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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-12-16
That We May Be Ready

AS the Feast of the Nativity of Our Savior
draws near the Church in her liturgy seeks 10
arouse in the hearts of her children some ecno
of the fervent longing with which Coos people,
in the bleak centuries after the fall OF ADAM
awaited the coming of the promised Redeemer:
They would mediate upon Gods promise, anu
we are called upon to do that very thing
They would go over and over the prophecies
concerning the fulfiment of that promise, proph'
ecies that named the family into which the Savior
would be born, and the place and manner OF his
birth; in these final days of Advent the Churcn
reads TO us the inspired words OF Isaias and tne
others Behold, a virgin shall conceive, ana
bring forth Son, and His name shall De called
Emmanuel" There shall come forth a rod out of
the Root of Jesse" And thou, Bethlehem, are
by no means least among the princes of Juda, for
from these shall come Leader Who will rule
NV people Israel" They studied these and
all the other Scriptures concerning the Savior,
drawing from them comfort and hope; and snail
we do less?
For we know that the prophecies were ful-
filled nineteen centuries ago, exactly according
to the word of God, and it is the anniversary OF
that fulfillment which we are called upon 10
commemorate al Christmas time. Rich and deep
should he our spiritual gain, thrilling should be
our faith and courage as we i've WIN tne
Church in Te.enacting the events that brought
the Son of God into the world, as Shepherd and
Redeemer of mankind.
With lsaias then the Church prays IN sun
days Mass: Drop down dew, ye heavens, from
above. and LET the clouds rain the Just One; let
the earth be opened and bud forth SAVIOR; she
adds her own prayer: "Stir up, we beseech thee,
O Lord Thy power, and come;" she recalls the
fervent petition of the Psalmist: Come, O Lord,
and delay not forgive the sins of Thy people
And she warns us, as she is bound to do, that
cur preparation for the great anniversary must
include cleansing of our souls from sin; they
will he searched by God Himself, Who will,
in the words of ST. Paul in the Epistle, bring
to light the things hidden in darkness and make
manifest the counsels of hearts" And in the
Gospel she presents again the sentorian message
III John the Baptist, summons to repentance.
Make ready the way of the Lord, make straight
His paths"
II we have felt the spirit of Advent II we
have responded to the Scrptural lessons laid pe'
fore u.s. il we truly realize the meaning OF the
feast we are about to celebrate no urging should
be needed to show us how to make ready the
way of the Lord" He has provided the means
by which we can truly welcome Him IN our
hearts. in closer union than was possible than be-
fore His birth that is in Holy Communion. The
Sacraments Of Penanee and of the Holy Euchar'
ist offer an approach to His friendship, His love,
His guidance and protection, And surely, nothing
short of this intimacy will suffice Tor the Chris
tian at Christmas.
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Some people in this part of
the world do not quite see how
this would work. They believe
the Russians might lose more
by their bad behaviour in In
dia. than they could gain by
having England withdraw its
invitation. But people who pro-
fess to know India an. Burma
believe that the Moscow lead
ers have gained great propa-
ganda advantage among the
masses in those countries by
their attacks on the West, and
that the rebuff by England, if
it comes, will be so much prop
aganda velvet"
In any event, many English
men are beginning to doubt the
wisdom of having the Red lead
ers come to their country. What
if they resumed their attacks
on the WeSt-in England?
Winston Churchill has said
that the Soviet leaders are max
ing an exhibition" out of their
tour in India and Burma.
The National Christmas Tree
here bears 5000 lights and orna-
ments. 1t will come alive with
shimmering colors at 5 p. m,
EST, on Sunday, December 18,
when President Eisenhower
throws an electric switch at his
Gettysburg Pa) home. 1t will
be a symbol of the real peace
which the American people SO
earnestly desire. At the same
instant, other Christmas trees
will be lighted on US. ships at
sea, in us. embassies abroad
and at lonely military bases.
These will be symbols not only
OF the same desire, but also of
our vigilance in q dark and
troubled world.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-12-16
Inquiry Corner
Father Healey-

