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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-06-06
Still on the Defensive

One understands with sympathy the decision
of the Judges of the United States Supreme Court in
reversing the statutory ban of the film, The Mir
acle" by the state of New York. This is an age OF
specialization and il is less in the legal field
as in the scientific Every effort is made to maintain
the sacred traditions OF this country propounded
in the nations historic declarations of freedom Our
freedoms are our precious heritage, and the legal
experts bend over backwards in an effort not to
do anything that will in future ieopardize them.
This is as il should be- But specialization can
sometimes prove its own downfall. The Reds IN
midst have appealed repeatedly TO the law of the
land as protecting their right to freedom of speech
and assembly and almost anything they wish to
do And too many legal experts have not been ex-
pert enough TO see that Constitution does not
guarantee freedom to anyone at expense of freedom
to another We have been too long and too slow in the
legal processes OF putting avowed communists IN
their proper place as traitors TO their country Wit
ness the prolonged trial OF the communists in New
York some months ago.
Rather than seem to he taking the side Of one
religion or of one minority group, the legal people
determine that they cannot act. One would think
that by this time someone would have got the idea
that our Constitution intends that the rights of min
critics be protected also Banning THE Miracle
was not "favoring one religion over another" un-
less determines that the proponents OF The
Miracle" have sort of religion Surely that is not
the idea Nevertheless once again the legal experts
take the defensive, uphoding the letter of the law
rather than its spirit
II would seem to be high time that we Amer
leans stop taking the defensive for being nation
with religious foundations, and show the world in
general and communists in particular some positive
action in favor OF God His Church and those who
follow Him.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-06-06
Hear. Hear.

recent issue Of your Catholic Times carried
story on the fourth annual POAU Protestants and
other Americans United For Separation of Church
and State) conference held in Washington and At
which DR.. John Mackay, president of the Princeton
Theological Seminary the principal speaker
DR.. Mackay, as you will remember delivered
himself Of most unlookedfor but welcome sent-
ment and threw a bombshe into P0AU's midst
BY specifically calling for program of released
time religious education in the public schools.
The contradiction between DR.. Mackay's recon-
mendations and the ayowed policy of the PoAU
noted.
Apparently the contradiction not lost on
Glenn Archer, the executive director of PoAU and
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-06-06

gladiatorial combats in those
of Rome, as there were great
dramas in those of Greece. But it
is doubtful whether the spec
tacle itself often gives a crowd
as much pleasure as merely
being a crowd.
We enjoy few things so much
as other mems society-a fact
recognized by the Church when
she esteems the desert hermit
or the Carthusian in his solitary
cell as among the most ascetic
of men. Rustic young men of ev-
cry era have been drawn to the
cities, and although they say
that ii is "to make their for
tunes" ii is far more likely to be
to make friends.
a Proper Goal
In America the same hunger
seems to be growing. In the field
of politics few people appear in
their own ward headquarters
where the work of the parties is
done, but millions pack the big
political rallies in such places
as Madison Square Garden when
an election year is on. The
speeches here are not always or
uniformly good. Few new ideas
are presented, few votes are
changed. But merely being part
o a cheering political crowd
cheers the heart of man. And
Alcoholics Anonymous has found
one of its essential techniques
to be in attendance at A.A. meet
ings once or twice or six times
a week-to be a part of crowd
going places can heal as well as
cheer.
The difficulty and the danger
of this human tendency lie in
this: the human love of being in
a crowd is so deep that a clever
leader can make evil uses of 1t.
Anyone who ever heard a short
wave broadcast from Germany in
the Nazi days will surely remem-
Der the fierce and wild enthusi-
asm of those cries of Hell Hit
ier" rising from a hundred thou
sand throats. Admiration can be
as contagious as fear or panic
and sometimes as dangerous.
And that is why in the great In
ternational Eucharistic Congress
es, such as Barcelona'S, and the
public audiences in st. Peters
have a vast natural as well as
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-06-06
LOUIS r. BUDENZ
Stain, Aesop --- And You

