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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-12-31
Ammo Donini

The Two words "Anno Domini" mean lin the
year Of Our Lord" Tomorrow, January !, the
world will enter upon another one of the years Of
Our Lord, 1855 AID. AS the change is made, as
people turn to their new calendars, and all dates
are changed to the new heading, 1855 Ap. some
few will wonder about the significance of those two
words indicated by the "AD" AS the year goes
on these two letters will appear time and again.
They viii show up on cornerstones of new build
mgs, they will appear in new volumes of official
records Of all sorts-they will be so common that
they will seldom il ever attract any attention.
This is the time for few thoughts about their
significance 1t might be asked, first Of all, Will
this year be truly year Of Our Divine Lord?
When Il is remembered that for the first time in
I'll years we do not have shooting war going on
in the world, the portents for 1855 being year of
Our Lord look better than in the past
Yet, the outlook is indeed bleak The peace,
If 1t Is peace that exists in the world today, is
in the nature of a lui between battles.
The Of strife among nations and particularly
between the free and Communist nations, are, still
as present as they have been in the past. In
fact, the differences separating national outlooks
and aspirations have, if anything, become more
clearly defined and be seen for the irreconc
able things they
The Holy Father, in his Christmas Eve message
broadcast throughout the world few days ago
stressed one central wish II was for peace in a
world that has no reas peace Men throughout the
world echo this plea Of the Holy Father-and
yet there is no real peace among nations. And
the reason2
There was significant sentence in the Holy
Fathers short address. ITO all peoples, to their
rulers to those who bear the responsibility of the
worlds destinies, may the message of goodness
and peace of the son of God-MadeMan reach out
and be welcomed in the sincerity Of deeds"
There is the reason Until now, there have only
been words When the words are matched by
sincerity Of deeds then will there be peace.
II will only be when men match in deeds the
message Of Christ that we will be able truly
mean what wc say and g'rite: 1855 AD-the year
Of Our Lord
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III our celebration OF Christmas has been geared
TO the worldly, external observance that is pop
uarly accorded this great feast there Is little left
OF its message and its Joy, by the time the sixth Of
january next Thursday comes around.
We are caught in welter OF bedraggled dec
orations Conc are the sounds of carols and the
hearty greetings Of the season Gone Is the Christ
mas spirit There Is little left to remind us OF the
true meaning Of Christmas: Christ's coming and
staying in the hearts of men, Christmas has come
and rone-and 30 has Christ il would seem
This ephemeral celebration is not the mind
nf the Church. She celebrates Christs coming with
one eye on the future His staying Just at the time
most men are forgetting Christmas the Church
bids her children 10 celebrate another Christmas
feast The Epiphany
Epiphany which means manifestation" is con
nuation Of Christmas. In fact the name common
III given to this feast is Little Christmas For the
first three hundred years Of the Chmchs exist
cnce this was the day on which Our Lords Nativity,
Christmas, was celebrated.
When in the year 376 the Holy See Obliged all
churches To conform to the practice OF the Roman
church in celebrating Christmas on December 20,
the feast OF the Epiphany was robbed OF none OF
its glory II is the complement Of Christmas.
Christmas celebrates The coming of Christ into
the world The feast of the Epiphany celebrates
the acceptance of Him by the world. And this Is
a most important thing. Christ came, there Is no
doubt Of that But has He been receved2 Not by
nearly the number Of His children that should re-
ST Paul. inspired by The Holy Ghost, observed
that the teaching Of Christ was a stumbling block
Ia the Jews and foolishness to the Gentes. Against
the background Of His own time, Christ and His
doctrine appeared foolish because they were new
unique. untried They did not measure up to the
expectation Of those who looked for worldly
leader in the Messiah This Teacher and His doe
rines we're viewed with suspicion and dlsGain be
cause they were so different
II il matter Of history that Christ was ne
elected and laughed 10 scorn by His own people
History likewise bears witness to the sad fact that
christ has continually suffered rejection even up
10 and in this very enlightened age To-day
though. the reason for His rejection Is exactly
opposite to the reason proffered in the past Christ
according te the modern critic, has been gwen
trial and found wanting. Once Ills doctrine was
ioo new 10 he tried Now that same teaching IS
ridculed because II is TOO old People were afraid
to try Il because 1t vas different; people now wll
try ANYTHING * long al II is different G. \. Ches
erton notes that in realty Christianity can only
be said 10 have been ineffective IN either case
not because ii failed but rather because Il was never
iried
Our PRAYER should be that the feast Of Epiphany
shnuld have the widest Of celebrations. II s The
fufllment Of Christmas.
