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Evening star., 1952-01-30
Petition Seeks Vote on Pay
|BY Enemy 10 is. pOWs

House members trying to force
Japan. Germany and other for
|mer enemy nations to pay Ameri-
can prisoners they held during
World War II began signing q
petition today to require q vote
on such a resolution.
Representative Dempsey. Demo-
|crat, of New Mexico, who intro
duced the resolution In the House
last April. filed a petition yester-
day to discharge the measure from
the Commerce Committee. Sew
|eral members Immediately an
nounced they would sign. A dis
charge petition requires 218 sig
natures to bring bill to a vote
on the House floor.
Mr.. Dempsey complained that
the committee would tell him
only that the resolution was re-
ceiving appropriate attention. The
State and Treasury Departments,
he said, have recommended that
it not be enacted at this time.
Under terms of the Geneva
Convention, the United States has
paid about $3.50 million to World
War II prisoners Of war who were
held by this country. But about
$4,000 Americans who were in
enemy prison camps, have re-
ceiVed no such payments, he de-
clared.
Evening star., 1952-01-30
BY The Assoeia,sd Press

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 80. - Mrs.
Geraldine NJ. Breathed. whose
husband charged she was q Com
munist sympathizer and used that
90 grounds In obtaining a divorce.
had the decree set aside and got
one of her own.
The day after John w. BreathedI
got his divorce, his wife went toI
court, insisted she was not q Com
Evening star., 1952-01-30
Wife Divorces Husband Who coIled Her q Red

munist, and said she doubted II
she ever met one.
Attorneys stipulated yesterday
that Mr.. Breathed'S decree be set
aside, 80 she filed q cross-com-
plant, alleging cruelty. She
claimed her husband let her do all
the work ON their ranch. told her
|he didn't love her and that he
wanted q divorce.
Evening star., 1952-01-30

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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-10-17
Answering Blanshard's
FaIsifications

Sometimes one is tempted TO be impatient with
much of the goings-on in public and social life.
This Is particularly so that the political scene
is so confusing However. occasionally something
most valuable comes TO the patient soul. One such
experience 10 be treasured the address of Or.
James o'Neill at the annual convention last week of
the Diocesan Council OF Catholic Women.
DR. ONeilt is known for his splendid book
Catholicism and American Freedom. which stands
as scholarly and able refutation OF Blanshards S
book. American Freedom and Catholic Poeef. In
a clear and logical manner Mr. o'Ne exposed in
his address the evil Of Blanshard volume of datrbe
against the Catholic Church. The speaker took
quite selection of propositions from Blanshards
book and showed how utterly untrue they are. lie
exposed the bgoted mind OF the author Of Amer
can FREEDOM and Catholic Po1eer proving by docu-
mentary reference the falsity of his attack on the
Church Further Mr. ONeill showed the lack of
scholarship on the part of Mr.. Banshafd who could
easily have learned the truth from documents and
evidence available in any reputable library.
But the sad part of the whole story, Mr.
ONeilI pointed out, is that so-called scholars have
praised Mr.. Blanshards book Still more alarming
is the fact that his book has found its way into many
libraries and is already referred to as classic au
thority on the matter of Catholicism in America.
Has American scholarship sunk so low as hs7
Do college professors never think clearly and log
ically7 Have they no integrity OF learning Are
they completely unaware Of the facts of history
in America DO they advocate complete and inn
partial research in all fields except when II comes TO
the Catholic church, Has not single one of them
taken the trouble TO verify the evidence advanced
by Blanshard. even II in only one Or Two Of his
smears of the Catholic Church. II only one of
Blanshards false statements is disproved does that
not render his whole book suspect until verified
Scholarship where hast thou fled from the Amer
ican college campus Integrity of thought denied
IN all communist lands, where wilt thou be found
II not in American circles of learning
What to do? Catholic laymen should provide
abundant copies of Dr. ONes book for all lihrar
les reading rooms schools and to influential people
oho have not the opportunity of reading the answer
to Mr. Blanshard big task this surely, but an
apostolic one. Mr. ONe has provided the leader
hip and an adequate tool for this work Every Ca
thoc organization might we'll undertake this pro
ect most worthy of the lay apostolate
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-10-17
Public Moral Sentiment

