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THE BULLETIN, March 5, 1960—PAGE 3
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DORIS REVERE PETERS
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YOUTH
GOOD TALKER USES HEAD;
FORGETS TONGUE
Dear Doris:
What does a girl think of a
boy who can’t find anything to
talk about? I get along O.K. in
school but the few times I dated
a girl I got tongue-tied. How
can I learn to start a conversa
tion?
Michael
Dear Michael:
Maybe the girls you date like
the strong, silent type. Maybe
not. Most girls, however, expect
the boy to carry his end of the
conversation.
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Your problem is quite com
mon. It is common among ad
ults as well as young people. As
a matter of fact, conversation is
rapidly becoming a lost art.
This is pathetic because it is
just as natural as eating and
sleeping. Otherwise the good
Lord would not have given us
two ears and a tongue.
The reason for this loss is un
derstandable. Mass media of
communication have taken over.
Radio, movies and television do
our thinking! So, first of all
keep these things to a mini
mum!
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Of course, Michael, any skill
must be learned. Being a good
conversationalist is more a mat
ter of using your head than
your tongue. The first principle
is to listen. By listening you dis
cover much about your friends.
You learn of their interests and
ambitions. You become interest
ed in them. And it is this inter
est which automatically starts
conversations.
Girls are usually a help. in
getting young men out of
tongue-tied states. So, while you
listen, relax. Forget your
tongue. When you have learned
something about your friend
show your interest by asking
a question. Ask her about her
friends, school and home.
On the other hand, beware of
packaged conversations! The
best are unplanned and spon
taneous. Don’t be a yes man.
You do not always have to
agree to be acceptable. If you
don’t like something, say so.
It might be hard at first but
you’ll be surprised how easy it
will become.
Michael, remember this, a
good conversationalist doesn’t
have to talk constantly. Al
mighty God wisely gave us two
ears but only one tongue. This
could be His gentle reminder
that we should listen more than
we talk.
KEEP YOUR DIGNITY!
Dear Doris:
A boy I met at a party at my
cousin’s house asked me to go
out with him. We had a good
time and everything was per
fect, yet he hasn’t called me
since. My girl friend says I
should go around to see him or
telephone him. Is this a good
idea?
Jeanne
Dear Jeanne:
No. It is not a good idea. Boys
resent aggressive girls. Do not
become an eager beaver! If you
really want to see this boy
again, don’t start chasing him.
He has reasons for not call
ing you. He may be busy with
school work or work around the
house. Or, he may not have the
money to take you out and feels
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Cardinal Stepinac's Last
Letter Reveals Sufferings;
Final Defiance Of Persecutors
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
VIENNA — What is perhaps
the last letter written by Cardi
nal Alojzije Stepinac reveals
his great suffering and his defi
ance of the Church’s persecutors
in the final days of his life.
The letter, addressed to the
district tribunal of Osijek, Yu
goslavia, is dated December 4,
1959, only 68 days before his
death.
he doesn’t know you well en
ough to suggest a more casual,
less expensive date.
I would have a solid reason
before I phone him. For exam
ple, you might ask him to serve
on the committee or enter into
one of your C.Y.O. activities.
Phoning him without a good
reason might kill the friendship
entirely. Boys don’t like to be
kidded by their fathers or bro
thers when a girl phones.
Ask your cousin where he
goes and what he does after
school. If you “accidentally”
meet while having a Coke you
can be friendly and gracious.
Let him know by your quick
“hello” and friendly smile you
are glad to see him. Introduce
him to the others with you.
This may start a conversation
and end by his walking you
home.
Jeanne, let’s face it. He may
not be interested in seeing you
again. This happens. Not every
one you meet, either now or
later, will feel the same way
about you. This is natural —
but not tragic! People come and
go in your life. Whether they
remain as friends or just pass
by as casual acquaintances, you
learn from the experience.
A mutual interest, whether
it’s reading, football or music,
is what draws people close to
gether. Many times it’s what
makes a person say about an
other, “I like her.” Think hard,
Jeanne. You may not have had
anything in common — no mu
tual interest. This boy just rea
lized it quicker than you did.
So, if you do phone and he
still appears uninterested, give
up. You have many qualities, of
friendship to give to others.
Don’t throw away your dignity
by being an eager beaver!
Doris Revere Peters answers
letters through her column, not
by mail. Young readers are in
vited to write to her in care of
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Father Ciril Kos, spiritual di
rector of the seminary at Djak-
ovo, had been brought to trial
and Cardinal Stepinac had been
summoned for interrogation in
connection with it. Father Kos
was found guilty of alleged an
tigovernment activities and sen
tenced to seven years in jail.
The letter which follows is
his answer to the summons:
To the organ of the govern
ment power which was to have
interrogated me in connection
with the citation sent me by the
District Tribunal of Osijek.
I have received the citation
of the District Tribunal in re
spect to the interrogation re
garding “Ciril Kos and others
... I have the honor to answer
the citation stating that I cannot
comply, although in 1953, I com
plied to the citation served on
me by the same organ of the
government power for the pur
pose of examining the contents
of an envelope sent directly to
me by the Vatican. Moreover
let it not be said that I provoke
conflict nor show disrespect.
