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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-20
Vincent Mailman 10 End
Penifentiary Term Today
BY the Associated Pres.

TACOMA. Wash. March 49,
Vincent Mailman, San Francisco
attorney and 1852 presidential
candidate of the Progressive
Party. leaves nearby Mcneil Is
land Federal Penitentiary tomor-
row.
Mailman will have served 14la
months Of an 18-month income
tax evasion sentence. His time
has been reduced because of
good behavior, Warden David M.
Heritage said.
Mailman is ending his sec
ond Mcneil Island term. The
first was for contempt of court.
arising out of his defense of
Harry Bridges, West Coast long
shore leader, during the latter's
deportation trial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-20
Ituly's l0-Yeor Goal
Is Is Million Rooms

ROME.-A new Italian gov
eminent 10-year plan envisages
the construction Of Is million
new rooms.
OF these housing units 6.3
million would be built by private
enterprises. "a million under
subsidy and 4.3 million directly
hy public institutions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-20
Expand Door-to- Door Trade

Migros Turk, organized to
bring food to housewives door,
steps in Turkey at cheaper
prices, has ordered 60 mobile
producer-to-consume sales units
on five-ton trucks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-20
Ship Check Imposed

Launches now move at will
around Fiji but pre-sailing in
spection is compulsory for larger
vessels. Suva reports. It has
been found that the rhinoceros
beetle ignores small craft.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-20
Gasoline on Skotes

Girl service station attendants
at Deidesheim. Germany, now
speed to their car-care assign
ments on roller skates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-20
Alb THE SUNDAY STAR

Washington, D. G.
SUNDAY, MARCH 20. 1883
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-10-21
Dreams of Race
Still Linger on

We ran across it again--the old myth OF racial
superiority. II was not put so blatantly as of old
and we do not accuse the author concerned of
being quite aware of what he said since he was
quoting someone else and his point was practical
politics rather than racial issues
We are referring to Bruce Barton and one of
his syndicated columns in which he cited the
late unlamented H. G. Wells bitter anti-Catholic
and pseudo-historian who fathered that clumsy
potpourri of prejudice, distortion opersimplifica-
tion, geological guesswork, and suspicious omis,
sion optimistically labeled The Outline Of His
tori. Adequately equipped reviewers soon de-
molished II as certainly not history and hardly
an outline.
Bruce Barton quoted from an interview Wells
gave him in 1921 IS his fame was growing rap
idly:
The best hope for peace in the world is
through close partnership between the English
speaking peoples. The Scandinavians belong
with ~ BY blood, economic advantage. and
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-10-21
AS Simple as That

During these last 100 years, the missionary
activity of Holy Mother Church has grown ana
increased in proportions far beyond anything
known previously The Church, through her mis-
sioners is everywhere. Mission projects are as
complex and diverse as the number OF natohs
and tribes TO be taught. Yet there are mlllons 10
be won to q love of Christ Seasoned mlssonaI-
les speak of the thousands OF Priests need
ed 10 further the work. Bishops point to
the demand for seminaries and teaching Sisters
The Priest in the field will declare the alarming
need for schools, chapels, and dispensares. AND,
finally the laity listening to 1t all, will ask,
"What is the greatest need of the missions To-
dsy-that | may help in some measure?
The answer to the question is as old as the
Church itself The Church's need today is the
same as it was on the day Christ established IL,
and so it will be until the end of time. Her need
for the missions is simply Prayer and Sacrltice
Human efforts of themselves cannot achieve
great spiritual ends The Grace of God must ac-
complish the work. Prayer and Sacrifice beg
grace successfully.
Our plea today therefore, while admitting
the necessity of all material aspects of mission
life is that we keep our minds and hearts focus
ed on the spiritual assistance so necessary TO
God Kingdom among men. No greater personal
service can be given to the Missions than daily
fervent prayer for misSlonerS and Pagans, that
God will grant them the grace OF conversion.
A daily prayer for the Missions is at once an
act OF Faith, Hope and Charity, bringing bless
inGs untold since 1t is an unselfish prayer and
destined to bring great spiritual gain to our fel-
low man.
The problems of the Missions today are not so
great or impossible that daily fervent prayer
by more and more people will not solve It, The
answer is as simple as that.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-10-21

