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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-06-21
The Washington Letter
Press Gives Reasons Why We
Should Not Attend Reyiyals

WASHINGTON - Solid rea-
sons for the Catholic ban on
attendance at Billy Graham cru
sades are brought forth in
Catholic press comment on
these religious revivals.
A survey of such comment,
made here, reveals it to be
calm and patiently instructive.
The Right or Wrong column
in the nationally-circulated Our
Sunday Visitor says Mr.. Gra-
ham and those close to him
have "sedulously" fostered the
idea "that the Catholic ban on
attendance at Mr.. Graham's
services amounts to a mere
technicality, that the Church
actually sees good in these
Protestant sermons and hence
there is no harm in Catholics
listening to them"
Actually, says Father Rich.
ard Ginder, author of the col.
umn, "even if Billy Graham
preached straight Catholic doc
trine out of the Roman Cate
chism, it would be against
Catholic principles to attend
unless Mr.. Graham had first
been authorized by a Catholic
bishop, for-like it or not
Christ established a hierarchi.
cal Church, charging its Off
cials to keep careful watch
over the preaching of the word.
That's plain history"
Father Ginder says "Billy
Graham is strictly on his own
without competent knowledge
and absolutely without authori-
ty to teach" "Billy Graham
then" he adds, 'is a layman
preaching his own ideas on re-
Hgion - just like your Metho-
dist preacher around the cor
ner, or the fellow in the store
front church opened up last
month on Main Street. For
Protestants it may be all right
to take in such services. But
ours is a religion founded on
the rock of Gods revelation.
We don't have to seek the
truth. We have It,"
The magazine View says
Billy Graham ''has awakened
the thought of God" in many,
and that this is to his "untar-
nished credit" But, it adds,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-06-21

journal or single fairly inn
portant review which has put
forward the papal formula
(the so-called Industry Council
Plan) since the end of the war
in a really emphatic manner"
Mr.. Clement refers to this
as a contradiction" Why a
contradiction? For the simple
reason, he says, that during the
past 25 years the Popes (Pius
XI and Plus KID have reaf-
firmed fourteen times that the
reorganization of economic life
along the lines of the Industry
Council Plan (the Industries
and Professions of Quadrage-
simo Anno) is a point of Cath
olic doctrine. He notes that
Pope Plus XII, for example,
has appealed to his hearers on
this point Ito abandon empty
phrases" March IL, 1945): Ito
lay aside ancient and incon-
sistent prejudices":: i.e., about
the Middle Ages and fascism
MAY Z, 1949): and to cease
passing over more or less in
silence the recommendations
of Quadragesimo Ammo with re-
gard to the Industry Council
Plan January 81, 1882.
''In these circumstances" Mr..
Clement concludes, lone may
wonder whether problem has
not been posed-a problem
which engages our conscience.
take it that this question
applies to the Catholics of the
United States as we'll as to our
co-religionists in France.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-06-21

Catholic labor officials are in
favor of the Industry Council
Plan. For example, he should
have informed his readers that
Walter Reuther, president of
the Auto Workers, has fire.
quentiy advocated the Indus
try Council Plan. Mr.. Eby not
only neglects to mention this
fact in his article, but he plays
Mr.. Reuther off against several
Catholic proponents of the In
dustry Council Plan--at the
expense of the latter.
This criticism of Mr.. Eby's
article is written more in sor-
row than in anger. In the
first place, Mr.. Eby was
good friend of ours while he
was working in Washington as
Director of Education and Re-
search for the old CI0. In
those days, to the best of our
recollection, he gave no evil
dence of religious prejudice.
We are sorry to note the change
that has recently come over
him in this respect and doubly
sorry that he has chosen to
give expression to his anti
Catholic feelings in the par
ticular field of social action.
Traditionally this has been
one field in which Catholics
and Protestants in the United
States have been able to CO.
operate amicably and in a
spirit of mutual confidence and
respect. Mr.. Eby's article
openly breaks with that tradi-
tion. Let us hope that the ar
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-06-21