reportorial agency of the Comm
tern. When the then General Sec
rotary of the Communist Inter-
national (Manuilisky's post in
1884 gives such orders and
broadcasts them to the worlds
Reds, Communists are required
to study these instructions and
put them into action.
The Communists did study
Manuilisky's words on this sub
ject. and Lenin's and Stalin's,
while | was a member of their
conspiracy. They applied these
directives and successfully de-
ceived the American people and
many American leaders by this
Communist code" That is what
| termed it in my first book,
This Is My Story" referring to
the theological and involved
language" hidden often under the
show of scientific analysis" by
which Moscow sends instructions
to its servitors here.
No Laughing Matter
II any non-Communist masters
this "AeSopian languages he
can do-he will be able to read
in advance, on most occasions,
the plans of the Communists as
presented in their sources of di-
receives: the Cominform's organ,
or New Times OF Moscow.
But the covert and roundabout
language of the Communists is
employed through more than one
device, and for more than one
purpose. Since it is of such
great Importance, we shall de
vote occasional future columns
to explaining these various uses
and giving striking examples
taken from the pages of Red pub
lications. And in the course of
that discussion, the vital import
ance of that "code" to you and
yours will become evident.
The Reds and their friends
seek to make a laughing matter
of this precisely because it is so
serlo,Ls-and, for Americans, so
tragic If not understood.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-06-06
Why Does Religion
Flourish In Orient?

tunity to know Christianity. Be
fore the armed opposition on
communism entered the scene
Buddhism was losing ground rap
idly in China. Over 100000 q
year entered the Catholic Church.
The Catholic Church needs only
to be understood to be accepted.
Too many of these people have
not yet had the chance to un-
derstand.
Q. What do some people mean
t0hen they distinguish bettDeen
Catholics and Roman Catholics?
A. The word catholic" Is n
description applied to the Church
from the earliest times. 1t means
universal and was applied to the
Church by st. Clement of Alex
andria, Origen, Tertullian and
st. Augustine among others. st.
Ignatius of Antioch, writing in
ITO A. D. says, where the Bish-
op is, there let the multitude of
believers be; even as where Jesus
Christ is, there is the Catholic
Church" The term Roman Cath
oilc was introduced many CEN
turies after controversialists in
England, who claimed that the
Church they had left was just the
Church in Rome. The Bishop of
Rome from the days of st. Peter
has been the vicar of Christ in
the Catholic Church.
Q. Is there a patron saint for
doctors?
A. st. CoSmas, a doctor with
his brother Danian, is the pa
tron saint of doctors. In addi-
ton to their care of bodies they
were Jealous apostles of Chris
tianity and were finally seized
by the Syrian authorities for
their effect upon idol-worship.
Refusing to sacrifice to idols
they accepted torture and death,
being beheaded sometime around
the year 300. Their names are
included with the Apostles in
the list of saints just before the
Conservation of the Mass. Sep
tember 9th is the feast day.
9. When should a child make
his first Holy Communion?
A. According to Canon Law
NO. 854), Children who by rea-
son of their age have not yet q
knowledge of and desire for this
Sacrament, should not be given
Holy Communion" In case of
danger of death it must be given
to them if they are able to dis
tinguish the Holy Eucharist from
ordinary bread and reverently
adore it. The decision as to the
sufficient disposition to receive
Holy Communion rests with the
confessor and the parents of the
children. 1t is the duty of the
pastor to see that they do not
approach the Sacrament before
they come to the use of reason.
Send questions to The Inquiry
Corner, The Catholic Times, Box
636, Columbus (16), Ohio.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-06-06
INQUIRY CORNER

