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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-03-21
The 81. Thomas More Chapel

The new chapel in Newman Hall at Ohio State
University is dedicated to ST Thomas More, one OF
the two greatest men in England in the early part
of the sixteenth century. The other was ST John
Fisher. II would be paying great homage to their
memory to the Church for which they died and
TO the country which they adorned to recall some
thing of their stature Both tricked into saying
words which could be used against them. Both
beheaded by orders of the King they had served
ST. John Fisher mounted the scaffold in
greatly weakened condition But he took time to
state his position before he died. Christian peo-
Pile" he said II come here to die for the faith
of Chrst's holy Catholic Church. and thank God
/ beseech Almighty God Of His infinite good
ness TO save the King and this realm" His head
was exposed London Bridge for several days
and then thrown into the river
The domestic virtues. sprghtly humor, lofty
culture and independence of mind made Thomas
sance His deep religious sentiments of soul were
revealed in his last days He defended his stand
to the last. When chided that he considered him.
self wiser and of better conscience than all the
bishops and mobiles of the realm, he replied My
lord, for bishop of your opinion have hundred
saints OF mine and for parliament Of yours, and
God knows OF what kind / have all the general
councils for a thousand years"
The execution of these two great men, John
Fisher, known and esteemed in all the courts of
Europe, and Thomas More, celebrated in the lit
erary circles of the time, produced great effect
on Europe That effect continues to this day And
when, few years ago, they canonized saints,
the memory of their devotion to learning and high
honor, to their God and their country we're perpet-
uated for future generations, II is highly fitting,
therefore, that the layman of the two, is
chosen the sanity patron of the Chapel in New
man Hall at Ohios great university
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-03-21
WASHINCTON LETTER
Election Year MdiscretiOns

the Cardinal was alarmed be-
cause to him it seemed to be
fixed policy of the United States
Government to offer money in
exchange for the Spanish govern
ment's consent to "all out"
Protestant proselytizing in that
country. The Cardinal knew that
the American Government has
dragged its feet in extending to
Spain financial aid that the u.
S. Congress has long since au-
thorized. He must have seen in
the words of the President and
Ambassador Griffis, a determin-
alton to use American money to
give Professionalism good foot
hold in a country already 80 per
cent Catholic.
Undoubtedly, President Tru-
mans recurring slurs upon the
Franco regime can be expected
to appeal to some segments of
the American population. More
over, the fact that Ambassador
Griffis' statement about the
Spanish delaying" on promises
of religious freedom" was made
in the foyer of the White House
had a special importance. II could
have given many people the idea
that the whole purpose of Mr..
Griffis' mission to Spain was to
insure the foothold for Protest
antism in that Catholic country.
This is just one topic. More
things will be said and done this
year that are inexplicable by or
dinary standards. Not everyone
here in the United States will
understand why they are done.
The tragic thing is that, with
world conditions as they are,
even fewer people will under
stand them abroad. We can't ex-
pect them to, and we must ex-
pect them to become indignant.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-03-21

ing so is that the Catholic mem
bers of the union which was sur
veyed by DR.. Rose make a pret-
ty bad showing in their attitude
on race relations. Their attitude
Ito the extent that it can be ac-
curately measured by DR.. Roses
particular method of research
is said to be better than that of
the church-attending Protestant
members of the union, but worse
than that of the non.churchgoers.
Evil of Seeviarism
The failure of all too many
Catholic members of this union
to apply the principles of their
religion to the problem of race
relations is discouraging to say
the least, particularly when their
record is compared with the sig
nificantly better record of those
OF their fellow workers who ad-
nit they never go TO church. The
Greeks may not have had a word
for the attitude of these Cath
olic workers, but the American
Bishops have. The word is sec
ularism, which was defined by
the Bishops in their 1948 State
ment as "the practical exelu-
sion of God from human think
ing and living j"
DR.. Roses statistics are good
for our humility, for they dem
onstrate that this evil of secular
ism--which the Bishops say lis
the root of the world travail to-
day" - is non-denominational
and, at least in the limited area
studied by DIR. Rose and his as
soeiates, can count among its fol-
lowers almost a many Catholics
as non-Catholics. There's some
thing wrong somewhere.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-03-21

