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AUGUSTA, GA., DECEMBER 15, 1928
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DIPLOMATS OF NATIONS
IT PAN-AMERICAN MASS
Papal Delegate Presides—
Archbishop Officiates and
Msgr. Thomas Preaches
(By X. C. W. C. News Service)
Washington, I). C.—With the dip
lomatic representatives of virtually
all of the Pan-American nations and
persons eminent in the public and
private life of the United Stales at
tending, t he annual Thanksgiving
Day Mass was celebrated at St. Pat
rick's Church.
His Excellency, the Most Rev. Pie
tro Kumasoni-Biondi, Apostolic Dele
gate. presided at tlie Mass, at which
the Most Rev. Michael J. Curley,
Archbishop of Baltimore, •pontificat
ed. The sermon was delivered by
the Very Rev. Msgr. C. F. Thomas,
pastor of St. Patrick’s, who after
ward was host at luncheon to his
distinguished guests, who included
ambassadors, senators and other
noted persons as well as the clergy.
“The Thanksgiving holiday,”-Msgr.
Thomas said, “has become a feature
of our national life, is strong and
deep in the public mind and is an
annual expression of us all as a Na
tion. who adopl everywhere and at
all times t lie motto ‘In God We
Trust.’
“We fear and light shy of any un
ion of the state with any particular
form of religion, and we brook „ot
that any distinctive religious issue
should have predominating influence
in legislation, or in political ques-
tons. yet we strongly hold that our
conduct, public and private, should
he directed by the religious sense
and lliat our dealings as a Nation
should be under the great principles
which flow from God anil His law.”
Msgr. Thomas said he believed
that America was founded and is be
ing perpetuated on the recognition
of the dominance of God in world
affairs. He reviewed the history of
Borne, which lie said fell because its
religious sense was weakened. The
liis-ory of other nations long since
defunct were cited by the speaker
as proof of tlie fate merited by the
loss of religious sense.
Declaring that America has had a
“very providential career so far,”
Msgr. Thomas said the “onward out
look is of a distinct divine purpose,”
that tin's country stands on the
threshold of an important and vital
part in the destinies of the human
race.
“Bui we are not all America,” lie
said, “we are the Republican North
America. The republics to the south
of us rejoice in a civilization which
antedates ours and is in no way
inferior to ours. The education, re
finement and culture of their people
are the result and development of
centuries of training. Their univer
sities are older and surpass ours in
many respects.”
The auditorium of the Church pre
sented a scene of inspiring pomp,
rcsplendant with the massed colors
of the Pan-American republics. The
marble columns which range the
aisles were draped with the red,
white and blue of the United Stales,
while the American flag held Hie
place of honor in the mass of na
tional hunting.
A'rclihishon. Curley was assisted by
the Very Rev. Francis McBride, C.
S. while I he Deacons of Honor
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
Anglican Bishop’s Daughter
Enters Catholic Church
(By N. C. W. C, News Service.)
Condon — Dorothy Nickson,
eldest daughter of the Rt. Rev.
George Nickson, Anglican Bishop
of Bristol, has been received into
the Catholic Church.
The ceremony was performed
at Widecombe in The Moor, pri
vately, in a chapel belonging to
Oiivc Katherine Parr-—Beatrice
Chase, the novelist—by a priest
of the Benedictine Order, I)om
John Stephan, who instructed
Miss Nickson at Buckfast Abbey.
Bishop Nickson said that he
did not care to express an opin
ion on his daughter's action.
Ohio Judges Advice On
Birth Control Attacked
It Is Immoral Bishop
Schrembs Asserts— Real
Trouble Economic, Ignored
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
Cleveland, O.—The advice of Com
mon Pleas Judge Harrison Ewing to
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Kourimw hen they
appeared before him here on Decem
ber 4 seeking a divorce that they go
home and try practicing birth con
trol for three years, elicited an in
stant reply from Bishop Joseph
Schrembs, Bishop of Cleveland, who
characterized Judge Ewing’s sugges
tion as “an outrageous act against
all sense of morality.”
Coming from a judge on the bench
in a state where dissemination of
information about birth control
methods is forbidden hv statute,
Judge Ewing’s lecture io this couple.
Who have had three children in less
than four years and whose marri
age was the’culmination of an elope
ment when Mrs. Kourim. was 17 and
her husband 22, has not only created
a sensation in Cleveland but has
arounesd nation wide comment.
Bishop Schrembs instantly issued
a reply to Judge Ewing’s suggestion
in a statement to the local press
sharply criticising the action of the
court. Bishop Schrembs said:
“No judge ha s any right to pass
such a sentence or even make such
a suggestion. It is an outrageous act
against all sense of morality. Any
man who would lake it upon himself
in the discharge of the sacred duty
of a judgeship to render such a de
cision is absolutely unfit for the pos
ition.
“Wc are certainly coming lo a
queer state of morality when men
charged with the duty of upholding
the laws, which in every case must
he based on the eternal law of Cod,
disgrace their position by such de
cisions.
