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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-25

Last week brought one of the most insulting
pieces of mail that we have ever seen TO our desk.
II was an advertisement for book by Rupert
Hughes entitled why ! Quit Going To Church"
Any intelligent person who has had the mis-
fortune to look into Hughes book knows that the
book itself stands sef-condemned as the product
of twisted personality. This is a most charitable
appraisal of a man who could write such trash and
come to such conclusions as these
From reading the Bible Hughes concludes that
God was ignorant a ruthless liar and cheat"-He
was "a murderer OF children and ordered his peo-
pie TO "slay. rape and steal" Hughes calls Thomas
Jefferson notorious infide" and attacks George
Washington and paints Abraham Lincoln an
atheist who lived and died without hope"
1t is evident that these deprayed writings con
denim themselves and the man that wrote them
They attack all faiths indscrimnately and as such
insulting to OF all faiths II is not this aspect
of the case though. that is so insulting.
Even more insulting than the book itself are the
statements made in the current piece of advertiS
ing From the few statements Of Hughes which
were quoted one can easily what type of man
he was; and yet the advertisement calls him "a
typical Americanl" tThe exclamation point is ours)
In writing of Hughes experiences and mental
processes that led him discredit religion in such
vitrioe phrases. the advertisers say that millions
OF Amerieans-"in fact the greater part of our
tions population--haye gone through the same en-
tightening progress TO Freehought"
These trash.purveyors make il criterion, prac-
tically of your Americanism to be like Mr.. Hughes.
We're insulted Are you?
Here, the Freethought Press Association is sd-
dressing these remarks to whoever reads their ad-
yertisement Still speaking of the greater part Of
nations population they say; They, also, have
known the repressions Of religion When they
examined history with candid eyes they were hor.
ligionsl had brought only prosecutions suffering
and strife into the world"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-25
The Need OF
Reverence for Law

The heat of the political battle increases. But
In 1t all 1t is saddening to hear of those
seeking legislative and administrative posts of gov
ernment give any nkling of their belief in the di
vine source of all just law and authority.
Ii is difficult to understand how any public
official can have proper and respect for
his sacred trust If he does not recognize this i'm
portant truth
Perhaps the citizens of the nation themselves
need TO recall that God is the of all just law
at least indirectly. Even natural law is from Him
for He created the Universe and set il going Mans
law must seek TO sustain Gods law among wayward
men.
If voters realized that they giving
honorable and sacred trust TO a candidate for pub
lie office they would be more careful TO select
men with proper reverence for God and his law
If politicians had deeper regard for the fact
that ultimately civil authority from God The
nation would have fewer politicians and more states
men So be it.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-25

n0tnlnE can De zone ABOUT tnelh,
but we can also underestimate
them.
While seizing the initiative on
'unification" in Germany from
the Western Powers, Moscow has
also created new difficulties in
Italy. News dispatches tell us
that so serious is the possibility
Of communist victory in the com
ing Italian election for municipal
councils, that the head of Cath
Ollie Action movement has sug-
gested a new flood of letters
from America to Italy.
Letters from Italian Americans
to friends and relatives across
the sea were a factor in the
anti-communist victory in the
last general elections.
New Flood Needed
What has given a serious turn
to Italian affairs is the refusal of
the Right Socialists to work with
the Christian Democrats in large
sections of southern Italy. While
the Christian Democratic Party,
the chief anti-communist party,
is the major party, it requires CO.
operation of other groups in the
elections for the councils. Under
Italian law any bloc of parties
which obtains the majority of
the votes gets two-thirds of the
council seats. The communists
are quite willing to make ALLAN.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-25