one OF the classical landmarks in
the literature on race relations in
the United States--he was also
author of a later monograph,
THE Negroes Morale a study
of the behavior of the Negro as
a minority group.
More recently DR., Rose ha;
turned his attention to the sociol-
ogy of American trade unionism.
His first book in this important
but neglected field of study is
scientific survey of the attitudes
of rank.and-file members of
local union Union Solidarity
The Internal Cohesion of a La.
Dor Union, University of Mime
sofa Press, $500. The purpose of
this survey was to uncover the
answer to questions such as;
What do union members think
about their elected leaders?
What is their attitude toward
their fellow unionists who be,
long to so-ealled minority groups?
Are older trade unionists more
loyal to the union than the
younger recruits? To what ex-
tent is loyalty to a union con-
sistent with loyalty to an EN-
ployer?
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-03-21
The People and Politics

The political scene in the United States is begin
ming to take lot of attention The recent popular
ity contest" in New Hampshire serves to start the
show which will continue until after election next
November. Millions of dollars in publicity, effort
and time will be given to this national work The in
terest given to il by individual citizens will be tre
mendous.
First of all, Americans will be aroused politically
by the contest for President of their beloved nation
Two great political parties will use every means to
place their favorite candidate in the White House
IN the effort already beginning the great task seems
be to find candidate who will attract votes; in
other words, one who win. The contest may be-
come bitter in places and on occasions But thank
God for the American spirit, the day after election
viii find our people pretty calm and settled
There are less than nine months until Election
Day IN November. This will not be too much time
for asprans to public office prepare and conduct
their campaigns, first for primary elections, and
then for the final general election. On the other
hand it will not be too easy for the general public
to become acquainted with the qualities and capabili-
ties of the candidates The time will have to be used
we'll.
Right now ii would seem good counsel to remem-
Der that it is not just the President that is to be
elected; there many other offices to be filled all
of them important Indeed the President will be able
to do little if other public officials on the national
state and community levels not of high caliber.
We have heard lot about corruption in public of
flee. This makes IL all the imperative that
and women of high integrity seek these po-
sitions of trust And II is just as important that
all citizens see to it that only such candidates are
chosen honest and capable This should be
done on the local level first of all
BY this time everyone is aware of the infration
tactics of those who would destroy the American
way of life These people are jealous for their pur
poses. II is the height of good civic wisdom for all
TO be just Jealous for the welfare of commun
ity and nation. Now is the time TO show that zeal
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-03-21
Keep The Record Straight

In one of his regularly syndicated columns ap-
pearng in one of the local daies and in other pa
pers throughout the country, last week Westbrook
Pegler wrote from Rome that he had just had an
interview with "an official of the Vatican who may
be described as the highest authority labor, in
which he expressed surprise being told the truth
about criminality and autocratc rule in American
unions"
Mr.. Pegler named some union organizations and
some union leaders about whom he said he had in
formed this Vatican authority" The columnist
added Il did not pretend to be surprised to learn
that this high authority who advises the Pope
such matters did not know the sordd truth about
unionism in this country"
In response to query to its Rome office,
newsgathering service reports that:
when inquiries were made at the Vatican to-
day, official there stated categorically that
no Holy See official has been authorized to treat
with anyone concerning union problems or per.
sonalites in the United States.
"The same sources had no knowledge whatever
of the possible identity of the so-called official
mentioned in the Westbrook Peger story, and they
disavowed any Holy See association with the Peger
attacks on us unions and union leaders"
Let's keep the record straight
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-03-21
Better Than Average

