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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-28
PRAYERS for Modern Martyrs

The day OF prayer which the Bishops of the
United States have announced for Sunday December
30, will meet with quick response on the part of
the faithful AT their annual meeting in November
the Bishops drew up statement of prsyerful sympa-
thy and tribute to the many thousands of souls suf
fering for their Holy Faith in Iron Curtain countries
They called attention to the many martyrs whose
blood is flowing freely in this modern The day
Of prayer this Sunday, the year draws TO close
TO put action behind the words of the Bishops
it is practical proof of their words Of sympathy
and admiration for our brothers in Christ bearing
the heavy of persecution.
II is recalled thai in their statement the suf.
ferng multitudes in Red-dominated lands, the Bsh-
OPS expressed dsmay al the apparent lack OF ability
the part Of western nations to do anything about
1t; and the seeming indifference on the part of the
secular press to effectively inform the world Of this
wholesale maryrdom and persecution. Elsewhere in
this issue of the Catholic Times there is summary
of the picture of suffering throughout the civilized
globe II should serve to remind that too few
of the American people. and citizens of other nations
still free from communist tyranny, know the extent
and the brutality Of the modern persecution of the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-28
New Years Every Day

The beginning and the end. December 81 and Jan
uary l. time OF great iubilation The old year is
over and done with All 365 days of it, The new year
stretches before us. All 366 days of it. New Years
Eve is not just few hours It's two years. We live
them both, IN minds eye, in the space of a few
short hours.
Standing hip deep in broken resolutions, the last
day OF December finds eagerly awaiting the first
stroke of midnight when, like Cinderella we shall
be transformed into the wonderful person we are in
our dreams And too. like Cinderella we have
pumpkin r but ours is firmly enseonced on top of
our shoulders.
Where Is the magic in this one day? Why is il
that we must obediently await the dawn Of the new
year 10 think about correcting the faults ol the
old one? Is there rule which states that this is the
day-the only day?
There is much good in taking stock of our faults
and dsliking them II is fine and wholesome to want
to be better than we have been. There Is much good
In the forming OF resolutions TO do better New
Years resolutions are fine things-for New Years
day-but what about all the other days?
When we come to December 81 we have already
lived out the old year We look al IL AS a whole
We speak of 1t as such. The trouble is we do the
for the new year. We stand at the midway point be-
tween the two years and view them both single
unbroken entities.
We see ourselves, the last years edition, full of
faults and things that need correction and this is
most unpleasant All the same time, though we
ourselves, the years copy, with all these blem-
ishes corrected And this is most pleasant The
transformation has taken but an instant.
If the year could be lived all in an instant
these New Years resolutions would be fine We keep
forgetting, though. that this new year is just 366
dayS--one al time And that is how will have
10 make our resolutions if they TO be effective
one day at time Our whole New Years process
must be repeated every day.
II Is so easy TO transform yourself in this way.
Merely by turning the mind from what we're TO
what we will be takes almost energy We sec
what we were and what we shall be The magic
wand that has effected this change is our resou-
tion. We mistakenly identity the resolution with
the effect II should have, and having made one we
expect the other TO follow automatically.
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the Cominform's organ, which is
ironically entitled For Last.
ing Pefce, for a Peoples Democ.
racy." In its October 5 issue, this
source of instructions to com.
muniSts throughout the world
orders that the Vatican hereafter
be represented as IAN espionage
and sabotage agency for the
American imperialists. "
Specifically an outrageous at.
tack was made upon the Most
Reverend Gerald P. 0'Hara, for.
merly Regent of the Apostolic
Nunciature in Rumania, now
Nuncio to Ireland. He is labeled
"a hardened American spy"
More Mud Singing
The Cominform, ever watch
full as to how its propaganda gets
out among non-communists, is
encouraged in this assault on
Archbishop 0Hara by the recep.
tion given in wider circles TO its
libels against the ex-communists.
A little over year ago the Civ
II Rights Congress got out an
ambitious booklet describing this
eolumnist as "a police spy"
Since this charge was repeated
by non-communist sources, not
ably Joseph D. Alsop of The Her
atd.Tribane in terming me al
most a professional informer,
the Reds expand their mud
Singing. This use Of non-com-
munists to carry forward ficti.
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ed by the incarceration of the
prelate five years ago has been
solved.
