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New Weapons"of'Warfare Propose 'Moral ,Questions
-THE' ANCHOR Thurs~,
June 25, 1959
, DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER. MASS.
Prelate Cautions Aga i... st Extreme Art in Church
WASHINGTON (NC)-Some interesting moral considerations may be involved in:a new kind of warfare which has been disclosed to what was' described as an "intently quiet" committee of Congress. It is bio19gical or psychochemical warfare. We are been called 'war without guns already producing some of and nuclear weapons, and even the means to wage it and without dea:th, presumably J>eour experts warn that we cause it is possible to make
WASHINGTON' (NC) The Apostolic Delegate to the ~nited States emphasized here that it is impor-
must "assume ,the Russians people act against their own intant to make a distinction' beknow what we know." terests and even to welcome a tween religious art and Htur';' In this type of warfare it is conquering enemy. There are gical ~rt." possible to release gases which those who argpe it is more humane than war as we know l't Not, aU pieceS of religious an enemy could not see, smell art are "acceptable in church," or feel but which could render today. Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi him defenseless for 24 to 48 May Involve Responsibility pointed out at the opening of hours while occupation forces But it would seem to open up the Washington Archdiocesan entered his territory and took a whole new lirie of questions Religioull Arts Festival. (lver. regarding morality and gUilt. In five to 10 years, it was These could involve the responBecause "people go to church said, we can have an array of sibility for depriving personsto get nearer to God/' the Archthese weapons with varying perhaps countless numbers of bishop said, church art must be phases of effectiveness. .They them-of their free will; the re- .. "inspiring." ~9i1ld sicken,. harass or kill eight sponsibility of these victims for "Art must fit into the liturgy," ,to .80 per cent of the people at- their acts while in .various stages he stated, adding that "the ~cked by them. They would, if of subjugation and the possibilChurch feels that extreme man-: desired, make the victims dance 'Ity of killing enormous numbers ifestations'in art must not be in for joy in the streets and shout ipfpeople alrr.ost instantly, silentchurch." propaganda speeches against ~lYand without warning. Since the people are not pretheir own interests. Maj. Gen. William M. Creasy, 'pared for them "instead, ofbeiJ)g ,Covel' Larger Area retired former ch,ief of the U. S. they would be ' POLIO CLINIC: Mrs. Thomas Kelly, R.N., is about to inspired, These gases and chemicals Army Ch~mical Corps, described shocked," and art in chureh, eould cover "fantastically larger this new type of warfare to the' administer first injection to Conan B., Sullivan at clinic woqld not serVe to bring- -man areas" than the present atomic Congressmen; He argued that the sponsored by' St. Joseph's Men's Club, Fall River, with nearer to God, he explained. ,.' weapons would affect. They can United States has put its~lf iIi Recalling his childhood as' . an· he put in the air or water supply. great danger with a "stated P()li•. assi~tan.ce frQni Con~n's ni?ther, Mrs. Edward J. Sulliva~. aJtaJ:boy at St. Peter's basHicainterested ,observer is R()ger Sullivan, past· president Underground shelters ag<\ipst cy" that we will not use chemin Rome where he was' ,atomic blasts would be "inad~- ieal warfare ~xcept- in r~talill . ,ofthe club ~",d chairman of the clinic. moun'ted "by Italian. Renaisquate" protection against these tion. He said it is possible today sance masterpieces," the Deleweapons delivered, by missiies. to strike initial blows with such gate said: "r am old-fashioned,' However, given ample warning, devastating effects that the vicbut appreciate the modern trend .people might take effectiv'e tim could not retaliate. to look for the new." .measures, if they had .proper The General pictured for the "I cannot say that I have apgas masks and were instru<;ted lawmakers the possibility of WASHINGTON (NC) - The House-a visit primarily aimed in their use. . .', Soviet Russian submarines lYing Cardinal Archbishop of Vienna at expressing the thanks of the ~reciah;d all that I have seen," There always have been moral off our coasts, equipped to spr~ad says the Catholic Church in A.us- :Austrian people for American .he admitted. "But after all,. art