Evening star., 1952-12-24
eSaddened
By Trend Toward
Mechaniization
Pontiff Criticizes
Both Eost and West
In Holiday Message
By the Assoeioted Pres.


a mechanical society but to
Christ for salvation.
The Pope's Christmas message
drew picture of poverty and
desolation in a world plagued first
by real war and then a cold
war. He said such scenes filled
his heart with "a sadness unto
death" ,,aa -
This was the 14th Christmas
message from the Pope and one
of his most eloquent.
Without naming them, he de-
scribed Communicated countries
as vast regions where souls and
bodies are made to bend beneath
the weight of absolute power" and
where the church is the first to
suffer most keenly.
Criticizes Labor Unions.
Turning to capitalist countries
the Pope singled out labor unions
as well as capitalist bosses fol
criticism.
ACCESS to employment is made
to depend on registration in Ger.
tain parties or in organization.
which deal with the distribution
of employment" he said. "Suct
discrimination is indicative of ar
inexact concept of the proper func-
tion of labor unions and theil
proper purpose. which is the pro.
lection Of the interests of the sal.
aried worker within modern so.
ciety."
The Pope said it cannot be con-
sidered normal that the protection
of workers personal rights is more
and more in the hands OF immense
organizations which are of then
very nature monopolies.
Finds Liberty Curtailed.
Even in the part of the worlc
generally known as the free
world" he added, first the real
war and then the cold war for
chilly drove social relations to-
wards an inevitable curtailment ot
liberty itself, while in another
part Of the world this tendency
has reached the ultimate conse-
quences Of its development"
The Pope said mankind's social
fabric must be based upon mutual
solidarity among men and people
"a solidarity which would reduce
spending for luxuries and move
the capitalist to use his money for
the common good.
This demands among nations
the abolition of "glaring inequali-
ties in living standards, and so in
financial investments and in the
degree of productivity of human
labor"
He said this goal cannot be
reached by a mechanical ordering
of society.
Asks "Flood of Help"
Human society is not a ma
chine, and it must not be made
such, even in the economic field"
he added.
He called upon individuals and
nations to continue the work
Christ had begun and unloose a
flood of help" for the suffering
millions.
Replying to the Christmas greet
ings Of the College of Cardinals
the pontiff's message to the Chris
tian world was broadcast Cat {
am. EST in Italian over the
Vatican radio. The radio planned
to repeat the speech at 45-minute
intervals in tranSlationS into 2;
other languages.
The modern world, the Pope
said. faces two grave difficulties
Ia difficulty of economics and q
difficulty of conscience.
The difficulty of conscience, he
continued. is caused by a con-
demnation of the Christian faith
which has led to the torture OF
men. This was interpreted as a
clear reference to communism and
the persecution of the church in
the countries communism has con-
|quered.
ImpersOnal Trend Criticized.
Voicing criticism of economic
organizations on both this side
and that side" of the ocean-ap-
parently the Communist and non-
Communist worlds as well-the
Pope said industrialism has
brought benefits to the people
but it now tends toward an i'm
personal development of man that
ItyranniZeS the human spirit.
1.-THE technicians of produc-
tion and organization cannot by
themselves create a world with
out misery" he asserted.
He spoke out also against two
present-day "deformations." The
Iflrst-apparently communism
was "cold, theoretical articles and
rigid formulas" The other was
the liberation of the impulses OF
men and people"
salvation" the pontiff said
cannot be born from chaos.
But "it is superstitious to think OF
employing rigid formulas" to
build a world.
The Pope directed the world to
look towards "the sun of hope" oI
Christmas. But he clearly indi-
Gated his sorrow at the oppression
rife in the world.
Shin Aground of Wioht