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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-07-17
Public Housing and the
St. Mary's Addition

The Bishops of the United States have frequent
" expressed themselves the need of adequate
housing for low-income families. They have also
pointed out the necessity of the need being met by
public funds since it is not being met adequately
by private agencies. Public aid whether IT be fed
eral state local. is necessary, urgently necessary
in many communities to provide decent homes for
decent people.
Good housing is surely basic need for the pro
lection of family life, and should, therefore have
top priority by government. Everywhere social
agencies of whatever sort can attest to the results
of failure to meet this need Broken families, poor
health delinquency higher police and fire protec-
ton costs and public maintenance of children from
broken homes is toll of work and expense far
outweighng the delay and expense OF public hous-
ing SIum clearance would seem TO be minor item
In this list; but is nevertheless real need as we'll
Every day there come cries of mothers and fam
lilies being forced to move because of substantial
raises in their rent just because the landlord
will not permit children. There is no real security
for families unless they are of their homes
Others live in perpetual fear that someday their
present landlord will sell and the new landlord
will raise the rent and make rule against children
and petsl Many laborers make good wages, but
not good enough in view of high rent and high
food prices.
Here in Columbus the need for public housing
Is lust as acute as anywhere. II is badly needed
Presently there is something of furore about a
proposed st. Mary's Addition project. Ii should be
pointed out that the Church has nothing TO do with
this, though it would at times that proponents
and opponents of the project would the title and
therefore the Church, to promote their cause. The
property is not Church owned nor is it Church con
nected. Some to have the idea that the project
would affect for good evil St Mary of the Springs
Convent and College which are in the general
neighborhood but not contiguous to or adjoining
the site. st. Mary's Addition is merely name and
there is no Church connection with this housing
plan.
II rents are high and food prices are high then
wages must be high il the aborer Is to have living
wage. Families with children especially con.
cerned in this The answer is not in juvenile delin
uuency and broken homes with the children being
cared for by public agencies; is il in destroying
the children before birth by birth control clinics.
The world is tremendously wealthy IN resources,
but men are sometimes quite wanting IN good com
mon sense This would seem to be the case
with regard TO public housing Particularly here
in Columbus, careful study, calm judgment.
and much less emotion and sentimental fear VIII
enable public authorities and citizens generally 10
arrive at a lust decision quickly.
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LOUIS r. BtDEN
Russia To Insist On UIN Seats
For Red Korea And Red China

Soviet program after any truce"
is arranged. One of the issues
that must be settled at once, the
New Times declares, is 'undoubt-
edly the question OF restoring
the legitimate rights of the Chi
neSe and Korean peoples in the
United Nations. Those words
should be re-read, for they give
notice that Soviet Russia intends
10 open mp a rorld-toide dgitd-
ton for a Red Korea and a Red
China IN the United Nations.
The latter idea, raised incesSant-
ly during the past five years
through the ''pact of peace
crusades, has won considerable
ground.
AS to Korea. the only way that
il could "legitimately" be repre-
Sented in the United Nations
from the Kremlin's viewpoint
would be through Red govern
ment. Throughout the world,
Malenkov's followers have de-
nounced Syngmsn Rhee as "a
fascist" and have constantly as
serted that he represents no lie
gitimate" government Since the
Soviet dictatorship barred Ire
land and other like countries
from the United Nations, be-
cause they did not satisfy Soviet
specifications, the Korean
government" that would win
the approval of Moscow could
only be Soviet satellite.
Whatever may happen TO the
Korean truce. we arc therefore
already forewarned. MoScolc
tofll permit no real peace For
the moment, Moscow seeks to
advance its aggresSions under
cover of Fundamentally use
of the old tactics which took
America so badly in years past
Reds With Red Faces
The Daily Worker. ever obedi-
ent to directives from Moscow,
fires the opening gun in the new
Soviet offensive in its issue of
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laws of God bind us all to avoid harming the souls
of others at all times and in all places.
Catholic have just got to realize that
they cannot be integral Catholics and follow some
modern fashion trends The dress industry in gen
eral has become utterly deChristianized. Most de-
signers pay more attention TO Christian modesty
than did the pagan Romans. Nevertheless, it has
been pointed out again and again that beauty of
dress may be achieved without sacrifice of modesty.
