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JULY 26, 1947
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
THREE
News Review of the Catholic World
Romanian Metropolitan Expresses
His Nation's Gratitude for Aid
Given by Catholics in America
This picture, taken just before their graduation from the United
States Military academy shows two nationally-known stars of the great
1947 Army football team serving the Mass of Monsignor George G.
Murdock, Catholic chaplain at West Point. Left to right, Monsign >r
Murdock, Tom Hayes, and Felix Anthony “Doc” Blanchard, a mem
ber of St. John’s parish. Bisliopville, South Carolina. Although they
appear in the picture as cadets, the two All-American gridiron stars
are now second lieutenants in the Army.—(Photo by While Studios,
West Point—NC Photos).
Columbus Branch of C. L. A.
Sponsors Communion-Breakfast
NEW YORK|—(NC)—The grati
tude of Romania’s Catholics for
the help they have received from
their brethren in America through
War Relief Services - National
Catholic Welfare Conference finds
moving expression in a letter ad
dressed by Archbishop Alexander
T. Cisar of Bucharest, Latin Metro
politan in Romania, to Msgr. Ed
ward Swanstrom, Assistant Execu
tive Secretary of the Catholic re
lief agency
The Metropolitan. who begs
“pardon for my English because I
learned il only by books and had
no practice among English peo
ple,” and apologize for this “la
mentable sound of woe.” writes
that he cannot describe “our ca
lamity and distress” which the
American relief shipments helped
to alleviate.
”1 could not say how many pray- j
ers have boon said for the good '
Catholics of U. S. A. and what joy
the people had,” the Archbishop
writes. “Our Lord may bles£ the
Bishops, priests and unknown ben
efactors. and we can never forget
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
CINCINNATI. — The National
Education Association in the clos
ing session of its convention here
voted down a proposal urging im
mediate Congressional action to
provide health and transportation
services for children of both pub
lic and non-public schools.
The proposal was introduced by
Miss Helen M. Malloy of Hart
ford, Conn., in the form of an
amendment to the N. E. A. reso
lution on Federal aid which would
restrict such aid to public elemen
tary and secondary schools in ev
ery state.
In explaining her- proposed
amendment. Miss Malloy declared
it to be fully consistent with the
N. E. A. support of the Federal
Aid bill, which allocates funds for
every child between the ages of 5
and 17, and NEA support of the
school lunch program.
“Children from all schools are
drafted into the armed forces,”
Miss Malloy said. “Therefore, the
health of all children is a national
concern.”
In declining to ask for exten
sion of Federal aid to non-public
schools, the attitude of the N. E. A.
stands in striking contrast to the
policy of the American Federation
of Teachers on that question. The
A. F. T., which is affiliated with
the American Federation of La
bor. bases its policy regarding
Federal aid on the principle that
the child belongs to the parent,
not the state; that the state has
the duty to establish educational
standards for all schools, both
public and non-public; and that
parents have a right to say which
schools their children should at
tend.
On the basis of these principles,
the A. F. T. declares that all ser
vices for school children, includ
ing health, welfare and such ser
vices that meet their educational
needs such as transportation, non
religious text books, recreational
and health facilities — must be
made available to all children, re
gardless of the type of school that
they attend, provided that the
school meets the educational
standards set by the state.
Previously, delegates to the
N. E. A. convention heard a pro
posal thaat educational authori
ties of the Catholic Church and
the National Education Associa
tion should agree on a test case to
be submitted to the United States
Supreme Court,
Dr. Aalonzo F. Myers of New
York, itresenting a commission
report on the North College Hill,
Ohio, case regarding the leasing
of a parochial school by a public
school district, outlined the issue
to be presented to the highest
court of the land as one involving
the use of public tax money to
support parochial schools. He said
he hoped the two parties would
find “the best possible test case”
and cooperate in “a completely
friendly spirit.”
Actually, such a test could turn
upon what Catholic school offi-
this help and relief we got through
a very Christian welfare.
The Metropolitan the relates
how he had told Bishop Gerald P.
O’Hara of Savannah-Atlanta, now
serving as Regent of the Apostolic
Nunciature in Bucharest, that
priests and seminarians sorely
need soutanes, “because it is im
possible to us to buy tailor’s
cloth.”
“If you could know our misery
and the fabulous prices we must
pay!” he adds. “But God will have
pity with us and our country, that
never saw such a decline in all di-
reel ions.
“Now we understand the Lord’s
Prayer, ‘Give us this day our daily
bread.’ and we desire—quousque
tandem—to sec the accomplish
ment of the last of the seven peti
tions, ‘And deliver us from evil’.”
The Latin interpolation in the
Archbishop’s letter is taken from
Cicero’s famous oration In Calil-
inam: “Quousque tandem abu-
tere, Catilina patentia nostra?”
(How long will you abuse our pa
tience. Catiline?).
cials regard as the real issue of
the parochial school-public funds
controversy: the constitutionality
of depriving American children of
public benefits because they at
tend a non-public school.