Our primary responsibility,
as priests and missioners, is
as Plus XI tells us in Quadra-
gesimo Ammo - ito search dill.
gently for :. lay apostles both
of workers and of employers,
to select them with prudence,
and to train and instruct them
properly" This will be slow
work, but any other course of
action will be ineffective in the
long run.
Direct Action Somefimsx Needed
We do not mean to imply
that the priest himself should
never under any circumstances
directly and personally inter-
vene in the labor field. Under
certain circumstances direct ac-
ton on the part of the priest
may be necessary as a tempo
rary policy. The example of Fa-
ther Hogan in the Philippines
is instructive in this regard.
He very properly assumed the
leadership in starting a new un-
ion in Manila, but, as soon as
possible, retired to the back
ground and encouraged laymen
(whom he and his colleagues
had trained) to assume COM
plete responsibility for the af-
fairs of this new union.
Father Hogan never would
have been able to do this job
successfully unless he had first
identified himself publicly as
a fearless champion of labor.
1t is well to bear in mind,
however, that few Father Ho-
gans are needed everywhere.
They will not emerge - and
will not survive, let alone sue
ceed-unless their fellow mis-
sioners and their sponsors in
the home country back them up
with the fullest possible mea-
sure of moral support.
These men are the advance
guard Of the social action
movement in the mission areas.
Their role, to be sure, is a
temporary one; eventually they
will be succeeded by lay apos-
ties. Meanwhile, in spite of
or rather because of the so
called radical nature of their
temporary apostolate, they de-
serve our complete support.
They are the salt Of the earth.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-10-21

The lesson presented by the parable which
forms Sundays Gospel selection is one that is
an intrinsic part of Christianity and is kept be-
fore us in various forms. Christ summed 1t up
in the beatitude: blessed the merciful for
they shall obtain mercy" and He conveyed it
again in the petition He taught us to include In
the Lords Prayer: Forgive us our, trespssses
as we forgive those who trespass against us;
IL is contained too, in the ancient great COM
mandment Thou shalt love thy neghbor as thy
self for the love Of God" We know that We are
guilty of endless offenses against God which, II
strict justice were always TO be done, would
bring upon lis swift and terrible punishment; but
we hope for, and indeed presume upon, His
mercy and forbearance. Are we not therefore,
obliged TO show mercy and forbearance toward
any Of our felloW-men who may offend us, or
iniure us or become indebted to us?
Yet with characteristic human peryefsity
this obligation of mercy, which we owe To all
men, by reason Of the mercy we ask of God
10 all too often denied. Mans inhumanity to
man" evidenced in small meannesses as well as
in gross infliction of hardship. keeps bitterness
and suffering tormenting the world. II is this
terrible fault which Christ exposed and depounc
ed in Sundays parable OF the unmereiful servant
Here was a man in debt to his master for ten
thousand talents-a sum equivalent TO millions
of dollars In our money; unable to pay he was
sentenced TO be punished according TO the enorm
1ty OF his debt, but his sngushed plea for mercy
was heard and his master forgsve him the entire
sum. But this tremendous kindness that had been
shown him did not waken in him a correspond
ing feeling of kindness toward one of his fellow
servants who owed him an insignificant sum, and
who asked for time in which to pay IT, ruth
lessly he invoked the civil law to harass his un.
fortunate debtor with all the distress possible.
''Thou wicked servant" exclaimed his master
when told OF this savage act; and forthwith there
was visited upon the wicked servant the punish
ment which had once been remtted but which
he brought back upon himself by his harshness
toward his fellow-servant
We're Christ TO appear in the world today,
with what scorchng words would He restate this
parable! For He would find men enjoying Gods
bounty and mercy while at the same time they
resort TO the most brutal methods to oppress
and exploit their fellow-men; He would find the
Creators commandments violated by men who
presume to impose their own will upon their
fellow'creatures; He would find ingratitude TO
God displayed in cruelty to men He would find
hatred and illwill rampant, creating discord
that makes impossible the solution of the prob.
lens that confront society Blessed are the mer.
ciful," He said long ago, and ii is the message
which men must heed If they are to escape from
the course Of dissension into the ways of peace.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-10-21

