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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-02-15
INQUIRY CORNER

Q. What is holy mater and
Dhy is it used upon entering q
church?
A. In the Old Testament Num-,
bers viii.7) God commanded Mos
es to take the Leyites out of the
midst of the children of Israel
and purify them, According to
this rite: Let them be sprinkled
with the water of purification,"
and in st. Johns Gospel (v.2-4
we see God curing infirmities
through the waters of Bethsaida,
and Gx.0 Christ curing the blind
man through the use of the pool
of Siloe. Among the sacrament
tails, therefore, holy water has a
high place, radiating the power
which Christ gives to it through
the Church, especially for protec-
ton against the power of Satan.
The taking of water upon enter
ing church and the Asperges be-
fore Sunday Mass both have the
idea of a return to baptismal in
nocence, removing the stains of
our sins and imperfections as we
approach the altar of God.
Q. What is meant By the
intolerance of the Catholic
Church." an expression / came
across in q book?
Tolerance means the patient
bearing of acts, beliefs and prac-
tices different from our own. In
matters of opinion, such as poll
tics, literature, music, economics
no group can be said to have
absolute certainty, and tolerance
means c Christia n democratic
open-minded exchange of views
and absence of repression of OPP
posite schools of thought. Even
in these areas, as in factual sci
ences, there are some certain
facts {e.g. Columbus discovered
America 1892 and certainties
leg. proved chemical or mathe-
matical formulas) which must be
accepted, especially by teachers.
Even civil law recognizes certain
ethical necessities for the COM
mon good and will not permit
obscenity or treason to be pub
licly promoted. If God had not
spoken, matters of religion would
be subject to human frailty and
tolerance would demand a great
deal of human discussion and in
quiry, but He has and the Cath
olic Church cannot accept in her
members nor approve in others
ideas that are contrary to Gods
Revelation. The Catholic Church
is always firm in its insistence
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-02-15
LOUIS r. BUDEN
Divergent Vievs Of Capitalism

ic socialist (Mr. SternberO for
the education of capitalists. Mel
ther is without its faults, but
both are worthy of serious at
tention.
Mr.. Stern's little book is SER
les of letters written to an old
friend in France, who can stand
as a symbol of all those Euro
peans who are cynical about the
United States not so much be-
cause of Communist propaganda,
but rather because of their own
lack of accurate information
about things American in gen.
eral and about the American
economic system in particular.
Stern tries to demonstrate to his
friend the differences between
American and European capital
ism. Special emphasis is put on
the fact that American capital
ism-for all of its faults, many
of which, he says, have been or
are being corrected and all of
its "materialism" has come
closer to producing a classless
society, based on the principles
of equal opportunity and freedom
for all, than any other economic
system in the history of the
world.
Deficits and Assets
This is not the usual oversim-
pIified Observation-Disclosures
terprise, God-bless-America prop
aganda of organizations like the
Committee for Constitutional
Government. Quite the contrary.
Mr.. Stern is too intelligent and
too sophisticated for that. He is
a progressive, fully conscious of
the deficits as well as the assets
of American capitalism. Never
does he seem to be lecturing or
talking down to his friends in
Europe. He understands their
history and traditions and is very
sympathetic to their point of
view. In a few places he tends
tn overestimate the social prog
ress made in the United States.
and some might consider him a
little too optimistic about our abil-
ity to cope with what he calls
the problem of "depressions and
security" In general, however,
he has done a creditable job of
explaining American capitalism.
Would that more of the free
enterprise" propaganda of Amer
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-02-15