@. If divorce is so a1ro11g tDhg
are so many Catholics getting
divorceS?
A. Catholics live in the world
and are subject to its influences.
With all the modern reasons for
divorce presented in press, NOV
les, soap operas and its general
acceptance in society it is diff
cult for Catholics to resist. Christ
forbade it and the Church will
continue to forbid it. Fashions in
immoral customs come and 60,
e.g. slavery, duelling, but the
Church does not change to suit
the styles. Throughout her his
tory there have been great sacri-
fices required to maintain Gods
law and lead man to heaven in
spit of himself, and the Church
will continue to make them.
Right and wrong do not change
with the times.
Q. Is it lOrong to read books
that tell the "fdctS of life
frankly?
A. There are a great many
books which present the truth
about sex and marriage relations
from Christian point of view
For a Catholic who is seriously
seeking information with the
right intention such books are
useful and proper. There are
many sensational sex books"
which present the matter in an
immoral and twisted way, and
there are young people who read
them to their own destruction.
There is a curiosity in this mat
ter which needs prayer and self
control, so that even a good book
on the subject should be read
prayerfully. Parents, priests and
other Christian Guides should be
consulted about this information,
and books on sex should have
their approval.
@. HotD do you account for the
overwhelming numbers who uc-
cept ConfuctuS, Buddh1, Mohdnt-
med, and haze done so for so
mann centuT1eS7
A. Man needs religion and re-
ligious groups have always arisen
to satisfy that need. There are
always number of good things,
devotional, moral and inspiration
al in any major religious body,
and these groups are not excep-
tions. Even a false religion may
give man glimpses of supernat-
ural realities, of immortality, of
moral ideals. If such an appeal
Is joined to racial or national 10y
atty and makes few moral de-
mands, and such is the case in
these oriental religions, il can
capture many and keep them.
CONTIGUOUS, primarily a phil
osopher, cannot compete with
Christ, nor can Mohammed who
borrowed many Christian teach
ings. Most of their followers,
however, never had the oppor-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-06-06
WASHINGTON LETTER

WASHINGTTN-The Post Of
flee and Justice Departments
can look forward to some new
headaches.
II is confidently expected here
that the Supreme Court deci-
sion in THE Miracle" motion pic
ture case will bring them a flood
of new problems.
The Supreme Court held I'M
constitutional a New York State
law which permitted authorities
to ban a motion picture on the
ground that il is saerileglous.
And it went further. 1t knocked
down the idea that a motion pic
ture is purely a medium of en-
tertainment and said il is en-
titled to the Constitutional guar
antees of free speech and free
press. 1t also declared that
state cannot vest in a censor
"such unlimited restraining con-
troll over motion picture" as it
said New York State sought to
do.
This comes at a time when
there is a noticeable rise in pub
lie interest in the matter of
curbing the circulation of OBJ
scene literature. There are no
fewer than four measures with
this primary purpose now before
Congress, and some leaders are
striving to get at least one OF
these enacted before the 82nd
Congress expires. That they
would succeed was not at all GER
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-06-06
WASHINGTON LETTER
HoubIe-lMaking Decision

full auxiliary in the enforce
ment of the appropriate Federal
criminal statutes.
What effect the Supreme Court
decision will have on Congress
sional action on the proposed
legislation remains to be seen.
At the same time, no one is yet
sure what the effect of the deci-
sion will be on the administra-
ton of already existing laws and
local regulations. It is to be ex-
pected, however, that the free
press" angle will be played for
all its worth.
Because purveyors of obscene
matter and "get-rich-quick" art
lists are venturesome and unin-
hibited individuals, it is believed
here that they will not wait to
see how broadly the ruling is
going to be interpreted, but will
try ito get away with" as much
as they can before interpretive
pattern "jells."
There is the old story about
the promoter who retained a
lawyer, not to tell him what he
couldn't do, but to tell how much
he could get away with. That's
what the obscene literature ped
dlers are expected to do, get
away" with everything they can
until things quiet down.
That's why the Post Office De
partment and the Justice De-
partment can look forward to
more work.
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tain even before the Supreme
Courts decision, because the
Legislators are anxious to get
away from Washington as soon
as possible in this election year.
And, also before the Supreme
Court decision, the Post Office
Department had told Congress
that, unless it we're given the
power to impound mail in cases
where it is being used to defraud
or to transmit obscene matter,
the Department looked for
marked increase in troubles of
this sort. One weakness in the
fight against mail of these types
has been that the offender can
carry on while proceedings are
being taken against him. And in
the case of the disseminator of
obscene matter, even after the
proceedings have gone against
him, he has been able to change
the name of his publication and
continue offering the same of
fensive material The Post Office
Department has then had to
start all over with new case
against the newly-named publ
cation only to have the same
ending for all its pains.
The Department of Justice has
told Congress that the efficient
use of the administrative arm
of the Post Office Department
to enforce the postal statutes
against fraudulent and obscene
material "would serve as a use
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-06-06
GRETTA PALMER
A Daily Diet

