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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-17

QOoltlOl W pICoo tklC CCOlIOA1ly
minded Federal Legislature to
appropriate a requested sos. 600
for the Army Engineer Corps to
continue. through next year. its
comprehensive survey Of the
ailment-racked watershed.
The rivers and harbors or
ganization, now holding its 44th
annual convention in the May
flower Hotel, captures the at
tention Of members Of Congress
as few nonproflt organizations
do. At each annual convention.
traditionally held here, House.
Senate and administration lead
ers flock to participate. The is
sues involve multi-million dol
lar flood control, water supply
and navigation projects dear to
the hearts of constituents.
Varied Projects Up
Among the hearings the
Potomac basin interests missed
out on yesterday were those Of
the Projects Committee. This
subgroup yesterday heard pleas
for support Of 40 projects in all
parts Of the country. Even
Puerto Rico, Alaska and Hawaii
every bit as voteleSs as the
District Of Columbia, the biggest
population center Of the Potomac
wateEshed-had projects on the
agenda.
Recommendations from this
committee usually are adopted
by the Congress and passed
along to Capitol Hill and admin
istration officials.
]. Ebert Tune, q vice presi-
dent Of the congress represent
ing the District Of Columbia.
conceded today that I'VE have
probably been lax" The Wash
ington Board Of Trade member
said he personally should have
followed up the matter. He added
that he may try today belatedly
to gain Congress support for
the sos, 900 budget item.
No Reasons Given
Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Lane.
Engineer Commissioner Of the
District. and officials Of the In
terstate Commission on the Po-
tomac River Basin admittedly
were at q loss as to why none
Of the basin interests made q
pitch to the organization for
Endorsement Of the basin study.
Gen. Lane as official greeter
for the convention did incor-
porate into his remarks q re-
quest for Congress moral sup
port for the study money.
He pointed out the Washing
ton area as well as other trouble
spots In the watershed face q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-17
Aid for Water
Conservation
Needs Pledged

Senate Majority Leader john
son today asserted that although
Congress assuredly is deter
mined to proceed with cutting
the Federal budget. I'VE are not
going to turn our back" on the
conservation Of the nations
water resources.
The Texas Democrat was lead
of speaker at the 44th annual
convention Of the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress in
the Mayfiower Hotel. He later
was Joined in his sentiments by
House Majority Leader Rayburn
and Senate Minority Whip Dirk
sen.
Vice President Nixon is among
the guests Of honor scheduled to
speak at a luncheon meeting of
the 56-year-old organization.
Senator johnson said that the
legislators are firm in their in
tention to continue hacking out
budget requests which they con-
slider nonessential.
But we will deal generously
and adequately in the field Of
water conservation" he declared.
Never Time Of Greater Need
He continued:
There never has been o period
in American history when the
need for appropriations for food
control. harbor development and
water conservation has been
greater than 1t Is today"
He blasted "demagogues" who
deride rivers and harbors prof.
ects such as are recommended by
the big organization.
you must answer the dema-
gogues who cry pork barrel
when you urge these construc-
ton projects" he told the 800
delegates gathered from all over
the country. you must say to
them, Islander me as you will,
but youll not deter me-"
Agree ON Size Of Problem
Senator Dirksen, Republican
OF Illinois, asserted that Amer
lea must continue its efforts to
conquer the menace of water
when misdirected or undirected,
so as to benefit humanity now
and in future generations.
Representative Rayburn, Dem
ocrat Of Texas. said there was
no question In his mind that
water is the biggest problem we
have.
I'VE need dams to conserve
every drop Of water that falls
anywhere In the land"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-17
Potomoc's Plight Ignored
At Rivers Congress
BY JOHN w. STEPP

1t almost the Potomac River not problem in
the world
The National Rivers and Harbors Congress through
entire Of the important hearings yesterday
and nobody had word to about the plagued
plight.
Potomac River protagonists stayed away in droves
AS immediate consequence, the congress will no
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-12-27

