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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-02-13

their sponsors may be urdipdre
OF that Development.
The latest of these Red crea-
tlons, the National Committee to
Secure Justice in the Rosenberg
Case, is working teverishly. II is
getting into many organizations
and areas of influence with its
fantastic charge that the convic-
ton of the Rosenbergs for trea-
son is the result of "anti-Semi-
tism." The committee has been
able to get around in this fash
ion eUeR though IL is loaded
dolon lotth Deterdn Communist
frontiers, men and l0omen UhoSe
affection for Communist causes
should be we'll recognized by
now. We note Rockwell Kent,
who up to date has been a mem
ber of fully 90 of these fronts
and is also preSl0ent of the Red
Adjunct, the International Work
ers Order. Also John Howard
Lawson and Ring Lardner, Jr.,
who went TO Jail for contempt
of Congress, members of the
Hollywood Ten In addition,
among others, Howard Da Silva
and Morris Carnovsky of the en-
tertalnment industry and Philip
Evergood, the wsll-known artist.
The names OF these persons
have appeared time after time,
almost monotonously in the pag-
es of the House Committee on
Un-American Activities.
Mixing Things Up
Many of the Older fronts are
equally full of life The Nation
al Council of the Arts. Sciences
and Professions. which has been
in the American scene since
1914, has recently conducted
series of meetings protesting
against the throwing of any
searchlight on subversion in ra-
dio, television or the schools. In
October it could boast that IT
had even persuaded certain sec
tors of the television and radio
industry to close their eyes 10
stthuerston. II spoke proudly
of its influence, to the same In
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This is the reason that it is so important to
have the facts bearing on the troubled world of
today presented by those who can see them in the
strong, white light of the teaching of the Church
That is the great service of the Catholic press
Those things which are most important in the
lives of us all, religion, economics, education and
the family, fields wherein are rampant every
conceivable form of error. The presentation and
analyses of current events which are offered so
frequently today are vastly misleading precisely
because of the light under which they are seen.
Il is easy enough TO know that what we are see
ing is really there-what is difficult is being able
to tell that it is not being distorted by the faulty
light of some ones Interpretation.
The absolute necessity of being able to view
things in the light of Catholic principles can be
seen from statement of Blessed Plus X II was he
who said, viewing the place of the Church in the
modern world In vain will you found missions and
build schools, if you not able to WELD the of
fensive and defensive weapon of loyal Catholic
pressip
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-02-13
VAoHTNt,I0V IL I'd
Expect Curbs On Printed Filth