DR.. Rose and his research as
sistants limited their investiga-
tion to single local union of
$500 members in a more or less
typical big city in the Midwest,
relying almost exclusively on the
single technique of question
naire-interviews. With due allow
ance being made for these two
limitations-to which the author
himself is the first to call atten-
tion-Unton Solidarity is much
better than average contribution
to the field of industrial sociol-
ogy. Heretofore this branch of
study has been characterized all
too often by an academic aloof,
ness from the trade union move
ment, and curious reluctance
to come right out and admit at
the very outset that unions are
desirable and necessary and are
certainly here to stay.
The author is somewhat more
cautious than his publisher in
generalizing from the findings
of a survey of such limited
scope. The publishers jacket
blurb suggests that "the atti-
tudes and problems examined are
characteristic of the great ma
iority of unions and their mem
bers." DR.. Rose, on the other
hand, explicitly warns in his
Foreword that mo generaliza-
tions can be drawn which apply
to the whole union movement.
Bad Showing
We have a very special reason
for hoping that similar studies of
other unions in other localities
will demonstrate that the pub
lisher's generalization was un-
warranted. Our reason for hop
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-03-21

guage for what it is. Not all
people, to be sure, because it
would not be used if it did not
deceive a sufficient number. But
the majority will see it for what
it is.
Not as many people will see it
clearly abroad. Especially when
a country indulging in such "elec-
tioneering" occupies the place of
predominant leadership held by
United States.
1t seems that we have an exam
pie of this in the pastoral letter
which His Eminence Pedro Car
dinal Segura y Saenz, Archbishop
of Seville, addressed to the peo-
pie of his See for Lent of this
year The letter was given a great
deal of prominence in the Amer
. lean secular press, but because
of the fact that their emphasis
was placed upon a seeming attack
upon religious tolerance, an inn
portant fact was totally obscured.
Cardinal Segura warned his
people against bartering away
their Catholic unity for economic
advantages promised from
abroad He noted that President
Truman has repeatedly express
ed a dislike for the present gov
ernment in Spain He noted. too,
that Stanton Griffis, only recent
ly returned from the post of us.
Ambassador in Madrid, said the
Presidents dislike for the Franco
regime stemmed from the "intol-
cradle delay" of the Spanish gov
ernment in carrying out promises
of religious freedom. Mr.. Grif-
fis has been inaccessible since
then, and nobody here seems to
know what promises" he was
talking about
Cardinal Alarmed
II seems perfectly clear that
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-03-21
Does Confession Lead
People To Sin More !?

consist in a great display of will
power, but in loving God and
drawing strength from Him, for
Il can do all things in Him who
strengthens me" Nevertheless
regular confession forces a per-
son to face himself and a man
who represents Christ and has
the power of Christ by reason of
Holy Orders, and to form an act
of perfect contrition. A man
who feels that sin is forgiven by
simply telling God he is sorry
seems far more likely to look
less carefully at himself and to
neglect regular resolutions of
amendment. AS for degradation
and unmanliness it seems quite
the contrary to kneel before
Christ and honestly admit our
failings and promise sensibly
and sincerely to do better. 1t is
humiliating for everyone to con-
fess, even in the secrecy of the
confessional, but taking our
medicine" for spiritual health
can hardly be called unmanly.
Q. Hoa0 could polygdmy be
right IN the Old Testament and
torong in the Nel0? Also di.
Uorce, Which God permitted in
the laa0 of Moses!
A. There are many things
which God permits, which do not
represent the proper order nor
the way that will make man
more virtuous and happy. Po-
lygamy and divorce cannot make
man happier than Christian mar
riage of one man and one wom-
an until death; in the New
Testament Christ gave the graces
of the sacramentS, especially
Matrimony, to make possible
the ideal. In st. Mark X 40 we
have a summary of the situation:
"They said, Moses permitted US
to write a notice of dismissal,
and to put her away but Jesus
said to them, BY reason of the
hardness of your heart he wrote
you that commandment. But
from the beginning of creation
God made them male and fe-
male. For this cause a man
shall leave his father and moth
er, and cleave to his wife, and
the two shall become one flesh
Therefore they are now no long
er two, but one flesh. What
therefore God has joined togeth-
er, let no man put asunder."
Q. Wig is st. Benedict shoWn
1O1th chdIice?
A. After st. Benedict had liv-
ed for some years in holy soli-
tude he was invited by a group
of religious men to be their lead
er, but when he came some of
them found him too strict. Ac-
cordingly they put poison in his
wine, but the cup broke when
Benedict, according to his Gus
tom, traced the sign of the cross
over it, Today, March 21st is
the feast day of this great saint,
founder of monasticism in the
west and of a rule which is still
followed by thousands of holy
men and women as it has been
since Monte Casino was found
ed 1400 years ago.
Send questions to Inquiry Cor
ner, The Catholic Times, Box
636, Columbus is, Ohio.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-03-21
WASHINGTON LETTER

