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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-07-15
YugOsIdUid BeieDed RenlOUed
As o. Barrier TO Russian Aim
FASHINCTON LETTER

WASHINGTON, July III Word
reaching here from private, but
usually we'll informed, sources
has it that the visit of top Rus
sian communists to Marshal Tito
of Yugoslavia may have serious
ly upset the alignment of pow
er in southeastern Europe.
There are no details, because
the belief is based more upon a
knowledge of the forces involved
than upon information as to
what actually took place. How
ever, the conviction that some
thing happened is so strong that
these inf0rmants discount the
assurances from Belgrade that
Tito's relations with the West
have not been disturbed.
One might well ask what could
possibly be done to disturb con
ditionS in southeastern Europe.
Word from Trieste and other
places is that Belgrade may soon
begin TO line up with Moscow,
Prague and Warsaw on various
questions. Yugoslavia's support
of Red China'S claim to Formosa
and for admittance of the Pc
king regime to the United Ma
tions has already caused some
concern here.
Then, too, Tito is going 10
make return visit 10 the com
munistS in Moscow.
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The West, and that means
chiefly the United States in this
instance. is estimated TO have
poured more than 1000, ,00O, 900
in aid into Yugoslavia in less
than eight years. This is said to
have been divided into some
$500, 100000 in military aid (the
figure on this is restricted) and
more than S505, 900, 900 in eco
n0mic aid,
All of this outlay to Red die
tator, Marshal Tito, was justified
in this country on the ground
that Tito was at odds with Soviet
Russia since l948, and that it
was well worth our while to keep
the break, however great or
small il might be, in the com
munist alignment in southeast
ern Europe.
The mere fact that the top
Reds in Moscow went down to
Belgrade and, seemingly, apollo
gized TO their fellow communist,
Marshal Tito, for having kicked
Yugosiavia out of the Comm
form, caused apprehension here.
After Khrushchev and Bulganin
went back to Moscow, the Yugo-
Siav Reds sent word to the Unit
ed States, which has been pro
viding ther with so much nice
money, that things were still the
same between Tito and the West.
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But European observers who
know that section of the world
say the very fact that the Mos
COW Reds went to Belgrade and
were shown around by Tito
means that there has been some
change in conditions in that
area. They say that the constant
reference by the Moscow Reds
to the unforgettable memories
linking the Soviet communists
with Tito's partisans certainly
has had some of its desired eff
feet. In addition, the show of
friendliness and charm put on by
the visiting Russians strengthen
ed the hand of the sympathetic
communists in YugoSlavia. And
the Russian visit, if anything,
strengthened the common Sovi-
ct and Yugoslav policy of sntipa-
thy towards religion, and particu-
larly toward the Catholic Church.
These European students of in
ternstional affairs believe that
the bold visit of the Moscow
Reds has definitely rendered
Yugoslavia less of a barrier to
Soviet Russian aims and the
world communist conspiracy.
This is something the repre-
sentatives of the West must keep
in mind as they meet with the
Russian delegation at the Big
Four meeting in Geneva.
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piete Soviet success al Geneva.
In the Daily Worker of July 3,
they base this expectation on
President Eisenhower's recent
statement that peace" has a bet
ter chance than he thought. In
addition, there is the present
favorable climate" On this lat
ter point, the Daily Worker pro-
claims:
I'm the climate which has re-
suited, new trial was ordered
for two Smith Act victims, Char
ney and Trachtenberg. In the
Pittsburgh Smith Act case, two
members of the Appeals Court
entered an historic dissent
against the conviction. The Su-
premc Court dismissed the con-
tempt convictions of julius En-
Spak, Tom Quinn, and Phil Bart
(notorious Fifth Amendment cas-
es) and in the Peters case up
held a former Government en-
ployee against a witch-hunting
Loyalty Board"
lest We Forget
To add to this record, 'the
Court of Appeals in Washing
Ton has reaffirmed the right to
receive passports as natural
right" The Daily Worker has al
ready declared that this will
mean freer movement by men,
bers of the Communist conspirs-
cy. Even "the dropping of charg-
es against DR.. baltimore" is as
serted to be product of the
current climate.
II is true that the confession
of Winston Burdett, reporter for
The Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
tenn, that he had been a Soviet
espionage agent, causes the Daily
Worker of July | to denounce
him as "an informer." But il ex-
presses the belief that the peo-
pie will soon forget this serious
revelation and it shows clearly
il wants them to do so, particu-
larly since Burdett's testimony
upholds that of Elizabeth Bent
ly and others.
And the Nation will forget
with Geneva, as the result, be-
coming a new tragedy. That is,
unless alert Americans follow
the example, nj the Upper Darby
Council nj the Knights of Co
lumhus
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con meetings of the National
Press Club in Washington, DC.
Meany was asked by a pitcher
with a fast curve whether Amer
ican labor has ever had it so
good" as at the present time
(meaning, of course, under a
Republican Administration.
As a registered Democrat, who
is known to be somewhat critical
of the present Administration,
Meany must have been tempted
70 let that one pass; but he prov
ed himself to be an honest man
by admitting very frankly that
labor mas never had it so good.
incidentally, Meany's frankness
with reporters, as illustrated by
this little incident, goes a long
way to explain, why he has the
best press of any labor leader in
the history of the United States.
Meany's willingness TO admit
with politically-wise smile
in his voice-that labor has new
er had it so good" in the United
States was all the more interest
ing in view of the contrary opln-
ion recently expressed by Benoit
Frachon, Secretary General of
the CommuniSt-eontr Gen.
eral Federation of Labor (CGT)
in France.
Mr.. Frachon-in a speech re-
ported by the New York Times
three days before Mr.. Meany's
address to the members of the
National Press Club repeat
ed the ancient Communist thesis
of the inevitable pauperlzation
of the working class in the Unit
ed States as well as in France.
According to this thesis, the
workers of the United States are
worse off today than they were
yesterday and will be worse off
tomorrow than they are today.
Cynical immortality
No wonder Meany has his fin
gers crossed about c0-exiStence
when prominent spokesmen for
world Communism are so intel
lectually dishonest, so deliberate
ly immoral as to be peddling this
sort of gibberish in 1855 for the
conscious purpose of confusing
the working class and of under
mining the cause of freedom all
over the world. This kind of
cynical immortality, which is still
the tock-in-trade of world Com
muniSm, can only be driven out
by prayer and fasting. Ii cannot
be exercised by an occasional
meeting at the summit.
Benoit 'Franchon and his mas
ters in the Kremlin know per-
fectIy well that the Communist
thesis of the inevitable pauperl-
zation of the workers under the
So-called capitaliStic system in
the United States is not true.
There is reason to believe, how
ever, that their constant repet-
ton of the thesis has duped
fairly large number of workers
in Europe and Asia - at least
to the extent of making them
very suspicious Of any economic
system which describes itself as
capitsliStic.
In the face ef this continuing
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Inquiry Corner
HedIey