In making his suggestion to the
deelgates of the professional or
ganization which represents 800,-
000 public school teachers of the
United States, Dr. Myers deplored
the increasing tension which he
said has developed over the North
College Hill matter. He said that
America “cannot afford any inten
sification of religious bigotry and
intolerance” and urged the use
of the "American way of settling
fundamental differences.”
Says Southern Baptists
May Have to Establish
Parochial School System
RICHMOND —(NC) — Scoring
present - day “bewilderment in
public education.” Dr. Duke K. Mc
Call. executive secretary of the
Southern Baptist Convention, laid
before a Bapist pastor's confer
ence here the possibility that the
Baptists may find it necessary to
establish a system of parochial
schools throughput (he South.
At the same time the Protestant
official pointed out the formidable
financial aspects of such a pro
gram, and, as a possible alterna
tive, suggested the “exertion of
pressure” upon public schools to
mold their teachers to a Christian
pattern.
Dr. McCall stated his belief in
the broad principles of separation
of Church and Slate, but acknowl
edged that absolute separation of
Church and State does not exist
in the United States, He said that
such church-supported schools as
the University of Richmond (where
the conference was held) are tax-
exempt while receiving police and
fire protection.
(Special to The Bullelon)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—At the direc
tion of Monsignor Joseph E. Moy-
lan, Vicar General of the Diocese
of Savannah-Atlanta, a campaign
was launched last Sunday in every
parish of the Diocese to collect
canned foodstuffs to be sent to
Romania where the people are
suffei'ing extremely from the lack
of food.
Pastors of all Catholic churches
in Georgia made appeals on behalf
of the canned goods collection to
the congregations attending Mass
las Sunday, urging that they give
whatever their circumstances will
allow, and that they send their
gifts to the rectory of their respec
tive parishes by August 1.
Monsignor Moylan advised that
there were restrictions on the
shipment of sugar, soaps, oils and
(Speical to The Bulletin)
COLUMBUS, Ga.—P rogram
plans for the annual convention of
the Catholic Laymen’s Association
of Georgia, winch will be held in
Columbus on October 26. were dis
cussed at a meeting of the Colum
bus Branch of the Laymen's Asso
ciation which followed a Commun
ion breakfast at the Catholic Club
on June 29, after the members had
attended a Mass celebrated ata the
Church of the Holy Family by
Monsignor Joseph E. Moylan, Vi
car General of the Diocese of Sa
vannah-Atlanta.
In the course of his remarks at
the breakfast. Monsignor Moylan
highly complimented Father Her
man J. Deimel, pastor of Holy
Family Church, on the extensive
improvements recently completed,
which have greatly enhanced the
beauty of the interior and exterior
of the edifice.
Other speakers at the breakfast
were Estes Doremus, of Atlanta,
president of the Catholic Lay
men’s Association of Georgia, Fred
Wiggins of Albany, vice-president
of the Laymen’s Association, and
Hugh Kinchley, Augusta, execu
tive secretary.
Dr. Arthur N. Berry, president
of the Columbus Branch, who pre
sided, paid a special tribute to
Henry Murphy, immediate past
president of the Columbus Branch.
fafe to Romania, and asjsed that
contributors be guided according
ly-
The collection of canned goods
for the Romanians was inspired by
an appeal from His Excellency the
Most Reverend Gerald P. O’Hara,
D. D.. J. U. D., Bishop of Savan-
nah-Atlantn, who is presently serv
ing as Regent of the Apostolic
Nunciature in Bucharest. Romania.
The following is an extract from
a letter recently received from
Bishop O’Hara:
“The food situation here con
tinues to be tragic. 1 have just
returned from attending a fun
eral in a region in Romania
where people are literally dying
of starvation. The American Red
Cross has ceased operations and
so lias the International Red
for the splendid progress that had
been made by the local unit of the
statewide organization under his
inspiring leadership,
Mrs. John B. Byrne, secertary of
the Columbus Brancly, headed the
committee in charge of arrange
ments for the breakfast, with Mrs.
L. C. Kunze, J. M. Dannielly and
W. B. Fortson as her assistants.
The reception committee included
Dr. and Mrs. A. N. Berry, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry J. Murphy, Mr. and
Mrs. Louis C. Kunze, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard II. Fleming, Mr. and Mrs.
M. D. Streaker, and E. G. Suel-
zer. while Mrs. Suelzer, Mrs. John
Willis, Mrs. Joseph Brannon, Mrs.
Francis Kelly and Miss Julia Bag-
ley acted as hostesses.
Assisting in preparing and serv
ing the breakfast were Mrs.
George R. Connor, treasurer of
the Columbus Branch, Mrs. D. T.
Greene, Mrs. Roy Giglio, Mrs.
George R! O’Brien. Miss W. IT.
