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Going Steady Has
MANY Liabilities

We have all heard the trite old phrase repeated
ad nsuseam about marrying IN haste and repentng
leisurely. Usually such incidents result from
mentary blindness which is another way of saying
that certain types kinds of love induce tenn
porary loss of intellectual vision.
In some instances we understand the fathers
Sm concurrence in his daughters elop-
ment. The old comedy cartoon Of the father IN his
nGhtshft holding the ladder, while the somewhat
futile Lotharo struggled TO carry the girl down the
creakng steps is completely lost on TIC modern
generation. But the point is that the Church does
have d 2 Unite legislation about engagements.
and many and valid reasons for the same.
The other day neghbor of Jewish ancestry
and religious conviction was discussing i dsugh-
ter's future with me- Let us call him Jack Jack
told me that his daughter had announced to his wife
and himself that she engaged to Solomon He
was a wonderful boy, eve. as she was eomely and
deseyedy respected young lady Both in col
leee They announced one evening thai they would
continue al the State university until graduation
three years hence, and get married
The Dad blew his cork! To him ii was strictly
intoerable and indecent that an engagement should
continue beyond year! When | asked him with
tongue in cheek why he should demonstrate SO
vehemently about tho contemplated delay he asked:
Are YOU crazy Such engagement could ruin
my daughter socially, physically, and morally"
The Church would agree in every step of Jacks
analysis of the hazards but in the reverse order
1AAdAN@NiNAeN1*}
saril last for years War has made havoc Of many
nuphal plans in our day, and economic and other
modified disasters have forced ntoierahe DELAYS
In otherwise imminent tastes OF connnubal bliss.
Bt the fact remains that the exceptions of time and
circumstance do bat make the more obvious the law
that demands common sense and tringent moral
safeguards for prolonged engagements
In the oden days tho Church demanded that
engagements he contracted somewhat in the same
manner rs marriages The bctrohals had TO be sci
tied in the presence OF the pastor and couple of
witnesses, The date Of the marriage was set and
am sure II was moi delayed for seeming eternity
Other pertinent details we're also resolved From
that time forward the lovely little blossom of fem
mime beauty was not buzzed by sny other kingpin
than her hetrothed. and neither did the knight in
shining srmor squire any other maiden than his
beloved
Perhaps reversal to some OF the ancient Gus
toms would delay marriages and attempted mar.
riares of todav until ch = time as knowledge
could confirm the first impression. and not prolone
the hetrothal until Judgment was logged by senity
The dancers he mitieated. the temptations lin
tied and JOYS of the future made permanent hy
some measure of sanity and sanetity. Sanctitv will
heret sanity by the simple expedient of dalv PRAYER
And if need ideals they are to be found in !
thousand facets of the life of the Plessed Virgin
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-05-27
WASHINCTON LETTER
NouU, What's Tito up to?

and knowing that he promised
us nothing in return for our
generosity, we knew where we
stood, and we knew how to han
die the situation.
And now comes the visit of
Soviet Russian Premier Nikolai
Bulganin, Communist Party Chief
Nikita S, Khruschev, Deputy
Premier Anastssi Mikoyan and
other Red notables to Belgrade.
What does it mean? No one
here seems to know, as yet.
Tito's Foreign Ministry has
sent word to our State Depart
ment that it does not mean any
change in his resolution to have
friendly relations with the West.
Why then does he receive the
top Reds from Moscow? II does
not seem at all likely that the
Red rulers OF Russia would go
to Belgrade TO see Tito, unless
they hoped to gain something
thereby. And they must have pret-
ty good assurance of success for
some worthwhile project, or such
high-ranking "brass" would not
go, and the visit would not be
announced in advance - with
such confidence.