.. Whdt is the meaning of
the pordS descended into hell"
in the Apostles Creed? Did
Christ 90 to the place of the
damned, and if so, for tohdt ptir.
pose?
A. The word in Hebrew and
Greek was much broader than
cur word for the place of the
condemned souls. 1t meant
something like the place of
the dead" As st. Paul describes
this descent Christ ascended in
to heaven after He also des-
cended first into the lower parts
of the earth. tEphesians 4:9)
st Peter also mentions this des-
cent and states Christ appeared
to those spirits that were in
prison" O Peter 3:19) The srti-
Gle of the Creed refers to the
triumphant release of the souls
of the good people who had not
been able to enter heaven until
the time of the Redemption ar
rived. II. does not refer to the
wicked.
Q. What are some Of the steps
in the cdnonizdtion or bentificd
tion Of holy person.
A. The ordinary process of be-
atification begins with the pre-
liminary process by the Ordinary
(biShop) of the place. The bishop
through a special board of iudg-
es must Cd examine the writings
of the servant of God being con-
sidered, (21 gather testimony on
the reputation for holiness of
life. on his virtues, of miracles
claimed to have been worked
through his intercesSion and (3)
present testimony that no public
cult has been approved by the
bishop and that even Spontane-
Gus public veneration has been
suppressed. Canon No. 2038) If
this preliminary process seems
favorable to the Sacred Congre-
CATION of Rites in Rome the
Apostolic process begins by Spe-
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cial appointment of five judges,
They must assemble further eyi-
dence of holiness and proof OF
the alleged miracles, and the Sa-
cred Congregation of Rites Tin
three committees) then study ths
question at length and submit
their decision to the Holy Father.
After he has heard the evidences
he makes the final decision and
the decree of beatification is is-
sued by the Supreme Pontiff.
Q. Was Jonas re0lly sUdtlo,Oed
By q t0hdLe?
A. 1t is not stated in the Book
of Jonas or in the Gospels what
kind of great fish swallowed
Jonas. There are scholars who
point out that both the shark
and sperm whale as found in the
Mediterranean are capable OF
swallowing a body larger than 4
mans. The period of three days
and three nights would indicats
in Hebrew usage a part of three
days, including all of the second
day. Since Jonas prayed in the
interior of the fish (2:2) it does
not seem likely that. he died
there and was later restored to
life, as some suggest in trying
to simplify>the question.
Q. Did st. Vincent de Paul
found the Society of that name?
A. No. This international so
ciety of Catholic laymen for
helping the poor was organized
in 1888 by eight young students
of the Sorbonne in Paris. The
leader of the movement was
Frederick Ozansm, brilliant
young lawyer, author and pro
fessor. First called the Confer
ence of Charity it was later
known as the Society OF II, VIM
cent de Paul, in honor Of that
great saint of charity
Send questions to Father Ed
ward F. Healey, Inquiry Cor
ner, The Catholic Times, SRoT
636, Columbus (16), Ohio.
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President nj the United states,
published as paid advertise
ment in certain newspapers and
distributed widely in certain
areas of the Quaker City. The pc
tition read: We, the under
signed, respectfully request the
President of the United States
to sever diplomatic relations
with USSR and the satellite re-
gimeS.' y
Third OF World Ruled Without
Consent
Briefly, the petition recounted
the reasons why such action was
imperative II stated that "the
Soviet Government has broken
fifty out of fifty-two agreements
with the United States" and has
murdered and enslaved millions
of human beings" And, in addi-
ton, that the Soviet Government
iutSS OiV-lil VI VI AtC pGuBASs VA
the world without their consent.
The breaking off of relations,
the document said, will con-
vince the enSlaved peoples be-
hind the Iron Curtain that we
will no longer deal with the
gangSters who hold them in bond
age. Our moral indignation will
bring hope to the world and in
security 10 tyrants" F"
Breaking Down of Vigilance
That this move comes none
too soon, and that it deserves
imitation by other organizations,
is attested to by the Communists
themselves.
The Daily Worker of July Z
crows over the climate" that
has been created in the United
States, calls the roll OF recent
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teachers of falsehoodand civilization cannot extri
cate itself from its web of torments until it does
resist these producers of bad fruit-there must be
the clear outlook the love of righteousness and
justice that comes from conquest of self.
Instead of being Slaves of unceanness and in
iquty,' we must become Slaves of justice unhap
py in the presence of wrongdoing and desrous at
all times of what is good. We shall have
world, wholesome world, when individuals
throw off the bondage of sin and courageousy apply
in every activity of lives the test by their
fruits you will know them"
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erS. But the IN
c i d ent, unex--
pectedly, fail
ed to make the
headlines.
The occasion
W a S a rough
and-t u m b | e
q u e Stion-a and
answer period
t IL o W ing a
speech deliver
ed by Meany at
o n e o ( t h e
weekly lunch
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from Phlladel-
phia The Up
per Darb b y
Council of the
Knights of Co
lumbus c e e.
brated July 4
with a n ew
Declaration of
Independence.
This was in
the form of a
petition TO the
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NONSIGNOR HIGGINS
Reds Ancient Thesis

