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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-02-20

Water color paintings by Dr..
Charles D. Bonner are on ex-
hibition at the studio of Charles
Harris, 1877 Boylston Street.
February IS to February %.
AL Capp, noted cartoonist
Will address a public meeting
of the Community Council for
Public schools, Wednesday, Feb
"a, 8 p. m. at the South End
House, A8 Rutland st. His sub
ject will be Citizens Respon-
sibility to Public Education.
The PrO-TO Community Club
of birmingham will hold its
second anniversary banquet ana
dance on Saturday, March G,
1854, at the Kendall Hotel in
birmingham. 1880 p. m. Re
servatiOns can be made in BOs-
ton by calling George Tynes,
Highland 2-4340, or IN Framing
nam Dy gaining any member OF
the club. President, Mrs. Eliza
beth Clements; Secretary, Mrs.
Gladys GuiOn.
Variety Program sponsored by
the Senior Choir of Ebenezer
Baptist Church. Rev w. 5. Ra-
venell, pastor Thursday. March
IL at Sis P, NJ. Laura Jones.
president, Fila Martin chairman
Subscription soc.
Aiding the New Boston Com
mittee's membership drive are
Mrs. Estella l.. Crosby, II Green
.wich PIX and Mrs. Eleanor
Clarke, 1852 Shawmut ave.
All former members of Units
! and 2 Create" Boston House
wives League are urged to at
tend a get-together meeting
Monday, Feb. %, 3 p. m. at
$50 Mass. Ave. Fine musical
program and good speakers.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-02-20

CONCERT Presenting the
Ebenezer Gospel Chorus, Thurs
day evening, March IL, at Sis,
EheneZer Baptist CHURCH W..
Springfield st, Bosom, Rev.
William S. RavenelI, pastor.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-02-20
ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICES

The public cordially invited in Ash Wednesday
SERVICES March in St Cyprians Episcopal Church fremont
and Wapoe Stsa Roxbury The Rev. Rathan Wright Jr.
SIN. Rector
SERVICES
$40 7lO AM Ashes will be imposed individually
present themselves at the altar.
7;lo' 800 AM Holy Communion Music byyoung people of
a:oO- 900 AM Ashes
113011:40 Am. Ashes.
HAS A~M.12:15 F. M. Holy Communion
245 315 PM Service in which children Address
by MIR. PerciVal Adams.
BOO 845 PM Pentential Office The Rector will
845- 900 PM Ashes
PLEASE RETAIN THIS SCHEDULE
Courtesy Miss Elsie Harperl
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-02-20

Not wishing the time away,
I am on my toes for the coming
Crispus Attacks Celebration
Monday, March l, at Peoples
Baptist Church These ANIMALS
are really gripping, to me, and
believe they will be equally
gripping to you if you go to
It. Big ad in the paper. Look
it over,
In the issue of February g.
an account of the sterling per-
formmce of House without
Windows" Friday January 20
in Union Baptist Church, Cam
bridge, omitted the names of
Betty Robinson and Eugene
Sullivan 1t was an oversight.
somewhere along the line, for
these two characters were
equally outstanding with the
rest, in smoothly acted play.
In the same issue, somebody
made a man out of Bernetha
Floyd, who played mother of
the family" in THE Tinker" at
Peoples Baptist Church, Thurs
day, the 29th. There is a popular
demand in both churches, for
formance March 2, at st. Paul
repeat performances.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-02-20

Save April IS for the grand
concert by Peoples Baptist
Baptist Church Choir, presented
by the B. M. c. of the Grand
United Order of Odd Fellows.
Or. Herbert Aptheker, author.
of Brooklyn, N. Y, will be the
principal speaker at meeting
of the Peoples Forum, Yelling
ton Hill and Morton Street.
Dorchester, Sunday, February
q, IL am. Admission is free.
Daughters of Conference pre-
serita by request CDR. Cure
All,' a twO-act comedy, Mon =
day, February %, s:I5 pm, at
Columbus Avenue A.M.E. Zion
Church, the Rev. ]. C. Brown,
DID, pastor. Mary E. Johnson,
directress. Subscription SOC
Evening star., 1954-12-12

