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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-07
Regents Urge
Daily Prayer
In ALI Schools

ALBANY, N.Y.-(NC) - New
York States Board of Regents has
recommended that the start OF
each school day be marked with
prayer joined to the act of alleg-
lance to the flag, and called for
Specific programs stressing the
moral and spiritual heritage which
is Americas"
Noting that the Founding Faith.
ers built upon a cornerstone OF
belief in and dependence upon
Almighty God," and that the State
Constitution opens with an expires.
sion of gratitude to God, the reg.
ents said:
"We are convinced that this fun.
damental belief and dependence of
the American-always a religious
people is the best security
against the dangers of these diff
cult days"
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey declared
he "wholeheartedly supported the
statement of the Board of Regents
of the State of New York on moral
and spiritual training in the
schools"
"In these days of worldwide
conflict between the free world
and the slave world of goddess com
munism," the former Republican
Presidential candidate said, 'it il
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Gus activities of the Holy Name
union were: Leo C. Walter of Cor
pus Christi parish, programs; Fred
]. McCool of Cathedral parish, pub
licity; Edward Ryan Of St. Christie
pher parish, speakers; Louis F.
VonVille of st. James parish.
press, screen, stage and radio: Rol-
and V. Eyerman of st. Mary's.
youth; Charles Gilbert of Immacu.
late Conception parish, visitation
of the sick; John H. Jennings of
st. Cyprian's parish, marshal; and
Ralph j. Kramer of Holy Rosary
parish, retreats. All are of CoIum.
bus.
At the closing banquet In the
Virginia Hotel, Bishop Ready de.
clared that there is a need for the
co-ordinating efforts of the Nation.
al Council of Catholic Men, and ex.
pressed his desire to see the Di.
ocesan Holy Name Union Joined
with the NCCM to strengthen the
voice of Catholic opinion in the
US. on major issues.
Calling attention to the recent
statement of the us. Hierarchy,
Gods Law: The Measure of Mans
Conduct" he urged the nearly 200
men who attended the banquet to
read and study the pertinent.
timely and necessary" message. He
also suggested that the men make
the statement the subject of study
in their parish meetings.
Bishop Ready asked the assem-.
bled Holy Name men to stand
while he read the solemn resolu.
tion of the U. S. Bishops express.
ing "boundless admiration for
those heroes of our common Faith,
the Bishops, priests, religious, and
faithful behind the Iron Curtain of
Europe and Asia, who are giving
their lives and their blood for
Christ and for the ideals of human
freedom"
After reading the resolution, the
text of which was published in last
weeks Catholic Times, the Bishop
prayed with the men for the vic.
TINS of Red persecution.
Earlier the men heard a plea
for "active participation in the cor.
porate life of the Church" from
the Very Rev. Msgr. Harold j
O'Donnell, Assistant Chancellor
who preached the sermon at Pom.
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Bigger Grant Enables Welfare
Bureau To Increase Services

foSter-family care because it was
unable to provide the boarding ex-
pense for many of the children. AS
a result, number of little chill
dren were kept in Diocesan insti-
tutions longer than modern child
care authorities deem wise. The in
creased grant from the Chest will
enable the Bureau to provide the
wholesome experience of living in
family to many more children in
1852"
Father KappeS said he still is
faced with the serious problem Of
finding two social workers for the
Bureaus staff because of the de-
mand throughout the country for
workers experienced in child care
and family casework.
During the first nine months of
1851 the Catholic Welfare Bureau
was supervising an average of 277
children in the homes of their own
parents and has been caring for an
average of 298 children away from
their own homes, IN addition to
helping many families where the
problems of children was not di-
rectly involved.
During the past two years the av-
erage number of. children cared
for away from the homes of their
own parents has averaged between
290 and 300 children.
During 1850 the Catholic Vel.
fare Bureau removed I'll children
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Official
BISHOPS OFFICE
1913 East Broad Street
Columbus Is, Ohio
December 4, 1851