Catholic women who asuire to be spiritual daugh-
ters of Mary must set up standards of their own.
They must dare to be different. No appeal to fal-
lacious principles like Times and fashion have
changed" or You can't expect me to dress like my
grandmother" will be of no avail on the Last Day
Those who lead their neighbors into sin will then
be subject to very severe Divine Judgment
michigan Cdtholicl
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June 10. The government of
South Korea is denounced as
"Rhee war criminals with sac
completes in high places in
Washington" The old theme of
aggression by Rhee upon world
peace" is raised even more stri-
IDENTIFY. Since war criminals are
subject to arbitrary trial and the
death sentence, these outcrieS
are the beginning of demands
for the complete destruction Of
the Republic of Korea.
Soviet Intrigue Needs Airing
The Communists, | must re-
peat, could never succeed IN
these Troian-horSe tactics with
out the aid of allies in Ameri-
can agencies of opinion. Only
short time ago, Albert Einstein
of Princeton urged defiance of
Congress by those Reds subpoe-
naed before committees of in
quiry.
No secular newspaper that |
know of accompanied its news
story on Einstein's statement
with a review of his pro-Com-
muniSt record But this was
done conspicuously. and to its
credit, by the Dallas Morning
News of June l3 through its fea-
ture column by Lynn Landrum.
From official records Mr.. Lam
drum discloses that Einsteln has
been member of every i'm
portant Communist front, rang
ing from the Friends of the
Abraham Lincoln Brigade. help
ing the Communists who fought
in Spain, through the Joint
Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee
on to the Independent Citizens
Committee of Arts, Sciences, and
Professions.
These records of Soviet intri-
que should be sseen the soidest
publicity. Letters from readers
indicate that number are doing
this. Let's hope there will be
more.
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ciples. In conclusion, the paper
counsels the greatest caution on
the part of the West in dealing
with the Soviet peace often
siye," pointing to the indefin-
able policies traditionally prsc-
ticed by the Kremlin in times
of crisis.
The Rome daily II Popolo, or
gan of the Christian Democratic
Party, recalls reminder by the
French Catholic philosopher
Jacques Maritain who once said
that there are not many ways of
governing a people if they have
been deprived of religious faith
and pushed toward hatred. if they
have been deprived of liberty and
have become slaves of tyrant
state.
There can be no doubt that
Beria for many years has been
one of the most powerful in
struments of the tyrannical So
Wet regime. As head of the Sc
cret police he is responsible for
what are estimated to be hun,
dreds of thousands of people
who met death in execution
chambers or disappeared in the
vast labor camps that dot the
Soviet Union.
A 53-year-old native of Soviet
Georgia, also the birthplace of
Stain, Beria's entire commun-
ist career was concerned with
the grim business of ferreting
out and "deleting" the enemies
and supposed enemies of the
Kremlin. He rose to prominence
in tht mid 1905 when a series
Of bloody pur2es made Stain
the undisputed dictator. The
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young Beria was then assigned
the ugly task of purging the
burgers.
AS the czar of the vast realm
of spies, informers and execu-
TONERS, his power grew to the
point where he was one of the
most feared men in the Soviet
Union. He was Number Two man
in the triumvirate which inher-
tied control of the Soviet empire
after the death of Stain, an
nounced to the world early in
March of this year.
II is noted here that the
charges brought against Beria
in the Moscow communique are
as serious as those brought
against the purge victims in the
mass Soviet trials" from 1885
to 1888.
Beria stands accused of Grim
inal activities designed to sub
vert the Soviet state in the in
terests of foreign capitalism"
and of trying to place his policy
ministry above the government
of the Communist Party and the
Soviet Union"
The disgraced Soviet leader is
also charged with undermining
the collective farms. sowing en-
nifty between the various repub-
lies in the Soviet Union and
sabotaging party directives. His
case will be summarily decided
by the Soviet Supreme Court.
In view of the gravity of the
accusations against Beria il
would appear foregone con-
clusion that he will receive the
same fate that he dealt so merci-
lessly to thousands of others
death bv the firing squad.
