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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA AUGUST 2r. 1933
THE BULLETIN
The Olficiai Organ of the Catholic Laymen's Associa-
tion of Georgia
RICHARD REID, Editor
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leigh, Charleston, Savannah, St Augustine, Mobile,
Natchez, and Nashville and of the Rt Rev. Abbot,
Ordinal y of Belmont.
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ASSOCIATION OFFICERS FOR 1931-1932
P. H. RICE. K„C. S. G., Augusta President
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COL. t. H. CALLAHAN. K. S. G Louisville, ity.
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Vol XIV August 20. 1933 No. 16
Entered as second class matter June 15, 1921, at the
Post Office at Augusta, Ga., under Act of March, 1879,
Accepted for mailing at special rate of postage provided
for in Section 1103. Act of October 3. 1917. authorized
September 1. 1921
“Bunk”
T HIS is the heading of an editorial in the Christian In
dex, official organ of the Baptists of Georgia, issue
of July 27. which reads in part:
"After all, the world is not so fai removed from Voo-
dooism. It is difficult to imagine the Germany of Luth
er furnishing the following accredited news item:
" TRIER, Germany, July 24—(TP)—Christ’s seamless
coat, one of the most priceless relics of Catholicism, was
exhibited Sunday with solemn exercises for veneration
in the ancient cathedral here for the first time since 1891.
" ‘Among the thousands of pilgrims was Vice Chancel
lor Franz Von Papen, who flew here from Rome, where
he went last week to sign the Vatican-Reich concordat.
" "Many government functionaries attended the impres
sive ceremony in the presence of Karl Carlinal Schulte
and Bishop Franz Borncwasser, of Trier, who officated.’ ”
"Thus,” continues The Christian Index, "religion offers
still the finest field for racketeering.”
We do not know what the beliefs of the reverend ed
itor of The Christian Index are on the point, but we do
know that there arc thousands and tens of thousands of
Eaptists and hundreds of thousands of Baptists and other
Protestants who see no resemblance to "Voodooism” in
our government's preserving and in our people venerat
ing relics of Washington and Jefferson and Lincoln and
Lee and other great figures in otir nation’s history, and
who see no reason why the Church should net preserve
relics of the Saviour of Mankind.
Just where the "racketeering” comes in is not appar
ent. Wc may say this about the veneration if relics and
what The Christian Index calls ‘‘the barren fields of for
malism”: The Church accused of it is ministering to
crowded congregations from Greenland and Iceland to
the fringes of the South Pole, and from the left bank of
the Tiber around the world to the right bank again, while
other churches are lamenting the dwindling interest of
religion in their fields. It ought to be evident to all that
the Catholic Church has an appeal which cannot be dis
missed as "the barren fields of formalism.”
The editor of The Christian Index, not being a Cath
olic, can hardly be expected to comprehend everything
Catholic, any more than Catholics may be expected to
understand fully certain Protestant customs, differing
from theirs. But we submit that it is the very antithesis
of the Christian spirit to term the beliefs of hundreds
of millions of men and women, including many of the
most cultured leaders of our various communities, our
state and our nation os "bunk” and "not far removed
from Voodooism.” We are confident that the offensive
editorial taking that position does not reflect the general
attitude of the readers of The Christian Index.
—“By Their Fruits”
f GENERATION ago Florida was represented in the
1 \ United States Senate by Stephen Mallory, whose
father before him had been a United States Senator
and Secretary of the Navy in the Cabinet of the Con
federacy. The Mallorys, father and son, were Catho
lics, a circumstance urged against the latter by a de
nominational publication at the dawn of the century, just
as denominational publications sometimes urge the fact
against Catholics in public life today
In a letter written January 11. 1902, to Mr. C. C.
Morse of Tampa, the contents of which are preserved
by the Benedictine Fathers at St. Leo Abbey, Senator
Mallory discussed the denominational publication's state
ment that he was a Catholic and that because he was a
Catholic he had voted a certain way; and he discussed
it in a manner which effectively answers similar anti-
Catholic attacks today.
Senator Mallory points out first that the report of
how he voted was inaccurate, and that if his vote were
dictated across the waters, as the clerical editor assert
ed, so must have been those of Senators Bacon, Tillman,
Culberson, Rawlins, Teller, Bailey, and numerous others,
all Protestants, whose votes were in accord with his.