Archbishop Stepinac has been
released in a technical sense. He
is no longer in a prison cell.
Now in village that in itself
is a cell, he is not free to leave
it nor allowed to exercise his
episcopal functions. In reality he
is the victim of a transfer that
allows the Belgrade government
to keep him out of circulation.
Therefore it behooves the west
ern world - always gullible in
these matters-to realize that the
lease" of Archbishop Stepinac is
still very much with us; that
nothing short of complete re-
lease-plus restoration as Arch
bishop of Zagreb, plus a recogni-
ton that he is innocent of the
charges made against him in 1916
will be entirely satisfactory.
No Vindieafion
Is it very likely that the Yugo-
slav government will come to
thus admit its error of five years
ago and vindicate the prelate to-
tally? Probably not. No govern
ment, or at least very rare gov
ernment, ever admits it is wrong.
This belief in its own infallibil-
ity is almost an article of faith
with any government and, in this
particular case, it would be ex-
tremely difficult to restore the
Archbishop to his full dignity
without admitting publicly that
the trial in the autumn of 1916
was a scandalous farce.
The relatively greater physical
freedom accorded the Archbishop
does not strike at the root of the
moral problem involved. Either
Archbishop Stepinac is guilty or
he is not. To remove him from a
prison to custody under surveil-
lance contributes no solution to
the fundamental difficulty. If the
Archbishop we're guilty of all
that he was charged with five
years ago, then he ought to be
in prison and there is no logical
reason for any kind of release
partial or complete. If he is inno-
cent of these charges or of most
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-28
LETTER

WASHINGTON - NC) - The
British and Egyptian Embassies
here have stated their respective
countries opinions in their dis
pute over the Suez Canal Zone
and the Anglo-Egyptian soyer-
eighty over the Sudan.
The statements were made for
the Catholic monthly review,
Catholic Men, published by the
National Council of Catholic
Men, at the magazines request.
In two parallel columns in the
January issue the statements are
put in this manner The Case
for Britain" and THE Case for
Egypt" The gist of their cases
follow:
Cd BRITAIN: I'VE represent
in the Suez Canal Zone an inter-
national interest in which the
United States participates, while
in the Sudan there is for us on
ly one paramount interest, that
of the Sudanese people"
~ EGYPT. '"The origin of the
British occupation is sggres-
sion; the British invaded the
country in 1882 and have stayed
there by force"
THE 1886 Angl o = Egyptian
treaty was a British endeavor to
legalize and perpetuate this az
gression," the Egyptian state.
ment says. "The negotiations to
this Treaty we're conducted un.
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of them, then there is no conceiv-
able reason why he should be in
prison at all or why he should
not return to the normal exercise
of his episcopal dignity.
This particular question has
not been met and probably will
not be met. Tito's government is
not likely to confess ex post facto
that it made mistake back in
1916 and that the charges then
laid at the door of the Zagreb
prelate were nothing but fiction
and malicious invention. To con-
fess this would undermine the
whole thesis of the present re-
gime. Yet not to admit it, makes
impossible the proper vindica-
ton of Archbishop Stepinac.
Sop fe Western World
Irather imagine that there are
many people who have been TAX
en- in, at least in part, by the
charges made against the Arch
bishop. In many Catholic circles
in Europe | have run across the
opinion that perhaps after all
Archbishop Stepinac was indis-
Greet, unwise in his associations,
too outspoken at times, and pos
sibly too coy with the Nazi and
fascist occupiers of Croatia. It
is to be hoped that the full and
conclusive evidence in the case
will be available some day.
l have had occasion to 90
through vast amount of the tes-
timony and other material re-
Iating both to the trial and to the
antecedents. In hundreds of
pages that run from pastoral
letters to the words of wit
nesses at the trial, one thing
stands out as singularly clear:
Archbishop Stepinsc was totally
and absolutely innocent of the
major charges against him. l be-
lieve it can be said in all honesty
that not one bit of serious evil
dence exists to prove any of the
fundamental accusations: collab-
oration with the Ustashi, sympa-
thy for the Axis, forced conver-
sion of Orthodox and the like.
That the Archbishop was Croat
patriot admits of no doubt. In
this regard the same charge
could be made against all Croat-
ians. That he was not particularly
enamored of the Belgrade gov
ernment goes without saying. But
this is not a matter for which
men can properly be condemned
and imprisoned.
