Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

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 Opening GE&ALD DUDDY Complete Interiors 4t> Furniture • Lamps • Tables • Wall Decor • Carpeting • Bedding THIRTY YEARS IN METROPOLITAN NEW YORK AREA Now Located at 4061 Peachtree Rd., N. E. Brookhaven Atlanta, Georgia Phone — 233-8884 "GOOD FURNITURE MODERATELY PRICED" _ Store Hours — 9 a. id. — 5:30 p. m. Friday evening Til 9 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. (Continued on Page 3) 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) FALL SHOES ARE HERE Our Greatest Collection of Styles and Sizes / Our New “Fiirteens” light refreshments for the young crowd! Soft, fun-!oving flats and striking little heels in a tempting assortment of styles, fabrics ana' colors. A. Black suede. Sizes AAA, AA, B, 4'/2 to 10. j B. Russet tan or black sweet kid. Sizes S, N, M, 4>/z to 10. C. Black, white and grey combination leather. Black velvet combination. Sizes S, N, M, 4Vi to 10. SECOND FLOOR s. Add 40c postage on prepaid orders plus 3% tax Charge Accounts Invited Regular, Budget Atlanta • Lenox Square • Decatur • West End • Marietta | All Stores Open Friday Nights. Lenox Open Monday, Thursday and Friday Nights