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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-05-28
An "American" Saint

It might seem improbable that We ourselves
would ever have particular friend of ours raised 10
the honor of Gods altar and be known TO the world
as saint But that is just what is going TO happen
tomorrow morning.
Pops Plus was never reticent about display
Ing his deep and special affection for his American
children. The first public audience that the new
Pope granted was to a group of Americans. The
last such audience of his memorable Ponfieate was
also to group of Americans.
II love these Americans" Plus said they
are the blooming youth OF Catholicism. | gladly
give my apostolic blessing to their whole country"
Those the words Of who throughout
his reign as Pope wanted the world to know that he
held us and our country in love and esteem Now
that he Is being raised TO the altar can we think
that his interest and love will be any the less?
Truly we Americans can say that In Saint
Plus we have an American saint Our rejoicing
and thankfuness 10 God for the signal honor being
paid this humble and holy comes from the
realization that he was and is of our own,
not only in time, but in interest and nearness
Every class and state of American society has
devotion to this new Saint; the general taty par
ents priests and children,-they have all received
special and particular gifts from this great Pontf
while he was alive on this earth.
Now that he is with God in heaven now that we
can honor him whom know for sure is
close to God in of His chosen places in heaven
let us all turn 10 him as Catholics and Americans.
Let us take own particular needs and those
Of our country 10 him who in life felt us to he his
special interest and concern.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-05-28
WASHINGTON LETTER
The Material Us The Spiritual

too, faith is contagious. One of
the best ways to keep our faith
strong is to recall the faith of
our forefathers and to keep fresh
in our minds the great deeds, the
near miracles, VIII ic h they
wrought through faith"
The occasion was the annual
commemoration of the Virginia
resolution for American indie
pendence and the Virginia Bill
of rights. The Secretary of State
did not speak long; it is to be
doubted if the present conflict
has been described more succinct-
ly. For example, he also said:
''If it is accepted, as premise,
that man is merely matter, then
il is easy TO conclude, as the
communists do, that the greatest
harmony and greatest productive
ity comes from organizing so
ciety of conformity, where diver
sity is treated as grit in the gears
of a delicate machine.
These and other passages help
one to understand why some
people become communists. And
they help, too, to bring home
that fact that freedom faces a
formidable challenge" and that,
''the survival of freedom depends
not merely on the number of the
free but even more upon the in
tensity of their faith"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-05-28
LOUIS F. BUDENZ
Before 1t Is Too Late

d matter of life or death
Even now, we learn again that
the United States lost the war
in Korea because of the restrain
ing hand of the State Depart
ment upon our military COM
manders at that time. In Gen
eral Mark Clark's recent book,
From the Danube to the Yalu,
he states emphatically that this
country could have won the war
in Korea had it not been for the
orders of political superiors."
he asserts that General Douglass
Macarthur was correct in the
recommendations he made for
victory against Soviet aggression
in that conflict. Thus, we have
the word of every man who was
in command there and who is
now on the retired list, includ-
ing General James Van Fleet,
that 10 WGs our policies t0htch
defeated as.
And even now, under the cover
of a Korean truce" dictated by
Moscow, and while We are ne
gotiating' at Geneva, the
Chinese Communists have been
unloosed to aid their fellows in
the conquest of Indo-China. All
Asia trembles In the balance.
the peoples under the satellite
regimes are subjected to even
more misery - and the United
States has as get no policy er-
eept the bankrupt one of sup
posed "coat1inment.
Freedom At Stake
Before it is too late, can we
not learn from Stains words in
The Problems of Leninism
that world revolution" or world
conquest is the set purpose of
the Kremlin? Can we not come
to understand, from Stains di-
receives in Foundations of Len
inism," that this world conquest
is to be advanced through the
penetration of all agencies of
decision and opinion making in
the United States?
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-05-28
The Pentecostal Novena

