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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-03-18
WASHINCTON LETTER
Red ndoctrinati0n Taking Hold

WASHINGTON Warnings
are being received in this coun-
try not 10 underestimate the sue
cess of the communist policy of
forced indoctrination of subju-
gated peoples.
There are those who believe
that, in the long run, this will
be much more of a problem to
the Free World than any Red
build-up of arms. In fact, il is
contended that the communist
boasting about the Red strength
at arms is intended primarily to
gain time for its compulsory ed
ucational program of work.
1t has long been known that
the communist Iron Curtain
served a two-fold purpose. Not
only did it keep people outside
from knowing what went on
within Red-dominated lands
the military preparations, the
success or failure of economic
plans, etc. - but it also kept
the people inside from knowing
what was going on out in the
Free World
This latter phase is most inn
portant. II gives the masters Of
the Kremlin time to saturate the
people with the teachings Of
Marx and Lenin, and to preach
that only a world revolution,
establishing a communist bro
therhood, can insure peace They
don't know that the peoples out
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-03-18
Inquiry Corner

Q. Would II not be more
Chrlsticn TO abolish capital pun
ishment and punish crime bu
Imprisonment dione2
A. Provided the right of gov
ernment to inflict the death pen
atty is not denied there is ground
for difference of opinion among
Christians. In the Old Testament
there were prescriptions calling
for the death penalty Genesis
9:6. Exodus 21:12, etc) and the
New Testament presumes the
governments right to put Grim
inals to death John 1901.
Acts 25:11, Romans 53.4). Pope
Innocent III condemned the Wal
densian error in this regard in
sisting thai ''the secular power
could inflict the death penalty
without grievous sin" Punish
ment of crime does not exclude
Christian love for the criminal
and it should be kept in mind
that PROPORTIONATE AND
ADEQUATE punishment of crime
is necessar. for the happiness
and safety of all citizens. 1t is
left to the citizens and individ-
ual government to decide what
puniShments are necessary for
the welfare of a particular coun-
try.
Q. Did God really take a rib
from Adam to make Eve?
A. We are bound to believe
that God has made of one all
mankind" (Acts 1926 In 1909
the Biblical Commission spoke
for the Church in declaring that
we must ACCEPT the special crea-
tion of man, the formation of the
first woman from man and the
unity of the human race. We do
not have any details revealed as
to the formation of Adam or of
Eve. but we a. pit the account
in the Bible as it stands. II is
no more of a problem for God
to form Eve Tin whatever mys-
terious way) from Adam than it
is for Him to form imam out of
the dust of the ground" We ac-
cept both because God has re-
Vealed both.
Q. Is there st. Hdrold7 a
81. Florence?'
A. There is ST. Harold who
was the first Christian King of
Denmark and was put to death
by idolatere who resented the
chtnge in RELIGION. He was mar
tvred in $50 AID. and his feast
day is November 1st Another St.
Harold was boy-martyr of
Glouster, England, who died in
1853 AID. and whose feast day is
March 25th. There are number
of men named Florence listed
among the saints from SIS. Flor
ence and Felix who were soldiers
OF ne Roman Imperial army put
to death as Christians by the
Emperor Maximinian in 235 A.
u. to st. Florence Of Strassburg
Of the seventh century who was
abbot Of q monastery there and
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-03-18
LOUIS =. BUDENZ
Real Target Is FBI