The wouldbe vacationer would be taken aback II
anyone were to ask him just why he was going
vacation The answer is too obvious: ITO have
good time, of course, to get away from the job,
from responsibility, etc. etc"
He would be even more at loss if someone Sug-
gested that he might 60 on vacation with the in
tention of sef-betterment not only from physical
standpoint, but from an intellectual and spiritual
standpoint well. And yet, someone, and very
important someone is telling us just that
Speaking to the assembled delegates of tour
ism" convention in Rome, Pope Plus XII said that
travel can bring about understanding mot oAly
between individuals but also between nations, classes
and parties"
Travel" the pontiff said, Ordinarily elevates
ery. In nature in the arts, in the usages of every
see in reflex-behind things men, nstitutions-God,
their Creator their Father, their Supreme Legis-
lator He sees the course of world events and Gods
guiding hand"
Travel benefits the observant person. the Pope
continued, whether he be missionary, explorer,
scientist pleasure seeker exile. It develops "a
healthy moral and physical resistance" he stated;
"it refnes the senses, enlarges the spirit and en-
riches experience"
THE habit is acquired of seeing what is good
and true in others and of discerning the seeds of
error in oneself" the Pope concluded The traveller
gets to know better those whom, at distance, he
did not know or even ignored and on his return he
gives them better name and a more favorable
reputation in his neighborhood."
In this light the vacationer becomes moral
ambassador from his own home town
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-25

Treaty of Friendship, Alliance,
and Mutual Aid between the
Kremlin and Red China was
used for propaganda throughout
the world and particularly in
Asia, engineered by the Comm
form. Not only were communica-
tions exchanged between Stain
and Mao Tsetung, pledging the
unbreakable character of their
alliance against the imperial
lists, but also the communist
world was reminded of Lenin's
prediction about Asia.
The Cominform's organ of
February IA blazens out Lenin's
words, which run in part: In
the last analysis, the upshot of
the struggle between the Soviet
dictatorship and the free world
will be determined by the fact
that Russia, India, China, etc.
account for the overwhelming
majority of the population of the
globe" With these populations
under Soviet control, Lenin add
ed, the complete victory" of the
world Soviet dictatorship is as
Sured.
II is on the basis of this pre-
diction that a new program"
is announced by the Communist
Party of Japan. II is directly aim
ed at the United States and
frankly is for the purpose of
advancing the leadership of 'the
standard bearer of peace. ]. v.
Stain" The Chinese peoples
revolution" is held up as an ex-
ample for Japan. Nothing toould
offset this propaganda more
than a strong stand by our ne
ootidtorS in Korea against turn
ing orer any non-communist
Koreans TO the Chinese comn1un-
iSte. Such an act would immedi-
ately give hope to the anti-Com-.
munistS of Japan and all
Asia.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-25
INQUIRY CORNER
"7O What Purpose
Is This Wdste?''

Q. Why does the Church
spend so much on beautiful
churches sohen the money could
be used for social and chdritd-
bic tDork?
A. 1--WE have not here a last
ing city, but we seek one which
is to come" Hebrews 1910 st.
Paul reminds us. Our principal
concern as Christians is not the
service of man, important though
it is. The first and greatest COM
mandment concerns the love and
service of God, and it is this
purpose which we serve in build
ing churches. It is possible to
serve God in the flimsy chapel
of the Belgian Congo as well as
in the Rheims Cathedral, on the
deck of a battleship or in a
front-li1e station with the fervor
of a Benedictine in his chapel.
God does not need these things
as settings for the Mass. Never
theIess under ordinary circum-
stances can we allege that there
are reasons prohibiting us from
making the house of God and
scene of the renewal of Christ's
REAL PRESENCE as beautiful
as we make other important
buildings? Why should we deny
the public place of praise the
same effort and beauty that we
strive for in railway depots, in
city halls, in schools or hospit-
ais? Unfortunately there is a sad
parallel to this objection in re-
gard to competition between CIV
ing to God and to the poor, and
the famous objector was Judas!
'Why was this ointment not sold
for three hundred denarii, and
given to the poor?" he objected
when Mary anointed the feet of
Jesus at Bethany John 12:5).
The beloved disciple, certainly
full of charity and help for the
poor, adds sadly: Nov he said
this. not that he cared for the
poor, but because he was a
thief :" Actually the man
who loves God must love his
neighbor, and the man who gives
generously for the house of God,
as well as the parish of COM
munity which shows proper rev.
erence for God publicly, will al
so care for the poor.
@. Are the Jetos still the chos-
en- people?
A. God made a covenant with
the people of Abraham to prepare
the world and keep pure one
people for the coming of the
messias. This old testament or
agreement terminated with the
establishment of the Church on
the first Pentecost, if not with
the actual change at the time
of Christ's death on the Cross.
Still we can say with st. Paul
that they have a warm spot in
Gods heart. In his letter to the
Romans the Apostle of the Gen
tiles wrote: For / would not,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-25