their own, she adds. 1.-The rea-
son is that, unless they are ster-
lie, the couple should be en-
couraged to keep trying to have
their own child. Because being
unwilling to bear ones own
child may augur i'll for an
adopted child's future, and
there are not enough candi-
dates for adoption to 90
around"
To say that would-be parents
want any child available for
adoption is wrong, DR.. Eliot
remarks. Social agencies are
distressed, she adds, by the
lack of interest for children
with various handicaps who
need the love and warmth of
homes just as much as do nor
NAL babies.
Most or the demands for
adoption are for white chill
dren, while the social agencies
are fighting valiantly to re-
cruit homes for non-white
youngsters, she continued.
No adoption is a simple mat
ter and 1t Is a "hard fact" that
the procedure involves the
rights, the responsibilities and
the emotion of three sets of
people - the natural parents,
the children and the adaptive
parents. "It is bound to be COM
plicated," DR.. Eliot says.
For this reason, the myth"
that anybody can place babies
happily and successfully is
dangerous one, DR.. Eliot indi-
Gates. If the baby is acquired
through an individual inter-
mediary, "heartbreak comes
later if the couple discovers
that the child is not normal or
that he is not legally theirs"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-10-21

democratic traditions When the current hate
and hysteria die down, we will get the Ger
mans in. Then we will have an alliance that can
really enforce peace.
But this alliance between England and
France is unsound The French are Latins; we
are Anglo-Saxons The Latin mind and the
Anglo-Saxon don't work the same way"
We hereby submit that all this is pure myth
1t is better known as the Aryan myth which
pictures a noneXisting Nordic Race endowed
with all the virtues, which is the hope of the
world.
We are sorry to see it brought up again, even
by implication. The fact is there are no scientific
cally established superior races; true science has
long ago discarded this use of the term Aryan as
meaningless: and every modern national is really
q mongrel with mixed blood.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-10-21
Inquiry Corner
Healey.

@. Is there a saint named
Rocco?
A. Yes. ct. Roch (Roque,
Roche, Rock lived in Montpel.
lier in the South of France in
fourteenth century. He devoted
his life to victims OF the plague
and worked many miracle for
their benefit. He died in 1897
and has been venerated since
that time as a special patron
of the sick.
Q. Kindly print whdt is
knoton of the life of st. Barb.
ara.
A. st. Barbara, patron saint
of artillerymen, has been one
of the most popular saints
since her martyrdom. Accord
ing to the Acts of st. Barbara
she suffered under maximinus
and died in 235 AID. The ac-
count is not to be taken as
strictly historical, but the dra-
matte story has long been ac-
cepted: she was privileged to
receive in her palace philoso-
pliers, orators, and poets but
found their pagan ideas made
quate. The Christian philoso-
pher Valentinian brought about
her conversion and the dedi-
cation of her life to God with
VOW of virginity. Her own fa-
ther turned her over for trial
and torture and finally behead-
ed her.
@. Would 1T be ,Urong TO
t0rtte "Mr. aud Mrs" tOhen dd-
dressing letters and cards to
people toho haze not married
according to the ldtUs of the
Church?
A. No. We should extend or
dinary courtesies to people re-
gardless of their moral or mar
ital status. The address you
mention does not in the least
indicate approval of the mar
riage but simply follows ac-
cepted civil and social usage.
We seldom gain souls or win
them back to God by harsh con-
demnatory practices. Approval
of an invalid marriage is wrong
and good Catholics must avoid
even tacit consent to a situa-
tion which is not pleasing to
God. The rule of charity binds
us, however, no matter what a
persons mistakes may have
been. We should pray for such
unfortunate people and do ev-
erything to make their return
to- the Church easy, not alien
ate them by shutting them out
completely and making their
return difficult.
@. What is the official teach
ing of the Church concerning
mental tetepdthy?
"A, Mental telepathy, or as
1t is now called, thought-trans-
ference (extra-sensory percep-
tion) is a much-disputed the
ory. Since it does not appear to
affect doctrinal or moral mat
ters there is no official posi-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-10-21

