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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-01-14
WASHNCTON LETTER
84th Congress Is On A Spot

greSSmen are sure TO hear, and
say a great deal about "co-exist-
ence" in the months just ahead.
His Holiness said there can
only be real peace when the CO.
existence is based on truth. He
recognized the existence of two
camps in the world today, and
said sin one of two camps, the
voice of those who stand reso-
lutely for truth, for love and for
the spirit, is forcibly suffocated
by the public authorities, while in
the other people suffer from ex-
eessive timidity in proclaiming
aloud their worthy desires"
The pontiff said that 'particu-
lafly in that camp where it is not
a crime to oppose error, states
men should have greater conf
denee in themselves; they should
give proof to others of more
firm courage in foiling the man.
euverS of the obscure forces
which are still trying TO establish
power hegemonies, and they
should show more active wisdom
in preserving and swelling the
ranks of men of good will, es-
pecially of believers in God, who
everywhere adhere in great num-
bers 10 the cause of peace"
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WASHINCTON LETTER

II meets in a critical time in
history, both national and inter-
national. II is in the control, but
not too firm of the Democratic
Party, while the administrative
branch of the Gov err ment is in
the hands of the Republicans.
It's members must deal with mo-
mentous problems and then go
before the people is less than
two years and justify themselves
i'm national election.
Congress convened in an at
mosphere of marked amity. II
would be surprising indeed if
this cordial good will continued
until the end of 1856 But 1t can
be seen how leaders on both sides
might like it to be so. With the
division such as ii is, it is going
to be very difficult to tell who
can blame whom for failures
when election time comes round.
For the Demoeratically-con-
tr0lled Congress to thwart too
much the legislative program of
President Eisenhower, would
give the Republicans a chance
to lambaSte a Democratic Con-
gress as former President Tru-
man did Republican Congress
in his celebrated whistlestop
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That All May Be One

When our Lord was about TO enter upon His
Sacred Passion he addressed solemn prayer TO
His heavenly Father In it he prayed for Himself
for His disciples for the faithful and for all to-
eether II is significant that as He about TO
suffer He prayed for perseverance in the faith
and for sanctifeatiOn in truth for His disciples
Also that he prayer for all the faithful, asking IN
particular for the great grace OF unity OF att win
Him and with one another: THAT they all may be
one as thou Father in me, and ! in thee, that they
may be one in us: that the world may believe that
thou hast sent me And the glory which thou hast
given me | have given to them: that they may be
one, as we also are one"
Ii would seem that in viee of His Sacred Pas
sion Our Lord was praying for union Of all with
Him and with one another. That all may be onei'
The coming Chair of Unity Octave, beginning
January l8 the Feast Of ST. Peters Chair at Rome,
and ending January IS the Feast Of the Conversion
Of ST. Paul is urged time of special prayer Tor
Just this intention Curously enough the movement
for Union Of all in Christ and His Church began IN
1909 by group Of Anglican clergymen led by
Father Paul James Francis His little Atonement
community entered the Catholic Church two years
later Through their efforts this unity movement has
spread the entire Church with the blessing OF The
Popes II enysions the true unity of Chrstendom
TO be achieved by the return of all baptized non
Catholics to communion with the Holy See and
looks for greater frutfuneSs in the missionary en-
terprses of the Church.
Pope Plus XII has singled out the Unity Octave
period OF prayer to beg the end OF the most
bsrbaric persecution Christendom ever has known.
He spoke 10 the Oriental Church More and more Ca
tholics are coming to realize their oneness with
Christ and one another throughout the world The
Holy Father has led the way in this. He has re-
peatedly begged all believers in God TO join IN
prayer against odays great evil He has made plain
the universally and oneness of the Church by
naming to The College of Cardinals members of the
Hierarchy from almost every area Of the world.
The growing success OF the Unity Octave is en-
couraging The merits OF todays countless martyrs,
those who undergo the Sacred Passion of the Mys-
tea Body Of Christ in our day, will make effective
before the throne of God the prayer Of His only
Son. THAT all may be one thou, Father, in me,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-01-14
A Just Wage