known CP leaders and regular
party members were instructed to
admit membership. This tended
to draw suspicion from the
secret" members. "Secret" men,
bers are not just ornaments;
they help from time to time with
special work, like the prepara-
ton of important reports and
documents.
2. Party members from the u.
S. have gone to Moscow for
schooling. Some, while there, con-
ferred with general staff Off
GERS of the Red Army" AT such
meeting, decisions were made"
to send small concentrated forces
of party members into the us.
army and navy, and to make the
Panama Canal "the first concen-
tration point"
3. That y. Peters," who was
described as "a special kind of
communist representative to the
CP" here, told some of the wit
nesses that, in the event the CP
went underground here, under
ground units we're to be COM
posed of not more than five men,
with one man in charge.
From any angle, these hear
ings are among the most import
ant ever held in this country.
They have been overshadowed
by more spectacular and more
evanescent Investigations. 1t is
perhaps further evidence that,
because of the speed with which
we live, we sometimes pass by
and overlook matters of the ut
most Importance to our individ-
ual lives, and to the life of the
nation.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-25

brethren, have you ignorant OF
this mystery, lest you should be
wise in your own conceits, that
a partial blindness only has be-
fallen Israel, until the full num-
Der of the Gentiles should enter
and thus all Israel should be
saved =" d1:25) The people of
David, of the prophets, of st.
John the Baptist, of st. Joseph
and the Blessed Virgin and of
Christ Himself are still in a
certain sense people chosen
and special. The Mystical Body
of Christ which is the Catholic
Church, however, is the force
which speaks for Christ and
brings Life to men, and the Wis
ible church of the Old Testa-
ment no longer has authority to
speak for God.
@. Do houSekeepers haze q
puITOH SulHI.
A. Yes. st. Zita, whose feast
day is April 9th. She spent her
whole life as a servant, rising
early to attend daily Mass but
never allowing her piety to inter-
fere with her amiable helpful
ness nor with exactness in her
work. She died after five days
of suffering endured with the
same joy and serenity which
make her life an appealing ex-
ample to all who have similar
vocations. She was born in or
near the city of Lucca, Italy in
1918.
@. Does the tDedring of ths
ScdpHJdr guarantee sdI0dtton?
A. Nothing guarantees saliva
tion except dying in the state of
grace. The special promises
made by Our Lady to st. Simon
Stock in the thirteenth century
certainly do not mean the wear.
ing of the scapular assures the
wearer of automatic or magic
salvation. AS with all private
revelations we turn to the
Church for guidance and we see
that the man to whom Our Lady
gave the scapular of Mount Car
mel has been canonized and this
vision has been cited by several
Popes as a reason for the grant
ing of indulgences. The often
misunderstood statement of Our
Lady is that in which she stated
that he who dies clothed with
the scapular shall be preserved
from eternal punishment. It
presumes that wearing it is a
part of general service to Our
Lady and her Son, not a super
stitious confidence in the sacra-
mental itself. Our Lady has un-
measured influence with Christ
and this evidently authentic
vision is meant for our consola.
ton and inspiration-never for
sinful presumption.
(Send questions to Inquiry
Corner, The Catholic Times, Box
636, Columbus (16) Ohio)
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-25