issue of Political Affairs in
which Green's report on Com
tnunist Vigilance" is published.
Almost in the beginning, Green
calls upon the Communists to de-
stroy the "scummy stool pig
cons used by j. Edgar Hoover
in the first Foley Square trial.
lie then goes on TO raise that
bugaboo which the Reds have
always reSorted to in befuddlings
American opinion. II is to warn
that this tremendous FBI stool
pigeon machine is concentrated,
not only against the Communist
Party, but against every demo
cratic organization and move
ment in this country"
Such is an outrageous false
hood. The FBI has maintained
a magnificent record of restraint,
distinguishing clearly between
those misled by the Communist
line who are non-Communists
and the conspiracy in itself. But
Green goes on to call upon the
Soviet fifth column TO make the
FBI powerless: Besides its ar
my OF college.bred Gestapo men,
il has recruited and continues
to recruit thousands upon thou
sands of petty informers and
stool pigeons, who spy on all or
ganizations of the people, who
snoop into the private affairs of
neighbors, who concoct the most
lurid tales in order to prove
their worth TO their FBI boss
es."
lmpofenf FBI the Goal
Green thus set the stage for
the concealed Communists to 90
out and persuade our agencies
of information to make the FBI
impotent by assailing those who
cooperate with it. During the
intervening five years, Political
Affairs and the Daily Worker
hammered at "the informers'
and the FBI, until in February
of 1855, the latest issue of Poll.
tical Affairs gives the reason
why 1t seeks TO end the career
of ]. Edgar Hoover. Calling him
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TO the informer system" and
thereby bring to a Standstill the
entire internal security program
of the United States.
In a number of issues, the
Daily Worker has given the or
der that these letters be written.
On February %, the Red organ
directed that the Stalinites
should see TO il that "the full
Senate judiciary Com m lite c
headed by Harley Kilgore should
probe into the entire informer
system and the role OF Brownell
and the Department of Justice.
There is one encouraging phe-
nomenon in this connection, and
that is that a number of patri-
otic Americans - as yet too few
in number have written SEN
ator Kilgore warning him of this
Communist diversionary tactic.
Familiar Bugsboo
Lei us turn back 10 the Spe-
cial meeting of the national COM
mittee of the Communist Party
on March %, 1850. The direc-
tives given to the Communists
to destroy the FBl by assailing
those witnesses who cooperate
with the Government, we're clear
and explicit. They were given
by Gilbert Green, now fugitive
from justice and one of those
convicted in the first Foley
Square trial.
The entire record is sci down
permanently in the May, 1850
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-03-18
Report ON Delinquency

