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Lurge Audience in
Puerto Rico View
Virgin Islands Film

In order to promote summer
business for the Virgin Is
lands, Puerto Rico Tours in
San Juan recently issued invi-
tations for a showing Of Fritz
Henle's movie of the Islands
with a narrator to high light
their attractions for visitors.
Several hundred people at
tended in t h e Governors
soom of the Condado Beach
Hotel and were most enthusi-
2stic over what the Islands
have to offer.
This is only one phase Of a
promotion program which in
cludes newspaper and maga-
zine advertising, conferences
and other showings of movies.
, 1953-04-16
VICORP Abuttoir
Now in Operdtion;
LIST Shipment April IL

The long-idle VICORP abat-
toir is now back in limited
production according to an an
nouncement made by present
Gordon M. Skeoch. Under a
three-year lease arrangement,
Rufino Ruiz, well-known cat
tie dealer from San Juan and
owner of Golden Rock, started
s1aughtering last Thursday
and the first shipment Of
twenty-five carcasses left Sun
day, April 18th on the Mary x
for San Juan.
VICORP's reconditioning &
refinishing Of the abattoir has
enabled an end to be put to
the embargo imposed many
weeks ago on the Importation
Of cattle to Puerto Rico from
ST. Croix due to the lack Of
adequate dipping facilities at
dockside.
According to Mr.. Ruiz, plans
call for the processing Of
twenty-five head of cattle each
Thursday SO that they can
have a forty-eight hour aging
under refrigeration before go
ing to San Juan. AT present no
increased production is plan
ned because the Mary x is
unable to accommodate more
carcasses in its cold storage
lockers, and keeping the cold
storage system at the abattoir
going on a full-time basis is
too expensive.
Mr.. Ruiz stated that he is
currently offering fifteen cents
per pound for beef cattle on
the hoff. Associated with him
in the venture is Christian
Miller-Jorgensen.
, 1953-04-16

A huge mural covering a curved wall over so feet long and 10 feet
high was recently unveiled at United Nations Headquarters. Painted
in tempera directly on a canvas-cOvered wall by Jose VeIa zanetti,
Director of the National School of Fine Arts of the Dominican
Republic, it depicts mans eternal struggle for lasting peace. The
mural is the.gift of the Guggenheim Foundation, under whose fell
IOwShip the 39-year old SpaniSh-b0rn artist worked. In front of
the mural after the unwilling ceremony are, from left to right:
Vela Zanetti, UN. Secretary General Trygve Lie; Minerva Bernar-
dino, and DR.. Joaquin A, SaIazar, Dominican Representatives to UN.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1953-08-25
z kindergarten
Teachers Hired

Mrs. Simeon Johnson and Mrs.
Blanche Evans have been named as
the fulltime teachers for the Cham
paign and urbana kindergarten in
the le53-54 season opening h S
Tall.
They were appointed by the board
of the center OF which Kenneth STRAIT
ton is president on recommendation
of the education committee, headed
by Taylor Thomas
Mrs. Johnson is a graduate of the
Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Ca,
with bachelors degree in elemen-
tary education. She has taught in
the laboratory school of Atlanta Uni
versiry and in the children's school
of Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga.
Mrs. Evans, a graduate of Tillio-
son College, Austin, Tex. with 4
degree in home economics and a
minor in education, is in her third
summer of training in elementary
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1953-08-25
Racial Strife
Figures Fined
Chicago. Aug. IS tAPl

Ihucago, Aug. ID TAR
Fines were ordered Thursday foI
two men who were seized at the
scene of recent disorders at Soltl,
east Side housing project, and n.t
Others were ordered to write essay.
on democracy.
The four defendants appeared ir
Boys Court on disorderly conduc
charges after they declined TO move
along or tried to get through poles
lines Tuesday night.
They were among % men and
boys taken into custody when
crowds gathered after it had become
known that a Negro family, the
first of their race, had moved into
the public housing unit, Trumbull
Park Homes. The disorders started
Sunday and Monday nights near the
unit.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1953-08-25