EmpIoyes generally realize the necessity and
justice of complying with the wishes OF their en-
poyers If they want the wages offered, they must
comply with his demands. They have made CON
tract with the employer: He offers them re-
ward for services rendered and they in turn must
produce what he desires.
Thus man may be hired 10 paint house. No
ticng the similarity between the hairs of the brush
and the hairs Of his head he may decide to save
the brush and paint the house with his head. The
momentary pleasure Of this distorted action may
satisfy craving for the unusual or a passing sense
of pleasure but il falls far short of producing the
desired result: The painting of the house
The employe may seek to justify his action by
reminding the employer OF his savings on the
brush or by claiming that the job is just as well
done No one would wonder if the promised re-
ward was not forthcoming, for every one can see
the injustice Of the claims
Almighty God has promised each one OF us
reward, reward beyond all measure in regard TO
the work necessary to earn it, We all know what
God wants He has told us III so many different
wavs He has been so explicit Is there any cause
for wonder then, that we do not receive the re
ward happiness-even happiness in this world-lt
We do the very opposite of what God fas de-
manded?
man might have some hope of deluding a
human employer by substituting an inferior quail
itv Of work for that expected He might re-
ceive his wages for such workout not for long.
He will soon be brought to justice and taught TO
regret his dishonesty Dare we expect to fool God?
Should we even be tempted to do so ST Paul re-
minds us 10 remember at all times: God will not
be Knocked AS you SOW, shall you reap"
The knowledge of The return of just wage
Al the end of the day iightens the burden OF the
days work The knowledge of reward infinitely
out OF proportion 10 the work required should not
only guarantee the performance of that work but
should enhance it in such way as to make It
pleasant and desirable Heaven is the reward prom
sed for doing good and avoiding evil Need more
be said?
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human shape and their claims
to any decent human life" On
page 675: Every religious idea,
every idea of god even every
Irritation with the idea of god,
is unutterable vileness."
You will observe that Lenin,
in order to make more unmistak-
able the hatred he wishes TO
create of God places His name
in lower case He goes on TO
denounce what he calls god
building" as something filthy,
stupid, and servile.'
II is upon this blaSphemous
food that the Communists and
their conspiracy are nourished,
building up their determination
10 prone" that God does not
eriSt Because of this blasphe-
nous world outlook wherever
Soviet power establishes itself
in our own day it murders men
who believe in God. such as
Bishop Ford, sends to endless
martyrdom Archbishop Stepinac
and Cardinal Mindszenty, and
gives us now those thousands
of Vietnamese Catholics who
have been betrayed in the Indo-
China truce"
New Treatise In Blasphemy
Because of this world out
look" the Kremlin has initiated
a new anti-religious campaign,
as news dispatches tell us, and
the Communists in this country
fall in line with new treatise
in blasphemy, entitled the Orr
gins Of Christianity. This work
is being distributed widely with
in Communist circles and in all
circles which the Reds can inn
mediately influence.
To stoke these fires still fur
ther, William z. Foster declares
boldly in his Reply TO a Priests
Letter" in the October issue of
Political Affairs: In my outlook
on life, there is no place for
religion" Stressing his lathe
ist position" Foster proceeds to
assail the top hierarchy" of
the Catholic Church as agents
of political reaction" )"
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occasionally conduct campaign of bigotry through
one of their zeaots but generally their method
is to ignore the Church Let's 90 ahead and do
things without her. they say And that is just
what they doing. If you are looking for
simple answer to the difficulties of day, there
it is
We do not mean TO say that the above is true
of those who sincere in their desire and eff
forts toward the temporal and spiritual better
ment of the human race We speak of the pseudo
progressive who, afflicted with false philosophy
Of life thinks only in terms of temporal progress
The muchvaunted progress of our day is largely
limited to material advancement That the great
problems of the spirit have been neglected or
ignored is evident from the backward condition of
mans morals as reflected in the paganism of
times. The undue stress the temporal welfare
of man pushed by the modernsts has been sor
ry venture and rather than being progressive. it
has been retrogressive time will tell.-The Light
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Religion And Progress"