The Filipnos have a regard for morality This
is evident from the fact that movie stars box of
flee falls off sharply when he or she becomes in
volved in scandal As a result the Philippine stu
dos now insist that contracts with star performers
contain morality clause binding the player to OBJ
serve proper moral standards in his or her private
life Leaders in the movie industry in the Philip
pines testify already that the morality clauses have
helped increase box office receipts. One Filipino
producer has testified that in his country the movie
goer does not distinguish between a star. home life
and her life on the "A married actress" he
said must play the role of a married woman on the
screen If she wants to hold on to her audience and
an unmarried actress must portray only an unmar-
ried screen heroine"
All this is truly admirable example to Amer
ica. 1t is true that with us the Legion of Decency
has done great national service in its efforts TO
keep the movies decent But American public
morality and sentiment is not such as TO be Of
Tended easily by the private life of star performer
immortality would have to become quite serious and
public to affect the box office here.
Also, the Filipino attitude could well be that of
the American citizen toward those in public office.
Sometimes people who Scoundrels succeed IN
getting elected to positions of public trust Some
times, too, people IN such positions give bad moral
example. This seems not TO disturb the American
public too much. However, any thinking person can
understand that people of good morals in their prl
vate lives would also be honest in their tenure of
a public trust
Religion is the basis of good morals and any pub
lie moral attitude must stem from the religious con-
victons of the citizenry All attacks upon any con
nection between Church and State only to in
timidate any public expression of morality Relig-
ious convictions must therefore be strong and fear
decency IN public office well as in the movie
and TV-entertanment world.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-10-17

United States is beginning to
catch on at long last, but al
together too slowly in view of the
critical needs of the day. At pre-
sent we have approximately rs
Catholic labor schools (evening
schools for workers. in the
various dioceses of the country.
A thousand or more are needed
TO provide a reasonable minimum
of Catholic social education for
union members, who will be call
ed upon increasingly to play a
more important role in the re-
construction of society.
These labor sc hools are
schools" only in the most gen.
eral sense of the term. Emphasis
is on informality and free dis
cussion, and the curriculum is
geared as much as possible to the
current needs and problems of
the students" Additional in
formation about this important
development in the life of the
Church in America can be found
in Father John Cronin's book,
Catholic Social Action" to-
gether with practical reeommen-
dations as TO how the movement
can be extended-as ii must be
Ito care for the social education
of employers and professional
people. Interested readers may
also wish to contact the Social
Action Department of NCWC for
assistance in establishing pro-
iects OF this description.
Catholic Rural Education
For Adults
The National Catholic Rural
Life Conference under the
leadership of Monsignor Luigi
Ligutti, Father William Gibbons,
S. j.. and the diocesan directors
of rural life-sponsors a number
of local and regional Institutes
for Catholic farmers. These are
supplemented or, better still. in
spired by rural retreats with
emphasis on the application of
religious principles to the social.
economic. and cultural problems
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-10-17
Catholic Youth Week

The devise of setting aside a particular week
in honor of some group institution has become
widespread in its that its effectiveness has
largely been lost A titled week" must have much
more than average merit to be able 10 stand out
among such wondrousy labeled spans as National
Apple Week" National Tie Week" BE Kind to
Animals Week" etc
The discriminating celebrator must look farther
than the label when seeking a certain seven days
in which TO reve There are some important weeks
which deserve more than passing attention.
Such week" is National Catholic Youth Week
One need not look far to find ample reasons for
taking an interest in our youth
The burden of much of the news IN the daily
press would give the impression that young people
of the present day are an irresponsible, scatter.
brain segment OF society about which there is little
no hope Sad TO say, this gloomy conclusion does
have some basis
The Director of the Federal Bureau of lnvestiga.
ton, Mr. J. Edgar Hoover recently published some
startling facts gathered by his office: Almost 80
percent of all persons arrested were less than 25
years Of age, and they responsible for SIS per
cent of all robberies so per cent of all burgares
SO per cent OF all auto thefts and 43 per cent Of all
larcenies@
The FB1 chief was quick to point to the cause
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-10-17

