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This coming Sunday, January Q, is the feast of
the Holy Family feast.day of modern Americans
f there ever was one II could easily be called the
feast OF the Happy Family
The ideal of every parent is to have a happy
family happy family necessarily embodes all
the things that every father and mother wish for
their children-or could wish for them.
The example Of the Holy Family of Nazareth
being the one perfect family should make every
parent think TO reconsider and perhaps to change.
The quality Of happiness has not changed with
time ii is the same now as it was two thousand
wears ago This applies not only TO individuals but
10 related groups Of individuals TO men, to fam
iii4s. 10 nations
Man is the basic unit Of the family The family
Il The basic unit of society And So happy society
Is based on the happiness (hoiness, l. e true hap
niness) Of individuals The family stands in the
unique position midway between the individual
and society fostering happiness in them both.
What is the happiness (honesS) of families2
Is il made up of externals. of worldly possessions?
Can II be purchased or contracted for? Some, mis-
takenly, think il can
An interesting experiment for every member
of a household would be 10 contemplate the Holy
Family this Sunday and to do some addition and
subtraction
Let each one see the Holy Family in their bless.
ed happiness ana convince himself that this hap
piness was the effect of their holiness Let him add
al the things OF this modern world that he possesses
70 the picture Of the Holy Family and to see II
this brehtens the picture any
Then let him take the Holy Family, and sub.
tract from his life all the things he miss
ing iQ The Home al Nazareth Is tho picture of his
life OF his lamiys life, darkened and spoiled
Only II tho one thing common to both-honcss
lis missing from his own.
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LOUIS p. BUDENZ
HaIting U.S.A. Retreat

tiOnally.
There has been much Specula-
tion in the secular press the last
few weeks, all to no effect, as
to why Moscow is shaking its
fist at the United States and its
allies" after having talked so
much about peaceful eoexist-
ence" But the explanation is
very simple when we know Com
munist tactics and read such re
ports as BlumbergS. Having
persuaded a number of our lead
erS to commit themselves to
peaceful coexiStence, Malen-
kov and company are now pro
ceeding to frighten us into the
belief that this beautiful dream
of peace" will be blasted. The
only way that this blast can be
avoided, they want us to think,
is by United States backtracking
still more before Soviet de-
mands.
Psychological Warfare
Anyone who reads, even in a
eursory manner, the documents
presented by the United States
NetUS and World Report of De-
eember II. revealing how Mos
COW has broken every pledge to
us, will be convinced of the ne
cessity of this fundamental step.
Moscow itself boasts of how ii
has wrapped the United States
around its finger. The Comm
form organ of November re-
cites how this nation was defeat
ed in the Korean truce-which,
of course, the Communists have
fiagrantly broken and We have
done nothing real about 1.-THE
Indo-China debacle, and in Red
ability to Illustrate genuine
European defense. 1t predicts
that the same course will place
the banner of Soviet Russia over
the whole of mankind
You can do your part, BY pres
sure on the new Congress. to
see that this great American
retreat Is halted.
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movie in which labor problem
is the central theme. For that
reason - win, lose or draw
it is not out Of order to make q
few comments about it in this
column.
Whatever the judges may de
eide about this movie from the
artistic point OF view, ii was not
too successful, in our opinion, in
the handling of its central theme.
1t was great over-Simplification
of the problem of economic re-
form. In the words of one of the
professional critics, 1T is pow
erful gangster picture. But it is
not a complete document. 1t is
a drama of one mans triumph
over a bully and over the dark
ness in his soul.
The interesting point, for the
purposes of the present discus
sion. is that the book upon which
the movie script was based ex-
plicitly emphasizes the fact that
individual moral reform, inn
portant as it is, is not sufficient.
The author of this book knows
-as few OF his fellow citizens
do-that there is tremendous
amount Of personal corruption
among some union leaders and
some employers. to say nothing
of the politicians, in and around
the docks of New York. But he
also knows that one of the basic
causes of crime on the water
front is the outmoded system of
hiring, popularity known as the
Shape-up. This system requires
the Stevedores to lineup or
"Shape.up" for work twice a day
before a hiring agent who liter
ally holds over them the power
of economic life or death, EN-
ployment or unemployment.
