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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-01-16
CHEER LEADERS
BACK UP TEAMS

Kitty Hawk.-For the first time
in several years, Kitty Hawk bas-
ketball fans are directed in their
vocal support of the home teams
by cheer leaders. Mary Jones, jan
ice Fugh and Phyllis Sawyer hold
these posts.
They are uniformed in blue
skirts lined with gold and gold
sweaters bearing the letters XII
in blue.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-01-16
Answer to Question No. L.

Insulin has brought about one
Of the greatest advances of all
time. It is drug which was dis
covered in 1921 by Doctors Bant-
ing and Best. It not only controls
the disease diabetes, but also pro-
longs the lives of many sufferers.
1nsulin can only be given by in
lection.
Answer to Question No. 2:
; Malocclusion is the term used to
describe the poor contact of the
teeth of the upper jaw to the teeth
of the lower jaw. The results Of
maloccluSion are frequently harm.
full, and may lead to deformities
of the jaws and face. This condi-
ton may cause faulty chewing,
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-01-16

who one summer worked at the
barber shop at Mays Head, has
been seriously ill but has now re-
covered.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-25

cnce to Fight for Full Employ
ment. The Auto Workers resolu-
tion reads as follows: THAT this
UAW-CI0 Full Employment Con
ference supports the proposal
President Walter p. Reuther
made to President Eisenhower
in letter dated April 6, 1858,
and that we strongly urge Pres
ident Eisenhower to call as ear
ly as possible a broad represen-
tative conference of industry, la
Dor, agriculture, consumers and
government to draft a practical
worksheet for full employment
and full production"
The full employment confer
ence called for in this resoln-
ton would seem to merit the
support of all those who believe
in the ICP, for such confer
enee would serve the useful pur-
pose of focusing attention on
the fact that many of our eco
nomic problems cut across com
pany lines and can only be solv-
ed jointly and comparatively by
an industry and nationwide ap-
proach. A series of such confer
enees presumably would help to
create climate of opinion in
favor of the Industry Council
Plan Maybe not, but, in any
event. it is our opinion that we
ought to give it try.
American Labor Traditions
One reason for singing out
this specific case for discussion
is very simple. Some of the
spokesmen for the 'feStina
lente" school of thought keep re-
minding us, and rightfully so,
that Catholic proponents Of the
ICP will be making a serious
mistake if they fail to take into
account the traditions and the
temper of the American labor
movement, without whose co
operation and support the In
dustry Council Plan could never
be made TO operate successfully.
This is very good advice. but it
cuts both ways. Here is a prac-
tical proposal which has already
been publicly recommended by
an important segment of the la
Dor movement and one which
has previously been made, in
substantially the same form, by
other equally important unions.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-25

WASHINGTON-The Interna-
tiOnal Press Institute, a highly
respectable organization with
headquarters in Zurich. Switzer-
land, has recommended TO the
world press greater balance, per
spective and background in the
coverage of foreign news.
As result OF survey, which
included the American press, the
institute suggested to editors
ito take a fresh approach to
Judging their efforts" regarding
the completeness and balance of
the picture they are presenting
of other countries. Editors
should ask themselves, the instl
tuie's report said, whether the for
eign news printed in their papers
sis ineligible in the quantity
given to the readers"
This criticism Of foreign news
coverage, insofar as the Amer
lean press is concerned, comes at
a particularly opportune mo-
ment. II comedies with a state
ment by the American Bishops
which not only voices the same
kind of general criticism but di-
reefs it TO specific, tremendous
ly important issue where the
shortcomings of foreign news
cpverage are glaringly obvious.
The issue the Bishops speak
about is that of the worldwide
religious persecution and the
"story of epic nobility" written
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-25
"You Have Done Ii Unto Me"

The beautiful custom of sharing ones Christmas
Joy with others by giving gifts certainly started
with the gift of God of His Son to all mankind on
the first Christmas day
True Christmas joy is so infectious that il can
not be contained Some outward expression of if
must be made-and there is no more beautiful
one than that of making gift to some We
love.
There is one Christmas gift that we as a Dio-
cese have made each year and that is the very em-
bodiment OF all that is fine and good in this an
cient custom. We take the unfortunate ones, the
orphans and neglected, into our hearts and make
the interest of their JOY one with ours
There are many things that we take for grant
ed. The joys of our homes and families, the mutual
love and devotion of those near and dear to US,
the warmness OF our close personal friends Sub
tract these things from our life and no amount Of
Christmas tinsel and celebration could make up for
them.
There are those though, who start out with
these things already taken from their lives. Our
yearly gift at Christmas is the means of assuring
these little lost ones of Christ that someone does
love them, that they members of family
the family that is the Diocese OF Columbus
We would have done anything that We could 10
give of ourselves to the Infant OF Bethlehem the
first Christmas Day. Bishop Ready reminds us all
that in very real sense this is still possible for
If we but have "the vision Of the Madonna before
matter to see in His sweet innocent face the re-
Election of those other homeless children whose eyes
plead with us for help"
Christ has assured us that whatever do 20
these, the least OF brethren, do unto him.
Let our love for Christ be the measure Of ouf gen
erosity to the collection al the Mass we attend
on Christmas.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-25
INQUIRY CORNER
Are Catholics Bound
By EncycIicdLs?

follow that all other religions
are false except the one consist
ent body of Christian teachings
as taught by one apostolic
church. Galatians i:8) Upon
careful investigation the Roman
Catholic Church is the only one
which meets the description of
Christ's One, Holy, Universal
and Apostolic Church. The mem
bers of other Christian churches
may be sincere in thinking that
one church is as good as anoth-
er or that their church is the
true one, but Catholics KNOW
that there is only ONE TRUE
CHURCH and the Roman Cath.
olic Church is it. The problem
of many Churches is a problem
of mans wild individualism, not
of Gods consistent teaching or
relationships with men.
@. What is the story on the
PdpdL or St0iSS Guards? Dad
Michdeldngeio design the cos
tune, and Uhy are they called
S1iSS?
A. The Swiss guards were or
ganized by Pope Julius II in
1910, following an agreement
with the Swiss cantons of Zurich
and Lucerne to supply a per-
= petual body-guard to the pope.
They stand guard at the entran-
ces and exits to the papal pal
ace and apartments and appear
at various public functions. The
uniform of black, red and yell
low was designed by Michael
angelo, but they have an undress
uniform of steel-biue.
Q. Hor0 many times is st. JOS
eph mentioned IN the Netg Test.
oDlent? Wing lUaS he passed oUer
IN the Mass tUhiIe many lesser
saints are mentioned By name?
A. st. Joseph is mentioned by
name six times in st. Matthew's
Gospel. five in st. Luke's and.
twice in aSt, Johns. There are
other times he is referred to but
the references are still very few.
In the first centuries many Chris
tianS thought it necessary to min
imize the Importance of st. JOS
eph in order to lessen the diff
Guilty of explaining the miracul-
GUS conception and birth OF
Christ. He was always accepted
and honored, but only in the
Middle Ages did he begin to re-
ceive due honor. He has receiv-
ed a place as patron of the uni
versal Church and through his
feast days which helps compen-
safe for the absence of his name
in the Mass itself.
Send questions TO Father Ed
ward F. Healey, The Inquiry
Corner, The Catholic Times, Box
636. Columbus 16) Ohio.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-25
The Church I'm Chains

The oneness OF mankind in the Mystical Body of
Christ is al once our Joy and our comfort II tempers
and gives reason TO the full Of human events
1t increases and spirtualizes Joys and riumphs
II assuages and heals our sorrows and Affections
We have Christs prophecy that one of the marks
OF his followers would be that they would always
be prosecuted why should We be spared and our
Master taken2 IF they have prosecuted Me-they
will persecute you
Locking into our own lives il might seem that
we have been left out. II might seem, and rightly
So that we have precious little TO suffer for Christ
Little in this regard to qualify as His followers.
This can only be- though, if we forget that We
are all one. II We forget that what is happening
today In those Communist dominated countries
is happening most surely to Us.
Untold millions are suffering the most unspeak-
able tortures for the Faith the common Faith.
Their sufferings winning Gods grace for all
OF us not only for themselves. They have what can
only be called the opportunity OF suffering We have
the opportunity. and the duty. Of seeking comfort
and balm for their wounds suffered for
We must in our charity identity ourselves with
the prosecuted peoples Of the world. We cannot
stand back and do nothing. We arc one body with
them and with Christ. Their sufferings ours.
In accordance with decision Of the American
Bishops made at their recent annual meeting IN
Washington, this Sunday December 27. will be
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-25
WASHNCTON LETTER
Wanted: A Balanced Picture

by the martyrs of our day
story which is, however, left
largely unwritten by those or
gans that claim to be faithful
chronicles of today's events.
The American Bishops find it
"the strange anomaly of our
times that calculated confusion
has been able TO hide from so
many of our people the pri-
mary, the changeless purpose OF
the enemy"
They speak about the ''indif-
ference, scant notice or silence"
in the midst of a crisis which is
First of all a crisis of religion" "
They ask why il is that there
are SO few who understand that
the struggle for liberty is a war
fare against the fanatical foes
of Christ" "
They declare that "only in the
Catholic press will you find the
martyrology WHICH the historians
of tomorrow will account the
greatest glory of today"
If these finding of the Amer
lean Bishops accord the facts
and it can safely be said that no
honest student of present-day
public opinion would dispute
them - then the main response
bility for this sad state Of af-
fairs must be placed on the gen
eral press.
The reasons for this deplor-
able deficiency in the coverage
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-25
Our Christmas Greetings

We of the Catholic Times wish TO take this OPP
portuny Of extending TO all of our subscribers, our
correspondents and advertisers our prayerfui good
wishes for blessed and joyful Christmas for you
and your families and that the peace OF Christ be
yours throughout the coming New Year.
We pray that God will multiply your blessings
and make your happiness full. We ask That His
Blessed Mother will present you to Him as part
of that select group around the Crib and that the
joyful cIoseness OF His presence will sustain and
warm you long after this Christmas season Of 1853
is past
Our prayers and good wishes for YOU are ex-
tended in the true Spirit of Chrismas-that Spirit
who Is One with the Father and the son, the Spirit
who renews and keeps eyerpresent the Person Of
Christ in the hearts of His faithful.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-25

of foreign news, particularly in
the field of religion, are mani
fold. There is no need to attrib-
ute it entirely or even largely TO
deliberate efforts at confusing
and covering UP the issues, al
though such motives can by no
means be ruled out altogether.
Besides ignorance and false
estimate of what is held to be of
general reader interest" there
is probably a widespread reluct-
ance to deal with what is wrong
ly interpreted as strictly sectar-
ian" matters.
But regardless of the reasons
for the utterly inadequate news
coVerage quantitatively and
QualitatiVely - of the commun-
iSt war on religion, the fact re-
mains that this deficiency is
mainly responsible for thwart-
ing the development of a clear
and powerful public opinion re-
garding the basic issue of our
time.
The press assumes a grave re-
sponsibility before history if,
either deliberately or uninten-
tionalIy, il seeks ''the refuge of
a polite neutralism while the cru
cial battle of our times is being
fought"
And, besides, it misses a real
1y big story" with an unsurpass-
ed news value"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-25

