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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-01-01
INQUIRY CORNER
VIII The Anti-Christ
Be 4 Real Person?

For example, offering Holy
Communion.
A. If the prayer or good work
is offered for someone else we
could still gain the indulgence
ourselves. As a matter of fact
we cannot gain an indulgence for
another living person. 1t is only
an extension of indulgences
which makes it possible for in-
dulgenced prayers to benefit the
souls in Purgatory. 1t would
seem, however. that if we Offer
ed the benefit of the indulgence
itself for a soul or the souls in
Purgatory we would have given
up our right to it, The only in-
diligence recorded in connection
with the Holy Eucharist, lie. the
reception of the Sacrament, is in
the case of First Communion.
We certainly can offer our pray
erS at Communion for others and
still benefit ourselves by the
Sacrament and our prayers after
receiving.
Q. Doesn't the Church make
mistake a0hen it insists that par
ents hare children eUen an poO-
ertg?
A. 1t is a mistaken idea that
people have when they say that
the Church insists upon parents
having children or having large
families. The Church insists up
on the natural law of God and
teaches the nobility of the voca-
tion of those who bring life into
the world. 1t does not inquire
into families nor demand an ex-
PLANTATION of small families. II
does forbid any solution which
goes contrary to Gods law. If
we could save our lives only by
an evil action such as lying,
stealing or murder we would be
restrained by the Catholic
Church because we cannot do
evil that good may come. The
problem of poverty and a FAM
lily does not permit a solution
which has been forbidden by
God from the Old Testament
days Genesis 38:8-10l down
through Christian tradition. In
sofar as poverty is an evil it
should be eliminated, but immor-
al practices which corrupt Chris
tian marriage itself cannot be
advanced as solution. II is pow
erty which should be eliminated,
not people.
@. Who iUaS ST. Dorothy?
A. There are several saints of
that name The most famous was
virgin and martyr in the fourth
century who was beheaded at
Caesarea in Cappadocia. This
was during the last great perse-
cution under Diocletian. She con-
verted to the faith the people
who were sent to prison to per-
suade her to renounce it. Her
feast day is February 9Th.
Send questions to Father Ed
ward F. Healey, The Inquiry
Corner. The Catholic Times, Box
636, Columbus (16) Ohio.
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EASHLNGTON LETTER
Drifting 70lUdrd Appeasement

surely, will be essed into the
U.N."
In this same section, the mag
azlne also says:
MIR. Eisenhower is backing
away from his stand against
deals with Russia until after the
Communists give an earnest
show of good faith. The basis
now is being laid for 1854 talks
designed to fix a price to be paid
the Communists for period Of
promised peace. Russia will not
be required to show prior proof
that her promises are any good,
once they are given"
Prime Minister Churchill has
revealed in London that trade
with China, recognition of the
Chinese Communist government,
the admission of China into the
United Nations, Korean prob
lens and even such awkward
personalities as Syngman Rhee
and Chang Kai-Shek" we're dis
cussed at his Bermuda meeting
with President Eisenhower and
Premier Laniel OF France. He
would not elaborate, however.
The issue is expected to. be
a real one in 1854. This is a year
in which a new Congress will be
elected, time when the average
citizen readily has the ear of
candidates for office.
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W4SHIlNGTON LETTER

WASHINGTON 49, There is
growing apprehension over the
possibility that the United States
will agree to the admittance of
Red China TO the United Nations.
That is the reason why fresh
impetus has been given TO the
campaign to obtain a million sig
natures TO a petition in opposi-
tion TO such move. Some of
the countrys most prominent
citizens have taken the lead IN
this work, and several organiza-
tions, including veterans groups,
are active in il.
Ii is being said here that we
are drifting toward appeasement
OF Russia, and that the admit
tance of Red China to the UN
will be part of this general ten
dency.
Statements that have been
made on behalf of the Admins
tration have not ruled out the
possibility of the recognition of
Red China membership in the
UN, as a long-range proposition.
They have indicated that. as long
as we adhere to the conditions
we have set down, il is not likely
TO occur soon.
Speaking to reporters at a re
cent press conference, Secretary
of State Dulles said the present
Administration has never said,
so far as he knew, that IT would
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Myths
But in its very assertions for
this effect, the NetU Times re-
veaiS their NEUROLOGICAL charac-
ter. One great piece of evidence
which II produces TO demonstrate
the ''inyincibility" of the dicta-
torship is the Korean war To
quote what it says exactly: THE
American imperialists failed to
bring the freedom-loving people
of Korea TO their knees. With
the assistance of the Chinese
peoples volunteers, and the sup
port and sympathy OF all peace
lovers, the people of Korea hero
ically upheld their freedom and
independence" Every claim
made in this statement is pure
fiction. The Korean war was lost
by the United States. not through
Soviet power, but through the
refusal by the State Department
TO permit the war TO be won.
That was triumph for Soviet
psychological warfare" and not
for the kremlin's military or po-
litical strength. The latter
thought is as unreal as the
claims that the United States
was the aggressor in Korea and
that the regular armies of Red
China were volunteers.
This tragic episode in Korea
which the Ne,o Times boast
fully terms the collapse of the
American aggressors' plans S"-is
a reminder of our weakness in
comprehending the true condi-
ton of affairs. If there was such
comprehension, the United
States would long ago have EN-
barked upon that course of lib
Grafton for the subject peoples,
which was promised by Secre-
tary of State John Foster Dulles
but has not yet been realized.
The possibility OF our doing this
is the cause of the new barrage
OF fear propaganda" which is
loo readily accepted by many
American agencies of opinion
and by certain American leaders
That we are to be deluged with
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capable of conquering the world
but restraining itself because of
its desire for peace.
In order that the Stalinites
and their friends may chant this
theme into the ears of the un-
wary, including certain leading
figures in the United States. the
NetG Times of November IA
sends out the word on THE Pow
er of Socialism Victorious" The
steadily increasing prosperity"
of the people under the Soviet
regimes, their devotion" to the
dictatorship, and the strength of
the mighty Soviet power are
presented as conditions that &C
tually exist.
II is fear that this propaganda
is intended TO create in the
hearts of all free peoples, Undue
ing them to believe that no ma
ton can stand up successfully
against the economic, political,
and military might" OF Mos.
COW. Planted in non-communist
newspapers and suggested to
non.communist statesmen here
in the United States. 1t will in
timidate us into a continuance
of the feeble policies of appease
ment and containment. Argu
ments will be made as they have
too often been made In the past,
that any strong stand against
Soviet Russia viii lead TO a great
frontal war.
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able only for the fact that It is 50 novel for 1t to
be generally observed and practiced
Why can't We stop and analyze and then realize
Just what the Christmas spirit is? Why is it that
we have to wait twelve months or nearly twelve
to get" the Christmas spirit? And even more 10
the point: Once having gotten it--why do we let
it go?
The Christmas spirit is born of all good things
that are associated with Christmas It is not the
Christmas holly, or the wresthS, the tinsel or
even the exchange of gifts. It is something much
simpler than all these-and far less expensive.
The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and
forgiveness. II is the spirit of Christ born among
men. 1t is the spirit of selfessness of seeing an
others worth and equality as child of God.
Just TO see what the Christians Christmas spirit
will do for or two weeks out of the year should
be the greatest incentive to have Christmas day
every day of the year.
When you take down that Christmas crib In
the front room, don't, by all means take down the
one you made for Him in your heart.
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forever be opposed to recogniz-
ing a Red regime in China. He
added at once, however, that OPP
position would have TO continue
as long as the communist govern
ment of China was guilty of ag-
greSsion in Korea; promoted ag-
gression in Indochina, and gen
orally conducted itself in man
ner unbecoming a nation bound
by the pledges of the UN Char
ter.
OF course day to day new re-
ports, and even statements by
other high US. officials, make it
clear that Red China continues
TO misbehaye.
But the influential Us. News
and World Report says in its
copyrighted "Newsgrsm' sec
ton:
You can be reasonably sure
of the following in the period
ahead:
"Appeasement, in modified
form, will be offered to Com
munist Russia.
Trade barriers against Com
munist countries will be lower
ed. Trade, to be allowed to re-
vive, will give Communist coun-
tries many strategic products.
Agitation. 10 cause unrest in
the Communist empire, will be
checked.
Communist China. slowly but
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-01-01

American style assembly line in
mass production industries was
doing more harm than good, that
it was gradually but inexorably
dehumanizing or depersonsliz-
ing the average American work
er. BY the time he had completed
his American tour, however, he
changed his mind. He went back
to Europe prepared to tell his
students that the assembly line,
thanks to the imperfect but con-
tinuing efforts of industry, labor
and government to keep it un-
der effective social control, is
more of a blessing than curse
TO humanity, even from the point
of view of its ultimate effect
on the human personality of the
average worker.
Our European friend is any
thing but naive. He clearly rec
ognlzes that there is much to be
said against the modern assem-
bly, line, but he is reasonably
optimistic about our ability and
our willingness to keep it under
adequate control. He was par
ticularly impressed by the fact
that American unions-thanks to
their realistic tradition of prac-
tical collective bargaining on
specific issues, as opposed to the
older European tradition of over
emphasizing political remedies
for economic and social problems
have been able TO do SO much
in a relatively short period of
time to safeguard the human
dignity of their members as we'll
as to promote their material
welfare and prosperity. He is
confident that by building on
this foundation and by continu-
ing TO develop new methods of la
Encouragement cooperation at
every level of the economy, the
United States will lead the way
To a new system of economic
life which win compare favor
ably with any other system in
history, including the handicraft
economy of an earlier age to
which some critics of modern in
dustrialism look back so nos
talgieally as to the golden age of
man.
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this sort of thing is indicated
by Political Affairs for Decem-
Der, 1858, which takes up the
theme initiated by the New
Times.
Ignorance
II is quite obvious that the
fifth column here is counting up
on the widespread ignorance in
what are called informed cir
cles" as to what the Communists
are up to and how they actually
operate.
Happily there has just been
issued a new book which can
help to dispel this ignorance,
the Achilles heel of the United
States. The work to which ! re-
fer is Our Secret Allies: The
Peoples of RuSS1d. by Eugene
Lyons. In its pages, carefully
prepared and exceIlently docu-
mented, we have a refutation Of
the philosophy of fear which
hangs like a nightmare over
American foreign policy.
Mr.. Lyons demonstrates con-
clusively that what l wrote down
in The Cry Is Peace is correct:
That the Soviet regime is weak
economically, politically, and
militarily. Its strength lies in its
continued ability to mislead
American thinking.
Likewise, the author of this
notable book on our secret all
lies exposes completely the old
fairy tale to which Dean Ache
son fell victim. Needless 10
say, this is the idea that we are
dealing with an expansion of
Czarist imperialism and not with
something entirely different, So
Wet Communism. We are deal
ing with "a totalitarian gang,
as Lyons puts it, which has i'm
posed itself upon the Russian
peoples and not with any express
sion of Russian national interest.
If that reality is grasped, then
the course of liberation will be
speeded. Let us hope that il will
not be embarked upon too late.
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Pessimisfie Contrast

In marked contrast to the
guarded and realistic optimism
of our European friend is the
acid-like pessimism of young
Australian author Mall Bren.
nan, in his recent book, THE
Making of Moron" (Sheed and
Ward, New York, $3.50. This au-
thor caustically develops the
black-and-white thesis that ''the
making of morons by big indus
try means that the time is COM
ing, if it has not already arrived,
when of any two men seeking
the same employment, the one
with the lesser intelligence will
he preferred to the one with the
greater"
But MIR. Brennan would have
strengthened his argument in
stating the more pessimistic side
of the question if he had made
greater effort to avoid the fall
scy of oversimplification. To say,
for example, that ''the apostles
certainly did not have filing
cabinet between Them" is com.
pletely irrelevant to the serious
question at hand. To add that no
other important man in history
ever mad a filing-cabinet is moth
ing less than gibberish. To say
that higher education is a dis
advantage" and to add very cas-
ually that "there is not much
doubt now that the world was
much better off when men could
not read" is an outmoded kind
of snobbery.
An Insult
To attach some sort of mystical
Importance to the fact that
Christ chose to be a carpenter
(rather than a farmer for exam
pie, or a cobbler) and to attempt
to draw conclusions therefrom
in the field of sociology is to
take outlandish liberties with the
sacred science of theology. And,
finally, to leave the impression
by series of three or four dog
matte generalizations that the
philosophy of the modern trade
union movement is completely
materialistic is an insult to a
host of dedicated men and wom-
en- who have done and are doing
more to humanize modern in
dustry than Mr.. Brennan and I
and all the other so-called Intel
lectual' students of the subject
can ever hope TO do.
The problem. to which MIR.
Brennan has addressed himself
is admittedly very serious, but
his breezy approach to the prob
lem is less than satisfactory. He
is more of a litterateur than 4
scientific sociologist. He has a
better eye for black and white
than for the intermediate shades
of grey which count for so much
in the tedious calculations of the
social scientist
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Q. 4 religious Protestant friend
of NINE referred to the anti
Christ rs definite person. Do
tDe beLieUe in sach a special
person.
A. There are various opinions
among Catholic scholars after
the anti-Christ. The Old Testa-
ment mostly in DanieD men,
tions such a person or being sew
eral times under such names as
beast, dragon, etc. A COM
mon opinion, based on st. Johns
writings Il John 2::18-22, 4-3)
makes him out to be a man who
will pose as a messiaS or another
Christ before the end of the
world. 1t is also possible that it
is general term applied to all
those who oppose Christ and set
themselves up as leaders in op-
position to Him and His teach
ing Church. The same Apostle
states: For many seducers are
gonR out into the world who con-
feSs not that Jesus Christ is come
in the flesh. This is a seducer
and an anti-Christ." In any case
Christians should concentrate on
imitation of Christ rather than
on emotional reaction to the
cloudy prophecies of the worlds
end.
@. What is the PSdlter? What
is ITS purpose?
A. The book of Psalms of the
Old Testament is a collection
of religious songs. 1t was prac-
tically completed by 529 &c.
and David is rightly regarded as
the chief author biblical Com
mission May l, 1910. 1t was the
divinely-inspired hymnal of the
Old Testament and the Christian
Church adopted it is the basic
part of the liturgical prayer of
the New Testament Church.
Christ Himself quoted it often
and its use in community wor-
ship was recommended by St.
Paul and st. James (EphesianS
4:19; James 5:13). The PSalter
forms the main part of the Brew
airy. all one-hundred and fifty
psalms being recited in the
course of a week. 1t is used also
as source of meditation and
private prayer.
Q. Who a0dS ''Psichdri'', to
tOhom l found aLotD5ng refer
ence IN a spiritual book?
A. Ernest Psichari (1883-1914)
was born in Paris and died In
Belgium during the First World
War. He was a grandson of Re-
nan, and while stationed in Afri-
ca in the Colonial Artillery re-
covered the faith his grandfather
had renounced. He had an excel
lent literary training which is in-
dicated in his best-known work
in the form of two autobiograph-
ical novels representing his spir-
itual testament.
Q. If someone offers an ind,tl-
aenced prayer or action for
someone else can he still gain
the indulgence for himself?
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has its way.
We are TO be
frightened into
new sur I G n
d ers TO h e
Moscow rlicis
torShi ip by
stories of the
might of Sow
Ell power N is
TO be present.
ed as inyinci
BILE, as easily
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-01-01

ia ais ~ ~
country a n d
throughout the
c o n tinent as
one of the most
authorita tive
students of Ca
tholic social
teaching. When
he arrived in
the Unite d
States he was
half way pre-
pared to con-
cI1fde that fha
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HIGGINS
The Assembly Line

Several months ago we were
privileged to draw up the Amer
ican itinerary of a European Wis
itor who is widely recognized
in hiS o,1fY1
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LOUIS r. BUDENZ
Our Secret Allies

With the opening OF 1854. the
American mind is to be hypno-
tized by the resurrection of an
old Soviet myth if the Kremlin
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-01-01

There may be value in the apparently silly fash
ion OF picturing the New Year as an infant, and
the Old Year (aged fifty-two weeks as a doddering
old man with long gray whiskers. For while life
and time do not run rapidly as all that, they
do run on with extreme rapidity And need
reminder Maybe the Baby New Year and the
Grandpa Old Year will serve to make us remember
We are all prone to forget the rapid pace of time
and to defer the labor we are to devote to the
work we are born to accomplish.
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And We pick up our magazine at New Years
and there inevitably, is the baby in his diaper and
the old man in his gown. We can say. Hail broth
ersi You two and all the rest Of us have Job TO do
and heaven to win Let's all be up and at 1t this
New Year.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-01-01

Before young and old the mysterious thing called
the future appears to reach out endlessly Whether
We have for the future a glowing hope, or as is
the current fashion, grosnng despair, we see il in
far far stretches The future is long time The
horizon towards which we are rushing with more
than the speed of ietplanes never seems to draw
whit nearer Life refuses to fall into narrowing,
or better focused, perspective.
Evening star., 1954-01-10
Crime
Reviewed by
Miriom Ottenbero

Curtain for A Jester by Frances
and Richard Lockridge. u.
B. Lippincott Co.. $2.50.)
Mr.. Wilmot made a living
out of practical jokes but his
ex-wife, his nephew, a pair of
his employees and an old ac-
quaintance thought he was
anything but funny. All of
them were on hand for the
crowning joke-on Mr.. Will
mot. So were the ubiquitous
Mr.. and Mrs. North, getting in
on the ground floor of this
murder. A body hurtling from
a penthouse, hints of an inter-
national ring in action and a
mad chase through a darkened
fun emporium with Pam North
pursued by a costumed killer
contribute to the entertain
ment. From cats to complica-,
tions to climax, this is a typi-
cal adventure for the Norths.
ALI That Glitters by Manning
Coles. doubleday & Co.,
Inc, $2.75).
A quartet of thieves steals
some apparently worthless air.
plane designs from a West Ger
man scientists safe and
Tommy Hambledon is. sent
over to find out what they
really had in mind. He is kid
mapped. rescued by a 14-year-
old, sees his thieves knocked
off one by one and. as a side
venture, helps a Russian escape
to the West. The Coles COM
bine always writes slickly but
this effort is not their best. 4
Evening star., 1954-01-10

was y " ~
of how broadminded they all
were, maybe a little too proud
of it for the proper effect. His
children went to Indian
schools and one participated
in an Oriental-type strike
against the teacher - she
turned in blank examination
paper. The whole family rode
around town on bicycles. AS
Ambassador to Nepal, Mr..
Bowles and his family rode
into the little mountain king
dom on long-haired ponies.
If the reader can get past
this professional liberalism
complex. however. he can
learn a lot from MIR. Bowles.
The intricate mind of India
and its prime minister cannot
be defined in a headline
phrase, and consequently the
''neutralism' of Mr.. Nehru's
India often is done injustice in
this country.
Mr.. Bowles attempts to set
this straight. He also warns,
probably rightly, that America
had better see to it that India
and the rest of Southeast
Asia makes out better eco
nomically than Red China. or
be prepared to see communism
sweep to the Indian Ocean.
The best solution, he believes.
Evening star., 1954-01-10
Sergeant Named Botisto
BY Edmund A. Chester. Henry Holt e. Co.; $500
Reviewed by Quentin R Mott

There is a generally accept
ed view that an army runs
on its stomach. capably steered
by sergeants. So when a serg-
cant takes over the reins of
the Cuban government twice
in 20 years in bloodless coups.
he becomes merited material
for a biography.
Edmund A. Chester, head of
the Associated Press Havana
bureau during the height of
Gen. F'ulgencio Batista's ca
reer and an acquaintance for
more than 20 years, has au-
thored a work which covers
the Batista saga up to the
present. Another chapter will
depend on the outcome Of
postponed elections in Cuba
next June.
But for the present, Mr..