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lYez10teSt concern 0f the church
nc iS fantastic ia, Imply priests are
| out coSinting guns and airfleldS.
Naturally they are aware Of So
ciolpgicai co1ditions Of hunger.
disease expressions, Of moral at
titude and needs. 1t is in this
human and spiritual realm the
church Is informed. and irl this
Irealm the best peace efforts lie.
Does It Help9
eO1es of otllefa arguments have
play part. ssissss.s 4
b aoEtaa 1cC Carthy Of
tie B klaoiio Welfare
con u u the move Is
going ~ create 80 much i'll WILL
FEtlae:a damages might outweigh the
|advartagGs ble he added: Is
think American every one
|-siosaid view this question mot
in terms of religion and state. but
in terms Of whether 1t will adj
vance the best interests Of the
United States. II it will serve us
IAN -Protestants. Jews and Cath
Eolics then we should have il. II
not. then throw it In the ocean, =
Claim Promise Broken. A
ProteStantS claim President
Truman went back on a promise
not to make such an appointment.
They cite a letter. dated August
IA, 1948, signed by his secretary,
saying the mission Of Myron c.
Taylor. his personal envoy. would
be terminated.
{ Moreover" the letter added.
that viii remain the Presidents
policy and, will be strictly adhered
to so long as he Is in Office"
Mr.. Taylor. first appointed by
the late President Roosevelt in
t1940. resigned in 1850.
f A State Department spokesman
said there sis no question" that
having an ambassador at the
Vatican viii strengthen the United
States international position.
1--WE are not recognizing the
Pope as the successor Of st. Peter. +"
he said, 'but as a sovereign who
carries a lot Of weight In Europe.
''In these days when everybody
is buying the best gun he can get,
you better buy the best peaceful
instrument. too." he added.
| Useful to 4S Countries.
He said 43 countries, which now
have diplomatic representation at
the Vatican, think It's useful, and
they're not dummies"
France, Great Brftair1-all Of
thein-tried to gain access to the
Vatican through the back door,
and they all had trouble" the
State Department representative
said. We've now found out 1T
doesn't work. so we've come to
this as a practical. necessary
thing"
"a Catholic prelate, intimately
informed on Vatican affairs but
refusing to be quoted by name,
| said the Vatican would never
accept the procedure" of deal
ing with q country's ambassador
to Italy. It has been q CON
slant practice" not to. do so. he
said.)
VIII the United States receive
q papal nuncie-oficial Vatican
representative. to the Government
If an ambassador is sent? The
State Department spokesman said
That's still to be worked out
It isn't essential. he added
noting that Great Britain accepts
only an apostolic delegate (rep
tresentatiye to the church and moi
the government) such as is sen
to this. country at the present
time. ,.,~.- g.
OF the 43 countries represented
at. the Vatican, 20 predominantly
Catholic countries have, full am.
bassadors.. Some like France
Brazil and Belgium, have church
state separation. Twenty coun-
tries, including Great Britain and
most Protestant nations. send
ministers (Which rank below am
bassadors). 90 Three send only
charge d'affaires. The United
States would be the only pre-
dominantly Protestant country to
have a full ambassador,
Precedent i'm 184S.
There is a 100-year-old prece-
dent, Of a sort, for having a
United States ambassador at the
Vatican. In 1848. President James
*. Polk sent q charge d'affaires
and later a minister to the papal
states.
The move caused q furore Of
Ianti-clerical speeches in Congress.
The mission ended 10 years later.