And as to his being a Catholic, he said:
That I am a veiy unworthy Catholic is tiue, and if
that fact in the judgment of the people of Florida dis
qualifies me as one of their representatives in the United
States Senate, I shall have to stand the consequences.
But I am reminded that my father, who was a Catholic,
served his state as a United States Senator, with honor to
her and credit to himself, and that he hold a highly
responsible position in the government of the Confed
erate States, without ever suffering a suspicion on his
loyalty to the principles of government which he al
ways professed, and cherished. Charles W. Jones, also
a Catholic, honorably and ably served Florida in the
Senate of the United States for two terms, without suf
fering any reflection on his loyalty to the Republican
form of government and the institutions of his country.
"I might enumerate many eminent men who though
Catholics have filled the highest positions of distinction
and trust at the hands of their fellow citizens in this
country, but I will not consume time with further refer
ence to the exhibition of bigotry and prejudice which
the editor of the Witness has made in this instance. It
suffices that I have too much respect for the intelli
gence and the spirit of fairness of the people of Florida
to apprehend any serious damage to my personal reputa
tion from such an attack as that which you have called
to my attention. At the proper time I hope to visit Ocala
and vicinity, and if I find it necessary to refer to The
Witness’s attack on me, will do so in a more Christian
spirit than its editor has manifested toward me.”
A generation has passed, and countless Catholics have
filled positions of public trust up to and including prac
tically every office save that of the presidency alone.
Even the most vehement anti-Catholic does not attempt
to present evidence that they have not at least measured
up to their responsibilities as well as any group of men
in public life; they resort instead to invective. Anti-
Catholicism is not as strong as it was a generation ago,
but the feeling is still strong enough to prompt a denomi
national weekly in Georgia to declare officially and re
peatedly in the previous presidential election that "no
Catholic may ever be president of the United States.”
The remedy for this situation is not payment in kind,
prejudice for prejudice, but patient educational efforts
such as those of the Catholic Laymen’s Association.
Catholics and Education
B ILOXI, MISS., will have a new Catholic school when
the schools of the city reopen for the fall term, a
splendid new building erected by Nativity parish, the
Very Rev. Peter Keenan, pas-tor. Announcement is also
made in this issue of The Bulletin of the erection of a
new school in St. Anthony's parish, Atlanta, the Rev.
H. F. Clark, pas-tor.
Of the Atlanta school, work on which started recently,
we shall have more later. The erection of these schools
and of dozens of others in the Southeast recorded com
paratively recently in The Bulletin ought to be of inter
est not only to Catholics but to every taxpayer.
The Biloxi school, known as Sacred Heart Academy,
replaces a building which has served the parish and city
for many years. The new building will be of the most
modern type, with twelve classrooms, science laboratory,
study hall, cafeteria, and an auditorium and gymnasium
which will seat 550. In 1925 estimates indicated that such
a buiding would have cost $80,000. Erected now, it not
only cost considerably less, but provided employment to
many who would otherwise have been idle. The Biloxi
Herald says: "Under the watchful care of Father Keenan,
most of the money for the building was raised in ad
vance.”
Sacred Heart Academy is one of five Catholic schools
in Biloxi; there are also St. Michael’s School in St
Michael's parish, in charge of the Rev. Francis X. Hille-
brand; St. Theresa’s in Sacred Heart perish, the Rev. D.
O’Sullivan, pastor; St. John’s parish school, the Rev. J.
P. McGlade, pastor, and Our Lady of Sorrows School, the
Rev. Walter E. Mulroney, S. S. J., pastor, in the parish
for colored Catholics.
The Biloxi Herald reports that one-third of the city’s
school children are attending these schools, saving untold
thousands of dollars to the taxpayers annually in the sal
aries of teachers alone, not to mention the cost of erec
tion and the upkeep erf the buildings which would be
necessary were these children attending public schools.
But an even more important contribution to the taxpay-
ers and to the state is the training given the^e-ehikfren in
good citizenship, whose love of country and obedience to
its laws are based on the most solid foundation of pa
triotism, and its only permanent basis, love of God, the
Father of Nations.
Biloxi is only one of scores of cities in. the Southeast
where the Catholic Church makes such notable contribu
tions to education. Jacksonville, Miami and its environs,
Tampa, Savannah, Charleston, Mobile, Birmingham.