TALL. Williams suffered the break
in scrimmage.
Team physicians do not expect
bryant to be available for practice
before the middle of October
which win likely be too late for
him to break into the lineup.
An An-Stater at Champaign, Bry-
liant served q hitch in the navy be-
fore returning to enroll at Illinois
last fan.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1953-08-25
SECOND BEST SELLER

Next to the Bible, the best-seIIin8
book ever to appear in the United
States is a 2o-ccnt pamphlet titled
"Tnfant Care" written in 1910 by
Young widowed mother OF five
children. Infant arc has sold 81
million copies. - Hudson News
letter.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1953-08-25

his leg Wednes-''
d y afternoon.
and will be lost
to the squad for
a p p roximatelyI
two months.
Bryant w a s
engaged in a
game Of touch
football when he
sustained the in
jury.
It is the same
type of casualty
VIII i C h shelved
the speedy Will
lie Williams last
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1953-08-25

education in the University OF Iii
nois.
She has taught in Washington
High School, Hobbs. N. Mex, in
Bcthune Goodman Nursery School,
Corpus Christi. Tex, and in a
school in Austin, Tex. for the deaf
and blind.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1953-08-25

Zeke Bryant. who had been cx-
pected 10 make a strong bid for
la shalfback job at Illinois this fall,
suffered a broken left fibula in
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1953-08-25
RELIGION MUST BE IN ACCORD WITH
SCIENCE AND REASON

Religion must be reasonable; il must agree per-
fectY with science. that science shall sanction
religion and religion sanction science. The two
must be brought together indissolubly, i'll reality
Down to the present day il has been customary for
man 10 accept thing because II was called religion
even though it were moi III accord with human
CITIZENS COUNCIL FRESHMEN. Eight
new members of the Unit schools Citizens
Education council will begin three year terms
on the school committee in September.
Facing the group is study of indignation OF
colored and white students in the school sys-
tenn, among other items OF school interest.
Mrs David Squires will serve as president OF
the council. succeeding Mrs. w. L. Black. IT.
Left to right are: seated-Mrs. F. S. Arved-
son, Mrs. Squres. and Mrs. Black. Standing
Edgar c. Harris. B. T. Stevens. John Maxt
well, Willard S. Hansen. Robert Borri. and
Harold Hill Mrs. ]. D. Kenney. also new
member of the council. was not in the group
when it was pictured at an orientation meet
ing held recently for the new council mem
bers.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1953-08-25

Ralph Woods delivered
ninth-inning triple with the bases
loaded to spar> the Champaign
Eagles to 1915 victory over Flat
vile in firsi-round +. |. tourney
action at Clifford SUNDAY.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-10-02
A Statement OF Policy

The pronouncements of government leaders to
be understood correctly must necessarily be di.
yided into several different classes.
First there the campaign speech which,
through bitter experience. we have learned TO
negotiate with the aid of more grains of salt than
Is required for the normal icy sidewalk.
Secondly, come the chummy "fireside" sort of
addresses which try TO explain why the campaign
promises have not been kept. These are about as
interesting and useful any excuses usually
Thirdly. come the straightforward seldom heard
statements of policy There are some of these still
being written and delivered, you know, though
one might be forgiven for thinking them ex-
tnct species, like the dodo, because of the very
preponderance Of the other kinds.
This third class is the most important not only
because il is the least political" and the most
did but for the fact also that il not only reveals
the mind and intention of government
heads but al the same time permits us more de-
liniated view OF the principles of foreign government
heads by their reaction to it.
These opportunities were afforded us quite
recently in the address Of Secretary Of State John
Foster Dulles. to the United Nations General Assem-
bly,.
In his speech Mr. Dulles reiterated and reaffirm-
ed the conviction OF this nation that all policy
should be based morality-thst the moral law,
Gods moral law, is the final criterion of this
governments political views and actions.
This idea was specifically stated in the Deelar-
alton of Independence and has been restated many
times in the past. II good 10 hear IL again,
though this principle Of our government This was
the first and major good TO be taken from this
speech.
The second good, the opportunity of seeing the
thoughts of foreign policy makers crysazed in their
reaction to the speech quick TO come.
Prime Minister Nehru, speaking IN the Indian
Parliament attacked this American policy, saying
that religion acceptable in private life or in
ethics but not in politics. This is frightening from
q man VINO must play part in the world search Tor
peace. 1t is frightening because so many will be-
heve II.
II wipes out completely the basis for law, for
harmony among nations. 1t makes eXpediency, sub
iected 10 mans greed and selfish pride the sole
measure and guarantee of political concurrence.
This Statemet reveals shocking Ignorance Of
even the most restricted meaning OF religion. Grant
ed the existence OF God, who but fool, would
have the temerity TO define resricvely His sphere
OF influence and dominion.
Even the knowing sinner does not deny Gods
Law or It's extension This arbitrary denial is sin
In class by itself.
Leave morality out of politics? Build peace on
this tenent? You might we'll pick up your marbles
and 90 home
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-10-02

