Milford chronicle., 1956-11-09

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fat of complacency. And one evidence of
complacency is the sign: mo Controversy"
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PRESERVE THE ALLIANCE
The twin crises in the Middle East and
among satellites of the Soviet Union may
seem unrelated, but that is not true. They
are closely related with regard to their po-
tential impace on the free world. The peo-
pie of the United States must now emerge
from their complacency and try to under
stand this.
The Soviet Union has been rocked on its
heels. But just as fighters come back after
taking hard punch that does not put them
out for the count, so can the Soviet Union.
And if relations between the United States,
on the one hand, and Britain and France on
the other are ruptured and our western al
liances becomes a shadow, then the Soviet
Union could come back strong.
The HungarianS and Poles, and tOmor-
row the other satellite countries, will rock
the men of the Kremlin back on their heels.
They will do this for the sake of their own
liberty, but not for our complacency.
If the disunity of the western powers con-
tinues and relations with Britain and France
wOrSen, the Soviet Union can make a ges-
ture of beneyOence and pretend to give away
what it has lost. This will help slow down
the pace of events in the Red satellite world.
Hungary and Poland must consolidate their
gains.
And if that happened, then the Soviet
Union could intervene effectively in the Mid
die East We must keep this in mind. If we
have will, resolution, bOldnesS and imagina-
ton, we can manage much. But the whole
war danger in the Middle East centers on
this one possibility Intervention. The
more disunified the West is, the greater be-
comes this potential danger.
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UNCOMFORTABLE r.
The brainwashing of the Roman Catholic
Primate of Hungary, Joseph Cardinal Minds
zenty, began in a Budapest prison cell on the
day before Christmas, 1948. About six weeks
later, Cardinal Mindszenty was convicted on
charges of treason, disloyalty to the govern
ment and violation of the currency laws. He
was sentenced to life Imprisonment.
The trial before Communist peoples"
tribunal was recognized throughout the free
world for what it was, a barbaric attempt to
discredit and destroy man who had declin-
ed to bend his neck to dictatorial govern
ment. But the phony peoples tribunal reck-
oned without the people. And it reckoned
without the courage of the man it had sought
to beat down.
After years of Imprisonment, the cardi-
nal was moved to chateau and Qf cred his
freedom If he would promise to 90 to Rome
and not return. He refused. He was taken
back to prison. After time the Communists
said they would let him out if he would
agree not to preach or speak in public. Again
he refused.
Meanwhile, the people had not forgotten
their cardinal Nor had they ceased praying.
And now he is free once more, and triumph
antly unfettered by any agreements with his
captors
Cardinal Mindszenty's behavior exempli-
fies the free mans indomitable resistance to
tyranny. 1t is a heartening story in these
times when freedom is on trial everywhere
in the world.
STILL CAPABLE
One of the saddest lives in our society is
that of the older woman, stis capable OF
doing good work, who cannot get job. Such
women comprise about third of the nations
unemployed.
The situation is improving. Partly be-
cause of a heavy demand for skilled sales
people and Office workers, many more women
in their late 40s and Sos and Cos are employ.
ed than were Is years ago. Good evidence
that more remains to be done, however, is
Department of Labor's decision to conduct
parts of the country.
The forums viii bring together employers
community leaders and women who seek jobs
The project recognizes that, as an assistant
TO the secretary of labor said. the problem
must be given COMMUNICATIVE interest; i
can't be solved by small group"
AS the population changes, such effort:
will be increasingly important. They vii
benefit both older people and society as ;
whole