supernatural value: the love men
have for being part of a crowd
is here sanctified and given its
proper goal. In the day when
men join together so often to lis
ten to misleading speakers, it is
violently necessary to have them
join together for good.
Respect For All
One not altogether favorable
critic of the Church has, at least,
seen and respected this reality.
In Rome and Villa" Eleanor
Clark describes the scenes of the
last Holy Year. She writes:
There was one grandeur in
these enormous gatherings that
was not matter of taste or opin-
ion. 1t was a fact, for this GEN.
fury, the most thrilling possible.
For an hour each time many
thousands of people, of many
nationalities, stood together un-
der one roof and we're not asked
to make war on anyone, neither
a Communist nor a Colonna nor
a Turk; the pope's little speech
of welcome and blessing, address
ed to each group by name and
repeated in all the languages he
would pronounce, contained not
word of anything but affection
and respect for the whole human
race.
at was moving; it was queer;
1t produced goose pimples.
Crowd Solidarity
II is sad that there is not In
America a great shrine where
thousands of Catholics go on pill
grimage at all seasons, as they
do to st. Peters and to Lourdes.
1t is sad that there are no large
and lively gatherings of Cath
olics, open to all, on most eve
nings in our larger cities. The
study groups and the lecture for
ums that exist today are not mat
ters for the intellect; ther~ Is
little sense of crowd solidarity in
such audiences the lyceum
tradition of polite formality is
too strong. A man will smile and
joke with stranger at foot
ball game; he will not do it at q
lecture on apologetics.
When people join in q group
TO be taught something, there is
a classroom atmosphere that may
chill the warmth that would ex-
ist if they had come together be-
cause of less austere purpose.
Two people listening to a lee
ture concentrate their faculties
Cor so the speaker hopes) on his
ideas; but those who come to-
gether for a purpose which does
not make intellectual demands
have more vitality free for the
job of coming to feel themsel-
YES a community If only
community for an hour.
And that is healthy. II Is not
good for man to be alone.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-06-06
LOUIS r. BUDENZ

In mid May,
while address
ing the con
ference of the
Catholic Par
ent Teachers
Association of
Clevel a n d, !
was impressed
by the inter
est shown in
classes on the
'Techniques of
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-06-06

The m a S S
m e tin g is
surely one of
the oldest of
ur b a n men S
pleasures: the
vast amphithe-
aters of Greece
and Rome were
built to give
them this de-
light. Tru e,
there w g r e
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-06-06

Communism" More than one In
quiry from community leaders
centered on how such classes
could be started. That is most
encouraging. For If there is any
thing the American people need,
il is an accurate knowledge of
Communist techniqueS.
This fact is again highlighted
by Red propaganda issued on
the current trial of the Sixteen
at Foley Square in New York.
Their creature, the Citizens
Emergency Defense Conference,
has conducted the usual mislead-
ing reports on the evidence in
that trial. This deserves analysis
and answering. II is not my Gus
tom to comment on proceed
ing in which | have been a wit
ness while that matter is still
in the process of being heard;
But this campaign of the Reds
and their friends requires some
reply.
Aesopisn Lsnsvsss
One of the chief methods used,
in addition to the usual scurrili-
ties against government witness
es. is an attempt to cast derlsion
on the charge that "Aesopian
language" is used by the Com
munists to hide their conspirator-
ial purposes. The publication is
sued by the committee defending
the Red leaders does not hesi-
tate at that tactic. And that de-
mands a sharp rejoinder. For
"Aesopian language" or the
roundabout language of conspir-
acy - Is embedded in Commun-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-06-06

II may console Or. Lee to realize that speeches
delivered before Unitarian Fellowships relative
things, expressing certainty, absolute valid
dogma. Indeed such speeches make a "phony
crutch" for the Unitarian auditory to lean upon.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1952-01-17
South Olive
SOUTH OLIVE = S. J. Harr