WASHINGTON-The RESPONSE
bilities of leadership include pru-
dence in language as well as
probity in conduct.
Many have arisen lately to con-
demn the fact that vituperative
and irresponsible language is
used against, by, between and
among persons in high govern
ment positions. This indignation
is honest and healthy.
But the responsibilities of lead
ership apply to nations as we'll as
to individuals. They weigh heav-
lily upon the United States, which
all the world watches with an in
terest and attention probably
unmatched in history. The COM
munist countries are alert for
any misstep that can be turned
against us propaganda-wise. The
free nations of the world look
to us as their highest, if not their
only, hope and their sorely need
ed inspiration.
An English Catholic newspaper
recently said editorially that bit
ter party politics in England was
preventing any question before
Parliament from being debated
on its merits. II lamented, too,
the fact that this is a year of
presidential elections in the Unit
cd States. II indicated that, be-
cause of what is likely to be said
in both countries, in these times,
dangerous emphasis may be plac-
ed on wrong policies.
Danger Abroad
The danger is not so great in
side the country, where the
things are recognized by most as
being said for political effect, as
it is in lands abroad. Here in the
United States, for example, a
great many people will quickly
recognize electioneering Ian
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-03-21

ing, places and UNDUE emphasis
on avoiding mistakes that might
lessen the happiness of this. But
BE yourself" says the tough
truck driver, the soda jerker, the
small boy at third base, and also
a whole era of Christian thought
and experience which is summed
up in the phrase.
No other religion dares tell
a man to be himself: all other
systems of belief, and even of
politics, attempt to press him
into mold to better serve some
temporal end which finds indi-
viduality among persons a nuis-
ance. Men who place the state
first wish all men streamlined
towards good citizenry; men who
place efficiency first wish all
men transformed to the service
of the machine. Those who be-
lieve that social adjustment" is
the highest good stress smooth
human relations, to the disregard
of any other qualities. But some
times the saint the century needs
is a Scourge-is conspicuouSly
''maladjusted.0
1t is very daring advice to give
anyone to tell him to be himself
the advice the '20's took and
twisted and perverted with the
cult of "self-expression." For
there are two selves of which we
may speak when we discuss self
expression; the potential self,
the radiant child of God, on one
hand, and the present self with
all its flaws and ugliness, on
the other.
For All Eternity
This is the vastest adventure
of all history. The discovery of
new continent is less important,
by far, than the discovery of a
new soul. For the material is
only matter, but the soul per-
tains to Gods And of every soul
born into the world, the Church
dares say, Develop in your own
way. Don't initiate another mod
ell. however fine. In Our Lord
alone you will find the greatest
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-03-21
INQUIRY CORNER

