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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-11-26

Two weeks from this Sunday, Catholics throughout
the nation will again take the pledge Of the Legion
of Deeency. AT that time they will pledge themse
YES 10 do their part in safeguarding themselves
and the community in which they live from the
evils Of saacious entertainment
During the past year in Ohio have been in
The center or a fight to abolish state censorship
of the moving pictures offered for entertainment
in ou. theatres The fight is still going on and up
until nov, the opponents Of censorship seem TO be
winning II is up TO the community as a whole to
sec that they do not win
Each year, along the line some place, at the
time VIXEN Catholics renew their pledge Of the
Legion Of Decency, critics of censorship throw
their barbs at us They claim we arc trying to i'm
pose an outmoded sense Of morality on an unwi
ing populsce They claim that We are trying to
bride freedom, and SO and forth
They'll be trotting out the same old tired afgue
ments aeain this year And Why Because they are
scared Of all fightthnking people who would sec
themselves and their children protected from very
real danger to their morals.
Let no one think that the purveyors Of filth are
not hit and hit hard BY the concerted action Of
Catholics who take the pledge of the Legion of
Deceney and who keep ii faithfully. They are,
By their own admission.
comparison Of The film fare offered for public
consumption ten years ago and that offered today,
teyen with all the flagrant bad examples We have
had doftne the yesfiust pas9- j. proof-that our
actions In this regard do bring results
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-11-26
WASHINCTON LETTER

WASHINGTON ~ If you piece
together things which various
people of some authority have
said and written in recent weeks,
you can come up with the inn
preston that Soviet Russia has
problem on its hands in Red
China.
The problem, as Of now, any
way, + is not that Peking may
break away from Moscow, or
turn against it. 1t is rather that
the Russian Reds may not be
able to. make-the Chinese Reds
behave precisely as they want
them to.
II has been said more than
once lately that Moscow believes
it should. not push Red Chinal
into any. more acts of aggresSlon'
at this time, The seizure of
Tibet, ii is pointed out, had ex7
tremely bad repercussions in In
dia, and Moscow has reason to
fear that any more open agrees
sion at this time might flip a
considerable number of Asian
potential communists over into
the provost camp,
Right now, some have said.
Moscow is not trying to push Red
China, but to guide ii according
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-11-26

The faithful adherence TO the promises of this
pledge insures the safeguarding Of ones personal
morality from this very real source Of contamina-
ton. This safeguard is extended to the whole COM
munity automatically and is effective proportion
ately within the community to individual appli-
cation.
This renewal of the Pledge of the Legion of
Decency is made each year during the Octave of
the Feast of Our Lady's Immaculate Conception.
Is is most fitting that this greatest feast of Our
Blessed Mother should be chosen to regulate the
time Of renewing this pledge.
The Catholic instinctvely thinks of Mary when
he thinks of purity BY Gods design, she is. next
to her Divine Son, the most perfect example Of
integral humanity. Mother Most pure!' has long
been the exclamation of her devoted children.
During this Marian Year, her year, have all
been given numerous ways Of expressing filial de-
gotion to our BLESSED Mother Our renewal OF the
pedg Of the Legion of Decency and its faithful
execution throughout the year is certain to be one
Of the most acceptable and pleasing ways Of ex-
pressing our continuing devotion to Blessed
Mother.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-11-26
Father HeGley.