of these disheartening statistics, saying, behind
these figures lie tragic stories of parental neglect
broken homes, immortality, adult delinquency, and
public apathy-painful proof that nation is suf.
fering from spiritual starvation"
The people of the nation who decry the state
Of our youth can only do at the price of being
hypocrtical If the youth of the nation is in bad
way, il is the adults who have only themselves
to blame To neglect the youth of today is to under
mine our countrys future.
1t is only those who have no religious faith
though that look upon the youths of our country
and their problems and see hope 1t is case of
seeing only the bad and none of the good, and of
not putting the blame where ii belongs.
In his letter declaring the week beginning Oct
l9 as Catholic Youth Week in the Diocese, Bishop
Ready said, the position of youth in our society
may be considered precarious and uncertain to
those who have no religious faith. However, the
challenge to meet evil with good, to establish firm
foundations of hope to build ties of brotherly love-
to accept their share in the responsibilities of the
future is unprecedented in our history"
These are words of hope And they give the
reason why each person, youth and adult. should
enter into the spirit of Catholic Youth Week
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-10-17
INQUIRY CORNER

@. Hon. can you distinctly tell
II SIN is peniGl or mortal?
GtUe examples.
A. The Catechism defines a
mortal sin as "grievous of
fense against the law of God"
and venial sin as a ''less SER
ious offense." For a sin TO be-
mortal it must involve thought,
desire, word, action or omission
which is seriously wrong e.g. de-
liberate cursing, missing mass on
Sunday, a lie that causes SER
ious harm, etc. In the second
place the person must know what
he is doing lie. not asleep and
know that it is wrong (e.g.
child of three could not sin NOR
tally even by killing someone).
The third point requires that the
person fully consent to the act.
A person who is forced to omit a
serious obligation (e.g. if parents
refuse to permit a child to at
tend mass) or commits serious
act, sinful in itself, without full
consent leg. an alcoholic) does
not ordinarily sin mortally. In all
such cases the proper place to
settle the question where there
is any doubt is the confessional.
The priest is trained and or
dained to help, and the Sacra-
ment of Penance is divinely or
dained for this problem.
@. HotI can one find Cdtho-
lie pSychidtriSt in or near Co.
tumbus? Does the Church ap-
proUe of pSychiatry?
A The first one to consult in
such situations is your pastor, If
there is something involved
which cannot be settled in con-
fession. He will be glad to refer
you to a worthy practitioner or
to someone who can recommend
one. Any art or science which is
for mans welfare in its purpose
and in its practice will be accept
ed by the Church. 1t is not the
Church's business, however, to
approve or disapprove of such
sciences as such. When doctrinal
or moral questions are involved
the Church will speak out; 9TH
erwise the value of the use OF
such science is left to the pru-
dence of the individual Catholic,
under advice from his confessor
or pastor!
O. IF one breaks the fast ut-
Intentionally, has one committed
a san?
A. No. The law of fasting is a
grave obligation but if person
forgets or through honest mis-
understanding violates the law
there is no sin. If the violation is
a result of carelessness or con-
tempt of the law. however, 1T
would be a sin. depending on the
degree of malice.
@. If one should make n mistake
and order meat on Friday at a
restaurant or make a mistake
and prepare it at home. should
he throU it dt0dy, If it cannot be
Sdued or should he eat it?
A. Since the law of abstinence
is a grave obligation on the con-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-10-17