try Council Plan is a strictly
Catholic plan (if not a Catholic
ploD calculated to foist upon
the United States a new type
of government in the form of
the so-called Corporate State.
In other words, he equates the
Industry Council Plan with
fascism.
Non.cstholie Approval
Mr.. Eby ought TO know bet
ter than that. The fundamental
difference between the Indus
try Council Plan and fascism
has been explicitly and force
fully explained by a great num-
Der of Catholic writer's, includ-
ing some of those who are
quoted selectively by Mr.. Eby
in his unfortunate article.
AS a professional social SCI
enlist and a former member of
the national CI0 staff, Mr.. Eby
might also have been expected
to know-and to tell his read
ers, that a good number of non-
Catholic scholars and non-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-06-21

not issue a pointed prohibition
respecting Graham's revivals
carries no implication of ap-
proval. "The general law of the
Catholic Church is clear and
exact" he adds, and "in view
of this known Catholic law,
bishop need feel no duty to
make any further declaration"
The Catholic Telegraph-Reg-
lister, newspaper of the Arch
diocese of Cincinnati, says
"there should be nothing sur
prising in a reminder that
Catholics may not attend Billy
Graham's revival meetings" 1t
adds that his ''fast-paced deliy-
cry is not TO be compared with
the ranting of the ordinary
pulpit-thumper," whose h "a :
rangues "are so ridiculous that
they can only confirm Cath
olic in his faith"
Regarding Billy Graham, the
paper continues, ''his evident
sincerity, his prayerful atti-
tude, his likeable personality,
the superficial resemblance of
some of his phrases to Catholic
doctrine, his freedom from an
ti-Catholic bias" could deceive
the unwary Catholic"
The Indiana Catholic and
Record, newspaper of the Arch
diocese of Indianapolis, de-
clares that Billy Graham "has,
in Catholic eyes, great deal
to recommend him compared
to his predecessors in Protest
ant evangelism. He is obvious
ly sincere and deeply re.
ligious man. Unlike some prom
inent evangelists of the past he
does not rely on bigotry toward
the Catholic Church as a part
of his crowd appeal. He is
friendly in fact toward all de.
nominations"
But, the paper points out, all
this "does not make Billy Gra-
ham a suitable source of
Christ's doctrine for a Catholic.
For one who knows that Christ
established the Catholic Church
and authorized Her to trans
nit unchanged His doctrine it
is illogical, unnecessary and
undesirable to seek religious
truth outside that Church."
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-06-21

O. In the moUie about the
Ten Commandments there
were many questions raised IN
my mind: Hoio did Moses come
to haze brother Aaron if the
Jewish boys lUere being killed?
Was Moses really brought up
By the princess and 1nds his
name Egyptidn? Was Pharaoh
really spared IN the disaster
at the Red Sea?
A. Apparently Moses was
born soon after the decree and
his brother Aaron was older
and so was not included. The
book of Exodus definitely in
dicates that Moses was taken
by the princess and brought
up Indicated in Acts of the
Apostles 7:22) as an Egyp-
tian, probably as an adopted
son. His name too is Egyp-
tian. AS the Catholic Com
mentdry on Holy Scripture
points out in regard to the Red
Sea incident: "The crossing
was not miraculous in itself
since the natural force of the
wind divided the waters of
the ford i. But it was miracu-
lous in the intensity and con-
tinuity of the wind, in the cir
cumstances of time and place
and in the pillars of cloud and
fire by which the Israelites
were accompanied. There is
no indication that Pharaoh
himself perished or took part
in the expedition" Most his
torical movies take liberties
with precise historical facts
and especially in matters of
Sacred Scripture we should
refer to the Bible itself and
to approved Catholic commen-
taries.
Q. What is the attitude of
the Church in regard to men
taI illness and its treatment?
A. Pope Plus XII in his ad-
dress to the fifth international
Congress of Psychotherapy and
Clinical Psychology meeting in
Rome april 13, 1889 spoke
of the approval of the Church
for the work of the psychia-
trist. He did not condemn psy-
choanalysis so long as it re-
mains within limits and re-
spects the religious and moral
conscience. AS Father LaFarge
points out in the foreword to
one of several recent Catholic
books on the subject (Faith,
Reason and Modern Psychiatry
edited by Braceland, Kenedy):
'The confessor's primary work
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"Billy's sermons are his own
Interpretation of the Bible" he
follows Protestant line" and
''his effort at being superdn-
nomenational can deceive even
the fairly well educated" The
Catholic Church, the magazine
adds, SPEAKS out not against
Billy Graham, a dedicated
man, but in behalf of those ill.
instructed or 'shaky' Catholics
who might be led away from
the true Faith by the eloquence
of man who, despite his good
will, possesses the truth only
partly and not without a great
admixture of error.
The Catholic Courier Jour
nal, newspaper of the Roches-
ter, NY, diocese, says "Catho-
lies do not question Evangelist
Graham's sincerity but they do
challenge his brand of Chris
tianity. For a man who preach
es straight from the Bible
Billy Graham skips significant
sections of the Scriptures"
The Witness, newspaper of
the Archdiocese of Dubuque,
says the Billy Graham rallies
"are most definitely religious
meetings for preaching and
worship" and that "their doc
trine is not that of the Catho-
lie Church." Catholics, the pa
per adds, turn to the Catholic
Church exclusively for relig-
ious service and instruction"
The Catholic Weekly of Sag
inaw, Mich, says "we cannot
compromise with Billy Gra-
hams attitude that one religion
is as good as another, nor can
we put the accent upon an emo
tional approach to religion to
the neglect of the doctrinal
content of Christianity"
Msgr. Walter w. Curtis, writ
ing in The Advocate, news
paper of the Archdiocese of
Newark, says Billy Graham
teaches form of Protestant
doctrine and breaches a Prot
estant faith, and that "Catho-
lies have no more business" at
such meetings "than they have
in the little Protestant church
around their own corner"
Msgr. Curtis adds that the
mere fact that bishop does
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-06-21

