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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-04-06
WASHINGTON LETTER
Hooper's Cure for Delinquency

the fact that the FBI uses in
formants. Il use the word in
formant' advisedly," he explain
ed, because here again we run
into semantic sabotage" He
said the ''pseudoliberal" groups
and communists are constantly
referring to them as Inform
erS".
The speaker cited the Web
ster dictionary statement: IAN
informant is one who gives in
formation of whatever sort; an
'informer' is one who informs
against another by way of ac-
eusation or complaint. Inform
er is often, informant never, a
term of opprobrium."
The FBI, he told the Con-
gressmen, does not use inform
ers, but it does use informants.
He said that anyone engaged
in investigation work, prose
cutting work, or intelligence
work, recognizes that inform
ants are imperative if you are
going to know what the crimi-
nal is doing or conspiring to
do.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-04-06

God, the law and others"
That the witness added, lis
what is lacking today"
The FBI chief is in favor of
holding parents legally and fl
nanciaIIy responsible for the
harm or damage done by their
children. Il think when teen
ager or Juvenile commits a Sc
rious offense, not just a minor
offense or prank, but a serious
crime, then and there the par
ents should be called in and
held accountable" he said.
The witness also said the fact
that teen-agers often don't have
enough to do plays major
part in juvenile delinquency.
IF a mother and father made
the boy and girl work and have
chores to do they wouldn't
have time to get into trouble"
he asserted.
Mr.. Hoover also made an in
teresting distinction for the
Congressman. He said there
has been some public criti-
cism largely inspired by some
'pseudoliberaf groups" over
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-04-06
WASHINGTON LETTER

WASHINGTON - until we
can reestablish in the homes
of America a respect for God
and respect for the laws of
this country, we will never be
able to solve the juvenile de
linquency problem"
That is the testimony of the
best known law enforcement
officer in the land before one
of the most influential groups
in the country.
The speaker was ]. Edgar
Hoover, Director of the FEEDER
al Bureau of Investigation. He
was responding to a request
from Congressman on us.
House of Representatives sub
committee on appropriations
who wanted TO know what he
thought of the juvenile delin-
quency problem.
Mr.. Hoover said he would
agree that children need play
grounds and other youth-serv-
ing agencies and facilities, "but
no one can take the place of
the mother and father con
scious of their responsibility to
inculcate in youth respect for
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-04-06
lust What is this Church?

What is the Catholic Church? Suppose some
non.Catholic asked you that question? You might
be so embarrassed by the flood of ideas the ques
tion let loose in your mind as hardly to know
where to begin.
In any case il was Ceeily Hastings in clever
new book Questions and AnSlpers who posed the
problem for us who set MS wondering how our
lsity would answer, il satisfactorily at all. OF
course we think they could; but try it on your
self before reading further.
Miss Hastings wonders if such question
would call up any definite knowledge of what
the point of Catholicism is. Or would you av-
efage Catholic get begged down in details IN
something like this list made up at random Be
Ing Cathoie-hmmmmm- divorce, no birth
control. anil-Communsm going 10 Sunday Mass,
the Real Presence, Easter duties fish on Friday,
Our Lady, LourdeS Fatima, mixed marriages,
the Rosary, read the Times the Pope is in
fallihle 4.
Here is definition of the Church offered
by one theolOgian: The Church is "the kingdom
of God on earth governed by Apostolic author
ity. There is something definite about this; you
can--so to Speak-put your hands on it. One
sees Immediately the high dignity of the body,
sine, IL is the actual kingdom of God One senses
TIE implicit obedience Of the Catholic for the
authority is that of the Apostles and ultimately
that Of God
Cecily Hastings as a kind of lay heologan,
who has ably conducted the quesiion-andansw
column in the London Catholic Herald for some
years offers an interesting and perhaps warmer
and more moving definition of the Church, her.
self "lt is" she says, ''the union Of men with
God in Christ" Though this may lack theological
completeness il offers advantages of its own.
II orentates us beautifully to Christ the Head Of
our Mystical Body it hghlights the ultimate end
Of the Church--union with God in heaven by
means of Sacramental union with God on earth,
In and thorugh his grace.
Most Importantly, any good definition of the
Church is an absolute necessity, for If you can
not define q thing Al all you simply do not know
what II Is. Your words arc mere words. You
intellectually lost You suffer the disaster Of con.
fuslng The necessary and the important with the
merely useful or the nonesSential
Probably you know the old story of the fallen
away who finally confessed TO so years of almost
every kind of offense against Gods law and
Imply ended up, while pausing for breath with
II can't think Of anything else Help me- Fa
ther" Father asked few more questions and
lastly, Did YOU cat meat on Frday2' Gee. Pa
ther.' came The outcry, what do YOU think am
"a heathen7h
Not knowing what Is essential in the rela-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-04-06