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WASHINCTON
Red China PrOues U.N s Point
WASHINGTON LETTER

WASHINGTON - II any fur
ther argument was needed
against the admittance of Red
China to membership in the
United Nations, the Peiping re-
gime itself has provided it.
Revelation of the fact that the
Chinese communists are holding
eleven American airmen in Jail
in violation of the Korean armis-
tice has stirred up a tremendous
resentment in this country. Mem
bers of the oath Congress, about
TO convene, will come to Wash
ington with the displeasure of
their constituents freshly en-
graved upon their minds. Mem
bers of the new Congress who
are already here have written
back home TO constituents TO say
that they think the action of the
Chinese Reds is "high-handed,
illegal" and "inhuman.
In action taken so far in the
United Nations on the question
Of the airmen's Imprisonment,
the United States has won a dis
tinct advantage. Forty-six ma
tons Joined us in condemning
Red China'S action, Only Soviet
Russia and four Iron Curtain
countries defended il.
II may be that the question
will eventually be settled by ex-
changing 35 Chinese students
now in the United States for the
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eleven US. airmen. There were
about 4,500 Chinese students in
the United States at the time
communist China entered the
Korean war. OF these $50 chose
to return to Red China. The
United States let all but 35 of
these leave for their homeland.
The 35 detained are scientists
and technicians whose abilities,
improved in this country, might
have aided Red China militarily.
They are not in Jail, but must
periodically report their where
abouts to us. immigration au-
thorities. Under law, the us.
has right to detain them here.
But, even if Red China does
force the exchange of these stu
dents, il will only add to the
cries OF "blackmail," and con
tribute greatly TO the sentiment
which opposes diplomatic rec
ognition of Red China and its adj
mittance TO the UN.
=
Some legislators are saying
privately that the military man
power just proposed by the De
partment of Defense will certain
ly be among the most contro-
versial of all matters scheduled
for Congressional consideration.
This is the plan which would
continue the present draft law,
which expires next June 30, but
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September % and %, to testify
against Soviet anti-Semitism. was
not mere coincidence. Sew
EN- years ago, Rabbi Benjamin
Schultz of the American Jewish
League Against Comm unism
demonstrated beyond doubt that
i'll treatment of the Jews was a
studied policy of Soviet Russia.
Much of what he said at that
time was drowned out by the
Communist cries against him.
But the evidence has accumulat-
ed to such a degree that it has
now become matter of inter-
national scandal.
There were witnesses before
the KerSten Committee who had
travelled In the Jewish Autono-
nous Province" set up by Soviet
Russia in Birobidian. These Wit
nesses testified that by 1888 half
the Jewish population of that
province had been liquidated.
Twenty thousand persons. these
witnesses swore, were imprison-
ed or killed" RepreSsive mea-
sures of the severest character
were taken to prevent the study
of IiddiSh and to crush all prac-
tices of religion among the Jews.
This evidence accords with the
wider pattern of our knowledge
on this subject, including the
Soviet charge against the Jews
IN the late forties that they
were guilty of Cosmopolitan
ism" r that is, of harboring or
promoting ideas which came
from outside Soviet Russia.
Those who are combating Com
munism can make good use Of
the hearings before the House
Committee on Communist Ag-
gression. They can obtain copies
of these hearings and spread
them far and wide. In their an
ti-Communist activities, they
must also oppose dnti-Semitism,
both because ii pioldtes charity
aud because ii mould lead as
along the uerp path the Reds
rant us TO fotlom.
