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Evening star., 1953-11-15
New York Avenue
Church Will Mark
15O-Year History

Historic New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church, where Lincoln
worshipped during his Presi-
dency, will open a week-long ses-
quicentennial observance today.
The $50 and II am. services
today will have DR.. John A.
Mackay, moderator Of the Pres
byterian Church in the U. S. A..
and president Of Princeton
Theological Seminary, as the
preacher.
At s O'Clock tonight members
of the First Baptist Church will
combine with the New York
Avenue Church congregation for
the evening worship. DR.. Ed
ward Hughes Pruden. pastor Of
First Church and former preSi-
dent of the American Baptist
Convention, will preach the SER
mon DR.. George M. Docherty,
minister of the host church, will
conduct the service.
Exhibit Traces History.
The first showing of an ex-
hibition outlining the congrega-
tion's $50 years history will take
place at $50 am. today. The
exhibit, divided into nine Sec
tions to coincide with the pas
torates of the church'S nine
principal ministers, has news
paper clippings. photographs
and original documents for those
years. Radcliffe Hall will be open
for visitors $50 am. to 1870
pm, and s to 10 pm. today.
and from 9 am. to pm. next
week except Monday.
DR.. John Goodwin Herndon
of Haverford College will be the
speaker at a commemorative
evening observance at 8 pm.
Tuesday in the church, 1913
New York avenue NV.
On Wednesday at 8 pm. a
dramatic tableau depicting
memorable events of church
since it was organized in 1903
will be presented. A choir con-
cert, also at s pm, will feature
the Thursday celebration. It will
be held in the Peter Marshall
Memorial Hall, named after the
late DR.. Peter Marshall, as will a
social evening, 8 to II pm, on
Friday.
A week from today holy COM
munion will be celebrated at the
$3.50 and II am. services. That
evening at 8 o'clock the Rev.
Thomas Allan, of the depart
ment of evangelism of the Home
Board, The Church of Scotland,
will speak at a Thanksgiving
worship.
Presidents WOrshiped at Church.
New York Avenue Church has
become widely known because of
President Lincoln's association
with it. But many other Presi-
dentS-John Quincy Adams. An
drew Jackson, William H. Har-
rison, Franklin Pierce, Millard
Fillmore, James Buchanan and
Andrew JohnSon-were regular
attendants. Adams was a trustee
during hic I1rpcjdenpv
The congregation has also had
outstanding ministers. Among
them were the Rev. James Lau-
rie. its first minister; DR.. Phineas
D. Gurley, close friend of Lin
coin; DR.. Wallace Radcliffe; DR..
Joseph r. SiZoo, and DR.. Mar
shall.
The first church on the pres
ent site was built in 1859. after
the "F Street Associate Re-
formed Church" and Second
Presbyterian Church merged to
form the New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church. This structure
was torn down in 1850 and was
replaced by the present building,
which was opened December 20,
1851. Many features of the old
church, including the Lincoln
room, are incorporated into the
new one.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-09-11

The actions of His Holiness Pope
Plus XII we're the most extensive
changes in the ecclesiastical map
and Hierarchy OF the United States
in several years. These were an
nounced in word received by His
Excellency Archbishop Amleto
Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic Del
egate to the United States. The
changes were:
Elevation of the Diocese of
Hartford to the rank of Archdio-
cese.
Establishment of the new di-
oceses Of Bridgeport and Norwich
in Connecticut. to form, along with
the Archdiocese of Hartford and
the Diocese of Providence, new
ecclesiastical province.
Promotion of Bishop Henry J..
OBrien of Hartford to Archbishop
of Hartford and Metropolitan of
the new province.
Promotion of Bishop John F.
NolI of Fort Wayne. Ind. to the
personal rank of Archbishop.
Transfer of Auxiliary Bishop
Lawrence J. Sheehan of Baltimore,
to head the new See of Bridgeport.
APPOINTMENT of Msgr. Ber-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-09-11

needs but TO read the report. There
one sees a lot of old familiar
names and the report recalls to
mind that they did at one time
or another hold the one or more
very high Government posts ascrib-
ed to them.
The committee cites the case of
one very highly placed Govern
ment official who wrote vigor-
Gus denial of communist affiliation
while his agency was under Con-
gressional investigation; later re-
fused to answer questions before
a Congressional committee on the
ground of self-incrimination, and
"since his departure from Govern
ment services has taken off his
mask and become an official prop
agandist for the Soviet Govern
ment"
The report shows that Soviet
agents remained lin positions of
influence in the United States Gov
ernment, in the face of impressive
derogatory security information"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-09-11
Disrupts
Catholic Rally