the presumption that they were
being so transported and ARE
intended for sale or distrlbur
tion, says the report on the
bill by the Senate Judiciary
group. While the committee
does not mean t. Justify or con
done the possession and trans
portation of even one of such
articles, it necessarily must rec
ognize that some persons do car
ry on their persons one or more
such articles without any
thought of sale. resale, or to be
shown or distributed to any in
dividual under any circumstanc-
eS. OF necessity, the number
raise the presumption of hand
ling on a commercial basis must
be arbitrary"
The bill, therefore, provides
that the transportation of two
or more copies of any publica-
tion or any articles of a charac-
ter described in the bill, or
combined total of five such pub
lications or articles are intend
ed for sale or distribution" But,
it is specifically provided that
"such presumption shall be re-
buttable."
All of this tends to illustrate
the difficulties that attend eff
forts to curb a practice which
the Department of Justice told
the last Congress aggravates the
juvenile delinquency problem,
creates racial tensions, works
with the white slave traffic, and
incites to the commission of sex
crimes and other acts of immor-
ality and vice.
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week, OF the Stallnlte publlca-
tionS and directive sheets will
bring about a more sober view.
The continued functioning of
the conspiracy, as revealed IN
those pages, can only indicate
direction from an underground
Politboro, probably incl u d ing
some of those Reds who have
become fugitives from justice.
II also points TO a thoroughly
underground representative of
Moscow supervising the entire
proceedings man of the
type of Gerhart Eisler.
Fronts New Role
One of the chic, outward man
ifestations of this Subterranesn
direction is the vigor of the
Communist fronts. They furnish
current food for thought-and
action. 1t must be remembered
that during the Hitler Stain pact
period, the Red leadership here
had prepared to make an import
ant front of that time. the Amer.
ican Peace Mobilization, re
serve for the Communist Party
should the party be compelled
to 90 completely underground.
More and more, something of
that same nature is happening
today. The fronts, Arrays trans
mission belts for the Communist
ltne, are becoming the open rep.
resentnttues of the party. eren
though a fctU tnnocentS among
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tent and effect, upon the Au-
thors League, Radio Script
Writers Guild and other forces
in the television and radio fields.
The theater and TV actor John
Randolph even went so far,
through the council, to call for
a strike in defense of those ac-
cused of subversion That pro-
poSal follows the pattern of mix
ing things up, at which the Com
munists and their friends are so
apt. Ii would give the appear
ance of a labor issue" to some
thing which is quite to the con-
trary.
The Daily Worker. speaking
for the underground Politburo,
was not content with that try
at confusion. II went farther,
in connection with the National
Councils campaign to protect
subversives in the schools, by de-
claring that the whole McCarran
investigation was "a massive con
spiracy" by the Catholic Church
ito discredit and cripple public
education. The Big Lie involv-
ed in such contention could be
proved by a score of arguments
and facts, but that does not
deter the Communists from
seeking to take advantage of
prejudice and thus win allies, if
possible, in anti Catholic circles.
This is only the beginning of
the story of the Communist
fronts. The American Commit
tee for the Protection of the
Foreign Born is very busy seek
ing to keep Communist aliens in
this country. II has dltuugS been
a standby for Red agents like
EiSter aud IS still at its old game.
We can be confident that the
government, particularly advised
by our alert FBI. is aware of the
injury to American security
from these fronts What is re.
quired is q strong uoice from the
citizens of this country, atutnq
support and encouragement TO
the government TO take steps
totndrd ending these activities.
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WASHINCTON LETTER

