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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-10-28

nor had published anti
Catholic newspapers. Proba-
bly, his experience had much to
do with the increase in APA.
scandal Sheets" which by
the following year numbered
at least 20.
FALSE charges against the
Church and her members had
been characteristic of every
American anti Catholic move
ment. The allegations often
times were ridiculous; still
they seemingly ated
from lack of knowledge rather
than known lies.
No such extenuation could
be made of the literature of
the 1905. Two blatant forg-
cries were propagated on a
national scale and for a time
did great harm to the Church.
The United States be in
plagued by the Panic of 1893,
the APA published "Instruc-
tons to Catholics supposed
ly signed by leading members
of the hierarchy,
THIS SPURIOUS Docu.
MENT said that jobs were
needed to support a mythical
army, and this will render
it necessary to remove or
crowd out the American here
tics who are now employed"
In the hard times this impos-
ture callously increased the
fears of those out of work or
in danger of losing their jobs.
More outlandish-and more
widely believed-was a bogus
encyclical letter of Pope Leo
XIII, supposedly dated Christ
mas, 1891. First published by
Traynor in his Detroit Pa.
friotie American, this false
papal letter absolved Catho-
lies from any loyalty to the
United States and instructed
them ITO exterminate all here
tics" on Sept. 5. Not only did
every APA newspaper reprint
the forgery, but it was broad
cast even wider by handbills
and leaflets.
The mayor of Toledo bought
a Winchester rifle to repel
the invasion, but the panic
was greatest among Midwest
ern farmers who had never
known any of the faithful.
When the date passed with
no disturbance of any kind
by Catholics, the APA press
lied that it had been written
by a Jesuit in order to dis
credit their organization.
IF ALL THIS was false,
there was no question as to
the increase in strength of
the American Protective AS
ISOLATION. Though large coun-
ellis were in Boston and in San
Francisco, the APA was
strongest in the Midwest.
IN FACT, NEWSPAPERS of
the time called the area from
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CATHOLICS IN AMERICA