been pushed in the Union Of
South Africa.
That country is stepping up its
drive to bar non-whites from at,
tending school or even worship.
ing with their white co~-religion.
lists.
In the countries which have
vnwiIlingly come under fhs
domination Of Russia, perssev-
tion Of fhs Church continued
Is . regular policy during 1857,
although there was improve.
ment in The chvreh's position
in Poland.
The major incidence of com,
munist persecution was in China,
where the government stepped up
its efforts to ALLEVIATE China's
Catholics from Christ's Vicar in
Rome by establishing a so-called
Patriotic Association of Chinese
Catholics.
Formation of the Patriotic As.
ISOLATION in Picking during the
summer apparently was one OF
the opening guns of a highly or.
! ganized onslaught against the
Continued on page q
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Brunini was consecrated first
Auxiliary Bishop of Natchez at
Jackson, Miss.
His Eminence Edward Cardinal
Mooney, Archbishop of Detroit,
pronounced benediction at Pres.
ident Eisenhower's second inaug-
ural.
Worldwide Chair of Unity Oc-
tave was observed on larger
scale than ever. His Eminence
Samuel Cardinal Stritch offici-
ated at coronation of Our Lady
of Sorrows church, Chicago, as
18th minor Basilica in U. S. Ma
tional Federation Of Sodalities Of
Our Lady was formed in st.
Louis with FIR. Erwin Juraschek
of San Antonio as first president.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
reiterated ruling state school
code barred carrying non-public
school students in public school
BUSES. Pope sent congratulations
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-12-27
Modification Of Eucharistic Fasf, Tops 1867 Ne,ps Stories

by observing, at the bidding of
their Bishops, . day Of prayer
for the prosecuted Of the world.
Baltimore's Archbishop Fran
els P. Keough, National Catholic
Welfare Conference administra-
tive board chairman, reminded
all the faithful that aid to the
Hungarians must continue after
their arrival in new homes. An
announcement by Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles that the
U. S. was considering inviting
Yugoslavia's Marshall Tito touch
ed off a nationwide storm of pro-
tests.
Father Vincent /. Kennally, S.
j., Boston native and veteran
missioner, was named Bishop and
Vicar Apostolic of the Caroline
Marshall Islands.
Other end-of-year events:
Church In Denmark Notable For
Growth In Professional, Youth
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Local Author
Elected Place
In Gallery

Professor August Mahr, OF
Ohio State University. was one
of SO writer's elected this week
to the Gallery of Living Catholic
Authors.
Professor Mahr, whose latest
work Francesca" a legend of
the life of St. Francis of Assist,
was published just this past year,
is internationally known in sew
eral phases of language, litera-
ture, aboriginal culture and folk
lore.
A distinguished scholar and
critic Doctor Mahr has written
a great many articles and books
His publications range from THE
Origin of the Greek Tragic
Form" 1889 to The Anatcmical
Technology of the Eli tseenth-
Century Delaware Indians (also
in 1866.
Others who we're named for
the honor were Sen. John F.
Kennedy of Massachusetts,. auth.
or. of the Pulitzer Prize-winning
historical stuLy "Profiles in
Courage" Clare Boothe Luce,
playwright and former Ameri-
can ambassador to Italy, and
Walter Macken, Irish novelist,
short story writer and dramatist,
The Gallery of Living Catholic
Authors is located at Webster
College, near st. Louis. 1t mark
ed its silver jubilee in May of
this year.
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Seville, Spain; Giovanni Cardinal
Mercati, 80, Church Librarian
archivist, and Adeodate Cardinal
Piazza, secretary of the Sacred
Consistorial Congregation.
Others for whom death came in
cluded Bishop Michael j. Ready,
OF Columbus; Father Ignatius
Smith, O.P., 20, philosopher and
orator Of the Catholic University
of America; Father James M. Gil
lis, esp, 80, author, orator and
journalist; Msgr. Ronald A. Knox,
SO, British convert, author and
Bible translator; Ramon Magsay-
say, 40, president. of the Philip
pines; Carlos Castillo Armas, anti
Red President of Guatemala, who
was assassinated, and us. Rep.
Augustine B. Kelley of Pennsyl-
vania, champion of Federal aid
to education and labor legislation.
It was the year when the Catho-
lie Students Mission Crusade in
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to Prince Rainier and Princess
Grace (Grace Kelly of Monaco
on birth of their first child, Prin-
cess Caroline.
Death claimed: Gabriela Mistral
Qucia' Godoy Y Alcayaga), 81,
Nobel prize winning Chilean poet
ess, at Hampstead, L. l.; Bishop
Robert j. Armstrong, 70, Of Sac
ramento, Calf; Austria's Presi-
dent Theodor Koerner, 83, in vi
emma; Bernard Kelly, &c, Young
Christian Workers president, in
Chicago; Arturo Toscanini, SO,
symphony orchestra conductor, in
New York; Simon A. Baldus, "a,
editor, author, former Catholic
Press Association president, in
Chicago.
Other January headlines. go
Per Cent Of Hungarian Refugees
Being Resettled BY U. S. Bishops
Agency Pope's 1856 Activi-
ties Termed Astonishing; Re-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-12-27
|DCCW Sets
Institutes