Any betterment Of relations
between Tito and Moscow must
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-05-27
Feast of Fire

A flush of vgor surges through Chrisendom
on Pentecost Sunday; brilliant red are the vestments
of the priests at the altar of God that day as the
Church commentaries the descent OF the Holy Spirit
upon the Apostles For it is feast of fire that is
celebrated: tongues as il of fire." the Scrip
ture says appeared and settled upon each of
them" mighty fire OF zeal blazed up within them:
fire was kndled upon the earth that day that is
to spread its warmth and fervor until the end OF
time On that first Pentecost the Church, founded
by Christ received its divine infusion from the Holy
Spirit and began its mission of leading men to
salvation
The people gathered in Jerusalem on that first
pentecost men from every nation under heaven" :"
were astounded to hear the Apostles speaking in
words that all could understand. speaking "of the
the Gospel has been carried by the Church to every
land and TO every nation, and in every language
80 that as the Psalmst had foretod, "the spirit Of
the Lord hath filled the whole earth"
Radiant with truth and wisdom is the fire of
Pentecost bringing warmth and comfort, burning
away evil melting indifference, dispelling the dark
ness of doubt and error, for it is fire of love
the divine love that conquers all. Draw close TO
this fire the Church admonishes her children for
In it lie grace stronger faith protection against
temptation The fire Of Pentecost brings the gifts of
the Holy Spirit-wisdow, understanding counsel
fortitude knowledge piety fear of the Lord-snd
how the world today suffers because Of failure 10
accept these gifts Mems minds dark because
they will not turn to this divine light nations re-
main confused, because they have shut ont this
source of wisdom and understanding; weakness and
shameful compromise prevail for lack of the forti
tude that is spiritual; injustice and evils of all
kinds flourish because they not stemmed by de-
termination TO serve God and by fear OF offending
Him
On that first Penecost the faithful disciples were
ell together in one place" with Mary in their midst
and with Peter occupying the post Of leadership for
which Christ had chosen him; we too should be
united in the company Of Mary and in loyalty TO
the successor OF Peter When the tongues of fire ap-
pesred "they were all filled with the HOLY Spirit"
a should he; and 'he fervor with which they
were inspired sent them out to win the world to
Christ. mission in which we should be similarly
inspired TO do our part And ceaselessIy We should
repeat the great prayer Of Pentecost Come, O
Holy Spirit fill the hearts OF Thy faithful and
kinde in them the fire of divine love"
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WASHIlNGTON LETTER

WASHINGTON -- The whole
world will watch anxiously to
see what comes Of the visit to
Yugoslavia by some of the top
communists of Moscow. No one
will be more interested than
our own officials here.
Marshal Tito, the avowed com
muniSt dictator of Yugoslavia,
has long played the East against
the West. After World War II,
he broke with Stain and Yugo-
Slayia was publicly expelled
from the Cominform in 1948. But
Tito continued to say on every
possible occasion that he was
communist, and that he intended
to remain one.
The United States moved in
and began to WOO Tito with enor-
nous gifts of money and other
aid. Tito still let ii be known
that he was a communist, and
would offer no assurance that
he would side with us in any
violent differences with Moscow.
Officials here tried to quiet the
misgivings of the American peo-
pie about all this. In the press
and on the radio and television,
they said it was ok" Sure,
they said, Tito is a communist.
They knew it. But, knowing il,
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mean a corresponding deteriora-
tion of his relations with us. His
worth to this country has been
solely that he was ION the outs"
with his fellow communists in
Moscow. If he makes up with
them, and becomes friendly with
them his usefulness to us will
drop accordingly.
Some authorities have suggest
ed that Moscow has no advance
assurance of success. Its top
brass" they explain may be
going down to Belgrade to put
pressure on Tito, il they achieve
nothing constructive. And the
higher the brass" they contend,
the more the pressure exerted.
But, If that theory is the right
one, would the rulers of the
Kremlin try to exert pressure in
such grand manner, if they
didn't think it would work?
In either case, Moscow seems
TO think it's going to get some
advantage out of the visit. To the
extent it does, our very large in
vestment in Tito will decline in
value.
We've already got far more
cooperation and tangible results
from Spain - and from far less
investment.
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LOUIS F. BUDENZ
Negotiations Chief Red Aim

ed this war provocation as eS-
sential to prevent further deter
ioration of American imperial
ism's position in the Far East,
to improve Washington's bar
gaining status in future negotio-
tions, and to strengthen the SER
iosly weakened Asian flank in
the globai operations directed to-
wards eventual world mastery by
force"
The insult to the United States
in this statement is apparent
that a Soviet fifth column can
accuse us of world domination"
aims because of minimum meas
ure of defense in the Pacific.