critical attitude toward modern trends is
interpreted in many circles as opposition 10
progress. No matter how we'll justified one may
be in expressing dissatisfaction with certain vogue
he is an enemy Of progress The fayorite epthet
Is reaeti0nary,
These people seem to have positive disdan
for anything part of the past. program of
conservation OF discovered truths, fixed and un
aterable, has NJ reevance to their purposes They
abhor the absolute. They hold creed sbominable
They believe in nothing save progress II is al
WAYS tomorrow with them tomorrow We will have
The answer.
Looking al things in this light one can under
stand. 10 some extent the compromising spirit
Of times, The easy virtue that offers only
flabby resistance 10 the great evils of the day
II is almost as though the prophets of progress
saying. Who knows those who champion
what We consider evil may be right"
Religion. quite logically, if their areh-enemy
and more particularly. the Catholic Faith They
are quite passive in the face of the Communist
threat or when faced with other destructive
"isms" but Catholicity makes their blood run
cold The Catholic Church could never be right.
not in million years.
Their most effective weapon against the con.
servatsm Of the Church is Indifference. They
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-01-14

all federal agencies to recognize
government employee unions and
to set up adequate machinery to
deal with these unions on all ma
ior personnel policy matters and
employee grievances. The agen-
cieS would be required TO issue
formal regulations to this effect
within six months after the or
der was officially handed down.
The first draft of the proposed
executive order is reported to
have been sent to the various
agencies on November 26. Since
that time, if there has been
any further mention of the sub
iect in any of the Washington
dailies or in any of the special
lied labor periodicals published in
Washington, it has escaped our
attention. In any event, it is to
be hoped that the Admlnlstra-
ton, if ii hasn't already done SO,
will issue the final draft of the
executive order as soon as pos
sible and that it will do every
thing within its power to make
the directive stick.
Long Overdue
Such 4 directive from the Ex-
ecutive Department of the Gov
ernment is long overdue. Forty
three years ago the Congress OF
the United States enacted law
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-01-14
MONSICNOR HIGGINS
Federal Employees

(the Lloyd-LaFollette AcD per-
mitting government employees
to join unions of their own choos-
ing. Since that time a number
of unions have been formed in
the government service. But
while many agencies deal with
these unions unofficially, they
have never been formally recog-
nized by the Executive Depart
ment. Thus the importance OF
the executive order which is now
being circulated among the fed
eral agencies for their comment
and suggestion.
The Government has a duty
to recognize the right of its own
employees to organize, not only
in theory but in practice. The
right to organize is a natural
right of every human being. 1t
does not depend upon the nature
of the work in which a person
is engaged
Employer Responsibility
Clearly aside from the ques-
tion of rights, however, the VAR
ious agencies of the federal gov
ernment have a responsibility to
set an example for private in
dustry in the field of labor re-
lations. 1t would probably be un-
fair TO say that up to the pres
ent time they have failed to car
ry out this responsibility. Pri-
vate industry, in many respects,
has been more intelligent and
more enlightened in its person
mel policies.
The very least that the feder-
al government can do to make up
for lost time is to encourage its
employees to exercise their right
to organize, and to insist that re-
sponsible administrators of gov
ernment agencies take the in-
itiative in developing a system
of labor relations under which
unions Of government employees
Woul not only be permitted. but
would be encouraged to speak
for and represent their con
stituents more effectively.
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campaign If the Democrats pass
ed the Eisenhower program more
or less in toto it might seem to
them TO give the Republicans
credit for too much sagacity.
But there are some very serious
problems TO be dealt with, and
mishandling could have such
dire results that the people them
selves will have some very
strong ideas about fixing the
blame.
So, you might pity and pray
for, your legislators.
II would be difficult to eXag-
gerate the timeliness Of His
Holiness Pope Plus Kills Christ
mas Message.
Dealing with peaceful cock
istence," ii treated of a subject
that is being talked about round
the world, and which is in the
very forefront of thinking here
in The United sStates. Delayed
beyond its usual Christmas Eve
appearance, because of the i'll.
ness Of the Holy Father, the mes
sage came to public attention on
the very eve of the first meeting
here of the Saith Congress. Con.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-01-14
LOUISE. BUDEM
Leo KITS Words For Us Today