This is the 18th in . series
OF 20 articles reviewing the
position and experience of the
p%racticing Catholic in the life
of the American community
from Colonial times. The au-
thor holds a doctorafe in
American Church History, has
taught in various universities,
and is presently Arehivisf and
Historian of the Archdiocese
of ST. Louis.
Ohio through Kansas and
Nebraska "the APA Belt" In
1895 President Traynor boast
ed of $500, 900 member
Most students of the move
ment believe his claim was
highly exaggerated. But no
final answer can be given,
for secrecy was one of the
inducements for many join
ing.
One of the frequent out
breaks brought on by lee
lures given by alleged ex-
priests and nuns occurred in
Kansas City, Missouri, in
1894. j. v. Mcnamara called
himself Bishop" and had a
long record of involvement
in riots as far east as New
York.
AS his wife sold tickets for
a Sunday night lecture a pis-
toll was prominently display
ed on the table beside her.
When "B i op" Mcnamara
appeared on the platform he
carried a revolver and a Win
chester rifle. After two hours
and more of abuse of the
Church and local Catholics by
Mcnamara, a stone landed
on the stage. Later it was
charged that a cohort of Nc
Namara had dropped the rock
in order to promote cuSto-
mers for a second lecture
the following Tuesday.
THOUGH THE SECOND
performance was billed "For
Men Only" all women who
had the price of admission
were allowed in the hall. Nc
Namara launched an attack
full of obscenity and filth on
the venerable Bishop of Kan
sas City and two priests, one
of whom succeeded as bishop
some years later. The Kan
sas City Star acknowledged
McNamara's language could
not be printed. For the riot
which broke out the news
paper headline was "He bare
" escaped alive"
Though Mcnamara suffer
ed little physical injury, he
did not leave Kansas City I'M
scathed. He was convicted of
criminally libeling one of the
priests, with the penalty a
year in Jail and a fine of
$500. "The verdict was re-
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cause with your inward eye
you have seen Christ in
in them: 81 was hungry and
you gave Me to eat" Be-
cause Christ was poor and
needy, it was right that He
should enter into fellowship
with those like Him; but it
was also just that we who aid
the poor should see Him as
receiving our gift and there
fore prepare for His love and
blessing.
, If WE HAD ASKED mere
ly for a gift you would have
given what was YOUR own;
but because we asked for
sacrifice out of love for God,
you gave what you saw was
HIS own. Thus you helped
the needy by relieving their
want, and you helped your
self by acknowledging that all
gifts come from Him. l can
thank you for the double
favor, but the Lord will bless
you for both. Once it was
shown to be Gods cause, both
your heart and your hand were
ready. God Love You!
Most Rev. Fulton J. Sheen
National Director
Each decade of the WORLD
MISSION ROSARY is a diff
ferent color Red, Green,
Yellow, Blue, White, to SYM
bolize each of the five con-
tinents and to remind you to
pray for the Suffering of the
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TX. PETER J. RAHiLLs Pm. q.
With periodic regular
ity but with ever lessen
ing virulence, a flaming
rash of anti-C catholicism
has disfigured the usually
benign countenance of Uncle
Sam.
From the outbreak of the
War between the States his
urbanity had been almost I'M
disturbed. Then in the 1905 a
splotch became more livid I'M
til almost all of his face was
distorted. Why?
In the three-quarters of a
century which has ed
since that canker receded
from Uncle Sans face, an
answer to the question has
been sought. Catholic success
with the Indians despite the
obstacles of Grants Peace
policy, the III Plenary Coun-
ell, and the first Apostolic
Delegate to the United States
have been suggested as irri-
tants.
More proximate to the out
break of the sore was the
fourth centennial of the dis
covery of America by Column
bus. To those who had ac-
cepted the claim of a com
plete Protestant heritage with
out ever consulting history,
that Columbus and his spon-
sor, Queen Isabella, were
Catholics was a dismaying
shock. s
FOR VEAL OR WOE or
ganization is necessary. I'm
fortunately for the Church a
group was waiting in the
wings of the American stage
for its cue. This newcomer,
the American Protective AS
ISOLATION, was spawned in
1887 at the railroad junction
of Clinton, Iowa. With six
others a 60-year-old lawyer
named Henry T. Bowers faith
cred the APA, as the organ
ization was Familiarity known
throughout its life.
OF the seven founders, two
had no religion, while the
other five were divided among
as many different Protestant
sects. An ardent Mason him
self, Bowers drew heavily on
that order for the regaila and
initiation he devised for the
APA. Moreover, the Masons
were a fertile source of new
members or of allies.
After six years of slow
growth under Bowers, the
APA acquired a new president
in William J. H. Traynor. A
former saloon keeper, Tray
nor was quickly tagged "Whis-
key Bill" and it is true that
he did inject new spirit in
the organization. In Canada
and later in Michigan Tray
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SPECIAL TRAINS schedul-
ed to leave Wisconsin for the
ceremony never departed.
William S. Linton of Michi-
gan, known as the "APA
spokesman in Congress-" vir-
tuperated against acceptance
of Marquette's statue. Though
the House Of Representatives
was Mortified at his language,
no legislation was attempted
because unanimous consent of
congress was required.
Through its journal, the
Wisconsin Patriot, the APA
then campaigned strenuously
for the recall Of the Jesuit ex-
plorer's likeness. Early in
1897 petitions pro and con
descended on the state Iegis-
lature like a winter snow
storm. The flakes of signed
paper had been initiated by
the APA, but in the end a
majority of the 423 petitions
favored leaving Marquette's
figure in Statuary Hall.
ALREADY THE APA had
begun to fade from the Wis
consin scene; in 1893 its news
paper expired. But politi-
clans feared to arouse any la
tent strength, and no action
was undertaken. The statue
remained in Washington, still
unauthorized but solidly pres
ent. Finally in 1904, II years
after the original legislation,
Congress accepted Marquettes'
statue for the federal govern
ment.
The APA alteration of the
last decade followed the pat
tern of anti-Catholic outbreaks
throughout the 10Th century.
If the assaults on the Rock
of Peter were virtually iden-
teal, Catholic reaction of the
1905 was more militant, less
submissible. Theodore Momm-
sen penned the dictim:
walls and moats are of no
avail, if a garrison will not
fight"
IN ADDITION, educated
Americans who were not
members of the Church were
less prone to condone irres-
ponsible attacks on her.
Typical Of the new attitude
was Theodore Roosevelt, then
New York City Policy Com
missioner. To his Catholic
friends, the Bellamy Stor-
ers, he jocularly wrote: las
you know, I am a rather stiff
necked hereto but he as
sured them that if they felt
any help was needed in Gin
cinnati against the APA, /
will gladly come on" More
than in the multiplication of
numbers had the Catholics
in America grown in public
prestige during the 10Th cen
fury.
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THE were