ted to make all Polltburo decl-
sions unanimous as a gesture to
democracy.
Correspondents on the spot
interpret the official statements
as indicating that the Cold War
will not be allowed to get hot
for the next decade. Instead,
they suggest, it may reach a
sub-Arctic temperature.
Given The Works
We all know that as soon as
Stain says, 81 don't want a war
this year." some American
statesman with short memory
for history land an almost en-
dearing ignorance of philoso-
phy} will say, "See? We can do
business with Stain" And our
folklore will again be brighten
ed by the mythical figure of
Good Old Uncle Joe, the kindly
eccentric of the Kremlin. Pret-
ty soon somebody with the best
OF credentials will 90 to Moscow
TO see whether the differences
between the Christian and the
Communist worlds cannot be
ironed out by a frank, man-to-
man discussion.
AT that moment, the Catholics
of the Free World will protest.
And at once we shall be accused
of harboring uncharitable sus-
picions of fellow man when we
suggest that Uncle Joe has been
known to lie. We shall be re-
preached for taking a narrow,
selfish attitude towards Commun-
lists simply because Marx was an
atheist. II will be suggested that
we have a particular ak to grind,
that the quarrel between the
Vatican and the Kremlin need
not concern non-Catholic Amer
leans. We will, in word be Civ
en- the works.
And at that time, | am glad
TO say, we shall have ready-to-
hand a simple and crushing bit of
repartee. 1t is provided in the
recently published book, From
Major Jordan's Diaries" COM
piled by George Raeey Jordan
and Richard L. Stokes. For this
book gives the first complete
account of how just such a good
will mission to Moscow began
and ended. Moreover, the visitor
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-10-17
4 Sustained Bad Record

and approval by the state. The
very existance of religious
denomination, so far as iuridical
status was concerned was made
to depend upon the will of
single cabinet officer-the for
eign minister.
Speaking OF the trial OF the
Protestant clergymen three years
ago, Archbishop John T. McNich-
olas. 0P., of Cincinnati said "the
sympathy of all normal men goes
out to all Christians and relig-
ious persons behind the Iron
Curtain who are prosecuted. de-
graded and even liquidated un-
less they become slaves and tools
of the perverted clique control
ling the communistic govern
ment of Bulgaria
The Archbishop, then Chair
man of the Administrative Board
of the National Catholic Welfare
Conference, added that like
wise, the leaders of the Orthe-
dox Church, as we'll as Catholic,
Protestant and Jewish leaders
who do not admit to the en-
slsvement of Moscow must ex-
pect infamous defamation, per-
secution, exile, slavery, hard
labor. starvation and death. "
He called the trial of the Pro
testant ubiquitous, shameful and
inhuman." "
BY summer of i949. word fill
tered out of Bulgaria that the
Red regime had loosed an anti.
religious canpaipn that ridlcul-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-10-17
Does Church Approve
Of Psychidtry?

science of every Catholic there
must be a serious reason for an
exception. The habit of some Ca
tholics whereby they lightly ex-
cuse themselves is in no way
justified. Based on the need of
penance Matthew 1884; Luke
1879 and remembrance of the
Passion of Christ our obligation
in this regard is more serious
than the wasting of a small
amount of food. 1t is commonly
accepted that Americans waste a
great amount of food, and that
certainly is not pleasing to God.
The small amount that might be
thrown away by observing the
law of abstinence certainly would
be negligible. If it is a grave i'm
convenience leg. workingman's
lunch where he has no chance to
get something else) an exception
is justified. The pastor has pow
er to dispense in case some mis-
take occurs and really grave
inconvenience results for a FAM
lily.
Q. HoiU can some Catholics get
dtCdy Uith marrying divorced
men and l0onen? try to explain
to my non-Cdtholic friends bat
many times the individual has
been baptized, etc. and my an
S,0erS are not sufficient.
A. Generally speaking people
who bring up these cases do not
know all the facts. The Catholic
Church has always been stall
wart and sacrificing. defender of
the purity of marriage (e.g. Hen
ry VIII and Napoleon). Nobody
gets away" with anything in
this regard. II the evidence pre-
sented to the marriage court
shows that a first marriage was
invalid (Which could be because
of an impediment to that mar
riage, or defect of matrimonial
consent. or a defect of form the
court simply announces that IL
is invalid. The famous case Of
the movie actor a year or so ago
is a case in point. There was a
great deal of conc grn expressed
because this Catholic man was
married by priest in Rome aft
er being divorced. II should have
been evident to any Catholic that
his first marriage, which was
"outside the Church." making it
invalid as it is for any Catholic,
was not a permanent barrier to
the divorce be obtained but of
his marriage by the prizes. Tt
was not a matter of recognizing
proving that the marriage was
invalid from the start. The Paul
inc Privilege, granted bv the
Holy Father in rare instances,
involves dissolution of a nom
sacramental marriage. Only of
ficials in the marriage court
have the facts in such cases and
most rumors about them are full
of misinformation.
Send questions to the Rev. Ed
ward F. Healy, Inquiry Corner,
The Catholic Times, Box 636
Columbus (f6) Ohio.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-10-17
FATHER HIIGINS
Catholic Social Education

