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Milford chronicle., 1954-03-12
UNHAPPINEsS DELAYS RENT

LONDON - up - II. married
couples are slow in paying the rent,
maybe its because they're unhappy.
says Miss Joan Scrutton, Oxford
shire housing manager. Rent is a
barometer of family life" she
wrote in the bulletin of the Brit
ish) National Federation of Hous-
ing Societies.
irregular payment or non-pay-
ment is always danger sign. AL
though rent collectors find it easy
enough to collect nowadays from
most tenants. Miss Scrutton said,
their great difficulty is extracting
the rent from families where there
is real permanent discOrd."
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State COP Leaders
Meet With Governor
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being made available to- Republic
cans was discussed at length. This
is a particularly sore spot in New
Castle County where. for several
months after the resignation as
county chairman of HerbeT t
Barnes, there was no county head.
And Mr.. Lester was not much
more than installed before his
health necessitated the operation
and period of recovery.
This has left Rural New Castle
County-the Republican bonanza
with scarcely a spokesman in the
party's higher councils. The result
has been that to get things done
for their local organizations the
hundred chairmen have had to
make their requests often without
benefit Of support of the county
chairman.
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-12

Mr. and Mrs. William E. Swift
have arrived from ST. Augustine,
Fla, and are now occupying their
bungalow on the Polly Branch
Road.
Mrs. Anna McCabe, mother of
Mrs. Paul A. Timmons, fell Satur-
day and broke the bone in her
right arm and a large cut on her
head. She was taken to the Beebe
Hospital in Lewes, where she is
Receiving treatment.
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-12
CLOSE SHOOTING

LITTLE ROCK - up 1t
must have been the tom cat who
gave young burglar suspect
mine lives"
The cat howled That awOke a
neighbor. She saw the youth bolt
from a darkened shoe store and
called police.
The police shot at the youth
when he refused to halt. When
finally captured the police count
ed IL bullet holes in his trousers
and four in his strawhat.
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-12
All Members Visit
Governor Boggs
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local leader of the Friendship An
Club, Townsend.
Kent County: Gene Short, Buck
ing BroncOs All Club, Smyrna; !;
Norma Robb, Westville All Club,
Dover, and Mrs. Martha Benson,
local leader of the Houston Cardi-
nails All Club.
Sussex County: Joseph Work
man, Little Oaks All Club, Del
mar; Virginia Smith, Dublin Hill
Yellow Jackets All Club, Bridge
Vile, and Mrs. Henry Short, local
leader of the Cokesbury All Club,
Georgetown.
Kent and Sussex Negro: Ed
ward Gibbs. WOOdside All Club;
Parthenia Downing, Milton Senior
All Club, and Mrs. Viola Piper,
leader of the Milton All Club.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-05-07

anti-unionism. But Mr.. Weir has
become a favorite of the Daily
Worker, and for a simple rea-
son: he is now one of the most
persistent champions of negotia-
tionS with Soviet Russia at all
costs, likewise a proponent of
Red China recognition. His
views are in perfect accord iUlth
the Soviet fifth columns chief
assignment from MoScom.
Constant Chant
In the first twelve numbers of
Netr Times for 1854, coming
from the Soviet capital to direct
the comrades here, eight major
directives are given to world
Communists To labor necessarily
for recognition of Red China. If
there is constant repetition in
this column of that topic. il is as
nothing compared TO this drum
beat of repetition in the Red
organs OF directives. 1t IS m thtS
manner that the things MoScolo
todntS done are beaten INTO the
consciousness of IT'S followers
and in titrn are repeated by them
oDer and oUer again.
Thus the phrase ''lessening in
ternational tension through a
conference of foreign ministers
of the five Powers. including the
Chinese Peoples Republic" was
read everywhere in Communist
directlves during the latter part
of 1853. II was merely the con-
stant chant of Malenkov's words
uttered before the Supreme Sow
et in August of that year. But
this constant repetition moved
the Communists everywhere in
to action, broke into the secular
press of the world. and helped
bring about the conference at
Berlin. In the April issue of
Political Affairs, the results of
that meeting can be hailed as
"a major victory" for the Soviet
dictatorship and the Communist
parties.
Sole Road To Victory
| have dwelt on this repetition
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Beware OF limitations