A General Principle
The shape-up is bad social in
Stitution. AS long as it remains
in existence, moral reform will
not be able to eliminate the ter
rible problems now confronting
the workers on the docks of
New York.
"on the Waterfront has been
cited merely as an illustration
of a general principle. The prin-
ciple applies to every Individual
segment of American economic
life and TO the economic system
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W4SHINCTON LETTER
WASHLNGTON LETTER
Spain, Communism And The us.

WASHINGTON - Are the
agreements between the United
States and Spain looking to the
establishment of American air
bases in the latter country to
be brought under periodic at
tack?
With our avowed purpose the
eontainment OF Soviet Russian
aggression, our treatment of
Spain has left something to be
desired.
Spain is one country that has
handed communism a resOund-
ing setback, and is willing, at no
little risk to itself, to help the
United States defend itself
against aggression. But it was
years before we extended to
Spain some of the financial as
Sistance we lavished and seem
ingly forced, upon other nations.
And, even in coming to this de-
cision, for which we wanted Ger
tain returns, we dragged our
feet. Debate on the subject was
put off and when il was allowed
to begin was prolonged. Pay
ments, when authorized, were
slow in being made.
Our secular press, including
even the big city papers, have
carried sparse news about Spain.
They seem to carry much more
about Yugoslavia And, when
there is news about Spain, more
often than not this presents a
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One of Americas most insistent problems
the subject for some pointed remarks by two
American leaders this week Both speaking on iu.
venile delinquency, Bostons Archbishop Richard
Gushing and FBi Director, J. Edgar Hoover pm
pointed what tthey considered to be the main causes
and answers 10 the problem of juvenile delinquency.
This coming Sunday being the feast Of the Holy
Family would be good time TO read over and
ponder what they had 10 say.
Juvenile delinquency, the Archbishop said, stems
from nothing short Of abdieation by those whose
duty If is TO maintain the principle of authority II
can be spelled out in The aphabe of indifference,
lazlness. irresponsibllity"
There many explanations offered for this
Creeping immortality among modern youth the
Archbishop said and he enumerated as the most
important divorce, broken homes, working moth.
ers, and uncertain future Of marrable young people
because Of the military draft the mass media Of
communicaon:-TV movies comic books and mag
azlnes"
The solution Of the problem. he emphasized
rests IN return to The traditional concept Of Jam
iig tlfc
Mr. Hoover noting increase Of crimes of all
kinds Of 82 per cent in 1854 over 1888 said when
children grow up among adults who refuse TO
recognize anything as fine good or worthy Of re
spec il Is not surprising that certain number fail
To develop high moral standards or even to distn
gulsh between right and wrong
Mf Hoover reports thai in 1883 persons under
IL accounted for 53.6 per cent ot all car thefts in
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Inquiry Corner
Father HeaIey.

Q. Is ii Sin TO tell a secret?
A. IL something is seriously
told as a secret and we promise
to keep it, then it would be a
venial sin to break the promise.
Only if revealing the secret
would work serious harm to
someone could it become a NOR
tai sin. We must keep a secret
under pain of sin, depending on
the nature of the secret informa-
tion, if we are told it because of
our office or profession (e.g. law
yer, doctor). Sometimes secret
is not told to one person alone and
the revealing of the secret harms
no one. There is no sin in telling
such secret. This is especially
true when conveying the secret"
is kind of grapevine" for good
news (e.g. some honor or ap-
pointment, not yet publicly an
nounced).
q. Is it advisable for people of
different ndtionalitieS to marry?
Hot0 about racial intermdrriage?
Should parents and priests en-
courage such marriages?
