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quish the responsibility which
this age places upon our re-
publics by falling victims of the
daydreams in which so many
commentators have indulged.
There was much talk of the dis
integration of the Soviet dicta-
torship" when Stain died. There
were Speculations about quar-
rels among Malenkov, Beria, and
Molotov. There we're suggestions
that there would be uprisings in
Soviet Russia.
Firm Stand Needed
Even though quarrels were to
break out in the Soviet leader
ship, this in itself would not put
stop to the fanaticism which
marks the evil of Communism.
The successors to Mohammed
were engaged in many bloody
conflicts for leadership. Yet the
false fanaticism of the promise
of "the prophets paradise" to be
won by the sword expanded the
Moslem empire. IL was halted on
ly by Charles Martel at the bat
tie of Tours. by Prince Eugene
at Belgrade, and by Don Juan of
Austria at the battle of Lepanto.
This thought does not lead us
to the conclusion that Soviet
Communism can be stopped sole
ly by war Far from that. ii
points to the need for such a
firm stand by the United States
as ,ctll rally the peoples of the
,oorld and loin their confidence.
And the beginning of wisdom in
this strong stand is the defeat
of Communism here at home.
That has not yet been accom-
plished. While the speculations
about Stalin's death were going
on, American Communists were
registering renewed victories.
The need remains for more
men and women to grasp what
Communism actually is and how
it operates-and to put this
knowledge into action.
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The Legislature and FEPC

The Ohio Legislature is once again considering
Fair Employment Practices bills There is nothing
new in this The Legislature has been considering
and rejecting such bills for some sessions now. II
should not be too much to hope that after all these
years of deliberston this particular Legislature will
90 one step further than past Assemblies and actual
ly pass some measure. They could hardly be accused
of acting hastily If they did.
There are very few who would be brash
enough to say that discrimination in employment
practices is not morally wrong There are not many
who would deny that there is violation of justice
and charity in refusing to hire man solely on the
basis of his color creed place OF origin. Yet,
there arc many among these same people who would
hesitate to do anything to correct these abuses whose
existence they readily admit They have their rea-
sons We cannot legsate morality they say 1t is not
a question of egislating morality but of Furnishing
breaches of moral law all recognize. w" can
be sure these people would not ask the state TO
rescnd her laws Furnishing murderers and thieves
on the ground that she could not leeSlste morality
Others with every good intention, state that we
must not act hastily in this natter Tradition and pat
terms Of conduct cannot he disturbed without dire
consequences to society Every sincere person VIII
admit that this is a rather weak argument refuge
for those who do not want corrective action or who
would avoid unpeasantness Il the expense OF those
who suffer injustice Our cries for justice Tor peo
plies OF other lands are muted by our own actions
II is the proper function Of the state TO protect
the interests and rights of all its citizens One of
the most fundamental rights of all is the right TO
life and the means TO sustain that life Almost every
man acquires tho means 10 life by working for
another That is their only access to the goods of
the earth, which God has intended for all If this
right which adheres equally in all, Is not TO be
meaningless all must have the opportunity Tor EN-
ployment on reasonable terms Color, creed place
of origin are certainly not reasonable terms on
which 10 hire or to refuse employment
We can all pray that the Legislature VIII shlrk us
Juty no longer but will enact into law the protective
measures that minority groups need
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schools. :" Then the letter asks
the candidate: DO you support
this law of your church,"
Although you may be a per
son of the highest personal mer-
il" the letter concludes, Il can
not vote for you unless you are
willing to stand up and be count
ed against the boycott-rule of
your own Church. y
POAU, seemingly, does not re-
gard this procedure-taklng re-
ligion to the po,lS-as anti-dem-
ocratic or un-American. At any
rate, it overlooks completely the
fact that a very large proportion
of Catholic children of school
age-perhaps so per cent-are
pupils in public schools. II ig-
nores the fact that Catholics are
citizens and taxpayers, and by
simple logic have stake and an
interest and vclce in the pub
lie schools, whether they use
them or not. On wha basis
would anyone else have larger
stake, a deeper interest or a
better voice?
When Malenkov took over as
Stains successor, 1t was mat
ter of considerable comment that
seemingly nothing was known
about his youth. II was recalled
that Stain himself had been a
student in a seminary of the
Orthodox Church.
Now comes Human Events,
weekly publication of this city,
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Completing The Picture