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learn more about the problems
of the Church in the countries
of northern Europe | had the
feeling on first glance, and it
has been confirmed by reading
and correspondence since then,
that the Church is faced with an
extraordinary opportunity in the
scandinavian north where secu-
lariSm and even neo-paganism
have just about run their course.
Scandinavia is the forgotten
missionary area of the world.
We are so conditioned to think
ing of missions as something in
Africa. China or Oceania that
we frequently forget the enor-
nous Importance of the mes
sage of the Church TO highly de-
veloped and very advanced peo-
Piles of Europe who were lost TO
the faith because of the Refor-
nation. The challenge and the
methods are fundamentally diff
ferent from those prevailing in
the case of outright pagans.
Moreover, intellectual Difficult
ties are infinitely more complex
than, let us say, in the Congo
or the Polynesian islands.
Feel of the Country
On the present journey ex-
pect TO spend period of about
two weeks in Iceland mo one
ever seems to take the trouble
to stop off there, even If they
are dropped down in Keflavik
airport en- route to Europe or
back TO America) plan 10 spend
as much time as possible visit
ing the scattered Catholic mis-
sion stations on that large island
and getting something of the feel
of the country, its spiritual her
itage and the specific Difficult
ties which the Church must face.
Then TO Denmark, land that
is blooming for the Church IN
the relative sense. Only few
weeks ago Danish Catholics held
a gigantic demonstration of sol
idarity and fervor which mark
ed the elevation of the Vicar
Apostolic of Denmark, Monsig-
nor Suhr. to the rank of Bish-
op. Denmark is the first Scandi-
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Christ's 2,000-year-old warning
that "all those who take the
sword viii perish by the sword
comes to mind with the startling
Moscow announcement that l.. p.
Beria, known as the purger,"
has himself fallen victim to the
purge.
Many of the events leading up
to the downfall of Beria are
still veiled in an obscurity which
is as deep as that cloaking the
effects of his elimination from
the Kremlin seat of power.
There is widespread specula-
tion in all capitals on the con
sequences of the purge of Beria.
But the very uncertainty on
what il will mean for the inn
mediate future would seem to
justify those who ever since
Stains death have warned
against placing any trust in his
successors.
This is pointed out in an ed
itorial of II Quotidiano, Rome
Catholic Action daily, which re
minds that the Kremlin is not
only the center of the Soviet
empire but also the powerhouse
for the international commun-
ist movement. Hence, the paper
said. Beria's purge is bound to
have deep repercussions both in
side and outside the Soviet
Union.
The paper predicts that the
event will cause much confusion
among the communist parties of
western Europe. which will now
make great efforts to demon
strate that il all has happened
according 10 strict marxist prin-
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RICHARD P4TTEE
Scandinavian PreuieaU

navian country in which the hier.
archy has been normally and
fully reestablished. This is testi-
mony to the advance of the
faith there and the seriousness
with which it is making its inn
pact on the national life.
| go from Denmark to Fin
land, the land of st. Henry and
a host of other great figures of
that dim and somewhat obscure
past when Finland belonged to
the Church of Rome and was a
literal outpost against the depre-
dations and incursions of the
Muscovites. | expect to spend n
week or so in Helsinki as the
guest of Monsignor Cobbens,
Vicar Apostolic, then another
ten days in the interior, gradu-
ally working toward Sweden by
way of Finnish Lapland.
Sweden has just removed the
major disabilities against Catho-
lies and the new freedom of ac-
ton should be most interesting
to observe. 1t is my hope among
other things to visit the Irish
Passionists who have set up
mission station in VaXio in
southern Sweden.
Eighth Centenary
Norway celebrates this sum-
mer the 800th anniversary of the
introduction of Christianity to
the nation. Great ceremonies are
planned for the cathedral city
of Trondheim. Cardinal Griffin
is announced as one of the prin-
cipal visitors and everything
points to an effective and even
spectacular demonstration of
Scandinavias Catholic past.
| hope to see again as many
Scandinavian Catholics as pos
sible, get TO know their hopes
and their concerns for the fu-
ture. Their problems seem inf
nitely modest TO us here in the
United States where the struc-
ture of the Church is so compe-
tent to cope with most of the
issues of the day. 1t is hard to
remember that in Finland the
publication of one Catholic book
means years of struggle and
apostolic zeal, and even then the
consuming public is pitifully
small. II is hard TO realize that
Iceland does not as yet have a
missal in its complete form and
that only prayers and the Ordo
Missae exist in Icelandic trans
lation.
