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PAGE 2—THE BULLETIN, September 3, 1960
K. OF C. CONVENTION GEORGIA’S
LARGEST CATHOLIC GATHERING
(Continued from Page 1)
through your correspondence
course and then summoned the
priest from 50 miles away to re
ceive her in to the Church. On
the way home, I said to the
priest who accompanied me:
‘Father, I wonder how many
other people there may he in
this area, or similarly located,
who took the course of instruc
tion and never proceeded any
further, because they reside so
far from a church’.”
As the ladies, visitors, and
young people were enjoying the
entertainment aspects of the
convention program, the dele
gate Knights proceeded with the
business of the convention. Dur
ing the course of the convention,
the BILLION DOLLAR level of
Knights of Columbus insurance
was reported upon. Also, the
success of the Knights of Col
umbus advertising program was
given full report, and by reso
lution it was voted that the pro
gram would be continued. Busi
est of the Knights of the Su
preme Council were Supreme
Knight Luke E. Hart, and Su
preme Secretary Joseph F.
Lamb. Of the Knights in Geor
gia, who planned the local as
pects of the convention, it was
William T. Jordan, Jr., who di
rected the activities of the vari
ous convention chairmen, as
State Deputy and convention
general chairman. He also was
toastmaster at the States Din
ner.
One of the occasions that was
most delightful and a grand
means for all to get acquainted
was the Open House on Monday
evening. This event was spon
sored by the states of Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, North Caroli
na, South Carolina and Ohio.
, At the Open House event were
delegates and visitors from all
the states, including Hawaii and
Alaska, as well as from Canada,
Mexico, Cuba and the Philip
pines. On Wednesday evening
there was a grand hall for. the
adults, and simultaneously in
another ballroom a dance for
the youth attending. '" '
The committee received many
compliments froth the ladies,
who enjoyed a luncheon at the
Piedmont Driving Club and a
fashion show presented by J. P.
Allen. Tit the program for the
ladies also was included a trip
to fabulous Lenox Square fol
lowed by a buffett sponsored
by Rich’s at Lenox.
, Delegates delighted over the
entertainment program for the
ladies and young people, in be
tween convention sessions en
thusiastically enjoyed the social
functions and other events. A
number visited the Abbey of
Our Lady of the Holy Ghost at
Conyers. Many visited the vari
ous points of interest in and
about Atlanta.
It is the concensus of many
thgt the Knights of Columbus
convention in Atlanta was in
deed a grand event of Catholic
action in Georgia, and indeed
a grand opportunity of good
public relations for the Church.
And by the very same token
the delegates and visitors have
a new view, a new perspective
of Atlanta and Georgia, and of
the Church and its opportunities
here.
Jusfr as the delegates enthusi
astically labeled the Atlanta
convention as one of the best,
One of the most enjoyable, they
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were also impressed by the con
vention planning and execution
of plans by Georgia councils
which have fewer members in
total than some of the large
individual councils in the Mid
west.
The following is a list of the
78th Annual Supreme Conven
tion Knights of Columbus Com
mittees:
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
Bishop Francis E. Hyland, D.D.,
J.C.D.; W. T. Jordan, Jr., chair
man, Council 660, Atlanta; W. J.
MeAlpin, Honorary Chairman,
Council 660, Atlanta; Charles C.
Chesser, Council 677, Augusta;
Andrew Fedas, Council 660, At
lanta; Larry Cudsik, Council
4420, Atlanta; Myles Boothe,
Council 4599, Marietta; William
M. Sherwood, Council 660, At
lanta; Joseph Zwicknagel,
Council 4358, Decatur; Walter
McCann, secretary, Council 660,
Atlanta.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
Rev. William Maguire, S.M.;
Thomas Gilmore, Council 660,
Atlanta; Nick Camerio, Council
925, Macon; F. G. Cliett, Council
631, Savannah, PDD, 1st Dis
trict; Ray Dwornik, Council
3607, Albany PDD, 2nd District;
Gordon T. Moss, Council 4420,
Atlanta PDD, 3rd District; Tom
Griffin, Council 4599, Marietta,
PDD, 4th District.