MORELIA, Michoacan, Mexico
(NC)-Police we're called out here
when students from the secular
University of San Nicholas clashed
with group of Catholic students
marching in support of nation
wide Catholic Action campaign for
the improvement of morals.
The Catholic students were ap-
preaching the cathedral when the
San Nicholas students bore down
upon them with cries of Long Live
Mexico" and Long Live the laws
of the Reform" The latter slogan
was in reference to legislation at
the end of the last century secular.
izing universities, cemeteries and
other institutions, confiscating &c,
clesastical property, and making
civil marriage compulsory.
A fist fight accompanied by stone
throwing ensued when the Catho
lie students responded with cries
of Long Live the Pope" Hail to
Our Lady, and Hail to Christ the
King"
II was recalled that last Novem
Der students belonging to Catholic
Action were expelled from the
university for trying to dissolve
its liberal tradition" and for in
sulting the forefathers of the Re
form"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-09-11

Quoting the thoughts expressed
concerning Christian education by
ropes Leo XIII and Plus XI, Mon
signor Mattingly concluded. Love
is the keynote for the year ahead:
love for the child whom we receive
into our clasSrooms in the name of
Christ. We must lose ourselves in
our work out of love of God. Each
morning at the altar be refreshed
with LOVE Itself; take 1t to the
classroom, and use 1t to form
Christ in the child who comes to
you. The child will follow you
back to Christ and He will bless
you both"
During the two-day meeting at
the Springs, the teachers were Civ
en- an opportunity to hear experts
in the field of education and saw
the latest in text books, visual aids
and classroom and laboratory
equipment.
The theme of this years meeting
was Training of the Religious
Teacher" The speakers, all educa.
tors Of note from throughout the
country, followed that theme in
their lectures and discussion peri
ods. The meeting was broken up
into a series of lectures and dem
onstration periods with special
sessions devoted to both elemen-
tary and secondary school teach
ers. Between sessions, the teach
ers we're given time to see the ex-
hibits set up throughout the gym
and corridors of Erskine Hall.
One of the highlights of the
two day meeting at the Springs
was the talk presented by Miss
Marie A. Corrigan, of the Catholic
University of America, Washing
ton DC. Miss Corrigan, who spoke
on organizing a Guidance Pro-
Continued on Page 81
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-09-11

Communist infiltratlon of Fed
eral Government departments has
been of the "interlocking' variety,
report of a subcommittee OF the
Senate Judiciary Committee shows
With high-sounding degrees and
legal training, communists got re-
sponsible positions in Washington,
especially, in the time of great ex-
pansion in the 1930's. They moved
from one agency to another, hired
fellow communists, promoted one
another, covered up for each 9th
er.
One man identified by witnesses
as a member OF the communist
underground was moved into a
dozen different jobs in a period of
10 years, never at loss of pay,
but, what is more important, al
ways in a position of responsibility
and control. This same man, ap-
pearing later before the House Un-
American Activities Committee, re
fused to answer 244 questions on
the ground that to give true an
swers might incriminate him.
Pattern Followed
And the infiltration has followed
definite pattern, the report de-
clares. When the principal concern
of Government was economic re-
coyery. they were in the Agricul-
tural Adjustment Administration,
the Works Progress Administra-
ton, the National Recovery Ad-
ministration, and in new agencies
established in old Government de-
partments. During World War Ii,
they Joined such wartime agencies
as the Board of Economic Warfare,
the Federal Economic Administra-
ton, the Office of Strategic Serv.
ices. and the like. Toward the end
of the war and after it, they were
operating at the foreign policy lev.
ell. they were gravitating TO the
international agencies.
The report says: "They colonized
key committees of Congress
They helped write laws, conduct
congressional hearings, and write
congressional reports. They advis
ed Cabinet members, wrote speech
es for them, and represented then
in intergoyernmentaf conferences
They staffed interdepartment
al committees which prepared ba
sic American and world policy /.
They travelled to every continent as
emissaries and representatives oi
the American people. They attend
ed virtually every internationa
conference where statesmen me-
TO shape the future
II all of THIS seems fantastic, ons
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-09-11

