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Evening star., 1952-08-03

Sidney z. Mensh and Richard
SweSnik of the Washington realty
firm Of Sidney z. Mensh & Co.,
representing a new major interest
in the company were named to
the board at a special stockholders
meeting Friday. At later board
meeting Mr.. Mensh was elected
treasurer Of the company.
Other new directors: Alexander
G. Hardy. executive assistant to
the president, National Airlines;
Phillip Hettleman, general part
ner. Hettleman & Co.. New York
Stock Exchange members, and H.
F. Stokes, vice president, National
Metropolitan Bank.
Mr.. Mensh is a lifelong resident
Of Washington and has been in
the real estate business for six
years. He attended Central High
School and George Washington
University and served with the
Navy Seabees in World War II.
MIR. Swesnick heads the invest
ment department of the realty
firm and formerly was president Of
the Master Appliance Co.
$65O,0OO Assets Listed.
The insurance firm, which is
the official underwriting organiza-
ton for the Aircraft Owners and
Pilots Association, had assets Of
$461 900 at midyear, but the new
financing raised these to $780,
900.
It previously had 165, 900 shares
OF 81 par value outstanding and
issued an additional $4,000 shares
OF the same par value. The issuing
price was So a share.
j. Gardner Lawler is president
and Bernard K. Shapiro is board
chairman. Other directors: Mr..
Shapiro. Albert E. Aren't, Rawlings
Ragland and David Lloyd Kreeger,
Washington attorneys; Earl G.
Waters, David E. Jensen and Arm
old johnson. insurance executives,
and MIR. Lawler. who is a secu-
rites dealer.
ALB Official to Speak.
DR.. Leroy Lewis, educational d.
rector Of the American Institute
4 0f poy1kipy xr;Il
Evening star., 1952-08-03

tend greetings. Morning and
Afternoon panels will discuss ad-
ministrative problems and educa-
tional programs.
Newton I. Gray of the National
Bank Of Commerce, Norfolk, Va.
and member of the national Exec
utive Council, will preside. Ralph
H. Mittendorf of the American
Security & Trust Co. here and
associate councilman for Dela-
ware. Maryland and the District,
will be moderator for the morning
panel. James w. Dodd of the
Federal Reserve Bank of Rich
mond will be moderator for the
Afternoon.
Ralph Endicott, Washington
Loan & Trust Co. and dean of the
faculty, Washington chapter, will
participate in the morning panel.
A dinner will close the conference
Saturday night. Samuel c. Red
man, jr., Lincoln National Bank,
Is general conference chairman.
ASH Committees Appointed.
President Charles E. Frazier Of
Washington Chapter, American
Savings and Loan Institute,
yesterday announced the chair
men and members Of four major
committees for the coming year.
John w. Stadtler, National
Permanent, will be chairman Of
the Education Committee, while
John u. Raymond, Home Federal.
Twill serve as vice chairman. Will
liam E. Grimm. jr., First Federal,
will head the Program and Mem
oership Committee, and Mildred
Foore, Columbia Federal, will be
vice chairman. Charles c. Elder
kin, Anacostia Federal. will head
the Budget and Audit Committee
and John w. Thompson. WASH
ington Permanent. the Publicity
Committee. Committee members
follow:
Education---Anne Fague. Perpetual Will
B Themes; Themes; District; Stuart 9. Thompson.
'4Rs; Prosrs% sHs'nssfsd and membership - Hugh
NoIth,Hes.srn: RoSsrt MeconksS, Per.
nent; Norman Watkins, Metropolis.
Budget and audit--William Frye. North
sais SsMs. GlsIE rSssss rSsssrsoe Federal
eral;- Herbert A. HaIler, Interstate: Vivian
p LoyinE, E, First FEDERAL Of Arlinston;
Phone Earnings Reduced.
Earnings of Chesapeake g. Po-
tomac Telephone Co. in the first
half Of this year declined to
$2,831 ,239. a drop of 1854 1886 from
So, ,196. .225 in the same 1851 period,
the company's monthly report
showed yesterday.
The decrease was due mainly to
an increase in operating taxes. A
81. .072.510 rise in expenses offset a
81, ,07l, 1854 increase in revenues.
Operating taxes were up $345.593
June net income was $452,888.
a decrease of $685. from $541,-
230 in June. 1851. Operating rev.
enues were $123.672 above q year
ago. but operating expenses were
up $178.7 .796. Operating taxes rose
$30.290.
Evening star., 1952-08-03
Mutual Funds