To the Reverend Clergy, Diocesan and Regular,
70 the Members Religious Communities,
the Faithful of the Diocese of Columbus.
My beloved Brethren
The Clergy and Faithful of country debt of gratitude
established by the Bishops OF the
Indeed the whole American people credit this
organization generally improved moral tone of the motion
pictures in the past years
Through regular bulletins of the Legion of Decency there
classification of films These lists of the
we'll and regularly displayed bulletin boards
parish churches schools The stng carried regularly
There whatsoever for patron
motion pictures that agrany violate the ordinary norms OF
human decency and Christian morality
particularly and guardians of youth to care
fully The Reverend Pastors will
be soctous vigilance Public attention should be called
running parishes which have been condemned
Local heaters will welcome the coopera
will furnish the management with the
Legion of Decency ratings.
We truth which have expressed before:
defense against industry which offers IN
decent and and especially to the youth OF
the box office We should use it sincere
should emphasize that part of the Legion
Decency pledge which demands Withholding all patronage from
theaters which exhibit Objectionable pictures
The renewal Legion Pledge important Each
year on the Sunday of the Feast of the mmacu
late Conception asked rearm their promise to
pictures which violate the principles of NOR
the standards of public decency This the pledge
will eced Sunday December 9Th We urge our beloved
firmly by their convictions and to be honest In
fulfilling obligations Christian life which the pledge denotes
With my blessing,
Devotedly in Christ,
MICHAEL j. READY
Bishop of Columbus
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-07
Tell Senate
Bigotry
In Election
Ministers Testify Religious
Issue Was Injected Into
Ohio Campaign

WASHINGTON - (NC) - Two
Protestant ministers admitted be-
fore a Senate subcommittee here
that the religious issue was inject
ed against Catholic candidates in
the Ohio state elections in 1850.
The Rev. F. r. Stoneburner of
Dayton, o., member of the Amer
lean Lutheran Church, identified
a letter which he sent to 35 fellow
ministers about a month before the
balloting, calling attention to the
TACT that certain candidates, whom
ne named, were Catholics. Another
Lutheran clergyman asked permis-
sion to reproduce this letter. he
said, and it was granted. Still 9TH
ers reproduced the epistle, and
eventually more than 10000 cop
les were made.
The Rev. B. F. Lamb, president
of the Ohio Council of Churches,
Identified statement sent out by
the Public Affairs Department of
the council, listing the name and
religious affiliation of each candi-
date of the Democratic and Repub-
lican tickets. This was sent to 4,5OO
Protestant pastors in Ohio, and
subsequently 23,555 copies were
sold at penny apiece for distribu-
ton, DR.. Lamb said.
DR.. Lamb is we'll known in Co
lumbus and central Ohio. Besides
being president of the Chic Coun-
Gil of Churches, he is known for
his activity in connection with the
proposed Temple of Good Will
which is to be a national center of
Professionalism. Efforts in behalf of
the Temple are under his direct SUI.
pervision. He was also executive
secretary of the Ohio Council for
many years before becoming its
president.
A third clergyman, DIR. D. r.
Sharpe of Cleveland, executive sec.
retary of the Cleveland Baptist AS.
sociation and an official of the
Church Civic League, told the com
mittee that "the religious issue was
one of five major factors that goi
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Clothing Drive
Reports Show
Big Increase

This years Thanksgiving Cloth
ing collection for Korean and 9TH
er war victims may nearly double
last years, the Rev. William Z.
Kappes, Director of Charities and
Hospitals, predicted this week.
He based his prediction on pre-
liminary reports from Is parishes
with a total of close to $4,000
pounds, compared with a little
more than 1000 pounds collected
by the same parishes last year.
Last years fetal for the Diocese
was 27,313 pounds, or 1872 tons.
This yaer's total is expected to
reach $4,000 pounds.
Largest collection reported to
date was that of st. Mary's parish,
Marion, with 3,240 pounds.
Others that reported this week
and the number of pounds collect
ed were: St. Joseph Cathedral,
$50; Holy Rosary, Columbus, 1900;
st. Matthew's, Mt. Gilead, 300; st.
Joseph's, LaRue, 40; st. Patrick's,
London, 1,131; Sacred Heart, Mil
ford Center, 200; st. Mary's, Del
aware, 800; Our Lady of Lourdes'
Marysville, 400; st. Joseph's, Sugar
Grove, 400; st. Joseph's, Somerset,
688; st. Thomas, GAINESVILLE, 889;
Immaculate Conception, Kenton,
865; st. Mary's, Chillicothe, 900;
Blessed Sacrament, Newark, 1,750;
and st. Mary's, Portsmouth, 1920.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-07
BY Most Rev. Francis p. Keovsh
Archbishop Of Baltimore
Chairman Of the Administrative Board
National Catholic Welfare Conference

