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PAGE 4—The Southern Cross, March 30, 1963 POAU-Wrong Again! A ranking Baptist official says an exhaus tive study of a Washington building project fails to substantiate charges that it is Vatican- controlled and getting special treatment. C. Emanuel Carlson, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs, Washington, makes the statement in a "fact sheet" being distributed by his agency. Protestants and other Americans United for Separation of Church and State is waging a campaign against the building project, a $66 million venture to be called Watergate Towne. POAU, in its regular publications and a special pamphlet, charges that the project is financed by "a subsidiary of the Vatican," would tower over national shrines, is enjoying favoritism from government officials and might eventually become the headquarters of the Apostolic Delegate, who resides in Wash ington, or even be "a temporary home away from Rome" for the pope. POAU’s charges have produced an estimated 10,000 letters of protest over the project to government officials. In his fact sheet, Carlson denies Vatican control, notes that many Washington build ings, including churches, are taller than the project will be, reports that the local govern ment has encouraged "high rise" apartments in the area of the project and says that four Federal and District agencies approved the project. The project site, formerly used by the local gas company for storage tanks, was purchased by Island Vista, Inc., a subsidary of the Rome firm of Societa General Immobiliare, one of the oldest real estate operations in Italy. The John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company will finance $44 million worth of the project’s costs. Carlson says that the Vatican is the largest of Immobiliare’s stock holders, holding an estimated 20 per cent. "This is scarcely ‘Vatican-controlled,’ " he comments. Complaints about the project raise the question of whether churches are to be denied real estate investments. Carlson argues that churches have this right. ‘ ‘The wisdom of churches becoming strong commercial or economic agencies is basically a question for church leaders,” he says. The fact sheet, being distributed to all persons who inquire of the Baptist Committee on Public Affairs about the charges, notes that one "high rise" apartment is already being built near the site of Watergate Towne, and that Several others are planned. ' ‘The city planners and the zoning officials are encouraging this development of high cost land both as a beautification program and as a source of tax revenue," declares Dr. Carlson. Chalk up one more false alarmtoP.O.A.U. Requires Alert Defense “FREEDOM IS NOT FREE” (By J. J. Gilbert) WASHINGTON, The crisis caused by communist-manned missiles in Cuba "had it’s value," if we will learn the les sons it has to teach. This is the advice of a com mittee chairman in Congress who says the Cuban crisis "placed in sharp focus Moscow’s true intentions as far as our country is concerned" and "revealed the insincerity of Khrushchev'stalk of ‘peace.’ " Here, he says, are some of the lessons to be learned from that crisis: —National boundaries lose their meaning once communism takes over any nation. "We should stop thinking in the out moded, conventional terms of a communist ‘Cuba,’ a com munist ‘Poland,’ or communist ‘Bulgaria.’ These one-time nations are no longer separate countries but rather parts of the international communist state. Cuba is no longer Cuba; it is an advance outpost of the Soviet Union in the Americas." —"A relative small number of communists can—in a very short time and against the will of the great majority of the people—convert a once inde pendent, anti-communist nation into one enslaved by com munism." —“Countries in the Western Hemisphere are not invulne rable to the communist seizure of power." —"In the U. S. Communist party, with its upwards of 10,000 hard-core members and many additional thousands of communists and sympathizers, the Soviet Union has a larger, better organized, and more ex perienced fifth column in this country than it had in Cuba shortly before Castro’s seizure of power." —“Cuba should teach us that freedom is not free. All who enjoy its bounties must be con stantly alert to those forces which threaten it and, more im portant, ready to act swiftly and decisively against them. What has happened in Cuba happened some years earlier in Guate mala. It has now happened in almost a score of countries. It More Than Vietnam At Stake Vietnam Rebels After Laos Type Settlement By Father Patrick O’ Connor Society of St. Columban (N.C.W.C. NEWS SERVICE) SAIGON, Vietnam—The Viet Cong (communist) guerrillas cannot conquer south Vietnam, But it could fall into their hands as a result of their guerrilla warfare. They attack outposts and vil lages. They ambush vehicles or blow them up with roadmines. They assassinate village offic ials and occasionally throw a handgrenade in Saigon. They fight back when the army launches a "search and clear" operation in an area where they have a base. But all this, even if their casualties were far less than they are, would be a long way from victory. It does not am ount to overcoming an army or capturing