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from their parents It is in that process that they
begin building memories which will endure in
their tenderest affections throughout their lives
Certainly teachers in Catholic schools can teach
their youngsters their prayers, but the values lost
by parents who neglect this duty far more
important than be measured Father Peyton
long has preached that the family which prays To-
gether stays together Not only do members of such
family stay together, but they live happily Il
is amazing how parents who really love their chill
dren and seek their chdrens love, parents alert
to the slightest physical discomfort in their
young and eager that the best possible education
be obtained for them. neglectfu in the most
important and most rewardng aspect of home edu
eationteachng of religion in prayers and practices
=. Guest EditorsI-The Providence Visitor
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permit about 100000 youths un-
der 19 years of age to volunteer
each year for six months of ac-
tive military training, after
which they would spend up TO
nine and one-half years in the
reserve. While they kept up their
reserve training, they would not
be subject TO draft. Youths who
do not go into this training pro-
gram would be drafted as they
are at present, spend two years
in active military service, fol-
lowed by reserve duty for about
six years.
The matter of cost is expected
to be given an airing, too. The
Defense Department says the
proposed program will let our
armed forces have the necessary
strength and Impose the least
burden on the national econo-
my" But some have already
said that the new plan itself
will be expensive, probably cost
ing several billion dollars. For
one thing, they point to the build
up in drill-pay for those taking
reserve training. At present, it
is estimated only about 10000
of 2.5 million men now in the
reserves are taking active train
ing, and many of these are not
getting paid. One aim of the new
program is to compel all reserves
to take active training.
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Meanwhile we can only hope
that Mr.. Maher's prophecy will
not come true. For some sort. of
CAV would seem to be required
by the virtue of social justice.
Whether or not the particular
CAV formula now being drafted
by the CI0 Auto Workers or
similar formulae now being pro-
jected by some of the other in
dustrial unions are feasible re-
mains to be seen. Certainly man.
agement has every right to go
over these proposals with a fine
tooth comb before agreeing to
them either in whole or in part.
By the same token, however,
management would be very i'll
advised, in our opinion, to reject
them Summarily as a matter of
so.called principle.
The principle of the CAV is
ethiealiy sound. The application
of the principle, of course, is a
very complicated and very diff
ficult problem. 1t can only be re-
solved by the widest possible de-
gree of labor-management-gov
ernment cooperation. In the opin-
ion of one informed student of
the GAW, Father Emile Bouvier,
81. of the University. of Mont
real, this presupposes willing
ness on the part of labor and
management to establish a ma
tion-wide system of industry
councils. These councils, in CO.
operation with the government,
he says, might eventually estab-
lish national wage guarantee
fund to be supplemented, if nee
esSary, by contributions from the
unemployment insurance fund.
Father Bouvier's point is well
taken. It is true that the prob
lem of the GAW is too big and
too complicated to be solved by
the individual companies or cor
porationS acting exclusively on
their own, without any reference
to the decisions being made by
their competitors and by the gov
ernment. 1t is also true, however,
that certain steps can be taken
towards the solution of the prob
lem of the CAV even now, in the
absence of fully developed sys-
tenn of industry councils. More
over a sincere effort on the part
of labor and management to find
a solution to this problem in
separate countries or indus
tries would, in itself, be a great
step in the direction of the es-
tabliShment of an effective indus
try council system in the United
States. And far better, in the
long run, that the Industry Coun-
ell Plan should come into being
in this manner-i.e., in response
to particular needs jointly felt
by labor and management-than
that it should be imposed from
the top or worked out artificially
mn the basis Of abstract princi-
pies or theories.
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devotion was given by the ap-
pearanee of Our Lady of Fatima
in 1917. The dedication Of Sat
urday to Our Lady can be traced
back to st. Simon Stock and the
Carmelite Scapular in the thir-
teenth century in the Sabbatine
privilege (Which promises free
dom from Purgatory on the first
Saturday after death). In Octo-
Der, 1912, Pope Plus XII gave
special Importance to this devo.
tion by consecrating the whole
world to the Immaculate Heart
of Mary, urging prayer especial
ly the Rosary and penance and
encouraging reception of Holy
Communion in reparation to Our
Lady This last-mentioned prac-
tice has become the devotion of
the First Saturdays, a monthly
Communion of Reparation after
the manner of the First Friday
devotion to the Sacred Heart.