To me it is inconceivable that anyone can
think that in this age of nuclear weapons
and supersonic speeds Russia can be con-
tanned by a chain of air bases erected vir-
tually in her own back yard. as air power
reckons distances.
Instead of containing the U.SS.R., we
are delivering to her our military strength
piecemeal.
Only on oar 0,Vn continent, under the shield
of oar east defensive potential, do bases today
make sense. They must, Of course, be dispersed
throughout Oty continent, bat dispersal beyond
certain point ,0iH not giue rs protection.
Excessive dispersal, whether Of military or
industrial otjectioes, can be handicap. Ger
nsanys experience proceed in the last ,00r that
ii creates an imtolerable strain on transport
and supply lines, whieh in tssrn themselves
broside profitable targets for the enemy
A mass of scattered worldwide bases,
moreover. would be the srest way to bank
rupt America. The acquisition. oonstruc-
ton and equipment of each base will cost
from scores of millions to hundreds of mil
lions, depending On size. The many hun
dreds of bases" Lindbergh envisages will
cost us few hundred billions of dollars, par
ticularly if we include the surface forces
required for their maintenance and supply
across thousands of miles of ocean. plus the
extortion money we must pay, in some in
stances, for the privilege of using foreign soil.
Even at that, in most cases we cannot use
them for our atomic weapons without spe-
cific permission from the landlord.
Every time we establish a defenseless
overseas base. at immense cost in national
effort, Russia to checkmate our move has
only to assign plane and hydrogen bomb
for its destruction. Even if she were forced
to match base for base, she would be estab-
fishing them on her own continent. under
the shield of her home defensive complex.
So it is clear that we must stop pouring
good money after bad into useless real estate
all over the world and must divert those
Evening star., 1954-12-12
1.-THE ADVANTAGE
OF OFFENSE OVER
DEFENSE is BRIEF

funds into the defense of the continental
United States and Canada. England as
base is the oply exception because it is Great
ing an effective air defense derived from its
own industrial power
But such real estate developments as those
in the jungies of Asia and the deserts of
Africa, on the soil of many nations - some
friendly, some indifferent and some subject
to local sabotage or political detection -
provide weak reeds indeed for nation that
has deliberately chosen to leave itself exposed
to the fries of nuclear offensive The whole
thing. despite its eminent auspices. is sorry
phantasmagoria of despair.
3. Balanced Foxces
But that is not all. Besides maze of
bases and the ''prodigious air force" de-
ployed on them, General Lindbergh recon-
mends that we maintain "a strong Army. a
strong Navy and strong allies" He merely
asserts this, without explaining his reasons.
But he does not try to explain what these
armies, navies and strong allies will be doing
while Soviet Russia. as he himself predicts.
pounds US into pulp across the North Pole.
80 IF all this is true. where do we 60 from
here? What possible path can we follow to
find true security for the United States in
these perilous times? Lindbergh points
way - but dimly when he says that we
should maintain a research and develop
ment program that will improve the effec-
tiveness of OUR future weapons"
Certainly no one will quarrel with him on
this score. 1t is as obvious as saying that
man ought to breathe to live. But it means
little unless we prescribe the scope and
direction of the effort
America is fed up with high-minded gen.
eralities from high places. 1t yearns for clear
and concrete plans and solutions geared to
atomic warfare at supersonic speeds. Such
plans should provide for an immediate crash
program for air delivery and air defense.
Evening star., 1954-12-01

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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-08-06
WASHINCTON LETTER

WASHINGTON - Some peo-
pie thought the Russians would
behave themselves at the recent
Geneva Conference on Educa-
tion, the first they ever attend
ed. Such hopefuls must have
been sorely disappointed.
The conference. the 18th OF
its kind, was held under the
auspices Of the UNESC0 and the
International Bureau Of Educa-
tion. 1t is an annual assembly of
the departments of education of
nearly all the governments OF
the world.
Soviet Russia joined UNESCO
in May. and this was the first
conference on education at which
they put in an appearance. OBJ
servers say their advent was
hailed with juvenile enthusiasm.
1t was regarded as giant step
towards international un d err
standing and cultural coopera-
ton. Mrs. z. v. Doubrovina, Dep
uty Minister OF Education in the
USSR, was promptly elected
yice-chairman Of the session.
The Red delegates had a field
day in propagandizing for their
own educational set-up and in
harpooning the efforts Of other
nations.
Mrs. Doubroyina told the meet
ing that education, secular in
nature as a consequence of the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-08-06
LOUIS F. BUDEM
The Satellites And The Press