A series of four Dioceson In.
stitutes has been planned by the
Columbus Diocesan Council OF
Catholic Women, to bring infor.
nation on the Councils purpose
and programs to all women in
the Diocese.
Workshop sessions, p la n n e d
and conducted by the Diocesan
Chairmen Of the various commit.
tees, will be featured at each In.
stitute. Deanery chairmen will
also participate in the W or k
shops.
The first Institute will be held
on Sunday, January IL, at St.
Mary's, Delaware. Subsequent In.
stitutes are scheduled for st.
Peter, Chillicothe, on Sunday,
January 10, at st. Joseph, Dover,
on Saturday, January IS; and at
ST.. Nicholas, GAINESVILLE, on Sun
day, January rs.
According to Mrs. Leo j. Jen-
nings, Diocesan Council Presi-
dent, each Institute will open
with registration at 1:30 PM,
to be followed by a general meet
ing and workshop sessions from
200 to 4:30 pm. and concluding
with a dinner at 5 pm.
Diocesan Chairmen who will
travel to the four Institutes to
present committee workshops in
clude Mrs. Glen Sheridan, Zanes-
vile, Catholic Charities; Mrs.
Charles Reitz, Portsmouth, Civil
D Defense; Mrs. Duane Yant,
Uhrichsville, Organization and
Development; Mrs. Robert Axe,
Marion, Social Action, and from
Columbus, Mrs. Anthony Nemetz,
Family Life, Miss Catharine Nc
Lean, international Relations, and
Miss Mary Martha Sitter, Public
Relations, and Mrs. Chester
Croce, Parent Teacher Associa-
ion.
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Groups In 1856 midas Vo-
cations Steadily Increasing, Re-
port Shows Discovery Of
Tombs Proves Vatican Built On
Ruins OF First Century Gene
terry Poland's Cardinal Of
fers First Christmas Midnight
Mass In Cathedral Since 1852.
ANUARY
Pope Plus established the Gary,
Ind, diocese, named Msgr. An
drew G. Grutka its first bishop;
also named Bishop Leo A. Pursley
as Bishop Of Fort Wayne; Auxil-
larry Bishop Justin j. Mccarthy
of Newark as Bishop of Camden,
N. j.; Auxiliary Bishop Robert
F. Joyce as Bishop of Burlington;
Auxiliary Bishop Thomas j. Nc
DoHough of st. Augustine, Fla,
as Auxiliary Bishop of Savannah,
Ca, and Msgr. Hilary J. Hacker
of st. Paul as Bishop Ok Bismarck,
N. d. The Most Fey. Joseph B.
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Father regards II "ss . special
task imposes by God on Our
ponfifiesfe 70 forge between ma.
lions bonds Of true brother
hood"
1.-THE Christian is primarily an
admirer of the divine order of the
world, one who loves its presence
and does his utmost to see it
recognized and proclaimed" the
Holy Father stated. Consequently
he will be its vigorous defender
against the forces and tendencies
which oppose its realization, whe-
Their these are concealed within
himself, his evil inclinations, or
come from without, Satan and his
deceits and snares."
1.-THE call to Christianity is not
then an invitation from God SIM
ply to aesthetic pleasure in the
contemplation of His marvellous
order" the Pontiff continued,
"but a call to unceasing action un-
der obligation and strict disci-
pline, with respect to all the paths
and conditions of life. =
Intervention in the world to
maintain The divine order is .
right and duty which belongs
essentially to . Christians re.
sponsibilify and permits him
lawfully to undertake all those
sections, private or public Or or
ganixed, which aim at and are
suited to that end.
Subtle ~pretexts, made up to
excuse the laziness of some Christ
ian, or suggested by an unbound
ed jealousy on the part of adj
~versaries, cannot permit the e.
vasion of such a responsibility,
especially if it is asserted that
Christian action in the world is q
mask for seeking after power
which is contrary to the spirit Of
Christ; that it arouses opposition
to the Christian faith among
those already I'LL Disposed; that
it is the result Of a lack of con-
fidence in God and His .omnipo-
tent providence and has the fla
vor of arrogance on the part of
the creature. There are even some
who hint that it is Christian pru-
dence to return to the so-called
modest ambitions Of the period of
the catacombS."
Sweeping aside all these ex.
Continued on Page p
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Diocese Prays
For Oppressed
This Sunday