Even columnist Joseph Alsop,
who has been devoted to appease-
ment, writes on May 10 that a
continued policy of retreat and
appeasement" in Asia will lose
Japan and the whole Pacific.
Moral Evident
II is quite evident that the
"FormoSa resolution" slowed
down Soviet designs on that is
land. II is because of this that
the cry which rises higher and
higher, Get out of Quemoy and
Matsu," has been raised by the
Reds. 1t is a big item in the
Political Affairs issue, where il
is frankly linked up with "the re-
lated questions" of proposing
our betrayal of Formosi and the
admission of Red China into the
United Nations. AS recent as
May II, the plea of the Daily
Worker TO the comrades to whip
up the campaign for giving up
the offShore islands is given
front.page place.
The moral is quite evident. If
the United States would take a
still stronger standby break
ing off relations with Soviet Rus
sio and the satellite regimes
there would be an even greater.
a permanent, halting of Soviet
aggression.
Another thing that comes out
of all Of this is that the Reds
count on Big Power negotia-
tions" to defeat us. The leading
editorial in the Daily Worker
Of May II, following up The Po-
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iiticdl Affairs article, opens up
with these words: President
Eisenhower's agreement - re-
luetant though it was - to a
top-level Big Four meeting will
be greeted by the American peo-
Pile" BY "the American people"
the Communists mean, of course,
themselves and their friends and
the newspapers susceptible to
the Communist line. 1t concludes
with the following: "The peace
camp is winning big victory
Now il must nail il down by in
suring the holding of Big Four
conference in the spirit of end
ing the entire cold war"
Necessarily, this has to be read
with an understanding of the
Communist jargon. For a mo-
ments consideration will recall
that "the cold war" was begun
and stimulated by the Kremlin,
and that every negotiation which
has led to American surrender
has been brought about in the
name of Tasting peace" Even
way back in the days OF Yalta,
the betrayal of Poland and China
was represented as "inSuring
peace.
But if the United States does
enter into big Power negotio-
tions" at what is called "the
summit, we can count on fur
ther American difficulties. The
Communists, as reflected in both
Political Affairs and the Daily
Worker, are confident that "our
allies" will maneuver us at any
such conference into surrender
ing Quemoy, Matsu. Formosa,
and even South Korea eventually.
These "allies" are also repre-
sented as possible Soviet pawns
in other areas. The Daily Worker
of Nav II cites with approval the
reference in several papers, and
notably the New York Times, TO
the fact that the British govern
ment brought considerable
pressure" on Washington to
agree to a meeting of Govern
ment heads at the summit"
Every American. in such cris-
Is. can do his part to help the
President take a firm position,
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Saints, Social Action

MonSi9nor Higgins has as
guest col1lmnist this a0eek the
Assistant Director, Social Action
Dept, NC.W.C.
Fifty-four years ago, Pope
Leo XIII, in discussing social prob
lens, noted the opinion that the
social question, as some call 1t,
is merely economic" The Pope's
reply to this view was sharp and
clear: THE precise opposite is
the truth. It is first of all moral
and religious, and for that reason
its solution is to be expected
mainly from the moral law and
the announcements of religion" F"
Even today too many persons
treat social questions as if they
were merely matters of economic
law. Still others may emphasize
the moral aspects of these prob
lens, but derState the
religious and spiritual side of
the situation. 1t is not enough to
remind rnen of their duties, they
must also be inspired to want to
do what is right Their hearts
must be Softened and their wills
strengthened, if they are to prac-
tice Justice and charity in the
bard world of business.
For this reason we are happy
TO note that great leader in
Italian Catholic Action is being
considered for Beatification.
Church authorities are closely
studying the life ald teaching of
Giuseppe Toniolo, in the hope
that he may be declared among
the ranks of the Blessed.
Turbulent Background
Giuseppe Toniolo was born in
1845 and died in 1918 His life
Spanned some Of the most turbul-
ent years of social change He
was child when Marx and En-
gels issued the Communist Mani
festo. Shortly after his birth a
violent series of revolutions
swept throughout Europe. AS a
young man, he read of the ex-
cesses of the Paris Commune.