questions connected with the fog or to fire missiles contain_ 'tria is really coming to life. aid, especially that sent right is the manifestation of the artist's feelings and it is, there-' ,waging of wars. These have been Jng chemical or biological we~p Franz Cardinal Koenig .attrib- after World War II. fore, difficult to find an adeincreased and intensified as new ons. "I told the President that it utes this partially to the fact weapons becamc more and more Subsequently, Lt. Gen. Ar- that the Church-long under the is a great pleasure for me to be quate definition, of what is art." devastating, aQd as the line of thur G. Trudeau, the Army's re- protection of the emporers-is no in America," the vigorous Prince demarcation between combat- search. chief, told the Congress- longer a state church. And he of the Church told White House Attend Special Mass ants and non-combatants came men that this Government's insaid that during the Nazi occu- correspondents afterwards. "I For Help in Strike to be les:' and less observed. formation is that the SOViet pation, "for the first time in also told the President that 1 ST. LOUIS (NC)-More than Now an entirely new concept forces in East Germany and Po- centuries Catholics had to fight hoped he would soon 'be able has been introduced, and with it land have 15 per cent of th.eir for the Faitr." to visit Austria. However, I real_ 50 striking members of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat gathered probably new problems. It has armaments in chemical warfare. The 55-year-old prelate as- ize that this is unlikely while with management representahe is still the President of the serted the future of the Austritives for the first time in eight an Church is symbolized by the United States." weeks~in St. Joseph's church fact that the young people are here. taking an active part in the life Award Papal Medal The occasion was a special of the ~hurch there. He said the Mass asking divine guidance for proportion of young people To U. S. Serviceman PUSAN (NC)-A u.s. service- both management and newspaper among the practicing Catholics guild members in resolving the 'is greater than that of their man received a papal honor strike. But no one present ad·here in recognition of the help e1ders. mitted· knowing who had reIn general, Cardinal Koenig :,h.e has giver to missionaries in quested the Mass, which was ofsaid, about 90 per cent of the 'l{orea and Japan. fered by Father Mortimer Gav.Catholics in the Austrian coun- :. The Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice in, S.J., of the Institute of So,~edal was awarded to M. Sgt. tryside attend Mass faithfully. cial Order at St. Louis UniversBut he said that the situation Patrick Denier of Troy, N. Y., ity. iIi Vienna is "rather bad." Only "who duringl:is free time "helped In a short sermon, Father Gav15 to 20 per cent of the Catholics with the building of Catholic iniIi said that "men engaged in a :stitutions in Korea and Japan. ~how up at Mass on a normal controversy like that at the . The medal was obtained for Sunday, in the capital, he said. the serviceman from His Holi- Globe need the grace of God." The Cardinal, who received Declaring that the situation ness Pope John XXIII by CoSACRED HEART ANNIVERSARY: The 60th anni- his Red Hat from Pope John lumban Bishop Harold Henry, calls for humility and comproXXIII last December, said Ausversary of the consecration of the hum.an race to the Sacred trian priests are now learning Vicar Apostolic of Kwangju. mise, he added: "And so I join Heart of Jesus was observed with a solemn high Mass in to go to the people-rather than A veteran of 22 years in the all of you in offering this Mass Washington. The celebrant, Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi, waiting for the people to come Army, Sgt. Denier is on his fifth for a just and 'quick solution to Apostolic Delegate to the United States, is shown with to them-and that the situation tour of duty. in Korea. During the trouble at the Globe," The S1. Louis Globe-Demol,lis present tour, he helped ,to improving. .Father Francis Larkin, SS.CC., (left) greeting distin- is Cardinal'Koenig spent 20'inin- .build S1. Mary's church in Pusan crat has been noted for several guished guests, the·· Portuguese Ambassador and the 'ufeswith' President Eisenhower and a new Sisters' convent in years for having many Catholic Chinese Ambassador. NC . Photo. when he called at the White the Northern suburbs of the'city. editorial workers on its staff.