innocent it is society which q
soldier defends. the women, the
aged. the children of his cotir-
try who are being unlustly at
tackled by the enemy society. Ia
every case the Church urges
that every means be used 10
avoid violent solutions to any
human problem, but she does
not find it evil for the individ-
ual or society to defend itself,
@. If one 10ished to pray for
the Iron Curtain countries
Mould It help to pray to their
patron saints?
A. Every country has pat
ron saint or saints and they
are given for the inspiration
they provide and that they
may intercede for people in
that territory in a special way.
The apparition at Fatima has
impressed everyone with the
necessity of prayer and penancs
in reparation and for the com
version of Russia and other
countries which have been turn
ed away from God. st. JOS
eph is the patron of China, st.
WencesIaus of CZechoslovakia,
st. Stephen of Hungary, st. Cas-
imir of Lithuania, st. Stanis-
laus of Poland, st. Andrew OF
Russia and Our Lady of Scr~
rows of SIovakia. Each of these
countries has more than one
patron just as France has Our
Lady of the Assumption, St.
Joan of Arc and st. Therese ~
patrons.
Q. What is the 'sSim against
the Holy Ghost? Can it neper
be forgiUen?
A. The sin against the Holy
Ghost is the habitual sin of
those who stubbornly and will
fully resist the inspirations OF
the Holy Ghost until death.
The enemies of Christ who act
ed against the truth-and knew
that they were doing so = by
ascribing His works to the dew
il Matthew 1924 and declar.
ing Him possessed by the dew
il John 8:48) were likely ex-
amples Of this sin Christ said
of such: "The blasphemy
against the Holy Ghost shall not
be forgiven, neither in this
world or in the world to come"
Matthew l2:32) Anyone can
repent and be saved but some
people are so self-willed and
malicious that they will persist
in their denial of God until
death.
Send questions to Father Ed.
ward F. Healey. Inquiry Cor.
ner, The Catholic Times, BOX
636 Columbus is, Ohio.
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fact remains that there is a.
conviction in Cairo that Zion
ism is the threat, not the pres-s
ent-day Israel as now consti-s
tuted.
Keeping Israel on the Alert
Social and political forces
within Egypt are totally unpre-
dictable. 1t would compare the
present contingency as not UNI
like that in the Argentine with
military men running the show
and reversaIs when least ex-
peeted. Soldiers are dominating
Egyptian political life and the
forces and currents at work be-s
hind the scenes are extremely
difficult to assess. 1t is cor
ceivable that part of the pres
ent agitation is the fruit of
internal conditions which make
this sort of thing q means OF.
assuring the Nasser govern
ment's stability in power.
At the same time, / think IL
is also a form of the general
Arab blockade, the aim OF
which is to strangle and con-
tain Israel. The peaceful de-
yelopment of that country 10
obviously handicapped if there
are constant border Incidents
and the threat of a more ges-
eral war. Since the Arab gov.
ernments are committed to a
blockade on the commercial
and trade front, the added
element of military tension
cannot fail to undermine Is =
rael and force it to devote q
disproportionate share of hs
budget to defense purposes. =
1t may well be that we are
Witnessing something like the
Soviet policy toward us right
after the war, when the cold
war was on more violently
than now and America was.
jockeyed into a position of
having to arm to the teeth, with
no idea where the blow might :
fall. This added new and very
grave burden to the economic ]
load of the United States and I
could not fail to be a factor in
disturbing normal American
recovery after the conflict. L
can scarcely imagine anything
better calculated to keep Israel
on the qui vive than the mem
ace of attack from GAIA, Sinai
or the Jordanian front. u
The tragedy of it all is that
our country has probably lost.
as definitely as one can pre-
diet, any reservoir of confi-sh
dence that the Arabs may have
toward us. 1t is a frustrating
and enigmatic situation. | think
it is also true that we fail tn.
appreciate here in the United
States just how deeply and |.
bitterly the Arabs feel abeut
about American support of Is-
rael.
Whatever the intrinsic mer- :
its of the case may be, the Arab !
world certainly does not think
that beating the drums for Is.
f>ssl, with indifference to them. !.
In The best way to assure pese@
In the Middle East. -. !.
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liar programs for some OF their
own bosses-to-be.
The shortage of scientists and
technicians is admittedly a ser-N
ious problem for country fac
ed with the ever-present threat
of nuclear warfare. II would
be a serious problem even in
the absence of this frightful
danger. 1t is a particularly SER
ious problem for Catholics who
are said to be numerically weak
in the field of science. But
the fact remains that it would
be serious mistake for Amer
lean education to concentrate
on science and technology to
the exclusion or neglect of the
liberal arts.
Direct Bearing on Economy
AS a rank amateur in the
field of education-and a poor
advertisement for the liberal
arts - the present writer is
probably out of order in dis
cussing this problem in an
epheremal column supposed to
be limited to current issues in
the field of social action. Our
only excuse for even mention.
ing the subject is the fact
that it does have a very direct
bearing ON the future of the
American economy and, more
specifically, on the future of in
dustriai relations in the Unit
ed States.
Lest we be accused of being
anti-management, we hasten to
add that this is a problem for
labor as we'll ~ for manage
ment. Too many labor leaders
and union functionaries are
merely technicians In the mar
row sense of the word. They
don't read enough serious lit
erature outside their own par
ticular field of interestingly
of them to our personal knowl-
edge, don't read any serious
literature at all. They are not
interested in philosophy or
the arts. They are interested
only in the details of their own
particular Job. In brief. they
are lacking in general intelli-
Kence.
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and the ensuing pressure to
persuade the United States to
arm Israel, certain features of
the problem ought to be
stressed.
First, the Czech Egyptian
arms deal is probably the con-
sequence of the failure of the
United States to keep a prom
ise to Cairo to sell arms, plus
the bitter disappointment of
the Egyptians that after such
a formal promise they were let
down and forced to deal else
where.
The purchase OF arms does
not necessarily mean that
Egypt has crswled in under the
Soviet tent or gone "commun-
ist." Arms are peculiar COM
modify in that nations are
prone to seek them where they
can get them readily, and in di-
rect proportion to the gravity
of the situation as they see it.
Egyptian Case
While in Egypt was pro-
foundly struck with the fact
that the Nasser government
conceives Of Israel ss the direct
threat to the Arab world and
as a nation whose aggressive
tendencies are taken for grant
ed. The Egyptian case is some
thing like this:
Israel is now a small cOun-
try but a country that conceiv-
es of its mission as one of in
determinate expansion based
on a constant increase of inn
migration and therefore of
population growth. The Egypt
ians see another half-million
Jews coming from North Africa
and, furthermore, are keenly
aware that Zionism proposes
that all Jews ultimately seek
establishment in the home
land. If this comes to pass even
in part, Palestine as it now
stands is quite incapable of abb
sorbing several more millions.
Expansion into Jordanian and
Egyptian territory seems the
only possible out in view of the
land hunger and economic die
tates of the situation.
1t may be that the Egyptians
are making mountain out of
The thing and that Israel for q
long time will remain pretty
much what 1t Is today. But the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-12-16
WASHINGTON LETTER