Some Of the hghlights of the report Of the Sen
ate judiciary subcommittee which has been study
ing juvenile delinquency most revealing, If not
shocking.
While delinquency decreased during World War
II when about 100000 youth appeared before the
courts this number increased to 435,000 in 1883
The total to get into some trouble or other with
The police given as 1250000 during 1853
Seventy per cent Of all automobiles stolen in
1853 we're taken by persons under II years Of age
Thrty-seven per cent Of all those arrested for
robberies We're under q, and AZ per cent Of all
arrests for larceny were in this age group.
In considering the cause for this delinquency
he report noted that loophole in Federal law
permits almost mitless distribution of porrograph-
ic materials The subcommittee urged that a law be
enacted TO prohibit interstate transportation by
any means Of this material. Only few programs
geared to properly detect and offer early treat
ment to the youth starting out in delinquency To
be effective q program Of prevention must reach
the home sehoo ot neghborhood and modify neg
atiye influences and conditions or il must reach
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side want to be friends, or that
they lead freer, happier lives.
There are signs that the Reds
are making good use of this OPP
portunity. Bishop Cuth b ert
O'Gara, C.P., whom the Chinese
communists exiled from his Di-
ocese of sYuangling, sounded an
ominous warning in p recent in
terview in this country. THE
communists already have had
control OF the youth of China
for six years. he said. I'm an
other decade, the present gener-
alton will be frrevocably theirs"
People who have been in Rus
STA say there are ample signs Of
the same development there, ex-
cept that the people of Russia
have already been under the ex-
acting tutelage of the Reds for
nearly four decades.
One important phase of this
fact, they say, is that the Free
World must not be led to think
that only the very top leaders
in Russia believe in commun-
ism. They add that we must not
build too high hopes on what
people who escape to the West
tell us in this regard, They are
the people who have not been
reached by the Red indoctrins-
tion. But there are already in
Russia, and in the satellite coun-
tries, people who know no phil
osophy, no way of life, but that
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''the High Commissioner Of
thought control" the Red organ
indicts him for having warned
the A lean people that a
special vigilance is necessary be-
cause of the spread of neutral
ism" and 1.-The intensified Soviet
propaganda program of peace
full coexistence. I"
Not only must Mr.. Hoover be
got rid of because he hunts
down Communists, but also be-
cause he is intelligently aware
of the interlinking of the Red
propaganda within our borders
with the setbacks to the United
States internationally.
Professional tnformers'
Repeating previous oceurrenc-
es, a number of powerful organs
of opinion were ready and will
ing to agree with the Communist
line in this aspect. On February
%, NeinSddg, a paper with
large circulation on Long Island,
ran an editorial entitled DIRTY
Hands in the FBI." Taking ad-
vantage of the discovery of the
criminal use of wire-tapping in
New York, NeDSddy goes to the
extent OF comparing the FBIs
alleged wire-tapping of subver-
sive communications with these
criminal elements.
And the Neao York Times of
March 5, in its leading editorial
makes a sweeping assault on the
professional informers" who CO.
operate with the Government.
Does the Times mean by. this
term a man like Professor Will
liam M. Canning who helped our
security so much by showing the
extent of Red infiltration into
the New York schools? Does it
mean Professor Kenneth MeGoy-
ern OF Northwestern University
who testified against Owen Lat
timore?
Whoever it means by these
generalities, the Times is engag-
ing in a smear unworthy of A
great newspaper - and iniurlng
the FBI.
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of communism. And the Red
leaders are training more such
people every day.
The result can only be to in,
crease the division between the
East and the West, and to add
to the problems that go with a
divided world. The Reds hope to
hold their ground, because their
subjugated people will know
nothing but communism. and at
the same time gnaw away at the
Free World.
How is this threat to be met?
That is difficult to say, precise
ly. Certainly war is not the an
swer. Today, apparently, what
with modern atomic weapons, it
would mean suicide for. both
sides to enter such contest.
Our efforts to distinguish be-
tween the people and their rul-
ers is good and should be con-
tinued. Our efforts to drive a
wedge between the people of
Red-dominated countries and
their rulers are meeting with
difficulties, and we can see
why. But because ii is difficult
is no reason why an effort
should be abandoned. We should
try to find better and more eff
fectiye counter measures if we
can. II we can't we ought to inn
prove and intensity those that
we are now taking.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-03-18

the child himself and strengthen his resistance TO
such influences and conditions.
That the government might discharge its lead
ership responsibilities required TO help local COM
munes in the matter, the subcommittee recon-
mended to the Federal Government a program Of
four parts: u coordnating national planning and
efforts to combat the problem p enlargng tech
nical aid to States and local communities; - slim.
ulatng training of personnel to staff preventive
and treatment services a. providing risk capital
for the development or expansion of programs com
batting juvenile delinquency. The report also noted
that there arc between 100000 and 100000 runaway
youth now burdening States other than their own.
The report is not fatterng to Americans.
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bishop of Strassburs. The only
woman OF that name is st. Flor
egtina. who was born in Spain
as member of. a famous family
which included the holy Bishops.
Lealder, Fulgentius and Isidore
of Seville. She died some time
after 636 AID. and her feast day
is June 20th.
q. When wds holy touter first
used?
A. There is tradition that
it was recommended by st. Matt
hew as replacing certain Jewish
customs and regulations. II is
mentioned in a letter attributed
to Pope Alexander ! in 1T A.
D., but we have the first authen-
tic and detailed account in the
''Pontifical of Serapion" in the
fourth century.
Q. A fallen Catholic sdid IL
IS i0rong for ttS to say the Rosary
for zoe are multiplying words and
the Nei0 Testament says, do
not multiply words as the Gem
tiles do etc" What can | ans
DeT?
A. When Christ forbids vain
repetitions" Matthew SD he
was referring to vain words
which have for their purpose cali
ing attention to the person pray
ing or superstitious use of repeti-
ton. A. st. Augustine wrote on
this very passage: Truly much
speaking comes from the Gen.
tiles, who give more attention TO
the elegent delivery of their
prayers than to the cleansing of
their souls" Christ did not con-
denim repetition as such He Him
self repeated the same prayer
in the Garden of Gethsemani
Matthew 26.39, AZ, 44) and one
of the most beautiful Of the
Psalms contains the recurrent
antiphon: Praise the Lord for
He is good. for his mercy en-
dureth forever" =" Psalm 1850
Repeated prayers can be mean
ingf II as reoeated performances
of musical composition NAV be
more and more meaningful for a
musician or part of a pay more
powerful as an actor has long
run"
q. What is the meaning of
the Prayer oUer the people"
,ohich is added to the postcom-
n,union prayers IN Lemten
mdSSes7
A. This prayer was originally
intended for those who had not
received Holy Communion at the
Mass. The Postcommunion pray
ers. of course. pre- essentially de-
signed-and nearly always pre-
sumo reception of Holy Commun-
ion by everyone-for those who
have received Holy Communion
at the Mass.
Send questions TO Father Ed
ward F. Healey. Inquiry Corner,
The Catholic Times, Box 636, Co
Mmbus t16), Ohio,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-03-18
MONSIGNOR HIGGINS
The American Way