WASHINGTON-The prospect
that Congress will take some ad-
ditional action to curb the
spread of obscene reading mat
ter and other materials seems
brighter right now than it has
for some time.
This is largely due to the fact
that the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee has already acted-ear-
ly in the first session of the 83rd
Congress - to report favorably
a bill to prohibit the transpor-
tation of obscene matter in inter-
state or foreign commerce. The
measure is identical with A bill
passed by the Senate in the 82nd
Congress, but upon which the
House of Representatives did not
act. II is fully expected that
the Senate will again pass the
bill, and since the Gathings
Committee brought out some
startling disclosures on this sub
ject in the House toward the
close of the last Congress, there
IS stronger hope today that that
body will act, and fsyorably, on
this occasion.
Incidentally, there has been
introduced in the House by Rep
resentatiye Carroll D. KearnS of
Pennsylvania a resolution 10
establish a select committee of
the House which would study
the extent TO which obscene mat
ter is sent through the mails and
weigh the adequacy of existing
law TO combat this practice.
There can be no quarrel with
the premise that the trafficking
IN such obscene matter on a com
merclal basis should be discour-
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bishop of Ephesus and address
ed him in two of his New Tests-
ment Epistles. About the year
81 AID. the infuriated worship
pers of the great idol, Diana of
the Ephesians, stoned him to
death. His feast day is January
oath.
Q. Must conUeYt to the Cdtlto-
lie Church condemn ProteStunts
and others? In the ceremony
| read there todS a promise TO
condemn and reproUe all that
the Church has condemned and
reproUed. "
A. The Catholic Church does
not condemn any person of any
faith. Ideas and practices which
are against faith and morals
are condemned. Positively it
means that Catholics must be-
lieve what Christ teaches and
live as He commands. Teachings
contrary to His are condemned
by the Church as they we're by
st. Paul: But even if we or an
angel from heaven should preach
a gospel to you other than that
which we have preached to you,
let him be anathema" (Gala-
tians 1:8). The fact that they
are many religions holding diff
ferent, often contradictory, doc.
trines about God is not true free
dom. The idea that they are all
true-including those who hold
that Christ is divine and those
who hold that He is merely hu-
man - is not logical. Catholics
believe that there is only one
true Church and all claimants
are false but one. We are toll
Grant and pray for those who
do not have the true one.
Q. Can unbaptized babies 90 TO
heaven?
A. Heaven, seeing God face to
face, is a supernatural place and
state granted by God freely. The
conditions are relatively few and
simple. No one has a right to
heaven. The impossible" privi-
lege rests on Gods promises and
the few conditions. The mini
mum is baptism. Unless a man
be born again of water and the
Spirit, he cannot enter into the
kingdom of heaven" John $50.
Without supernatural life man
does not have the capacity to
enjoy heaven. For adults there
is baptism of desire or of blood.
1t is commonly taught that un-
baptized infants enjoy natural
happiness. God loves them, as
He does all men, more than we
do, so we are wrong to suspect
Him of cruelty. Clearly they
cannot go to heaven, but we
know they will not be punished
as they have done no wrong.
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alton. Government-that is, the
responsible officialdom that runs
affairs - may change and does
change with extraordinary fre-
quency, but underneath this
shift and reorientation there is
q continuity that should not be
overlooked.
Personalities Only
When Pinay gave up office
and Mayer took over, or when
Schuman left the Foreign Of
flee and Bidault came in. there
was nothing comparable to the
shift from Truman to Eisenhow.
er-or, for example, If Church.
III were to step down tomorrow
in favor of Aneurin Bevan. Per-
sonalities change, but policy and
institutions do not. 1t is we'll to
note that as hazardous as the
last crisis was, and unfortunate
in shaking confidence in a coun.
try badly in need of confidence,
there was no real movement
away from the basic ideas that
have dominated French politics
and international thought since
the war. Schuman has ceased to
be foreign minister, but his sue
cessor George Bidault belongs
to the same political party
(MRP) and reflects the same
views as his predecessor. In
point of fact Bidault may be con-
sidered in many ways as the ex-.
act reflection of Schuman, or
vice versa, in everything that
bears on French responsibilities
in the world today.
II can hardly be maintained
that since this rearrangement
of the cabinet new party line
has been introduced and that
henceforth French international
action becomes quite unpredic-
table. The French sum it up in
a somewhat trite phrase but one
that defines the situation aptly:
Plus ca change. plus cd reste Ia
meme choSe-"The more things
change, the more then remain
the same"
Far Less Painful
Georges Bidault. now at the
helm of foreign affairs, has been
on the, job in one or another
capacity since 1914. This is con.
tinuity with change if there ever
was a case of it. Moreover, each
reallocation of ministries does
not mean that every last civil
servant goes out of office and a
whole new administration takes
over. The transition in French af-
fairs when one government
leaves and another comes in, is
certainly less painful than that
which has just taken place with
us and of which everyone is ex-
tremely proud, In France the
permanent secretaries, the rank
and file of employees 60 on re-
gardless of who may be the min
lister. And not only that, but it
is almost certain that even the
minister who leaves his job may
be expected reasonably to re-
turn again within the next five
or SIX crises.
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something be done about it, else
we are to be faced with a
declining France incapable of
pulling its weight in the long
haul ahead toward a greater
European integration.
One gets the impression that
stability is associated in the
minds of many Americans with
government that remains in
office for fixed period of time,
no matter what happens that
government remains on the job
until its constitutional mandate
expires. To those who are condi-
toned to our ways of govern
ment, there is something discon-
certing in this business of a
French government cast out at
the precise moment when events
reach a periodic crisis. How oft
er / head the question, why
does France pass through per-
iod of no government precisely
when a crisis srises?" The an
swer. obviously, is that the over
throw of government is the re-
suit of a crisis. IF there we're
none there would be no reason
for asking for a vote on a de-
cisive issue.
Stability Mid instability
Now | do not intend to .un-
dertake here an analysis of the
intrlcacies of French politics.
The system, viewed externally,
offers much to criticize. The com
posite mosaic of parties, the la
borious efforts to build = tenn
porary and precsrious coalition,
the necessity for constant re-
shuffling TO get favorable vote
IN the Chambers-all this is alien
to the American and, for that
matter. to the British tradition.
On the other hand, certain fea-
lures of the French arrangement
that tend to modify somewhat
first impression of anarchy
should be considered.
| believe it was Robert Schu-
man-and he ought to know
who remarked once that there is
a curious stability in the midst
of French instability. Shifts and
changes of government may be
CALLING to persons dealing with
France but. within the scheme
of things, this is a normal oper-
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rooted feeling
among our peo-
pie or at
least that seq
nent of our
people who al
low themselves
to be seduced
into listening
TO lectures
that France is
the weak link
in an other
wise reSurgent
that 1T
is high time
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among certain
e d 1T ors and
c o m m c nta
tors. To read
their accounts
it " ould d be
thought [ at
the Red con
Spiracy here is
dead and done
for A reading
day by d ay
and week by
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LOUIS +. BUDENZ
LOUIS +. BUDEM
Don't Forget The Fronts