ence, setting up a minimum Of
penitential practices for us. The
days are chosen in accordance
with ancient traditions because
of some association of prayer
and penance with the particu-
lar day or season leg. Good Fri
day, Lent, Ember Days.. Because
of Good Friday all Catholics are
expected (under pain of mortal
SIM to do penanee by abstaining
from meat every Friday of the
year. The suffering and death Of
Christ calls for this simple pen
ance as the Catholics union with
Christ and His Gross.
@. Does Christian Science 90
back to the miracles of the Cos
pei as some Of its members
claim?
A. No The miracles of Christ
were worked through His power
as Son Of God and were gener-
ally associated with His mission.
He healed the sick, brought the
dead to life, multiplied the loaves
and fishes out Of mercy, but pri-
marily as proof of His divinity
and His mission as Redeemer.
c'But that you may know that
the Son of Man has power on
earth to forgive sins, etc.-Luke
5:24) (See st. Johns constant
reference to the "signs" which
Jesus did eff. 2:11-12, 6.14-15)
Christian Science was founded
in 1879, following the publishing
of Mary Baker Eddy's Science
and Health" in 1875, and can
scarcely compare itself to the
Catholic Church which has been
constantly approved by authen-
tic miracles throughout the world
since the time of Christ himself.
Q. Who Is the patron Of sales
men?
A. st. Francis of Assist (Oc-
tober 4th) and St. Nicholas Of
Myra December 9Th are listed
as patrons of merchants. Sales
men would probably take their
patrons from the products they
sell G. e. st. Elizabeth Of Hungary
is patron of bakers, st. Alexius
of belt-makers, ST. John Of God
of booksellers, st. Augustine OF
Hippo for brewers, st. Anne for
eabinet-makers and ST. Brigid
for dairy workers. The salesman
as distinct from the maker or
manufacturer is a product Of
induStrialism. 1t would seem 10
be a good area for the develop
ment of American saints, future
patrons of statesmen.
Send questions to Father Ed
ward F. Healey, Inquiry Corner,
The Catholic Times, Box $50, Co
lumbus 16l Ohio.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-11-26
MONsICNOR HIGGINS
Specifically On Moral Aspects

truth and error, virtue and vice,
between the world and the
kingdom of God, between the
prince of this world and Christ
its Saviour"
Chureh's Stand Merits Support
The background of this un-
fortunate controversy in Argen-
tina would seem to be as fol-
lows; The existing unions in that
country are closely allied with
General Peron's political regime.
He seems to be afraid that the
young workers who are being
trained under the auspices of
Catholic Action in Argentina
will "infiltrate" these organiza-
tions and eventually take them
out from under his political con-
troll. From his point of view, this
would be q major disaster, for
the present. unions are one of the
main sources of his political
strength.
This campaign against the la
Dor section of Catholic Action
in Argentina was to be expected
sooner or later for reasons indi-
Gated more than three years ago
by a non-Catholic American la
'bor expert, Robert J. Alexander,
in a book entitled, "The Peron
Era" If, he says. "the trend to-
ward a totalitarian form of Pc
ronism continues il " is
likely to come into conflict with
the teaching of the Faith of the
Church."
Now that Mr.. Alexanders
prophecy seems to be on the
way to fulfilment at least in
one area of Argentine life, it is
TO be hoped that the labor move
ment in the United States and
the other labor organizations
banded together in the Inter-
national Confederation Of Free
Trade Unions will lend their
moral support to the Church.
The Church, in defending her
own freedom TO teach the moral
law authoritatively in every
field of human endeavor, is also
defending the freedom of these
organizations. She merits and
deserves their wholehearted sup
port and that of freedom-loving
people in every other walk of
life all over the world.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-11-26

to a Soyiet-communist point of
view Emphasis is put upon the
"Soviet-communist" point of
view, because there is a ten
dency on the part of top China
communists to hold that they in
hefit: directly from Lenin, and
that they do not need Malenkov
and the present rulers Of Russia
as mentors, or as links with the
past.
= Observers point to the Soviet
withdrawal from Port Arthur,
the handing back. to China of
Soviet assets in four mixed
Soviet-Chinese companies set up
: in 1850 and 1851, the building
Of the Kazakhstan.S .Sinkiang rail-
way, and similar moves as as
suaging steps on the part of Mos
COW.
The problem is believed to lie
in the fact that Peking, heliev-
ing il is able to make commun-
list decisions for itself, may de-
eide that it is going to do what
it thinks best, not what Moscow
wants.
And, Peking might persuade
itself that it ought to continue
to be aggressive. 1t is pointed
out by authorities that there are
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-11-26

lEAAA0s
There are some Catholics, the
Holy Father said, even some in
high POSITIONS" who wish TO linn
il the teaching authority of the
Church TO strictly religious
matters" and wish to prevent
the Church from instructing the
faithful in the field of social
problems. The error of these
men, he says. must be firmly
opposed, for the power of the
Church is not bound by the linz
its of matters strictly religious
as they say, but the whole mat
ter of the natural law, its founda-
tion. its Interpretation, its appli-
cation, so far as their moral as
poets extend, are within the
Church's power =
Many of our people, when they
read the Holy Fathers recent ad-
dress. must have wondered what
ii was that prompted him to the
defense Of the teaching authori-
ty of the Church so solemnly and
emphatically al this particular
time. II would be presumptuous,
of course. to attempt to answer
this question except N very gem
eral terms. The Holy Fathers
remarks were addressed to the
whole world, and while he refers
in passing to the specific theo-
logical errors of certain individu-
ais. he does not identity any OF
them by name or nationality or
place of residence. Obviously,
therefore. even 10 try to guess at
their identity would be an AM
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-11-26