WASHINGTON-1he Nation
al Christmas tree arrived here
on the fourteenth anniversary
of Pearl Harbor.
Through a combination OF
circumstances, this fact illus
trated in a striking way the
absence of real peace in the
world. Just few hours before
the 65-foot Black Hills, North
Dakota, spruce arrived on
railroad car and workmen be-
gan to set it up in the park inn
mediately behind the White
House, the us. Department of
Defense announced that it
would require a budget of $685.
100000 in the next fiscal
year. This is a sum five times
as great as the money the ma
ton was spending ($6,07i ,000,-
000 on defense needs in the
year before Pearl Harbor. And
the fiscal year before that, end
ing June 80, 1910, we spent
only $1,559, 100000.
These heavy expenditures for
ornaments are necessary be-
cause of the air of uncertain
ty and danger which the trucul-
ence of Soviet Russia is causing
in the world. A nation which
was our ally in World War ii
is the cause of our heavy arma-
ments burden in the postwar
years.
The staggering i'll manners
of the Russian Reds are as
bad today as they eyer were.
They may even be worse. In
any event, they show no. signs
of improving soon. Robert MUIR
ply, Deputy under secretary OF
state, charged in public
speech on Dec. 3, that the So
Wet leaders have not yet shown
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@. Is it a mortal sin for a
Catholic man to be best man
for Protestant couple married
by a minister? Justice of the
Peace?
A. Catholics are forbidden TO
take part in (or even attend
weddings which involve scan
dal e.g. weddings of divorced
persons or weddings in non-
Catholic churches and civil
marriages when one of the par
ties is lapsed Catholic. If
neither party is divorced or Ca
tholic it is still morally wrong
to take part leg as best mani
in a wedding ceremony which
involves taking palt in relig-
ious service. This would be
true of the marriage by a min
ister, and it would be mortal
sin to disregard the Christian
tradition and the law of the
Church to take part in such
service. 1t would be possible
to attend such wedding for
social reasons and there would
be nothing wrong about taking
part in a marriage before civ
il official.
Q. Hoao can 1T be Christian to
take the life of helpless hu-
man being as zoe do in capital
punishment? Hoa0 can man
take the life of another IN 10dr
WheR the sndt0sdstal soldier
may be a good Christian Sinnp-
ly doing his duty-eUen though
the enemy may be Drong?
A. The right to life is not
absolute and society has the
God-given right of self-defense
just as an individual man has
it. A man who commits a crime
of such malice and magnitude
a. murder must be punished,
and it is commonly accepted
among prudent men that the
punishment must have some
proportionate relationship to
the crime. Once the criminal
is caught the main concern of
the Christian is for his repent
ance, but executing terrible
criminal - even after his re-
pentance - is not in opposition
to Christian mercy or charity. Ii
would be opposed to mercy and
charity to allow crime to go
unpunished and thereby to en-
danger thousands of innocent
and helpless people. Likewise
in. war the representatives of
God-and lawful government
has its authority from God
must make the decision and
when they decide that it is nee
esSary to defend the country
by war, soldiers may take part
in that war without sin. While
the individual enemy may be
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tell rs, II am q hopeless alcoholic or . car
dealer advise us strongly against buying his
"bucket of bolts" we might indeed be very sorely
puzzled So it is with the average European who
reads the self-denunciations represented in our
best selling novels. He begins to think that the
Communist has point.
In the light of these sorry reflections We read
that an official Soviet invitation has been ex.
tended to the producers to present Porgy and
Bess in Moscow. The Soviet purpose is, not to
show American art, but in the words of the
lnterracidl Reuiem to present Catfish Row"
as the norm of Negro life in America
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that if they fail to solve
the educational problems of
the nation, it will not be for
lack of interest or effort,
Frankly, as a slightly jaded
conventioner of Is years
standing, the present writer
cannot recall another meeting
OF comparable size at which the
delegates worked so hard and
took their assignment so SER
iously. One and all, they de-
serve a great big "A" for APP
plication and an extra holiday
at Christmas time to enable
them to catch up on lost sleep,
The results of their serious
minded efforts at this import
ant conference - the biggest
meeting of its kind in the his
tory of the United States-will,
in the nature of things, be diff
ficult to calculate or measure.
Their widely publicized discus
Sions will serve at least TO dra-
matize the fact that We have
some serious problems in the
field of education, which we
can no longer afford to neglect.
Too Highly Specialized
Understandabiy enough, one
of these problems-the short
age of teachers and classroom
facilities-crowded others out
of the headlines in the typical
news report on the White
House Conference. The short
age is obviously serious prob.
lem. But. over the long haul,
II may prove to be less import
ant and less crucial than the
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t h / n g does
the profound
uncertaintie S
in the Mid
die East and
the enormous
ly inflamma-
BILE nature of
the situation.
In spite of
the concern
caused by the
acceptance of
arms fro m
I h e Soviet
bloc hY EpYnt
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-12-16