During the coming week The Good Friday scene
will be uppermost in the minds of all The terrible
reality of the tortured Christ, dying on the Cross
will burn itself deep into the conscience Of the
Christian.
There will be the sticky, hot dusty atmosphere
made fantastic by the darkening of the sun The air
will be thickened with the shouts and 1eers OF
mob bent on rdculing the Son Of God IN the short
time left 10 them for this sadistc sport
The shocked and mued sorrow Of the Blessed
Mother and the few followers brave enough TO be
present at the final payment of the worlds debt
10 God will chssten and quiet the sounds Of the
modern world-and the Christian soul VIII SINK
INTO the bottomless PIT of holpless awe
There will be one great difference though be
tween this picture OF the Passion and death Of 0ut
Lord and those that have To Us from the artists
Of the world In their grim depictions of the Cruel
fxion their have been incomplete Some
one is missing
II is for each Christian 10 fiil in the picture. Tic
will in his minds eye, the completed portrait
The true He will see IN alltoofamillar figure
easily identified making the scene something per
sonal individual
He will see and will try TO accept the almost
unbearshle responsibility that is brought down up
on him as the knowledge Of his own betrayals and
defections place him foremost in the ranks of those
screaming for the death Of Christ-the Redeemer
10 us all
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'H's Tough To Gr0,U Old"

Time when Christian peoples rebeIsd certain practices bbar
material help the the crippled and the
dandh
enteredthe
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O In cISena
the of fndi
dua grants are concerned According the proposed legislation quarterly
the federal welfare
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RICHARD PATTEE
Hispanic America

solemnly crowned a statue Of
Our Lady.
That Mexico is definitely COM
ing out of the grim purgatory
of persecution admits no doubt.
l have not seen anything in the
way of violent protest against
these public demonstrations of
the Faith-certainly not the kind
that characters such as Vicente
Lombardo Toledano and his like
would have provoked even five
or six years ago
Eloquent Case In Point
In marked contrast to this re-
newal of the healthy influence
of the Church in all phases of
the national life in Mexico, and
the hopeful prospect held out
for the future, is the grim story
of what is happening in Guate-
mals. 1t is extraordinary that
IN this little Central American
republic, communism and its
shoddy allies-fellow travellers
of all varieties-should be gain
Ing the upper hand. If anything
we're needed to convince the
world that the United States is
exerting tyrannical control
over its nearby neighbors, Guate-
mala is one of the most eloquent
cases in point II is as though
Bulgaria were violently and
scandalously anti-Soviet, aided
and supported by the United
States and western Europe.
The case of Guatemala would
appear to be-on a small scale.
to be sure--the counterpart in
the western hemisphere of the
wild, frenzied nationalism RAM
pant in so many parts OF the
Middle East The success of the
extreme left, under the tole-
rant protection of the, Guate-
malan national government, is
in many ways the elimination
of the whole process of dechristi-
anization that began shortly after
independence in the last CEN
tury. Few Hispanic republics
have known more bitter anti
clericalism; few have suffered
from a more ruthless effort to
extermlnate the clergy and re-
duce the effectiveness of the
religious spirit. A constitution
that forbids foreign priests, that
denies the clergy the right to
participate in any form of social
action, and that reduces the
normal agencies of expression
schools, press and the like-to
nothing, has served to produce
the vacuum into which the pre-
sent uncontrolled Marxism has
poured.
In many ways the case of
Guatemala is more tragic than
that of any other Hispanic Ameri-
can country. For it is not mere
negligence or idolence, but a
systematic and synchronized at
tempt to uproot the whole Catho-
lie tradition of a people.
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nent of the rule for converse
ton: Voluntarily listening to
evil talk and songs is gravely
sinful il il greatly influences the
arousing of sexual pleasure, or If
doing so gives another occasion
to indulge in such conversation
i. 1t is only venially sinful If
the matter has little influence in
stimulating sexual pleasure and
one listens out of curiosity
or laughs at the manner in which
an off-color story or joke is told
and not at the story or joke itself,
provided, of course, no scandal
ensues." Material cooperation e.
g. at work means that a Cath.
olic does not sin if he cannot
avoid the occasion, provided he
expresses no approval and does
not take pleasure in impure
stories.
Q. What is the Catholic pietr-
point on predestinatton as IL is
believed By the Presbyteridn
Church? What are the reasons
for this DietC?
A. According to the statement
quoted in the Census of Relig-
iouS Bodies the Presbyterian be-
lief in predestination is a "dis-
tinctively Calvinistic standard of
Presbyterians that each be-
levers salvation is { part of the
eternal divine plan; that saliva
ton is not a reward of faith
!" Catholics reject this view
as being opposed to the Scrip
lures, to reason and the teaching
of the Catholic Church, especial
ly the doctrines that we have
free will and that God gives ev-
cry man sufficient grace to be
saved. Calvinism is fatalistic
doctrine that every individual is
destined before birth to everlast-
ing damnation or salvation, but
many texts of Scripture contra
dict this teaching. st. Paul states
il well in his first letter to Tim
othy: Il urge therefore, first of
all, that supplications, prayers,
intercessions and thanksgiving
be made for all men This is
good and agreeable in the sight
of God our Savior, who wishes all
men to be saved and to come to
the knowledge of the truth" q
Timothy 2:1-4) See also st. Peters
second Epistle 1:5-7, st. John
6:54-55. Ecclesiasticus 15:14-18;
st. Matthew 24:13; st. James
2:17-18. The Council of Trent
gave the practical Catholic an
swer that while God knows our
future free choices and the final
result, we are free, and no one
knows whether he will be saved
or lost. save by special revela-
tion.
Send questions to Rev. Edward
r. Healy, Inquiry Corner, The
Catholic Times, Box 636, Column
bus (16) Ohio.
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WASHINGTON LETTER
NetU Plan For Batting Catholics