THE PARtSHtCNERS were
listening to a sermon on hell.
Toward the end of the thund-
ering Grafton, a six-year-old
boy plucked his mothers
sleeve and whispered loudly,
"Mommy, could a rocket get
out of hell?"
Mistaking his mothers
shushing for an affirmative
answer the boy looked for
further reinsurance and then
asked hopefully:
-. With a man in it,"
Catholic Digest--October.
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world. For an offering Of So
and your request we will send
you this WORLD MISSION
ROSARY so that you can al
ways help the poor of the
world through your prayers.
Cut out this column, pin
your sacrifice to it and mail
it to Most Rev. Fulton J.
Sheen, National Director of
the Society for the Prop
agation of the Faith, 366 Fifth
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Ave, New York TX, NY, or
your Diocesan Director, Msgr.
James Kulp, 246 E. Town-st.,
Columbus Is, Ohio.
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beast, but to
fe d hi
a d 10 e
him and, as
o h e
done, is to
enrich your
self with the
blessing Of
God.
!, T K e.
c Z Z A
% ~,~
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-10-28
God Love You
You Helped Needy
BY Sacrificing
BY Bishop Fulton ]. Sheen
Dear Friends.

Dear Friends:
The sum total of love in the world has been in
creased by your kindness. to the poor, hungry and
leprous in Mission Lands everywhere. In designating a
day as Mission Sunday we sought not to make the poor
rich, but to make the rich poor in spirit. To feed a
human being without loving
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Want something? Something
to sell. Use the Classifieds.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1960-03-23
Revamped Election
Code Splits
Alaska SOlOns

JUNEAU, tR - The Senate and
House were far apart Tuesday
over a comprehensive new cleo
ton code to govern voting in
Alaska elections.
The Senate, by unanimous vote,
revamped House-passed bill in
important respects and it must
now go back to the lower branch
for concurrence or rejection Of
the changes.
AS passed by the House, the.
bill would allow straight party
voting in general elections by
marking a single "X" atop col
umn of candidates for one party
The Senate threw that out Mon
day. 1t voted to retain Alaska's
old form of general election bal
lot, in which candidates are
listed by the office they seek,
with party affiliations after each
name.
The upper branch also re-
vamped House language deScrlb-
ing primary elections, to identify
primary balloting as nominal
ton.
Still retained were provisions
of the 1859 law which ended
Alaska's wide-open primary vot-
ing, by which a voter could help
nominate candidates of more than
one party.
Henceforth, under the bill, a
voter in a primary will be able
to cast ballots only for the can
didates of a single party. How.
ever, candidates of both parties.
would be listed in separate col
umns on the same ballot, and a
voter need not declare his party
when he receives ballot.
The Senate version also calls
for primary elections to be held
on the Tuesday after the second
Monday in August, a week later
than the House wanted
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1960-03-23
Search for All
American Family
Ends April Is

LEHlGH ACRES, ria. - Inc
nominating period for the 1860
All-American Family Search will
soon draw to a close Nominations
may be offered until April Is.
The second nationwide search
for the country's most representa-
tive family is being conducted by
the Grolier Society, publishers of
The Book of knowledge. It is
open to all American families with
children, their own or adopted.
They must be residents of the
state from which they are nomi-
mated at least one year.
Families which best exemplify
the principles of the American
home are being nominated. The
search emphasizes the theme:
Family Unity for a Better Com
munity."
After carefully screening nom
nations, committees will select
the most representative family
from each of the so states and
the District of Columbia
On May "a, these 81 families
will gather at Lehigh Acres, Fla,
for the All-American Family Con-
ference. They will meet with a
board of distinguished judges to
discuss topics of paramount i'm
portance to families everywhere.
Based on criteria designed by
the board chairman, DR.. Emily H.
Mudd of the University of Penn
sylvania's Division of Family
Study, the judges will choose the
1860 All-American Family. Among
the awards it will receive are a
Westinghouse Total Electric Gold
Medallion Home at Lehigh Acres,
a four-door Studebaker Lark sta
ton wagon, and complete 1902
volume Grolier Library. The ST
participating families will attend
the conference with all expenses
paid by national sponsors.
Among the organizations CO.
operating in the search are the
General Federation of Women's
Clubs, United States Department
of Defense, Army, Navy, Air Force
and Marine Corps, Girls Clubs of
America, Kiwanis International,
National. Conference of Christians
land Jews and the Bureau of Ad-
vertising, American Newspaper
Publishers Association.
Nomination forms may be OBJ
tanned through Westinghouse,
Owens-Corning Fiberglas and Stu
debaker Lark dealers, or by writ
ing to All-American Family
Search Committee, 575 Lexington
Avenue, New York %, N. Y.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1960-03-23
Lack of Health Information
Hampers Arctic Planning

