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3,000 Refugees A Week Slip Through Reds’ Iron Curtain (N.C.W.C. NEWS SERVICE) DETROIT — Refugees at the rate of 3,000 a week are filtering through the Iron Curtain from East Berlin to West Berlin, according to a German legislator who visited here. Karl Krammig, a member of the West German Bunde stag (parliament), said that frantic efforts by the East Ber lin communists have failed to halt the flow of refugees through “the gateway to liberty.” Mr. Krammig, a Catholic and the father of eight chil dren, toured Dertoit as a mem ber of the foreign leaders’ ex change program of the U. S. State Department. The integra tion of refugees into the boom ing of economy West Germany is a lesson in governmental efficiency, Mr. Krammig said. The German legislator said there is little unemployment in West Germany. There are about 450,000 job openings at the present time, he said. Immigrants are placed first in “transitional’ camps for a few days then sent to 6ne of three refugee depots for fur ther processing, he explained. Because skilled laborers are in demand, a qualified refugee can be put to work almost im mediately, Mr, Krammig, said. He added: “Within a year, he can have his own home.” As might be expected, rela tions between the East and West Berlin governments are cool, but there is warmth and concern for the individual on the person-to-person level, Mr. Krammig said. Mr. Krammig, leader of the Christian Democratic Union’s Bremen faction and a member of the Bundestag’s finance committee, said a united Ber lin depends entirely on the at titude of Russian and East Berlin officials. “In the event of reunion, one of the most difficult prob lems we would encounter would be one of economics,” he explained. “We would have to raise their economy to our present high level of prosper ity. It would be difficult, but it could be done.” “We would also have to evaluate the extent of penetra tion of communist propaganda among East Berliners, espe cially among the youth,” he added. “One thing is certain— the longer reunion takes, the more difficult it will be to nullify the effects of commu nist indoctrination in our fel low countrymen.” Silverstein's Cleaners & Launderers Samuel Silverstein, President Bernard Silverstein, Secretary & Treasurer FORT GORDON OFFICE 6th Avenue, 23rd Street Phone: RE. 3-8611, Ext. 6162 PHONE: RE. 3-3685 2568 CENTRAL AVENUE AUGUSTA, GA. Best %Vidie5 ft rom Sherman And Hemstreet Augusta, Georgia THE BULLETIN, October 15, 1960—PAGE 7 CARDINAL FIETTA DIES AT 76; HAD BEEN HOLY SEE’S ENVOY TO ITALY ST. JAMES DEDICATION — The Very Rev. John Toomey, pastor of St. James Church, Savannah, is pictured during the dedication mass for the new St. James School, Savannah.—(Andrew Bunn Photo) Over 100 Catholic Laymen Join To Dispel Doubts About Catholic Devotion To Liberty (N.C.W.C. NEWS SERVICE) WASHINGTON — A state ment designated to dispel doubts about the devotion of Catholics to religious liberty was issued here on behalf of more than 100 prominent Catholic laymen. The Catholics took these stands: 1. Affirmed belief in the freedom of religious con science. 2. Deplored denial of reli gious freedom in any land. 3. Praised constitutional separation of Church and State. 4. Defended the right of a church to teach and members to accept such teaching. 5. Said that a Catholic in his public acts is bound to pro mote the common good and avoid seeking a sectarian ad vantage. The statement says the pres ent controversy about the Catholic Church and the presi dency proves again that many Americans seriously doubt the commitment' of Catholics to the principles of free society. “This fact,” it continues, “creates problems which ex tend far beyond this year’s elections and threaten to make permanent, bitter divisions in our national life.” Americans are asked to ex amine the relationship between religious conscience and civil society. “We think that, in the pres ent situation, Catholics espe cially are obliged to make their position clear,” it says. Claiming there is much bigotry in the United States today, as v/ell as genuine con cern, the statement says: “To the extent that many Catholics have failed to make known their devotion ’to reli gious liberty for all, to the ex tent that they at times have appeared to seek sectarian ad vantage, we must admit that we nave contributed to doubts about our intentions. It is our hope that this statement may help dispel such doubts.” The laymen’s statement then