Nick Stafford, Council 631,
Savannah; John M. Brennan,
Council 631, Savannah; Henry
Taylor, Council 660, Atlanta;
John J. McCreary, Council 925,
Macon; Louis Kunze, Jr., Coun
cil 1019, Columbus; Pat Price,
Council 677, Augusta; Lewis F.
Gordon, Council 660, Atlanta.
HOTEL RESERVATIONS:
Dave Hancock, Council 4420,
Atlanta, chairman.
REGISTRATION AND
EVENTS: Joseph Zwicknagel,
Council 4358, Decatur, chair
man.
DECORATIONS, AUDIO,
LIGHTS.: Larry Cudsik, Coun
cil 4420, Atlanta, chairman.
IPILCOME: Tom Griffin,
Council 4599, Marietta, chair
man; Mrs. Joseph Zwicknagel,
co-chairman; Captain Joseph
Besso, Council 4599, Marietta,
vice chairman.
FINANCE: Myles Boothe,
Council 4599, Marietta, chair
man (treasurer).
YOUTH: James Cronin, Coun
cil 660, Atlanta, chairman.
TICKETS: Thomas Bergin,
Council 4599, Marietta, chair
man.
ENTERTAINMENT: William
M. Sherwood, Council 660, At
lanta, chairman.
TRANSPORTATION: Gordon
T. Moss, Council 4420, Atlanta,
chairman.
ADVERTISING PROGRAM:
Andrew Fedas, Council 660, At
lanta, chairman.
LADIES: Mrs. Joseph Zwick
nagel, chairman.
PUBLICITY: Damon J.
Swann, Council 660, Atlanta,
chairman.
SOUVENIRS: Dan Barr,
Council 4358, Decatur, chairman.
OPEN HOUSE: Charles C.
Chesser, Council 677, Augusta,
chairman.
GREETS DELEGATES
— Chief of Atlanta Police,
Herbert T. Jenkins greeted
the delegates at the 78th con
vention of the Knights of
Columbus, held at the Bilt-
more Hotel in Atlanta, Geor-
Gia. Chief Jenkins made ref
erence to the “great, progres
sive, growing and prosperous
city” of Atlanta. Speaking in
humorous vein he said, . .
Atlanta is a friendly city,
and we are delighted to have
you visit with us.” “I have
told visitors in the past, if
they had the misfortune of
getting in- jail while here to
call me and I would get them
out or get in with them. But
I have had to spend so much
time in jail ... I have dele
gated that authority to Fr.
Don Kiernan . . Chief Jen
kins was accompanied by his
Special Investigator, Capt. E.
Q, Mullqn.
MASS AT BILTMORE — His Excellency the Most Rev.
Francis E. Hyland, D.D., J.C.D., was celebrant of a special Mass
at the Biltmore Hotel on August 15, the Feast of the Assumption.
The Mass was celebrated at the hotel for the convenience of
convention delegates and their families.—(Van. Buren Colley
Photo)
CONVENTION DELEGATES TRAVELED GREAT DISTANCES — With all states represented, a large number of delegates
and visitors came from Mexico, Canada, Cuba and the Philippines. From Mexico were, above left to right, Eduardo Espinos; Se-
nora F. A. Carbenas; Jose Cardinas Stille; Senora Otilia S. P. Dechaba; Ernesto Travino; and Andres Chaple'.—(Van Buren Colley
Photo)
SUPREME KNIGHT SAYS CIRCULATION
OF BOGUS K. OF C. OATH DOES MORE
GOOD THAN HARM; CITES RETRACTIONS
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
ATLANTA, Ga. — The Su
preme Knight of the Knights of
Columbus said here that circu
lation of the bogus Knights of
Columbus “oath” is doing more
good than harm.