The merge of Soviet
power, therefore, brings the
slavery to which Leo XIII point
ed in advance, not merely in the
case of millions of human beings
in slave labor camps but also in
the establishment of intellectual
and spiritual slavery. Wherever
SoUiet Communism triumphs,
the Catholic Church and all those
iOho genuinely belieUe IN God
are driUen into nelO catacombS.
Deceive The Unwsry
That is only Chapter One of
this story Leo XIII admonishes
us that the Socialists and Com
munists have a rare ability TO
deceive the unwary." They will
even distort the Gospels for
their atheistic purposes, as the
Daily Worker has done in its
December 26, 1854 issue.
1t is this systematic plan to
deceive those who believe in God
that Lenin develops in that very
same Volume XI to which / have
referred. He advises the Com
muniSts that TO preach athe-
ism" Immediately and openly to
believers will only be playing
into the hands of the priests.
What they must do is to APP
proach believers on the basis of
struggle" - that is, on the basis
of issues l0hieh do not appear
to be Communist IN themselves.
Thus, the Communists will
lead a number of those who be-
lieye in God, perhaps thousands
Of them, into either such con-
fusion or such crsSIs that athe-
istic Communism can triumph.
knowledge Is Power
1t is by reason largely of this
method of deceit ~ which Stain
developed in his instructions to
make transmission belts" of
non-Communist agencies = that
Soviet power is extended. 1t is
by this method that 100000. 900
human beings are now ruled
with blood and iron by no more
than 100000 Communists,
themselves ruled by the one
dictator in the Kremlin.
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its current documents that it
is seeking diligently TO weaken
Catholics in their opposition to
Soviet aggression and the CQm-
munist line.
Almost in his first words, Leo
XIII warns us that the Socialists
and Communists are engaged in
a wicked confederacy" which has
for its object "the overthrow of
the supernatural order" He pre-
diets that this pest Of Social
ism" will bring about "the vile
condition of slavery W hic h so
long prevailed among the pagan
nations"
These wise words are borne
ont by the history of our day.
The wicked confederacy" exists
in a more systematic form than
in 1878. in the worldwide con-
Spiracy directed from the krem-
lin. IFS aim to overthrow the
supernatural order" is affirmed
in the dialectial materialism of
Marx, Engles, LeRin, and Stain
which is repeated by William z.
Foster in the October issue of
Political Affairs.
Lower-Case God
We can pick up Volume XI Of
Lenin's Selected Works. to find
this dialectical materialiSm ex-
pressed most frankly. On page
$50 we read: Religion is the
opium of the people Religion
Is a kind Of spiritual gin in which
the slaves of capital drown their
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Inquiry Corner
Father HeaIey-