WASHINGTON, up = Health
information needed for sound
planning of development of the
Arctic and sub-Arctic is not avail
able, the U. S. Public Health Serv-
ice reports.
biological knowledge is gross
ly inadequate" for those parts of
North America, the agency told
House Appropriations Subcom-
mittee. The agency said several
research projects at the Arctic
Health Research Center near
Fairbanks will have to be dropped
if $4,000 in additional funds is
not available for the year start
ing next July.
The budget asks $496,000 for the
center, an increase of $4,000 over
the current years figure.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1960-03-23
WANTS HUSKY PUP

Mrs William Walker, SCI Pros
pect Pl., Cincinatti 20, Ohio, would
like to buy Husky pup. Anyone
interested may write her at the
above address.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1960-03-23

fine Job Printing At Tho Nugget.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-30
IT St. EIizubeths
Aides Honored

Eleven volunteer social work
ers at st. Elizabeths Hospital
were honored last night fol-
their aid to patients.
A framed certificate for 1C
years of service to the hospital
was presented to Chaplain
Chain Williamowsky. senior
Jewish chaplain at st. Eliza
beths, by Rabbi Morris A. Sand
haus. chairman of the religious
committee of the National jew
ish Welfare Board.
The Washington Armed Serv-
ices Committee of the board
sponsored the ceremony, which
was attended by doctors and
rabbis from the Washington
area, in the hospitals chapel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-30
NaWDedieates
Fuel Factory

A new naval factory for pro-
duction Of Polaris missile fuel
was dedicated at Indian Head,
Nd, today.
Rear Admiral T. H. Robbins,
jr., commandant of the Potomac
River Naval Command, told
visitors:
1T is my hope that as this
new Polaris facility begins
manufacture next January, its
products need never be put to
actual military use."
"On this reservation with
your own hands," he said, with
remote control machines and
with instrument panels, you are
fighting the possibility of an
other war itself to the end that
a real war need not be fought. "
The Naval Propellant Plant
is engaged in research and de-
velopment as we'll as manu-
facture and loading of propel-
!lants and powder for a variety
Of naval guns and missiles
Admiral Robbins had this
news for plant workers: IF cur
rent and predicted requirements
for the capabilities peculiar to
the Propellant Plant are to be
met. the workload and civilian
employment level must in
crease"
The budget for the plant in
creased from $20.6 million to
S23.6 million in the current
fiscal year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-30
Eugene Johnson Dies;
Owner Of Day Nursery

Eugene @. johnson, 46.
owner Of the Sligo Day Nursery
in Takoma Park. Md. died
Monday after surgery In
Georgetown University Hos
pital.
Mr.. johnson lived at S2ll
Georgia avenue, Silver Spring.
He had been O resident Of the
area FOR 20 years.
A native Of Milwaukee, Mr..
johnson had operated the
nursery, at 72l2 Flower avenue.
for about 10 years. Prior to that.
he was associated with Thomp-
sons Dairy.
Mr.. Johnson attended the
University of Wisconsin and
was graduated from Eastern
College of Commerce and Law
in Baltimore in 1856.
Active in local politics in
Milwaukee, Mr.. johnson was q
member Of the Coop Congress.
the governing body Of Coop
stores. in Takoma Park. He also
was long active in Our Lady Of
Sorrows Catholic Church.
He leaves his wife, Viola;
two sons. william and Donald,
and a daughter, Maryann, all
Of the home address. He also
leaves his mother. Mrs. Ger
trude johnson, of Milwaukee,
Friends may call at the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-30
Air Pollution Test
To Be Made Here

District and Federal health
oficials launch a full week
Of air sampling here tomorrow
to obtain pollution data and to
provide training for Health
Department personnel.
The sampling device is atop
the Municipal Center, 800
Indiana avenue NV, and will
be manned daily from 8 am,
to 5 pm, through next We'd
nesday.
The Commissioners recently
delegated investigative respon-
sibility for air pollution moni-
toring and survey activities to
the Health Department to sup
ply information on pollution
before funds and personnel are
requested for a definite pro-
gram.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-30
Catholicism
Costs Teacher Job