Secondly, the American labor
movement supported the code
termination law in Germany not
as a panacea-in other words,
not as the perfect answer 10 the
German, labor problem - but
rather as one possible means Of
improving conditions which we're
thought TO be more or less pc
culiar to Germany.
No Reality for US.
Both of these points are
brought out very clearly by
George Meany, president of the
AFL and president-designate of
the new unified labor movement,
in feature article in the March
issue of Fortune What Labor
Means by More"
For the AFL". Mr.. Meany
sta es, Il can say flatly that coll
lective bargaining is not means
of seeking a voice in manage
ment. We do not want so-called
'eodetermination'-the represen-
tation of unions on the board of
directors or in the active manage
ment of company. In Germany,
where trade unions have endor-
sed such plan, codetermination
emerges from a peculiar back
ground-the political use OF cor
porate power by cartel manage
ment. Fere in the U.s., codeter-
mination has no reality"
Mr.. Meafiy, in making these OBJ
servations with respect % code
termination, is undoub d ly
speaking for the overwhelming
majority of the officers and
members of the American labor
movement. The American labor
movement will continue to push
for a Enthusiastically American
type of condemnation or CO..
management through the volun-
tary process of collective bargain
ing.
Voice in Determining
American labor. as Mr.. Meany
observes, does not want co-deter-
mination in the sense of union
representation on the boards Of
directors of American companies.
On the other hand, it does want
voice in determining all mat
ters directly affecting the inter-
ests of the workers. This form
of co-determination Of ii can
properly be designated by that
term American labor will con-
tinue to press for through the
medium of collective bargaining.
This brings us. in conclusion.
to Mr.. Gordon's reference TO the
lessons that American business
executives can learn from the al
legged futility or failure of the
German co-deternination expert
ment. The principal lesson that
they can learn from this expert
ment, it seems to us, is the inn
portance of supporting and en-
couraging free collective bargain
ing in the United States.
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enacted legls-
tion givin &
w o r k ers the
right of code
termination or
com a n a g e.
m e n { NIT
beStiBlmung b
in the coal and
steel ind u S
tries and, to a
lie sser extent,
in other indus
tries as we'll.
While [ h is
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days from the
Commu n lists
a n d [ h e ir
friends. Posing
as ge n Il | n c
A m erie c ans.
these agents of
Moscow are de.
manding / h a [
the Sen at o r
from West Vir,
ginia exp a n d
"the probe in
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-03-18

Senator Harley NJ. Kilgore.
chairman of the Senate Judici-
ary Committee, is undoubtedly
receiving many letters these
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-03-18