Supreme Knight Luke E. Hart
attending the 78th annual meet
ing of the K. of C. Supreme
Council, said the oath is “clear
ing the air” by drawing rebuttal
even from non-Catholics. The
oath, which is at least 48 years
old, has been circulated lately
in opposition to Sen. John F.
Kennedy’s candidacy for the
presidency.
Mr. Hart pointed out that
when the oath was distributed
in North Carolina, the Raleigh
News and Observer declared in
an editorial that to circulate the
bogus oath was to violate the
Commandments, and that
those who circulated it were
bearing false witness against
their neighbor.
K. of C. officials had convinc
ed Jonathan Daniels, editor of
the newspaper, that the oath is
spurious.
Mr. Hart said that in some
parts of the country where the
false oath has been published,
those responsible for its publi
cation have issued retractions
and apologies when the truth
was made known to them.
The “oath” is a blood-curdling
promise to “make and wage re
lentless war, secretly and open
ly, against all heretics, Protes
tants and Masons, as I am di
rected to do, to extripate them
from the face of the whole
earth.” It promises that “I will
spare neither age, sex or con
dition, and that I will burn,
hang, waste, boil, flay, strangle
and bury alive these infamous
heretics . .
In 1912 a congressional com
mittee labeled the oath “false
and libelous.” Three years later
a committee of Free Masons in
California branded the oath
“scurrilous, wicked and libel
ous” and “the invention of am
impious and venomous mind.”
A statement, dated February 9,
1960, by Protestants and Other
Americans United for Separa
tion of Church and State, an
organization that has been high
ly critical of the Catholic
Church, called the oath “spuri
ous” and “fantastic.”
Mr. Hart said the K. of C. will
pursue its policy of unmasking
the oath wherever it is publish
ed, and of taking its publishers
to court if they refuse to retract
or apologize.
He recalled that the Rev. Mr.
W. L. King, pastor of the Naza-
rene Bible Church near Pitts
burgh, has been ordered to ap
pear before a grand jury in Sep
tember on charges of criminal
libel. He refused to retract the
oath when the K. of C. pointed
out to him that it is false. Rev.
Mr. King is at liberty on $1,000
bond.
Mr. Hart said he is convinced
that Rev. Mr. King is the prin
ciple supplier, of copies of the
oath, although copies have origi
nated from a number of places.
He said as far as he can ascer
tain there is no unified cam
paign for circulation of the oath.
At present copies are in cir
culation in states from coast to
coast, he said. He mentioned in
particular California, Texas,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia,
Alabama, Florida, Virginia,
West Virginia, Kentucky, Ten
nessee, Colorado, Pennsylvania
and New York.
Mr. Hart said he believes the
present distribution of the oath
is not doing so much harm as
was done during the 1928 presi
dential campaign, when Alfred
E. Smith was the Democratic
nominee. Mr. Smith was a Cath
olic.
Non-Catholics have taken up
the codgels against the spurious
oath. In Dallas, the weekly
magazine of the Southern Bap
tist Convention declared that
the oath is “a slander” and that
Baptists “should refrain from
passing it around.”
The Tell City (Ind.) News ex
posed the falsity of the oath in
its editorial pages. The Evening
Republican of Columbus, Ind.,
printed a front-page report on
the falsity of the oath, as ex
posed by city authorities.
Time magazine (Aug. 22 is
sue) called the oath “an old and
notorious piece of anti-Catholic
propaganda.” It said the oath is
“part of a spreading anti-Cath
olic campaign against presiden
tial candidate John F. Kenne
dy.”
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
ATLANTA, Ga. — The Su
preme Council of the Knights of
Columbus has opposed the use
of U. S. tax funds to provide
birth preventive information as
part of the foreign aid program.
This was one of nine resolu
tions adopted here by the coun
cil at its 78th annual conven
tion (August 16-18).