A. While it is not possible to
make absolute rules where the
Church has made none, it would
seem that any great difference
of background would present
difficulties for good and happy
marriage. If there is great en-
phaSis on national customs and
ideas it would seem that mar
riage for people of different
nationalities would not be advis-
able, as a rule. There are so
many happy marriages which
have overcome this difficulty in
adjustment, as well as that of
financial or social divergencies,
that is could scarcely be called
rule. Racial intermarriage
presents a similar and probably
more serious problem. While
marriages may not be made in
heaven" entirely the choice OF
any vocation and of a partner
in marriage must come down to
the individuals own conscience.
Parents and priests are bound
in conscience to warn young
people of dangers to their souls
in contemplated marriage
which greater experience indi-
Gates might well end in bitter
ness or in divorce. Particularly
marriage between people of diff
ferent religions presents grave
problems, often ending in reli-
giouS indifference or in failure
of the marriage. This explains
the Church's condemnation of
mixed marriages. SOciologists
as we'll as religious writer's point
out the real difficulties where
there are great differences be-
tween the prospective partners
in marriage. Pope Plus XI has
powerful passage in his ency-
clical on Christian Marriage in
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MONSICNOR HIGGINS
On The Waterfront

as a whole. Individual moral re-
form is obviously paramount, as
His Holiness Pope Plus XII re-
minds us again in his encyclical
on the Marian Year and the Dog
ma of the Immaculate Concep-
ti0n.
If individual moral reform is
paramount, it is not, however,
the complete formula for the
establishment of social justice
in American industry. 1t must
be accompanied by a reform OF
social institutions. AS a matter
of fact, it might even be said
that the average person engag-
ed in economic life cannot per-
feet himself in the spiritual life,
as an individual unless he de-
votes himself unselfishiy to the
reconstruction of the social or
der.
Religion and Labor
1t should be pointed out, too,
that social reconstruction is pri-
marily the responsibility of the
laity. In this respect, again, "On
the Waterfront is slightly out
of perspective in the sense that
it concentrates the attention of
the public on the role of the
clergy in the field of labor re-
lations. This is not said in criti-
cism of the movie. On the con-
trary, it is altogether appropri-
ate that the first commercial
movie on the labor problem in
the United States should have
featured the activities of Cath
Ollie priest. In no other country
in the world have the clergy
played such a constructive role
in the field of labor relations.
Ours is, indeed, a great tradition
in the religion-and-labor field.
We are not suggesting that the
particular priest portrayed in
this movie has departed from
this tradition. On the contrary,
he has immeasurably strengthen
ed the tradition by unselfishly
encouraging the laity to take the
initiative in applying Christian
principles to particularly diff
cult problem in the field of in
duStrial relations. He is a man
of extraordinary ability, one of
the outstanding figures in the
American Catholic social action
movement at the present time.
Our only concern is to point out,
as he himself would be the first
to agree, that the role of the
priest in the field of social re-
form is, in one sense of the
word, secondary to that of the
laity, who alone can bring about
a reconstruction of the social or
der.
Let us hope and pray that all
of us. priests and laymen alike.
will rise to this challenge united
ly during the New Year - for
the greater glory of God, for the
welfare of our beloved country
and for the encouragement and
inspiration Of less favored ma
tions on both sides of the Iron
Curtain.
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Spanish fault, or what it indi-
Gated to be a Spanish fault.
When one speaks about the
paucity of news from Spain, the
retort is sometimes made: Well,
you know, there is government
censorship of news in Spain. But
correspondents are getting re-
ports out of Spain, and most of
the reports seem to be unfavor-
able to Spain. Could it possibly
be that the Spanish government
has censorship Of favorable
news?
The recent story about the
reputed agreements on the rules
for marriages that American
personnel sent to man our air
bases in Spain may seek to con
tract with Spanish citizens is
case in point. A secular press
dispatch purporting to give the
substance of this agreement said
it gave the Catholic Church con-
troll over mixed marriage of
Americans in Spain. It was news
from Spain, and it was seeming
ly unfavorable news.