A lot of water has passed un-
der the bridge since the German
parliament, goaded on by the
German Federation of Labor,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-07-15
Graybn Tells Martin
GOP-OiI Crowd Is Attempting
To Pull a $40 Million Hoax

was great and at a time when the
leasing was for a term certain rather
that for a term indefinite?
Il doubt if the Attorney General
is worrying much about the lam
basting you and others continue to
give him. My opinion is that he has
not been defying any Court rulings
but merely trying in some effective
way to let the people of Montana
know that our Legislature, con-
trolled by you know whom, has sue
cessfully weakened the States posi-
ton in the matter of leasing school
lands so that now our State Land
Board is in poorer position to
negotiate than you or I would be if
we owned any potential oil lands.
You know of course what the
Northern Pacific does, and | think
you must be familiar with the fact
that many private leases are more
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-07-15

ioi q " y 0di PCIlOd.
In making the announcement,
Syftestad emphasized the fact that
the space available for offices in the
present building was no longer ade-
quate for present operations and for
future expansion.
"When the present building with
increased office space was completed
in 1947, we did not anticipate the
rapid growth of the business or the
need for increased office facilities.
In 1947 our business volume was in
the neighborhood of $28,000,000. In
the past year, sales were about $685.,
600, 900. Our staff of office employees
in every department has grown with
the expanding volume. This has re-
quired more office space and has
reached point where it is some
what crowded and creates handicap.
The additional space in the new
building allows for a doubling of the
present office force in the next 10
years. The space in our present build
ing now used as an office will be
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-07-15
Land BOARD WANTS FOREIGN OIL
IMPORTS CUT BACK

ing ways, the resolution continues
"a. State land income is curtaileo
though lower bids on first year rent.
al, since the oil producers cannot be
expected to bid normally if they have
limited or no market prospects, and
state land income is further lowered
because of lack of development in
centive which curtails royalty income.
"b. The State income from royalty
on Federal land of which the state
school fund receives one-half, the 9TH
er half going to the states highway
fund, is lower than it should be for
the same reasons as above.
&c. Private | AN development
should yield the state general fund
considerably more income from the
operators license tax, and the county
funds considerably more from the
net proceeds tax, thus lessening the
burden on the states general fund,
and should yield the private land
holder greater personal income which
would be reflected in increased in
come tax collections"
To improve the situation, the land
board Strongly urges the immediate
action of the Office of Defense Mob
ilization in recommending to the
President of the United States that
the ratio of the importation of for
eign oil to domestic production be
limited to not more than this 1854
average ratio, as authorized under
HR /, as amended and passed by the
United States Congress during this
1855 session."
Other members of the land board
besides Miss Condor are Governor ].
Hugo Aronson, Attorney General Ar
mold Fl. Olsen, and Secretary of State
Steve Arnold.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-07-15

Republican politicians. You repea
this fantasy figure, stating that in
come for the benefit of Montana
schools could have been increased by
at least $10,000,000, perhaps more
in the last two years, had it not beer
for the political juggling and manipu
lating of the Attorney General.
"You, I am sure, and the others
mentioned, should know that no
| such income has been available
within the past two years, or is now
available. unless the oil situation
| gets a lot hotter than it is at pres
| emit.
DOUBTLESS in your reference you
have in mind bonus or initial rentals
as a main source of income Should
be wrong in saying that the figure
is unrealistic, please explain to me
the drop in this type of income from
over $6,000,000, year ending June
80, 1851, to $1,600,0e0, year ending
June 80, 1862, to a figure less than
100000 for the year ending June
80, 1868.
Isn't it a fact that oil activity,
particularly in the Williston Basin,
was what we call hot the first year?
isn't it a fact that hundreds OF
thousands of acres of private leases
were given up by June 80, 1888, or
about that time, in the Winston
Basin area in Montana and North
Dakota particularly?
isn't it a fact that the big year
of over s6,O00,O00 and the next big
year of about $1,600,000 and at
least two-thirds of the third year
had expired prior to the
time the Legislature passed the per-
petual lease law in 1953-in other
wasn't the period of the big
income at time when oil interest