all effective moves against the
conspiracy, even though the
Communists have said that would
be the case.
Transmission Belts
In doing this, however, Mos
cows agents have disclosed what
they would like to keep hidden
from the public eye: they show
concLuSiUely the potuer they hare
to make puppets of pdriouS agen-
cies and forces, using them as
Transmission belts" for the Com
nunist line.
How far we have got away
from our moorings is brought
forth by the distinguished com
mentator, David Lawrence, in his
column appearing in New York
on November IL. The first para
graph deserves quotation: "The
United States Senate is in spe-
cial session just now but it is
doing nothing and apparently
intends to do nothing about the
most important problem facing
the national government" That
problem is the urgency of legis-
lation to provide an overall re-
vision of the present security
system. Mr.. Lawrence emphasiz-
es that, at present, this system
is so loose, that for four years
the most precious of secrets have
been leaked"
knowledge of Line Essential
The trial of Professor Joseph
S. Petersen, Jr., is bringing out
startling information, although
neither daily press nor Senate
seems to be interested. Docu-
ments so secret that they may
have cost thousands of lives in
the Korean war were taken by
this man from the files of the
National Security Agency and
turned over to persorc connected
with foreign power. Yet the
Senate which should be seek
ing to learn how it can prevent
such gross acts of sabotage
against this nation-is frittering
away its time in discussing CEN
sure on a man who sought to
probe the defects of our securi-
ty and loyalty bodies. The tri-
umph Of the Communists in
achieving just this could not be
greater.
We have in this whole dreary
drama a new evidence of what
this column has tried to stress
right along - that a widespread
knowledge of the Communist
line is essential If the United
States is to be saued. From that
knowledge men and women who
stand out in every community
could and should take measures
to beat it back before it obtains
too much momentum in the secu-
lar press, television, and radio.
At the present moment every
citizen who wishes to help the
United States can recall the SEN
ators to their duty to this nation.
Let them take steps to strength
en- our security regulations rath-
er than wasting precious time
under pressure of the Commun.
lists and their dupes.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-11-26

a | | 1 rmed the
ri & h I of the
G h urc h I o
speak authori-
tatively not on
ly on matters
str ictly religg
ious, but on
all matters of
conscience and
specifically on
the moral as
poets of social,
economic a n d
political prob
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-11-26

Letter to the
u. S. Senate. .
This bold dec
laration, which
contains orders
to the Senate
as to what it
should do, ap-
pears on the
first page of
the November
10 issue. II in
sis t S up o n
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-11-26
MONSICNOR HIGGINS

His Holiness Pope Plus XII,
in recent address az the con-
clusion of the Marian eelebra-
ton in Rome, vigorously re-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-11-26
LOUIS +. BUDENZ
Red Orders To Senate
LOUIS r. RUDENZ

So little is the Communist con-
spiracy squelched in the United
States that the Daily Worker
has recently published "An Open
, 1954-07-06

Farmers have seldom come out
Of q war period with smaller debts
than when they went into 4. but
the experience Of american farm-
crs during World War II was q
notable exception says 2 new re-
port Of Twentieth Century Fund.
, 1954-07-06

The District Of Columbia led all
states in per capita income in
1850. followed by Delaware. Ne.
vada. and New York. points out
q report Of the Twentieth Cen
fury Fund.
, 1954-07-06
AN NO JUDGEMENT
The Division of Personnel announces an OPP
tive examination for the class of:
cUsToDIAL WORKER l tMALE)

-CUSTODIAL4 WORKER I fMale1: tSa1ary Range $84O-
$114O per annum). Assignment involves manual work in the
cleaning Of buildings, grounds and equipment.
Ability to read and write is desirable; also experience in the
performance Of manual labor.
must be made on the official form which may
be obtained from the Branch Office of the Division of Per-
sonnet in Christiansted and should be postmarked by mid
night Of July IS, 1854.
1. M
Director Of Personnel
--f-s - A@A = ts
, 1954-07-06
SENATOR BUTLER PASSES