speaking and lecture engage
ments before labor, manage
ment, civic, and religious
groups.
Father Hogan's temp orary
presence in our midst provides
us with a belated opportunity
to extend congratulations, and
prayerful best wishes, to the
many American missioners all
over the world who are doing
so much to promote the cause
of social justice in the field
of labor-management relations.
They are an inspiration to all
of us in the social action move
ment here at home.
Instrument Of Change
The Importance of the labor
problem in mission areas can
hardly be exaggerated. For bet
ter or Tor worse, the trade UNI
ion movement all over the world
is going to be increasingly influ-
ential as an instrument of so
cial, economic and cultural
change. In this connection, il is
we'll to bear in mind a state
ment made by the present Holy
Father in the late '30's, while
he was still Secretary of State
to his predecessor, Plus XI.
In the complexity of the
modern world" the then Cardi-
nal Pacelii said, ''the working
classes take on a growing inn
portance which it would be stu
pid and unjust to underesti-
mate. The extent TO which the
representatives of labor are
penetrated with the principles
of the Gospel will decide in
large measure the extent to
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-10-21

are going up at a dizzy rate In
the bright stucco functional
architecture that is the delight
of all Israeli.
This profoundly historical
city, associated with so many
incidents in the Old Testament,
bears no remote resemblance
to anything in the past. 1t is a
booming frontier town, compar-
able perhaps to what one might
find in Nevada or New Mexico.
The town is ali-Jewish and,
aside from a small part of it
previously occupied by Arabs,
there is nothing that makes it
stand out either for antiquity
or for colorful charm.
Special Privileges For Bsdouins
To be sure the Bedouins still
come in for market, leading
their camels past chemical
works and phosphate factories.
The contrast of these nomadic,
non-sedentary people in their
flowing garb and head-dresses
with the energetic vitality of
Israel is one of the deepest inn
pressions one gets in Beer
sheba.
Incidentally, most of these
Bedouins enjoy certain privileg
es denied the ordinary Arab
inhabitant of Israel. They are
often armed - at least in a
primitive fashion - and during
the war of independence fought
against the Egyptians in behalf
of Israel. The explanation is
tast tribal feuds and long-cher-
isKed antipathies led them to
prefer the Israeli cause to that
of their so-called blood breth-
rem on the Arab side. More and
more of them are settling
down and, | imagine, it will not
be too long before they occupy
permanent communities and be-
come quite indistinguishable
from the rest of the popula-
ton.
Israeli Obsession
1t is Beersheba as the gate
way to the Negev that catches
the Imagination of the Israelis.
The Negev has become an OBJ
session and an idee fire. Doc
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-10-21
MONSICNOR HIGGINS
Social Justice in Labor

which the society of tomorrow
will be Christian"
No Easy Task
This is even more true today
than it was in the 30s, for the
masses of the people all over
the world, are now on the
move, more determined than
ever before to achieve political
and economic independence at
any cost. II Is imperative, there
fore, that mission personnel
take a sympathetic interest in
the progress of the labor move
ment.
This will be difficult at times.
For some unions in mission
areas are under the control of
leaders very often So-called in
tellectuals rather than ordinary
workers. whose social philoso-
ply is not in complete harmony
with Christian social teaching.
Some are Socialists, others sec
ularists or agnostics. These
men must somehow be made TO
understand that the Church's
interest in the labor move
ment is grounded on a genuine
and completely disinterested
thirst for social justice and a
genuine respect for the legiti-
mate independence and auton-
omy of unions. Paternalism or
"clericalism" will be quickly
detected and bitterly resented.
Our Best Hope
II goes without saying, of
course, that we may not COM
promise Christian social teach
ing. On the other hand, we
ought TO be slow TO sit in
judgment on new unions in the
mission areas. They are inevi-
tably going to make mistakes.
Our best hope of correcting
these mistakes and of influenc-
ing these unions in the future
Is to extend the hand of sympa-
thetic support, right from the
very beginning, wherever and
whenever we can legitimately
do so. This means, among 9TH
er things, that we ought to take
the leadership in publicly de-
Tending the right of labor to
organize and the right of unions
to manage their own affairs
with a minimum of government
interference.
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tion of the Church rega, ding
it. Catholic psychologists gen
erall.. accept hypnotism as q
fact of psychic experience. ex-
Guiding only abnormal mental
conditions and diabolic influ-
ence. Catholic philosophers
have found it difficult to ae.
cept action upon the mind Wilh
out some sense communication
(actlo in distans), but that diff
ficulty may be resolved as 1t
was in the mystery of electric.
ity and radio They appeared
to be impossible, but we now
accept the fact and can explain
cat least in parD how they work.
From experiments and studies
in the field it appears to be
clear that there are proofs of
the existence of telepathy and
il does account for many pher-
omena for which we have no
other rational explanation.
Q. If the Catholic Church is
dtUtne hotO could it haze deuel.
oped so many hereSieS, SchtSlns
and scandals throughout ITS
history?
A. The Catholic Church is di-
vine in its origin (from Christ
Himself and in its purpose
(eternal life for mem and in the
means it uses (the Mass, the
Sacraments and the infallible
authority given by Christi. It is
human in its members and in
the everyday working out of
its divine mission, just as the
Apostolic Church was (e.g. st.
Peter, the Christians in Cor
inth, etc.. Christ said that the
kingdom of God on earth lie.
the church, would be made up
of good and bad when He
gave us the parable of the cock
lie and the wheat, the net with
good fish and bad (Matthew
13:25-47). The Church is the
Mystical Body of Christ and es-
sentially divine, but its men,
bers are still striving for sane
tity.
Q. Is it possible for a CD
thottc to be a socialist
A. While there may be wide
definitions of socialism which
would include Christian ideas
of the common good the move.
ment strictly so-called is anti.
Christian. Pope Leo XIII states
clearly in his encyclical 'Rer-
UNI varum" that the
main teaching of socialism,
com munity of goods
must be rejected. Pope Plus
XI states in "Quadragesima
Ammo" that whether socialism
be considered as a doctrine or
as historical fact, or as a
movement it cannot be brought
into harmony with the dogmas
of the Catholic Church"
Send questions to Father
Edward F. Healy, Inquiry Cor
ner, The Catholic Times, Box
636, Columbus (16) Ohio
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-10-21
WASHIlNCTON LETTER