My reasons for not complying
are:
1) According to information
which I have had for some time,
the UDBA (the Yugoslav secret
police) has discovered many of
my letters in various parts of
the country,, for example, those
obtained during a search made
in the Djakovo seminary, of
which Ciril Kos was spiritual
director.
In these letters I answered
the priests who had sent me
greetings and good wishes. If it
could be proved that any of
these letters were written by
me (and therefore not a copy),
I would not deny it, because I
write them in my capacity as a
legitimate superior either to a
priest of my diocese or to other
ecclesiastics or friends to com
fort and encourage them.
If I must die for these rea
sons, then I am ready, for I do
not consider myself guilty of
the slightest transgression be
cause of these letters.
2) Another reason why l ean-'
not comply with the citation is
this:
I was condemned by a su
preme people’s court of the
people’s Croatian Republic on
October 11, 1946, to 16 years of
forced labor, first in the prison
of Lepoglava and then to my
present interment in Krasic.
That sentence was juridic hom
icide of an innocent man that
was the interpretation given to
it by whole civilized world. This
was admitted even by certain
leaders of Federated People’s
Republic of Yugoslavia who met
with Professor (Ivan) Mestrovic
in the United, States. All this
was communicated to me by
word of mouth by Professor
Mestrovic when he came to vis
it me this year at Krasic. He
knows their names.
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The consequence of the con
demnations, which scandalized
the whole world, is that my
physical life, during the 13 years
spent in prison and confine
ment, has reached the edge of
the tomb. Our doctors and for
eign doctors have done every
thing possible to prolong my
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life, but they have not restored
my life to me.
Until today they have ex
tracted 34 liters (66 pints) of
blood and this is not enough.
They have had to perform ope
rations on both my legs to save
me from imminent death by
thrombosis (blood clot).
As a result of these opera
tions, I am practically an inva
lid who drags his feet around
the house with a cane. More
over for the past five years I
have been ill with prostatism
and, despite all medicines which
I take frequently, it is rare that
I am completely without pain.
I will not mention the deadly
infirmity which struck me two
years ago when journalists re
ported me near death. Nor will
I recall the other many ail
ments from which I suffer, as
for example, bronchial catarrh.
I have suffered from this for
years. When Dr. Sercer asked
that I be allowed to go to the
seashore, the request was refus
ed.
The serious state of my health
is better known to the parish
priest of Krasic and to the nuns,
who often spend whole days at
my bedside to assist me. I often
must skip the celebration of
Holy Mass, even on Sunday, be
cause of my pain.
Each day I spend many hours
on the sofa with my swollen
legs raised from the floor to fa
cilitate circulation of the blood.
I know it will be said:
Do not our guards see you
when you walk around the
courtyard, when you go to
church, when you talk with the
children, and so forth?
Yes, I go to church if possible
(but often I cannot) to fulfill my
duty at least in this manner,
and to address the people with
words of teaching and encour
agement, and to help the parish
priest of Krasic. No priest can
come from the nearby towns to
help him, as previously was the
custom for many years.
I walk in the courtyard also,
or more correctly I drag myself
along on my cane as best I can,
to take a little fresh air accord
ing to the doctors’ recommenda
tions and to exercise myself as
much as possible. I told the doc
tors that it was not possible for
me to walk (I have not done so
for a year) not because I have
been explicitly forbidden to do
so, but because of the attitude
of the guards who follow me
everywhere.
If I combat the ideology of
the party, being convinced that
it is wholly false, is this com
bating the state?
If it is lawful for the Yugo
slav Communist party to perse
cute the Catholic Church with
fire and steel for 15 years, sep
arating men from the Church,
preventing baptism of children,
preventing Christian instruction
of youth and the celebration of
religious marriage; if it is law
ful for the Yugoslav Communist
party to destroy Catholic insti
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VILLAGERS PAY RESPECTS TO CARDINAL
Following his death in Krasic, his native village, the body of Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac rested
in the small local church before being taken to his cathedral in Zagreb for interment in a crypt.
The Yugoslav Reds, who had first imprisoned Cardinal Stepinac, kept him restricted to Krasic
during the last nine years of his life. Here his friends and neighbors in Krasic pause and pray at
his casket.—(NC Photos).
properties, and to commit innu
merable acts of suppression,
how can one ever dare to ac
cuse me of crime if I raise my
voice in defense of the sacred
things of Catholicism?
Have I perhaps violated the
charter of human rights of the
United Nations; or is it not oth
ers instead who have violated
that charter since, after the
bloody injustices and many sup
pressions, some wish to torture
me with long interrogations re
garding a subject on which I
will never, admit guilt?
It is not enough for you to
know that some of your leaders
have openly confessed to Pro
fessor Mestrovic that they had
no grounds for instituting pro
ceedings against me, and to
know that even so a trial was
held with consequences result
ing practically in my death, as I
have outlined above?