BOERNE. Tex, Nov. 80 (AP)
Ants Catholic remarks cost a
Boerne teacher his job yester-
day. the school superintendent
said.
Supt. Roy Liesman said Harry
Benson, high school mathe-
matics teacher and junior high
civics instructor. was dismissed
after parents complained Mr..
Benson had told his three
classes:
"Once you have a Catholic
President, the country usually
becomes corrupt"
Sergt. Liesman said the school
board. which considered the
complaints from parents. felt
that Mr.. Benson had 'lost the
respect of his students" caus-
ing his efficiency as a teacher
to drop Ito zero"
The superintendent said the
teacher more or less" denied
the remarks when he asked Mr..
Benson for his resignation last
Friday.
The superintendent quoted
Mr.. Benson as saying his COM
ments were misunderstood by
the people"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-30
Russiun Pianist
Richter to Play
Haydn, Prokofiev

sViatoslav Richter. noted
Russian pianist. will play a
program Of Haydn, Schumann
and Prokofiev on the first of
two Washington concerts Sat-
urday afternoon.
The program. just an
nounced, opens with Haydn's
Sonata in c major and con-
tinues with three Novelties by
Schumann, opus 81.
After the intermission the
fare will be all-Prokoflev. for
which pianist is especially
noted. Included will be Ten
Visions Fugitives, opus %;
Sonatine Pastorale, opus SO:
Paysage, opus SO; Piece No. 3
from PenSees, opus g., and
Sonata No. 6, opus 80.
Saturdays concert at $3.50
pm. is sold out. Tickets still
are available at the Hayes
Concert Bureau for the second
Richter Constitution Hall ap-
pearance December 20.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-30
Judge Assured
On Bond Rules

Chief Municipal Court Judge
John Lewis Smith, jr.. yester-
day accepted assurance by
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Clark King that his staff will
comply from now on with in
structions given in the courts
bond and collateral list.
A contractor after a hearing
last month in Mr.. Kings office
was allowed to forfeit $500 bond
at a police station instead Of
going to court. Ony a Judge
may order forfeiture of bond.
Collateral can be forfeited at a
police station but bond cannot.
In an exchange of letters, Mr..
King admitted that his office
made a mistake in handling
charges of safety regulation
violations against the contrac-
tor of the Supreme Court
Building where two workmen
fell to their death on September
%.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-30
Gos-FeIIed Sitter
On Critical List

Mrs. venroe Davis, IS. Of
8l5 Forty-sixth street NE, was
in critical condition at District
General Hospital today after
she and two children were over.
come from coal gas fumes,
police reported.
According to Capt. George,
Causey Of the fourteenth pre-
cinct, Mrs. Davis was baby.
sitting next door yesterday
with a sisters two children,
Alfredo Brown. 2, and her IL
month-old brother Lydell. Both
are in satisfactory condition at
the hospital.
A cousin. David Davis, broke
into the home when his knocks
got no response about four
hours after the children's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Brown, had left for work.
The flue from a kitchen coal,
furnace was found clogged with
SCOT, firemen said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-30
WiIIium Sanford ,
Retired Former,
Formerly Of D. c.

REDE RICKSBURG, Va,
Nov. 30 (SpeciaD. - William
Henry Sanford. IS. q retired
Montross (Va.) farmer and q
former Washington resident,
died Monday at Mary Washing
ton Hospital after a long illness.
Mr.. Sanford, a native OF
Westmoreland County, Va. was
employed as a carpenter in the
District for nearly 10 years
around the turn Of the century
Survivors include his widow
Mrs. Mary Alice Sanford, Of
Montross; q brother, L. E. San
ford. also Of Montross; two sons
Benjamin Of Annandale, Va.
and William R.. Of 1905 Seven
tenth street Sc: six daugh-
tiers. Mrs. Clara Marmaduke Of
7408 Halleck street, District
Heights, Md: Mrs. Pauline
Clark. l21 Willow drive, Alexan-
dria: Mrs. Joseph Reed oil
Hinnom, Va; Mrs. Elizabeth
England, 18l Joliet street S.W.;
Mrs. Kathryn Beddoo of Owens
Va, and Mrs. Ellen Balko, 1922
Staples street NE; nine grand
children and five great-grand-
children.
Services will be held at 2 pm
tomorrow at Providence Meth
odist Church in Montross, with
burial in the church cemetery