propaganda problem there are
few elementary things that
American labor and American
management can do to clear the
air, if not to reverse the anti
American trend created in part
but only in part-by deliberats
liars like Benoit Frachon. For
one thing, American labor ought
to temper its criticisms of the
American economic and political
system to fit the facts.
Home To Roost
A single example will serve In
illustrate this point. American
labor has repeatedly character
lied the. Taft-HsrtIey Act as a
slaye-labor act. This particular
chicken is now coming home to
roost. Witness the fact that ons
of the delegates to the recent
International Labor Conference
in Geneva used it, to good adj
vantage, in a yitriolic attack on
the United States. The United
States, he said, is guilty of sheer
hypocrisy in asking the ILO to
investigate slave labor in other
countries when American work
ers themselves are living under
conditions of slavery. His proof
of the latter accusation consist
ed of series of verbatim quota
tions from official American
trade union statements charac-
terizing the Taft-Hartley Act as a
slave labor act.
American labor would do we'll
to make note of this little in
cident for future reference.
BY the same token American
management would be well adj
vised, If only for the sake of
Americas reputation abroad tn
distinguish more clearly in its
propaganda between capitalism"
on the one hand and the present
day American economic system
on the other.
Afraid To Make Effort
Capitalism" has bad reputa-
tion in Europe and Asia, deserv.
edly so in many cases. Conse-
quently, to advertise and to glor-
ify our own economic system az
capitalism" without at the same
time making lot of distinctions
and sub-distlnctions, is, again, to
play into the hands OF the enc
my. The American system has .
number of weaknesses and i'm.
perfecti0nS, but surely it is much
better In every respect than
capitalism" in the sense in
which that word is understood
or misunderstood in many parts
of the world. II ought to be pos
Sible to make this point clear in
our propaganda. But to Judge
from the rather emotional reacr
tion which greeted a recent at
tempt in this direction on the
part of the United States Infor.
nation Service, some of our peo.
pie are afraid to make the ef.
fort.
In a recent pamphlet diStrib-
uted by the U.SIS. in France.
under the title The American
Economy, Beyond Capitalism"
the statement is made that the
American system lis no longer
capitalism. Shortly after this
statement was quoted in the New
York Times of June 26, the
U.SIS. hastened TO explain To
the press that what the pamph-
let really meant to say was not
that capitalism is dead in the
United States, but merely that
the United States has evolved
new and dynamic form of CAPT
talism to replace the type We
knew in the 10Th century.
We are willing to settle for
that if it is the best, or the most,
that can be said by government
agency in the political climate
of 1855 But let's say it loud
enough for the rest of the world
to hear.
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II is sin to be lacking in mirth, for il is con
trary to reason for man to be burdensome to 9th
ers, by offering pleasure to others and by hin.
dering their enjoyment
ST. Thomas Asunas. Ii-Iiss q. lss, art. Ill.
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LOUIS F.. BUDEM
A Breath of Fresh Air