The people OF today take heart in recalling
the history of the early Christians ii portrayed
and remembered in the great Feast days celebrated
by the Church in her liturgy A sense of compan-
ionship and nearness Of hope and confidence comes
with the thought that are going through nothing
new, that We are not lost forgotten but are sui
fering what must always be the lot of Chrst's fol
lowers
The day after Our Lords Ascension into heaven
Mary the Apostles and the disciples we're all gath
cred in the upper room where they had eaten the
last supper with their Master. They afraid
and bewiIdered as they awaited the coming Of the
Holy Ghost Whom Christ had promised to send TO
them to teach and strengthen them.
We are told in the Acts of the Apostles that they
all with one mind continued steadfastly in prayer
They did this for nine days until the day of Pente-
cost we are told.
This was the first Pentecostal Novena We can
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-05-28

WASHNGTON-ln the midst
of great deal of turmoil here
in the National Capital, Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles slip
ped down to Williamsburg, Va,
and emphasized a fact which ev-
eryone should ponder.
"Basically, the present conflict
between freedom and despotism,
he said. lis a conflict between a
spiritual and material view of the
universe and of the nature of
man"
This is an elemental, crystal
clear appraisal of the world sit
uation. II Spotlights the source of
the fight, and il helps to explain
why it has spread into all parts
of the world. Communism is not
merely a political and economic
theory. 1t is a philosophy that
many have embraced as relig-
ion.
Secretary Dulles touched upon
the effects of this when he said:
IF one does not believe in the
spiritual order, if one does not
accept the fact of moral law and
what the Virginia Bill of Rights
referred to as the duty which we
owe to our Creator then it is,
indeed, difficult to combat the
thesis that men should be the
servants of the state; that one
state should be the master over
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-05-28

McCarranlsm" made possible by
Communist infiltration and in
fluence in too many agencies of
opinion making.
In other words. the Commun-
ist line is advancing within this
country in almost the same de-
gree to which it marched for
ward during those tragic years
when the United States was per
suaded to betray China and
Poland.
Great satisfaction is expressed
by the Daily Worker that the
Geneva conference has been
linked up" with this struggle
against McCarthyism and McCar-
raniSm, as was the announced
Communist plan since the Red
secret national conference last
September. The Red organs
leading editorial of April %
registers Moscow's verdict that
the United States has been aiUen
a big btoto By gong TO Genera,
particularly through our alleged
dllieS. 1t calls for thousands of
letters and kilograms to Wash
ington, demanding complete sur
render by the United States to
TO all Soviet proposals in those
negotiations.
Matter OF Life Or Death
These communications, of
course, will not be sent under
the Communist label. They will
apparently be from non-Com-
munists. and many officials in
the nations capital will not
recognize their origin.
II is clear that patriotic Ameri-
cans will have to rise to this
occasion more than they have
ever done before. The we'll
known columnist David Law
renee is correct in stating on
May Ii that this nation is in
the greatest peril. And it is
in that condition because of the
lack of a fortnight policy, Which
experience should long ago haze
taught our national leaders tDds
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-05-28

all other states"
We could we'll be reaping the
fruits of a materialistic philoso-
ply that has been taught for
decades round the world. That
would explain why the preachers
of despotism find some ready
listeners in all places. Not every
materialiSt is necessarily a com
munist, of course, but for some
communism has filled the void
that was IN their lives because
they did not have spiritual val
ues.
we often speak as a matter of
convenience" said the Secretary
of the State, about the free
world, meaning thereby those
portions of the world which are
not now dominated by commun-
ism. In that sense, approximate
ly two-thirds of the world is
free But in the free countries
only a part of their people are
inspired by the kind of faith
which alone is potent against the
materialistic and aggressive
forces of despotism.
'The future of freedom rests
with small minority of man.
kind. This is why it is indispen-
sable that the people of our Re
public for their part, should hold
fast to the faith of our fathers.
Just as freedom is contagious, so,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-05-28