of the farm family. The rural
retreat movement, like the work
ers' retreat movement, is still
in its infancy, but there is every
reason to expect that il will ex-
pand rather rapidly. Those who
desired further information A.
bout this movement may con-
tact the NCRLC, 1901 Grand
Avenue, Des Moines Il, Iowa.
General Adult Education
Adult education takes wide
variety of forms in the United
States-parish study clubs, lee
iture programs, forums, etc.--but
one relatively new form calls
for special mention. We refer
to the efforts being made by
some of our Catholic colleges and
universities to extend their
services to the general public in
their respective communities.
This development is long oyer
due. For too many years our col
leges and universities, sometimes
for reasons beyond their control,
have been in their respective
cities but not OF them. They
have been ivory towers after
a fashion, too little concerned
with the problem of the COM
munity, too far removed from
the general public. Today, more
of them are moving into the field
of adult education (of a non
academic and informal varity)
on wide range of religious
social, and cultural subjects.
These few types of informal
social education are here describ-
ed only specifically. But per-
haps the mere mention of the
fact that some Catholic organi-
zationS and institutions have
already broken the ice and are
having reasonable measure of
success, will encourage others
TO initiate their example and
thereby bring us closer to the
goal envisioned by Plus XI: an
intensive program of social ed
ucation for "all classes of so
ciety."
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-10-17
CRETTA PALMER
Mission To MOscOtU

to Stain was an American Ca
tholic. More?moreover, he was
priest.
Purxling Questions
Father Stanislaus Orlemanski,
pastor of q church in spring
field, Mass, early in 1914 decid-
ed to visit Josef Stain. He want
ed to discuss the Red persecu-
ton of the Church, especially in
the Poland of his forefathers.
He had what this book calls "ad-
vanced ideas" on social ques-
tions-with which the Russian
dictator seems to have been fa-
miliar, although this priests
writings are not known to most
literate Americans. So, Father
Orlemanski. in Springfield, wrote
to Stain, in Moscow, suggesting
that they talk it over.
The priest went to Moscow.
But he went against the express
orders of his Ordinary, Bishop
Thomas M. O'Leary. He flew
across Canada, Alaska and ST.
IBERIA. On April Is, 1914, he
spent two and one-half hours in
discussion with Stain, Molotov
and an interpreter inside the
Kremlin. He was then sent, as
Stalin's favored guest, to visit
the camp where 5000 Polish sol
diers, impressed into the Red
Army, were in training. Here
he declared that Stain, to his
personal knowledge. was "a true
friend of Poland and the Catho-
lie religion" He led the soldiers
in cheers for the Soviet Union.
Historic? Wonderful? The
achievement of a lifetime? Later
arrests and murders of our
priests by Stalin's followers
have shown the whole world the
measure of Stalin's 1914 duplic-
ity. But the Church did not need
to wait eight years to know the
footing futility of such mis-
sions as Father Orlemanski's-
as Wendell WILKES, as Ambas-
sador Patrick Hurley's, as Har-
ry Hopkins or Henry Wallace's.
The Church knew the answer
in 1914. For on the day when
Father Orlemanski's presence in
Moscow was learned, the Rt.
Rev. Msgr. (now Bishop Mich
aeI J. Ready, General Secretary
of the National Catholic Welfare
Conference, described this mis-
sion as a political burIesoue,
staged and directed by capable
Soviet agents" And on the
priests return to Springfield he
was ordered into seclusion for
disobedience and treating with
Communists.
Yes, the Church knows how to
evaluate missions to Moscow.
She did ii rightly In 1914. She
will be right-again--in 1854.