NEW YORK, July Q LP1.-National As
Sociation of Securities Dealers. Inc:
Evening star., 1952-08-03
Commodity Prices

NEW YORK, Aug. 2 (Pl.-Wholesale
commodity prices this week scored their
sharpest week-to-week gain since early
Press commodity index.
AT 1868 the index compared with
1s4.39 last week anS nSe 1921 ~ year n asG sf:
index of 35 important wholesale commod-
'ity prices.
The largest increases were made IN
hogs and lambs.
The food and textiles components. Of
the index declined slightly. and non-fer-
rous metals held unchanged.
The index, with comparable figures Tor
last week and q year ago, follows
Evening star., 1952-08-03
Dividends Announced

NEW YORK. Aug. G1.-Dvidends
declared:
Pc Stk. of Pay
Rate. riod. Record able.
Evening star., 1952-08-03
WEEKLY SUMMARY OF THE NEW YORK sIocK EXCHANGE

: aug Suotatiens turnishsd BY the Associated Press,
High Low div rate. Add CO. High. Low. Close. cSse.
6@A 4SA ABBOTT 1.S0A. - 81 AoLk AeLh- IA
Evening star., 1952-08-03
Five Added 10 Board
OF American Mercury;
$4,000 Shares Sold
By Donald B. HodIey

American Mercury Insurance
Co. of Washington, formed thee
years ago to insure private air.
craft, has sold $4,000 additional
shares of 81 par comomn stock
and added five new directors to
to board. it was announced yes
terday.
Evening star., 1952-08-03

VI bdukulS, Will
a d d re SIS the
Middle Atlantic
Regional Con-
ference Of the
ALB at the
Shoreham Ho-
tel next Satur-
day.
The WASH
j n g t on ALB
chapter will be
host to the 200
delegates and
Lloyd S. Carey.
chapter presi-
dent. will ex-
Evening star., 1952-08-03

Safeway Stores, Inc, in the "a
weeks ended June 80 earned ST.
759,097 or 78 cents a share VS.,
$4,162,413 or $1.27 in the like 1851
Deri0d
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-18
Compliments Are Due

Recently two public high schools debated the
question of the teaching of religion in public
schools. The debate was between East High School
of Columbus and the Public High School of New
ark Broadcast over a Columbus radio station, the
program received much favorable comment
The young people on the affirmative, approving
the teaching of religion IN public schools, won the
debate And il evident that those upholding the
negative were not convinced of THEN stand. The
arguments advanced for both sides were complete
enough to give the picture both pro and con, making
the result well worth while
The teaching of religion in our public schools is
something of national question The reaction Of the
socaled teen-agers in the matter should be of in
terest to their elders That the young people of high
school age still fundamentally sound in their
thinking about religion and its Importance is heart
ening TO those who might otherwise worry about
the future moral welfare Of the country. IL can
only be hoped that those who direct the policy OF
our schools including the American voter will see
clearly do these young people the necessity
OF teaching religion.
compliment must be paid TO these young
students. and the schools which must have prompted
their program.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-18
The Thirst For Truth

The announcement last week by the national of
ficers of the Knights of Columbus that their national
advertising campaign had brought forth million
inquiries was startling but good Weary people
of this era can we'll be refreshed by such an an
nouncement
That so many inquiries were received indicates
first of all that many people are interested in re-
ligon. Despite all the evidences of indifference to-
ward religion and the apparent progress of the forces
of pagansm il nevertheless remains that honest
men and women turn naturally toward belief in God.
It is disappointing that there would be many
people in this country knowing little nothing
about God But If many of them already know
about Him, or even have some sort of religious
adherence the knights OF Columbus announce
ment is indicative of the thirst for truth OF one
million souls in these Unied States Perhaps some
are dissatisfied with what little religion they have
seen fit TO LET into their lives thus far But whatever
their reason even though for II may have been
lust idle curiosity, these men and women inquired
about the teachings OF the Catholic religion.
Catholics know that they have the Truth. They
know that Christ the Founder of the Church, is
Truth Itself They know that He alone satisfy
the cravings OF the human mind-mnds made TO
know and love Truth Sooner later, men who
give their intelIects to the service of anything other
than Truth will TO realize that they are unhap
py. AS startling are the inventions OF the atomic
age as revolutionary as are the inventions of mod
ern science; as constant and varied are the actvi
ties and events of this age, it still is becoming more
and more evident that if man is TO have peace of
mind he must turn to the thing that satisfy
his mind Truth American Catholics happy 10
know that so many of their fellow-c2ens are inter
ested in knowing more about the Catholic religion
which was given to men by Jesus Christ Truth
itself
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-18
Not Relent, But Re-Lent