In the midst of the stale
"Yalta atmosphere which is now
stifling the American nation, a
refreshing breath of air comes
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AFL President George Meany
recently bit a dog, metaphorical-
ly speaking, in the presence of
hundreds of newspaper report
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Just Among Ourselves
Passins Comment Considered or Ineonsiderats

Instructed Catholics know that they must weary
repeat, and repeat again, the explanation of what
is meant by indulgence. The word indulgence has
changed its old meaning in common speech, and
now 1t usually suggests a kind of Softness towards
others land thus, for example, speak of indu
gent parents), an unworthy lack of control in
ones own conduct (snd thus for instance we speak
of indulgng in drink.
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In its ancient and root meaning an indulgence
is either kindness or it is gift an allowance,
concession. In the latter meaning we find the ex
plsnation of the word in its religious use For an
indulgence, in the Catholic sense, is gift con.
cesson, made by the Church to the faithful who are
in Gods grace. The gift consists of the spiritual
coin of merit,-won by Our Lord and through Him,
by His sants,-pad TO cancel out the temporal
punishment due to sin.
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IL is the duty OF every person to live for God and
therefore il is right and reasonable for each one
to make the intention of performing all his acts
dhouRhts words, deeds desireS) for Gods honor
and glory. Catholics often make such an intention.
Its most common expression is the daily morning
offering" And part of the morning offering ought
always 10 be the phrase Il intend 10 gain ali the
indnl9enoes | can gam this day"
Evening star., 1955-06-07
u. S. Envoy Called
From YugosIoviu

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, June
7 P.-James w. Riddleberger,
United States Ambassador to
Yugoslavia, will fly to Washing
ton tomorrow for consultations.
1t is assumed here the consulta-
tions will primarily concern
talks last week between Presi-
dent Tito and Soviet leaders
seeking reconciliation with Yugo-
slavia.
Mr.. Riddleberger and the AM
bassadors of Britain. France,
Greece and Turkey were called
in yesterday to hear an account
of the Yugoslav-Soviet discus
sions from Foreign Minister
Koca Popovic. Afterward Mr.,
Riddleberger said the ENJOYS
had agreed to make no state
ment about what they learned
but that he had sent a full re-
port to Washington.
Evening star., 1955-06-07
AIerfPolicemer
Net et3Fugitives
In 80 Minutes