checked out
of Washing
tons Shera-
ton-Park Ho-
tel aero SIS
the tr e G t
from our par
ochial resi-
d e n c e. AS
this is being
written, W e
can only say
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RICHARD PATTEE
RICHARD PATTEE u
Middle East Tension

The frontier episodes and the
serious clashes between Israeli
and Egyptians on the GAIA strip
point up, as graphically as any
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-12-16

By the time this column ap-
pears in print the 1000 dele
gates to the White House Con-
ference on Education will have
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-12-16

Love is a great and good thing. and alone
makes heavy burdens light and bears in equal
balance things pleasing and displessing "Imi-
tation of Christ" Gardinier-Whtford translation.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-12-16

During the first two weeks of Advent the
Church, in recitng the Divine Office, cries out,
Let us adore the Lord coming as King" And
during the last two weeks of this season of expec-
tation, the Church prays repeatedly, "The Lord
is already at hand; come, let us adore Him."
Evening star., 1955-11-15
ERNEST A. THOMAS

branch. was elected an assistant
treasurer.
In his report TO Perpetual's
shareholders. President Baltz
said its surplus and reserves now
total slT.ls million and that al
most 100000 people use the in
stitution's borrowing and savings
facilities. Customers are in 90
foreign countries as wen as the
48 States and the District:
Resources increased more than
$23 million during the year. he
said. with savings growing to
$183.3 million and first mortgage
loans increasing to 1885 million
President Baltz said the pres
ent Silver Spring office, Georgia
and Wayne avenues, viii soon be
replaced with q new structure 70
he erected farther north on
Georgia avenue. He cited Per-
petual's growth and the rapid
expansion Of the nearby Mary
land suburbs.
Evening star., 1955-11-15
Five Promoted
AT Perpetual