Now that Lent is over we all have the tendency
to relax The general mode seems to be to return
as quickly as possible to usual lax and easy
regimen Whatever good we have gotten from COM
plying with the Churchs command to do pensnce
must carry over to the next penitental per-
iod of Advent. We're through for while.
Everyone who did any kind of penance
tiee too an agreeable change in his soul His outlook
is fresher He can pray easier. Somehow, his relig-
ion is just little bit easier to practce-and
enjoyable
And now comes the big relaxation. Our fasting
goes by the board the groaning board. Our special
prayers and extra visits to Church; our week
day Masses and frequent Holy Communions-they
stop, too.
The results of this letting down are quickly and
readily apparent both in our bodies and in our souls
They return TO the same state we found them in
the day before Lent began.
The Church does not demand that we keep up the
Lenten practices all the year round Lent is special
season of penance Just truly though, the Church
does demand that do penance and in this respect
She does not look upon the Lenten season as the
sole fulfillment of this command.
Our time for penance is not over with Easter Sun
then this holy season has in some respects been
wasted Lenten season well made should teach us
lesson.
If we like the pleasant changes noticeable in
ourselves on Easter Sunday-and if we want to stay
that way-then we must renew the changes in our
way of life or similar to them, that we made
on Ash Wednesday.
We cannot relent. We must always re-Lent
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-18
More Light On Sugrue

We noted few months ago that Thomas Sugrue,
author, lecturer, newspaperman and Catholic
on his on terms, was misleading many people by
claiming to be Catholic and at the same time beat
ing a drum on Paul Banshard's bandwagon. We
said at that time that If Sugrue did not mean what
he had written, II he had inaccuratey recorded
his thoughts (which was not likely. seeing his back
ground) that explanation of and with
drawal Of other statements he had made should be
forthcoming
The explanations and Withdrawals have not been
made Sugrue, however, has enlightened his
position. He is speaking tour. latest re
ports telling us, on the West Coast. Resumes of
speeches made with the names of his sponsors in
San Francisco turn up the current of the spotlight
in which Sugrue has placed himself, enabling one
to see better just what manner of man he Is
Billed as book critic. foreign correspondent, au
thor and just plain Catholic" Sugrue scheduled
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-18

any other single magazine to doc
ument the charge that the free
enterprise" propaganda of many
of its own subscribers and adj
vertisers is a lot of hokum. Our
own criticism of this type of bus
mess propaganda, and the criti-
cism voiced by the labor and
liberal press, is relatively mild
by comparison with a brilliant
series OF articles written by
William H. Whyte, Jr., and the
editors of Fortune. These es-
says-which speak very we'll in
deed for the integrity of For
tune and for the maturity of
its editorial policy - are now
available in book form under
the title, rs Anybody Listen
ing?" (Simon and Schuster, So,
The question is rhetorical.
Mr.. Whyte and his fellow ed
itors conclude that nobody
underline nobody - is paying
much attention to the
one hundred million dollar an
nual output of free-enterprise
propaganda. "The Free Enter
prise campaign" they state very
bIuntly, lis psychologically I'M
sound, ii is abstract, ii is de-
fensive, and it is negative. Most
important. in a great many of
its aspects it represents a shock
ing lack of faith in the Ameri-
can people and in some cases
downright contempt"
Or, even more bluntly: -. it
is not worth a damn"
"Is Anybody Ltstenang?" may
not be the most important book
of the year in the field of So
cio-economics, but surely it is
one of the most interesting,
most entertaining-and most
courageous. Fortune has con-
sciously taken the risk of an
tagonising many of its most in
fluential subscribers by telling
them-humorously at times, al
most sarcastically at others-that
some of their pet projects are
nonsensical and others unethical
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-18