All parishes in the Diocese will
join with parishes throughout
the nation this Sunday in a day
Of prayer for the prosecuted peo-
pies Of the world.
The day Of prayer was set this
year by the United States HER
srchy at their annual meeting in
Washington, DC. The bishops
said:
Little more than a year has
elapsed since the agonized cry
of the Hungarian people broke
through the silence that envelop-
ed them and millions of others
who are suffering the most
frightful persecution in history
-. in Gods loving Providence
they sounded a tocsin to which
no man of good will could be
deaf While millions of hui
man beings live under the rule
of terror and bitter oppression,
it Is imperative for us to recall
that in the arsenal of Christi
anity in reach Of all men of good
win is the invincible weapon of
prayer"
I'VE, the Catholic Bishops of
the United States, with profound
reliance on the unfailing power
Of prayer, call upon our people
and upon all who 'love justice
and hate iniquity' 10 unite on
Szn Dec. -. in 1 day u
prayer"
Permission for a day Of Expo
sition Of the Blessed Sacrament
has been granted wherever per-
missible and holy hours will be
scheduled in the parishes.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-12-27
Persecution of Church
By Reds Continues

The Bishops Of the United States have called on The
nations faithful to make Sunday, December 2o, . Day
Of Prayer for fhs Prosecuted. All Christians and other
men Of good will have been urged TO Join in The observ-
anee. The following article reviews the abuses suffered
by the Mystical Body during the past year.
This year, the 10th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revo
luton which cast the fire of militant atheism upon the
world, saw the continued persecution of the Church in
the Iron Curtain countries. 1t also saw new outbreaks of
anti Catholic hostility in other parts of the world influ.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-12-27

Announcement of the date for
the Solemn Rite which will be
held in the 85-year?-old st. JOS
eph's Cathedral. was made this
week by Bishop Edward G. Het-
finger, administrator of the do
cese, after consultation with 4
committee of Diocesan priests.
Bishop Issenmann had earlier
expressed interest in this partic-
uiar feast, due to the centennial
celebration during 1858 of the
apparitions of Our Dady at Mas.
ISABELLE near Lourdes.
Thousands Of pilgrims will be
fiockins 10 the famed Marian
shrine during the centennial
year to celebrate the Is sppsri.
lions which began in February,
1883, Of the immaculate Con-
espfion 10 the 14yssr-oId peas
ant girl, ssrnsdsffe SovbiroUs.
Plans were also announced
this week in Cincinnati for de-
parfvre ceremonies in honor Of
the Arehdioesssn Auxiliary
Bishop, who had served the
area in many outstanding posts
for oil Of the IS years since his
ordination with the exception
Of few years spent in grad
vsfs work.
A Solemn Mass will be offered
at 1870 am, Jan. %, at st. Pet
er's in Chains Cathedral, the new
~ refurbished edifice, where the
new Ordinary has served as rector
since December 1856.
January % is the Feast of st.
Francis De Sales, patron saint of
both the Archdiocese of Cincin-
natl and the Diocese of Columbus
as well as of the Catholic Press,
in which the new Ordinary has
made many contributions both as
4 writer and editor.
A dinner for al the clergy At
tending the Cincinnati ceremony
will follow the Solemn Mass.
Plans for the Installation which
are being completed by the COM
mittee appointed by Bishop Het-
finger, will be announced later.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-12-27

Cincinnati measured the Catho.
lie population of the world al
496, SIP 600, 600, and when the
1857 Official Catholic Directory
placed the US. Catholic popula.
ton at 34,563, 851. The University
of Detroit launched successfully
a project of attending college at
home via television. Soviet Rus
siar launched "Sputnik," the first
world satellite. The US. Bishops
1857 statement on Censorship
stoutly defended freedom of the
press, but insisted that public
morals must be safeguarded.
Here are some of 1875 out.
standing events:
END OF 1855
The necessity for disarmament
and the possibility of a just de.
fensive war were accented by His
Holiness Pope Plus XII in his
Christmas message to the world,
y. S. Catholics closed the year
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-12-27

enced by the Reds and other
forces hostile to the Church.
A glance through the news re-
ports Of 1857 shows that the
KrsmIin. not satisfied with its
control over fhs satellite eovn.
tries. inspired snti-reIisiovs &c.
fivify in places . far away ~
Indie.
In Kerala, midas most Catho.
lie and literate state, communists
won control of the state govern.
ment in February and have since
waged a battle to gain control Of
all education there and to pass
laws that will enable them to take
over all Catholic schools.
The Moslem-controlled govern.
ment of the new African nation
of Sudan began taking over
Catholic mission schools in its
southern region last April in an
apparent effort to minimize the
influence of the Church on the
Christian and pagan natives in
that area.
The Church's missionary effort
has also been greatly hindered
by the extreme to which "apart,
heidi racial segregation - has
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-12-27