enough to enable him to accom-
plish even his puny purposes. He
is forever losing out to the wild
dreamer whose head is in the
clouds from which he directs
devastating thunder bolts against
the poor, practieal-minded plod-
der.
The practical man has a saw
ings account and decent regard
for the conservation of his health
and reputation. He chooses his
college courses with care, select
ing only those which will help
him to advance up the ladder to
success. He has no heady hopes
of reforming the world or even
of effecting any notable reforms
on himself. And in today's world,
he is as obsolete and helpless
as dinosaur.
For the battle of the century is
being waged between men who
gamble their lives on an aspira-
tion that promises them no COM
fort or ease or personal success.
II is being waged between two
communities which take abstract
principles seriously and have lit
tie interest in the bourgeois val
ues of safety or mere respecta-
bility or a sound nights sleep.
Dedicated men are the only
men who matter in a time like
ours: dreamers are the only ones
today who get things done.
High Brow
The Communists are, as few
will deny, a formidable foe. IL
you penetrate to any one of their
workers schools, where novices
are taught, what do you find?
You find earnest men and wo-
men grinding away at that most
abstruse and leaden-dull of sub
jects: Marxism-Leninism. You
find the classes debating mat
ters of principle with the same
fiery eloquence which must have
marked the scholastic discussions
of st. Thomas day. No, these
are not practical men.
The practical man is obsolete:
ask anyone from Eastern Europe
or from China what has become
of the Babbit of those countries:
his present destiny is not hap
by one. He may have been OPP
portunist enough to 60 over to
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-25

WASHINGTON-A staggering
volume of testimony regarding
the activities of the Communist
Party in the United States has
piled up here as result of the
investigation conducted by the
Subversive Activities Control
Board, a study which already
has gone on for a year.
Established under the Internal
Security (McCarren) Act of 1850,
the quasi-judicial board has since
April, 1851, heard witness after
witness, many of them admitted
former communists, and the rec
ord of these hearings has mount
ed day by day. Partly because
much of the testimony has been
heard elsewhere and under other
circumstances, but chiefly be-
cause of the competition these
hearings have had from other
official Investigations during the
year, they have not received at
tention commensurate with their
Importance.
There has been a re-birth of in-
terest in the boards hearings in
recent days, due in large meas
ure to the fact that attorneys
for the Communist Party have
been trying TO give the works"
to Louis r. Budenz, a Govern
ment witness. Counsel for the
Reds let ii be known in advance
that they were going to put Mr..
Budenz on the rack, as soon as
they got chance to cross-ex-
anime him. With this forewarn-
ing, reporters here have been
able to keep one eye on the
SACB hearings, and to turn to
them at this juncture from other
local pursuits.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-25
CRETTA PALMER
The Big Battle

the Communists, after they had
gained control of his town. Some
times they shot him, anyway;
sometimes they let him live as
their serf. But they never trust
ed him and he never had the
sense of safety essential for his
contentment. Or he may have es-
capped across some border; if so,
he lives home-sick and prob
ably poverty-Stricken life in an
alien land today. Practically
does not pay off any more, even
in the grossest of temporal
terms.
a Faith, True or False
Pitted against the impractical.
wild-eyed Reds is another group
of impractical visionaries: those
Catholics who are willing to be
sufferers for the Faith. They
have no more practical good
sense than an infant-or than st.
Francis of Assist. They have lit
tie understanding of self-preser-
vation. They do not roll up hand
some bank accounts nor take
much account of their health.
They are like the man afire with
love of God described by Edna
st. Vincent Millay:
"You lay you down with net
ties, you lay you down
With vipers, and you scarcely
notice where you are"
Set a thief to catch a thief;
set a visionary to check vision
ary; oppose a dedicated man
with a still more dedicated man,
if you would win out against
these "cranks" called Commun-
lists. For the true lover of God
and His Church will always trav-
ell light as the Communists
travel light. No matter how
great his possessions land they
need not be smalD he can throw
them overheard to tighten the
load without a moments sorrow.
He fears nothing, for nothing
outside himself can separate him
from his Source of happiness.
In an age that considers itself
materialistic, there is irony in
the fact that all mems destinies
depend on a spiritual struggle,
on a clash of two PHILOSOPHERS.
And when philosophers are at
war, practical men can find no
safe place on all the earth. For
in an age called self-indulgent
and soft, it has somehow come
about that the men who matter
are the utterly selfless men. The
fate of the world is being de-
cided by the only men who real
ly count today: those willing to
be martyrs for a faith, false or
true. Martyrs are surely the least
practical of men-and the most
effective.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-25