makes five “declarations of conviction.” In affirming belief in the freedom of religious con science, the statement declares the Catholic has an obligation to support full freedom of be lief and worship as a civil right. “This obligation follows from basic Christian convictions and the inviolability of the in dividual conscience,” it says. The second declaration de plores the denial of religious freedom in any land. “We es pecially deplore this denial in countries where Catholics con stitute a majority — even an overwhelming majority,” it states., “And we believe that Cath olics have a special duty to work for the realization of the principle of freedom or reli gion in every nation, whether they are a minority or a ma jority of the citizens,” it says. Praise for constitutional separation of Church and State is the third declaration. This arrangement is seen as the best guarantee both of religious freedom and civic peace.’ ’ “The principle of separation is part of our American heri tage, and as citizens who are Catholics we value it as an integral part of our national life. “Efforts which tend to un dermine the principle of sepa ration, whether they come from Catholics, Protestants or Jews, believers or unbelievers should be resisted no matter how well-intentioned such ef forts might be,” the statement says. The fourth declaration says that among the fundamentals Just Say “Charge It” At Your Friendly Walton Way at 15th Street of religious liberty are the freedom of a church to teach its members and the freedom of its members to accept the teachings of their church. “These freedoms should be invlunerable to the pressure of conformity,” the statement claims. As for a Catholic’s obliga tions in his public acts, the statement says the Church provides certain general prin ciples to guide Catholics as citizens, but it is as individual citizens and office-holders, not as a religious bloc, that Cath olics apply these principles. “Here we function not as ‘Catholic citizens’, but as citi zens who are Catholics,” it says. (Radio, NCWC News Service) ROME — His Eminence Giu seppe Cardinal Fietta has died in his native village of Ivera in the Piedmont region of north Italy. Death came suddenly to the 76-year-old Prince of the Church, although he had been suffering from asthma and a weakened heart for the past year. He had gone to his home town for a period of rest. Cardinal Fietta’s death re duces the number of cardinals to 82. He was among the first card inals created by His Holiness Pope John XXIII, and was raised to the College of Card inals in the consistory of De cember 15, 1958. He was the second Apostolic Nuncio to It aly since the signing of the Lateran Pacts between the Holy See and Italy in 1929. He held that post from January 27, 1953, until his elevation to the Sacred College. The future Cardinal was born November 6, 1883. He was ordained a priest in 1906 and the first 16 years of his priesthood were spent in Sar dinia, where he was assigned to diocesan work. In 1923, the Holy See’s dip lomatic service made him sec retary to the Apostolic Inter nunciature in Central America, which then included all the nations in that area except Guatemal. In 1925 he became charge d’affaires and a year later was made Internuncio. Before becoming Internuncio he was made Titular Archbish op of Serdica. In 1930 Archbishop Fietta was made Nuncio to Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and in 1936 he became Nuncio to Argentina. He held that post until his appointment as Nun cio to Italy. As Nuncio to Italy he came into prominence in the news in 1956, when he .was approached by the Soviet charge d’affaires in Rome, D. P. Pogidaiev on a courtesy call which Radio Moscow later called a special mission to present a disarma ment appeal. At the end of a courtesy vis it which the Nuncio had grant ed the Soviet official, Mr. Pogidaiev asked if he could de liver two documents- The (Continued on Page 9) DHRFRK DeSOTO-PLYMOUTH CO. 15TH AT BROAD PARK 4-1424 AUGUSTA, GEORGIA DeSoto — Plymouth — Valiant W. E. RAINES COMPANY INCORPORATED Building Specialties and Supplies Special Equipment - Chain Link Fence - Waterproof ing - Expansion Joints - Fenestra Windows - Fire Doors - Structural Steel - Ornamental Iron - Metal Specialties - Reinforcing Steel - Overhead Garage Doors. 10-12-14 Seventh St. — PA. 2-5553 Augusta, Ga. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA SLUSKY BUILDERS' SUPPLIES, INC. 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