SENATOR BUTLERS death last Thursday night leaves
the tine being. The loss is Of particular concern to the Virgin
Islands because it was his Committee that handled the Is
lands affairs, and in recent years he had taken a keen inter-
est in local affairs with a view to helping solve many knotty
and difficult problems.
BECAUSE THE Virgin Islands do not have a resident
Commissioners in Washington "a situation which caused con-
siderable concern among natives) we must depend upon in
dividual friends in Congress, who, through their positions on
mmittee will say a word here and there, and thus infIu-
ence their fellow Congressman to vote favoraby for meas
ures pertaining to the Islands.
SENATOR UTLER knew the Islands well. He had
conducted hearings on the new organic act on the spot, there
fore receiving first hand, the impressions Of natives. Regard
less of whether or not certain ones thought the Islands were
not getting all they should, the fact nevertheless remains
that a chairman with personal knowledge of conditions, who
showed any measure of favorable approach is a valuable
friend, and his death is naturally a loss to the cause Of the
Virgin Islands.
Born OF Scotch-Irish parents, in Iowa territory on Feb
ruray %, 1878, Senator Butler moved with his parents in al
covered wagon to Nebraska, where he became that states
most powerful figure, winning his seat in the Senate in 1910.
H VIRGIN ISLANDS must feel the loss Of Senator
Butler. His acquaintanceship with the Islands, and his in
fluence in the Senate were factors which may not be easily
replaced. AT least his replacement on the committee will be-
faced with going through the process Of knowing and UNDER
standing the complex problems relating to the Islands.
Farmers have seldom come out -. na..-... !. r.,,mA.. ~ III
, 1954-07-06

The new OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES on newest cars
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Arizona sun., 1954-05-07
Roso Lee Ingram Voted
Mother Of The Year

Seven years ago Rosa Lee Ingram, mother of IA or
phaned children in deep mourning the loss OF
her husband Bravely she continued to work the fields
left unattended by the untmey death of the father of
her children The family of Ia children elderly mother
and herself had live. She took her two to
help pow and hoe that she might eek out substance
for the family and be kept together.
Three months after her husbands death and while
breaking field work, she attacked by white
farmer. Rosa Lee Ingram defended her honor against
the of the white farmer with all the and he
roism befttng honorable mother, bereaved widow
and representative of womanhood. The two young
hearing her pIg her aid The white farmer
lost his life in the struggle, with his gun.
Seven long years has this heroic mother been torn
from her loved Seven long years has she known
the degradation of being a prisoner and the heartache
youth away common prisoners.
case know of in the United States who merits
the honor Mother of the Year does this great mother
In defending her honor against the lust of the white
farmer she displayed the dignity of Motherhood the
challenged honor of womanhood and the unbeatable
age Of her people, the Negro people.
We therefore, bestow upon Rosa Lee Ingram the
honor of Mother of the year We appeal to
individuals and churches do likewise. We Moth
ers Day greeting cards be sent to her.
Address: Mrs. Rosa Lee Ingram,
Reidsville Prison,
Reidsvlle Ga.
Committee to Free Rosa Lee Ingram,
Phoenix C.R.C. PO Box 3695
Phoenix, Arizona.
Arizona sun., 1954-05-07

Aid to ArlZOna'S cerebral pal
sled children in the form of five
week course Of education and
treatment will be given at Prescott
July 6 through August 6, according
to an announcement made today
by Mrs. Herman Thornton, Phoe-
nix, chairman of the MIaricopa
County chapter of the Arizona
Society for Crippled Children and
Adults.
The purpose Of the, clinic is to
give direct service treatment to
cerebral palsy children from all
counties where the advantages Of a
concentrated rehabilitation pro-
gram do not exist. In addition to
the direct service to the children,
the program is also geared to edu-
cate the parent of the handicapped
child through lectures, demohstra-
tions and actual supervised partici-
patton in carrying out treatment
procedures. -e
An outstanding medical advis-
ory staff at the clinic i'm Prescott
will be composed of three promin-
ent Arizona doctors who have made
treatment and evaIuation of the
cerebral palsied child, their special
ty: DIR. Stanford II. Hartman, ofth-
opedist; DR.. John Keefrey, pedise
trician and. DIR. Norman IyersOn,
psychologist. The qualified staff
working at the clinic will include
Arizona sun., 1954-05-07
CeIebroI Palsy Course
To Aid Children, Parents