a capital city. Their strategy is not direc ted towards that sort of con quest. They are trying to win by wearing down the patience and resolution of those oppos ed to them. Their chief target now is no army position or city in Vietnam. It is Washing ton, D. C. If they gain their point there, they count on having south Viet nam handed to them on a plat ter—a platter with a neutral tint—at an international con ference in Geneva. It was in Geneva that north Vietnam was signed over to them in July, 1954. . At Dien Bien Phu, in May, 1954, they did not overwhelm the main body of the French Expeditionary Corps. But they did overwhelm French public opinion, long weary of the war. The communists hope now to wear down the patience of the United States, those support is vital for South Vietnam. The wearing down of patience is a psychological effect, not a phys ical conquest. The communists know that local military actions of little strategic value in themselves can have a cumulative impact on American public opinion. Similarly, governmental de fects that are regarded as just occupational diseases in other Asian governments can turn foreign opinion against giving aid and in favor of accepting a compromise, when a conflict has dragged on expensively for years. It is by compromise that the communists hope to acquire the south, rather than by an out right cession such as the Gen eva agreement that gave them the north. The compromise they look for now is one similar to the "settlement" for Laos made in Geneva last July. That is pretty clear from their propaganda. It is evident in their action in setting up the so- called “National Liberation Front for South Vietnam." The key word in that title is "Front.” A Laos-type agreement for- south Vietnam, binding Western governments and creating a temporary illusion of peace would insure the swallowing of the south by the Hanoi govern ment within three years. All the neutralist govern ments that took part in the Gen eva conference of last July would probably join the commu nist powers now in favoring a "neutralized" south Vietnam under "coalition" rule. The United States, Britain and maybe France would be op posed, though sections of the public in each country—prob ably an important section in France—would side with the neutralists. The government most inti mately concerned, that of south Vietnam, would be absolutely opposed, as long as President Ngo dinh Diem is at its head. He would never consent to de liver the independence of his country to the undertaking par lors of a Geneva conference. Hence the communists seek to undermine him and his admin istration. (All who are opposed to him are not communists, however.) The Reds know that if America gets tired of aiding him, they and their allies can start packing their bags for Geneva. They would come home with south Vietnam in the bag. (Continued on Page 6) "IF IT'S NOT IN THE CONSTITUTION...WHERE IS IT ? Put Dad’s Foot Down? could happen here." The Congressman speaking is Francis E. Walters of Penn sylvania, chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities. The quotations are from his intro duction to the 1962 annual re port of that committee. He con tends that the "real shocker" of the Cuban crisis is not that the missiles were set up "just 90 miles from our shores," but “the Kremlin had boldly and successfully demonstrated its total takeover power on our very doorstep." Just a month ago, opponents of the House. Un-American Activities Committee made another of their periodic attempts to put it out of busi ness. It came while the House was considering whether the committee should have funds to continue its work. The House beat down this attack on the committee one day, and the next day, by a vote of 385 to 20, voted the committee $10,000 more in funds than it had the year before. It Seems to Me A wry smile has often been my reaction to arguments about corporal punishment of children and to the clamor of speakers on public platforms demanding that Dad put his foot down and assert him self as Head of the House, in capital let ters. The trou ble is that if it is neces sary for Fa ther to assert himself like that, he is not really head of the house at all. And if parents must resort to clobbering youngsters, that is a confession that for much too long they have left undone many wise and gen tle things that should have been done. I WISH THAT the lecturers and writers on family life would remember that a man’s right and duty to be head of the house rest ultimately upon what St. Paul said: that a husband ought to love his wife (and of course his family) as Christ loved the Church, delivering Himself up for it. The man who measures up even moderately well, to Paul's ideal need never worry about being head of the house; he will find himself unanimously elect ed to that position by his wife and youngsters. The post and the responsibility are not some thing he attains by stomping his feet; they are something he must earn and deserve through the years. I NOTE, UNHAPPILY that there is an alarming increase in brutal beatings of children. JOSEPH BREIG The information comes from a conference of judges, lawyers, and social workers who have met under auspices of the Chil dren’s Bureau of the U. S. Department of