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OCTOBER 1, 1955. THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA NINETEEN MEREDITH'S OPTOMETRISTS ond OPTICIANS 737 BROAD ST. — AT THE MONUMENT AUGUSTA, GEORGIA Poultry Palace FRESH DRESSED POULTRY FRYERS, HENS AND OTHER POULTRY IN SEASON r 1204 ELLIS STREET • PHONE 2-9937 . AUGUSTA, GEORGIA Best W is lies PINNEL % Heating 8c Air •/ Conditioning, Inc. Sales Service 855 WALKER STREET — PHONE 4-4904 AUGUSTA, GEORGIA Cardinal Urges Argentine Cathodes To Work For Peace As Peron Resigns (N.C.W.C. News Service) BUENOS AIRES — Argentine Catholics were urged to work for peace in their country in the wake of President Juan D. Pe- ron’s forced resignation after a nine-year dictatorial rule mark ed by the suppression of con stitutional freedoms. The call came from His Emi nence Santiago Luis Cardinal Copello, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, who spoke over the state radio after a military junta had . been named tq negotiate with insurgent leaders who had rais ed the standard of revolt in strategic centers throughout the provinces. “In the name of Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, Who is dominant in the hearts of the Ar gentines,” Cardinal Copello de clared, “we ask that all sectors take attitudes that may be neces sary to attain peace and frater nal union for the welfare of the people and the glory of the fath erland.” The occasion marked the first time that the Cardinal, who is 75, and has been ailing for a long time, went on the air since Peron initiated his anti-Church campaign last November by ac cusing some Bishops and priests of "plotting” against the state. The Cardinal’s appeal was heard after jubilant anti- per- onist demonstrators had heard a statement by Peron declaring that “if my spirit as a fighter im pels me to the fight (against the insurgents), my patriotism and my love for the people induce me to resign.” The President’s . statement was broadcast by his chief of the “Command of Repression” Gen eral Franklin Lucero, who also tendered his own “irrevocable” resignation as^ Minister of the Army. There were many con flicting reports meanwhile as to the whereabout of the ousted chief executive who weeks earli er had made what was obviously a spurious offer to resign, since it was immediately followed by a ; mass demonstration of loyalty by the General Confederation of Labor, long one of his main pil lars of support. The new army government took measures to tighten their control on the capital after re ports that leaders of the peronist labor organization were planning to call a general strike in sup port of Peron. It was recalled that such a strike was staged in 1945 to restore the President to power ..after a military clique had jailed him. Recently the Con federation had offered to con vert its 6,000,000 members into an armed militia to repress the “enemies” of the government. Army leaders rejected the offer. Coming almost three months to the day after the abortive re volt of June 16, the new upris ing served to point up Peron’s failure to live up to the promises he had made to restore the con stitutional liberties his regime had so long denied. The June revolt was staged by discontented elements of the navy, but the new uprising found all branches of the armed serv ices-—army, navy and air force —joined in a struggle to oust a President who had been find ing it harder and harder to pre serve peace and harmony in the nation. While a large segment of the army continued to align itself with Peron, other elements, long irritated by efforts to “peronize” them, decided to throw in their fortunes with 50-year-old Brig. Gen. Dalmiro Videla Balaguer, I who was said to have planned a previous revolt on September 8 which failed to come off because its plans were betrayed. The insurgents were generally considered, however, to be wag ing more than a battle against the efforts Peron has made to hold the army in his personal power through such devices as rewards on the one hand and “breaking” officers on the other. In the eyes of most anti- per- onists, the rebels had taken up arms against injustices and abuses also in the political and economic fields. Neither busi ness interests nor independent politicians have been able to tolerate the exactions and inti midations that have been part and parcel of the Peron adminis tration. Another factor in the struggle was the relentless campaign which the Peron regime . had I waged against the Catholic Church in an effort to weaken its prestige and influence in a country which is more than 90 per cent Catholic. Many of the insurgent army leaders *are loyal and practicing Catholics, who have more than once made it clear that they op- posed Peron’s anti-religious measures. Ant i-P e r o n sentiment had grown steadily among the mass of Catholic citizens since the looting and burning of Cath olic churches by peronist mobs in the wake of the June revolt. Nor had they forgotten the burn ing of the national flag by peron ist agents who had hoped to foist the blame on Catholics. The new revolt sprouted from Cordoba, the city of 350,000 pop ulation in Central Argentina, which is both a leading opposi tion center and the nation’s greatest Catholic stronghold. Only a few days before rebels seized strategic centers there, police had begun a hunt for an 18-year-old student of Cordoba University who had shocked per onist officials by publicly de nouncing President Peron as a tyrant and dictator. The occasion was a ceremony to honor the memory of President Sarmiento, who died in 1888. Commenting later on the action of the stu dent, who had been scheduled to give a speech on Sarmiento, another student said: “We want people abroad to know that Ar gentine youth has not been cow ed by Peron.” It is generally believed here that one of the major reasons for the revolt also was the ar my’s opposition to the pro-Peron General Confederation of Labor, which is one of the strongest bulwarks of the regime. K. 0. Squires ! ATLANTA, Ga. — Septembsr has been a busy month for the Columbian Squire Circle 812 in Atlanta as they initiated a new circle in Columbus (there are now two circles in Georgia), had a bowling party, picnic and soft- ball game and a group commu nion and breakfast. The Circle, organized last Spring, is really becoming active this fall and looks forward to many varied activities. A noted Catholic has been named a top official in the state education ministry of Lower Saxony. The appointment went to Ignaz Jung, who has been made state secretary of the min istry of culture. REALTORS Real Estate and Renting Insurance — Mortgage Loans AUGUSTA, GA. j Best Wishes 1 STANDARD BAG COMPANY AUGUSTA, GEORGIA