Schenectady: the First Methodist
Church and the First Unitarian
Society. And who do you think,
of these opponents, was pro-
prayer? And who do you think
opposed the proposition with
considerable heat?
Your guess-if it is q kindly
and charitable one-is wrong. II
was the State Board of Regents,
representing secular forces, that
recommended opening each
school day with a prayer. 1t was
the men of cloth who drew back
in horror from the shocking in
novation.
This nation was founded by
those who learned the tragedy of
a society in which the state and
church were one," stated the
Methodist Church Board. 'The
place for specific teaching and
formal practice of religion is in
the home and in the church."
At the time when "those who
founded this nation" were found
ing it, every blessed educational
institution in the country, from
the New England Danes Schools
to the universities, was primar-
lily engaged in teaching religion,
according to historians. The full
horror of religion in the schools
could hardly have occurred to
men who had never heard of any
school that was not church-in-
spired. 1t was not until 1917 that
state-supported schools bagar-
and then, only in Michigan.
The Unitarian's protest urged
that leach should be free to find
his own way religiously and Spir-
itually." They were joined by the
New York Board of Rabbis, who
opposed the suggestion for pray
er on the grounds that it "will
give rise to sectarian practices.
The Freethinkers of America are
against it too.
Shallow Phrases
What is the Regents prayer,
that it should have stirred up so
great an antagonism among
these men, most of whom are
presumably devoting their lives
to trying to induce Americans to
pray? Does it take a narrow POI
sition on such controversial mat
ters as the Virgin Birth? Does it
offend the sensibilities of those
who are wobbly on the Divinity
of Christ? Does it take fiercely
orthodox position against divorce,
or castigate the practice of Gre
mation2 What wildly orthodox
prayer can the Regents have con-
trived, which Methodist minis
ters and Unitarian pastors would
forbid children to say?
Here it is: Almighty God. we
acknowledge our dependence up.
on thee and beg Thy blessings
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ican organizations-including the
us. Chamber of Commerce and
the National Association of Man
ufacturers, by no means the
worst offenders-were as frank,
as well balanced, and as sympa-
thetic to the European point of
view.
Mr.. Sternberg is an academic
socialist but he is not doctrin-
aire, at least not extensively so.
He tries to stick to facts, as he
sees them, and does not hesitate
TO part company with Karl Marx
and the other socialist fathers"
whenever he thinks they are
wrong. He has written an elabor-
ate economic history of the mod
ern world, country by country,
all to prove his thesis that capt.
alism, even in the United States
where it has succeeded more fab
ulously than anywhere else, is
incapable of sustaining an ade-
quate demand for the products
of industry; therefore, 1t is
bound to fall of its own weight,
probably before the end of the
present century.
Another Answer Possible
Whether or not we agree or
disagree with MIR. Sternberg-
and the present writer does not
agree with him-serious consid-
Grafton should be given to his
indictment of American capital
ism. If, as and when we return
to a peace-time economy and dis
continue spending billions for de-
fense, we will have a difficult
time maintaining an adequate
market and avoiding unemploy-
ment. There is no question about
that. 1t can be done, however,
Mr.. Sternberg and other social
lists to the contrary notwithstand-
ing-but only If we are willing to
face up to the problem honestly
and to work out a solution CO
operativeIy with all eyes center
ed on the common good.
Mr.. Sternberg believes that
democratic socialism is the only
answer: the majority of Ameri-
cans, thank God, disagree with
that conclusion. 1t is not enough,
however, to voice our disagree
ment in words alone. Intelli.
gent and courageous action, de
signed to correct the weaknesse,
of capitalism, is also required.
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upon us our parents, our teach
ers and our country. Amen"
And that is all.
This is a prayer, one would
think, which could offend ons
type of thinker, and only one:
the strange breed known as mil-
liant atheists-men who devote
their lives to trying to prove to
others that the universe is rum
ming drunkenly on its own pow
er, with no control from either
Love or Wisdom. To such men,
the Regents prayer is an obvious
affront-any prayerl The indig.
nation of Freethinkers of Amer
lea at the Regents action springs,
logically, from their intellectual
stand. Hating religion, they are
consistent in hating 1t when 1t
crops up in Schenectady.
One Subject Taboo
Censorship is always with as:
the only differences that occur,
with the passage of time, are in
the subjects considered unfit for
human ears to hear and eyes to
see. There was a time when it
was thought indelicate to discuss
sex in the classroom of the
public schools: that theory is
now considered quaint. There
was time when blasphemy and
smut among the young were
punished by the teachers birch
or the home remedy of soap in
the mouth. There was a period
when teachers suspected of be-
ing reasonably loyal to a foreign
and hostile state would have
been dismissed, and at once.
Today, such things have alto.
gether changed.
There is just one field in which
the schools are asked, by our so-
ciety, to restrict the freedom of
children whom they educate. Let
them discuss any subject that
they wish, save one. Let them in
culcate any whimsical, unsub-
stantiated theory of economics
or sociology. There is just one
word, that is a forbidden word,
and il is GOD. There is just one
activity our children may not en-
gage in as group, and it is
prayer.
The first parochial school ac-
cording to the books, was that OF
st. Mary's, Philadelphia, and 1t
was founded in 1857 when every
school was a religious school, and
every school day opened with a
prayer. And now the Indifferent
ism which has always cursed
public education in this country
has passed on and worsened and
changed into official atheism, so
that the secular educators them
selves are scolded by ministers
of God if they so much as men,
ton God.
The parochial school alone has
survived the sickness of the
times. The children attending
any Catholic school today may
say the same Hail, Mary" re-
peat the same Apostles Greed"
as the first class old st. Mary's
ever drew. In world gone mad
one system has preserved its SAN
ity. And America may yet be
saved from chaos because two
and q half million Catholic chill
dren still sanctify their day by
acknowledging their God.
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Two German
authors - both
of appro x
imately ( h e
same age, both
refugees from
Naziism, b o t h
American citi-
zens at the
present time
have recently
p u + lis h e d
hnnkS IN the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-02-15
GRETTA PALMER
Don t Mention God!