Health, Educa tion and Welfare. Comparatively fewparents.of course, descend to such cruelty. All the same I think it is wiser, in advice to fathers and mothers to avoid emphasis on assertion and punishment, and to stress the patient day-to-day work of kindly, considerate and reason ably firm rearing of little ones. The lecturers and the writers should stop talking about spank ing and foot-putting-down, and get to fundamentals. They snouid remind parents that suc cessful family life is some thing to begin creating the mo ment the man and woman say, “I do" to each other. HAPPINESS IN THE FAM ILY depends on happiness in marriage. And happiness in ’marriage is the result of the love and courtesy between hus band and wife that should start at the altar, and be nourished by prayerful cooperation with the graces of marriage as a sac rament. Indeed, the roots of success ful marriage and family life go back to dating and court ship, and beyond that to the parents and even the bride- • groom. Fortunately we need not imi tate the errors of ancestors. If Gramps was a heavy-handed tyrant, all the more reason for his grandson to resolve to be different. If Gram was a nag and a whiner, granddaughter should decline to be like her. THERE IS A SIMPLE basic principle for the right rearing Fifth Sorrowful Mystery THE CRUCIFIXION Our t Father And when they came to the place called the Skull,/ they crucified him. Luke 23:33 Hail t Mary And Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them,/ for they do not know what they are doing.’ Luke 23:34 Hail f Mary And one of the robbers crucified with him said, 'Lord, remember me/ when thou comest into thy kingdom.’ Matt. 27:44; Luke 23:39, 42 Hail "f Mary And Jesus said to him, 'Amen I say to thee,/ this day thou shalt be with me in paradise.’ Luke 23:43 Hail 1" Mary And Jesus saw his mother/ and the disciple standing by, whom he loved. John 19:26 Hail t Mary Scriptural Rosary Part 10 And he said to his mother, 'Woman, be hold, thy son.’/ Then he said to his disciple, 'Behold, thy mother.’ John 19:26, 27 Hail T Mary And from that hour/ the disciple took her into his home. John 19:27 Hail "f Mary And the sun was darkened, and the earth quaked,/ and the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Luke 23:45; Matt. 27:51 Hail t Mary And Jesus cried out with a loud voice and said,/ 'Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.’ Luke 23:46 Hail t Mary And bowing his head,/ he expired. John 19:30; Luke 23:46 Hail t Mary Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit./ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Editor’s Note: This is one of the 15 decades of the Scriptural Rosary, a modern \ersion of the way the Rosary was once prayed in the Middle Ages. We are presenting the complete Scriptural Rosary in 15 install ments as a service to our readers. You are invited to save these meditations for future use. Or you may obtain the complete set in illustrated prayer-book form by sending $1 to the nonprofit Scriptural Rosary Center, 6 A r . Michigan Avenue, Chicago 2, Illinois. Eastern Mass NEW YORK — The 25th Con ference on the Eastern Rites, sponsored by Fordham Univer sity, will be highlighted March 30 by concelebration of the Di vine Liturgy (Mass) of St. John Youth Corps WASHINGTON — Rep. John Brademas of Indiana placed in the Congressional Record (March 21) an editorial from Ave Maria, national Catholic Weekly magazine, endorsing the administration’s proposal for a Youth Conservation Corps. Chrysostom at St. Patrick’s Cathedral here. Archpriest Andrew Rogosh, pastor of St. Michael’s Russian Catholic chapel, will con- celebrate with Father Paul Mailleux, S. J. , superior of the Russian Center at Fordham, and Father John H. Ryder, S. J. Of the same center. The preacher will be Father Robert I. Gannon, S. J., former president of Fordham. Anti-Semitism Charge BERLIN, (NC)—The Polish Catholic Weekly, Tygodnik Powszechny, had denied a charge that the Polish people must share blame with the nazis for the persecution of Poland’s of youngsters. It is contained in the catechism definition that human beings are made in the image and likeness of God. Maybe at a certain hour each day, church bells should ring, and whistles blow, to call Dad and Mom to meditation upon the fact that their lovable but ex asperating youngsters are God’s image. This means that they are be ings with minds and will s of their own, and that they are capable of reason, of love and of holiness. IT IS THE BUSINESS of the parent to help the cKild to re alize, more and more, that he is the rightful king of the king dom of himself. He is a myste rious being who must be pre pared to take charge; under God, of his own destiny. I would suggest an insertion in the catechism. Children are taught that they whould rever ence their parents. Parents should be told to reverence their children. What but reverence is right for an image of God? And I hold that the parent who rev erences the likeness of God in his child will almost inevitable receive reverence in return. When the matter is viewed in this light, isn’t it foolish to talk as if the chief problem in rearing children is punishment —that is, repression—rather than guidance into the greatness and goodness for which God des