The present arrangement,
made as a sop to the western
world. is simply a continuation
of the same travesty of justice in
which the Belgrade regime has
INDUCED for so many years. The
Stepinac case stands exactly
where it did the day he was con-
demned.
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ing cheer for any Christian thing.
Whether it is matter of sex
morality or politics, of the limits
on academic freedom or the most
abstruse principles of metaphys-
les, we can always be sure that
the other team will include one
aging Englishman. Bertrand
Russell never lets us down.
In a recent issue of The Ne,0
York Times Magazine, DR.. Rus
sell (for he must surely have
picked up high academic degree
somewhere along the line
balderdash is not spoken with
such assurance by mere MAS,
Dr.. Russell, then, discusses THE
Best Answer to Fanaticism-Lib-
eralism." In the course of most
astonishing and eloquent plea
for doubt, as a philosophy of life,
he writes out "the Ten Command
ments that, as a teacher,
should wish to promulgate." He
does not claim these were arrived
at as result of any Mosaic ex-
pedition to higher ground; he
states, indeed, that the new dec
alogue is not intended to replace
the old one, but only to supple
ment it," He then supplements 1t
is by a list of rules which, if fol-
lowed, would destroy all obed-
ience TO the Ten Commandments
of tradition. the natural moral
law and, indeed, would ruin any
hope of human sanity.
Harsh words? Then read, beg
YOU. DR.. Russell's First Com
mandment: do not feel abso-
lutely certain of anything"
How Certain Is Rvssell7
It is a fascinating sentence. Its
very language brushes aside. as
of no account, the reasoning
processes of man. Dir. Russell
does not speak of being" GER
tain, but of feeling" certain.
He does not distinguish be-
tween truths demonstrable to
the reasoning mind, and the
pleasant glow of certainty with
which an old lady may announce
that she is just as sure as any
thing that it is going to snow.
she has hunch.
Skipping over number OF the
other Commandments" we
come up short at the Fifth, which
warns us: Have no respect for
the authority of others, for there
are always contradictory authori-
ties to be found"
Greener Grass
In this sentence. 1t is the harm
less little word for" that startles.
For" indicates causation. 1t is
because someone else can be
found - always" to disagree
with an authority that We are ask
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der British military occupation
OF the country-thus excluding
Egyptian free will"
In reference to the 1896
Treaty, the Egyptian statement
says the United Nations Charter
"forbids the great Powers to en-
eroach on the independence of
smaller nations and expressly
provides that if other interstate
agreements run counter to the
obligations devolving from the
Charter, the latter will be ad-
hered to and not the former"
Egypt also charges Britain her.
self with violating the Treaty.
Egypt says:
They increased their forces
on the Canal to more than four
times the number allowed; they
overstepped the area allocated
to them; they failed to train and
equip the Egyptian Army as
agreed; and in their foreign pol
icy, they acted against the inter
ests of Egypt, contrary TO the
Stipulations of the Treaty.
Speaking OF the Condomlnium,
or pact, on the Sudan, the Egyp-
tlans say; The Condominium
+. has been effective only in
name, for Egypt has never had
an equal share in the admins
tration of the country Egypt
has proposed to abide by a free
plebiscite under U.N. auspices
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-28
WASHTNGIUN
Britain and Egypt State Cases
In Current Dispute Over Canal

and after complete Withdrawals
of both Egyptians and British
from the military and civil ad-
miniStration"
Stating that the Canal Zone is
one of the vital areas of the
free world" Britain's statement
says: I'VE have felt it to be no
longer in conformity with the
spirit of cooperative defense of
the free world that Britain alone
should undertake the protection
of the Canal Zone. For that rea-
son we associated ourselves with
the United States, France and
Turkey in suggesting to Egypt a
combined, international defense
of the Canal with Egypt as an
equal founder member OF the
group.
Looking over the present ten
sion into the future, we still
hope that this democratic and eff
ficient plan will come to frui-
ton, as indeed it must if the
free world is to have an assured
Near Eastern frontier against po-
tential aggressors."
"We are anxious to revise the
Treaty" the statement said in
another part, "but as long as it
is operative it must be observ-
ed. Otherwise the whole struc-
ture of international good faith,
based on international agree
ments, begins to topple to its
fall"
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annshslate their merits and their
stand for the rights of religion.