When the vacation-bug bites il inocuates the
system with disease which has many symptoms
The victims fold their hands in back of the heads
and recine in their chairs with dreamy look on
their faces. Their minds are filled with the scenes
of far-off places. They themselves already en-
joying the amusements and entertainments offered
by the place they are planning to visit.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-25
New MOSCOW

New Moscow
moves in Eu
rope and Asia
furnish danger
signals for the
world of free
dom. We can
falsely exag
gerate the
power of these
maneuvers and
pie "a d that
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-25

o n e lesson
we should have
learned from
the last sad
decade is this:
that the prac-
teal man, who
aims at sue
cess, is bound
to fail. His
narrow vision
does not ex-
[ e n d { a r
Evening star., 1952-07-19
By Robert J. Lewis
Reel Estate Editor of The Stor

Automatic rent decontrol
could affect nearly 20,000,000
persons throughout the coun-
try within 10 weeks.
That is a little-known fact
OF big economic Importance that
right now has Rent Stabiliza-
tion Director Tighe E. Wood!
seriously concerned.
In an interview with The Star
today. Mr.. Woods said he was
very frankly worried that Sep
tember 80 may pass by with
thousands of communities all
over the Nation failing to real
lie the full effect of provisions
Of the new rent law.
Under that law, rent control
ends, without recourse, unless
governing bodies of Incorporated
or unincorporated areas vote to
declare that a substantial Short
age Of housing still exists and
request that rent controls be
continued beyond September 80.
AS things stand today, only
18 incorporated communities of
a total of about 1900 affected
have passed control-extension
resolutions that have been re-
ceived in Washington. Thou
sands of unincorporated areas
also have not yet acted.
Little national publicity has
Evening star., 1952-07-19
Six Million Units Are Threatened

In this years case, however,
the House and Senate will not
be in session at the time con-
trolls are scheduled to end auto
matically, and there will be no
opportunity for Congress-even
If it were so inclined-to extend
the September 80 cutoff date.
"The Office of Rent Stabili-
zation is not calling upon COM
munities to pass extension reso-
lutions," Mr.. Woods said. "But
we do consider it to be our duty
to call attention to the law, SO
that all who are affected will be
fully informed as to it's provi-
Sions.
"Our studies convince us there
are many communities in which
housing is still acutely short
which have not been designated
as critical defense housing areas,
(See LEWIS. Page R-2)
Evening star., 1952-07-19

(See LEWIS. Page B-2,)
Evening star., 1952-07-19

been given to the automatic de-
control provisions. and to the
procedure for communities to
request extension of the rent
curb date. So, presumably, many
communities with still-acute
housing problem are not yet
aware that controls will end
September 30, unless extended
by action of the communities
themselves.
A similar automatic decontrol
provision was embodied in a law
passed in the spring of 1949
that called for an end of rent
curbs by December 81 unless
communities acted. About 900
areas took action to continue
controls of a total of about $500,
when Congress amended the law
as to termination Of controls,
making it unnecessary for the
remainder to act.
Evening star., 1952-07-19
Mortgage Credit Curbs Seen
Ready for Axe in September

Government housing officials
expect lifting of Regulation x
down payment terms for new
housing to become effective some
time in September.
That was indicated today after.
disclosure by BIS this week that
housing units continue to be
started at an annual rate of less
than 100000 a year, and an
Evening star., 1952-07-19

nouncement by the Federal Re-
serve Board and Housing and
Home Agency that June has been
selected for purposes of figuring
the three-month period provided
by. law.
Under the law, when the mum.
ber of houses started for any con.
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