoner as when ] was forced to listen
to Brahms exquisite Lullaby" On the
streetcar I had at least the choice Of
getting off and boarding a mute car.
Another fare though" you argue. Yes.
but many times have spent two fares
and the price of movie ticket, be-
cause two hours of hollow barking made
escape necessary.
The next thought was of conditions
not experienced too greatly by me. but
which yet are of grave concern to
thousands the overzealous radio
player. Often much louder than the
transit lines, they cannot be escaped.
"Close the window" It is hot, and the
window admits small breeze. Too
often it is bee-bop and not Brahms.
We know too we'll the long list that
might detail-the hostess of noisy night
parties, the motor scooter, the too-noisy
automibile, ETC., etc. All are parts Of
the price one pays for city living. But all
are equally distasteful, or nearly so. If
one is to be sternly removed, then, say
I, let all be removed. Sauce for the goose
should be sauce for the goose's grand
mother.
isabel A. Th0muson
Evening star., 1951-07-22

Commons A clerk of Parliament
cried loudly: John Francis Stanley,
Earl Russell, come forth and surrender
to bail or forfeit recognizance! g.
Then the indictment was read by the
clerk" The earl's counsel contended
that "the alleged offense was committed
outside of the dominions of His Majesty,
King Edward" When he had been ruled
against, Lord Russell pleaded guilty. but
explained that "the decree obtained in
the United States gave social sanction
to the new marriage" The peers "re-
tired to consider their verdict" When
they re-assembled, Lord Halsbury gave
it as his opinion that king Edward
had right to legislate for his subjects
all over the world" Earl Russell might
be innocent of bigamy in Nevada, but
he was guilty in England, yet Justice
would be satisfied by his being impris-
oned In Holloway Prison for three
months as criminal in the first divi-
sion." Before he was taken away, he
was permitted to confer with his wife
in a private room. Earl Russell was
an electrical engineer, an agnoStic and
a Fabian, also an older brother Of Ber-
trand Russell, the mathematician and
philosopher, now himself Earl Russell
the third in order.
The 50th anniversary of the "discov-
cry" of Japan was celebrated in that
country year in
Memorial to advance of the
Commodore Perry actual date by
erecting a monu-
ment to the "discoverer" Commodore
Matthew G. Perry. An editorial in The
Star of July Is. 1901. said "The sue
cess of his expedition rested on his
courage, tact and resourcefulness. His
personality was factor of first impor-
tance in this affair. A man of less
capacity for the peculiar task intrusted
to him might not only have failed in
the immediate object. but have driven
Japan deeper into isolation" The mon
ument referred to was raised at Kuri-
hama, on the shore of Yedo Bay, and
was a gift of the Japanese American
Association Qf Japan.
Evening star., 1951-07-22

sex offenders, the sentence to be served under
the Jurisdiction of the psychiatric division of
the Corrections Department. Another recon-
mendation would call for continued psychiatric
treatment OF all those imprisoned for sex crimes,
and report on the offenders condition every
six months These suggestions are now being
studied by a legislative committee"
The proposals are generally similar in pur-
pose to the provisions of the Miller Act under
which a number OF major sex offenders have
been committed to st. Elzabeths Hospital for
treatment The law prohibits their release until
they have been cured. In this way the offenders
are assured of expert psychiatric treatment and
the public is protected from the dangers of po-
tential sex tiends roaming at large after having
served their sentences. This plan is receiving
more favorable attention in many of the States.
Michigan has good reason to expedite passage of
its own Miller Act"
Evening star., 1951-07-22
Stop CoddIing CzechosIovokio

In the second of two articles he has written
for The Star and which appears elsewhere in
today'S paper, Edwin G. Martin, former general
counsel of the Tariff Commission discusses some
OF the steps that might be taken by the United
States to end the highly favorable trade con-
cessions this country has made available to
Czechoslovakia. Mr. Martin writes with the
authority of an expert in a highly technical
patter and he therefore conveys some under
sanding OF why the State Department cannot
end Czechoslovakia'S trade privileges overnight
The Star assumes, however, that the matter
is under constant study at the State Department
and, though it may be delayed, some step will
be taken soon to end the anomaly of our paying
through trade concessions, handsome bonus to
the uncivilized jailers of William Oats, American
newspaper correspondent who has been punished
because he is an American citizen.
AS Mr.. Martin points out, CZechoSlovakia Is
one OF the nations with which we concluded in
1947, the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade known in the alphabetical lingo of the
day as GATT). We gave Czechosovakia in an
exchange of tariff concessions, rates about SO
per cent below statutory levels, which in dollars
and cents amount to 81 million or S. million
annually.
It is incredible to believe that we shall
continue to hand over such trade concessions to
CLecnOSlOVakla aICer tndC ndGlOnS demonstration
before the world of its degraded status in the
family of nations. We can get along very well
without selling anything or buying anything
from Czechoslovakia. AS it is Czechoslovakia
sells to us far more than we buy from her But
the first step should be to end these concessions,
stop paying the bonus to Czechoslovakia and do
whatever else is necessary to- shut her off behind
an Iron Curtain of our own making. In the
meantime. American citizens should remember
that the purchase of any article made in Czecho
slovakia is helping to strengthen the hold on
that unhappy country of the cut-throat gang
. now in power.
While we are doubtless preparing to conform
with the legalities required to cut off or sharply
modify our trade agreements with Czechoslo-
vakia, the whole subject of continued diplomatic
recognition Of that country should be reviewed
situation under which an American citizen,
who happens to have been hard-working
newspaperman, is thrown into jail after mock
trial in Prague, while we assiduously protect
the unrestrained immunities enjoyed by the
large staff of Czechoslovakian diplomats resident
in Washington makes little sense. Many people
are saying that Czechoslovakia is beyond the
pale. Why not establish the fact beyond doubt?
Evening star., 1951-07-22

to any appreciable extent, but there is
no telling just how far he will CO.
A few days ago young man laboring
under great excitement appeared at one
of the local hospitals with his upper lip
swollen to gigantic proportions. He told
the physicians that he just knew he was
goin' to die, and die quick but after
the doctors had diagnosed it they found
it was simply rehabilitated case of
kissing bug, and that the lip had been
punctured by the penetrating beak of
that lnsectile nuisance. One good
result of the kissing bug excitement
may be in the end to relieve spiders
from much unnecessary diScredit."
The House Of Lords, assembled at
Westminster on July Is, 1901, heard
Earl Russell plead
eorl kusseii guilty to a charge
Before His Peers of bigamy. Accord
ing to The Star for
that day, 'The trial was carried on with
all the quaint middle-age ceremonies.
=. The scene in the Royal Gallery,
temporarily converted into a court of
justice. when the Lord High Chancellor.
Lord Halsbury, who had been appointed
Lord High Steward for the occasion, took
his seat upon the dais and the quaint
ceremonial began, was most picturesque.
The hall was magnificent blaze of
color. produced by the robes of the peers,
the academic colorS of the judges and
the brilliant uniforms of high state Of
ficers" About 200 lords attended. They
filed into the hall two by two just as
they do in Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolan-
the!' Lord Salisbury. the Premier,
brought up the rear Of the procession.
Immediately beneath the dais sat
the 10 judges in their gorgeous robes,
surrounded by phalanx of lesser legal
luminaries -. The benches reserved for
peeresses were amply filed" Ambassa-
dor Joseph H. Choate and Secretary of
the Embassy Henry White represented
the United States of America. "Mollie
Cook, otherwise Mrs. Somerville, Earl
Russel1's present wife, entered the hall
by ticket and sat facing the benches
occupied by members Of the House Of