Bishop Ready presided at a Sol
emn High Mass, Coram Episcopo,
in st. Joseph's Cathedral, to open
the meeting. Monsignor Herman
K. Mattingly, pastor of Holy Ro-
sary Church, delivered the sermon.
Monsignor Mattingly offered two
thoughts most profitable to all of
us of particular significance
and value to you educators and
teachers on the threshold of an
other scholastic year"
Recalling the words of Our Lord
as he embraced little boy i.
"Whosoever shall receive one such
child as this in My name, receiveth
Me-, Monsignor urged a rededica-
tion to the very fundamental
principle of Christianity, love of
God and of neighbor
Blessed is the teacher who
takes up her tasks with her heart
burning with love" he said. Her
work is more than half finished
before she begins, and it is like
wise twice as easy"
AS to the second thought, Mon
signor again quoted the words of
Our Lord Amen, say TO
you, unless you become again like
little children, you shall not enter
the kingdom Of heaven And
whosoeyer receives one such little
child in My name receives Me"
'The child possesses an aggre-
gate of loveable qualities which
are often wanting in mature age,
Monsignor stated. He is simple
and doeile, free from ambition and
pretense, eager to learn and quick
TO believe what he is told. These
precisely are the dispositions
which the teacher should endeav-
or to have" The teacher, Monsig-
nor added. must merely be the
instrument of knowledge, leading
the child TO its final destiny, Eter.
nal Love"
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Reds .Janlnling
Vatican Rad o

BARCELONA = (NC) = COM
munist regimes are making strenu-
Gus efforts to render the reception
of Vatican Radio broadcasts in
Iron Curtain areas as difficult as
possible.
The communist methods of inter-
ference were described here by Fa-
ther Angel Topete, S.J., director
of the Spanish-language section OF
Vatican Radio. I'VE are forced TO
wage a veritable war of the air
waves" the priest said, deploring
the smallness of the funds avail
able to the Vatican City Radio sta
ton.
The communists are doing ev-
erything possible TO blot US out and
they have special stations devoted
to no other purpose than that of
interfering with our programs" he
added. "All sorts of noises-whis-
ties, sirens. horns. telegraphic tap
ping and pounding-are used TO
drown out the voice of the Vat.
lean"
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the sums expended for luxuries,
and will likewise induce those of
more modest means to provide, be-
fore all else, for what is necessary
and useful, and then to put the
balance in savings, if there re-
mains q balance"
Defining the meaning OF union
membership, Monsignor Flanagan
said it meant Continuous, intelli-
gent, ardent interest in your union
whether as a rank-and-file member
or as official. it means faithful per-
formance of your job and it means
thrift"
Passing from the makeup of the
union itself and the duties of its
members toward it, the Monsignor
showed the need OF establishing
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Report on Red InfiItration
Into Government Shocking

In this connection, the report
gives powerful answer to those
who say Congress should not inves-
tigate subversion, but should leave
it exclusively to the FBI.
1T is the function of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation, says
the report, ito uncover and COM
pile security information and make
it available, without evaluation and
without recommendation, to the
proper executive agencies. The
Federal Bureau of Investigation
cannot expose and cannot force ac-
tion once it has reported the re-
suits of its investigation. This fact
is basic in the understanding of
the function performed by con-
gressional committee.
Failed To Act
"The breakdown in the loyalty
machinery encountered in this Sc
ries of hearings was basically not
in the detection of evidence. Pri-
marily, the breakdown came in the
failure on the part of the respon-
sible executive agencies TO act on
information which was available. F"
Ii would seem that a number of
people who were banging on their
desks and wildly denouncing Con-
gress for ''witch-hunting" had be-
fore them at the time FBI reports
which should have told them of
grave dangers existing in their own
offices.
In listing its conclusion, the Sen
ate subcommittee says 1.-The con-
troll that the American Communica-
tions Association, Communist
directed union. maintains over
communication lines vital to the
national defense poses threat to
the security of this country"
Policies and programs laid
down by members of the Soviet
conspiracy are still in effect with
in our Government and constitute
a continuing hazard to our national
security" the report says.
II also warns that There is a
mass of evidence and information
on the hidden Communist conspir-
acy in Government which is still
inaccessible to the Federal Bureau
Of Investigation and to this sub
committee because persons who
know the facts of this conspiracy
are not cooperating with the Sc.
curify authorities of the country.
Observers here agree that the
American people have never had
this particular danger so clearly
and so simply pointed out to them.
The question now is, what are they
going TO do about it?
{Senator William E. Jenner ol
Indiana is chairman of the sub.
committee which submitted the re,
port. Its other members are: Sen
ators Arthur V. Watkins, Utah
Robert c. Hendrickson, New Jer
sey, Herman Welker, Idaho; Johan
Marshall Butler, Maryland; PAT
McCarran, Nevada; James o. East
land, Mississippi, and Olin D. John
ston, South Carolina.) 4
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-09-11
10000 Will
Attend HNS
Rally Sunday