placed in special category:
The movie portrays monk assuring group of
people that even in state of mortal sin, they
buy indugences that will send the soul straight
TO heaven doctrine utterly false and never in
any way supported by the Church After the show
one woman was heard TO say Il think it's sin to
teach like that. just think selling those indul-
gences'!"
After seeing Pope Leo depicted as "effem
mate. sensuous, uneoncerned with doctrine, but
deeply concerned with money another was heard
to say: Il wish Fred could see this! He just hates
the Pope"
The Church does not deny that some persons
may actI Tally have acted and spoken in such man.
ner What the Church does deny, and emphatically
is that these persons were doing something ut
terly foreign to and divorced from the teachings
of the Church.
The film also nsinuates that Luther gave" the
Bible to the people by his translation, the people
having to read ii in Latin if they could before this.
As matter of historical record available anywhere,
there we're 27 editions of the Bible in German be-
fore Luther published his, nine OF them being IN
existence before he was even born.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-10-02
This Series Not TeIevised

People with a purpose stand out in the commun-
ity on Saturdays for instance IL is difficult 10
distinguish between those going TO watch the game
in the stadium and those who have no interest IN
1t or who are going 10 view il on TN
For this very reason, Catholics OF the Columbus
Diocese should be conspicuous during the month OF
October Long period of special devotion to our
Blessed Mother the month of October sees Catholics
paying particular homage 10 the Mother of Christen-
dom.
Bishop Ready, in letter TO the people Of the
Diocese has outlined the program for all to follow
in their deyotions of this year lie has asked all TO
begin "these days of October with Holy Mass and
to MAKE the parish deyotions an occasion OF bring
ing our families together in devout prayer TO God
petitionng increased grace for yourselves and your
homes blessings on your Parish Church and the
Diocese and peace among all peoples
single particular intention asked by the Bishop
of all the people will 20 a long way toward accom-
plishing all the above ends. II is the special inten
ton for increased yoeations in the Diocese TO the
Holv Priesthood and Religious Life
That i proposed purpose. And unlike the
football game. Marys October deyouons VIII not
be teleyised Be pointed out somebody with
q purpose Attend your parish Rosary DevotlonS.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-10-02

quarters, isolated from the
source of supplies, and left to
fend for itself in enemy terri
tory. The Bishops of France an
ticipated this danger in the case
OF priest-w0rkerS. From the very
beginning of the movement they
have taken unusual precautions
to forestall the possibility of the
prieSt-workers being isolated
from the general clergy of
France and cut off from the life
of the Church as a whole.
In spite OF these precautions,
however, there have been rum
ors for some time that a few of
the priest-workers have wander
cd too far into enemy territory
and are beginning to eompro-
mise with MarxiSm. Some are
said TO have permitted their zeal
TO run away with their judgment.
Presumably this is one of the
reasons why the Holy See has
decided to restrict and perhaps
eventually abandon this unusual
experiment. There are other pos
Siblc reasons which would seem
10 be even more important The
Holy See has always regarded
the prieSt-worker movement as
a purely temporary experiment
intended to cope with partic-
ular set OF circumstances for a
limited period of time, The
movement was never regarded
and least of all by its founders
las a normal way of apostolic
life for the clergy. Nor was il
ever intended to be a subSti-
tute for the lay anostolate in the
field of social reform.
Proper Interpretation
II the Holy See eventually de-
eides 10 close out the expert.
ment, this should not be taken
to mean cas- some newspapers
and periodicals have mistaken
ly Inferred that the Church is
losing interest in the problems
Of the proletariat or has ta.en
a turn to The fright" On The
contrary, ii can only be inter.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-10-02
WAsRiNCTON LETTER
TitO's Misleading Guests
WASRlNCTON LETTER

