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r PAGE 2—The Southern Cross, September 19, 1963 Prelate Declares Red Infiltration Responsible For Vietnam Disorders FREIBURG, Germany, (NC) —Communists who infiltrated Buddhist ranks are responsible for the recent disorders in Viet nam, a Vietnamese Bishop said in a letter to a German prelate here. Bishop Michel Nguyen Khac Ngu of Long Xuyen declared in his letter to Archbishop Her mann Schaeufele of Freiburg that religious freedom ‘ ‘has always been respected in South Vietnam,” but that its govern ment had to act against the Buddhists because through them the communists were hiding ‘ ‘their political struggle behind the mask of religion.” Bishop Ngu also stated in his letter, dated from Long Xuyen on August 26, that the Buddhists and the ''real bonzes (monks)” are beginning to realize they were duped and have decided to seek a compromise with the government of President Ngo dinh Diem. Bishop Ngu wrote: ‘ ‘In recent days we have been hearing or reading frightful things about South Vietnam. In foreign countries even Ca tholic publications for lack of knowledge of the very compli cated situation have not been able to give correct information about our country; people do not understand the cunning of the communists whose subversion knows no bounds. It is easy for them to deceive our best friends at a distance. There fore, I want to sketch the Budd hist situation in a few para graphs. “For some years, Buddhism, particularly in the form of the Little Vehicle (Hinayana) has developed considerably: pago das were built; of the 4,766 in existence, 1,275 are new buildings and 1,275 have been restored in the last eight years. Seminaries and novitiates grew up, as well as schools and wel fare institutions. Study meet ings, holidays and large pro cessions were organized. ‘ 'But Communist infiltration was soon observed among the Buddhists. Some false monks i -were“even 'caught. . .However, since there are large numbers of Buddhists in the country, the authorities had to be very dis creet, but very watchful too, in view of the fact that our Budd hists do not represent a suffi ciently closed and supervised organization to make undesira- MOCK PLUMBING CO. —BILL MOCK— Day or Night Phone AD 2-1104 925 E. 37th St. Savannah Prescription! Filled Glasses Adjusted BROKEN LENSES DUPLICATED Open 9 A.M. - 6 P.M. Close Sals, at 2 P.M. OPTICIANS Dial ADams 2-8308 414 BULL ST. Savannah Johnnie Ganem Steak Ranch CHARCOAL BROILED STEAKS PRIME STEAKS DINNERS - LUNCHEON COCKTAILS DINNER MUSIC Gaston and Habersham AD 3-3032 ble infiltrations impossible. ‘ ‘Our communist enemies know how to exploit well the situation that they created themselves; they cultivate jea lousy, dissatisfaction, tension, hate among the population. From there it is not a far cry to shouts of oppression, perse cution, defamation of religion and favoritism. “Since passions had been awakened, it was easy to com mit atrocities, such as the fight ing at Hue on May 8, Buddha’s birthday, where 8 dead and 16 injured were reported. Then came the burning alive of a 73- year-old man on the open street in Saigon in front of the Cam bodian legation at the time of a return from a burial that had been celebrated as a mass de monstration. Elsewhere there were similar massacres of bon zes. “You have also heard of five Buddhist demands relative to freedom of religion. But this liberty has always been re spected in South Vietnam. They only wanted to make communist propaganda under the protection of ‘freedom of religion' and get their communist proteges and thugs who had been caught com mitting illegal acts off without penalty. “Nevertheless, the govern ment proposed to them the es tablishment of a commission composed of government and Buddhist representatives to in vestigate each individual case. But the latter declined this pro posal. On one side, the govern ment wanted to bring the affair to' order with prudence and pa tience; the other side became constantly bolder in its im possible demands. * ‘Up to August 20, they or ganized many secret and illegal meetings and mutinies. In so doing, they turned pagodas into political liaison centers and openly decried the government. Unfortunately, they knew very well how to camouflage their political struggle behind the mask of religion and to hinder government activity, deceiving public opinion abroad, their best support, especially in commun ist countries. Thus, they were not working towards a peaceful solution. * ‘Rather, their aim was op position to and the fall of the government. In view of this lack of honest objective, we could not allow this double game to go on any further to the advantage of the communists, our only enemies at the time. On August 20 the President declared a state of emergency and ordered the army to take all measures necessary to guarantee peace in the whole country. Towards midnight, soldiers broke into suspected pagodas and found weapons and plastic bombs there. In places they also ran up against violent resistance. Doubtless, many persons were stopped to be identified. ‘ 'Now the Buddhists and real bonzes are starting to realize” that they were deluded and were driven too far by false ‘bro thers’ and tempters. They have decided to seek compromise. But once disorder arises, or der cannot be restored in a day; our soldiers must be constantly on guard and we are living under military law.” Mann Television Service Company TV-RADIOS-TRANSISTORS TAPE RECORDS-STEREOS 148 West Broad AD 6-6358 Savannah, Ga. ECHOLS TRANSFER INC. HAULING & MOVING Truck & Driver $3.50 per Hour Tractor Trailor & Driver $4.50 per Hour Serving Customers Throughout Georgia” 370 Lee St. S. W. PL 3-2153 Atlanta CHICKEN UUla. ORDERS TO TAKE OUT COL. SANDERS' RECIPE KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN DINNER FROM $1.00 PARTY 8UCKET—FROM $2.50 BUCKET O' CHICKEN—FROM $3.50 BARREL 0‘ CHICKEN—FROM $4.85 SHRIMP DINNER—FROM $1.00 GOLDEN FILLET OF FISH DINNER— FROM $1.00 SHRIMP BUCKET—FROM $3:50 