approximately 1a,o00 Catholics
representing every parish in the
Columbus Diocese are expected to
attend the annual rally of the Holy
Name Society at p. m. Sunday in
the Fair Grounds Coliseum, Co
lumbus.
The complete program for the
colorful annual event was an
nounced this week by Father Al
bert E. Culliton, diocesan director
of the Holy Name Union and pas
tor OF ST. Christopher's Church,
Columbus.
Bishop Ready will preside at the
gigantic rally, which will be high
lighted by an address by Bishop
James H. Griffiths, New York City,
Auxiliary bishop to the military
vicar.
Theme of the rally is Christian
Living Nations Strength"
Band music by Franklin Post No,
I. American Legion, will precede
the event at 2:45 p. m. Alphonse
Cincione of Columbus will direct
the ensemble.
Afterwards the procession into
the Coliseum will begin. 1t will be
led by Major Joseph Tritschler,
president of the Holy Name Union
of the diocese.
Marching into the arena from
the east entrance will be a color
guard. airmen from Lockbourne
Air Force Base. members of the
Knights of Columbus and the
Knights of St. John, cadets from
st. Aloysius Academy, New Lex
ington. choir members, religious
and diocesan clergy and the most
reverend bishops
The United States and Ohio flags
will then be raised, while the band
plays the national anthem. A hymn,
% Holy Name, will follow. Msgr.
Harry Connolly, pastor of st. JOS
eph Cathedral. will lead the huge
throng in the recitation of the RoS-
AIRY.
The recitation of the Holy Name
Pledge will precede the singing of
"Veni Creator Spiritus."
The crowd, which will consist of
Catholic men in the diocese as well
as their families, will then hear
Bishop Griffiths. The prelate is
noted as a learned theologian, an
educator and an eloquent orator.
Bishop Edward G. Hettinger, aux
iliary to Bishop Ready, will be cell
ebrant of the Pontifical Benedic-
ton. The rally, staged as an act
of praise to Our Lord, will be eli.
NAKED with the hymn Holy God" !"
Charles P. Gilbert of Immacu.
late Conception Parish is in charge
of the rally committee.
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nard J. Flanagan, chancellor of
the Burlington, VT, diocese, TO
head the new Diocese of Norwich.
Naming of two new Auxiliary
Bishops to His Eminence Francis
Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of
New York-Msgr. Edward V. Dar-
gin and Walter P. Kellenberg, both
of New York City.
Appointment of Msgr. Cole
man F, Carroll as Auxiliary TO Bi-
shop John F. Dearden of Pitts
burgh.
The changes divide the State of
Connecticut-formerly comprising
the Diocese of Hartford into
three Sees.
The new Metropolitan See of
Hartford will consist of the coun-
ties of Hartford, Litchfield and
New Haven. Its Catholic popula-
tion is 587 AIS. There are 378 di-
ocesan and 81 religious priests at
present serving the 1853 parishes
of the archdiocese.
The new Bridgeport diocese
comprises the county of Fairfield,
with Catholic population of 2l6,-
562. 1t has 58 parishes, with 1876
diocesan and 10 religious priests
in parochial work. The spacious
church of st. Augustine in Bridge
port has been designated as the
Cathedral.
Four Connecticut counties, New
London, Tolland, Windham, and
Middlesex, make up the new Nor
wich diocese. In this See there are
SO parishes mad 120,969 Catholics.
They are served by 104 diocesan
priests and 4 religious priests in
parish work. The cathedral will be
the Church of ST. Patrick, one OF
the finest church structures in
Connecticut.
The Diocese of Providence re-
mains unchanged but is transfer
red from the Metropolitan Prov
ince of Boston to the new Hart
ford Province. The Province OF
Boston. to which all the new prov.
ince's territory formerly belonged,
now consists of the Metropolitan
See of Boston and the suffragan
dioceses of Burlington, Fall River,
Manchester, Portland (Maine),
Springfield (Mass) and Worcester.
A native of New Haven, Arch
bishop. Henry J. 0'Brien, 81, was
ordained by the great Cardinal
Mercier at Louvain, Belgium, on
July 8. 1923.
He is perhaps best known for
his encouragement of efforts to-
ward better industrial relations.
He has actively encouraged OBJ
servance of an annual Social Ac.
ton Sunday; activities of the Di-
ocesan Labor Institute; and the
annual awarding of the McAuliffe
medal on labor and industry lead
ers active in improving industrial
relations.
Archbishop John F. Noll of
Fort Wayne, Ind, who is 78, is
one of the best known members
of the us. Hierarchy. Ordained
priest more than 55 years ago,
he has served as Bishop of his
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End Columbus
Girl Accepted
AT Villa Maria