Ii is a world apart in which
the Catholic like myself, who has
lived most of his life in coun-
tries almost totally of the faith,
finds strange and unreal diff
culties. The next article, | hope,
will be dated Reykjavik, Ice
land. | shall try in a few words
to catch the spirit and the at
mosphere of that remote and
lovely island, just south of the
Arctic Circle.
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Many otherwise good and religious Catholic
women and girls apparently have no convictions
Of conscience on the matter of immodes dress. All
the Popes and many bishops of modern times have
issued repeated, stern warnings the subject but
with little observable effect Our womentolk seem
To think that the question of what they shall wear
and what they shall leave off are matters merely of
fashion and convenience Many have thus become
thoroughgoing secularists. They act as II religion
and morality had no bearing the subject.
or course, deep in their hearts, instructed Ca
tholic women know better. They know very we'll
that the Creator, having fashioned human nature
as He has the sight of scantily-clohed females is
normally the cause of vehement stimulation OF the
sexual impulse of the average male and therefore
the cause of severe temptations against the virtue
OF purity They know also that whether not
women intend to cause such temptation, the mere
fact that they voluntarily display themselves in in
sufficient bodily covering makes them become the
nart cause of the sins OF others that result This is
the sin of scandal properly so-ealled = being the
cause Of other persons sins
Many women disguise these unpalatable facts by
the wierdest self-deception Some plead that near
nudity is necessary for health and hygiene But our
nuns whose modestv is so beautiful by contrast
with their secular sisters lack thereof, having
found modesty detrimental to health. Others justify
their conduct BY appeal TO Emily Post
But the wearing of indecent dress In the pres.
ence of others is always wrong. whether observers
be few many The place and circumstance may
be important under the rules Of etquet. But the
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Why Are Souls
Judged TiUice?

and Gods positive commands N
Sacred Scripture and Tradition.
@. If a person commits a NOR
tai SIN then goes TO confession,
Is really sorry and the priest
gtUeS him dbsolutson, but the
person still feels guilty sohdt
should he do?
A. Provided the sin was hon
estly confessed nothing should
be done about this guilty feel
ing. We know that the power of
the sacrament removes sins re-
gardless of our feeling in the
matter. Not only the penance
the priest gives us. but other dai-
ly penitential practices and extra
prayers and reception of Holy
Communion serve to remove the
temporal punishment due to sin.
Such reparation and positive ac-
tion will remove the guilty feel
ing and remorse and help pre-
vent future sins. Frequent con-
fession is most helpful for peace
of soul, and we can always men,
ton sins of our past life at the
end of our confession in order to
renew our sorrow.
@. What is the meaning of
the emblenlS of the saints PIC.
tttred lU5th them? HoiC are they
different from Church symbols?
A. An emblem with the rep
resentation of a saint usually IL
Illustrating something of the life
and work of the saint st. Sc
bastian. who is said to have
been pierced with arrows, is pic
tured with an arrow, but so 10
ST. Teresa of Avila for a differ
ent reason. The Scriptural en-
blems for the four evangelists
represent st. John with an eagle,
st. Luke an OK, st. Mark a lion,
st. Matthew as man. The SYM
boys of the Church generally
represent an idea expressed in
an abstract figure e.g. the Trim
ity represented by a triangle or
the interlocking circles Certain
emblems are proper to classes
of saints, e.g., palm to martyrs,
church-buifding to founders of
churches, book or pen to
founders of orders and to doc
tors of the Church.
Q. When did the Methodist
Church begin?
A. The name was applied in
contempt to the followers of
John Wesley, who took the name
to themselves in "The Rules of
the Society of the People called
Methodists" in 1743. Wesley was
clergyman of the Church of
England, whose sermons, writ
ings and hymns sparked move
ment within that Church and
then an independent body,
founded July 20, 1740, or, az
some say, in 1899.