Against such a turbulent back
ground, it is extremely difficult
to choose a path of moderation
and sanity. When young Toniolo
was studying at the University
of ,Padua, two violent currents of
thought were prevalent in Eu-
rope. The dominant view was the
extreme individualism, so sharp
ly condemned by Pope Plus Xl.
Advocates of this view held that
business was a law unto itself. It's
activity should be curbed neither
by moral nor civil law.
The result of this attitude was
the classic exploitation of labor
so we'll known to students of his
tory. Millions lived in slums and
novels. Children were chained to
the machines in the new textile
factories, often beginning their
working career at the tender age
Of six. Women likewise were
compelled to work long hours at
exhausting toll, to ruin OF health
and family life.
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q. I mould like TO know If there
is some place tDhere | can get a
booklet of saints names. We are
expecting baby in August and
haUing a hard time finding a
name--eSpeciattg for girl.
A. Any good collection of lives
of the saints (Such as the Bene-
dictine Book of Saints" or
Lives of the Saints" by Engel-
berD would give not only the
names but some details as well.
A patron saint in Baptism should
be chosen for himself as we'll
as for the name itself. We choose
the patron saint rather than
merely the name of a saint.
There ere smaller publications
which simply list the names such
as one called rs 1t a Saints
Name?" Likely you could pur-
chase or order one of these at
the Cathedral Bookstore.
q. Does the Church allow
her clergy TO run for political of
flee? Mayor, Senator, etc.
May a priest run a business of
some kind on the side?
A. No. without permission
of the Holy See, the clerics are
not allowed to compete for, or ac-
eept, the offices of senator or
representative in those countries
where this is forbidden by the
Holy See; in other countries they
shall not accept these offices
without the permission of their
own Ordinary as we'll as of the
Ordinary of the places where the
election is to take place" (Can-
on No. 1897 In the United States
it is not the custom for priests
to seek any public office and the
Third Council of Baltimore for
bids the priests to enter into p0-
litical affairs directly lie. they
may speak out only on moral and
spiritual matters and issues,
which may sometimes be indi-
rectly involved in politics Canon
No. 142 forbids clerics ito en-
gage either personally or through
others in any business or trad
ing"
Q. What is serDile Work? Is
is ever dtlol0ed on Sunday?
A. Servile work is that which
is mainly physical or bodily.
Farming, mechanical, industrial
or business activities are includ-
ed. Reading, writing, studying,
playing music, games, etc, are
not considered servile work. I'm
necessary work is absolutely for
hidden and constitutes a mortal
sin if deliberate. Servile work is
permitted when the honor of
God, our own need or that
of our neig bor requir-
es it Household duties, care
of the sick, work required for
public good utilities, transports
tion, police, etc. are permissible
because they are necessary.
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Inquiry Corner
Father Healey

Q. read some place that
there is an ancient tradition that
st. Joseph i0ds a ndo,oer and
had children By his first wife
and that these are the brethren
of the Lord mentioned in the
Gospels.
A. Ii is true that there was
such tradition, but it was not
generally accepted and its origin
can be explained. There were
some in the early Church who
did not know how to explain the
expression brethren of the
Lord" without denying the per.
petual virginity of Our Lady.
They hoped to safeguard the
accepted belief in the prepetual
Virginity of the Blessed Virgin
by ascribing these supposed
brothers and sisters of Our Lord
to st. Joseph by a former mar
riage. We know now that the
word brethren presents no prob
lem for there are many instances
of the word being used in He.
brew and Greek to includs
cousins and relatives ether than
members of the immediate FAM
lily. st. Jerome found the ex-
preston no problem: q. We
understand as brethren of the
Lord not the sons of Joseph but
the cousins of the Savior, chill.
dren of Mary - the Lords ma
ternal aunt - who is said to be
the mother of James the Less
and Joseph and Jude, who rs we
read, were called brethren of
the Lord in another passage. :"
@. What should Catholic
graduate do If the bdccGLnnrents
seroice for graduation is held IN
a nonCdtholic church?
A. He must remain away from
such services. 1t is unfair that
such situation should occur,
for as we are constantly remind
ed that we are supposed to have
separation of church and state.
A school function which is part
of the official school program
should not be carried out in
sectarian institution. We are all
in favor of integrsting religion in
education, but by that we mean
instruction in their own religion,
not compulsory attendance at
services of some other religion.