tines them? And isn’t it nonsense to sug gest that the way for Dad to be head of the house is to put his foot down, while neglecting to mention his prime duty, which is to seek holiness and wisdom so that he can help his family to wisdom and holiness? Tokyo Trip WASHINGTON — A graduate fellowship for summer study in Tokyo will be awarded in early June to an American Sis ter who places first in a nation wide essay competition. Donor of the award is Sophia University, Tokyo, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The institution is conducted by the Jesuit Fathers and staffed by an international faculty. The competition is being channeled through the board of directors of the Sister Forma tion Graduate Study and Re search Foundation, Inc., which announced the contest here. Sisters wishing to compete for the fellowship are being asked to submit an essay of 1500 words. The topic is: "The East Asian Impact on the Ecu menical Movement: A Challenge to Sisters." Deadline for entries is May 10, 1963. Entries are to be mailed to the foundation at 1785 Mas sachusetts Ave., N. W., Wash ington 6, D. C. This is the of fice of the Sister Formation Conference, a section of the College and University Depart ment of the National Catholic Educational Association. Cutback Feared WASHINGTON — Rep. Hugh L. Carey of New York has warn ed Congress that a Federal aid to education program which for ced a cutback in parochial schools would be bad public policy. Carey said it is "neither practical nor economical to price out, phase out, in effect drop out, an entire school sy stem." Stressing the need for "every conceivable economy in educa tion," Carey said this "cer tainly should mean the maxi mum utilization of every existing school and classroom which meets state and local standards, public or private." Jews during World War II. The weekly, published in Cra cow, stated in an issue received here that * ‘Hitler propaganda" originated the charge. Anglican Angelus BLUFF POINT, Australia, (NC)—Each day during Lent when the bell of St. George’s Anglican Church rings for the noon litany, members of five faiths join as "prayer-part ners" in the cause of Christian reunion, reciting a prayer for unity within their own homes. Bishop Francis X. Thomas of the Catholic diocese of Gerald- ton has given his blessing to the project, so that two Catholics are taking part, along with An glicans, Methodists, Presby terians and Greek Orthodox. Crusading Spirit ROME, (Radio, NC)—The "spirit of crusade" has be come a bone of contention be tween Catholics and com munists in the final weeks of Italy's election campaign. Palmiro Togliatti, head of the Italian Communist party, decla red in a speech at Bergamo that the Church’s stand against communism is "the last of the crusades." He said it has failed and is being carried on by only a few diehards such as Elfredo Cardinal Ottaviani, Secretary of. the Sacred Congregation _of the Holy Office, and the extreme fringe of the Christain Demo cratic party. L’Osservatore Romano, Vati can City daily, answered (March 21) that "the spirit of crusade is only the spirit of the defense of religious adherence and social coexistence on the basis of law and peace." Pope Greets Anglican Prelate VATICAN CITY, (Radio, NC) —Anglican Bishop George Lux- ton of Huron, Ont., was receiv ed (March 23) by His Holiness Pope John XXIII in a private audience in the Pope's library. Q. In the early Church wasn’t it customary to delay baptism until adulthood—as some Pro testant denominations do today? A. Although it is sometimes alleged that infant baptism was an innovation dating from the fifth century or thereabouts, the fact is that infant baptism is of apostolic origin. By infant is meant the newborn, as is evi dent, for instance, from a Syno dal injunction in250A.D. which, in response to a question as to whether children should be baptized only from the eighth day after birth, determined that the sacrament should be administered immediately, i.e., without any delay if at all pos sible. POLYCARP (d. 155), who was baptized in apostolic times, said at death that he was a ser vant of Christ for 86 years, which would, of course, place his baptism back in his infan cy or early childhood. St. Jus tin (d. 165) also refers to adults of his time who were baptized in infancy, which would also put their baptisms back in ap ostolic times—when the Apos tles could have forbidden the practice. And in one of the an cient liturgical compilations, the Traditio apostolica of Hip- polytus (c. 250), there is a note directing godparents to answer the responses for children who are brought to the font. And there are many other witnesses, as for example, the words of Origen (d. 254): "The Church received from the Apostles the tradition of giving baptism unto infants." THERE IS of course histor- (Continued on Page 5) The Southern Cross Vol. 43 P. O. BOX 180. SAVANNAH, GA. Saturday, March 30, 1963 No. 28 Published weekly except the last week in July and the last week in December by The Southern Cross, Inc. Subscription price $3.00 per year. Second class mail privileges authorized at Monroe, Ga. Send notice of change of address to P. O. Box 180, Savannah, Ga. Most Rev. Thomas J. 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