A lively lit
tie dispute on
the use of
prayer in the
public schools
blew up a few
weeks ago. 1t
arose between
the New York
State Board of
r e & e n t s and
two Protestant
grou ps of
Evening star., 1952-01-19
z Ex- Partners in Resort
Sentenced in Tax Case
Dy the Assoeiaied Press

BALTIMORE, Jan. 1.-TWO
partners in a once-swank restau-
rant and gambling establishment
near the Patuxent Naval Air Test
Center have been sentenced to 1a
months in prison each on charges
of trying to evade paying and
filing income tax returns.
John Edward OBrien, 40, now
of Tennessee, was convicted Of at
tempting to evade $28,368 in taxes
for 1944-46.
James H. Cochran. 81. of Mount
Rainier, was found guilty Of try
ling to escape paying $25,4 fol
1945-46. Both were convicted OF
failing to file 1947 returns.
The Government contended the
brothers-in-law, operators Of the
Esperanza Farms, a 500-acrt
estate near California. st. Mary's
County, kept only scant records or
the backs of envelopes and corners
of menus.
The defendants blamed Their
lack of records on their Washing
lton attorney, Alton Street Brad.
ford. They testified he was re.
lsponsible for the disappearance o1
several cartons of records.
/ The establishment was partially
destroyed by fire in 1850 and wa
sold to satisfy liens.
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Long Session Is Slated
In Virginia Bus Dispute
BY the As.oeisfed Press

RICHMOND, Jan. ia round.
lthe-clock negotiating. session ap'
lpeared today as the final hope o1
warding off a costly bus strike ir
lRichmond, Norfolk and Ports
mouth next week.
sSpokesmen for both the. ,AFI
Motor Coach Union and thetVir-
|ginia Transit Co. expressed will
ingness to hold prolonged talks ir
an effort to iron out the kinks
in their contract dispute.
The strike, which would take
most of the unions 1,100 mem.
bers in the three cities of theil
jobs. Is scheduled for midnight
Wednesday. The parties have
agreed to resume bargaining dis
cussions Monday.
Gov. Battle has ordered tn,
State to seize Virginia facilities
if the strike comes of as sched'
uled. The main issue in the dis
pute is wages. The union ha
demanded a raise Of is cents al
hour, while the company ha
countered with 81 cents.
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Taft Backs ingalls,
|Caustic Address

Senator Taft Of Ohio today
stood squarely behind the caustic
speech his campaign manager
David ingalls,, made to the Re-
publican National Committee in
San Francisco, warning the party
not to rely on glamour" or "sex
appeal" in picking its 1852 candi-
date for President.
Without mentioning Gen. Els
enhower. Mr.. ingalls, said such a
course would mean the death OF
the party and it would merely be
picking a "good-looking morti-
clan" to preside over the death
The speech caused resentment
among Gen. Eisenhower's hackers
IT never saw the speech before
lit was delivered" Senator Taft
said here. "but I am not evadine
responsibility for it. I don't see
anything to criticize in It,"
Senator Taft said that "they'
have been criticizing him for more
than a year, spreading the idea
that he could not win. He added
that all Mr.. ingalls, said was thai
the other type of candidate CAM
win. ..:
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Baltimore Transit
Strike Talk Slated
Dy ihe Associated Press