Q. Is the Catholic Church against
LiberdliSm2 An drgamentdtiUe
friend of mine claims that 1t t0ds
condemned by the pope IN the
18th century and he claims it
proUeS that the Church is
against progress and reform.
A. The Catholic Church GER
tainly is not against liberalism.
Catholic saints have always been
great liberals and the encyelical
of Pope Leo XIII ION the Con-
dition of the Working Man"
1892 was the modern magma
charta of the labor movement. 1t
is true that group of errors
branded Liberalism" we're con-
demned by Pope Plus X and as
Modernism by st, Plus X. These
errors, under the pretense of
freeing man and leading him for
ward tried to deny the absolute
power of God to enforce mat
ters of faith and morals through
His Church. Some advocates of
this So-called liberalism con-
tended that all laws are derived
from the authority of the state.
This Liberalism" tried to re-
duce the Church to a guidance of
consciences only with no extern
al or social authority to carry
on her mission as the represent
ative of God in society.
Q. Are there any saints i.e.
honored as such By the Church,
loho liUed IN Old Testament
times?
A. The only ones honored lit
urgically throughout the West
ern church Ge. as opposed to
the Uniate Catholics or the East
ern rites are the Holy Macha-
bees. They are honored on Au-
gust 1st by commemoration in
the office of the day. Honored
as martyrs they were put TO
death for refusing to conform to
anti-JeWiSh rites of Antiochus
Epiphanes end century B.C9.
There were seven young Jews to-
gether with their mother and
their teacher, Eleazar who en-
dured torture and death for their
faith q Machabees s, y. Others
are named in the Roman Martyr
oIogy abraham, Moses, David,
Jeremias, etc) and the Carmel
ties have feastS of Elias and
EliSeuS. Abel and Abraham are
invoked in the litany of the
dying.
O. What is the difference be-
tt0een a ciboriuna and chaliee?
A. Ciborium is a precious cup
very like the chalice which is
used to contain the small Hosts
for the Communion of the faith
full at Mass. The chalice is used
by the priest for the consecra-
tion of the Precious Blood and
from it he receives the Precious
Blood at Communion time Of the
Mass. The ciborium is usually
larger and is made so that it
can be covered when reposed in
the tabernacle, having a white
silk cover over the gold lid The
interior of the cup must be of
gold.
@. Is there last IN the Bible
of the sins that "cry to hedven
for Uengeance'?
A. There is no such list in the
Bible but the particular sins
which have been traditionally so
named are branded in the Bible.
They include. wilful murder, OPP
preston of the poor, the sin of
Sodom and defrauding labOrers
of their wages. When Cain kill
ed Abel "The voice of thy broth
er's blood crieth to Me from the
EARTH" said God to him Genes
is 4:10). The oppression of the
Israelites in Egypt was sin
that cried to heaven EXODUS
Sd. To keep back the wages of
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or to defraud them tJames 5:41
calls for Gods punishment. We
read of the terrible punishment
which God inflicted upon the
people Of Sodom for their I'M
natural sins Genesis 1920.
Q. Ny brother has neUer gone
TO Church SINCE he aCds publicly
hlailiated BY a priest gears ago.
What can l tell hin, to bring him
back TO the Church?
A. While there is no excuse
for unkihd or imprudent actions
of the priest most people who
leave the Church because of such
action are deceiving themselves.
A well-instructea Catholic knows
that the Catholic Church has the
authority and dispenses the
graces handed into its care by
Christ Himself. Ordinarily there
are other reasons. perhaps only
dimly realized, for such a de-
parture, for a good Catholic
should know that the teaching
authority of the Church, the
Mass, the Sacraments, etc. do not
depend upon perfection of the
individual person who admins
ters them. Even the Apostles had
their sins and imperfections
(e.g. st. Peter and the denial,
St. Thomas doubling, etc. but
we should simply pray for the
priest in whom we see human
weaknesses. st. John Chrysostom
had the answer in the fourth CEN
tury when he said, "He who has
father, whatever faults he has,
conceals them all And il
this be said of our natural IA
theirs, how much more of our
spiritual fathers. Pray that your
brother realize that he is rob
bing himself and try to per-
Suade him to return to Church.
O. Hol0 should a person bdp-
taze someone an an emergency?
What if there is an accident and
you're not sure If the person has
been baptized?
A. The person baptizing should
pour (ordinary) water on the
forehead of the person to be
baptized and say while pour
ing it: Il baptize thee in the
name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost" /" In
case of accident we should ask
the person himself whether he
has been baptized and if he wish
eS to be baptized. If he is unncon-
Scious we should ask someone
else present (e. g. a companion
in his automobile) who might
know his religious status. If there
is danger of death such a person
may be baptized if there is only
an implicit habitual intention.
That means that there is some
positive indication that the per-
son desires Baptism or has the
intention of being received into
the Church (e.g. a man whose
wife is Catholic who hes on his
person rosary or is known as
being interested in the church,.
scholastic endeavor.
O. Is 1T a bad confession If you
forget a mortal san IN confes-
sion? Can you 90 to Holy Com.
nauniop if you remember IL be.
fore Communion time?
A. Only deliberately conceal
ing a mortal sin makes a con-
fession bad. If we are sorry and
confess honestly the sins we re-
call at the time of confession we
have made a good confession. II
we remember a mortal sin after
ward we should tell it in the
next confession, because all NOR
tai sins that we remember must
be submitted in confession, but
we can go to Holy Communion
in the meantime.
Send questions to Father Ed
ward f. Healy, Inquiry Corner,
The Catholic Times, Box $40,
Columbus 16), Ohio.
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had drafted a
Pre- S i d ential
executive or
der designed to
p ro CT and
strengthen the
collective bar
gaining rights
of federal en-
ployeeS. This
directive from
the Executive
Department of
the government
would require