The pretense is still maintained
that the imprisoned Archbishop of
Zagreb was convicted of Grimes
against the people" after a ''fair"
trial. But all the persistence and
eloquence of Tito cannot veil what
was plain more than five years ago
and is equally plain today: Arch
bishop Stepinac is innocent. He is
the victim of gross injustice. He
has never asked for mercy. He suf-
fers in silence.
Only one act can redeem the in
justice done to him: His uncondi-
tional release from prison as q
token to the world that he Is an
innocent man. This act Tito refuses
to perform. His letter to Mr.. Pear
son makes it clear that he wishes
to stand before the world as a mer-
ciful judge. All the while he ig-
nores the most elementary claims
of justice.
Tito agrees that ''the past should
be forgotten and that we should
look forward to the future" But in
the very same breath, Tito harps
back to the false charges that
Archbishop Stepinac mot only toll
Grated but encouraged and bestow-
ed with blessings" the wartime
Croat regime; that he caused the
forcible conversion of Orthodox
people into the Catholic religion;
and that religion is Comparatively
free" in Yugoslavia.
To the Tito charge that Arch
bishop Stepinac collaborated with
the Croatian wartime Ustashi re-
gime and the nazi and fascist occu-
piers of his country, the Arch
bishop himself gave the most eff
fective answer. In his final address
before the "court" in Zagreb that
sentenced him to is years impris-
onment. he said: "You accuse me
as an enemy of the state and the
peoples authority. Today, I ac-
knowledge your authority. But who
was my authority then? I repeat
again: you were my authority
from May 8, 1945, and not
before that. Where in the world is
it possible to obey two authorities:
yours in the woods and theirs in
Zagreb? Should | have submitted
to the authority of the illegal, or,
as you say, exiled government in
London. or that in Cairo, or yours
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Diocesan Holy Name Society
Considers NCCM AffiIiation
Joseph fritschler Elected President at Convention
Held In Columbus Last Saturday

The Diocesan Holy Name Union
elected a new regime of officers at
its convention in Columbus last
Saturday and heard Bishop Ready
and Martin H. Work, executive
secretary of the National Council
of Catholic Men, call for affiliation
of the organization with the Ma
tional council.
Joseph E. Tritschler of Our Lady
of Victory parish, Columbus, was
elected president, succeeding John
McAndrews. Also elected, all of Co
lumbus, were William II. McGrath
of st. Agatha's parish, vice-presi-
dent; Edward P. Wolf of st. Aloysi-
~ parish, secretary, and August
c. Grodrian Of st. Christopher par
ish, treasurer.
Appointed to take charge of vari-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-07

A tentative ALLEGATION of S62, SOC
to the Catholic Welfare Bureau fol-
the operation of the agency in 1852
was announced this week by the
Community Chest of Columbus and
Franklin county. The grant is S12,.
500 more than last years.
The Community Chest, one oi
the participants in the United Ap.
peals of Franklin county, furnishes
support for that part of the pro.
gram of family guidance and chill
dren's care provided by the Cath
Ollie Welfare Bureau for citizens
of Franklin county.
Support of the program in other
counties of the Diocese comes en-
tirely from donations of the people
of those counties except for Lick
ing county, where beginning in
1852 an ALLEGATION also will be fur.
nished by the Community Chest.
Commenting on the increased
ALLEGATION, the Rev. William E
Kappes, Director of Charities and
Hospitals, said it will enable the
Welfare Bureau ito re-emphasize
and re-establish its program of fos.
ter-family care for children, espec.
tally for pre-school children and
infants, a program that had to be
curtailed in 1851 because of lack
of money and shortage of staff"
During 1884," Father Kappes
said, 1.-The Catholic Welfare Bureau
had to refrain from placing many
children in more or less temporary
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-07
Red Channels
Author Speaks
Here Sunday
Vincent W. Hartnett Will
Give Third Lecture Of
Erskine Series