Send questions to Rev. Ed
ward r. Healey, The Inquiry
Corner, The Catholic Times,
Box 636, Columbus Q6) Ohio.
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The New Times of June 10.
coming from Moscow in English
translation, gives its views on
the Panmunjom agree m n [.
These views deserve careful eX-
animation. To sum them up in
what might be called political
shorthand, the New Times says
in effect that the Initiative IS
still ia the hands OF the Soviet
aoqreSSor and the Kremlin IN.
tends 10 keep IL there.
on the agreement concerning
repatriation OF prisoners, the
Soviet organ proclaims the terms
TO be a successful conclusion
Of negotiations and asserts that
the settlement has been ION the
basis of the last Chinese-Korean
proposals" That means those
terms were largely the terms
insisted upon bg the aeereSSor
With some satisfaction. II em-
phasizes that the Red regimes
of Poland and Czechoslovakia
have been agreed to as neutral
nations" Evidently the New
Times regards this acceptance of
the Soviet satellite regimes as a
daplper on any liberation more
mentS.
New Agitation
What should particularly inter
est all of lis is the immediate
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INQUIRY CORNER

Q. If you 90 to heaven or
hell ,ohen you're judged nm
medidtely after d G dth Dhg
should there be another jadg-
ment? Do the goo d haze TO
ledUe hedpen TO come for tt?
A. The particular judgment,
coming Immediately after death,
is not enough. We know there
are many questions unanswered
on earth. People wonder why
the good suffer and the wicked
prosper as they often do on earth.
At the general judgment all men
will discover something of the
wisdom and goodness of God.
The hidden holiness of good peo-
pie and its place in the divine
pattern will be revealed. Even
the action of wicked men will
be seen in perspective, and all
men will understand Gods Prov
idence. Both heaven and hell are
states as well as places. We
might say that heaven is where
God is, or at least where we see
God face to face. This vision
does not depend upon the place
as we see in the appearances on
earth of angels land devils). The
happy state of the person is not
changed by such movement.
Q. Do animals suffer because
of original san? Would they
haze been UegetarionS If 1t
hadn't happened?
A. The extraordinary super
natural gifts given to Adam in
cluded freedom from suffering.
Traditionally it has been inter-
preted as including freedom
from unpleasant sensations 9th
erwise normal to our nature. The
animals had no such exemption.
The wildnesS of animals which
followed original sin was In re-
lation to man, whom God had
specially protected on condition
that he was faithful. ST. Thomas
Aquinas states: There are those
who say that animals which are
now wild and kill other animals
for food would have been meek
and gentle, not only towards
men, but toward other animals.
But this is unreasonable. For by
the sin of man the nature of an
imals was not changed. Those
animals which now live on the
flesh of other animals would not
then have lived on vegetation"
Q. Who makes the ldlUS of the
Church.
A. The right TO make laws is
exercised by the bishops, success
sors to the apostles, and by the
Pope, successor to the chief of
the apostles. The Pope alone or
council of bishops in union
with the Pope may make laws
for the whole Church. The Bish-
op of a diocese may make laws,
applying these general laws TO
his own diocese. OF course a
great part of Church law is tax
en- directly from the natural law
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the time this
r e | e a S e ap-
pears in print
l h o pc, Deo
UoLente, TO be
in Iceland, on
the first lap of
a journey that
will take me to
Finland, Swed-
en-, N o + W a Y
a n d Denmark
once more.
As b e + ore,
my major in
is to
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acceptance of
the X o e n
truce !" We can
Gee pt that
statement and
yet keep our
eyes open as to
the Soviet esti
mate of that
truce and what
the Reds in
ten d to do
ahout il
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LOUIS f. BUDENZ

Roscoe Drummcnd of the Chris.
tian Science Monitor has written
that deep and sincere thought in
Washington has gone into the
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RICHARD PATTEE

Last summer | wrote a num-
Der of things for this column on
Scandinavia, treating the sub
ject in fairly general way. BY
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What should particularly inter
est all of us is the immediate