to say that Maienkov comes of
Moslem parentage and was rails
ed a Moslem.
Human Events says a book,
My Uncle Joseph Stain by Budu,
Svanidze, a nephew of the late
dictator, describes the new mas
ter of the Kremlln as "MalenkoV,
with his bashkir face the
bashkirs were a people of the
Urals of 1urkish-Alteien origin,
q group TO which Malenkov's fs-
ther belonged. William Henry
Chamberlain, a contributor to
Human Events and an authority
on the Soviet Union, describes
the bashkirs as = Mohammedan
tribe. Finally" says the publics-
ton, "a German geo-political sci
enlist possessing an excellent IA
miliarity with tie background Of
Soviet leaders, informs us that
Malenkov was born a Moslem
and raised in the faith until the
age of fourteen"
During an air show staged for
the entertainment of Tito at Dux-
ford air base, near Oxford, Eng
land, two Meteor Jet planes col
lided in flight, killing both pi-
lots. What is not so generally
known is that a Spanish broad
cast from Madrid, heard in this
country, says three English mill
tary planes tragicslly crashed
after having renoered honorS to
Tito during his stop at Gibral-
tar on his way to England.
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democratic rights within their
organization, they develop
sixth sense as to who their pros
pective future leaders will be,
from what these men OF Moscow
say and do The character Of the
articles and reports of which
MdleRkou WaS the author could
let the StdliniteS throughout the
tcorld appreciate as early as sir
years ago that he Wds destined
for world Red leadership.
Spoke With Authority
The decisive utterance, which
prepared Communists in advance
for control by the man upon
whose shoulders Stains mantle
has fallen was given by Malen-
kov in September, l947, Its high
standing as a directive to all
followers of the Kremlin was at
tested to by its being published
in the theoretical organs of ey-
cry Communist Party throughout
the world.
In this speech Mslenkov spoke
on subjects which hitherto had
been largely the property of
Stain. And he spoke NTH atl-
thor1ty, always of course in Stall
ms name. II was the address.
significantly. made to the Com
munist leaders gathered in Pol
and to establish the Cominform
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co and Guatemala, the charac-
teristic crisis of the goth century
is taking place with tendencies
which contain enormous signi-
ficance for the future.
There was recently held in
Gusdalajsra, Mexico, a National
Congress of Catholic Culture.
During the period that this
gathering met, under the general
direction of the Mexican Her
archy, numerous priests and lay.
men addressed themselves to the
intellectual and social problems
that face Mexico, interpreting
them in light of Catholic ideas
and principles. II was recon-
mended that a permanent organ
ization be set up to promote the
resolutions and decisions of the
Congress and that every effort
be made to make the project
Catholic University a reality.
Believe-it-or.Not Category
II is difficult to conceive, for
one who has known Mexico In
its time of tribulation, how far
the pendulum has really swung.
When | think back to 1895, 1899.
lo43 and 1944-years during
which il was my lot to visit or
live in Mexico-it is incredible
that in 1853 Mexicans should be
discussing publicly the formation
of Catholic University or
emphasizing the role of Catholic
culture in the national life. Even
in the darkest days of the per
secution, ecclesiastics and lay
men did not forget the job that
had to be done; but the life of
the catacombs nt few years
ago contrasts nightly with this
open and public expression OF
Catholic hopes and purposes.
Mexicans of the reputation OF
Efrain Gonzales Luna, recent
candidate for the presidency,
laid stress en the social role of
the Church and demanded for It
a liberty of action IT has scarce
ly known since the middle of the
last century. A torchlight pro-
cession of thousands of persons
terminated this historic conclave
and the Archbishop of Mexico
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LOUIS r. BUDENZ
MaLenkOU Continues Stain s Aims