the Senate Subcommittee. A
huge headline over the issue of
April 20 declares: Mccarthy
Hearings Reveal: How the Red
Menace Racket Works.
No secret is made of the Red
success at hampering and halt
ing Congressional investigations
into subversion. True, in its
editorial of April 81 the Daily
Worker lets us know that ii is
not pleased at the way the hear
ings have gone, so far as the
evidence is concerned. II would
like TO see such distortion of
the facts as would smear" in
quirieS into subversion and kill
them off altogether, But its
JOY is registered in the fact that
the Communist cry of many
months standing. investigate
the Investigators" is now being
brought forward on a big scale
in American life.
Line Advancing
The Red daily organ. enconr-
aged by the stoppage of all ade-
quate investigation of subver-
sives, now shouts out that the
present inquiry should be ex-
tended to the Federal Bureau
of Investigation. That is the
point to which we have now been
brought by the stoking of the
fires against "McCarthyism and
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-05-28
Inquiry Corner
Father HeaLes

however, had taken place earlier
and these penitents had been
given time of penance at the
end of which they would receive
sacramentaI absolution. In emer-
gencieS, such as mfnistration to
the dying or soldiers in combat
sacramental absolution may be
given without a detailed confes-
sion of sins. 1t is to be supplied
later when those absolved are
able to receive the Sacrament of
Penance in the ordinary way.
Christ gave the Apostles and
their successors the power of
judgement and of guiding souls
and from the beginning that has
presumed the confession of sins
to the priest.
@. Wig lpns it necessary for
Pope Saint Plus X to issue a
decree about frequent ComrtHr.
ton7 Did someone deny the
advantages of early and frequent
reception?
A. In the first centuries of
the Church frequent and early
Communion was taken for grant
ed. From time to time, however,
there have been lapses in this
correct practice. In the third
century special appeals were
made for reception of the Sac
rament at least three times a
year. and the Lateran Council
(1215 A. d. decreed that every
Catholic who had come to the
use of reason should receive
Holy Communion at least once
a year at EASTER. In the Middle
Ages children were ordinarily
admitted to their First Holy
Communion at the age of seven.
JanSenism in the seventeenth
century taught that the sacra-
ments could be received only
after long and severe prepara-
ton and that Communion is
more a reward than remedy.
1t was this error which led 10
the abuse which Pope Saint
Plus X corrected by his decree
of December 20, 1905.
@. Is Sampson a saints name!
A. Yes, In the sixth century
there was a priest of CONSTANT
nople of that name who was
called Father of the poor. st.
Sampson insisted upon the eree-
ton of q magnificent hospital
for the poor when the Emperor
Justinian was erecting the mag
nificent Cathedral of st. Sophia.
Another st. Sampson, also in the
sixth century, was a bishop in
Wales, or rather an Abbot of
Wales who became Bishop Of
Dole in Brittany.
Send questions to Father Ed
ward F. Healey, The Inquiry
Corner, The Catholic Times, Box
636, Columbus (16} Ohio
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easily compare our position today to that Of those
first Christians in the upper room.
Beset on every side with examples of the worlds
hate and wickedness We too are afraid and be-
wildered. We have, however, the comforting knowl-
edge of the effect of the Holy Ghost upon those who
made the first Pentecostal novena to spur US on
to initiate them in constant prayer in awaiting his
coming.
Today, every church and chapel of the Diocese
of Columbus, public novena to the Holy Ghost Is
being started and will end the day before Pentecost
Sunday.
Let us all make this novens the center of our
extra deyotons for the next nine days asking the
Holy Ghost to purify lives with the fire of His
Divine love and TO favor and guard His church In
Columbus with great increase of priestly and
religious vocations
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Attention
The various types of co-deter-
mInatIon or co management
recommended by the eminent
scholars of the international
Union of Social Studies are not
the same thing as Joint control
of commercial decisions. The
latter has been warned against
repeatedly by the present Holy
Father as an infringement on the
right of private property. The
Mahnes declaration is at pains
to remind us, however. that
there are many other types of
co-determination or co-manage-
ment which are perfectly con-
slstent with the right of private
property and have been endors-
ed, In principle at least, In
various papal documents. These
should be promoted by affirna-
tive action, for lit is not enough
to take a stand in defence of
private property, and repel GER
tain unjustified attacks on it.
Human personality also deserves
attention; its rights, and its call
to grow and develop in and
through work"
The rights of human persona
lity in modern industry can best
be protected and advanced if
the workers are permitted to
share in some way in the control
OF their particular company or
firm and in the control of their
! industry or profession and of
the national economy as a whole.
Action at each of these levels,
according to the Malines declara-
ton. should supplement and en-
rich action at each of the others.
Workers in the United States
have made considerable progress
in recent years at the first of
these three levels-the level of
the individual company or firm.
Through the method of collective
bargaining-the scope of which
is very flexible and is constantly
expanding-they have achieved
a certain measure of economic
co-determination or co-manage-
ment on a wide variety of prob
lens directly or indirectly af-
fecting their personal welfare.
To be sure. they and their en-
ployers - being less theological
and more pragmatic than their
European counterparts-seldom
If ever use the word-co-deter-
mination or co-management to
describe the results of their coli
lective bargaining negotiations.
But rose by any other name is
still rose.
At the other two levels-tha
level of the industry or profes-
sion and of the national economy
as a whole-progresS in the dir
ection of economic partnership
has, understandably, been much
slower than at the level of the
individual company or firm. The
main difficulty, in the opinion of
those who drafted the Malines
declaration, Is psychological.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-05-28