The lamnat phrase When in Rome, do as the
Romans do is frequently used today by many who
would have an excuse Tor conduct that they cannot
reconcile with consciences. II is tossed off lightly
a campaign slogan, almost. or as raylng cry of
those who preach watery conformiSm to the ideals
and vagaries OF the world.
II is used by some TO salve the prieks of con
science that arc suffered when they would com-
II is spoken In the of and eomfort-or
today-of peace al any price, that OF behttling the
threat OF Communism, OF uninterest IN public
affairs.
Whether We like II or not, We as catholics and
as good citizens never shut our eyes TO the pres
ent danger that confronts us. We can never become
conformsts with the world. We fall in with the world
at tne price oil falling out with God
We have pointed out before the danger OF the
apathy OF toward the great issues of today. We
cannot let the world 20 on without our interested
help. Each one OF us.
That Is Why last Tuesdays meagcr -e ing totals
are a dangerous indication and al the 19me time
condemnation Of the derelieton Of duty on the part
of great number OF citizens. II showed positive
lack Of interest in government, If it only
a primary election.
Even il great member OF people uninter-
ested if IT seems the thing to do to ignore public
duties and interests, Catholics and devoted
citizens cannot.
II is the plain, open, fearless bad example of so
many that causes others TO be like them. II is only
the plain open and fearless good example of others
shcgng interest and dedication to duty that can
ever offset this tired evil
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-05-07

are To ant1-SemltiSm. The TACT re-
mains, however, that too many
of those who refer to themselves
complacently as liberals are any
thing but liberal in their stereo-
typed reaction to Catholicism.
Mr.. Viereck does these incon-
sistent liberals no injustice what
soever when he indelicately COM
pares their instructive anti
Catholicism to the ugly vice of
anti-Semitism against which,
to their undying credit, the lib
erals have almost unanimously
raised their voice in protest.
Viereck's caustic criticism of
their inconsistency is something
that should have been said long
time ago, if only for the sake of
the record.
There is more or less typical
example of what we are talking
about in the book review section
of the April IL issue of the
New Republic - classified, TO
the satisfaction of its editors, as
a liberal publication. A new
book in the field of industrial
psychology by Father Theodore
Purcell. S.J.. of Loyola Universi-
ty, Chicago, is reviewed by lib
eral American protege of Harold
Laski - Professor Marc Karson
of Washburn University in To-
peka, Kansas.
Specific Question, Affirmative
Answer
Father Purcell lived for a year
and half in the Chicago pack
ing-house area to find out what
a selected group of workers
think about their employer
Swift and Company, their local
union. and the international UNI
ion with which the local is affih-
ated. His scholarly report, based
on countless interviews and end
less hours of research. has been
published by the Harvard Uni
versity Press-with the enthusi-
astic endorsement of his Har-
ward professors - under the IL
tie, The Worker Speaks His
Mind on Company and Union. "
The specific question Father
Purcell wanted answered was
this: In spite of the bitter events
of their past industrial history,
and in spite of the frictions of
the present day, do the produc-
ton workers who were inter
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defense of "labor's rights" that
many people of liberal in
clination take these words at
their face value. Great numbers
of those non-Communists now
busily engaged in forwarding the
Communist line have been per
suaded to do so because they
confuse pro-Communism with la
Dor.
The incidents to which | refer
should be a warning of how
much of an illusion these views
prove TO be.
Sinner, Saint
President George Meany of the
American Federation of Labor is
the target for current Red broad
sides because he has dared to
state that there is grave danger
for the United States at Geneva.
He has also been so bold as TO
declare frankly that our national
leadership can put no faith IN
any pledge or promise of either
Soviet Russia or Red China. That
is a gldrtng crime IN Commun.
Isl eyes and President Meany is
scathingly taken to task for his
utteranceS.
The other man in the picture
is Eugene T. Weir, president of
the National Steel Company of
Weirton, West Va. whose very
name suggests the extreme in
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-05-07
Inquiry Corner
Father He0Iey-

