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fact that during its IL years on
the statute books IT incurred
the enmity and the opposition OF
all those who, for reasons of
their own, were opposed to col
lective bargaining
The Wagner Act was success.
ful--more successful than its
sponsors expected it to be. Not
all American workers are organ
lied into trade unions-far from
it-but this was not the fault of
the Wagner Act All that Act
proposed to do was to make it
possible for workers to organize
If they wanted TO.
The principal weakness of the
Wagner Act was that il stopped
at the protection of labor'S right
to organize and bargain collec-
lively. In this sense IL did not 20
far enough.
FOR THE COMMON GOOD
The important thing now is to
see TO 1t that the new law, about
to be enacted as substitute for
the Taft.Hartley Act and as an
amendment to the old Wagner
Act, looks beyond the mere pro
lection of labor's right to organ
ne and bargain collectively. The
new law ought 10 lift the sights
of the Federal Government-and
stimulate the rest of IT'S to lift
our sights in the day-to-day prac-
tice of Industrial relations-by
encouraging the cooperation of
government with labor and busl-
ness and continuously wider
and more peaceful labor-manage-
ment partnership IN companies,
industries, and economic life as
whole. The organization of la
Dor, management. agriculture
and the professions is absolutely
necessary. but it is not enough.
Ii is only the first step towards
the Christian reconstruction OF
the social order
That is what Pope Plus XII
had in mind when he said in his
encyclical on Reconstrueting the
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ley Act. But will the new legis-
lation be better than the Wag
ner Act, which was the law OF
the land from 1885 until il was
amended almost beyond recog-
milton in the summer of l947 by
Senator Taft and Congressman
Hartley and the necessary major
ity of their colleagues in the
80th Congress? At present one
can only hope and pray that the
answer will be yes.
This is not to imply that the
Wagner Act (the National Labor
Relations AcD was a bad piece
of legislation. On the contrary,
it was such good law-particu-
larry by contrast with previous
legislation or lack of legislation
in the same field-that the late
Monsignor John A. Ryan was
justified IN referring TO it in his
autobiography as the greatest
single piece of social legislation
ever enacted IN the history Of
the United States.
The principal purpose of the
Wagner Act was to guarantee to
labor the free exercise OF its
natural right to organize and
bargain collectively. Perhaps the
best proof that it succeeded IN
carrying out this purpose Is the
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WASHINGTON - While this
capital is busily preparing for
the Inauguration of new Presi-
dent and the installation of a
new Government. world atten-
ton is focused on a Consistory
at the Vatican, in the heart of
ancient Rome.
Next week the tull force of the
spotlight will be upon this city.
II is of more than passing in
terest that these two disslmilar
and unrelated events should take
place within 10 days of each 9th
er. Both arc of high importance
TO the world. They involve the
two greatest foes of communism
and the two greatest obstacles to
its domination Of the world.
The Vatican, like the rest Of
the world, is interested in so I'M
portant a change in the United
States, where the population in
cludes 30 million Catholics. And
busy as it is, and despite the
fact that it has no diplomatic re
lstionS with the State of Vatican
City-as other countries do--this
nation is not without interest in
the solemn and impressive cere-
monies abroad,
The C0nsistory convoked by
His Holiness Pope Plus XII is an
old institution in very old
Church. In several of its aspects
as an organization and institu-
tion, the Catholic Church is per
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In his last Christmas message the Holy tsther
in recountng the mSeries of so many wretehed
people throughout the world, gave prominent men
ton to inadequate housing as one OF the causes
Of this misery This years message was almost en-
tirely taken up with his for the poor OF the
world who make constant petition to HIM for heip.
Admittedly few of these pleas come to hlm from
the United States but there arc great numbers OF
poverty stricken here whose misery springs from
the same evils as those that afflct other parts OF
the world The evils Of inadequate housing are as
real here. though perhaps not SO intense OF vide
spread. as In Europe
A Columbus paper recently published pictures
of slums that the city administration ordered torn
down as menace TO the health and safety Of the
occupants later story told of two deaths occurring
as direct result OF unsafe housing. The pictures
and story were startling confirmation TO the fact that
Columbus or for that matter few cities have been
able 10 solve their housing problems.
Sum clearance is problem weighing heavily
on all city administrations. One of the means OF
meeting this problem is by way Of public housing.
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The local or state government through housing
agency erects rental dwellings for people in the
low income group. Persons having an income be
yond certain level are automatically disqualified
so that the projects truly for the low income.
While it would be better for private enterprise
to provide this housing, it does not seem possible
for them TO do So for the people housed because of
income, incapable Of paying rent sufficient TO
cover the costs of private investors. The govern
ment is supplying need and is not stepping beyond
its proper limits in entering this field
Low income may be due to number of rea-
sons, none of which presuppose low moral or cul-
tura standards. Nor docs it suggest any lack of
ability to integrate into community Past exper-
fence has shown that people will live up to their
surroundings and decent place to live will elevate
its inhabitants and improve the level of the whole
community
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WASHINCTON LETTER
GHding For The Future

haps the oldest of Its kind In the
world. The Consistory has
brought the Senate-the Sacred
College of Cardinals-of this an
cient institution up to its full
complement for the first time in
many years. 1t has also given the
College its widest geographical
representation in all its history,
there now being Cardinals in
% countries and on all CONT
nents.
In Washington, the United
States was preparing to put in
charge Of its Government party
that has been out of power for 20
years. 1t prepared to put at the
head of this new Government for
the first time In many years
distinguished professional sol
dier. There is in the capital the
talk and atmosphere of change.
The city and the world wonder
how much.
Undoubtedly the world is
watching the change of admins
tration here more closely than
1t has looked on at any similar
event in American history. Sow
ct Russia and its satellites are
anxious to know how the United
States will hereafter deal with
Red aggression. The rest of the
world will want TO know the
same thing, plus the aid that the
free nations individually can ex-
pect from us.
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The nations of the world, and
especially those of Europe, are
watching, too, the Consistory at
the Vatican. Americans in gener-
al are not able to gauge the inn
pact which developments at the
Vatican have upon the other ma
tlons of the world, and particu-
larly the countries OF Europe.
They can be assured that it is
great. And now Europe and the
world watch Conslstory at
which the Pope will honor two
Archbishops behind the Iron
Curtain for their steadfast de
fense of the Church. This pre-
sents situation which for
drama and courage and human
interest Europeans find unsur-
passed
Many predict that 1853 will be
a year of momentous develop
ments and decisions No one
seems hardy enough TO predict
the advent of peace Not few,
however. feel that the threat of
more widespread fighting will
grow less. Some are confident
that this is the year IN which
the tide will finally turn against
Soviet Russia and world com
munism. In any event, 1858 has
certainly started with two inter
est-gripping events, neither of
which is without its impact IN
every corner of the world.
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see Chapter VIII, The Antiphons,
in THE Breviary Explained" by
Plus Parsch.
Q. Hot0 can person tDho
truly repentS SIN, again and
again?
A. No one is saved except by
dying in the state of grace, with
the life of God in him. Baptism
which implants this life and all
other means of grace are oppus-
ed by the world, the flesh and
the devil. Because of the weak
ness of our nature from Original
Sin we are all liable to sin in
spite of Gods grace and our good
intentions. st. Paul admits: For
/ am delighted with the law OF
God according to the inner man,
but ] see another law in my
members, warning against the
law of my mind and making me
prisoner to the law of sin that
is in my members" The exam
pie and the word of Christ in for.
giving sin, even st. Peters,
shows that repentance is possi-
BILE no matter how great the
sin. His words to the thief on
the cross demonstrate that it ID
never too late, provided the per-
son turns to God trustingly.
@. Should person really
pluck out has eye or cut off his
hand If IL IS an occasion of sin?
Mark 9:42-46)
A. In verse 40 of the sans
chapter Christ says, For who
ever gives you a cup of water
to drink in my name )" Does
that mean such an act of kind
ness is spoiled if one gives .
GLASS of water? AS with other
expressions of Christ this one
contains a clear teaching ex-
pressed in a striking way e.g.
as with the camel going through
the eye of a needle. There are
many who say they wish to do
Gods will, but they cannot give
up their relationship with cer-
tain person, Others are attach
ed to a certain career or place
so that its bad moral effect upon
them and others cannot detach
them. For such people the sac
rifice of this attachment, neces.
sary for the good of their souls,
is as difficult as losing an eye,
a foot or a hand. For glorious
assemblies of martyrs, of course,
the expression has been literally
true as they sacrificed members
and life itself Christ. BY the
fifth commandment we are for
hidden to MAIN ourselves; the
words of Christ refer to the use
of our eyes, feet and hands. We
are to control their use at no
matter what cost.