Nashville, Memphis, Vicksburg and other cities in this
section have more pupils in their Catholic schools than
Biloxi, with its 1,155, and many other cities like Atlanta
(with about 1,000) have comparable records, with propor
tionate savings to the taxpayers who otherwise would be
obliged to dig deeper irito thqir pockets for the education
of these thousands of children in the public schools. Yet
this financial contribution to communities and to taxpay
ers, great as it is, fades into insignificance when com
pared to the contribution of the trained and religious-
minded citizens the Catholic schools give the state.
Dixie Musings
The Buletin is being published un
der the sign of the Blue Eagle. "Wo
Do Our Part.”
It was rather warm to get under the
blanket code, but here we are. And
we’re not calling it warm—only cozy.
This National Recovery Act is in
principle in accord with Catholic
teaching and with the principles num-
ciatcd by the Popes through the
years. The Church has always taught
that employers must pay to employes
a living wage and that man mus' not
be worked in such a way as to bru
talize him. None should be more
pleased with the National Recovery
Act than Catholics, because it is an
application of the principles of the
Papal Encyclicals.
There will be difficulties in t’:e
application of the National Recovery
Act. There will be inequalities. That
is inevitable in a program applicable
to 120.000,000 spread over a continent.
But they are details which can be
worked out.
Some people, approving the prin
ciples of the National Recovery Act.
are disturbed by the way in which
the “Brain Trust” may apply them.
It is tme that a distortion and misap
plication of the National Recovery Act
might head us toward the abolition
of private property under something
approaching communism, just as the
abuse of capitalism could head us
toward the comparative abolition of
private property by centering it in
the hands of a few.
But what do those who seem to fear
that think that the President and the
people of the country would be doing
in the meantime? It is still true that
"you cannot fool all the people all
the time.”
Everything about the act and es
pecially everything about the applica,
tion of the act will not harmonize
completely with Catholic principles.
But it is a long time since a govern
ment attempted anything on such a
scale which was so nearly in har
mony with Catholic teaching.
If it should fail, it shall \>e not
because it was wrong in principle but
because it did net have the support
it should have. But it will not fail if
the people will that it shall not fail.
Protests against Rutherford's at
tacks on Christian denominations arc
pouring ino local radio stations and to
Col. Callahan and
Mr. Daniels Again
To The Editor of The Bulletin:
In connection with my recent let
ter and your comment thereon anent
the criticism of Josephus Daniels for
his address on his arrival in Mexi
co City.
My letter included the following
statement regarding public educa
tion in Mexico, which is all I had
to say on the subject, viz:
"In the matter of public education,
the only feature you specifically
question although criticizing the
whole report generally, it is my firm
opinion Daniels is right and you are
wrong. The last reports 1 have re
ceived indicate there are double as
many children going to school in
Mexico now than under the old re
gime.”
Your comment thereon was not on
ly irrelevant but an attempt to
change the subject, viz:
"Here Colonel Callahan disagrees
with every Catholic publication which
has expressed itself. When the Col
onel undertakes to defend and com
mend the system of public education
in Mexico, the principle of which has
been condemned by the Supreme
Court of the United States, we can
only express our regret.”
Nothing was in my statement nor
said by Secretary Daniels that was a
defense or commendation of the sys
tem of education that has been in
troduced into Mexico unless it is the
larger attendance, which is not an
opinion but a statement of fact.
You are very correct, I believe,
when you say Admiral Benson's
Catholicity had nothing at all to do
with his being selected as Chief of
Naval Operations during the War. It
is equally true, you will admit, if
Secretary Daniels had any anti-
Catholic prejudice whatever he
would not have selected our friend,
the Admiral, for his Chief Assistant.
Our representatives abroad are
necessarily limited in their public
statements and not allowed. and
properly so, to criticize the laws or
institutions of the countries to which
they are attached.
Tne authority of the Supreme
Court does not cross the Rio Grande
and officially we have nothing to do
with the social, religious, economic
or educational problems of Mexico.
Secretary Daniels went to Mexico
to stay there and not be recalled im
mediately on his arrival.
P. H. CALLAHAN.
Louisville, Ky.