Starrett, Mrs. Ralph Collins,
Misses Pauline Marcus, Mary Mar
garet Byrns, Marie Fleming, Mari
lyn Fleming, Joyce Fleming, Fran
ces Thompson, Nancy Storey. An
nette Dannielly, Betty Dannielly,
Mary Catherine Deignan and
Frances Greene. The attractive
decorations of the tables and din
ing room were arranged by Mrs.
Frederick G. Storey and Mrs. Al
bert R. Turner.
Cross. The Swedish Red Cross
is doing something and so is the
War Relief Service of the Na
tional Catholic Welfare Confer
ence. But with all this combined
effort, there is really nothing
like enough food to go around.
The thought has come to me that
perhaps a canned goods collec
tion could be taken up in our
Diocese, although I hate even to
mention this because our people
contributed to generously to na
tional demands that were made
upon them in this respect. The
situation, rather than getting
better, will get worse, I fear.
When I tell you that the Arch
bishop of Bucharest and the
clergy of the Cathedral and the
Buchaest seminadians suffer
from lack of food, you can be
gin to get some idea of how ser
ious is the situation.”
NEW BRITISH ENVOY
ARRIVES AT VATICAN
V
ROME — (Radio, NC) — “With
a perception of reality which one
would like to see shared by oth
ers, the British people take into 4
account the fact that any further
delay in initiating the work of re
construction is to the disadvan
tage of both the victor and the
conquered," was the comment of
llis Holiness Pope Pius XII in re
plying to the expression of the
King’s greeting presented by the
new British Minister to the Holy
See, John Victor Thomas Wool-
rych Tait Perowne.
Expressing his appreciation for
the cordial relations ‘with Eng
land in the past and for the King’s
assurance of his unity with the
Pope in his aims and ideals for
peace, the Holy Father stated “at
a time when the voice of passion
and prejudice all too often smoth
ers the voice of reason and hu
manity, when feelings of resent
ment, the sad but not unexpected
legacy of war, stand in the way of
that mental reorientation so vital
ly necessary to honorable peace,
when serious obstacles, and delays
are constantly interfering with
the definite laying of the basis for
such a peace, we find relief and
encouragement in your statement
that His Majesty's government is
one with us in hopes and aims."
ROME — (RNS) — Dr. Joachim
Diaz Gonzales, first Ambassador
from Venezuela to the Holy See,
presented his credentials to His
Holiness Pope Pius XII at a spe
cial audience on June 30. As a
result of the appointment of Dr.
Ganzales, the Venezuelan lega
tion at the Vatican has been
changed into an embassy.
TWO CHEMISTRY PROFES-
sors from the University of Notre
Dame, Dr. William H. llamill and
Dr. Rusell R. Wiliams, Jr., have
been appointed special consult
ants to the United States Navy in
atomic research studies to be made
ths summer at Bikini atoll, site of
the 1946 atomic bomb tests. Two
other Notre Dame scientists, Dr.
Bernard Waldman, and Dr. Milton
Burton, have acted as special Unit
ed States observers in previous
atomic bomb tests in the Pacific
area. Dr. Waldman was one of the
four scientists who witnessed the
bombing of Hiroshima, while Dr.
Burton participated in the Bikini
experiments.
MANUEL QUEZAN. only son
oi' the late President Manuel Luis
Quezon of the Philippine Islands,
has entered the central seminary
of the Pontifical University of
Santo Tomas in Manila to begin
his study for the prisethood.
Twenty-one years old, Senor
Quezon had his early schooling at
LaSalle College, Manila, and dur
ing his three-year stay in the
United States, when the Common
wealth government functioned in
Washington, lie was a student of
Loyola University in Los Angeles,
where he led his class in religion
and philosophy. Sine his return to
Manila, two years ago, he has
been taking philosophical courses
at the liberal arts college of Santo
Tomas University.
BISHOP JOHN HENRY ALTH-
OFF, who lias seryed for the last
thirty-three years as Bishop of
Belleville, died on July 5. after
an illness of three months. He de
voted all of his priestly and
episcopal career to the Diocese of
Belleville, following his ordina
tion at the University of Inns
bruck, Austria, in 1902. He was
born in Aviston, 111.
THE MEDAL OF MERIT in rec
ognition for services rendered to
the United Nations during World
War II was presented to His Emi
nence Francis Cardinal Spellman,
Archbishop of New York, by Sec
retary of War Robert P. Patterson
at a ceremony in Washington, D. C.
HIS HOLINESS Pope Pius XII
received Senora Eva Duarte de
Peron, wife of the President of Ar
gentina, in a private audience on
June 30. Senora Peron was receiv
ed with the ceremony prescribed
by protocol for the wives of heads
of states.
BECAUSE THE HOTELS of
New Orleans are booked solidly
for conventions in April. May.
June and the first half of July next
year, the Catholic Press Associa
tion of the United States will not
be able to hold its 1948 convention
in New Orleans
N. E. A. Votes Down Proposal to
Ask Health, Bus Service Aid for .
Pupils of Non-Puhlic Schools
Campaign for Canned Foods for
Starving People of Romania Being
Launched in Savannah-Atlanta Diocese