WASHINGTON - The Chill
dren's Bureau of the US. De-
partment of Health, Education,
and Welfare has set about ex-
ploding some myths" about
the adoption of children in the
United States.
The effort is particularly
timely, because of attacks that
have been made against adop-
ton procedures by some writ
ers in prominent publications.
Pearl Buck, the novelist, wrote
in a national magazine that "it
was once necessary, I do not
doubt, for religious orders to
care for orphans, but certainly
that day is past" She argued
that there are simply not
enough children to satisfy the
many couples who want to
adopt them"
Msgr. John 0'Grady, secre-
tary of the National Conference
of Catholic Charities, said Mrs.
Buck had made a dangerous
attack" on Catholic charitable
institutions and had "impugned
the motives, integrity and gen
uine interest of thousands of
Religious"
Now comes DR.. Martha NJ.
Eliot, Chief of the Children'S
Bureau, who clears up "a num-
ber of public misunderstand-
ings about adoptions."
Concerning the belief that in
stitutions are crowded with chill
dren who could be adopted, DR..
Eliot says:
There were some $4,000 chill
dren living in institutions for
dependent and neglected chill
dren in 1850, and the number
is probably smaller today. There
is no basis in fact for the as
sertion that the great majority
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-10-21
WASHINCTON LETTER
Adoption Myths Cleared Up

of children in institutions could
be adopted. Most have living
parents; some have physical
handicaps; many are older
children.
In 1850, about 81 per cent OF
the children in institutions
we're seven years old or older.
Fewer than 2,400 were under
one year of age.
Regarding the belief that all
would-be parents should be par
ents, DR.. Eliot says social agen-
cies are accused of playing
Cod when they say that not
all would-be parents necessari-
ly make good parents"
Social agencies, she said, do
and must, put the welfare of
the child first and foremost.
Regarding the myth" that
adoption is the answer to every
childless couples problems, DR..
Eliot says the wife who feels
that life would be more worth
while if she had a child may
have the potentials OF a good
adaptive mother.
But If her real purpose In
obtaining child" she adds, "is
to patch up her marriage or
hold a drifting husband; if it is
primarily to give her something
to talk about to her friends,
all of whom have children; If
it is to give her a chance to
make up for unkindnesses
which she has suffered through
out her life by lavishing atten-
tion and money on a child, then
social agencies would hesitate a
long time before they consider
ed her home a suitable home
for a child"
Social agencies also want to
know if couples have made ev-
cry effort TO have children OF