WASHINGTON-Hardly a day
passes without producing some
new report on the vicious per
secution waged by the Tito re
gime against both Catholic and
Orthodox Christians in Yugosla-
via.
But the days and weeks pass
without even a mild word of re-
proyal from those who in every
other instance, except Yugosla-
via. consider themselves spokesl
men of human sentiments out
ragged by attacks on basic human
freedoms both real attacks and
imagined ones.
Quite a number OF prominent
persons, from This country as
we'll as Great Britain. have dur
ing the past summer months not
only enjoyed the natural beau.
ties OF the Yugoslav countryside.
They have also been honored by
that eountry's communist rulers
as distinguished guests and have
been deemed worthy of becom-
ing acquainted with the achieve
ments of Tito's socialist recon
struction." "
These persons have Waxed
quite eloquent on Tito's socialist
achievements" On the other
hand, they have remained utter
ly silent on the religious perse-
cuhon raging in YugoslaNia.
Surely the facts OF these perSe-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-10-02

The action of the Legion Of Decency IN placing
the film Martin Luther in separate classification
calls for some explanation.
II should be we'll noted that the action of the
board of review casts no shadow the right of
any religious body 10 make picture about the life
of their founder II deals with this one picture only
The picture was placed IN this special category
because il is misleading In content with the inter
pretaton IT places on the actions OF individuals
The Catholic Church does not now OF never dad
deny that evils existed al the time Of the Reforma
ton The Church does hold that what happened
was not reformation" but rather the establish.
ment Of something new and entirely different
BE that as il NAV, in chronlcalline these events
the makers Of Martin Luther have produced pie.
ture thai contains theological sne historical refer
ences that are unacceptable TO Catholics.
They're Unacceptable" because of the mterpre-
tation they lead people 10 make concerning the
Church as reflected in the lives and actions of the
characters IN the film
Because Of the strong emotional appeal OF the
film the nnNary are leaving The theaer with out
offoeus ideas about the Church because of the
natural tendency 10 confuse the acts of individual
persons and bis statements with the doctrine of the
Church
In short the trouble lies in the fact that by pre-
senting the Pope and The clergy saying and doing
things contrary 70 Catholic doctrine the inference
is that this Is Church teaching. Nothing could be
farther from the truth
When the picture was first released audience
reaction in several cities vas checked Here arr
some samples-and the reasons why the film va
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-10-02

M hiDot \ navy AAANd w
formulate some conclusions
about this rather extraordinary
nation. have just called it
"super-civilized' and | think the
term applies properly.
The Swedish way of life has
been dubbed by numerous writ
ers as the middle way"-the
sort of semi-regimented, semi
paternalistic society which meets
the needs Of people today and
ought to be copied in world
confused between the claims of
liberty and enslavcment. Sweden
is by all odds the top Scandinav-
ian nation i'm terms of material
prosperity and wellbeing. Every
thing about it proclalms deep
devotion to the creature com
forts of mankind. Its hoStelries
are first rate. its food abundant,
delicate and rich, its transporta-
tion system far and away the
best in northern Europe. Stock
holm is grandiose, coldly beauti-
full. trimmed and cared for like
the spick garden that is the en-
tire country.
Naturalism AppslIs
1t seems TO me that the main
drawback of Sweden is its pros
perity. Perhaps this is due to
too long association with shabby
and down-at-the-heel countries,
where anything that functions
properly is a source of delighted
surprise! Sweden has come so
far along the road of assuring
everyone a high standard of llv-
ing that nothing seems TO re-
main TO be done
The nation has known a social
istic government for long time.
1t has enioved neutrality for so
many decades that war has be-
come unthinkable. II remains
outside the organized effort to-
day to build defense against
Marxism. 1t has industry on
large scale and IFS seven million
people literally know no power
tv. IN spite Of everything, I
found it a somewhat depreSs-
ing place to be. It's physical per-
lection became annoying. its Sc
rene stability a sort of affront.
Not that one wants countries TO
suffer the torments Of disorder
or confusion, but there is some
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-10-02