But these accusations, accom-.
panied by the instructions which
are given by the Cominform, are
for eUen a loider purpose. They
are intended to reach out every
where into that milieu of bigot.
ry existing in various countries,
and to rally many non-commun-
lists, on the basis of prejudice, to
persecution of the Church. In the
United States the work being
done by Paul Blanschard and
men of his ilk is exactly along
the lines helpful TO the Red
conspiracy in this respect. They
deserve to be brought to the at
tention of the American people.
Since ii is the hierarchy that
is always the chief object of the
Red assault, as we note here
again, it is requisite that in our
day there be a growing bond of
loyalty betDeen the ldity aud the
Hierarchy.
Callous Attitude
A year ago certain Catholics
or alleged Catholics let themsel-
YES into the Red trap by criticiz-
ing His Eminenee Cardinal Spell
man for condemning THE Mir
aele." Aside from the offense of
good taste in this production, it
was right down the communist
line in its vulgar blasphemy
against st. Joseph. the patron of
the fight against atheistic COM
munism. The Daily Worker,
quite logically, picked up these
statements against Cardina a |
Spellman with great glee, play
lng them up in order that they
would reach out through the con.
cealed Reds into American life.
Catholic lagmen do hare a re.
sponS,bilitg IN these times to
manifest their solidarity NTH
the Bishops and the Holy See.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-28
GRETTA PALMER
RusseH's Gospel

ed to reject all authority, as
such.
But why, DIR. Russell, why? In
exactly what way is a police.
mans suggestion to keep to the
right on American roads weaken
ed by the contrary advice of the
English bobby that you drive on
the left? Do you honestly think
that your doctors advice to re-
move that appendix is weakened
by the existence of a sect that
disapproves of medicine and sur
gerry? There are primitive peo-
Piles who think that ritual dances
in feather costumes cause the
crops to grow: will their "con-
trary authority" make you re-
fuse to listen to the nurseryman
advising fertilizer on your lawn7
Can you live for a day on the as
sumption you lay down in Com
mandment Five? Can you, a
mathematician, say that the right
answer to an equation becomes
wrong as one of your students
"a contrary authority" - comes
up with a different answer?
Blt there is another aspect to
this article, proudly and promin-
emily played up by one of the
worlds great newspapers, and
that is its title: "The Best An
swer to Fanaticism-Liberalism."
Two assumptions are here: that
liberalism" means sense (Which
the samples given by no means
indicate) and that 'fanaticism"
is a thing to be dreaded and
feared.
Deity or Demon7
But what, exactly, is a 'fsn-
atic"? The word has been used
derisively of late. Well, the Ok
ford Dictionary tells us that it
means action, "such as might re-
suit from possession by a deity
or Demon" and gives as its earl
lest use in English, Persons Di-
vinely inspired and fanatic"
Webster's states that fanatic" is
a synonym for enthusiast"
which means inspired or pos
sessed by the god"
Now. 1t is obviously very inn
portant to decide whether the
fanatic Is inspired by Deity or de-
mon; and. in the case of the en-
thusiast possessed by god, to
ask which god, This is the kind
of distinction DR.. Russell detests,
for it is based on a belief that
such things as good and evil.
truth and falsity, God and the
Devil are real.
But we, who know these things,
might take a second and more
sympathetic look at the word
fanatic" For a fanatic may be
as often filled with the Holy
Ghost as with some unlovely de-
mon. He may be a man % deeply
in love with God that he makes
sacrifices which seem excessive
to the rest of us: most of the
saints did. And their fervor, their
enthusiasm" their singleheart-
ed devotion may be the greatest
need of all today.
Perhaps the article requires .
different title, DR.. Russell. Per-
haps it should read: The Best
Answer to Liberalism-Fanati-
cism for Christ"
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LOUIS r. BUDENZ

World wide
Red psycholog.
ical warfare
has risen to
new fire my
against { h c
G a I h o | i c
Church. T h c
signal for the
n c W assault
against Cath
olicism h as
been given by
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RICHARD PATTEE
Technical Release
RICHARD PATTEE

Have we any
reason to be
satisfied with
the so. called
''r e | ease'' of
the Archbishop
Of Zagreb, re-
Gently announ-
ced by the
Yugoslav gov
ernmentI very
definitely, No.