A Catholic radio and teleyision
producer who was one Of the first
to expose the Communist threat in
Americas entertainment industry
will speak here Sunday. He is Vim.
cent w. Hartnett, who will give
the third of the current series of
Erskine lectures Dec. 9 at 8:15 p.
m. in the Little Theater at the
College of st. Mary of the Springs,
Columbus.
Mr.. Hartnett, who will speak on
RED Fronts in Radio" is the au.
thor of Red Channels, a document.
ed expose of Communism in the
radio and television fields.
A graduate of the University OF
Notre Dame, he is one of the chief
promoters of the Christopher
movement, and served at one time
as assistant to the movements
founder and director, the Rev
James Keller, MN.
Mr.. Hartnett was Naval Intelli.
gence Officer in World War II, at.
tached for a time to the staff OF
the of the Chief of Naval Opera,
tions.
Former supervisor of the Gang.
busters" radio program, he is now
an independent producer of radio
and TV shows.
College officials announced this
week that the college bus will meet
lecture patrons at Fifth avenue
and Nelson road before the lee.
ture and return them to the inter
section after it.
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Notre Dame Alumni Slate
Annual Mass Next Sunday

Bishop Ready will celebrate
Pontifical Mass for the Notre
Dame Alumni Club of Columbus
Sunday, Dec. 9, # 9 a. m. in st.
Joseph Cathedral.
After Mass the men will 60 to
the Fort Hayes hotel Cor their an
nual Communion Breakfast, at
which Bernie Crimmons, assistant
to Coach Frank Leahy, will be the
chief speaker.
Chairman of the annual event il
John Igoe; president Of the club ID
Joseph e. Ryan.
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PLEDGE OF THE LEGION OF pEcENcY

In the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Ghost Amen.
condemn indecent and immoral motion pictures and those
which gorify crime criminals.
promise do all that to strengthen public opinion
against production of indecent and immoral films and to
unite with all who protest against them.
acknowledge my obligation to form right conscience
about pictures dangerous moral life AS member
Legion of Decency pledge myself to remain away from
them promise further stay altogether from places OF
amusement which show them matter of policy.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-07

Another priest will enter the
service of God for this Diocese
when Peter Essman of Columbus
is ordained in Rome Saturday.
The son of Mr., and Mrs. Charles
P. Essman of Holy Name parish,
the 25-year-old candidate will re-
celve the Sacrament of Holy Orders
from Bishop Martin j. O'Connor,
Rector of the North American Col.
lege, in the college chapel.
On the same day, the Feast OF
the Immaculate Conception, the
$3.50 high Mass at Holy Name
Church in Columbus will be sung
by the Right Rev. Msgr. John B
Donahie, pastor, in the new priests
honor.
Father Essman will sing his first
solemn Mass on Sunday, Dec. 9, in
the Church of st. Lawrence and ST
Stephen in Rome. Expected to as.
sist him are the Rev. John Wolf
former assistant pastor of st. 10,
seph Cathedral, Columbus, now
taking graduate theology studies al
the Angelicum College in Rome
and two seminarians from this di
ocese: Thomas Ryan of Columbus
and James Cooney of Lancaster.
Peter Essman went to Rome in
the fall of 1948 to study theology
at the Gregorian University there
after his graduation from st
Charles Seminary, Columbus.
His father is a civil engineer
with the State Highway depart
ment. A brother, Joseph, is a sen
ior engineering student at Ohio
State University.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-07
Movie Pledge Renewal
Scheduled For Sunday
Bishop Credits National Legion of Decency for Success
In Raising Moral Tone of Motion Pictures

Catholics in the Columbus Dio-
cese and throughout the nation
will renew their Legion f Decency
pledge Sunday to carry on their
united campaign against indecent
and immoral movies.
In a pastoral letter this week
Bishop Ready stressed the import
ance of the pledge renewal and
pointed out that "the clergy and
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-07

faithful of our country owe debt
of gratitude to the National Legion
of Decency established by the Bish-
ops of the United States"
Indeed" he continued, 'the
whole~American people can credit
this organization for the generally
improved moral tone of the motion
pictures in the past years"
Text of the letter follows:
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-07

VATICAN CITY-NC) - His
Holiness Pope Plus XII has re-
turned to Vatican City from
Castelgandolfo and has begun
his annual retreat, conducted
this year by the Jesuit Father
Celebrini.
Cardinals, Archbislops, Bish-
ops and other prelates of the
Curis join the Pontiff in these
spiritual exercises each year in
the Mathilds Chapel of the Vat
lean Palace. All audiences are
suspended during these days.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-07
Exposes Tito's Campaign of Lies
NCWC Board Chairman Cites
Proof Abp. Stepinac Innocent
By NC.W.C NEWS sERyIcF