cutions must be known TO them,
nor can they doubt the truth of
the reports, many of which ap-
peared in newspapers that are
strictly controlled by the Bel
grade regime
How, then, is their silence TO
be interpreted? Is it too far
fetched TO assume that these
persons have become so entrane-
ed BY the charm" of Marshal
Tito and the progressive" ma
ture of his regime that they dis
miss the brutal violence against
dozens Of Bishops and priests as
mere insignificant incidents2
Or could il be that these per-
sons look upon the kidnapping
and beating Of an 80-year-old
Bishop, the theft of a Bishops
ring. the attempted drowning of
a prelate, as essential character
isticS of genuine socialist re-
construction
Is one entitled TO assume that
these persons, who are never at
a loss for words in hailing pro-
gresS with a capital 'P' = accept
the rude suppression of basic re-
li2ious freedoms as hall marks
of real progress?
Or have these persons worked
themselvea up TO a conviction
that Tito simply cannot do wrong
and thus is automatically inn
mune to any criticism?
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-10-02

year at the Seminary of the Mis-
sion of France, another center
of the priest-worker movement.
has been postponed. Some have
taken this to mean that, event
ually, the experiment will be
completely abandoned in favor of
more traditional apostolic meth
odS.
The prieSt-workers of France.
carefully selected and trained,
have never numbered more than
a hundred. They are employed
full time as industrial workers
in factories. mills and mines.
They live among their fellow
workers in tenementS on flats.
sharing The same poverty and
hardships. hoping by the silent
example of their selfless and
diSinterested charity and com
passion TO start the long process
of bringing back the proletar-
lat of France to Christ and His
Church. They do a minimum OF
preaching and teaching in the
accepted sense of the word They
are witnesses. precursors of the
living Christ. who have gone
forth as the advance guard Of
the Church Militant to bring the
GOSPEL To "the least Of these Ny
brethren"
Temporary Experiment
The advance guard of any
army inevitably faces the dan
ger of being cut off from head
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-10-02
INQUIRY CORNER
Difference BetlUeen
Cursing, Swearing

Mass. Customs have varied
through the ages, but bodily po-
sition is less important than un-
derstanding of the Mass and rev.
erent attention to it.
@. What poere the Dark Ages?
Was the Catholic Religion re.
SponSible for thent2
A. As an article in a recent
Encyclopedia states: "As it was
found that the darkness was not
so much in the period as in the
minds of those who considered
it, the term was first limited to
an earlier part of the Middle
Ages and was then generally dis
carded" Columbia Encyclo-
pedia: Middle Ages') The peri
od is often used to refer to the
period from the fall of the ROM
an Empire in the west (476 ADJ
to about the year 1000 AID. 1t
was a period of decline for Rom
an civilization with Christianity
bringing order. In the midst of
barbarian invaSions from the
north, from Islam, with opposi-
tion from heretics such as the
Arians in the West and the Icon
oclasts in the East, the influence
of the Church and Christianity
grew Many barbarous elements
remained, but the Catholic
Church scarcely created the sit
uation. 1t was responsible for the
civilizing influence of Christian
ity which was introduced by such
apostles as Patrick, Martin, Au-
gustine and Boniface and by the
Benedictine monasteries.
@. What is Mysticism?
A. 1t is the study of mystical
theology or the experience (by
a mystic) of intimate union of
fervent soul with God. The word
mystical implies something OBJ
y Scure and mysterious. As used
in Christian writings it refers to
sanity men and women who
have advanced in virtue and are
admitted by Gods special boun-
ty into close communion with
Him. st. Paul refers to such an
experience when he was caught
up into paradise and heard Sc
cret words that | may not re-
peat" u Corinthians 12:4).
O.. What is the maze of a
church?
A. Coming from the Latin
word naviS) it refers to the body
of the Church reserved for the
people. 1t may be flanked by
one or more aisles which actual
ly, but not architecturally, are
considered as part Of the nave.
Send questions to Rev. Edward
F. Healey, The Inquiry Corner,
The Catholic Times, Box 636, Co.
lumbus (16), Ohio.