have the power to push through
obstacles.
Love and Growth
Education is that which is
drawn from within. The Latin
word is "educere" ito draw out"
that which is hidden, which is
enveloped, which is concealed.
True love will make US more
perfect, It will complete us. 1t
will draw us out.
One grows in proportion as
one loves and is loved. That is
the secret - learning to love.
Regardless of age or looks you
are indispensable if you are
loved. When one loves there is
continual creation. In heaven
where God is Love Itself, there
will be perpetual activity and
growth. Love will create new
love and that love will create
another love and SO on and on
forever.
Schools then must teach the
the sexes to complete, not to
compete. Men are not to inse-
curely hold the pursestrings-
not if love is in the family, nor
are they to be childishly jeal-
Gus of the petty authority a
paycheck gives. They are gener-
ally to use a joint checking ac-
count as a symbol of their ma
ture marital unity. Women are
TO be worthy of confidence and
never, in talking with their
friends, embarrass their hus-
bands by unguarded revelations
and vauntings. Men want adj
vice and even criticism from
their wives but from their
loyal wives not from the puni-
tive mother type.
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ticle will be repudiated in due
time by representative spokes-
man or group of spokesmen
of the Protestant social action
movement.
So much for Mr.. Eby and
his unfortunate and very un-
scholarly analysis of the In
dustry Council Plan.
A Contradiction
But what about the decline
of interest in the Industry
Council Plan on the part of
Catholic scholars and Catholic
social actionists? Our friend
admitted that he didn't know
how to account for it, but he
was inclined to think that the
relative prosperity of recent
years might have something to
do with it. His theory is, in
other words, that it's hard for
people to get excited about the
long-range reconstruction of
economic life when things are
going reasonably well for the
majority of the population. He
probably has something there.
It is interesting to note
that this decline of interest in
the Industry Council Plan is
not limited to the United
States. A recent article by Mar
eel Clement (The Christian
Democrat, April 1857, Oxford,
England) indicates that the
same situation prevails in
France. at does not appear,
Mr.. Clement writes, that there
is in France a single Catholic
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fact, the present writer can re-
call having read only two ar
ticles on the subject during
the past year or so - one writ
ten for a labor publication by
a national union official and
the other for a Protestant peri
odical by a university profes-
sor who was formerly a Pro-
testant minister.
Incidentally il must be said,
in all charity, that ii would
have been better for its au-
thor's reputation as a scholar
If the latter article C''The
Catholic Plan For American
Labor" by Kermit Eby of the
University of Chicago, Chris
tianity Today, April 29) had
never been published.
One doesn't have to read too
closely between the lines to
discover that Mr.. Eby is suf-
fering from a slight case of
religious prejudice. He leaves
the impression with his Pro-
teStant readers that the Indus
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-06-21