(With this letter from Colonel Cal
lahan we bring the correspondence
to a close expressing our pleasure
at the Colonel’s assertion that he does
not undertake to defend and com
mend the system of public educa-
the Federal Radio Commission 3t
Washington
The Catholic Hour has been going
for years now and its speakers have
never misrepresented or attacked the
teachings of any non-Catholic de
nomination. Dr. Cadman. Dr. Fosdick,
Dr. Poling, Dr. Reisner and other
Protestant ministers of national repu
tation speak regularly in national
broadcasts witHbut ever assailing or
misrepresenting the beliefs of those
not of their denomination. Rutherford
alone violates the code cf good taste
and decency.
We'll leave Rutherford to the Fed
eral Radio Commission in the hope
that it will apply the code of truth
to him, meanwhile doing what we can
to acquaint the radio stations and the
Dadio Commission with Rutherford’s
deviation from the ways of truth and
justice.
The man who used to make two
blades cf grass grow where one grew
before was a genius; now he is a
traitor.
"Organized Christianity,” says Ora
Barnett up in North Georgia, "con
tinues to claim that it is responsible
for civilization; even if that be true,
what have we gained?” Ora needs a
sojourn in anti-Chrtsian Russia or
pagan China to get his—or is it her?—
logic adjusted.
"Facts and Figures About Atlanta,”
a booklet issued by the Industrial Bu
reau of the Chamber of Commerce,
has a diagram showing the height of
the various cities above sea level. At
lanta tops all the cities shown, with
an elevation of 1050 feet.
"Reds” complain of the intolerance
of the conservatives. They are con
tinually welling about freedom of
speech and of the press and the right
to spread their doctrines through pro
paganda. The editor of The Catholic
Worker was distributing his publica
tion in Union Square. New York, July
22, when a Communist attacked him
and attempted to wrest his papers
from him. Russia is an example of
how liberal these “liberals” are.
"Uncle Jim” Williams in the
Greensboro Herald-Journal reports a
rumor that a Georgia educator whip
ped a prominent state official recent
ly. "The Herald-Journal has inves
tigated the rumor,” says "Uncle Jim.”
“and much to our regret we find
there’s not a word of truth in it.”
Truth Society Issues
Its New Magazine
(BY N. C. C. NEWS SERVICE)
BROOKLYN—A group of nation
ally prominent Catholics, priests and
laymen, have contributed to the in
augural number of Light, the official
organ and magazine of the Interna
tional Catholic Truth Society, which
has made its appearance.
In an editorial letter which is first
in the new magazine, the Rev. Dr.
Edward Lodge Curran, president of
the International Catholic Truth So
ciety and Editor-in-Chief of Light,
expresses the happiness of the So
ciety in the inauguration of its of
ficial organ.
"Our happiness is genuine none the
less,” Dr. Curran says, “because this
is the worst year of the Twentieth
Century and the worst period of that
year for the appearance of a new
magazine.”
By means of Light, the editorial
letter adds, "the I. C. T. S. hopes to
interest the country at large in the
magnitude of its work for the prop
agation of the sacred truths of
Christ.”
Augustan Leaves to
•Enter Benedictines
Bernard Doris to Make No
vitiate in Pennsylvania
AUGUSTA. Ga. — Bernard Doris,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Do
ris, and a brother of the Rev. Sebas
tian Doris, O. S. B., of Belmont Ab
bey, North Carolina, has entered the
Benedictine Order at Belmont Abbey
and is at St. Vincent Archabbey, La-
trobe, Pa., where the novices of Bel
mont Abbey now make their noviti
ate.
Mr. Doris is an alumnus of Belmont
Abbey College and later attended
Notre Dame University. At Belmont
he starred in baseball, football and
basketball and was one of the most
active leaders in the student body.
He is a first cousin of Rev. jDr. W.
•D. O’Leary, S. J., who will be or
dained next June, and of Rev. Sis
ter Kathleen Marie of the Sisters of
St. Joseph, Augusta.
tion in Mexico and our regret that he
still appears to think it necessary to
endeavor to prove to us that Ambas
sador Daniels is not an anti-Catholic,
despite our opinion that he is not,
and despite the fact that nothing we
have said can be construed as attrib
uting anti-Catholicism to him. W«
think the Ambassador’s first address
in Mexico was a mistalie. The Colonel
thinks it was not. Thus is the issue
drawn. Let our readers decide for
themselves—Ed. The Bulletin.)