ternal friendship of the countries
of the Socialist camp" warns that
"a crushing blow can be given
to every aggreSSor."
That says clearly, in the iargon
of the Communist conspiracy,
that The failure Of the United
States to take a positi0e stand
Is aiding Moscow 10 crush and
regiment the peoples il has sub
jected,
Cast In a Negative Role
Even the Nele York Times of
July % gets some glimpse of
the colossal character OF this
American failure. In its leading
editorial of that day, il expresses
regret that too often Soviet
Russia has cast us. .'in negative
role. II gives its opinion that
the best answer 10 that Is 10
take a positive role. " Where
upon the Times proceeds to rec
ommend the same b bankrupt
policy Of "containment" that
has led to the present sad posi-
tion IN which the United States
finds itself.
The Times wants ''every effort
for the prompt conclusion Of
Southeast Asia defense pact,
which, OF course, excludes the
two best fighters against Com
mumism in Asia: Syngman Rhee
OF Korea and Chang Katshek Of
China Ii also wants pressure
for prompt French ratification
of the European Defense Com
muniiy" which would be very
fine II the record OF France did
not now show that Ii cannot be
relied upon at all.
Who Are Our Allies7
The editorial also calls for "a
oratorium on irresponsible
criticism Of both our own State
Department and our allies"
which would be much to the
point If we could ever actually
find out who our allies are. The
complimentary reference in the
Cominform organ of June ID to
the National Assembly of France
shows that the Kremlin looks
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-08-06

ceSSor To the Communist Inter-
national ~ is now hot on this
theme. In its issues OF June l8
and June %, it reminds the Com
muniSts of the world that "oue.
third OF humanity is HoD under
Sopiet domination. 1t declares
that the continuance OF the
kremhn's rule over these eoun.
tries is having "A tremendous az
tlueace on The lchole 3aternQt3oa-
al situation.
Our Lack OF Positive Stand
II zee don't know it, Moscow
understands fully that these sub
ject people behind the iron cur
tain, whether in China or Poland,
are oar natural allies. The long
er we abandon them ~ as we
are doing by continuing to follow
the mirage of "containmenta
The more difficult or impossible
Will it become for them 10 liber-
ate themselves. And also, the
more difficult Will it become Tor
the United States to save itself
from that Communist eneircle-
ment7 which Stain predicted in
March, 1889.
The Cominform organ, In the
June i8 issue, turns its attention
to this fact. and declares that
the peoples of the world" are
being affected By the sight of
continued Soviet control of the
satellite regimes. On June 25,
Il adds that "the inxiolable fra
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-08-06
In The Interest OF Freedom

The ruling this week of Judge Ralph J. Bart
lett OF the Franklin County Common Pleas Court
upholding the validity Of movie censorship in Ohio
one that Is being applauded by decent minded
citizens throughout the state. Previous censorship
Of movies by the state in the interest of the
mon morality Is necessity and expression OF
the freedom of people 10 protect themselves by law
from poisonous influences
The specious arguments offered by those who
would see censorship abolished all in the
name Of freedom-ireedom Of speech and Of ex-
preston. They would have us believe that any
strietion the rather widely applied terms Of
speech or expression" is unconstitutional. This
Is not nor has il ever been, the case.
The laws against slander and calumy protecting
the good name Of the ctzenry examples Of
restrictions placed upon all IN the name Of com
mon dccency There is hardly phase Of our. daily
life activity that does not come under some nee
esssry bounds stated by Law ior own as well
as our neghbors Roood
II all restrictions we're lifted in the name Of
freedom, whether il be freedom or expression or
freedom Of action il would mean the end Of society
as We now know and enjoy It,
II Is to be hoped that the Court Of Appeals will
see the difference between license and freedom
and will uphold the decision Of Judge Bartlett
10 crotect the public morality
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-08-06
WASHINCTON LETTER
Just Another Sounding Board