missed as IAN American Jesuit
who has long since worn out his
welcome even with liberal
minded u. S. labor advisers IN
Manila" characterized as one
of Soriano's principal oppon-
entS in the field of labor man
agement relations, Father Ho-
gan is accused of having been
the moving spirit behind a
strike called against one of
Soriano'S business enterprises
few years ago.
One might have expected the
editors of a responsible magar
zine like Fortune to check
these statements before publi-
cation with Father Hogan him.
self, and with authoritative
spokesmen for the American
labor movement. Had they
done so, they would have dis
covered that not all of their
informants in Manila are nee
essariIy liberal minded" with
regard to Father Hogan and,
furthermore, that they do not
represent the official point of
view of the American labor
movement with respect to his
activities in the Philippines.
Minority Viewpoint
The u. s. labor advisors re-
ferred to in the Fortune ar
tiele are not official represen-
tatives of the american labor
movement. They are employees
of the State Department or the
international Cooperation Ad-
ministration. Their opposition
t0 Father Hogan-which, Incl
dentally. is not shared by all
Of their associates in the State
Department and ICA-,ls diff
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-04-06

strike by the use of 'seabs."
Thereupon, with the permis-
sion of his religious superiors,
Father Hogan appeared on the
picket line to boost the morale
of the heleaguered strikers. In
our opinion, this was a legiti-
mate move on Father Hogan's
part in view of the admittedly
anti-union policy of Soriano
and his associates in the Phil
ippine Air Lines.
No Transient He
The statement that some of
our labor advisers in Manila
think that Father Hogan has
worn out his welcome in the
Philippines is cause for amuse-
ment. The fact is that Father
Hogan has been in the Phili-
ppines 10 or Is years longer
than any of these advisers. He
is better informed about its
social and economic problems
than they can ever hope to be
and has probably done more to
advance the cause of social
justice in the Philippines than
any other foreigner.
Clearly aside from these con-
siderations, however, it is up
to the Filipinos themselves to
decide whether or not Father
Hogan or any other foreigner
priest, U. S. labor adviser, or
what have you-iS welcome in
h elr country. This question
lies well beyond the compet-
ence and the jurisdiction of our
labor advisers in Manila. In
deed, it simply isn't any of
their business at all They have
all they can do to maintain
their own prestige and to keep
in good standing with the Fill
ipino workers.
In our opinion, the u. S. la
Dor advisors will ieopardize
their position beyond repair if
they continue to snipe at the
heels of Father Hogan. For,
unless we are badly mistaken,
his name will be held in bene-
diction by the working people
of the Philippines long after
they themselves have been
transferred To other posts. and
long after their own good work
in the Philippines has be en-
completely forgotten.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-04-06
Inquiry Corner
HeaIey