SOUTH OLIVE - S. j. Harper
called on friendsNin Caldwell on
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Howard Devoll, Jr., and
sons were business callers in
Caldwell, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Brown, of
Pomeroy, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Devoll, Jr., and family
over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight Wiley
and daughter visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Wiley and Charley
Tilton, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wiley Harper
and son, Mrs. James MILESTONE
and daughter, Mrs. Ruth L. Har-
per and Villa Ruth Harper visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Greathouse
and family, in Sarahsville, Sum
day evening. Ray Greathouse,
who is in the army in Korea, re-
turned last week and is spending
a 80 day furlough with his fam
lily.
Mrs. John Pryor visited her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lowe, of
Uniontown, Pa, over the week
end.
Howard Devoll, Jr., Wiley
Harper and Dick Sanford were
business callers in GAINESVILLE on
Saturday.
Mrs. Nellie Kirkbride and son
of GAINESVILLE, called on relatives
here, Sunday. %
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Davis and
Mrs. Winnie Warren were bust
ness callers in Marietta, one day
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pearl Rowlands
visited Mr.. and Mrs. James Tidd
and family, Sunday.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1952-01-17
Cancer Project
AT Ohio State

A grant of $3.50 from the
Damon Runyon Memorial Fund
will support two cancer research
projects in the Ohio State Uni
versity College of Medicine.
One project will involve
studies of urinary adreno-corti-
co steroids" and possible use of
these substances in diagnosis.
Directing the research work will
be DR.. Walter Rajola, assisted by
Drs. George Hamwi and John
DeVore.
The second investigation, to be
directed by DR.. Allen c. Barnes,
will concern "electro-potential
changes in carcinoma of the Ger
vix under radiation therapy."
Also taking part in this study
will be Drs. E. H. Williams and
Joseph L. Morton.
Both projects will be under
general supervision of DR.. c. A.
Doan, dean of Ohio States Col
lege of Medicine.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1952-01-17

Lois Caldwell, who is employ
ed at Caldwell, was visiting with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. o. B.
Caldwell last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Marquis
and Shelley of Portsmouth, Mrs.
Miller and Larry of Marietta
were visiting with Mr.. and Mrs.
Clifford Marquis, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Picken-
paugh and family of Canton,
spent the weekend with his
uncle, Beryl Pickenpaugh and
family.
Mrs. Bertha Marquis of Cald-
well, Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Mar
quis and Donna of Belpre, were
calling on Mr.. and Mrs. G.. E.
Marquis, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forest McCune
of Caldwell, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Jennings were calling on Mr.. and
Mrs. Clifford Marquis, Sunday.
Mrs. Mayme Parks has return
ed to her home from Parkers-
burg, w. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Marquis
were calling on Mr.. and Mrs.
kendrick Marquis, Sunday.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1952-01-17
Request Fertilizer Price
Remain Status Quo

Representatives of the fertiliz-
er trade have recommended to
the Office of Price Sterilization
that no attempt be made to
work out a tailored price regu-
lation for their product for the
1852 season.
Reason for the move accord
ing to Clyde c. McBee, director
of the Columbus Office of Price
Sterilization, is because the sea-
sons shipments have already be-
gun.
They said that the industry
would be satisfied to price dur
ing 1852 as they do at present.
Manufacturers of mixed ferti-
lizers have to option of remain
ing indefinitely under General
Ceiling Price Regulation by the
provisions of Supplementary
Regulation IL to Ceiling Price
Regulation %, pending issuance
of a tailored regulation for the
industry.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1952-01-17
Secrest Comments
On Veterans Burial

Rep. Robert T. Secrest of
Senecaville, 18th congressional
district representative in con-
greSs, has expressed his belief
that a war veteran should be
buried wherever the family
wishes, regardless of whether
the cemetery is private or public,
or regardless of station and
race"
Secrest made his comment,
according to press dispatches,
from Washington, in the case of
a Phoenix, ,Ariz., cemetery's re-
fusal to permit burial of a Negro
saldier because no veterans or
ganization nor the parents have
requested in writing permission
to bury the remains of her war
hero.
George E. Reed, father of the
Phoenix soldier, has refused to
"beg for permission" to bury his
son in the memorial cemetery.