“It appears that Judge Ewing claims
he made merely a suggestion to the
young couple, hut the suggestion is
as immoral and as outrageous as the
decision would he.”
Dr. Ryan’s Statement.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
Washington.—(Rev. .Dr. John A.
Ryan, Director of the Social Action
Department of flic N. C. W. C. and
professor of Moral Theology and In
dustrial Ethics at the Caholic Uni
versity, made the following state
ment regarding Ihe action of Judge
Ewing in the Cleveland Court of
Common Pleas in imposing three
(Continued on page 11)
Ministers Warns Church in Politics
Will Bring Unfavorable Reaction
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
Baltimore, Md.—There will be an
unfavorable reaction to the Metho
dist Episcopal Church if it< continues
as an organization to dictate the
policies of the Government, the Rev.
Dr. Frederick II. Meyer, pastor of
Fordham Lutheran church, New
York, predicted in an address to the
annual convention of the General
Lutheran League of the Evangelical
Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio, in
session here early in December.
Dr. Meyer also declared that if
the Methodist Episcopal Church as
an organization continued such dic
tation, lie would not vote for a Me
thodist Episcopal Presidential can
didate in the next election, if one
was nominated. The declaration
came in reply to a question put to
the convention, “Shall a man’s re
ligion influence his politics?”
Ill an explanation of his remarks
later, I)r. Meyer said: “If the Me
thodist Episcopal Church, or any
other denomination, even the Luth
eran Church, interferes, as a church
organizalion, with any governmental
function it is departing from the
clear teachings of Christ.
“Although living in the midst of
a corrupt government, Christ did not
form any organization to agitate
against any governmental measures,
but clearly taught by example and
word (lie separation of church and
state.”
Dr. Meyer declared, however, that
it “is the duty of any church to
preach the Gospel so effectively that
it will influence men in all their re
lations as individuals, so they carry
out Christian principles in everyday
phases of life, including politics.”
^ The Rev. C. G. Wolf, pastor of
Grace (jhurcli, Hamilton, also pro
tested in the convention against
churches, as organizations, interfer
ing in governmental affairs. “A
church,” lie said, “as an organiza
tion, has no right to lobby or to
send representatives to a State Leg
islature or to Washington to per
suade representatives of the State
or Federal Government to do its bid
ding.” However, lie said, individual
Christians, as citizens, should do
tlieir duty in every phase of politi
cal life as well as business life.
Holy Father Sends Christmas
Blessing to Catholic Press
The Holy Father, Pope Pius XI, as a special Christmas benevol
ence, has conferred his blessing upon the Catholic Press of America
aud upon the mows agency which serves it. The cablegram, sent by
Ifis Eminence Cardinal Gasparri, Papal Secretary of State, to the Rt.
Rev. Philip R. McDcvitt, Bishop of Harrisburg and Episcopal Chair
man of the Press Department of the N. C. W. C., is as follows:
The Rt. Rev. Philip R. McDevitt. Bishop of Harrisburg:
“Knowing the work of the Press Department of the National Ca
tholic Welfare Conference, in accurately end promptly reporting news
events of interest to Catholic readers; realizing the importance of the
service which it renders to the cause of truth, in stating facts and in
correcting errors, the Holy Fathe r, on the occasion of the Feaijt of
Christmas, bestows his blessing o n this organization md on the Ca
tholic periodicals which it serves. ”
University of Tennessee Library
Dedicated to Editor C.P.J. Mooney
GIL SUCCEEDS CALLES
IS MEXICAN PRESIDENT
Avoids Reference to Religi
ous Situation at Inaugural-
Bishop Pleads For Peace
(By N. C.W. C. News Service)
Washington—In the presence of
25,000 in the National Stadium, Emi
lio Portes Gil took the oath of office
at noo(* November 30 as provisional
President of Mexico. He will serve
until February 1, 1930. The former
Governor of Tamaulipas and later
Minister of the Interior was chosen
by the Chamber of Deputies after
the assassination of President-elect
Alvaro Obregon. O'
Plutarco Elias Calles, retiring'Pre
sident, and Dwight W. Morrow, Am
erican Ambassador, attended the
ceremonies, at which Portes Gil set
a precedent by delivering an inau
gural address.
Picked troops lined the streets
from the Presidential Palace to the
stadium. Military academy cadets
were lined up just outside of the
stadium, more troops formed a file
about tiic platform* and stiR more
were stationed on the roof of the
grandstand.
In the prepared address which he
read, Portes Gil dealt chiefly with
foreign relations, mentioning parti
cularly those with the United States.
He said that as long as the United
States continues to show a desire to
respect Mexican sovereignty, the
American people will have no cause
to complain of their Southern neigh
bor. He warned, however, that sov
ereignty “is a point on which Mex
ico cannot recede or make conces
sions despite the magnitude of sac
rifices that might become neces
sary.”