In letter to the American Pearson
Marshal Tito Of Yugosava has coupled the
early solution Of the "Sepdnc problem" NTH Of
thoroughly dproUed charges that the Archbishop Of Zgreb
guilty of "cTfnes against the people"
In has letter to Tito, Mr.. Pearson the
Archbishop SepinG through voluntary by 1ould be
receiUed NTH both Catholics
throughout the World woud result friendly
operation beUeen YugosIaUtd and the United States"
The real attitude of American CdthocS-TegdrdS of
SertonS contained Pearsons etter- reflected in
statement By Archbishop Baltimore
Chairman Of the Administrative Board National Catholic Welfare
Conference
BY Most Rev. Francis p. Keough
Archbishop Of Baltimore
Chairman of fhe Administrative Board
National Catholic Welfare Conference
WASHNGTONThe exchange of letters between Marshal
Tito the Drew shows
dictator Of
misrepresentation and plain flsehood about Archbishop Ao
rs
Evening star., 1951-10-17
Rides Four Straight Winners
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 17.-Wee VIII
lie Shoemaker is the new darling
of New York's race track fol-
lowers.
The 20-year -old Jockey rode four
consecutive winners at Belmont
Park yesterday, showing his heels
to such skilled riders as Eddie
Arcaro, Ted Atkinson, Eric Guerin
and Conn McCreary.
Wee Willie gained national fame
by riding 388 winners last year
to finish in a tie with Joe Cul-
none for the national champion
ship. But until he came to
Aqueduct last month from Cali
fornia, the little Texan was just
a guy most of New York's turf
fans had read about in the news
papers.
Shoemaker got his share of
winners at Aqueduct, but it wasn't
until yesterday. it seemed that the
New-York bettors gave him un-
qualified approval.
Cries of "Atta boy, Willie: alta
boy, Willie" echoed through the
spacious Belmont stands as Shoe
maker made it four in a row with
Francine in the eighth and last
race.
A This was the first time jockey
bad won four straight races at a
Evening star., 1951-10-17
Rides -Four Straight Winners
Shoemaker New Darling of Eastern Fans

mageddon, SIS, coming from far
back in the stretch.
A similar stretch drive got him
home with Long Bow, $3.50, in the
seventh and Francine, $7.7O in the
eighth.
Willie, who prefers to let his
riding do his talking for him, ap-
parently has the knack of judging
pace, feat some jockeys find diff
f1cult to achieve.
For a youngster, who stands 4
feet 8 inches in height and weighs
only little more than 100 pounds,
Willie has done all right. He rode
his first winner in April. 1949, at
Golden Gate Fields. butt already
he is reputed to have in the neigh
borhood Of $4,000 set aside for
him in a trust fund, administered
by a guardian in Los Angeles.
In his first year in the saddle,
Shoemaker gave promise of a bril-
liant future, riding five straight
winners at Tanforan in November,
1949. And year ago this month,
In the midst of his duel with Gull
none, he had six winners in eight
mounts at Bay Meadows. followed
a few days later with five straight
winners at the same track.
Hope I do as well next year, y
mumbled Wee Willie after his 1850
riding feats. .
You sure are, Willie.
Evening star., 1951-10-17
BY the Assoeiaisd Press

TOKYO, Oct. 17.-Baseban-mad
Tokyo today gave a noisy mass
welcome to American baseball
stars who arrived by air for a
month-lon transforming tour Of
Japan.
Hundreds of thousands of fans
unofficial estimates placed the
number at close to one million
lined downtown streets and
cheered as the stars paraded in
automobiles.
Youngsters and adults tossed
flowers into the open cars carry
ing the players at snail's pace
through the metropolitan area
along the Ginza-Tokyo's main
street.
American and japanese flags
waved a colorful greeting to the
group led by Lefty O'Doul.
Joe DiMaggio received most OF
the attention. He had broad
smile and a hearty greeting fol
the crowds.
It was one of the most thun-
dering welcomes any visitor-in-
Guiding Gen. MacArthur-haS re-
ceived in this country where base
ball ranks as the No. l sport.
The squad will work out to-
morrow and Friday,