as the successor of the Commun-
ist international.
Eternal Warfsrs
The key sentence in that dec
laration is likewise the key in
Malenkov's purposes and policies.
"All the sharpness of the
class struggle" that key sent
ence ran, las far as the USSR is
concerned, has now been shifted
TO the international scene"
Those words, which are rein
forced by the new Soviet die
tator's further writings, deserve
careful study Every Communist
leader, we can be sure, gave
them that.
The class struggle" or class
war is that contest with the free
world which, according to the
Msrxist-Leninist teachings. can
end only IN Soviet dictatorship
IN every country. It's transfer
ence to the international scene"
is a declaration OF eternal war
fare against the United States
and all other democratic nations
until their subiugation by Soviet
Russia.
This constitutes sharp reaf-
firmation by Malenkov of the
intent to establish the world
Soviet dictatorship, as Lenin and
Stain stated before him. In
keeping with this viewpoint. he
goes on to say: Here we wit
ness competition between two
systems-the capitalist and so
cialist systems" And he thun-
ders out against the plans of
fresh aggression, plans for a new
war against the uSSR" and the
satellite regimes being hatch
ed by the USA,"
There will he no rest for the
world through such a man, no
halting of him until the United
States adopts firm policy on all
fronts against Soviet Commun-
ism.
We Americans cannot relin-
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INQUIRY CORNER
When Is Anger
Considered Sinful?

@. Explain tohen anger Is q SIN.
If one gets mad is he committing
d san?
A. We have instances in the
Scripture of Christ's anger with
those who profaned the temple
(St. John 2:15-17), with the avar-
icious (St. Luke 6:25-25) and the
Scribes and Pharisees (St Matt
hew 23:13-36). Anger is a sin
when it is uncontrolled, when it
Is unjust or rises from malice
or hatred. II is an emotion which
may be used as coming from
God when it is directed toward
a good end and controlled. Anger
against evil actions and customs
Is God-given emotion which
lends effectiveness to human cru
sades. Parents and others having
authority are aided by it in the
difficult task of enforcing neces-
sary discipline. Getting mad"
usually means ill-natured selfish
anger and is generally sinful.
O.. My niece lUdS asked By her
mother, on their t0ay to visit
friend, to be good girl so that
she (the mother could be proud
of her. The child dnSaOered, But
Mother, that's pride and pride Is
a SIM" Was the child right?
A. No. pride is the inordin-
ate seeking of ones own excel
lence," the catechism states. Sin
full pride means an unbalanced
choice of oneself over God, eth
er by rejecting the truths or
moral laws taught by God or by
direct defiance of God. 1t is pos
sible for people to be pleased by
excellence in qualities or actions
of their children, .heir parish or
their country without sinful
pride. We use the same word but
in a different sense when we
speak of this legitimate pride.
This natural delight in achieve
ments of our own or others is
part of human nature as God
made it; 1t is sinful only when
overemphasized.
Q. In regard to the Inquiry
Corner dnStoer about dirty"
Jokes, | don't understand the
statement about material cooper
alton in listening TO such stories.
A. In all moral matters it is
important to distinguish be-
tween actions that are sinful
and those that are out of step
with Christian living. Dirty stor-
les are always to be avoided by
Christians who have the Blessed
Virgin as their model and the
virtue of purity rs their goal.
We find in great literature incl
dents of a vulgar nature leg.
Shakespeare. Chaucer) which are
not necessarily immoral. While
Catholic moralists never approve
such conversation the principles
must be stated. In Jones 'Morsl
Theology" we have this state
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WASHlNCTON LETTER