President Edward c. Ealtz Of
the Perpetual Building Associa-
tion last night at the 74th annual
meeting revealed rd-break-
ling resources Of nearly $214 mil
lion. He also announced pro-
motion Of five top-level staff
men, after a board meeting,
which followed the shareholders
session.
They are: Thornton w. Owen,
vice president, to be vice chair
man Of the board, a newly
created post; William H. Dyer.
vice president and secretary, to
executive vice president. q new
post; w. s. MartindiIl. treasurer,
to be vice president and secre-
|tary, and Ernest A. Thomas. an
assistant vice president, TO be
treasurer.
Lawrence @. Swan. head teller.
was promoted TO assistant
treasurer.
For the 10th consecutive year,
Mr.. Baltz was reelected presi-
dent. Other officers were re-
elected.
Tom b. Thatcher. manager oi
the Silver Spring branch, wal
promoted to assistant vice presi-
dent. He was formerly an as
sistant secretary.
James Bassinger. assistant
manager Of the Silver Spring
Evening star., 1955-11-15
|CHICAGOLIvESTocK

CHICAGO. Nov II P lUsDAls--
lSalahIe hnss 10000: uneven. most sales
butchers around 26 higher, instances up
lmore early. but trade only moderately
Inctive and closed slow with part OF the
advance lost on several hundred head
No and butchers mostly weiGhinE
lover geo lbs: sUws steady TO rs higher.
IgOod shipping outlet, but some Local
PACKERS sought epAringly. most mixed
No. | To IS, l00-2HO ID butchers.
11.26-13. 90: hogs ct 1873 and above
lcafrying No. and end; around 800
head selected mixed No. and q, fgQ-
1915 lbs ~ 1925; 6B-head lot mostly
No. Is, IsO lbs at 1886 most mixed
No 2 and 3ss 930.260 ibs 11.76-12.2 .25s :
ls small volume up 70 400 lbs down 10
li.69; most COWS under 900 lbs, 1000
SslAble cattle $500; saiahle calves
800: yeatlifia steers e2b lbe down, and
Iyenrling heiferB Under S76 lbs fairly ac.
tive. mostly steady. other Weights steers
land heiferB slow, steady 10 30 lcWerti
lc0Ws steady 10 mostly rs higher bulls
STEADY to strong; veaiers steady 70 j 90
lower: stockers and feeders steady; =
flew loadsand lots prime -.O50-1, 200 ID
steers 1923 and $3.50; 1 load held
higher most good 10 prime steers,
l17.00-23 90; good 70 prime heiferS,
/ s.00-2i 30: utility and commercial
Icovs e.b0-t1 30; bulk Gamers and CUT
tiers, 7.00-g 90; q few light Gamers.
70. .0O-0 30; utility and commercial bulls.
tl2.50-l4 90: vealers $500 down; sey-
Iernl ioadS good and choice 400 10 stock
calves, 2O.75-2l 90; q half load Of good
LOSS ID feeding steera, 1910.
Evening star., 1955-11-15
New Jets to Determine
Lengths Of Runways

Washington National Airport
in the near future will see an
entirely new fleet of Jet planes,
but whether this means length
ening the runways remains to be
determined.
At present. the longest run
way is Sass feet. OfIicials said
it may be necessary TO lengthen
the principal north south rum
way by approximately 800 feet.
But this depends on the ultimate
operating characteristics Of the
new aircraft. they said. And
these are not yet fully known.
The aircraft industry Is pour
ing around a billion dollars into
new aircraft Oficials said 1t Is
making every effort to have the
airplanes conform to existing
airfields. This win permit take
on and landing characteristics
on present fields.
Undoubtedly q number Of
newer type aircraft win be in
service in Washington. But Of
ficials feel b number Of the pres
ent type aircraft win continue In
existence here. because of the
short haul and the fields they 60
into.
Slotted wings and an assist In
take OF could reduce the neces-
sity for altering present runWays.
officials said.