Catholics work and pray for pub
lie school interest in religious in-
Struction by released time" or
any other workable system, but
never for subjecting the whole
student body to Sectarian serv-
ices. The Fifth Synod of the Dio-
cese of Columbus October 3,
1882 explicitly prohibited partici-
patton IN such baccalauerats
service.
Send questions 10 Father Ed
ward r. Healey, Inquiry Corner.
The Catholic Times. Box 636,
Columbus (16) Ohio.
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fairs reinforces the validity of
this thought. The chief article,
peace and the 1856 Elections"
is dedicated to the necessity for
the comrades to bring pressure
for the complete surrender by
Washington to the current Soviet
program.
Denouncing the ecclesiastical
foxinesS" of Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles, Political
Affairs orders the concealed
Reds to maneuver in both the
Republican and Democratic par
ties against Quemoy-Matsu
war" and for big Power negotia-
tions" that will lead to the dis
arming of West Germany.
Insvlt Apparent
Certain conclusions arise from
this important article and from
subsequent issues of the Daily
Worker which supplement its
theme. These are conclusions of
value TO all of us. For one thing,
it is clear that the slight set
backs to Soviet strategy. which
the article reports. and the
exchange in Soviet maneugering
are the result of such firmness
as we have recently shown. A
central point of attack in
Political Affairs is "Eisenhow-
er's Formosa solution"-that is.
the resolution for the defense of
Formosa adopted By Congress at
the Presidents request.
OF this move Political Affairs
says. The Administration and
Its bipartisan supporters regard
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But once again the welfare state breaks down
It's propaganda has resolved around the clever
malarkey that everything is free" in the welfare
state. There is nothing free inside government or
out of it, Someone has TO foot the bill. And that
someone is old, long-sufferng John @. Public.
What the bureaucrat puts in one of his pockets
he has taken out of the other. There is no such
thing free" education, free" medicine free"
anything else Someone pays. With Big Government,
the payment is always accompanied by waste
The Monitor, San Francisco, May s
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Wet psyeholog
ical warfare,
he will be a
greater Presi
dent than ever
he was a Gen
eral
T h e diree-
tives given the
concealed Com
muniSts in the
May issue of
Political Al
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In reaction to the conditions,
the socialist movement arose and
attracted millions of followers.
There were many schools of So
eialists, but the prevailing view
was not too different from mod
ern communism materialistie
and atheistic. BY contrast, the
dedicated leaders of the Catholic
social movement rejected both
extremes. They fought for justice
for the worker, but they rejected
the socialist solution of the prob
lem of exploitation.
II was natural that Toniolo sid
ed with the moves for Christian
social reform. He become pro-
found student of the Christian
Middle Ages, seeking to find
there pattern which could be
adapted to modern conditions. He
found one central idea: that this
world should be considered as q
ladder reaching up to heaven.
Everything in life must be view
ed from the aspect of eternity.
Economic life serves its purpose
only when ii aids man in the pur-
suit of his eternal salvation.
Toniolo was not content to re-
main in the academic ivory tower.
Instead he became world-re-
nowned leader of Catholic Action.
He worked through the press
and through international con-
crosses to spread the idea OF the
Christian middle way. He pro-
NOTED co-operatiyes and credit
unions to help the farmer.
Through his efforts, the work of
social legislation and Christian
democracy was advanced in Italy
and many other countries OF Eu-
rope.
Social ExempIar
Although his life was enormous
ly active, he was always the man
of prayer and intense union with
God. His deep spirituality taught
him to be gentle in the midst
of strife. moderate when others
were divided into bitter extremes.
He was a loyal son of the Church,
working closely with the HER
archy and under its guidance.
In these days of turbulent So
cial strife throughout the world,
it is eonsoling to consider the
pattern of Toniolo's life. His life
and works deserve study here in
the United States. We can all
learn from him the spirit of gen.
tIenesS and moderation which
can persuade men to work in har-
mony and brotherhood. Those of
us who deal with social problems
may well pray that his faith and
reverence may be ours.
A monumental study of Ton
iolo's life was published in 1854
by the Giuseppe Toniolo Commit
tee, whose headquarters are in
Rome. The author, Francesca Wis
talli, has rendered real service
to Catholic social thinkers
throughout the world.