He could not choose sin which
is an offense against God.
@. Is cremation forbidden in
the Bible? | see by an adper-
tiSement the statement that it
is not.
A. The Catholic prohibition
of cremation does not rest upon
the Bible as such but upon the
al thority she has as represents
ing Christ. John 20:21, Matt
hew 10:40, 1920, etc. Never
theless the constant practice
of the Jews was to bury the
dead Gas more than fifty Old
Testament texts prove) and this
custom was carried on and ac-
cepted by the Apostles John
19:40) Cremation was regarded
with horror Amos 2:D and was
prescribed as a penalty in cer-s
tain cases of immortality Gen
esis 28:24) or looting in time OF
war (Josue 7:15). The cruel
and atrocious custom of cre-
nation" was condemned by the
early Christian Fathers princi-
pally because of the doctrine
of the resurrection of the body
and the respect due to the body
as the temple of the Holy
Ghost. q Corinthians 3.16.
6:19). The Catholic Church has
serious reasons for this prohibi.
tion and her ancient ritual Ger.
tainly finds sanction in the BIZ
BILE. If cremation is not erplic-
itly condemned it is not at all
approved and it clearly con.
flicts with Christian tradition.
Q. We're any diocesan or Sec
uldr priests nldrtyred in the
English persecution Of Cdtho-
lies IN the sixteenth century?
A. There were many. In 1929
Pope Plus XI beatified one hum
dred thirty-six Catholic men
and women who we're put to
death for the Faith in England
between the years 154l and
1880. Of these, sixty-six were
secular or diocesan priests. The
list includes such interesting
classification as David Gunston,
gentleman; John Slage, layman;
John Bodey, schoolmaster: Mar.
garet Ward, spinster; Anne
Line, widow; John Grove, serv-
ant to William Ireland and
Thomas Pickering, lay-brother
in addition to the numerous sec.
ul; and regular clergy.
Q, What is the "naote" and
the "beam" referred to in the
Bible (Matthet0 z. Luke 81?
The mote is splinter and
the beam plank. 1t refers to
the fact that we are inclined
to see small faults in our neigh
Dor and to miss greater faults
in ourselves. II is meant to be
curb on rash judgment and
condemnation of our neighbor
and reminder of the need for
better examination of our own
consciences.
Send questions 10 Father Ed
ward F. Healey, Inquiry Cor
ner, Catholic Times, Box 636,
Columbus (l6), Ohio.
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free world. 1t means that the
Russian people are on the verge
of revolt, that the farmers, the
students, the workers and the
Army and the Navy are getting
out of hand.
With equal assurance other
experts inform us that the
very opposite is true that
the Russian people, as whole,
are solidly behind the present
ruling clique. Instead, we are
told, Stains successors feel so
secure that they can afford to
degrade the man the nation
had been taught to revere as
a national hero, the savior of
the motherland, the all-wise fa-
ther of his people.
Official Experts chsry
Which version are we to be-
lieve? For their own part the
government experts are not
rushing to conclusions. They
are chary, very chary, of the
comforting view that we are
about to witness an upheaval
behind the Iron Curtain.
In fact, our government spe-
cialists believe they can come
closer to conjecturing rightly
what the attack on Stain does
not mean than what it does
mean.
For one thing, they agree
with those who discount the
suggestion that fear of an up
rising of the Russian people in
spired the downgrading, of Sta
lin. They have no information
indicating that the disturbanc-
es reported in Georgia are Sc
riouS.
Nor do the specialists find
any evidence that the current
Communist rulers feel in any
way insecure. Rather, the de-
famation of Stain suggests that
they feel reasonably secure.
Possibly q Passing Phase
Another assumption the gov
ernment experts are disnclin-
ed to accept is that the Krem-
lin bosses have turned their
backs on dictatorship in favor
of so-caIled collective leader
ship"
All the recent condemnation
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-04-06