BALTIMORE. Jan. 19.-The
Baltimore transit strike went into
its 10th day as company and union
lomcials were scheduled to nego-
tiate this afternoon for the second
time since the walkout began.
The Baltimore Transit Co.'s
latest offer Of another SITS. .000
annually for the 5000 workers
lperked up interest in the union s
bargaining team. However, the
union baked at strings" attached
to the package offer. in which the
firm made the increase contingent
on getting more fare money.
Charles B. Slaughter, company
negotiator, estimated the, COM
pany's offer would amount to q
wage increase Of II cents an hour.
The drivers and maintenance
men. represented by the Anal
gamated Association of Street
Electric Railway and Motor Coach
Employees Of America (AFL), have
varied their demands between Is
and "a cents.
However. Clayton G. Perry
president Of the local union, said
his group would be willing to ne
gotiate within terms of the Wage
lStabiliZation Act. Under that
formula. the workers could be al
lowed a maximum of IA cents ar
hour more. The Wage Stabiliza-
ton Board has authority to lift
the ceiling.
The union estimates the average
base wage at $1.63 an hour.
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Woman Sues Tax Man
On Beating Charge
By the Assoeiofed Press

PORTLAND. Oreg., Jan. 49,
Hugh H. Earle, Oregon's collector
Iof internal revenue. is being sued
for $150,000.
Mrs. Daisy Taylor. insurance
agent who filed the suit yesterday
said Mr.. Earle beat her up in a
Portland restaurant.
But Mr.. Earle, through his at
torney, said he thought the suit
resulted from his attempt to COL
lect money he had loaned her.
Mrs. Taylor said Mr.. Earle
kicked, beat and permanently in
jured" her July IL. 1850. She
asked $50.000 punitive damages
and 100000 compensatory dam
ages.
Mr.. Earle said it wasn't so. He
said Mrs. Taylor entered a res
taurant where he and a friend
were eating. She became abusive
he said, and the proprietor called
police.
He added the only reason the
suit was filed was because of IRE
cent criticism leveled against this
bureau"
He meant the recent Internal
Revenue Bureau scandals in other
cities. No irregularities were re-
ported in Portland.
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Hearings Predicted
BY capehar!t on RFC
Post for Mcdonald
aY tha As,eeiaied Press

3 Senator Capehart, Republican,
OF Indiana. predicted today the
Senate Banking subcommittee will
have to call public hearings to
help 1t decide If Harry A. Nc
Donald is qualified to head the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton.
The subcommittee; Of which
Senator Capehart is q member,
yesterday invited anyone with
solid" evidence for or against Nc
Donald to put it in writing-not
more than 1000 words-and SUBJ
NIT it. -
Senator Douglas, Democrat. of
Illinois, the groups of1cial spokes-
man, sought to head of q flood
of letters merely expressing opin-
ions by emphasizing 1t was not q
call for "a public opinion poll. y
House SEC Study Cited.
The full Senate Banking Com
mittee has publicly raised the
question whether it should con-
firm President Truman's nomi-
nation Of Mr.. Mcdonald at this
time, because a House subcom-
mittee Is investigating the Sc
curities and Exchange CommiS-
sion MIR. Mcdonald heads.
The House group has refused te
give the Senate any Information
about its inquiries into accusations
Of fraud and special favor in SEC
affairs. E
Senator Capehart told . re.
porter, II think we viii find
enough witnesses will want to be
heard that we will have to cal.
public hearings"
Not Anticipated.
Mr.. Mcdonald, a Republican
told reporters he had not antici.
pated the SEC inquiry would gel
involved with his nomination wher
he agreed to accept 1t.
He said he though Mr.. Truman
also had overlooked" that posi-.
Ibility.
"This is not a nice position
find myself in," he added. declar.
ing his record is Clean"
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Fugate Wont Seek
Reelection 10 House
BY the Assoeiuisd Press