the Faith and to consider
how we can best augment and
assist the movement.
Already the sky is black with
omens of the coming event.
Booksellers report that the de-
mand for spiritual reading climbs
in geometrical progression ev-
cry month Catechism class
es in the big cities are jammed
The sensational success of
Bishop Fulton ]. Sheen's televi-
sion program in Turing watchers
away from comedians and Groom
ers is one of the most auspiclous
single events of all. For we know
what happens to people who lis
ten long and attentiveiy enough
to Bishop Sheen: they get bap-
tized, that's tohdt happens to
them.
So we may expect that, in the
next year or so, we shall all be
bombarded with timely theolog-
ical questions from those about
us who have begun to recognize
their need of the Faith. They
will usually come to Us long be-
fore they are ready to approach
priest for formal instruction -
long, even, before they have read
single book of apologetics. We
are the outposts of the Church,
and we had better know our bus
mess.
What will they have in their
minds. these bewildered, crop
inf men and women whom we
meet in trains and restaurants
and among our own circle of
friends? For one thing, they will
have great good will. For another,
they will have a whole series of
misconceptions about the Church
which need to be cleared away
before much more intellectual
progress can be made.
Ludieroux But Real
One of the first misconcep-
tions that will appear, in the
case of pagans and Protestants
as well, is the belief that Cath
oIics start conversions with
Faith when, of course, We start
with reason. There is a widely
prevalent notion that all our lit
urgy and philosophy, our theol-
ogy and our social theories are
based on . quick leap into the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-18

and Fortune. On the average,
these two slick-paper publica-
tions, whose clientele is made up
principally of employers and cor
poration executives, carry more
news and more accurate news
about the American labor move
ment than any of their con-
temporaries--with the exception,
naturally, of the more repre-
sentative union periodicals and
a few professional monthlieS and
quarterlies devoted exclusively
to labor.management relations.
The labor editors OF For
tune and Business Week are
among the best in the business.
They are top-flight reporters
with much better than aver
age knowledge of labor history
and labor politics and a thorough
familiarity with the literature on
labor-management relations. Like
the rest of us, of course, they
have their individual prejudices
and points of view, but general
ly they manage to suppress these
in the interest of accurate re-
porting. In this respect they are
more to be admired than some
of their contemporaries on the
so-called liberal" weeklies. Con-
gratulations to their publishers
for allowing them to call the
shots as they see them without
regard to the preiudices and
sensitivitieS of subscribers.
Rhetorical Question
Here's another one for Ripley.
Fortune has done more than
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-18

for five talks in five days under variety of auspices
and on variety of subjects
Significant among the sponsors was Protest
ants and Other Americans United, which presented
him at Calvary Presbyterian Church. Here he fol-
lowed in the footsteps of Paul Blanshard, in more
ways than one, who had delivered address from
the same pulpit and for the same group of hackers
last October.
Besides this talk under the auspices of the
PoAU, the list of the other Sugrue lectures pointed
up clearly the mans preoccupation with so-called
"psychical research and phenomena" His sponsors
included the Metaphysical Library the Universal
Studies forum and the first San Francisco confer
ence of the Association for Research and Enghten-
ment
These speaking engagements with the list of
hackers only serve to emphasize the odd" position
taken by Sugrue in his book "a Catholic Speaks
His Mind"
The speeches themselves rehashes, for the
most part of the more offensive parts of his book
The more Sugrue talks and writes, the stronger be-
comes the impression that when the word Catholic"
is written after his name it should be italicized.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-18
INQUIRY CORNER
Does God Forbid
Capital Punishment?