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Cardinal' Koenig Asserts Outlook Bright, for Church in Austria
Mass Educatio.n,lnvites Complaint of Mediocrity
THE ANCH9R..,.. ~1 Thurs., June 25, 1959 '. DIOCESE OF FALL RI , _.
Creighton Jesuit Traces InHation To CQrporations
JAMAICA (NC)-Christopher Dawson, British historian, said here that Catholichigher .education is "of vital importance to the future of Americap culture." Dr. Dawson, professor of Roman Catholic studies at the Harvard University Divinitv School, "It is obvious that we cannot made the state~ent in a .~pect to get the same results .i. . t dd' 'from. any system of mass 'edu~ommenc;men. a . ress at . cation-whether. Catholic, .ProtSt. John s Umversity here. estant or secular-as can be obThe speaker pointed out 'that tained in i minority system historically "the Arne ric a n where higher education is conChurch was the Church of the fined to a picked few," he said. poor and the Church of the imHandicapped migrants, and throughout the Dr. Dawson described U. S. greater part of the 19th century Catholic colleges and universiCatholics lacked the economic ties as "handicapped" by "the opportunities and the social necessity of competing and keepadvantages of the dominant ing up with the secular' colleges Protestant society." in their very efficient scientific Modest Harvest and vocational teaching, while at . In these Circumstance&, he the same time they have to find -'COntinued, "we cannot be sur- additional time in intellectual prised if the intellectual harvest energy for tFle most important' ,w.~a modest one" in the early subjects of all-the sacred sci':' y~rs ot U. S. Catholic education. ences and a11 that is involved in ',l'he "surprising thing," he ~id, those spiritual aims which your ,:.'8,$. that the founders "succeed,program ,pescribes." ed in the essential work of .CI;eThe "worst" of this situation, atinga Catholic system of higher . Dr. Dawson said, "is that we.are education out of nothing." . judged by the worlq. nof bY.PlIJ;'· Dr. Dawson <;~mmentecl.·that success in this higher field;' but aities of "mediocrity" in Cath- exclusively by our performance olieeducation"do not rememher in the lower." _ that' the same complaint has been made very frequent(y and Nqtes Need l~y 'strongly br !be critic of AmerHospital Advisers .'iean .secular education and' by CLEVELAND (NC)~The new the ctHics ·o~ democratic educatlO~ in genera:." ,.. ' president of the Catholic Hospital Association says lay advisors "indispensable" to Catholic 110s.Find 400-Year Old pital programs. loriArt Treasure Father John, '-J, 'Humensky, . KYOTO (NC) - A 400-year- eRA. p,resident, emphasized that 'old Catholic Art treasure has Sisters-administrators rely heav'been discovered at M'ikara City Uy on their lay advisors. for help in the Apostolic Prefecture l>f iA administrative,. financial, legal Hiroshima. . arid maintenance pr,?blems <IS It is 'a stone .lantern, made 'in well as in expansion efforts. the shape of a- cross, with an Moreover, he added,. lay image of the Blessed Virgin boards are becoming more truly Mary. It is tht work of a rerepresentative of the community nowned craftsman. Oribe Iori. than they used to be.
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DAVENPORT (NC) The Federal Reserve"Board's "tight money" approach to curbing modern inflation is
DEDICATE MONUMENT: Rev. Felix S. Childs, pastor of Immaculate Coricep.tion Church, Fall River, reads inscription on monument erected by the parish Holy Name Society and dedicated Sunday at park mimed in memory of his predecessor, the late Rev: Charles R. Smith. .