This devotion consists of going
to confession and receiving Holy
Communion, saying the Rosary,
meditating a quarter of an hour
on the rosary and having the in-
tention of making reparation to
the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
On June Is, 1912, a plenary i'm
diligence was granted for per-
forming these exercises on any
First Saturday. According to the
accounts of Fatima Our Lady
made special promises to those
who make the fiUe First Satur-
days, saying, Il promise to assist
at the hour OF death, with the
graces necessary for salvation,
all those who on the first Satur-
day of five consecutive months
will go to confession etc"
(See P 224 "Our Lady of Light')
@. Why does money seem 10
enter into church announce
ments and activities? Wig is so
much spent on elaborate build
ingS, instead of being used for
the poor and needy?
A. There are many charitable
and apostolic activities which re-
quire money for their compile
ton. The maintenance of Catho-
lie schools and the ordinary ex-
penses of modern parish re-
quire money, and what Catholic
would dispense with the services
and conveniences given in the
modern parish? AS for the care
of the poor it can scarcely be
alleged that the Catholic Church
neglects the poor and needy. We
do not neglect our neighhor
when we spend time and money
for proper respect and worship
of God. II the church (building)
is considered elaborate in one
case or another can it be stated
that we should neglect reverence
for God in order to use the mon
ey for social action? John 12:5)
Send questions to Father Ed
ward F. Healty, Inquiry Corner,
The Catholic Times, Box 63s.
Columbus (16), Ohio.
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LOUIS r. BUDENZ
SOpiet AnH-Sen,itisna

One fallaey that must be com
bated at once is the well-worn
invention of the Communists
that any move against their con
spiracy is, of necessity, "anti-
Semitic" This contention rings
out anew in all their current
propaganda organs. 1t is repeat
ed, of course. in the Red-Stimu-
lated magazine, JeloiSh Life. The
character of this publication can
be gauged from the fact that
among the chief contributors to
its November, 1854, issue are
Paul Robson and Morris u.
Schappes, the latter of whom
went to jail for perjuring him
self in stating that he was not
a Communist. 1t is only one of a
considerable number of maga-
zines in various fields which
forward Communist causes and
deluge the American reading
public.
Bot in its very claim that
anti-Communist moves are "anti-
Semitic" the November issue of
Jei0iSh Life proves the very con-
trary. 1t is disturbed by the
voluminous evidence recently
produced before the House Com
mittee on Communist Aggression
that anti.SemitiSm is widespread
under Soviet rule. In its agita-
tion it literally spills the
beans" !"
Worst Sort of Humbus
This il does by aSsalling the
leaders of every large Jewish or
ganization in the country. 1t
thereby calls renewed attention
10 the fact that all of these men
testified against Soviet anti
Semitism. Because they dare to
tell the truth about the harsh
treatment Of the Jeaos under
the Kremlin dictatorship. they
are blasted l0ith the charge of
collaboration ieith Fascist anti
Semitic forces
The appearance of the lead
ers of every large Jewish organi-
zation before the So-called Ker-
stem Committee in New York on
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ing the issue peacefully Labor
and management, says Mr.. Ma
her, are irreconcilably at odds
on virtually every detail of the
controversy.
Our own crystal ball is no bet
ter than Mr.. Maher's or any
body else's. Nevertheless we
would hazard the guest that, Mr..
Maher to the contrary notwith-
standing, some form of the CAV
will be more or less peacefully
agreed upon in at least few of
the bellwether industries in the
United States within the next
two or three years. 1t is our inn
preston, in Other words, that
Mr.. Maher'S article in the Sat
urday Evening Post is unnecess-
arily peSsimistic
A Look At The Record
There viii undoubtedly be a
series of minor skirmishes be-
tween labor and management
over the issue of the CAV, but
there is reason to believe that
the issue can and will be COM
promised, short of a life and
death struggle OF "titanic" pro-
portions. Both labor and manage
ment, to be sure have issued
statements which seem TO indi-
cate that Mr.. Maher's pessimism
is we'll founded. Representatives
of both groups have said, in eff
feet, that they are prepared TO
fight this battle to the bitter
end. The record will show, how
ever, that they have both said
the same thing about other is
sues which have been resolved
around the bargaining table aft
er few minor skirmishes of less
than titanic proportions.
It is altogether possible, of
course, that Mr.. Maher's pessi-
mism will eventually prove to
have been more realistic than
our own optimism. Forthcoming
negotiations over the question
of the CAV may conceivably re-
suit in series of nationwide
strikes which, in the aggregate,
will add up to a prolonged battle
Of titanic proportions. Time alone
will tell.