The council also took these
stands:
-—Opposition to repeal of the
Senate stipulation that this
country should determine itself
what international disputes in
volving the United States
should go before the World
Court. The stipulation is known
as the Connally Amendment for
its sponsor, former Sen. Tom
Connally of Texas.
—Endorsement of the ’’aims
and efforts” of the House Un-
American Activities Committee.
It said the communists have tri
ed to destroy the committee by
using American college youth,
an apparent reference to the
disorder caused by collegians at
a May committee hearing in San
Francisco.
—Support and praise for the
“aims, achievements and activi
ties” of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and its director,
J. Edgar Hoover. It said the
FBI has been criticized “by in
nuendo and smear attacks by a
small minority during the past
year.”
—Condemnation of the Red
Chinese for jailing of American
missionary Bishop James E.
Walsh, M.M., and an appeal to
President Eisenhower to use
“every possible means” to se
cure his release.
—A call for respect and pray
ers for the late Cardinal AIo-
lic attention during the congres
sional election campaign of
1912, ■when it was circulated
against a Catholic candidate in
Pennsylvania, Eugene C. Bon-
niwell. Mr. Bonniwell protested
against his loss of the election
to the House Committee on
Election, affirming that the cir
culation of the oath had injured
his chances of election.
The committee, while seating
Mr. Bonniwell’s opponent, said:
“This committee cannot con
demn too strongly the publica
tion of the false and libelous
article referred to in the paper
of Mr. Bonniwell, and which
was the spurious Knights of
Columbus oath . . .”
The oath was printed in the
Congressional Record of Febru
ary 15, 1913, not as genuine but
as an exhibit in the disputed
election case.
Since then the oath has crop
ped up in Australia and Eng
land, and in a German-language
newspaper in America. The fact
that it was printed in the Con
gressional Record is often cited
as testimony to its genuineness.
The Knights of Columbus
have offered $25,000 to anyone
who can furnish proof that the
alleged “oath” was ever taken
by the Knights of Columbus.
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jzije Stepinas, Archbishop of
Zagreb, Yugoslavia. The coun
cil said the Cardinal is a martyr
who should be remembered as
an inspiration by all anticom
munists.
—Support for a bill (H.R.
7379) before Congress to
strengthen the power of the
Post Office Department in deal
ing with distributors of obscene
literature. The bill proposes sev
eral technical steps to stream
line Post Office antismut ef
forts.
—An appeal of K. of C. coun
cils to “give consideration to”
the American Society of Ephes
us. The society, with Lima,
Ohio, headquarters, hopes to re
store the Basilica containing the
tomb of St. John, the Apostle
and Evangelist, and the Marian
Basilica, where in 431 A.D.
Mary was proclaimed the Moth
er of God. Both are in Ephesus,
Turkey.
—“Unqualified endorsement”
of the Catholic advertising pro
gram conducted by the Supreme
Council. The program was hail
ed as “one of the greatest apos
tolic endeavors of all times.”
Delegates to the convention
elected eight members to the
21-member board of directors.
Re-elected for three-year terms
were: Luke E. Hart of St. Louis,
Supreme Knight; Francis Fau-
tex of Montreal; Clarence J.
Malone of Topeka, Kan.;
Charles J. Morgan of Chicago;
Wilfred T. Connelly of Detroit;
Henry J. Kondrat of Cleveland
Heights, Ohio; and Emmett
Burke of Yonkers, N. Y. Dr.
John H. Griffin of Hughesville,
Md., was elected for a one-year
term to fill the vacancy of
Charles B. Humeleine of Balti
more, who resigned.
The first oath came to pub-
K. of C. Resolutions
MONKS SANG THE MASS—The Monks of the Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Ghost
at Conyers, Georgia, sang the Mass at the Cathedral of Christ the King as the 78th Annual
Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus began in Atlanta. The Most Reverend Fran
cis E. Hyland, D.D., J.C.D., Bishop of Atlanta, was the celebrant -— (Van Buren Colley Photo)
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