1t took Washington police
only a half hour early today tt
find two men sought in 10.
State lookout for armed robbery
in Cincinnati.
The fast pickup also netted a
third man, not mentioned in the
Cincinnati query, but who was
armed when arrested and is on
Federal Bureau of Investigation
records as a convicted felon.
You got us all wrong" Capt,
Joseph w. Shimon quoted one
of them today. There must be
some mistake. We're out on bond
and not scheduled to be in court
for three days. We posted bond"
Two Were Armed
The Cincinnati lookout identi-
fled them as:
James Edward Richards Tor
Chidester), 25. who police said
had a .38 caliber revolver in his
belt under the shirt.
Herbert Richard Castner, Is.
whom police identified as the
driver and owner of the car.
Police identified the third man
as John Lawrence Howes, 81,
who had a 80 caliber revolver
loaded with three shells and two
expended shells in his pocket.
Ali police had to work on in
the Ohio query was a license
number and information that
the men might be in the Wash
ington area" and might be sleep
ing in their car.
Jotted Down Number
Police Pvts. Milton N. Stottle-
myer and E. w. Clouse, at the
routine 1880 roll call, jotted
down the license number and
got aboard their patrol wagon.
A little later they spotted the
car near Ninth and F streets
NV. They radioed their find
and Pvts. Rex G. Downey and
Cornelius F. Sullivan appeared
to search the area.
They walked into a tavern and
asked the bartender about ANY
strangers" The three men were
pointed out because, the bartend-
er said. I'VE refused to serve
them night before last because
we didn't like their attitude"
Pvts. Downey and Sullivan
questioned the men. disarmed
them and they were at head
quarters and booked by 1890
am.
Capt. Shimon said FBI rec
ords showed lone or more felony
Evening star., 1955-06-07
Diem Claims Capture
Of Many Rebel Troops

SAIGON. South Wet Nam
June z (R.-Premier Ngo Dinh
Diem's government claimed q
smashing success today in its
military drive on troops of the
Hca Hao regilious sect's private
army.
The government announced a
fun battalion--600 men-of Gen
Tran Van Soai's insurgent forces
had surrendered in the-roundup
by the national army.
In the offensive it began Sun
day the national army has driv-
en- Gen. Soai's troops into a
marshy triangle of some 275
square miles, about 80 miles
southwest Of Saigon. Almost a
third of the Soai force. originally
estimated at about 5000 men,
were reported to have surren-
|dered. The remainer were de-
scribed as demoralized.
Mr. Diem has thrown about
20, 900 government troops against
the troops of the sect. His aim
lis to unite the i-Communist
forces Of the south against the
threat of takeover by the Red
government of North Wet Nam.
He had offered to incorporate
the Hoa Hao troops in the ma
tional army. but Gen. Soai de-
manded that he retain his feudal
control of the rice-growing re-
gion,
Evening star., 1955-06-07
Senators OK.
81 WaqeF!oor
By the Associated Press

The Senate Labor COMMITTEES
today overwhelmingly approved
a bill to raise the 75-cent hourly
minimum wage to 81.
/ More than two million workers
would get automatic wage in.
creases if the bill becomes law
it was estimated.
! The committee. headed BY
Senator Hill. Democrat, of Ala
bama rejected a motion by Sen
ator Ives, Democrat. of New
York to raise the Nationwide
wage floor to $1.25. A second
motion by Senator Allott. Re-
publican, of Colorado to peg il
lat 80 cents an hour, the figure
lrecommended by President
Eisenhower. also was defeated.
The 81 figure was proposed
by Senator Douglas, Democrat,
Iof Illinois, subcommittee chair
man, last week.
Senator Hill said Senate Dem
ocratic Leader Lyndon johnson
of Texas hoped to bring the
measure to the Senate tomorrow
for almost certain passage.
The bill makes no change in
the present coverage provisions
of the fair labor standards law.
But Senator Douglas told a news
conference that he would hold
hearings on that question "at an
appropriate time"
In the House, the Labor COM
mittee is holding hearings on the
minimum wage and is believed
likely to approve a boost to 81.