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Inquiry Corner
He0Iey

@. Does an unbdpti9ed baby
tohich dies (e.g. lohen a baby is
born dead suffer the pains of
the senses or of loss of God?
Can 1t enter hedUeR?
A. Babies who die without hav-
ing been baptized go to Limbo,
but the divine Judge" does not
consign them to the torments of
hell, because they have never
committed actual sin" (The Cate
chism Explained" by Spirago-
Clarke) 1t is commonly held by
theologians that they live a hap
py life, something like an I'M
troubled life on earth would be,
but lacking the joys of the super
natural life. ''Unless a man be
born again of water and of the
Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into
the kingdom of heaven" John
3:5) This natural happiness which
they enjoy should not allow par
ents to neglect Baptism, for the
greatest natural happiness is
nothing to the beatific vision,
the enjoyment of Gods presence
In heaven. There would seem to
be no hope for such unbaptized
infants ever entering heaven.
(Trent 7, 81
Q. Hoao can there be sin of
omission? Doesn't an actual SIN
haze to be an act? Could zoe
commit such SINS without eVen
knoa0ing a0e a0ere doing so?
A. There are many positive laws
of God and of the Church which
require our activity. If we neglect
orsrefuse to do them, then will
full disobedience is an actual sin.
Describing the General Judg-
ment Christ speaks of the re-
ward of the just and then He
says: Then He will say to those
on His left hand, Depart from
Me, accurSed ones, into the ever
lasting fire which was prepared
for the devil and his angels.
For was hungry and you did not
give me to eat :" Matthew
25:32-46) In the parable of the
talents too He speaks of the re-
fuSal to use the gifts God has
given us Matthew 25:15-28) and
is is willful neglect by the guest
who has not on a wedding gar
ment which earns him condemna-
tion in the parable of the mar
riage feast Matthew 22:1-14).
No one, however, can commit
sin without knowing it. We have
instruction in the law of God. and
of the Church and in the duties
of our state in life. Only willful
diSobedience to these constitutes
sin.
@. What is the origin of First
Saturday? Are there any special
prayers TO be said and any Spe-
ciaE ii1dulqences?
A. While devotion to the I'M
maculate Heart of Mary is not
new (the writings Of st. John
Eudes, 1601-l68O, initiated the
deyotion) special impetus to the
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Religion Al Home

About IS per cent Of children entering Catholic
sehools cannot make the sign Of the cross and most
arc Unable 10 say The Lords PRAYER Or the Hall
Wary according to Father Bertin Roll, oF.Ms ma
fional director OF The Afehconiraternity Of Chris
,,sn ma4hers These facts Indicate he said. that
toa nanv catholic homes are defective IN vital
phase of family life.
what Father Roll could have added Is thai q
9ast number 81 Catholic parents have missed one
of their most vital and ENJOYABLE functions teach
ne the;r tinv children 10 pray. Preschool chill
4sn asin tremendously from learning prayers
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ton. In its November l9 issue, 1t
goes so tar as to state that the
new attitudes in the national
capital indicate a substantial
gain for the forces of world
peace.
This is an important assertion.
1t informs the comrades, in
Communist parlance, that an Gd-
udHce has been made IN perSudd.
ING certain leading American
circles totodrd position lOltieh
ooitt not seriously check the
Chinese Reds or current Sopiet
ambitions.
BY December 9, the Daily
Worker could feel confident
enough to demand that the Unit
ed States end at once "the block
ade it had allegedly established
around China's rightful seat in
the United Nations" This was
accompanied by the insistenee
that the new Congress end all
effective Congressional investi-
cations ~ or. in Red terminolo-
gy. put an end to the committee
witch-hunts.
Winning Weapons
There is plenty of work ahead
in connection with the new Cbn-
gress Tor those who wish to
drive the Soviet fifth column
from the vantage ground which
il claims to have attained. If we
use knowledge and facts as our
weapons, We can win.
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the u n / I e d
States to date.
I h e d all y
Worker obServ-
es that peace
full coe xist-
ence" til e
basis Of h e
curr ent Red
has been
established in
part as a poll
ey in Washing