as the Lords Day. II would be
difficult to PROVE that Christ
changed it to Sunday for the New
Testament if we accepted the BIZ
Bile ALONE as the rule of faith.
Catholics believe that Christ in-
Structed the Church to take His
place on earth Matthew 1919
with the power of binding and
loosing. We find the first day
of the week called the Lords
Day by st. Paul (Acts 20:7
Corinthians 1872 and by st.
John apocalypse 1:10. II is
clear from Tradition such as that
contained in the writings of st.
Justin and st. Ignatius, Fathers
of the Church, and universal
Christian Tradition of the living
teaching Church instituted by
Christ.
@. Who are the patron saints
of some of the countries of the
world c. q. Italy?
A. The Blessed Virgin is pa
troness of number of coun-
tries under various titles: Ar
gentina (Our Lady of Luian),
Brazil Immaculate Conception,
France (Assumption). Hungary
Great Lady of Hungary, India
Assumption, Mexico (Our Lady
of Guadalupe), Philippines (Sac-
red Heart of Nary and United
States Immaculate Conception).
Some have more than one patron
e. g. France also has st. Joan. of
Arc and Hungary St. Stephen.
Italy has st. Francis of Assist
and st. Catherine of Siena: Can
ada, st. Joseph and st. Anne;
Poland, st. Casimir and st. STAN
islaus; Spain, st. James and Scot
land, st. Andrew. Russia is un-
der the patronage of st. Andrew,
St Nicholas of Myra and st.
Therese of Lisieux.
Q. Is is possible that mem
hymns can be iflDented for
Church use?
A. Yes. Whenever the Church
institutes a new feast or changes
an established one (as in the new
Mass of the Assumption after
the declaration of the dogma)
there are changes in the Liturgy
itself. Pope Plus XII stated in
his encyclical on the Liturgy
that: 1T cannot be said that mod
ern music and singing should be
entirely excluded from Catholic
worship. For, if they are not
profane nor unbecoming to the
sacredness of the place and func-.
ton, and do not spring from a
desire of achieving extraordin-
ary and unusual effects, then
our Churches must admit them
Send questions ia Father Ed
ward F. Healey, Inquiry Cor
ner, The Catholic Times, BOX
636. Columbus G6) Ohio.
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@ HoiD official is the dedicd-
ton OF months to pdriouS saints
or to Our Lord and Our Lady IN
der udrionS titles such as May
for Our Lady?
A. While these are usually out
side the Liturgical Seasons they
are not contrary to them The
month of st. Joseph. for exam
pie, is that in which the feast
of St. Joseph occurs. The month
of the Sacred Heart too might be
called en- extension of the Feast
Day. The purpose of the Sacra-
mentals and devotions is to dedi-
cate our whole life to God and
the dedicationS of the months
undoubtedly aids in that pur-
pose. The dedication of the
month of May to Our Lady seems
to have become general only in
the eighteenth century, but it
has become an established Ca
tholic tradition. Pope Plus VII
granted an indulgence for OBJ
serving devotions in May honor
ing Our Lady. whether they were
private or public. II has been in
creased until it is five years for
private and seven years indul-
gence for public devotions. Pope
Plus XII spoke of exercises of
piety alongside the Liturgy in his
encyclical on the Liturgy:
among these are the prayers
usually said during the month of
May in honor of the Blessed Vir-
GIN"
@. HotU can l find out lUhdt
books are on the Inder of For.
hidden BookS2
A. There is an extensive list to-
gether with an explanation of
the history and meaning of the
Index in book called What Is
the Index" The books forbidden
by name are not many consider
ing the centuries it includes.
More important for the average
person is the Church law behind
the Index. Catholics are protect
ed as Christians have been from
the beginning by the law which
forbids us to read any books injur-
ious to faith or morals. Men have
always been tempted to dip into
books of this kind, impressed by
the style or by curiosity, and the
Church knows from long exper-
ience that even the most intelli-
gent man can be confused and
misled by a clever author, For
current books we should consult
reviews in Catholic papers and
magazines or check with the
priest in or out of confession.
Q. Is not the Sabbath Day
Saturday? Hop could the ca
tholic Church change the Lords
Day?
A. There are some Protestant
sects which insist upon Saturday
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Wertham has estimated in his first survey of the
subject that there were then being produced some
sixty million comic" books ! month The number
has since increased And these books are read and
reread by children
Is your child among them7
II be is then this is what is happening TO him
He is being led into illiteracy. He is exposed CON
stantly to atmosphere Of cruelty and deceit I'm
wholesome fantasies are stimulated in his mind He
is being subjected to strong suggestions toward
criminal sexually abnormal ideas. He is con
stantly tempted to carry these suggestions into prac
ce He is explicitly taught the techniques of delin
quency and crime. This is not matter of opinion
DR.. Werthan's work with his colleagues in the La
fargue Clinic has produced factua evidence so plen
tifuily that small percentage of excerpts from it
would be too lengthy for reproduction here.
Guest Editorial The Catholic Transcript
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-05-07
Bad Comics