two registered physical therapists,
one speech therapist, an arts and
crafts teacher and a teacher of
special education.
Robert Nochta, registered physi-
cal therapist of the Society and CO.
ordinator Of the program at Pres
cott, announced the desire of the
Easter Seal group to make the
clinic an annual affair and an in
tegral part of the statewide pro-
gram of service of the Crippled
Children's Society to the cerebral
palsy children of Arizona. 1t will
also be an opportunity.
j. Notice of the proposed clinic
has been sent to all county chapter
chairmen of the Easter Seal Socie-
ty and it is the hope of the coOrdi-
nator that all counties will be rep
resented with children at the clinic.
Maricopa county is not expected to
take part since a thorough pro-
gram Of aid to the cerebral palSied
child already exists under the di-
rection of the Easter Seal Society
at the, Samuel GomperS Memorial
clinic in Phoenix.
Anyone interested in obtaining
detailed information concerning
the clinic may do so by contracting
their local county chairman or by
writing to the Arizona Society for
Crippled Children and Adults, 207
Arizona Title Building, Phoenix.
Arizona sun., 1954-05-07
Attention: Korean Veterans

PoSt-KOrea veterans released
from military servic ebefore Aug
ust 20 1852, had better start MAX
ing plans now if they intend to en-
roll in Korean CT Bill training be-
fore fast-approaching deadline,
Veterans Administration said to-
day.
Under the law, these veterans
actually must begin training before
this coming August 20, in order
to- continue afterwards.
For many of the veterans, sum-
mer terms in school-getting under
way in about two months-Will be
their last chance to start Korean
CT training in time. Next falls
school terms begin too late.
1T doesn't pay to wait until the
last minute before taking action,
VA emphasized.
Arizona sun., 1954-05-07

gram prompt action is a must;
the counseling process adds still
another step that is necessarily
time-consuming.
VA reminded veterans that the
August 20 deadline applies to vet
Grams planning to take on-the-job
and on-the-farm training as we'll
as to those who intend to go to
school.
This August's cutoff date ap-
plies only to veterans who left the
service on or before August 20,
1852, VA said. Veterans separated
after that time have two years
from the date of their separation
in which to begin Korean CT train
ing.
The law requires that a veteran
must enroll in and begin" train
ing Or or before his deadline, if
he wants ito go on with it after
wards.
Arizona sun., 1954-05-07

Once veteran has decided TO
train under the Korean CT Bill, he
must choose the school and course
he wants. He must make certain
that the course is GI-approved.
Any VA Regional Office can fur
nish him information on this point
Then he must be sure that the
school will accept him from train
ing.
His next step is to file an appli-
cation for Korean CT Bill training
with the VA, or with the approved
school in which he wishes to en-
roll.
Since all these steps take time,
veterans should act promptly to
avoid disappointment.
For veterans requesting VA
counseling to help them decide on
an objective and a training pro-
Arizona sun., 1954-05-07

beef the shoulder oreBl
Chuck off IS
the rib of the beef fine your Sundays
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-29
Convict Learns
He's 0verstayed
His Sentence

CINCINNATI N-An inmate at
the Ohio Peritentiary IN Columbus
claimed today he's spent too much
time in prison because Of = cleri-
cal mistake. And prison officials
think he may be right.
John d. Ingram. rs, convicted
by q Hamilton County jury July
II, 1880, Of q robbery which netted
him 90 cents, wrote his troubles
to the court clerk here.
There appears to be some con-
fusion and technical misunder-
standing 40 to just what kind Of
sentence I got-definite or indef-
ite." he wrote.
Az he remembers the trial, the
Judge sentenced him to is years.
II became q victim Of circum-
stances because the clerk at the
penitentiary made an unfortunate
mistake and made it Is to as
years"
Court officials said Ingram was
right-he was sent UP for a is
year term.
They plan 10 look into his rec
ord today, but they wonder why it
took him more than nine years to
figure he had overstayed his
term. A