@. Is it true that modern de-
nsocrdcy originated nth the
Reformation? Did not the Mid
die Ages hold 10 the diutne
right of kings?
A. The Middle Ages are ac-
cused of almost everything. Since
in the widest sense they extend
for nearly a thousand years al
most any weakness of human
nature can be discovered.
Strangely enough the criticism of
the power of the Vicar of Christ,
which checked the power of
kings, is equally criticized. Ac-
tually Christianity established
the dignity of each person and
set up the basis of democracy
but it took some time for it to
become accepted. Both in Eng
land and on the continent the
Reformation based the authority
of kings, Tudor and German, on
divine right, the better to COM
bat the divine authority of the
Pope. James / of England, pa
tron of the King James version
of the Bible, propounded the di-
vine right theory and was OPP
posed by st. Robert Bellarnine
1542-162D. He wrote that God
places political power in the peo-
pie, not in the ruler directly.
He quoted the great medieval
theologian, st. Thomas Aquinas:
Human dominions and prince
doms are by human, not by di-
vine right" It is significant that
it was after the spread of his
writings, a century after the
Reformation began, that democ-
racy gained popularity.
@. Is it not against the fifth
commandment TO kill a man
euen though it be dtgnifted by
the name of capital punish
ntent? 1t seems to me that some
man does the killing in spite of
the talk about Societyl
A. The sin of murder consists
in taking the life of an inno-
cent man, unjustly depriying a
man of the time of trial which
God gave him. The man who is
guilty of a serious crime must
be punished proportionately.
Otherwise there is no effective
check on the willful crimes of
the vicious and the violent inn
pulses of the good. Throughout
the Old Testament the death PEN
atty was prescribed for certain
crimes Genesis 9:6; Exodus
21:12; Deut, 17:6), and taken for
granted in the New John 1910;
Acts 25:1D because the State is
Gods minister, an ayenger to
execute wrath upon him that
doeth evil" (Romans 13:4). The
State or society is not a mysteri-
Gus super-power, leaving the ex-
ecutioner with the actual re-
Sponsibility for the death of the
man executed. 1t is an assembly,
representing the people, set up
by them for the common good.
the safety of their property and
their lives and as such sanction
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-18

right to organize their own
schools. "The United States SUI
preme Court settled the law on
that point in the famous Oregon
Case in 1926" he noted. 'But |
do question the honesty" he said
"of their tactics when they attack
the public schools in an attempt
to undermine confidence in secu-
lar education"
Dr.Conant said he is aware
that in several English-speaking
nations public funds are used to
assist church-connected schools.
''My concern is with the United
States" he added. 1--WE do not
have and have never had an
established church. To my mind,
our schools should serve all
creeds. The greater the proper
ton of our youth who attend in
dependent schools, the greater
the threat to our democratic uni
ty."
DIR, Conant noted, without en-
thusiasm, that lin some of our
large western cities. private
schools are today attracting an
increasing number of the sons
and daughters of the well-to-do."
He added that he could not help
regretting that private schools
have been established in the last
20 years in certain urban areas
where a generation ago a public
high school served all the
youth of the town or city" He
added, though that this is not
reason "for lis who are ennntion-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-18
FATHER HIGGINS
Is Anybody Listening?

and contrary to the best inter
ests of society.
Random Sample
On second thought, however,
maybe the editors of Fortune
are not so courageous after all.
Maybe they know-as many of us
have suspected without being
able to prove it-that the rank
and file of American industrial
lists and the majority of For
tunes subscribers are out of
sympathy with the official line
of NAM, for example, and some
other organizations that claim to
be speaking for the business
community. The evidence accum-
ulated by Mr.. Whyte and his as
sociates is interesting to say the
lease. One hundred prominent
industrialists were interviewed
on the subject of the NAM.
(Which Mr.. Whyte accurately de-
scribes as "the bellwether of the
Free Enterprise campaign") and
the results of the survey are sur
prising: " twenty-seven
thought it was doing good job;
fourteen thought it was $3.50;
sixteen declined to answer the
question. The remaining forty
three-some of them, paradox
ically, prominent members of
the NAM.--were almost viol-
emily anti-N.A.M. They spoke
with vituperation that clio.
publications rarely match"
Congratulations again to the
publishers of Fortune. They
deserve a lot of credit for being
so honest with their customers
anG for setting such splendid
example of editorial integrity.
The next thing we know, per-
haps some brave soul from the
other side of the tracks will
write a similar series of essays
on the follies and foibles of or
ganized labor. Westbrook Peg
Ter and George Sokolsky need
not apply. Let's keep the thing in
the family-or, better still, Why
not give the assignment to Mr..
Whyte? He could probably han
die 1t perfectly.