Conviction of 13 Communist
leaders al the second trial at
Foley Square, New York, has sci
off a wave of undue optimism
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KICHAKU PATTEE
The Case Of France
RICHARD PATTEE

In speaking here and there
around the country about France
and its present situation, ! have
observed that there is a deep
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Commerce added:

Commerce added:
 Alaska must have special con- sideration to compete with other areas for risk capital
 A five or 10-year exemption from federal income tax for new businesses in the territory; double exemptions; exemption of profits that are reinvested in the terri tory; 25 per cent gross income tax exemption.
 Al Shyman, Seattle Chamber of Commerce, representative, pre- dicted a recurrence of the Seattle waterfront strike that crippled Alaska shipping late in 1852, with an eventual fight to the finish be- tween the Harry Bridges ' led Longshoremen's Union and the Harry Lundberg led AFL Mari time Unions.
 Al Owen, business agent for the Anchorage AFL Longshoremen, said unions and the chamber there found they want the same goal development of the area - and they now are working together.
 He cautioned against creating "class hatred" and warned that ito let the I.T.W.U. (Bridges) to dominate the coast waterfronts would be ruinous." He said the solution was in legislation and good public relations.
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Charley Jones
 Probably Will Be Senate President
tBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,

The Republican leader of AL aska's Territorial Senate said yes terday that Chas. D. Jones of Nome probably will be named the 1853 Senate president.
 Sen. John Butrovich of Fair banks made the prediction as the first legislators were starting to- ward Juneau for the Jan. 26 leg islative opening. It will be the first Republican controlled leg islature in years.
 Butrovich, the Republican floor leader for the past two sessions, said flatly in Seattle he will not be candidate for the presidency and would not accept it. He said he had talked to several other Republican senators and they also had expressed favor for Jones.
 Butrovich also turned down the prospect of the Senate presidency two years ago, stating that he preferred the floor seat, where he could take a more active part in debate
 Sen. Gerrit Heinie) Snider of Wasilla, said at Anchorage that if Butrovich turned down the presi- dency, he thought it might be offered to him (Snider), but II don't want it. l want to sit where I always do, and talk 9 little bit" "
 Organization of both houses is expected to proceed rapidly this session.
 a. Most legislators will be flying to Juneau next week for pre- legislative caucuses.
 Several of them are now in the States. At least one, Rep. Herald Stringer of Anchorage, left last week for the presidential inaug- uration of General Eisenhower.
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Sen. Taft Does Not
 Contest Confirmation Labor Secretary Durkin