recommendations made by SPANS
Hierarchy.
The government, he says, is
planning to improve its laws to
give the Spanish people a great
er opportunity of enjoying lib
erty.
1t is studying changes in tax
laws to bring about readjust-
ment of the uneven distribution
of wealth within the country.
1t is engaged in substantial so.
cial reforms in wages, housing
and social security programs.
Generalissimo Franco makes
these statements in answering the
questions asked him by the N. c.
w. C. News Service.
The text of his replies to five
of these questions are being re-
leased this week. In them Gener-
alissimo discusses:
The assistance given to Spain
by the Crurch. =.
The Spanish concordat with the
Holy See.
The Communist menace.
The Hierarchy's recommends
tions to better the lot of Spanish
workers.
The significance of the recent
changes in Spain's cabinet.
Next week the Generalissimo
will discuss other important prob
lens facing Spain.
The Church's "most valuable
service" to Spain, Franco says,
are the social doctrines of the
popes, which the country has ac-
cepted as the basis of its laws.
He declares that such papal teach.
ings as the necessity for family
wages, sickness insurance, paid
Sundays and vacations, low-cost
and sanitary housing and full
employment" have been given
concrete form" in Spain
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-06-21

ers. Their ability TO size up a
man is uncanny, invaluable.
Our greatest decisions in bus
iness are not always invest
ments, financing, exporting, but
people. In this women certain
ly excel. They have a sixth
sense, a third ear, a good an
tenna.
In last weeks column we
talked about the need of contin-
ued growth after marriage. Our
appreciation of the intelli-
gence of some women is some
times humorously advanced by
the statement: the first lesson
many a child learns at his
mothers knee is to be very
careful of her stockings!
Men are often ashamed of
their wives lack of intelli-
gence. That is why there are
few compliments more flatter-
ing than a mans eagerness to
introduce his wife to distin-
guished guests. There are few
sights more sadly accusing than
a man who hesitates even to
walk by his wife's side when on
the street.-the remains three or
steps in front of her. She seems
to be some dame or slave rath-
er than his companion. But it
could be partly her fault If she
stopped growing intellectually.
The intellect must grow. II
must constantly search for
truth; as the will searches for
good. 1t should be somewhat
like a delicate grass which
thrusts upward and can actual
ly break through concrete. In
like manner the mind must
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-06-21
This Catholic World
Franco Indicates Government
Trying To Put Into Effect
Bishops Recommendations
BY Francisco De Luis
Correspondent NCWC News Service)

MADRID - In one of the very few exclusive inter.
views he has granted Generassmo Francisco Franco
has personally answered eleven questions for readers of
the Catholic press.
The Spanish chief of state indicates in the interview
that his government making effort to put into effect
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-17
The Years
Prize Baby

A new French film, imported
by Disney, proves that an
elephants best friend IS a boy
One of the lveliest and most appealing movie
stars you ever saw plays the title role in the
French movie short, "Niok, shot in Cambodia,
south Indo- China. He's a baby elephant.
Nick and his co-star Ayot, a ten-year-old native
boy, were discovered by Edmond Sechan, who sat
right down and wrote the story.
In the film, Nick is separated from his mother
during an elephant hunt and adopted by Ayot,
who runs into some of the problems every parent
has had Ayot's feeding system (above lefD is to
grab Niok's trunk with one hand and slip the
rations into his mouth with the other.
Walt Disney was SO captivated by Niok, who
won a prize at the Cannes Festival, that he's
adapted the picture for US. release this month.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-06-07

of the $25O0 grant which was
established in 1949 as a tribute
to the company's co-founder and
late board chairman.
Miss Mitchell plans to enroll
in the College of Journalism at
Marquette University.
Blaine E. Matthews, president
of Williams, made the presenta-
ton in an informal program at
the shoe factory. Miss Mitchell
was accompanied by her mother,
Sister Mary Beth, vice-principal
of Notre Dame, in the absence
of Father Robert White, princi-
pal and Father Clarence Durbin,
assistant pastor of her home
parish, Our Lady of Sorrows.
Miss Mitchell, one of the out
standing students at Notre Dame,
according to school authorities, is
the second member of her class
to receive a major scholarship, as
the Detroit Steel grant was pre-
sented to James Michael Maloney
earlier this year.
Miss Mitchell, has been a
member of the school glee club,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-06-07