Q. Since marriage IS the
source of society should not the
state haze the final authority in
the matter? Isn't it dndrchiStic
for the Church to haze ats otDn
ld10S in the matter?
A. BY reason of the nature
of marriage, the fact that Christ
made it a sacrament, and from
the history of the Church's place
in raising marriage to the high
est status in human history, we
can see the Church's right. If on
ly civil laws were to regulate
marriage why did Christ say,
But | say unto you that who
soever shall put away his wife
and marry another commits
adultery? He was not the civil
ruler and He had said explicitly,
Render to Caesar the things
that are Caesars" If marriage
belongs solely to civil authority,
Christ would have left it to civil
authority. The regulation of mar
riage Christ committed to His
Church along with the other
moral commandments Sixth
COMMANDMENT and Sacraments
See ST. Paul Ephesians V:22-23).
Early attempts to substitute a
system of free love" in place
of marriage or to abolish it as
unworthy of Christians, the
Church fought against leg. Gnos-
tics, Manichaeans and Montan-
ists) 1900 years ago, as she con-
tinues to do against innovators
today. She brought about the rec
ognition of the, rights of slaves
to marry, establishment of the
dignity of women in marriage,
and the freedom of choice in
marriage as we'll as the more
noted cases regarding divorce.
St. Paul in saying; Marriage is
great Sacrament, but / speak
in Christ and in the Church." did
not add, "but | speak from the
viewpoint of civil authority" and
in / Cor. VI:39 he writes, LET
her marry to whom she will, on
ly let it be in the Lord" Man
does not exist for the govern
ment, but the state exists for
man. No group of men invented
marriage, no law created it. It
is part of Gods plan and follows
the nature of man as God made
him. 1t is one of the clearest
and noblest boasts of the Church
that she has defended the natur-
al law, even for Christians,
when civil laws would amend it.
@. A non-CdthoLic friend ask
ed me if confession did not make
san easier and so Wedken chdrdc-
ter. He also said that it seemed
degrading and unnldnlyl
A. Our friends who have nev-
er been to confession are
strangely inconsistent. They Of
ten condemn this sacrament so
clearly instituted by Christ (St.
John 20:19-23) for being too diff
ficult, then forgetfully condemn
it for being too easy. First of
all Christianity is not preoccu-
pied with sin, and Christ set the
keynote for this sacrament in the
passage mentioned when He
said, sPeace be to you" and
when he said that the first and
greatest commandment is love of
God. Christian virtue does not
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-03-21
GRETTA PALMER
Be Yourself

capacities of every personality
come to fruition and much mag
nified; lesser models are not to
be taken too seriously. The saints
should be admired, not initiated"
Ours is a curious age that it
idolizes the products of person
ality and cares little for person
ality itself. Actors are paid fab
ulous sums for their acting, radio
comedians fortunes for their pro-
ductions-but let it be even hint.
ed that child has right to
life, which birth control negates,
and no one understands what is
at stake. People are valuable as
entertainers, as writer's, paint
ers, engineers, generals, polite
ians, but the idea that people
are thousand times more vaIu-
able as people is not under
stood.
A human personality is the
most precious thing under Heav-
en-. There is a community of nuns
whose Joy and vocation it is to
take care of the subnomal-the
Mongoloid idiots, the SOLDERING
and horribly unattractive chill
dren whose families cannot or
will not keep them in their
homes. These are gloriously hap
py women: behind each problem
robbed of all natural grace and
charm, they see child of God.
For the dullest and least person
able human being has in him
more of God than the finest of
all natural scenes.
Larger Events
That is what has been forgot
ten in this tragic century. Men
are now treated as if they were
the slaves of the mere machine.
personality, IN Itself so very pre-
cious a thing, is judged by its
output-as if locomotive were
evaluated by the amount of
smoke that came from its
stack. Yet we are greater than
what we do.
We are greater than what we
do because we, and not our
works, are of God. But q world
disbelieving in God does not
know that: to it, a man is what
he has so far performed. Ce-
lebrities are people who have
done, not people who are. The
whole world gasps at teIevision
show like that of Bishop Fulton
]. Sheen as at a miracle-for
the first time the audience has
discovered that a man and his
message outweighs a particular
idea.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-03-21
FATHER HIGGINS
Something Wrong Somewhere

DR.. Arnold NJ.
Rose of the
University of
Minnesota is
best known for
his sociological
studies in the
field of ace re-
lations. Co-au-
thor with Gun
mar Myrdal of
An American
nila mnnan
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-03-21

Know your.
self, !" said the
ancient philos
ophers, an d
the phrase had
all the humor.
less solemnity
that goes with
paga nism
for the pagan,
having no hap
py future life
in his reckon