removal Of religion from public
life, is the means employed for
the training of youth in the Sow
ct Union for the building of a
communist society.
Then. after each delegation
had presented to the conference
am oral summary Of the educa-
tional situation in its homeland,
it was subjected to a yeritable
barrage Of well-prepared, care
fully-planted questions from the
Soviet ranks.
No country was spared. Even
France and India got their
Jumps. The Yugoslay delegate
apparently thought it more pru-
dent TO duck the ordeal. He con-
tracted a case Of diplomatic ill-
ness and had his report read by
the conference secretary. The
United States was put in the
stocks with questions about
segregation and illiteracy.
Only the Turkish delegation
seemed to have the gumption TO
stand up to the Red propaganda
and attack. 1t was a Moslem, Pro-
feSSor karazon, who dared to in
quire about the status OF re-
ligious education in the Soviet
Union.
When the Turkish delegates
questioned the Soviet delegation
about its oft-repeated assertion
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-08-06

that education in the USSR is
national in form, socialist in
content, the Reds pretended TO
treat them as idiots. observers
say. and replied: National in
form means that the teaching is
IN the native language of the
autonomous Republics. socialist
in content means that the teach
ing is uniform
When the Turks wanted to
know whether the native lam
suage is taught in the four Re
publics Of Central Asia Whose
tongue is Turkish Mrs. Doubro-
vina implied that Russian is inn
posed universally throughout the
Soviet Union. Turkish is studied
only by scholars, she explained,
because there is small interest
in a language not represented in
tke Soviet Union.
The Soviet representatives
boasted that their education in-
culcated at once an intense pa
triotism and an international
spirit. The Turkish delegate in
quired what moral values were
invoked and what educational
techniques employed to achieve
such a happy result. The answer:
Since the whole spirit Of Soviet
education is directed to such
ends, no special courses are
needed.
And. so 1t went.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-08-06

we weigh religion and the price We have to pay for
1t and to the faulty conclusion that the value
received is far outweighed by the expenditure. To
accept religion We must sell ourselves short a
priceless commodity happiness. In other words
we accept and practice religion only at the
cost Of own happiness in this world Christ has
been weighed in the balance and found wanting"
That men who are noted for acuteness of ludg
ment could be so wrong in such an important mat
ter can be accounted for only by the reality of
original sin and the devil. Otherwise, the patent
fact of the multitudes Of those who have made the
gamble. the world would say. and have garnered
incalculabe return would be enough to convince
even the most wary of bargainers
1t is for us to offset the influence of the re-
mains of original sin and the devil by proving with
the shining example of life led for Christ in the
full practice of religion that have the only
true and real happiness. We then hope and
pray in ali humility. that they will become "imi-
tators of us and OF the Lord receiving the word
with the Joy of the Holy Spirit"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-08-06
Proof OF The Pudding

Americans are known throughout the world as
. priee-conscious people. In fact, il has been said
Of us that we know the price Of everything and
the value Of nothing. We angle TO receive top
dollar for everything We sell and expect full
and complete reeompense for our expenditures
whatever they may be. This business vide char
aeteristc coupled with boundess natural resources
has made Us The richest nation in the world II is
questionable whether il has made Us The happiest
at least as individuals.
We arc quick TO seize every opportunity TO
examine the possibilities Of new venture weigh
ing off the required payment against the value We
hope 70 receive. The material wealth of the ma
ton bears witness that We have made minimum
number OF errors at least commercially IN judging
our expenditures and their return
There is however. one notable exception 10
this prowess in Judging, and that is IN the case of
each mans relationship 10 his religion. Too often
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-08-06
Inquiry Corner
ather HeaIey