To often we think only of Christmas as an iso-
lated historical event. something that happened
and is over, but for which we have a joyful re-
membrance and the occasion of celebration. True
enough this would be reason OF thoughtful re-
membrance-but Christmas is much more than
that II is continuing thing. II does not stop, II Is
not bound down to time one occasion
The true peace and lasting holy JOY OF Christ
mas comes only with the realization OF and par
ticpation in the true meaning Of Christmas.
Christmas was and is the guarantee Of eternal
life the earnest Of total reparation. was and IS
family feast family feast not only in the
restricted sense of the Holy Family, nor even Of
the Holy Family and own particular family
group. II is these and much more II is world
wide feast OF the entire human race, from the
beginning of time until the end OF the world
The message Of Christmas is one of the total
man. body and soul. Travesty and mockery are the
only results Of trying to celebrate the external fes
tivites of Christmas without the motivating splr
itual acceptance OF Christs birth in the soul.
Christ was born of the Virgin Mary two thou
sand years ago The accomplishment of mans re
demption had begun and assured That was the
joyful message OF the first Christmas and rs that Of
Christmas 1853. We as individuals must accept
Christ TO give continuing life and JOY TO this mes
sage OF Christmas
Christmas Iiyest-it must live,or It's entire
message is destroyed. Each individual has the awe
some power OF giving life TO Christmas of giving
Christmas its true meaning.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-25

teurS in the field of Catholic So
cial action. One gets the impress
sion that many of the profeS-
sional acadefnicianS includ-
ing some of those who sincerely
believe in the philosophy of the
Industry Council Plan and
would like to see il put into
practice = are scared to death
that the more enthusiastic anna
teurS, blissfully unaware OF the
economic facts OF life, will EN-
barrasS the Catholic fraternity
and seriously hurt the cause of
social Justice by trying to force
an unrealiStic version OF the
lCP upon an economic system
which is not YET psychologically
or structuraliy prepared for 1t.
There is something to be said
for this point of view. Certain
ly it would be mistake to try
to make haste too rapidly in pro
noting the lCP. and il would be
disastrous to attempt to do so
without taking adequate account
of the economic and psychologist
cal facts of American life.
Practical Cases
Perhaps the only practical way
10 resolve the difficulty and to
bridge the gap between these
two schools of thought is to get
down to practical cases.
As a starter. il would be in
teresting 10 know, for example.
whether or not the "festina
lente" school of thought is pre-
pared to support specific rec.
ommendation recently adopted
in the form of a resolution at
the National UAW-CI0 Confer
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-25

set aside > special day Of prayer for the Church
in Chains.
Listing and describing what they called the bit
teres bloodest persecution in history against those
who believe in God and His Christ" the Bishops
pleaded for "supplication TO God and penance that
His grace be poured out in superabundant measure
TO strengthen those who hold the place of honor and
Of danger in the new warfare launched against the
Church"
Bishop Ready has called upon all of us TO join
with our fellow 80 million Catholics throughout the
country In begging Gods grace and mercy for our
prosecuted brethren
Speaking of this special day of prayer and repair
ation Bishop Ready has reminded all that "the
prayers of American Catholics their acts of sacri-
flee and sharing in the divine life of our Lord
through Holy Communion on this special day of
prayer will surely move closer to the days
of peace and freedom"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-25
MONSICNOR HIGGINS
Making Haste Too SIOiUIy?

II is our opinion, as stated
above, that it could and prob
ably would turn out to be a step
in the direction of the ICP. For
this reason and in view of the
fact that the proposal already
enjoys a lot of grass-roots sup
port independently of the Cath
Ollie social movement, we would
expect the ''festina lente"
school of thought to support it,
tentatively at least, if not en-
Enthusiastically.
Another example might be cit
ed as an indication of the fact
that the ICP already enjoys more
support in non-Catholic circles
than the ''feStina lente" school
of thought is sometimes prepar-
ed to admit. This example, un-
expectedly. comes from the pen
of Britain's famous political car
toonist, David Low, who is the
darling of so many American
liberals. 1T seems to me-" he
says, that situations are devel-
oping in human affairs which
call for drastic adjustment in
ways of life. / believe that the
wider distribution of wealth is
reducing the justification of pow
erty for worker-employer fric-
ton; and the disc0ntents OF the
worker become more emotional
than economic. Consequently |
am for adding dignity and privi-
lege TO labor by establishing a
Chamber of Work in which
would sit representatives of la
Dor, management, and consum-
ers, to balance wages, prices,
hours and output, according not
merely TO conditions in single
industries but to all those in
the whole industrial structure. /"
If David Low is prepared to
90 that far in such respected
publication as the New York
Times Magazine, perhaps the
'festina lente" school of thought
is exaggerating the psychologi-
cal danger of going equally far
in American Catholic publica-
tions. II could be, in other
words, that the climate of opin-
ion in favor of the general prin-
ciples of the ICP is already fur
ther developed than we think it
is. In any event the subject is
worth investigating.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-25