of economic co-determination or
i co-management.
Written in French by Canon
Brys, Chaplain General of the
Belgian Christian Workers
Movement, this document, re-
presents the consensus of author
itative Catholic scholars from
many different countries. Trans
lated into English by Michael
Fogarty of the Catholic Social
Guild in England, it has been
published in both languages IN
the March issue of Industrial
Relations, quarterly publication
of Laval University, Quebec. In
our opinion, it is the best avail
able summary of Catholic teach
ing on this subject.
Highly Desirable
Granting that economic CO.
determination or co-management
may not be claimed by workers
as an absolute requirement of
the natural law, the Malines dec
laration repeatedly emphasizes
that some. form of partnership
between workers and owners,
adapted to the varying conditions
of different industries in differ
ent countries, is highly desirable
and should be actively encour-
aged not only by the parties
themselves but by government
as well.
Every honest attempt to work
out by experiment practical and
satisfactory forms of participa-
ton" the stat m mt reads,
should be given its share of
praise and support The aim
should be to genershze the for
mulas worked out in this way.
This may be done by collective
agreement between individual
managements and their workers,
nv industry wide decision
through each industry's own ma
chinery, or. in particular cases,
at some future time, by law"
The statutory m h o d of
achieving economic co-manage-
ment is not likely to be adopted
in the United States, but il is
interesting and instructive to
note that representative Catho-
lie scholars are prepared to en-
dorse 1T under certain con-
ditions.)
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@. VIII the Church eper uc.
cept divorce? There certainly
are many Catholics tUho are get
ting them. and most Everyone
else accepts them.
A. The Catholic Church can
not change Gods law. Individual
Catholics may disregard this law
of God, but the natural law does
not change like the styles in
clothes. homes or automobiles.
While there are cases where di-
vorce seems to be the reasonable
answer to real problem, the
acceptance of this sol ut on
creates many more problems
than it solves. For these cases
of real hardship the Church
permits separation, but it exists
TO guide men to heaven. To
grant man what he wants is not
the same as granting him what
is good for him. Christ taught
clearly that man and woman are
united permanently for their
own happiness and the good of
children and society and What
God has joined together let no
man put asunder." (Matthew 19:
4-8) st. Paul points out in many
passages the beauty of Christian
marriage which is like the noble
union of Christ and His Church
and insists upon the permanence
of this sacred union. (Ephesians
SPA; Romans 1928; ! Corinthians
7:23-39)
Q. HosC much must Catholic
contribute? Can he be refused
entrance TO the Church for re-
fttSdl or inability to contribute
at the door, t0here such a cotlec-
ton is taken up? What If you
can't make ii 10 your olpn parish
Sunday?
A. There is no set amount, but
each Catholic should share ac-
cording to his income in the
maintenance of the Church. With
our schools and other expenses
necessary for the service of the
faithful in our time each parish
ioner should try to find out what
his share should be. Church law
Canon 1181) forbids the practice
of charging people to hear Mass.
If there is a collection at the
Church door, usually a kind of
pew rent, it must be voluntary.
If it is impossible to attend Mass
at ones own parish church it is
still the parish to which a Ca
tholic has the o b liz alton of
Church support.
Q. Isn't u true that IN the
early Church penitents mere db-
Solved uithottt going to confes-
SION?
A. No. 1t was the practice of
the Church in some times and
places to absolve penitents in a
group. The confession of sins,
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b e C au sc its
periodic con-
ferences are
always held in
Malines, B e l.
GUM II n d G r
the auspices of
Cardinal Van
Roey made
public a policy
d e c a r a ton
which ought to
the air
c o n S iderably
on the subject
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telling [ h cir
followers that
the Unite d
States is being
seriously d e
feated. both al
h o m e an d
abroad. T h e
Daily Worker
is full of ex.
ultation at the
hearings n o W
being held by
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-05-28
MONSICNOR HIGGINS
The MaIines Union