Send questions to Rev. Edward
F. Healey, Inquiry Corner, The
Catholic Times, Box 636, Column
bus (16) Ohio
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FATHER HIGGINS
Internal Cooperation Vital

Social Order: And may these
free organizations, now flourish
ing and rejoicing in their salu-
tary fruits, set before themselves
the task Of preparing the way,
in conformity with the mind of
Christian social teaching, for
those larger and more important
guilds, Industries and Profes-
sions, which We mentioned be
fore, and make every possible
effort to bring them to realiza-
ton"
Similarly that is what the
American Bishops had in mind
in paraphrasing this section of
the encyclical in their official
Statement of November 1947,
The Christian in Action: To-day
we have labor partly organized
but chiefly for its own interests.
We have capital or management
organized, probably on larger
scale, but again chiefly for its
own interests What we urgent
ly need, in the Christian view
of the social order, is the free
organization of capital and la
bor in permanent agencies of CO
operation for the common good,
GOVERNMENT CAN HELP
Obviously the government can
not, dare not even attempt to
force cooperation down the
throats of industry and labor.
Cooperation by its very defini.
milton, is a voluntary process,
but the government can help. II
can encourage and stimulate
labor-management coo peration
by writing into the preamble OF
the new labor law forceful
declaration fayorlng the coopera-
tive approach. by writing into
the text of the law itself mum.
Der of provisions designed to
implement the philosophy of the
preamble.
Perhaps IN the next release
of this column it will be possible
to suggest certain specific ways
by which this might be done.
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INQUIRY CORNER
Is Pain Of Purgdto1y
Often Exaggerated?

@. Is not the pain of Pttrqd-
tory exaggerated IN many book
lets on the subject? Some Of
them make it sound as bad as
He'll
A. The pains of Purgatory are
practically the same as those of
Hell. The chief difference is
that the inability to see God (the
pain of loss) is temporary. A
person is Purgatory is not dis
tracted by pleasures and inter
ests as we are and suffers in
tensely in being excluded from
God as we'll as from the pain
of the senses. st. Thomas Aquin-
as thinks that the least pain in
Purgatory exceeds the greatest
suffering of this life. (ln ~
Sent, dist. 81, q.l, all Writers
who dwell on the intensity of
sufferings in Purgatory are
rightly impressing us with the
idea that intense efforts should
be made to avoid sin, even
venial sin.
@. If st. Joseph UdS not the
father of Jesus tUhy do the EUdn-
getiSts trace His descent from
DdUid through him?
A. The Jews always kept their
Eenealogies in the male line, and
since Mary was of the same tribe
anyhow, his line of ancestry was
also hers. Joseph certainly was
not the father of Jesus as st.
Matthew implies in the gene
alogy he records: "And Jacob be-
got Joseph, the husband of
Mary, and of her was born Jesus.
who is called Christ" Matthew
1:16) In the same chapter he
shows clearly through Joseph's
actions and the angels words
that st. Joseph was not the ia
ther: for that which is be-
gotten in her is of the Holy
Spirit" (1:20) st. Luke's gene
alogy is even more clear: land
Jesus being-as was sup
posed-the son of Joseph :"
Luke 3:23).
Q. What Is the difference be-
tt0een reSponSory and dnttphonut
chant?
A. In the responsory method
soloists or chanters sing the
verses of a psalm and the peo-
pie respond with an unchanging
verse. In the antiphonal meth
cd two choirs sing the verses by
turns. Typical examples of the
responsory method are the lit
anies. One person leads and the
others show their approval and
agreement by responding with
the same verse each time. In the
early Church this method was
gradually displaced by the anti
phonal, taken from the Greeks.
ST. Ambrose introduced it at
Milan and ST. Augustine de-
scribes it in his Confessions
Tx 81. For further development
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GRETTA PALMER
Mao 7se-tung, Tito,
Head Priest-KiILoYs

abandoned babies have been ex-
PEELED by the scores for having
murdered" the poor mites who
died under their care.