Representative Fugate Of vir-
ginia's 9th Congressional District
says his health won't permit him
to seek a third term in the House.
The 52-year-old Lee County
Democrat plans to retire to his
farm at Ewing at the end of the
present session.
Mr.. Fugate said here yesterday
he hadn't been well for a year
"and 1t is necessary that I retire
in order to recuperate and regain
my health"
Mr.. Fugate was elected to Con-
|gress in 1948 after defeating
Eugene Worrell, young Bristol
attorney, in Q rousing election
Two years later he was reelected
this time by defeating George C.
Sutherland, Grundy lawyer, q Re-
publican. r..
In Congress he was q member
Of the House Banking and Cur
rency Committee. Mr.. Fugate is
president of the Peoples Bank o1
Ewing and member of the Board
University at Harrowgate, Tenn.
of Trustees Of Lincoln Memoria,
Evening star., 1952-01-19
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Evening star., 1952-01-19
I2-Alorm Fire Damages
lChurch in Brooklund

A two-alarm IRE early this
morning burned out pews and
the altar at the Brookland Bap-
Itist Church, Sixteenth and Law
renee streets NE.
No estimate Of damage was
given by f1remen who battled the
flames in the one-story frame
buildings for two hours. The fire
broke out shortly after midnight
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Yoshida sChinaPoI
Meets Sharp Criticism;
May End His Career
BY the Asseeiafed Press

TOKYO. Jan. 49, Japan's
Premier Shigeru Yoshida may
have signed his own political
death warrant by turning his back
on Communist China in favor of
the Nationalists, many observers
of Japan's governmental scene be-
lieve.
Premier Yoshida disclosed We'd
|nesday that in a letter to Am
bassador John Foster Dulles, dated
last December "a. he declared
Japan had no intention Of sign
ing q peace and trade treaty with
Red China but was willing to do
50 with the Chinese Nationalists
on Formosa.
Japanese newspapers were uni
formly critical.
The most charitable press COM
ment appeared to be that the
Yoshida letter might hasten
American ratification of. the
Japanese peace treaty. If it does
that. however, the 72-year-old
Premier might consider it worth
the trouble.
Businessmen Protest.
japanese business leaders from
the japanese Ruhr" centered on
Kobe and Osaka Immediately
called on the Premier.
Informed quarters Indicated the
meeting was far from friendly.
JapanesS businessmen are al
most unanimous in contending
that Japan's economy must in
evitably rely on the markets and
raw materials of the Asiatic main
|land-unless the United States il
prepared to extend liberal aid In
definitely.
Politicians assailed the action
as "secretive and dogmatic."
Right-wing Socialists contended
the decision should have been de-
ferred. Left-wing Socialists said
lit meant abandonment of hopes
for economic self-sufhciency and
peace in Asia"
Reds Call It "War."
The Communists asserted II
amounted to an open declaration
of war against Red China and
the Soviet Union.
Only Mr.. Yoshida's own Liberal
Party backed him up-and 1t was
not unanimous. Some of the most
potent supporters of the Liberals
are known to favor closer trade
ties with Red China.
Many observers believe Mr.. Yo-
shida will be replaced as head OF
the Liberal Party, and possibly as
Premier. by Ichiro Hatoyama, who
founded the party and who only
last August was given clearance
to re-enter politics. II Mr.. Hato-
yama takes over. he might dis
claim Mr.. Yoshida's policy.
Evening star., 1952-01-19

palgn WILL not ~ A'"" A''"''
be held until this fall, last years
campaign organization urged that
the new chairman be named early
to formulate plans before the
summer holidays.
Mr.. Kline. native Of Hagerstown
Md. was educated in Washington
County (Md) public schools and
graduated from the Wharton
School of Finance and Commerce
University Of Pennsylvania
Former assistant manager Of the
First Federal Savings & Loan
Association he served as secretary
|of the Federal Home Loan Bank
|of Greensboro, N. c., from 1941
Ito 1850.
He is O director Of the Silver
Spring Board of Trade and active
in the Rotary Club there. Mr.
|and Mrs. Kline live on Harvey
road in Silver Spring.