The report said, in part, that
if two Americans attached TO
the air base projects, one Ca
tholic and the other a non Ca
tholic, wanted to be married in
Spain by Catholic military
chaplain they would have TO OBJ
tain the permission of Catholic
Church authorities first. that
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1t74 cities. As3 per cent of all the burgaries 40
Of all other thefts Is per cent of all robberies and
152 per cent Of all rapes.
return TO religion and the strengthening of
family ties were the ways indicated by Mr. Hoover
writing in America, Of overcoming this pressing
problem.
Time and again, experts just such as these in
the field of child welfare have spelled out the
cause and cure of juvenile delinquency We won
der Just how long il will be before their message
snks through and is acted upon?
The responsibility is not one for an organiza
tion or of a few interested and dedicated people
1t is one that rests solely on the family unit
every family unit.
Let us think about that this Sunday
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which he recommends careful
thought, seeking advise and dill
gent prayer in choosing n part.
ner for marriage. He says that
they should, in so celebrating,
keep b ore their minds the
thought first of God and of the
true religion of Christ, then Of
themselves, of their partner, of
the children to come, as also of
human and civil socie ty, for
which wedlock is fountain
head"
q. What If a person finishes
the rosary and finds 1T has been
fall of distractions, ioith scarcely
a progerful thought? Does that
make the rosary useless?
A. Only willful or deliberate
distractions are sinful. When we
begin long prayer or spiritual
exercise we should make our i'm
tention of offering the whole
prayer. Considering our human
weakness it is practically impos-
Sible to avoid all distractions in
a long prayer. Some people find
that offering the various decades
of the rosary for different inter-
tions helps them in concentrate
ing upon each ecade. We
should make every effort to
think of the meaning of the
words of the Hail Mary at least
once in each decade and the
mystery Cor meditation) should
carry throughout the decade.
Q. What are the marks of the
Church and ,Ulldt do they prove?
A. The marks of the Church
are signs, evidence that the
Church which has them is the
true Church, institute e d by
Christ. BY ancient and common
agreement Chased on the Bible
and sacred Tradition) the chief
marks of Christ's Church are
four: ii must be one, holy, ca
tholic and apostolic. Since .Tffs
Church was to be a "eity seated
upon a mountain" (Matthew
5:14) there would certainly be
clear signs by which men could
distinguish it from others. The
Church which has these ''creden-
tials" of its mission from Christ
would be the Church of Christ.
We did not invent these marks
in order to prove that our (Ro-
man Catholic) Church is the one
true Church of Christ. They
follow from many texts of the
Sacred Scripture and the fact
that the Catholic Church as it is
today and as it has been for CEN
turtles matches the description
of ChriSt's Church Indicated by
the marks) proves that the Ca
tholic Church. is the Church
which Christ founded.
Send questions to Father Ed
ward F. Healey, Inquiry Corner,
The Catholic Times, Box 636,
Columbus (16) Ohio.
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Spanish Catholic could not mar
ry an American non-Catholic
without permission of Church
authorities, and that an Amer
lean Catholic could not marry a
Spanish non-Catholic without
permission of the Spanish civil
authorities.
This report touched off a small
storm of speeches and protests.
They were largely based upon
misconception of the facts.
As Bishop James Fl. Griffiths,
Chancellor of the Military Or
dinate, said in New York City,
our armed forces in Spain are
guests, and they must abide by
the laws of the country in which
they are quartered. Our armed
forces are also guests in France,
Western Germany, Turkey. Saudi
Arabia and other places, he
said The Bishop pointed out
that in France and Western Ger
many, no military chaplain -
Jewish, Protestant or Catholic
may assist at the marriage of
two Americans, or of an Amer
lean and a national of the place,
unless the couple have first gone
through civil ceremony as re
quired by local laws.
The Bishop asked: why pick
on Spaln?" He pointed out that
no Americans may contract mar
riage in Saudi Arabia, and yet no
one has complained.
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Communism.
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c o n Spiracy in
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D I e Ssure. Dir.
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H oIlyw o cd.