To anyone no really wants TO know the appall-
ing extent Of the comic" book evil We recommend
a reading Of Dr. Frederic Eertham's recently pub.
lished book, The Seduction Of the Innocent" Not
Historically in the manner Of a reformer but
calmly. lactuaily and IN detail the eminent New
York psychatrist formIlates indictment of the
comic" book industry and Of the poisonous printed
products ii produces which should satisfy the most
akeptical that there Is very real basis for alarm
about the perncious Influence Of the so-called
comics" on children
Naturally, as DR.. Wertham himself saws. there
are some good acorlie2 books. But the trouble is
that the good comic books showed under by
those which glorfy violence, crime and sadism. :"
Nor Is the problem quantitatively minor one. DR..
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-05-07
WASHINCTON LETTER
A Convenient SmOke-Screen

Somehow the Red propaganda
organs overlooked the fact that
the Holy Father called for an
reflective" ban on weapons of
mass destruction. And it has
been the communist bloc which
for many years has thwarted
United Nations efforts for an eff
fective control of ornaments
through its fierce objection TO
international inspection.
1t is possibly the fault of the
free world press and radio that
communists have been able to
exploit the Holy Fathers Easter
address for their own propa-
ganda purposes. The address was
a challenging reStatement of the
Christian principles governing
war and the launching of war.
Harking back to a talk he
gave last October to army doc
tors. the Pope emphasized that
to wage war nation must have
a just and weighty cause And in
our modern age when wars de-
Structiveness is immensely great
er than before, he said, the cause
for war must be proportionately
greater.
The western press and radio
have generally foregone COM
ment on this restatement of
Christian principles by the Holy
Father. And by doing so they
have left the field of world opin-
ion to the communists for their
own distorted explanations.
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LOUIS T. BUDENZ
:BrainiUashing' In The USA

because ii is now being employ
ed intensely for further injury
to the United States. This April
issue OF Political Affairs drives
home recognition of Red China,
the complete routing of NC
Carthyism" and the extension of
the current Draft Program of
the Communist Party as major
detectives.
The Draft Program" stressed
the first two points, adding talk
of depression" in order TO
spread defeatism here at home,
and brings forward the claim
that the Communists stand for "a
peaceful transition to socialism
in the United States This last
piece OF trickery is designed to
soften up" Americans while
Communists are busily ''steeling
themselves" by studying and dis
tributing the works of Stain and
Lenin. And these works declare
that the sole road TO Uictorg for
socialism here is through the
uiotent o0erthroW of our govern
ment.
There has been much discus
sion from time TO time in our
press concerning the methods
used by Soviet-controlled re-
gimes to induce confessions"
from their opponents or victims.
Drugs, endless fatigue, and
starvation are features of these
tortureS which lead to a break
down of the will. But along with
these cruelties there goes con-
slant drilling into their minds of
those falsehoods the Communists
want repeated.
Suhfier 'Brsinwashinsf
What we must understand is
that "brainwashing" in its harsh
est stage. where Soviet barbar-
ism has full power, is prepared
for by the more subtle brain
washing" introduced into non.
Soviet countries. We can be on
guard and urge others to be on
guard against this Red infiltra-
tion of the American mind.
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ing. Reports from Iron Curtain
countries depict little or no in-
reference with Easter celebra-
tionS.
Casting a side-long glance at
France, Red China has released
imprisoned French missionaries.
There are redoubled efforts at
describing the 'fIour j 5 h n <
state" OF the Church in Iron
Curtain countries. Occasional
western visitors 10 Poland or
CzechoSlovakia are arefu lily
Steered to crowded churches as
evidence ~ that Catholicism is
thriving Organizations of So
called patriotic" Catholics are
buster than ever avowing their
belief that loyalty TO the Church
and obedience to Red regime
can be logically combined.
And while all these maneuvers
were under way, there came the
Holy Fathers Easter address
calling for international agree
ments to outlaw atomic. biologi-
cal and chemical warfare.
The communist press and ra-
dio quickly leaped on the speech,
twisting the Pope's words to con-
form to their own propaganda.
After four years, said a Red
commentator over the Austrian
radio Russian hour, the Pope has
finally acknowledged the need
for a han on atomic weapons.
Zone might say he added, ''the
Pope has finally signed the
Stockholm Peace Appeal"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-05-07