The Government, he announced
would adhere to Article 27 of the
Constitution—the article referring
to property out of which sprang oil
and land problems—also to Article
23, referring to labor laws. Freedom
of expression, whether verbal or
written, including the right to cri
ticize the President, would continue
to be adhered to by the Government,
he said.
His inaugural speech avoided all
mention of flic religions situation in
Mexico and pledged his administra
tion to support a pacific program.
Bishop Miguel de la Mora of San
Luis Potosi made a plea in the news
paper Universal for the Government
to withdraw religious restrictions.
The Bishop, who has been in hiding
since the religious troubles began,
explained that he did not represent
any other priest hut was speaking
entirety on his pwn responsibility.
To separate the people from the
clergy. Bishop de la Mora said, was
practically to separate them from
their religion and to convert them
into atheists.
(By N. C. \Y. G. News Service).
Memphis, Tenn.—Governor Henry
Hollins Horton of Tennessee arid a
large company of distinguished cit
izens participated in the dedication
here November 27 of the C. P. J.
Mooney Memorial Library of the
University of Tennessee, an edifice
which will perpetuate the memory
of a distinguished Catholic and one
of the most prominent editors in the
South, who died last year.
The Rt. Rev. John B. Morris, Bish
op of Little Rock, Arkansas, who had
been a classmate of Mr. Mooney, de
livered the invocation at the memo
rial exercises.
Many nationally prominent fig
ures who were unable personally to
attend the exercises sent messages
of tribute. Among these were Mr.
Adolpli Ochs, publisher of the New
York Tiems; Kent Cooper, general
manager of the Associated Press,
Judge Robert Bingham. editor of
the Courier-Journal. Mr. Mooney’s
paper won the Pulitzer Prize for
useful journalism for his fight
against the Ku Klux Klan.
John Nctlicrland Heiskell, editor
of the Arkansas Gazette of Little
Rock, who delivered the memorial
address ,told the brilliant assem
blage that “Wc gathered here today
to discover to the eyes of men the
testimony of his generation that
Charles Patrick Moonev lives in the
splendid fruits of his labors and in
the finer vision and greater useful
ness.” “Here,” he said, “is the im
pressive and everlasting tribute paid
to him by the university of his state
because he served her interests with
unselfish purpose and because he
strengthened her for the perform
ance of her invaluable mission.”
“Charles Mooney,” he continued,
“had held high position with news
papers in some of the greatest cities
of the country, hut the Memphis
Commercial Appeal offered the field
in which his talents and journalis
tic genius flowered to the full. No
greater tribute could he, paid him
than to say what may with truth
and justice be said, tiiat his news
paper was a power for good and was
firmly established in the respect and
affections of its public because that
newspaper was the man himself . .
. . He was engaged with practical
1 (By.N. C. W. C. News Service)
Washington.—Encouraged by the
nation-wide reaction to the address
delivered by William D. Cunningham
of New York, former Judge of the
United States Court of Customs Ap
peals, at the eighth annual conven
tion of the National Council of Cath
olic Men at Cincinnati and broadcast
through Station WLW in that city,
Charles F. Dollc, executive secretary
of the Council, will recommend to
its executive committee the immedi
ate promotion of the use of radio
as a means of disseminating the
truth about Catholicism.
More than 200 letters already have
poured into the radio station and the
N. C. C. M. headquarters since the
convention, lauding Judge Cunning
ham’s address and predicting that a
great amount of good will result
from it. Many of these letters, which
came from such widely scattered
points as Canada and Florida, New
England and California, urge that
there be more such programs, and
some declare that they would have
been pleased to have contributed to
wards a nation-wide “hook up” for
ti*e broadcasting of the program. A
Trejo Seized In Mexico
(By N. C. W. G. News Service)
Mexico City—Manuel Trejo y Mor
ales, the man who gave Jose de Leon
Toral the gun with which he killed
Gen. Alvaro Obregon has been cap
tured by the police at Tuxtepce,
Oaxaca. His arrest, it is declared
here may result in the reopening of
the eases of both Toral and Mother
Concepcion, recently convicted as
large number of Protestants are
among the correspondents who ex
press great interest In the address.
The National Council of Catholic
Men, by a resolutoin adopted at its
Cincinnati convention, pledged itself
to a “systematic, intelligent and clear
exposition by word of mouth, the
printed word and radio, of our faith,
of the character, history and teach
ings of the Church, and the civil and
religious allegiance of Catholics.” The
amazing reaction of virtually the
whole country to Judge Cunning
ham’s adress, which has manifested
itself since the convention, warrants
placing definite emphasis upon the
use of radio in this educational cam
paign, Council officials say.
Letters dealing with this address,
the only one at the mass meeting! for
which radio broadcasting facilities
were available, arc still pouring in,
hut already “listeners-in” from 33
states, the District of Columbia and
Canada have filed their comments.
Everyone tells of a deep interest in
the address, and almost invariably
there is a request for a reprint of
the speech, many asking for numer
ous copies that they may he distrib
uted to friends.
(Continued on page 11.)
(Continued on page 11.)
National Council of Catholic Men
Plans Great Educational Campaign