O n e o { t h e
principal con-
tenders for at
c a S t one of
these coveted
awards ION
t h e w a I e r
front" S a r
rim g Marion
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the distinction
of being the
first important
c o m M e r clal
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Shortly before or after this
column appears in print, the
Oscar Awards for the year 1854
will have BEEN announced in
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The Bath Congress, as il con
venes, will be confronted with
strong pressure TO continue the
retreat by The United States be-
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@ 1 / M P S E S
TIL E P A S T
By CAROLYN LLOYD

Somewhere recently l read a list
of the most common fears of man.
kind. Two of my minor fears
acrophobia, fear of heights, and
claustrophobia, fear of small
crowded places-were listed; and
it was comforting to know that l
am just one of millions who suffer
mildly from those fears. AS a
child, ashamed to admit my fright,
4 suffered the tortures of the
damned while following the crowd
walking "a trestle. To this day
have to stop and conquer panic be-
fore beginning the descent of a
high flight of steps or stepping up
on a downward moving escalator.
But all that is as nothing before
my worst phobia. The psycholo-
gists don't name it, but it might
well be called "batphobia'.
They say that our personalities
are formed in childhood, and that
likes, dislikes, and fears creep
then into the subconscious and
cannot be dislodged. Probably, then,
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the repulsive creatures; in fact, it
attempted to prove that they are
more sinned against than SHINING.
1t didn't fool me, though; I'll just
bet that the author doesn't keep
any bats around his home as pets.
And why am l barring my
cowardly soul at this time? Well,
it's bat season, and they're after
me again. On Saturday night l
was indulging in one of my sprees
of reading far into the night, when
l heard peculiar noises in the room
below me. 1t first occurred to me
that a cat was scratching at the
window screens, but then / realized
that it would be mighty agile
cat that could reach those windows.
Surely, 1 though, no one would be
trying to cut the screens when
there was a light in the room
above. The noise continued, so l
aroused my husband and we went
downstairs to investigate, of
course, trailing at safe distance
behind. The flip of light switch
was enough to reveal the intruder
"a great big. black, ugly disgust
ing bat, blindly hurting himself
against the screens. The record
for the fifty-yard dash was un-
doubtedly broken as / retreated
upstairs to my room and slammed
the door. There followed great
noise of battle below, and finally
my husband reported that the
enemy had been destroyed. On
Sunday morning, however, failed
to find the corpse and began to
suspect that the report was made
so that l would shut up and go
back to bed. Understandable, per-
haps, in view of the fact that it
was two o'clock in the morning.
On Sunday night, alone in the
house, l was peaceably talking on
the telephone, when my eye was
attracted to a dark object clinging
to the window facing directly be-
hind the chair from which had
just arisen. Results? An abruptly
ended conversation, a dash for the
porch, and yell for help to
woman far Drawer than I. Oh, /
did my part-I handed her the
broom before fleeing for cover.
And so, my friends, if you should
be passing by my house at some
odd hour and should see signs of
battle, don't call the police; just
come on in and grab a broom. !
will be under something or behind
something, but you will be well
come.
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my "batphobia" was formed when
| first heard my mother tell the
narrowing tale of how a bat be-
came entangled in her sisters POM
padour. However it came, the fact
remains that the sight of one of
those horrid little creatures flying
blindly about reduces me to state
of abject cowardice. My personal
experience with bats began while
we were living opposite the Bap-
fist Church. Now the Baptist
Church has a belfry and the belfry
has bats. Very often bored bat
would desert the belfry and come
across the street to see what was
going on at our house. AS soon
as he got there, there was plenty
going on. If alone, / would dash
out of the house in whatever state
of dress or undress l happened to
be and run to the neighbors look
for a knight to fight my battles.
If anyone else was in the house, ]
took cover and cowardly let MIN
do battle.
Finally, l came across scholar
ly discourse on bats in the National
Geographic and read it in an az
tempt to test the theory that what
we understood we no longer fear.
It's a nice theory, but it didn't
work on me. The article explained
that there isn't bit of harm in