At the conclusion of its 1853
meeting the international Union
of Social Studies-sometimes re-
ferred to as the MaIines Union
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-05-28

A new note of triumph is to
be found in the current Com
munist press, Moscow and its
fifth column in this country are
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just Among Ourselves

Psssins Comment een.id.rsd or lneonsid.r.t.
Evening star., 1954-08-19
Barnet Named 10 Direct
Social Hygiene Society

Election of Jesse r. Barnet oi
Albany. N. Y. as executive secre-
tary of the Social Hygiene So.
ciety of Washington, was an
nounced today by directors oi
the group.
The successor to Ray II.
Everett, who retired early this
summer. Mr.. Barnet attended
Syracuse University and was
graduated summa cum laude
from New York State Teachers
College.
He received his masters de-
gree from the Harvard Gradu-
ate School Of Education and
was awarded a fellowship to the
Littauer Graduate School of
Public Administration at Har-
ward.
Formerly administrative as
sistant to the Deputy Commits
sioner of Education in New York
State. Mr.. Barnet also served as
a research assistant for the KEEL
logg Foundation Community
Studies at Harvard.
Evening star., 1954-08-19

The floodlights will keep the
building and the flags in front
of it lighted until 10 pm. each
day. The lighting will be by 28O
f1oodlights. with 298 kilowatts, at
three levels.
The Archives Building houses
such documents as the Declara-
ton Of Independence, the Con-
stitution and the Bill of Rights
These three documents are
lowered into special bomb-proof
vaults each night after the
building, closes at 10 o'clock.
Sixth Floodlighted Structure.
The bronze and marble exhibi-
ton hall of the three documents
is open to the public each night
until that time.
Lighting of the Archives
Building will make it the sixth
f1oodlighted structure in the Ma
tion's Capital. The others are the
White House, the Capitol, the
Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson
Memorial and the Washington
Monument.
Evening star., 1954-08-19
Half of Civil Defense Employees
To Resign With Agency Move

Almost half the 500 Federal
Civil Defense Office employees
here are quitting rather than
move to Battle Creek, Mich,
when the headquarters is trans
ferred during the next two weeks,
the agency said today.
Some 260 win move when the
Office takes over the Percy Jones
Hospital property there, accord
ing to Harold L. Aitken. execu-
tive assistant to the admins
traitor.
The other 240 we're described
as mostly clerks and stenog-
raphers who would have less diff
ficulty finding new jobs.
Decision Due on School.
The spokesman also said a de-
cision is expected today on the
fate Of the agency's civil defense
training school at Olney, Md.
The move got into high gear
today following Senate compile
ton of congressional action yes
terday on the $1.6 billion supple
Evening star., 1954-08-19

mental bill, which included $1O,-
025 900 for the Civil Defense Of
flee.
Fed Administrator Val Peter
son will maintain an Office of
about Is persons here at the
General Services Administration
building at Nineteenth and F
streets NV. The present head
quarters, to be vacated by
Wednesday, are in an apartment
building at 1880 Columbia road
NV.
S16O,O0O Moving Cost.
The move is to be complete
by September l.
Mr.. Aitken said the move will
cost about $160,000. It was op-
posed by Maryland's two Sena-
tors, who beat down move to
allow $350,000 specifically for
moving expenses in the appro-
priations bill.
Senate House conferees, how
ever, said the move could be
made on the money which was
! allowed.