oH0AAoNA ~ ~ 1AA~ NNbAASA~
ternity of Christian Doctrine
This program is designed to
acquaint young people with the
Lay Apostolate and give them a
real experience on the application
of the liturgy in their lives
The program will begin Friday
evening with discussion of the
'Laity and the Liturgy" and prep
aration for Saturdays Mass. This
win be a recited Mass.
Discussion will be held during
the day on several topics inelud.
ing 1.-The Laity's Role in the
Church." "The Lay Apostolate,
"The Laity in the Missions, +"
On Sunday, the program will
include the High Mass to be sung
by the participants, which will
be followed by festive break
fast. A discussion will be held
on the Restoration of the Sun
day" The day will close with a
"cook-out."
Miss Betty Plank, leader for
the weekend, will be assisted by
lay people from the dioceses in
cluding Miss Mary B. Lynch and
Miss Mary Kay Ruddy. Father
Richard Dodd will be the moder.
ator.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-06-07

band, newspaper staff and Cath
olic Students Mission Crusade.
AS a junior, she was a repre-
sentative to the Buckeyes Girls
State.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-06-07
DennisOn
Students Win
&C Award

Students of Immaculate Con-
ception High School, Dennison,
won the essay and the poster
contest sponsored by the Twin
city Uhrichsville Dennison)
Chamber of Commerce for Clean
up Week.
Joyce Visintainer, a junior and
the daughter of Anthony Visin-
tainer of Uhrichsville, won the
ten-dollar prize in the essay con-
test with an essay entitled "The
Steam Engines Surprise" giving
steam engines account of
Cleanup Week.
Raymond Ross, a sophomore
and the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Pete Ross of Dennison, won the
ten dollars offered in the poster
contest with a before and after
picture of a house. One picture
showed an unpainted house with
broken windows and a yard
filled with trash; a second pic
ture showed a cleaned-up, fixed
up, painted-up version of the
same house.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-06-07
$50 us. POW's
In Korea Are
Presumed Dead

WASHINGTON, MC) - Of
ficials Of the Defense and State
Departments told a House For
eign Affairs Subcommittee here
they have failed to get Chinese
communists to account for $50
American prisoners of the Ko-
rean conflict.
The spokesmen for the depart
ments endorsed Congressional
move TO get an accounting from
the Chinese communists. They
told the legislators they pre-
sumed that the $50 were dead.
Stephen S. Jackson, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Manpower, and Walter S.
Robertson, Assistant Secretary of
State for the Far East, we're ac-
companied by U. Alexis Johnson,
US. Ambassador to Czecboslo-
vakia, the chief US. negotiator
for the return of Americans in
Red China.
There are four American
Catholic priests known 10 be
held in Red chins--Frsncisesn
Father Cyril Wagner Of Pitts
bvFgh, Pa; Jesuit Fathers
Charles Mccarthy and John
HoyIe, both csIifornisns. and
MsryknolI Father Joseph Nc
cormiek of ossinins, NY.
Mr.. Johnson told the subcom-
mittee he held 81 meetings with
the Chinese communists at Ge-
neva, Switzerland, since August,
1855. On numerous occasions, y
he said, he brought up the ques-
ton of the unaccounted for pri-
soners.
"Their answer has consistently
been that they have no prisoners
of ours. They say, We have told
you about all the prisoners we
held. We have no others" Mr..
Johnson declared.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-06-07
Will Major In Journalism
Portsmouth Student Gets
Memorial Scholarship

PORTSMOUTH - A SEN
ior at Notre Dame High
School, Portsmouth, recently
was named the 1857 A.
Graves Williams Memorial
Scholarship sponsored by
the Williams Manufacturing
Company.
Jeanette Mitchell, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Hyland of
West Portsmouth, is the recipient
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-06-07

Youth Notes
Lay Apostolate Course
Begins Tonight At st. Rita's

The first program of a training course in the Lay
ApoStoate for Young Adults begins this evening Camp
St Rita Twenty-Five young men and women for the par
shes will experience Weekend of Christian Living"
sponsored by the Catholic Youth Bureau and the Contra
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-06-07
Aquinas Graduate
Is Named Editor

Thomas w. Dorsey of 222l
Northwest Blvd, 1854 graduate
of Aquinas High School, will be
the editor-in-chief of the Lam
tern, student daily newspaper at
Ohio State University, beginning
next Fall.
The staff appointment was an
.nounced recently by DIR. James
Z. Pollard, director of the OSU
School of Journalism.
A junior in the school, Dorsey
was also named the winner of the
Newton Award for the years
'best reporting on the Lantern"
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