As nation we begin by declaring that "all
men are created equal" We now practically read
it "all men are created equal except Negroes"
When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read
"al men are created equal, except Negroes and
foreigners and Catholics When it comes to this,
shall prefer emgrating to some country where
they make no pretense of loving liberty-to Rus
sia, for instance, where despotism can be taken
pure and without the base alloy of hypocrisy
Aug. Is, 1859.
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OF one-man rule notwithstand.
ing, the experts doubt that this
means necessarily that dicta.
torship is on the way out. Col
lectiye leadership may be a
passing phase as it has been
in the past. Stain himself, it
will be remembered, began as
one of triumvirate and sue
ceeded in eliminating his col
leagues. And Nikita Kruschev,
the experts note, has been fol.
lowing closely in Stalin's foot.
steps. AS yet, he has not been
able to center all power in him
self - but he has been on the
job for only two years.
Despite the reputation of
Stain, the experts look for no
basic change in Soviet policy.
They believe the Kremlins
aim is still to dominate the
world, as both Kruschev and
Marshal Bulganin made abund-
antly clear in their speeches at
the recent Goth Congress of the
Communist Patry.
Partners in Crime
The main charge brought
against Stain was wholesale
blood letting. His successors
have denounced him as a para.
noic and murderer. But our
experts do not conclude from
this that the possibility of fu.
ture purges has been eliminat.
ed. The very men who are now
making the accusations were
partners in the crime.
Three Aims in Mind
AS our specialists see il, the
kremlin bosses had three aims
in mind when they decided to
disassociate themselves from
two unpopular aspects of the
Stain regime - the terror and
the police repression.
They wanted to appear in the
eyes of the so-called neutralist
countries in southeast Asia,
which they are currently WOO
ing, as more benign and liber-
al rulers than the despot they
succeeded.
They wanted TO create the
same impression in Europe and
the United States, in the hope
that free people would believe
that the Soviets were moving
toward more democratic gov
ernment, and thus give the
Communist parties an oppor-
tunity to work more openly be-
yond the Iron Curtain.
Finally, the Kremlin leaders
hoped that by holding out the
prospect of a more liberal atti-
tude on the part of the govern
ment, they could make their
own people forget the repudia-
tion of Georgi Malenkov's
promises to make avsilabls
more consumer goods.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-04-06

q. Is person past fifty
nine ulloiped TO eat meat more
than once day on days iohen
meat is dllo,Ded?
A. Yes. Except for days of
partial abstinence Ember
Wednesdays and Saturdays and
the Vigil of Pentecost-those
who are too young or are past
the age of fasting may eat meat
as often as they please. OF
course everyone is bound to alb
stain fran meat altogether on
days of total abstinence, such
as Fridays, Ash Wednesday,
Vigils of Assumption and
Christmas. Those who are
bound to fast may eat only one
full meal and they may eat
meat only at that meal, but
those not fasting need not OBJ
serve that regulation.
O. What is the hard loork"
lohich ercuSes a person from
the absolute E1chdriStic fast, so
that one can take liquids (be-
sides 1oater) before Holy Com
ntunion2
A. Ordinarily this hard work
refers to strenuous work done
in the hours before Mass time
e.g. duties of hospital person
mel, police, watchmen or house
work of an extended nature
which must be done before
Mass. If there is any doubt it
can easily be removed as this
privilege demands consultation
with the priest before recep-
tion of Holy Communion mot
necessarily each time if it is
matter of regular duty. The
liquids (milk, coffee, etc. must
be taken at least an hour be-
fore the time of receiving Holy
Communion.
o. Did the Blessed Virgin
hare free will? Did Jesus
Christ. True Man, haze free
lUill?
A. The Blessed Virgin had
free will. While the Council of
Trent taught that the Blessed
Virgin was free of all sin, act
ual as we'll as original, this
great privilege did not destroy
her freedom. Her great privil-
ege was to be so full of divine
life cfull of grace") that sin
was distasteful to her. We
might compare her state of
freedom to that of the saints
in heaven who. having seen God
face to face could not choose
sin. The human quality in man
cries out for truth and good;
when man realizes the fulfill
ment of that desire in the meas
ure granted to the Blessed
Mother, there is no possibility
of choosing anything other
than God. 1t is a teaching of
the Church against the ancient
heresy of the Monothelitism)
that Christ is like us in every
thing except sin and that He
has human as well as a divine
will. His human nature, how
ever, was so subject to God and
so join d to Has diUine nature
in the hypostatic union that
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tions that exist between God and us Ca rough
definition of religion1 we findl ourselves taken
up with interests in the little lesser things. This
kind Of Catholic can spend whole lifetime OBJ
serving precepts and counsels in dead mechan
ical sort of way without ever coming alive to the
profound law of Gods charity
He fails TO see as Miss Hastings would say,
that the Church is "the union of men with God
in Christ Everything else follows from this.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-04-06