This release is
no release at
all and none of
the issues rails
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The intellect
ual opposition
to all that Ca
tholics no | d
dear has one
S p | e n d i d
spokesman
o n c reliable
voice W h i c h
never, in any
area of discus
sion, is raised
in an unthink-
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1951-02-15

din, County of Big Horn, State
of Montana, on the 18th day of
March, 1851, at the hour of
HOO o'clock A: M, on said day,
then and there to show cause,
if any you have, why the Petit
ton of Lewis Wilson and
Beulah A. Wilson for the adop-
ton of Loretta Lee Carter,
your minor daughter, should
not be granted.
You are hereby notified that
the above named Lewis Wilson
and Beulah A. Wilson have fill
ed a Petition for Adoption in
the above entitled Court and
Cause, and pursuant to the pro-
visions of said Petition for
Adoption, said petitioners have
prayed for an Order of said
Court for the adoption of said
Loretta Lee Garter. a minor.
Given under my hand and
seal of the above named Court,
this 23rd day of January, A. D.
1851.
(sEAL) R. P. ROSS,
Clerk of District Court
BERT w.
Courthouse Building,
Hardin, Montana,
Attorney for Petitioners.
pub. Feb. !, 8, Is, 22)
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belt molding. that now completely
encircles the car.
The new wrap-around "Clear-
bac" window is now used on all
models, increasing rear-window
area by 201.7 square inches or 80
per cent as compared with 1850
models not having this feature.
Accent on Beauty
. Length of the car is accentu-
ated by the new front fender line,
which extends further back in the
front door panel. A distinctive
turn signal and parking light
combination is found on each
model, and the span between the
headlights has been increased 3.5
inches, better to outline the width
of the car.
Interior styling includes i'm
provements in upholstery and
trim with an unusually wide
choice Of materials that are the
most luxurious and tasteful that
Chrysler has ever offered.
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ton of this notice, to the said
Administrative at the office of
her attorney, Bert w. Kronmil-
Ter in Hardin, in the County of
Big Horn, State of Montana.
Dated at Hardin, Montana,
January %, 1851.
MERNA MCDOWELL,
Administrative of the Estate
of Stewart Mcdowell, Deceased.
Bert w. Kronmiller,
Courthouse Building,
Hardin, Montana,
Attorney for Administrative.
Pub. Jan. Is, Feb. l, 8, 15)
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The 1851 Chrysler is offered in
twenty-one body styles in the
Windsor, Windsor Deluxe, New
Yorker and Imperial lines.
Styling Advances
In appearance, the 1861 line
fully sustains the pace of the me-
chanieal improvements. All
models have been completely re-
styled, inside and out, and each
model has its distinctive indi-
viduall characteristics that make
it readily distinguishable from all
others in the line. Changes have
been made in the direction of fur
Their streamlining and the en-
hancement of sleek, luxurious ap-
pearance.
Styling changes include a new
wide sloping hood that helps to
increase driver visibility; new
front tenders; new curved bump
ers and massive bumper guards;
new front and rear Ornamental
ton; new grilles that are distinc-
tive for each model; new front
and rear fender holdings; and a
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GENERAL COMMENTS
Official Bonds are on file and appear to meet all require
ments. 49, eou,s In bo ,ro,er1v i+enoizod
signed and approved with the exception OF Claim Number 13o4l
the Poor Fund instead Of the General fund Please see Attorney sra9s
General Opinion Number IL, Volume %, General Fund Claim
Number s5085 for $ss0S also for TRANSPORTING prisoner s1one from Ft
.cnuins Colorado to Hardin. It is very evident that this case
should have been handled as an agent of the State and expenses
naid by them. A Sheriff is without authority, as such, beyond the
eonfines of the State. The ordinary discharge OF his duties does
not authorize him to- leave the State except when en- ne IS IS deslg-
mated the agent of the State IN cases OF exIraolCuon. r o COLI
structon 81 the Statutes relative to sheriffs compensation as
this please see SO Montana, Page AZ. -
There is an amount of $4s277o carried on the TT ns rer
be1Ei n as sns pr9rest over i ! period Of several Sea years: It is recommended
that the County Attorney, look into this matter and see If this
amount can not be disposed OF. . -, y. ,.S,..
we still recommend that the old cases ca aaleaad On II tn e P G1ors
of the Courts Trust Fund in the amount of $14694, be referred