Judge Notes Juveni'le Delinq'uency Ris4s When Spankings Decline NEW YORK (NC)"""Twentyfive years as presiding Justice 'of the Domestic Relations Court in this city has convinced John Warren Hill that the rise .in juvenile delinquency coincides with ·a. decline in spanking. In his ,annual report Justice Hill reviewed his experiences on the bench and noted that the rate of delinquency "continues to soar." "We believe," he said, "that the reason for this increase lies ~argely in the dangerous nonsense which a current school of .thought is teaching, telling par-
Prelate Gives Degree To Anglican Primate
MILKMAN AWARDED HERO'S MEDAL: Vice President Nixon presents the Louis Pasteur m.edal to a Chicago milkman, Casimir Janik, accompanied by his wife, 'Virginia. ;·;M;r.~anik rel;leued 10 chil4l'en during- the disastrous fire at Chicago's Our ,Lady of the, Angels, School. NC Photo. "
- QUEBEC (NC) - Laval University's honorary doctorate of ~etters was presented to the Anglican Primate of Canada by the Catholic Primate of Canada at a convocation here. Recipient of the degree was the Most Rev. Philip Carrington, who has been Anglican BIshop and Archbishop of Quebec for . the past 24 years. The degree was presented to Archbishop Carrington by Archbishop Maurice Roy of Quebec in his capacity as chancellor of the historic university. Archbishop Carrington delivered the commencement address after receiving the degree. He eited the relations of the French and British races in Canada as· being, "a friendship like that which unites members of . one .filmily.~'
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ents not to punish their children, declaring that discipline .curtails and hampers growth and ·that unhindered self-expression .isessential to character development." 'Justice Hill warned: "If a child is not disci~ined and taught self-control early in the home, the grown-up world will take care of him later on, pc,rhaps cruelly and when it is too late. A child curbed, taught obedience, spanked when he is young, rarely requires punishment when he hits his teens."
Pope John Honors Baltimore Priests BALTIMORE (NC) Five pastors of the Baltimore archdiocese have been elevated to the rank of protonotary 'aposfolic by Pope John XXIII, it has been announced by Archbishop Francis P. Keough of Baltimore. , They are Msgr. John F. Eckenrode, Edwin L. Leonard, Stanislaus A. Wachowiak, Louis C. Vaeth, all of Baltimore, and Joseph J. Leary 0:" Catonsville. It also was announced that six priests bad been named Domestic Prelates with the title of Right Reverend Monsignor and one made a Papal Chamberlain with the title of Very Reverend Monsignor. Two laymen, Thomas W. Pangborn, Hagerstown, Md., industrialist, and Dr. Leo J. Goldbach, Baltimore ophthalmologist, were' named Knights of St. Gregory.
an indirect method whose byproducts are unemployment and failures of sma!" businesses. In addition, Father Richard L. Porter, S. J., maintains President Eisenhbwer's appeals to unions and corporations to avoid steps that might increase inflation are ineffectual. The Jesuit head of the economics department of Creighton 'University, 'Omaha, expressed the belief that wage hikes won by giant unions are not the primary cause of increased prices, but rather that high prices can be traced to a faltering in a "necessary profit margin" established by corporations. '. Realize Windfall "The 1954-58 period, which seems to be repeating itself now, ill a case in point," Father Porter said. "At first,' there was a tremendous increase in profits, almost in the nature of a windfall, for large corporations. . "Labor uhions, when it came Wne to renegotiate their contracts, bargained not only on the basis of their increased productivity, but also on this increased ability of management to pay. But the resultant rise in wage rates was a relatively steady one', distributed throu:::hout the four years. ' Higher Prices "In the meantime, the corporations had come to depend on this unusually high margin of profit, committing themselves to expansion programs to capitalize on it. When their profits began to falter, as a result of wage boosts and other factors, they forced a higher price for their product in the market, to restore what was now a 'necessary' profit margin. "Thus, in the last nine or 10 months of the 1954-[;3 business cycle, we witnessed a definite downswing in business activity, coupled with a rise in consumer prices of some two-and-one-half per cent," he said.
New Berlin Bishop Serves Red Sector BERLIN (NC) - Germany's youngest bishop has been conseerated in the Red-ruled sector of the city to aid the Catholics of the country's Soviet zone. Auxiiiary Lis hop Alfred Bengsch, 38, was consecrated by Julius Cardinal Doepfner, Bishop of Berlin, who said: "The designation of a new Auxiliary Bishop for Berlin has become necessary because I am not allowed to visit the districts of my dioc~se located within the Soviet zone. The new Bishop,' however, will prove the unity of our diocese."