Father Walter Hogan, Sd
the labor priest" of the Phil
ippines who recently spent
some t IN with us in tn e
United States-gets the dirty
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-04-06

e n d of { h e
S tie k in an
a article r en-
titled I h e
B u si n e S S
Passion of A.
Soriano" in
the March is
sac of For
{ u n e maya
zine. He is
casually dis
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-04-06

of Josef Stain
by the Krem-
lin bosses.
On the one
hand we are
told by some
of the pundits
that the de-
glorification of
the bloody die
tator is a good
omen for the
A.l~l Ia
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JOHN c. O'BRIEN
So, What !?

Our newspapers these days
are filled with divergent and
often conflicting explanations
of the astonishing abasement
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The winds and waves are always on the side
of the ablest navigators.-Edward Gibbon Q737-
1794).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-18

Thirty-seventh street NV, and
j. Edwin Lawton, 1904 Seven
tenth street NV. the clubs
youngest members, further ex-
planned the difficulties.
The several dozen young men
who organized the group began
to get married and couldn't haul
their families on a two-wheel
bike. Age caught up with others.
1t was easier to step on a gas
pedal than pump the hills.
Reminiscing is now the past
time of all who are left. That's
what they do when they meet
every third Tuesday of the
month.
The membership includes. in
addition to Mr.. Blackstone, Mr..
Lawton and Mr.. Milans; George
"A. Scheele. president; Charles
H. Jerman. Dudley Bright. DR..
Howard P. Cobey, Henry P.
Cover, Charles L. Hutchinson. j.
Edwin Hutchinson. jr.. and
Frank VanSant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-18
Bicycle Diehords Concede
Motor Car Can Be Fun

Cars have it all over bicycles
when it comes to pitching WOO.
This presently well-known
fact all but put an end, SIS years
ago. to what has since become
the Districts most exclusive
group-the Chain and Sprocket
Club.
The bicycle club last night
held its 61st annual meeting in
the Kenwood Country Club. Most
OF the IL members considered
cars fine" but a few maintained
that. the bicycle built-for-two had
considerable merit where court
ing was concerned.
2. D. Blackstone, "a, founder
OF Blackstone Florists, Inc. and
the oldest member of the club,
explained it this way:
Some Of the members discov-
cred that counting on bicycles
wasn't fun anymore It seems
they had tried cars.
Henry G. Milans, of zoos
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1879. However, Charles Anceny Of that
district had reported six months later
the deal fell through.
New Districts
In late February of 1880, however.
another application had been made to
the Territorial organization, this one
from District No. 2, Lewis and Clark.
Chouteau and Meagher counties, and
at about the same time word was re.
ceived from the New Chicago area that
Stockmen there were interested in for
nation of a district group.
Dan Flowerree, John T. Murphy and
Granville Stuart were among new men,
bers admitted to membership at this
meeting. Conrad Kohrs, soon to become
"Montana's Cattle King" also Joined
the state group, at least one of the dis
trlct groups and the later organized
Eastern Montana group.
But while the stockgrowers started
strong and ran the first lap in encourag-
ing fashion, interest began to lag and
the handwriting became evident on the