of the Pharisees because they do
them in order to be seen by
men mt. 23.5) There is no prohi-
bition of giving good example
but We must be careful to avoid
pride whereby we seek our own
profit or glorification rather than
the glory of God or the good of
others.
@. Is a Catholic really married
If he Is at the state of mortal
sin at the time Of the marriage?
Are Protestdnts really married
1ohea not married bg the priest
do they receipe the Sacrament
Of Matrintong?
A. Although MatGimony is sac
rament of the living and it
would be a serious sin (sacrilege)
to receive it in the state of NOR
tai sin the person so receiving it
would be truly married. 1t is Gus
tomary for Catholics to 90 to
Confession shortly before the
ceremony usually the night be-
fore) and 10 receive Holy Com
munion at Mass on the day of
marriage. Catholics must be
married in the presence of the
parish priest (or one duly au-
thorized) and two witnesses, but
Protestants are not bound to this
particular form of marriage.
Their marriages are true mar
riages provided there is nothing
else to interfere with the validity
of them, and if they are baptized
their marriages are sacramental
lie. they do receive the Sacra-
ment.)
@. Is 1T correct to sag that if
1ce folI6W oar conSctences tOe
cant 90 aorong?
A. No. 1t is possible for a per-
son TO have an erroneous con-
science. Because OF environment
or some defect in Judgment a
man may be acting against the
moral law (the Ten Command
ments) and still be more or less
sincere in thinking that he is
following his conscience. A man
may be so twisted in judgment
and in his conscience that he
thinks a promise to steal or to
remain in criminal association
is truly binding. 1t is possible
for headhunter or Gambia. to
consider the pursuit of this i'm
moral tribal custom thing NOR
ally good or permissible. 1t was
because of this darkness of the
mind and weakness of the will
(resulting from original SIM that
God presented TO man the moral
law in the Old and New Testa-
ment and the living Church to
explain and apply it.
Send questions to Father Ed
ward F. Healey. Inquiry Corner.
The Catholic Times, Box 636,
Columbus 16) Ohio.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-08-06

upon that country as partially its
olUB puppet. And the laudatory
allusion to the hostility of great
sections of ''the British people,
to the United States, in the June
25 issue, registers somewhat
similar verdict.
Nowhere does the Times men
tion the foundation stone of "a
positive role" ~ the breaking
off OF relations with Soviet
Russia and its satellite regimes.
That would soon make "our
allies" decide on which side they
actually stood - for Souiet da-
greSSioR or against IL, 1t would
also give hope TO the people be-
hind the. iron curtain and end
the Kremlin's boasts that they
are permanently under its heel.
The United States tclil haze 10
take this stand some day. aud
It is lCiSe TO do it notU before it
is too late.
Grave Defects In Daily Press
This discussion illustrates the
validity of the flood of letters
| have received recently. point
ing out that if the United States
is going down the wrong road,
1t is largely due TO our daily
press or the whole. I have
never received so many COM
munications on any one subject,
and il is impossible to answer
them all But | can say that
they are unfortunately, testify
ing to the truth.
II IS small wonder that the
July issue of Masses aud Mann
stream, Red organ for the intel
lectuals. rushes to the defense OF
the Washington Post and Times
Herald, the hel0 York Post, and
the Ne9p York Herald Tribune.
among other papers. These
capitalist papers it declares 10
be potential victims OF "MeCar-
thyism which is utter nonsense
but does not arise accidentally.
The people can, however. remedy
the grave defects in the daily
press. as | shall attempt to show
within the next few weeks.
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phatic reaffirmation Of it at this
particular time will probably
come as a great surprise to
many Americans - Americans,
by and large, being rather poor
ly informed about the anti
religious character of Continen-
tai socialism.
One OF the difficulties en-
countered in trying 10 explain
the Christian-Socialist contro-
versy 10 American labor leaders
and labor economists is the wide
spread impression that this is
strictly a Catholic" issue i'll the
narrow sectarian sense of the
word. Nothing could be further
from the truth. The principles
at stake in this long-stdltding
controversy are shared by all
those lnho belieue In God and m
the reLeUonce OF the moral lac
10 the social and economic order.
1t is great pleasure to be
able to report that the World
Council Of Protestan0 Church
es recently set the record
straight IN this regard In a re-
port prepared under the auspices
of the World Council, in prepara-
tion tor its Second Assembly in
Evanston. Illinois, it is frankly
admitted that 'the movement
toward Christian political par
ties and Christian trade unions,
at least of the Continent, was in
large part based upon opposition
TO the atheism and materisliSm
of Socialism"
inadequate, Dangerous
Philosophy
1t is also encouraging to note
that the arguments advanced by
the Bishops Of the Netherlands
IN support Of their position with
regard TO socialism are parallel
ed BY a number of eloquent pas
sages in the recent report OF the
World Council. The Bishops take
the position that the underlying
philosophy Of the socialist unions
in their country is kind OF
humanism, completely divorced
from religion and exclusively
concerned with the limited val
ues Of this world. In their opin-
ion, this is not only an made
quate but a dangerous phlloso-
ply. And here is what the re-
port of the World Council of
Churches has to say on the same
general subject: