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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-12-10
A New Brand On
The Market?

Much has been said within the past few months
about peaceful co-existence-its possibility and de
STABILITY Muchmore will be said before this knotty
problem is solved TO the satisfaction of the world
community
There are those among government leaders in
countries not officially given to the doctrine
Of communism that belieye-in the face of denlals
df not In word, at least in action) by the leaders
Of communism-that such state of living could
be worked out We don't believe It, unless com
munist doctrine and philosophy were radically
changed
This is just the point, though Many including
the communist policy makers would have us be
lieve that such a change is coming about We arc
witnessing today new tack in communist policy:
going easy on the persecution of religion We read
every day of new overtures on the part of Russia
and Yugoslava, both following the same line to
convince the world that they having a change
OF heart; that here is new communism which
VIII be acceptable to the free nations of the world
We are advised more and more to buy by the
brand name" to be sure of what we are receiving
We are told that purchasing in this manner assures
Us OF obtaining Just exactly what want II in
sures us against receiving substitutes inferior to
The desired quality which we want
This is all very nice and handy and we sub
scribe TO It, But it, unfortunately, can be carried
loo far in some applications The old saw: "A rose
by any other etc" still holds good, even in re.
verse. You will never be able to change the con-
tents Of the by altering the title on its label
Atheistic Communism will always be just that with
all its degrading immoral characteristics, no mat
ter what guse il is given what name it is
called by
II is discomaging to find some people, who
should know better, acting and speaking in such
a way that would seem to imply that there is a
difference in brands" of communism.
For instance. We all know the "Old Joe" Russian
brand Of communism. so familiar for so many years
We knew exactly what buying when we
dealt with him-or with Tito Mao or any of the
rest Of them, for that matter-Godessness whole
sale murder, false Imprisonment, truthlessness the
loss of individual freedom and in short practically
the opposite Of everything we know as moral
Now, however. we are being asked TO reconsider
We are being shown product with the name "Athe-
istc' deleted from the label. And many people are
going to be fooled into buying this brand
No matter what beguiling pronouncements come
from the Kremlin or from Belgrade beamed TO the
outside world te~Se this new brand of commun
Ism, we can be sure by listening 10 official pro-
nouncements with these countries themselves that
their basic philosophy has changed not one iota
Communism will live with religion only AS long as
y suits the communist policy The two. and all that
they stand for, are dametrically opposed, and will
remain so until one changes so much as to be no
longer existant
Let no one be fooled by the new communist
propaganda. Communism is still communism, no
matter what the label on the says.
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LOUIS r. BUDEH
NOu 1t Is KnOlUIandism

conditions which would lead us
into negotiations" that would
disarm and destroy the United
States.
Now on November l9, the Ddi-
lg Worker gives lengthy direc-
tiyes to its followers on the pos
sibility of 10eakeniug the loill of
the present Administration an
Washington By an dll-o3tt assault
on "KnoeolandiSm." A wedge is
10 be driven between the Exeeu-
tive Department and the Cali
fornia Senator's proposals, just
as similar wedge was created
in the battle against Mccarthy
ism"
The Red organ makes no
bones about the fact that this en-
tire campaign to drug official
Washington with peaceful CO.
existence" is Immediately design
ed to achieve the conquest Of
Formosa and the recognition of
Red China. OF course. with the
usual Communist duplicity, it
brings this argum ment forward in
the form OF accusing those forces
who support Senator Knowland
of wanting to bring on war. That
is an old and tireSome theme,
one that might be thought to be
thoroughly exploded by now. But
many intelligent Americans still
fall victims to it.
Peace" Merged With Aggression
The Nem York Times was not
slow in following the lead of the
Daily Worker in this area, just
as it so quickly responded to
the Red demand to crush Nc
Carthyism.' On November IS,
only one week after the Daily
Worker directives, the Times re-
repeats the same arguments in
its leading editorial entitled
"Knowlandism.n This distinguish
ed paper which is considered al
most sacroSanct in certain col
leges, links up the battle against
"McCarthyism' and the struggle
against "Knowlandism" Just as
the Communists do. This neWspa-
per, with its extensive facilities,
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But the potential for increased bed space in
the near future is good, dependent somewhat on
the will of the community. The new wing consists
of basement and four above ground stories Avail
able funds, however, so limited that only the
basement and two floors be put into immedi-
ate service.
The two other floors will be put into service
when the $4,000 needed to equip them and the
problem of stating them can be met
Columbus is a fastgrowing community and
unfortunately its hospital building program, while
stepped up considerably in recent years. still lags
far behind the needs.
The additional space to be available at St
aAnthony is most welcome. This hospital which is
the only one in the city providing for the
chronically i'll, will provide more of the gen.
era hospital services The best wishes Of grateful
community will accompany st. Anthony Hospital as
it takes second breath and moves forward into
the forefront Of institutions providing valuable and
necessary services to the people of the community
IN their hours of illness and distress
Guest Editorial: Ohio State Journal
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iStence." The Red barrage which
is now being laid down for Sta
Inns "coexiStence" slogan is af-
fecting many outstanding news
papers and Washington itself,
preparing the way for new sur
renders by the United States in
the Far East.
This column has repeatedly
pointed out that the Daily Work.
er months ago began an assault
on the "Knowland,Me G arth y
gang" The Senator from Cali
fornia earned the ire of the Red
conspiracy in that he recon-
mended the only realistic and
sound American policy, the
= breaking of all relations with So
Wet Russia and its satellite re-
gimes. Over against any such de-
fense of the United States, The
Soviet fifth column had long ago
offered us the overdose of po-
litical sleeping pills frandulant-
'ly termed peaceful eoexist-
ence."
Drug Official Washington
One of the chief conditions
laid down by Dictator Malenkov
in August, 1858, and by his
agent, William z. Foster, in the
August, 1854, Political Affairs,
was American betrayal of For
mosa, accompanied by the reeog-
milton of Red China. That was
the first way We could get
peaceful coexistence" hui il was
to be followed by many other
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81. Anthony Addition

Dedication Wednesday Of sl000000 addition
In ST Anthony Hospital reflection Of
achievement of a most gratifying nature The
structure will stand as memorial TO resomcefu
ness faith, patience and service the part Of all
those associated with its building
Completion of the wing comes at time
when The additional facilities il will provide are
desperately needed ST Francis, the eitys oldest
hospital which carries giant load Of the com
munity's hospital needs has announced its closing
in the near future ST Anthony will be looked to
to fiji portion of the gap left By the closing.
But while ST Anthony Hospital is well its
way TO meeting increased responsibilities, il even
now il handicapped to a great extent, II is putting
so new beds into service, but will wind up with
! net gain Of only IS beds--240 TO 27s Expansion
If laboratory and xray facilities will absorb por-
ton Of the space nov used for bgds,
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Inquiry Corner
HeaIey-

Q. What do t0e knoO about st,
Anne?
A. From the Bible we can
learn nothing about her. Tradi-
tion and various legends supply
the name and few details of her
life. THE Protevangelium of
James" tells us that she was,
like Joachim, her husband, of
the tribe of Juda. 1t further re-
lateS that they had great herds
and that they were a sanity eou-
pie, but that they had no chill
dren until Anne was at an adj
vanced age. Her feast day is Jul
ly 26th.
@. II Christ is the Mediator
hoW can the priest forgive sins?
A. Christ is the One Mediator,
who redeemed us and pours His
graces upon US. He gives us the
supernatural life of sanctifying
grace through mediators whom
He appointed Matthew 28:19-20)
and He restores it and increases
it through these same successors
of the Apostles. He gave the
Apostles power to forgive sins
John 20:19-23) and explicitly
said, as the Father has sent Me
also send you" In the Acts of
the Apostles, the Epistles of st.
Paul and Tradition we find the
record of the delegating of this
power which comes down to our
own day for our happiness and
salvation.
Q. If the people are to take
par IN the Mass actively a0hy is
the language they do not under
stand still retained?
A. The participation of the
people does not depend upon the
language used by the priest at
the altar anyone who cares to can
have a missal in his own Ian
guage. Further, the Mass is
Sacrifice and anyone can enter
into the ACTION of the Mass
without following every word.
While the use of the Missal is
the best way to take part in the
Mass the principle was laid down
by St Plus X: Don't pray AT
Mass, PRAY THE MASS" The
priest is the chief and official
offerer OF the Mass and the
people are supposed to unite
their prayers and offering with
his. The priest then is not
speaking TO the people (as a
rule the Dominus vobiscum
and Oremus would be excep-
tions) but to God. He is speak
ing to God and the people should
be praying with him rather than
listening to him. Latin as a
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-12-10
WAsHlNCTON LETTER
This Could only Happen Here
WASHINCTON LETTER

WASHINGTON - Something
is about to happen here which
could take place only in genu-
inc democracy.
The Government of the United
States is going to be held no to
scrutiny, and it is going to be
told to change some Of the ways
it does business.
Citizens are going 10 do the
talking, but they will be some
200 Of the best thinkers and
"doers" in the country. They
will call for the most complete
oyerhauling ever made in func-
ions of our Government.
Come January, and the 84th
Congress, the second Hoover
Commission dhe second Commits
sion on the Organization. of the
Executive Branch) will begin to
make a series of reports. The
first Hoover Commission 1947-
1850 dealt with the organiza-
tional set-up of the various Gov
ernment departments and agen-
eies. It made 273 recommends
tiOns for changes in organiza-
tion, and 1876 of these already
have been put into effect. A
dozen more have been made OBJ
solete through the passage of
time and the introduction of 9th
or changes. Still others are in
the process of being worked out.
So. the Hoover Commission is
no debating society or scholastic
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ed States is attrl bu G d
by Miss Ward to the influ-
ence of the men of the Left" in
Europe" Victims, she says, of
their own mythology, they hon.
estly believe that the United
States is in the last stages of
monopoly capitalism, from which
it would seem to follow logical
ly that the American economic
system is worse today than it
was yesterday and will be even
worse tomorrow.
The "men of the Left" are so
welded to this belief, this thor
oughly outmoded myth, Miss
Ward complains in her latest
book, Faith and Freedom" that
they never even think of studying
the facts of American economic
life effectively and scientific
ally.
Barbara Wards sympathetic
analysis of the American eco
nomic system, her willingness
as foreigner to give credit
where credit is due, will be mu-
sic to the ears of the American
people. Her criticism of the Eu-
ropean Left will also meet with
a welcome response on this
side of the Atlantic. 1t is our
opinion, however, that we Amer
leans ourselves are at least part
ly to blame for this widespread
misunderstanding of our ecOnom-
ic system. To some extent at
least, we are victims of our own
mythology which, incidentally,
has played into the hands of
our ieftist critics in other parts
of the world and has served to
deepen their own miSunderstand-
ing f our economic system.
Inc dangerous Freedom
The American myth is the phil
osophy or the slogan of free
enterprise and rugged individ-
ualism. II is analyzed rather
we'll by a native American au-
thor, Bradford Smith, in a new
book entitled "A Dangerous
Freedom" According to Mr..
Smith, the characteristic Amer
lean freedom is the dangerous
freedom of voluntary associa-
ton which, he says, has been
used more successfully and ap-
piled to a greater multitude Of
objects in the United States than
in any other country in the
world In other words, few if
any other nations in the free
world arc more highly organized
than the United States.
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is evidently unaware that the
Soviet fifth column, in its secret
conference of September, 1853,
laid down precisely this form of
program, and published the re-
suits in a widely distributed
booklet, New Opportunities in
the Fight for Peace and De-
mocracy."
In that booklet it was said-as
this column has stated on sew
eral occasions ~ that the strug-
gle against MeCarthyism" must
be merged with ''the fight for
peace'-that is, for new Soviet
aggression under the cloak of
peaceful coexiStence.
Once more, then. Moscow's
program for our annihilation by
the "encirelement" of the United
States - the program laid down
by Stain in 1889 - is moving
forward and is being accepted
in official Washington. 1t can
be halted if from all parts of
America there will arise a de-
mdnd for the breaking off of
relations NTH Soviet Russia and
It's satellites, accompanied By a
continued rigorous probing of
the conspiracy IN this country.
This is a duty to which every
American who values his free
dom must be dedicated.
Good Omen
Encouragement can be given
TO all of us in raising this is
sue - in local organizations,
the press, and with our repre-
sentatives' in Washington by
the stand of such splendid gen
tlemen as General Stratemeyer,
General Van Fleet, and Admiral
Standley. BY heading the Com
mittee of 100000 Americans.
they have struck a blow for the
United States and against Soviet
psychological warfare.
That the spirit of these men
has not been crushed is a good
omen for us all. With the same
courage, and with knowledge Of
Rcd methods, we can initiate
their example by defeating the
fraud of peaceful coexistence.
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baker and a launderer, among
other things.
The second Hoover Commits
sion no doubt expects to find
economies, and improve efficien-
cy, in all three directions.
The commission is made up of
II members. The President ap-
pointed four, the Vice President
four and the Speaker of the
House of Representatives four.
Its members are Democrats and
Republicans in equal proper
tions. Those members who are
in the Government serve without
compensation. Those from pri-
vate life get a per diem allow
anee for the time they are ac-
tually engaged in commission
work. Herbert Hoover, the chair
man, a former President of the
United States, devotes virtually
all of his time to the commits
sion, working II to IA hours
every day, his associates report.
James A. Farley, former Post
master General, and Joseph P.
Kennedy, former US. AmbaSsa-
dor to Great Britain, are mem
berS of the commission.
Neil MacNeil, retired manag-
ing editor of The New York
Times, is editorial director of
the commission. He calls its
work real democracy in action"
A thing like this simply couldn't
happen in Soviet Russia, he
points out.
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The 81 decision handed down last week By the
Ohio State Supreme Court which held AS unlawful
any censorne order made by the Department Of
Education in regard 10 films to be shown through
out the state, should not be taken as the death
knell of film censorship but rather only as rally
ing cry for those interested in seeing moral enter
tanment insured in our theatres
Stemming it does from the United States
Supreme Courts ruling that the Ohio law as il
now stands is not specific enough in its wouding
The new decision by the state court should not be
looked on as a new, telling blow at censorship
IT was bound to come in the tide of the previous
ruling by the highest court in the land
Leaving clear the way for some future legisla
tion to govern the censornc of films, this newest
action should be a signal 10 get busy now 10 in
sure the passage in the coming session Of the legs
.lature OF adequate laws enabling the Department
of Education TO continue its fine work in guarding
the public from the evils of immoral entertainment
Every one should be prepared, when the time
comes to lend the sentiments and support to the
framing OF this new law. II should be in the inter
ests of al TO see to 1t that the members of the ees
lature be apprsed of the need for immediate action
on this subject You can be sure that the opponents
sof film censorship arc busy right now in their own
interests
Governor Lausche has voiced the hope that "the
ParentTcachers Associations the churches and other
agencies concerned with juvenile delinquency and
The DEVELOPMENT of a better moral code will inter
est themselves in support Of the adoption Of a law
that will properly cope with the problem
II is our hope that they will heed this call TO
action
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bond of unity and stability cam
not be easily displaced. It SER
YES beautifully as a universal
language for a universal (ca-
tholic) Church.
@. What nnSlUer can I make
to q neighbor loho insists that
priests cannot be justified in bg-
passing marriage. Frankly, he
stall belieues some Of the old
stories about Scanddlous goings.
on IN conUentS, etc.
A. One of the many reasons
for clerical celibacy is the chal-
lenge which this way of life pre-
sents to the world. The Catholic
Church believes that man of
God ca be more devoted to the
service of God Gas did st. Paul:
see / Corinthians 1929 and of
souls if he dedicates himself to-
tally to God Such a Life of "un-
natural detachment troubles the
worldly. We admit that it is a
difficult choice, but onlv if man
believes only in his own nature
and hi; own will-power. The
priest takes literally the words
of Christ when He said: "tnd
everyone who has left house or
brothers, or sisters, O father or
mother, or wife, or children, or
lands, for my names sake, shall
receive, hundredfold
Matthew 1927 -29l The candidate
for the priesthood has years of
training and his acceptance Of
this condition for ordination in
dicates that he makes this sacri-
flee for the glory of God and the
salvation of souls. Fanciful gos-
sip alb ,ut alleged scandals is
simply the frustrates mans at
tempt to explain away the chal-
lenge of the dedicated lives of
priests and sisters. He knows
that the Catholic Church has
great respect for the Sacrament
of Matrimony.
Q. Is there an established feast
day for Blessed Edmund Cam
pion?
A. December first is his feast
day. This brilliant graduate of
Oxford was honored in his stu
dent Gays by Queen Elizabeth,
but after his acceptance of the
Catholic Faith he had to 60 into
exile. Returning to England later
as a priest he was finally caught,
was condemned and executed
by order Of the same queen.
Send questions to Father Ed
ward F. Healey, Inquiry Corner,
The Catholic Times, Box 636,
Columbus (16) Ohio.
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seminar. It's recommendations
carry weight. The first such
group having been largely sue,
cessful in recognizing the set
up of government departments,
the second has concerned itself
with the functions of these re-
organized departments, bureaus
and agencies. It's real big
"renoyating job"
The first Hoover Commission
effected a three-billion-d o lar
saving in a 40 billion dollar bud
get, but this was lost when war
came and the budget jumped to
20 billion dollars a year. The
second Hoover Commission hopes
to effect savings in the present
huge budget.
The functions of government
have TO do with the way its agen-
cies carry out their work. Today,
the functions of the us. Gov
ernment are large, extensive
and varied. For example, Gov
ernment agencies write as many
as 100000 letters each day, or
more than a billion a year. A
billion letters, stacked one on
top of another, would reach 800
miles into the stratosphere. The
Government carries on activities
in many different parts of the
world. Furthermore, the Gov
ernment is in a great many more
kiuds of business than most peo-
pie suspect II is, for example, a
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Strangely enough, many Amer
leans are unwilling to admit this
obvious fact. On the contrary.
Mr.. Smith continues, 1--WE have
built up a myth about oursel-
YES which is damaging our repu-
tation abroad and limiting our
behavior at home. This myth is
that the United States is cap
italist materialist il dividualist
culture in which the individual,
through the mechanism of free
economy, devotes himself to the
piling up of material goods and
comforts as his sole end and aim
in life We are still thinking
of ourselves through outworn
slogans and habits of mind
shouting the old cries of free
enterprise when everyone
knows enterprise is no longer
free and has always depended
on governmental protection; and
of free-wheeling individualism
we know that no man is able
to live by and for himself or
could endure it if it were pos.
Sible."
Mr.. Adolf Berle of Columbia
University makes the same point
in another recent book, The
10th Century Capitalist Revolu-
ton" The American economic
system, Mr. Berle says, is con-
Siderabl. different from the
caricature (which stalks the fin
ancial pages of many newspa.
pers." So it is indeed.
Time for Decent Burial
The moral of all this is that the
American economic system will
never be properly understood
until ii is properly understood at
home. In other words, the mythol-
ogy of the European Left will
never be abandoned until our
own mythology of exaggerated
indiyidualism is discarded. The
former is buttressed and sup
ported by the latter, and the one
is no more revelant to our mod
ern problems than the other.
Karl Marx and Adam Smith have
both been dead for 10 these
many years. The time has come to
give them a decent burial so that
we can all get on with the SER
ious business of economic life,
which bears little resemblance,
whether in Europe or the United
States, to their outmoded theor-
les.
We have done well to exer-
else the dangerous freedom" of
association so extensively. For
behind it, in the words of Mr..
Smith. lies the essentially NOR
al idea that if men want to be
free, they must serve each other,
for no man is strong enough TO
be free by himself" II is not
enough, however, to serve one
another within the narrow limits
of our own respective organiza-
tions. Somehow, or other the
various organizations themselves
will have to find way--an Or
ganized and systematic way-of
cooperation with one another for
the mutual service of all our
people, for the service of the
common good. This is at once
our greatest problem and our
greatest opportunity.
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promised a n d
planned, h s
battle is to be
extended i n o
"a stru gle
against Know
| a n d is m
which is depict
ed as bringing
war down upon
our heads in
S I e a d c. t
"peaceful coeX