WASHINGTON - ProteStants
and other Americans United for
Separation of Church and State
is going into a new phase of its
fight against Catholics and the
Catholic Church
POAU, which has its head
quarters here, i trying TO get
Protestants in al communities
throughout the country to go af-
ter Catholics who seek election
TO any office thai has an influ-
ence on the public schools. Off
clals of the organization say that
non-Catholic candidates should
also be asked by the voters to
demonstrate theu independence
Of the anti-democratic clerical
machine which operates in vir-
tually every community In the
light of POAU's record of Catho-
batting, this expression pre-
sumably refers % what ii calls
the influence OF the Catholic
clergy.
In its monthly review Church
and State, POAU has printed
sample letter which il is suggest
ed voters throughout the country
send to a Catholic when he seeks
election on their local school
board.
The letter says the writer un-
derstands the candidate is a
Catholic. II adds that "ordinari-
ly" this fact would not influence
his vote. Put, the writer con-
tinues, Catholic Canon Law i'm
poses a boycott on all public
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unfairly in order to chisel few dollars in assistance
from the state. But-they must pay the penalty. No
one in advanced civilized generation gets any
thing for nothing from the State of Ohio Money must
be protected even If the physically handicapped are
insued.
Fortunately, many citizens Of this great and
wealthy State perhaps of the fact that they
have no guarantee of youth prosperity and good
health raising their voices against such in
dignities TO those who already embarrassed and
ashamed because of conditions and circumstances
Of life beyond their control Perhaps, their protest
will be heard, and this meanhearted Bill will be
defeated or amended to protect the pride and dig
nifty to which all men have right regardless of their
poverty or deformity Perhaps, even il it becomes
Law, no one will be insued-for the aged the
blind the crippled might be too hungry too feeble
too sick too miserable to So, time marches
on; civilization advances, and We are reminded
by our statesmen that "its tough to grow old"
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world. To those
of us with an
abiding inter
est in til e
southern re-
publics, two
events of re-
cent date de-
nonstrate the
strange and of
ten contradic-
ory currents at
work in that
area In two
n eig h b oring
countries, Mexi-
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press W o u ! d
lead us 10 be
lieve Stain 5
successor al
the helm Of
atheistic Com
munism can be
known from
his writings.
The Com
munistS know
this full we'll
II av ng no
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RICHARD PATTEE

Events in the Hispanic Amerl-
can world get short notice these
days when all sort of drama is
being played out across the
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Georgi NJ. Malenkov, new die
tstor of the Soviet empire, is not
such a mysterious figure as most
commentators in the secular
, 1953-05-28
Introduction of Assistant Secretary Orme Lewis
by Administrator .. G. CANEGATA
at Ground Breaking Ceremonies fer new
Christiansted High School

Your Excellency, Ladies and
Gentlemen:
have the honour to present
to you in order that the may
address you the Honorable
Orme Lewis.
A native Of Phoenix in the
state Of Arizona, versed in the
study and practice Of the Law,
and now the Assistant Secre-
tary of the Interior, in charge
of public land management
programmes Of the Bureau Of
Land Management, also the
Fish and Wildlife Service, Ma
tional Park Service, Bureau Of
Indian Affairs and the Office
of Territories, which-latter Of
flee brings him in close contact
with the overall supervision
of these Duh Virgin Islands.
, 1953-05-28

federal government shall ex-
pect that the people of the IS
lands will put forth their
every effort to maintain them
satisfactorily and to operate
them efficiently.
And let me turn for a mo-
ment to another matter. The
backbone Of the economy Of
the island Of St. Croix is the
sugar cane industry. You and
/ know how much money the
federal government expends
in this enterprise to keep it
alive. Most disturbing reports