"Some parishes have yet to re-
port their total but we expect the
grand total to be around 10000
pounds" he said.
Although this does not reach
last years total which was
probably boosted by the Hun
sarian uprising, il ranks high
with previous amounts" he
said.
Monsignor Kappes noted that
years shipments were able to 60
to Poland for the first time in
several years due to the new Red
regime which relaxed many of the
old rules after the uprising there
and in Hungary.
"Msgr. Edward Swanstrom,
head Of the Catholic Relief Serv.
ices, has indicated" Msgr. Kap-
pes said, THAT these shipments
have not only aided the mater.
isl needs Of the people in most
Of The countries but also have
given the Church a good repu.
fsfion for aiding the poor and
may have been the means ct
aequaintins many with our
FatIns"
The top ten parish totals OF
those reporting are:
In Columbus, Immaculate Con-
ception, 2790; st. James the Less,
$3.50; st. Mary, 2555; st. Chris
topher, 218O; Corpus Christi, 2O25;
Holy Name, 1889; st. Catharine,
1479; st. Michael. 1921; st. Thorn
as the Apostle, 14OO, and st. Leo,
1868.
Outside of Columbus the top
ten were st. Francis De Sales,
Newark, 5000; st. Mary, Lancas-
ter, 4365; st. Nicholas, GAINESVILLE,
$500; st. Joseph, Dover, $500; st.
Peter. Chillicothe, 1886; st. JOS
eph, Circleville, 1888; st. Luke,
Danville, LAG; Immaculate Con-
ception, 1112k; Sacred Heart,
New Philadelphia. 100: and Holy
Redeemer, Portsmouth, 1895.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-12-27

History, perhaps viii re-
member 1857 best as the
year when His Holiness Pope
Plus XII drastically modified
the Eucharistic fast. In
March, when he celebrated his
81st birthday and the 18th ami
Versailles Of his election and cor
onation as Pope, the Holy Father
decreed 4 three-hour fast from
solids and alcoholic beverages
and an hour fast from other Ii
guilds before receiving Holy Com
munion.
1t was the year, too, when:
Three new diocses--Gary, Ind,
Rockville Centre, NY, and New
Gin. Minn.-were established in
the United States. The member
ship of the Sacred College Of
Cardinals was reduced to 81 with
The deaths Of Pedro Cardinal Sc
Sursv Saenz, Is, rc1bishop Of
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-12-27
Franciscan Laywomen

ROME - Ncl - new group Of women dedicated
TO helping missionary work Yves formally r~seognirsd
here in . ceremony a. Romss BssiIea Of St. Mary Major.
Four young women promised to give spiritual and
cultural help TO missionaries. They are the first eandi-
dates for membership in ths franciscan Lay Auxiliary
Missionaries Of the Immaculate Conception.
Ordinary street clothes srs generally worn by the
women avxiliariss, although they don . simple, modern
habit for special occasions or ceremonies.
Members Of the auxiliary must serve . ~thres-yesr
formation period in their missionary duties. Candidates
for auxiliary missionary work must have specialized in
medical, teaching or relief work prior to Joining The
group. Aa
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-12-27
Catholic News Briefs
TV Mediocrity Hit

INC -A Tv and night club come
dian, cited for his decent and constructive" humor,
condemned Standards Of msdioerify" which he said at
fIief television and popular music.
Sam Levenson. who received . Testimonial from Gin
cinnsfis Citizens for Decent Literature, Warned parents
against permitting their children TO be Stuck in front
OF the teievision) set for hours at . fine"
I'm one afternoon" he said, "as many Is 90 persons
are killed on Tv. How much sunfighsins does . kid
nssd?"
The entertainer, who was once . school teacher,
warned that This IS bad NOT only for ths soul but for
fhe level Of our culture, which is descending to msdie-
Gritty. This is not creative, not imaginative"
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Gets Papal Honor

HIGHGATE CENTER, Vt.
(NC)-A man who has served
for so years as choir member,
choir master and organist for St,
Louis church here has been
awarded the ~Benemerenti Medal
by His Holiness Pope Plus XII
for outstanding service to the
Church. He is j. Amedee Trem.
blay, postmaster of this small
Vermont town.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-12-27
Attempt to Bar Crib

WHITE PLAINS, NY. - tNC) "A motion for an
injunction to bar . civic group from srsesing . Christmas
crib on the lawn OF ossinins High School here has bssn
denied.
The motion had been introduced by 10 ossinins
residents who sought to prevent fhs local Board Of EdU-
cation from granting permission to set Up ths crib 10
the ossinins creehe COMMITTEES, which IS Headed BY
Mayor Jesse A.. Collysr, Jr.
The plaintiffs had maintained that erection Of the
ereehe on school property constituted . violation Of the
principle Of separation Of church end state.