Q. Are Catholics bound bg The
teaching contained m the en-
cyclicaIs?
A. As a rule we can say that
the teachings of the encyclicals
bind all Catholics. An encyclical
is "a letter that the Pope sends
TO all the Bishops to make
known to the whole Church his
mind and will on some point of
dogma, morals or Church discip-
line" c'Dictionary of Dogmatic
Theology" by Parente). Since 1t
is an article of faith that the
Pope has the authority to speak
for Christ even when he is not
speaking infallibly Denziger No.
183D he must be obeyed in the
encyclicalS. Just as father
speaks by Gods authority al
though he is never infallible so
the Pope speaks to the flock of
Christ with Gods authority even
in fallible statements. In some
instances of course the Pope
simply makes suggestions on
how to apply certain principles
to present-day conditions. These
suggestions should be followed in
spirit if not in the letter since
they come from the shepherd
and leader of the Church.
g. Wig do Catholics insist on
infant baptism t0hen Christ HIM
self tUas not baptized until He
10as thirty gears old?
A. We know that Baptism is
necessary from the words of the
Gospel: "UnIess a man be born
again of water and the Holy
Ghost, he cannot enter into the
Kingdom of Cod" John 3:5)
That this law extends to chill
dren is the teaching of the Apos-
topic Church, confirmed by the
unanimous teaching of the Faith
ers, Besides it is improbable that
Christ would have withheld the
graces of the Sacrament from
children, for the Sacrament is
not a mere initiation. From St.
Pau1's reception of a family for
baptism (Acts 16:33) and the Old
Testament practice of circum-
cision for infants we can see fur
ther evidence for acceptance of
children into the Mystical Body
by Baptism.
@. If Christ taught only one
religion i0bdt is to be thought Of
the many religions bearing His
name IN this country?
A. Christ taught one consistent
set of doctrines and established
one religion only for He could
not contradict Himself. Many
times He insisted on unity and
He clearly established His chos-
en- apostles as the center of that
unity. John 1915; Luke 1916;
Ephesians 4:5) As Our Saviour
taught but one religion it must
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-25

declares the first catch word to
be ''the principal issue of our
times" urging the Stalinites in
every country to bring it for
ward on every possible occa-
sion. The second honeyed phrase,
filling the international Red
press, has been made a chief
point in the new communist pro-
gram for the United States, pre-
sented at the national confer
ence" two months ago.
When we look the communist
maneuvers in the face, we can
see how utterly misleading, as
usual, are these Moscow slogans.
The authorized English transla-
tion of the speech by X. E. Vor-
oshilov to the Moscow Soviet
on November 8 has now reached
this country, and in it Malen-
hov's mouthpiece emphasizes
that entry of Red China into the
United Nations is the real pres
ent condition for ending inter
national tension"
British Pressure
What should cause alarm and
put Americans on the alert is
that the Kremlin has now won
the British government to cham
pionship of this recognition. The
communists have succeeded In
whipping up an anti-Amerlcan
campaign in Britain, which gave
the Daily Worker of November
% the opportunity to quote ex-
tensively from British press edit
oriaI opinions against the United
States. A number of British
newspapers went so far as TO de-
ride the obvious, denying that
there has been Soviet espionage
in comparatively high circles of
the United States, treasury and
other departments.
This comment is a measure of
the laxity of British security
regulations. of which we have
been made aware by the ease
with which DIR. Alan May and
Klaus Fuchs engaged in espion-
age in England and the recent
escape of two important British
officials behind the iron curtain
with valuable military secrets.
But even more serious than that
is the fact that the present hula
baloo is part and parcel OF Brit
ish pressure on the United States
government to coneede complete
trade with Red China and the
seating of that regime in the
United Nations.