The second young lady from the
Columbus Diocese to apply for en-
trance into the Sisters of ST. Jo-
seph Order, Erie, Pa, was accepted
at the Villa Maria Motherbouse in
Erie recently. Miss Eloise Graham
daughter of Mrs Mary Graham of
st. Gabriel's parish and a graduate
of Sacred Heart School this past
June, was accepted as a postulant
in the Order on August 30.
The Sisters of st, Joseph will
establish a Motherhouse here, with
the growth of new candidates
through their promotion to profeS-
sion, at the express invitation of
Bishop Ready.
The first candidate for the pro-
posed foundation here received her
habit in April of this year. She is
Sister Mary Colette, the former
Mary Margaret Van Hoose of St.
Mary Magdalene parish
The Sisters of st. Joseph serve
in the fields of education and mer-
cy. They teach in parish schools
and follow missionary program
for Catholic youths in rural areas
or in public schools. In the field
of social service they assist Dioees-
an Charity Bureaus, conduct homes
for children, day nurseries and
homes for the aged.
The Order is interested in con-
sidering additional applications
from young women who desire to
return to this diocese as teachers,
nurses or social workers. Informa-
tion may be secured by writing to
Mother Superior, Sisters of st. Jo-
seph, Villa Maria, Erie, Pa. or con-
tacting RA. 3638.
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the Diocese, presided at the Mass
in st. Joseph Cathedral, which was
attended by representatives of all
laboring classes, the AFL, CIO. in
dependent unions. and others of
fering prayers for Labor.
In his address, Monsignor Flan-
agan urged the union members to
be active in their organizations.
Don't just be a dues-payer," he
said. Go to meetings, Vote, Hold
office and with your religious
knowledge of what is right and
what is wrong, strive in your rank
and-file, or better, in your official
capacity. TO get your associates al
ways on Gods side of the prac-
tical issues" !"
In reference TO the duties of
workers, Monsignor Flanagan quot
ed Pope Leo XIII: Among the du-
ties of the workers is to perform
entirely and conscientiously what
ever work has been voluntarily
and equitably agreed upon"
Our own American Bishops, the
Monsignor added, have insisted
that the laborer must come to real
ize that he owes his employer an
honest days work in return for
a fair wage and that conditions i'm
prove only when he roots out the
desire to get maximum of return
for a minimum of service"
Another phase of good union
ism noted by the speaker was the
cultivation of individual thrift. He
mentioned an occasion when a
good Catholic challenged him
about the extrayagsnces of some
laboring families and asked how
he could be pro-labor in view OF
such spending.
Il had two answers Monsignor
Flanagan remarked. One was that
! could point TO many homes where
parental financial management was
along the lines Of Christian pru.
dence. Those men and women and
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The full text OF Monsisnor
FIsnsean's address is carried on
toasy's editorial page.

their children, | argued, were well
worth defending. The other an
swer was to counsel elimination
of an abuse evident again, | be-
lieve, in 'only minority of our
working people"
"Or Holy Father, Pope Plus
XII, had such a minority in mind
last Christmas when he so though
fully described such conduct as a
matter for examination of con-
science. Conscience, he said, will
let US know how to set limits to
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-09-11
New Internuncio 10 Iran
To Be Consecrated

VATICAN CITY - NC)-Arch-
bishop-elect Raphael Forni, newly
appointed Internuncio to Iran,
will be consecrsted September 13
by His Eminence Eugene Cardinal
T:sserant, Dean of the Sacred
College.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-09-11
Named TO Vatican Posts

VATICAN CITY - NC)-Msgr.
Domenico GaIletti, formerly as
sistant under-secretary of the
Sacred Congregation OF the Coun-
Gil, has been named to the post
of under-secretary. He sue
ceeds Msgr. Silvio Fagiolo who
died in April.
Msgr. Ercole Crovella, one of
the officials of the Congregation,
has been named to the post of
assistant under-secretary.