WASHINGTON, R The Sen ate Labor>Committee recommend ed Senate confirmation of Mar tin P. Durkin as Secretary of Labor Friday without a word of protest from Sen. Taft who had termed the selection incredible"
 Taft raised no objection of any kind at a half-hour public hearing held informally by the committee to clear the decks for Durkin's Inauguration Day installation in public office. Taft himself smil- ingly gave reporters the first word of the unanimous approval.
 Durkin, who was head of the AFL's Plumbers Union, is Democrat; he supported Gov. Adlai Stevenson against Eisen- hover.
 Eisenhower wants all of his cabinet choices approved by the Senate in time for them to take their oaths of office on inaugu- ration day 'e@
 At the public hearing, Taft said he had little. to ask, then remark ed that he understood the sec retary-designate has stated that 'sYou will regard yourself as representatives of the public and not representative of a particu- lar organization"
 ''That's right" Durkin replied.
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Thickest Fog in Years Muffles> NY. Harbor

NEW YORK, RHThe thickest fog in years muffled New York harbor Friday, slowing shipping to rowboat pace.
 In the second morning of heavy fog two New Jersey Central Rail road ferry boats. bumped at the Liberty Street slip in lower Man hattan. No one was hurt and there was no damage
 Eleven persons were injured and hundreds shaken up Thurs day when a Staten Island ferry collided with an 8,O00-ton freight CT near the Statue of Liberty.
 Idlewild Airport had it's worst weather tie-up since the big air terminal was opened in 1948. Scheduled flights stacked up as the field alternately opened and closed during the past 24 hours.
 It was so foggy that four geese got lost when they took off for a little air spin from their Bronx Zoo home late Thursday. They eventually landed on an apart ment house a mile away.
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Finally, putting eight years of controversy behind, the outgoing President ended his valedictory with a gentle:
 x Good night - and God bless you all"
 As he did so, Mrs. Truman and Margaret appeared on either side of him for the TV, cameras.
 Truman's last address from the chastely decorated oval office he will vacate Tuesday came only a few hours after he handed a firm piece of advice to his successor:
 Free for all news conferences may be tough on you but don't give them up-the people are en- titled to them.
 Truman rang a number of emo tional changes in his speech, with associates said was mostly his own work.
 He recalled the dread day in 1945 when a telephone call sum moned him to the White House and, by the accident of death, to the job he regards as the hardest in the world.
 He told his audience that as he empties the drawers of his desk he and Mrs. Truman have no re- grets-that he hopes and believes he has contributed to the nations $ welfare and the worlds peace.
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Harry Truman Makes His Farewell
 Address To Nation As President

WASHINGTON, tR - Retiring President Truman predicts Soviet Russia's aggressive schemes will collapse, sooner or later, under the growing weight of the free worlds defenses.
 And that, he forecast in a fare well to the nation from the White House Thursday night, will lead to a new golden age-to an era of spreading world authority, and of peace "as far ahead as man can see"
 Truman took over the nations radio and television networks for a highly personal, sometimes emotional, review Gf his eight turbulent years in the White House and for a guess at how they may look in the light of history.
 He pointed to dangers ahead of a possible new world war that would dig the grave of western civilization and of it's Communist enemy alike.
 He disclaimed for this nation any will to provoke such a con- fict by hurling ultimatums or by using terrible new weapons: Starting an atomic war is totally unthinkable for rational men,"
 He called for complete public support for his successor, Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Frank Heintzleman Reported Slated For Governor
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PREss,

Reports from Washington, DC, to the Pacific Northwest pointed toward B. Frank Heintzleman, Alaska's Regional Forester, Fri day as the man on the inside track for governor of Alaska.
 Douglas Mckay, who will make the recommendation for the gov ernorship, as the new Secretary of the Interior, said in Washing ton, however:
 'I haven't recommended any one officially although I have talked the matter over informally with Sherman Adams Gan Eisen- hover assistanD.'
 The Seattle Times correspond ent in Washington said Heintzle- man had become the top prospect because he had numerous SUD- porters and few strong critics, while the ogre Of factionalism arose in connection with most of the other prospects who have been listed as strong contenders at one time or another.
 Heintzleman is 50 years old and has had long non-political ca reer in Alaska. He went there first as young forester in World War I to direct the procuring of spruce for airplanes.
 He later was assigned there in 1921 and has been there ever since. He has been Regional For ester since 1937, devoting much of his effort in recent years to procuring new lumber and pulp industries for southeast Alaska.