This is true persecution. II
is q warfare against an ideal,
. battle against . religion, q
persecution against . partieu.
lar group of innocent men and
women. The martyrs who are
Catholic in ths t9s0s have no
more guilt than The Jews who
were martyrs at oachsu and
Bvehenwald in the l940's svf
where is fhe world protest
against this later sufferina7
Why is the US. Department Of
State 50 still about III Why
are thers rot . dozen ersanl.
xafions OF xealous volunteers
who wish 10 boycott the goods
that come 10 US. department
stores from csfholie-hatina
Isnds7 Why is there no spsfs
OF books assuring Us, on moral
grounds. that we cannot do
business with Stalin7
Several answers might be
made. You could say that the
Catholics do not complain loud
ly enough, or that we ignore
national boundaries too lightly.
Perhaps we are too much afraid
of being thought bad Americans,
too little afraid of being bad
Catholics when the choice has
to be made. Perhaps we feel too
little community of interest
with Rumanian villager who al
so belongs to the Communion
of Saints, too great a sense of
identity with a Free Mason
neighbor in > fashionable US.
suburb, who would rather not
hear about Rumanis. Everyone
u
is tempted to such weaknesses:
our sympathies are more apt to
be geographical than theological
in scope.
A CONSCIOUS CHOICE
But there may be something
more involved in this - some
thing unique and beautiful in
the fact that when a Catholic
dies for the Faith, he dies with
little chance of protests being
filed before the Hague or at the
United Nations. II is this: a Jew
cannot resign from his race. Ii
he suffers on that account it is
a tragic and unreasonable thing
but one forced on him by dire
accident. But Catholic always
has open to him the ignoble es-
cape from pain We call apostasy;
every Catholic death suffered for
the Faith is the result of a con-
scious, painful choice.
To see his neighbor crucified.
without sin, should be a shock
ing thing to the straight-think-
Ing outsider, whether the accu-
sation made is based on race or
Faith. And may he learn it soon!
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agent or his editor says to him,
Look. If you write about the
persecution of the Catholic
Church, you and | will be accus-
ed OF narrow Sectarianism. See
if you can't find few Protesta.
ant ministers who are also being
killed. If there is Presbyterian
martyr or two - an occasional
Episco palian jail-bird-for- his
faith-thers is a story. Other
wise IT is strictly q matter for
the Catholic magazines"
A few years ago Jews we're be-
ing massacred in Germany by
Hitler and his followers. Amer
leans were all being asked land
rightly asked TO examine their
consciences and TO find out whe-
ther we could abide this thing
the punishment of the inno-
cent for no fault, the persecu-
ton of the minority because of
nothing worse than their UNI
popularity. The uproar of pro
test that arose over this injus-
tice literally rocked the world
lit sent America to war and 1t
led, ultimately, to the sharp and
fearful explosion of the atom
bomb at Hiroshima The very
fact that America is not Jew
ish nation made her resentment
over the persecution of the Ger
man Jews far more impressive:
there was no political opportun-
ism here.
WHY NO PROTEST NoW7
Today there are members of
another minority sect suffering
in totalitarian countries: 1000
Catholic monks and nuns have
been forced out of their con.
vents in Hungary alone, 5000
Catholic monks and nuns are
now enslaved in concentration
camps in Czechoslovakia. In Ru-
mania-where the Catholic ira
ditional greeting once was, God
lives" and the reply, Indeed.
He lives" - children are now
taught to say There is no God,
and to answer. Indeed, there
is no Cod" In China, the good
Catholic Sisters who cared for
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FATHER HIGGINS
A NEW LABOR LAW,

About the time this column
appears in print or shortly there.
after, the 83rd Congress may
start TO hammer out the details
of a labor law TO replace the
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Tito is killing priests. Mao
Tse-tung is killing priests. The
heads of the Soviet satellite
states in Latvia. Esthonia, Po-
land, Czechoslovakia, Lithuania
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l. a b o r-Man
agement Rela
Act of
l947 b er
known TO the
public as the
I a { I Hartley
Act II would
be safe to as
sumo that the
new law will
be better than
the Taft Hart
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a n d Rumanla
are KILN z
priests. A n d
when a writer
tries to get the
story publish
ed. what hap
pens?
w h q t hap
pens is some
t hin & Of i'm
nense signifi-
T. n T. q his
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