WASHINGTON ~ Spectacular
happenings on Capitol Hill are
diverting public attention from
important developments launch
ed by the engineers of public
opinion al the Kremlln.
These developments. getting
little or no notice in the Ameri-
can press and radio, are closely
connected with the conference
now under way at Geneva.
Switzerland, and the address Of
His Holiness Pope Plus XII 10
the world on Easter Sunday.
What the Kremlln wirepullerS
obviously aim at is fraudulent
appeaSement. Banking on deSper-
ate, worldwide desires for peace,
they strive 10 cash in" on the
Holy Fathers Easter address by
shouting, Me, too!'
Reports from half a dozen
countries indicate clear effort
of the communist rulers to Gre
ate a phony, salubrious climate
for the Geneva conference. They
suddenly discover that there are
great political and theological
prospects for Catholicism exist
ing side by side with world of
socialist revolution"
Knowing that il would not do
at all to utter thoughts of good
will for Christians and, at the
same time, continue to denounee
the Church as an ally of imperi-
alistic capitalism, Moscow has
whistled back the dogs of perse-
cution, at least for the time be-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-05-07
MONSICNOR HIGGINS
nH-CDthOLcisnl

viewed feel an allegiance TO
both the company and the un~
ion? He answered the question
in the affirmative. In his 202-
worker sample, Father Purcell
found that 73 per cent had more
or less positive allegiance to both
company and union and felt that
both were necessary to their
welfare.
1t is to the interest of both
sides, Father Purcell concludes,
to nurture this dual allegiance"
The company should accept the
union as "a good and even nee
essary institution. The union
should view the company as a
partner, and not as an enemy or
a threat" Workers in the stock
yards, he says, have told us in
their own words that dual al
legiance is something they have,
something they want, and some
thing that must not be threaten
ed And so the great
social upheavals of our time
need not mean the disintegra-
ton of our modern society"
Stersofyped. But camoUflssed
Professor Karson's answer to
all this is to accuse Father Pur.
cell of being, in effect, a ridicu.
lous intellectual hoax, utterly
incapable of carrying on objec.
tive research in the field of in
dustrial psychology. The "evi-
dence" to which he appeals, in
support of this outlandish attack
on Father PurcellS intellectual
integrity, is a classic example
OF stereotyped anti-Catholicism
eamouflaged in the jargon of the
social sciences. Father Purcell
is a Catholic and a priest; there
fore he is not TO be taken seri-
ously in the field of social re-
search. Q.ED.
Father Purcell's labor prin-
cipIes," Professor Karson says,
which have become fixed
body of instruction in Catholic
Universities and Labor Schools,
UNDERSTANDABLE preclude Jesuit
scholar from arriving at con-
clusions other than those al
ready postulated as Catholic So
cial doctrine" And, he adds, Fa-
ther Purcell's "ostensibly obJec-
tive study is merely another ex-
PLANTATION of Catholic social the.
ory."
In other words, Father Purcell
and every other Catholic So
cial scientists an intellectual
charlatan who simply cannot be
trusted to carry on scientific re-
search in any area of human re-
lations. The fact that Father
Purcell is Catholic is bad
enough, il seems, but the added
fact that he is also a priest is
the ultimate and unanswerable
argument against his scientific
integrity in the field of So
cial research. According to
Professor Karson, the workers
interviewed by Father Purcell
could not have been expected to
tell him the truth. Why? Be.
cause he happens to be \ Cath.
olic priest
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| S m OF the
American lib
e ra I. Vierick
himself would,
of course. be
the first to re-
mind us that
there are liber-
ais and liber-
ais a n d [ h a I
some of them
are Just as
opposed to an
tic a t h o l.
icism as they
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leader of or
ganized labor
and defends a
man conSpicu
Gus for his en-
m ity toward
the unions. The
Soviet fifth
lu m n has
S h outed so
loudly that il
is in the front
ranks in the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-05-07

There is more truth than po-
etry ~ and too much truth for
comfort - in Peter Viereck's
penetrating observation that an
ti-Catholicism is the anti-Semi-
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II may seem strange to anyone
unfamiliar with Communism that
the Daily Worker of April II
and Ia bitterly assails a national