Therefore, I say to you that I
am a man with both feet in the
grave and am almost descend
ing into it. Since I am seriously
ill, I cannot comply with your
citation. If then, there will be an
attempt, to torture me by force
with questions either on my bed
of pain or during my painful
walks in the courtyard, I refuse
from now on to give any kind
of response. And moreover, I
decline every responsibility for
the public scandal that will re
sult therefrom and which will
be publicized in the world press
when the new attack perpetrat
ed against a half dead man be
comes known.
If the organs of the govern
ment consider that I am dying
too slowly, then let them order
my physical liquidation, as they
ordered my juridic liquidation
14 years ago.
St. Cyprian gave 25 pieces of
gold to the executioner who
was to behead him. I have no
gold. I can only pray for the
person who may eventually ex
ecute me, asking the Lord to
forgive me in eternity and ask
ing the Lord to allow me to die
in peace.
If you have provoked me to
speak of your inhuman treat
ment during these long years,
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QUOTED AS SAYING THAT CARDINAL
STEPINAC WAS AN INNOCENT MAN
(N.C.W.C. NEWS SERVICE)
NOTRE DAME, Ind., — Sculp
tor Ivan Mestrovic said here
that former Yugoslav vice presi
dent Milo van Djilas told him in
1955 that Cardinal Alojzije
Stepinas was an innocent man.
“There are other Yugoslav
officials who have told me the
same thing, but I cannot name
them now, for they are still in
govenmental positions,” said
Mr. Mestrovic, a native of
Croatia, now part of Yugoslavia.
In an interview, the 76-year-
old artist said that Djilas, who
is now imprisoned in Yugoslavia
for “subversive propaganda” in
his book, “The New Class,” told
him in a New York City meet-,
ing:
“Every intelligent communist
knows that Stepinac is innocent
and was sentenced only for
political necessity.”
Mr. Mestrovic also reported
Djilas as saying that before Car
dinal Stepinac’s 1946 trial, the
prelate was offered his freedom
in return for establishing a
Croatian Catholic Church, in
dependent of Rome. He refused
and was sentenced to prison.
These statements by Djilas,
said Mr. Mestrovic, were made
in the presence of another dip
lomat, who agreed with them.
The other diplomat was named
as Sava Kosanovic, Yugoslavia’s
Ambassador to the United
States from July, 1946, to April,
1950.
That Mr. Mestrovic possessed
this information was made
known by Cardinal Stepinac
himself in a letter written about
two months before his death on
February 10. The letter was
smuggled into the Free World.
In the message, the Cardinal
reviewed his treatment by the
Reds and said of the 16-year
sentence given him by the com
munists:
“That sentence was juridic
homocide of an innocent man.
That was the interpretation
given by the whole civilized
world.
“This was admitted by certain
do not take it badly, since the
Romans said:
“Sunt certi denique fines.”
(There are certain limits.)
My jailers may continue to
mount guard according to your
instructions so as to make my
life impossible, but I know what
my duty is. With the grace of
the Lord, I will fulfill it to the
end — to the end without the
least hatred, without the least
revenge on anyone, but at the
same time without fear of any
one.
leaders of the Federated Peo
ple’s Republic of Yugoslavia
who met with Prof. Mestrovic in.
the United States.
“All this was communicated
to me by word of mouth by
Prof. Mestrovic when he came
to visit me this year (1959) at
Krasic. He knows their names.”
Prof. Mestrovic, who became
a U. S. citizen in 1954 and is
now on the faculty of the Uni
versity of Notre Dame, said he
visited the Cardinal this past
summer in his native village of
Krasic, where the Reds had con
fined him since his release from
prison in 1951.
“He and I were friends. I met
him in Rome in 1945 and I
wrote to him and sent him
packages during his imprison
ment and his confinement. He
was not permitted to write
back,” he said.
Mr. Mestrovic described the
Cardinal’s spirit as “magnifi
cent” then, though the prelate
knew his physical condition was
such that "he could come to
catastrophe at any time.”
When told of the conversation
with Djilas,. the Cardinal was
“quiet, very quiet,” said the
Notre Dame professor.
“When I saw him, he was sur
prised that I had come. I was
surprised, too, that I was able
to see him. He was not per
mitted visitors, except for the
physician who came twice a
month.
“It was taking a risk, but I
did not ask anyuody for permis
sion to visit. I just entered the
house. The guard seemed to be
away.
“After our conversation —
about four hours — I left and
saw one of the guards, but he
said nothing but a greeting,”
Prof. Mestrovic said.
The sculptor lived most of
his life in Zabreb, Yugoslavia.
In 1941, he was arrested by the
nazis, but was released through
the intervention of the Vatican
and spent the latter part of
World War II in Switzerland as
a refugee,
He came to the United States
in 1947, joining the faculty of
Syracuse (N. Y.) University. In
1955 he came to Notre Dame.
When he became a citizen in
November, 1954, he was per
sonally congratulated by Presi
dent Eisenhower.
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