TWO LOCATIONS 5703 Waters Ave. 9 1028 Bay St. AT DERENNE 0 EXTENSION 354-9525 f 232-6138 SAVANNAH 0 SAVANNAH PARENTS OF QUINTUPLETS—Andrew Fischer visits his wife in St. Luke’s Hospital, Aberdeen, S. Dak., after quintuplets had been born to the couple. It was said to be only the fourth recorded instance of the birth of quin tuplets in the U. S. Bishop Lambert A. Hoch of Sioux Falls flew to Aberdeen within 12 hours of the birth and, donning a surgical mask and gown, baptized and confirmed the four girls and a boy in the hospital nursery. (NC Photos) Bishop Baptizes ABERDEEN, S. Dak., (NC) - The Bishop of Sioux Falls flew here by private airplane to bap tize and confirm quintuplets born in St. Luke’s Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Fisch er. Arriving here less than 12 hours after the four girls and a boy were born to the couple (Sept. 14), Bishop Lambert A. Hoch of Sioux Falls donned a surgical mask and gown to ad minister the sacraments in the hospital’s nursery. Sister Mary Stephen, super intendent of the 225-bed hospi tal operated by the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, said both sacra ments were administered be cause of the delicacy of the health of the five infants. The parents of the quintup- Quintuplets lets are members of Sacred Heart parish in this city of about 23,000 persons. The 38- year-old father is a farmer who also works as a wholesale grocery clerk. The Fischers have five other children, the oldest eight years of age. The birth was only the fourth recorded birth of quintuplets in the United States. One of the first congratula tory telegrams to arrive for the Fischers came from Presi dent and Mrs. Kennedy. It said: ‘‘Please accept our best wishes and hearty congratula tions on the occasion of the birth of your quintuplets. It is an event of great national pride. We wish Mrs. Fischer a speedy convalescence and we wish for the continued satisfactory progress of the infants.” Archbishop Slipyi “No Place For Independent Eastern, Western Churches” ROME, (Radio, NC)-Ukrain ian Rite Archbishop Josyf Slipyi of Lvov said there is no place for either an independent east ern or western church within the universal Church. Archbishop Slipyi, released in February after 18 years of REGULATIONS- (Continued from Page 1) ty throughout the world.” The Pope confirmed reports that the projects now to be con sidered by the council number 17, which “for the greater part have been sent to the bishops.” Commenting on the projects, the Pope noted that they have been “reedited and newly de veloped in a briefer form, with this criterion that the general principles above all be consid ered, leaving aside non-perti nent questions: in fact bringing before the ecumenical council that which deals with the Uni versal Church. “In the reworking of the pro jects the preeminence of the pastoral nature of this council was kept in mind. In fact it is necessary that the sure and unchangeable doctrine of the Faith declared and defined by the supreme magisterium of the Church and by preceding ecu menical councils, above all that of the Trent and of the First Vatican Council which must be faithfully respected, be ex pounded in a manner that is consistent with our times, so that men of our time may find it more easy to embrace truth and to receive the salvation that Jesus Christ gave to them.” In the letter Pope Paul re ported that among other deci sions taken to make the council more effective was the appoint ment of American-born Arch bishop Martin J. O’Connor, rec tor of the North American Col lege in Rome, as president of the council press committee. The Pope's letter disclosed that the Council Fathers would have a five day week with Sat urday and Sunday off. However, he noted that at the same time there would be a number of beatifications and other solemn ceremonies throughout the council period. detention in the Soviet Union, spoke during an Italian tele vision program on the problems facing the ecumenical council. The Archbishop’s remarks had been prepared several days in advance of the September 13 telecast and were not intended as an answer to the attack on the Church made the same day by Archbishop Chrysostomas, Primate of the OrthodoxChurch of Greece. The Orthodox Primate said in Athens that unity between the Orthodox and Catholic Churches is unattainable. He added that Orthodox believers will never accept the doctrine of papal infallibility and charged the Church with being ‘‘centralist and absolutist” in contrast to Orthodox ‘‘democratic prin ciples.” Discussing relations between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, Archbishop Slipyi declared: ‘‘As an Oriental (Eastern Rite Catholic), I see many obstacles to the development, progress and reunion of the Eastern (Orthodox) Church. But I also see no fewer possibilities of success, removing step by step the various obstacles and causes of discontent.” The Archbishop continued: “Since Jesus Christ founded a single universal Church under a single universal pastor, there is no room for an autonomous eastern one (church) just as there is no room for an auto nomous western one. “No one can stop Catholics and particularly Eastern (Rite) Catholics from regretting events which abused power in the religious, liturgical and dis ciplinary fields. . .For above all a spirit of unity and of submission to the supreme pas tor must reign, especially dur ing the ecumenical council. “Every bishop is a bishop with full rights as long as he remains in union with Peter. The ordinary jurisdiction of the Church is not collegiate, that is composed collegiately of all the bishops. The jurisdiction of the pope is supreme and to it is subordinated that of the bi shops.” Door Seen Opened To ‘Trash’ Novels By Court Decision QUEENS, N. Y., (NC)—A sweeping new definition of what constitutes pornography may result from a decision handed down here by a justice of the State Supreme Court. His ruling that badly written, trashy novels are entitled to the same constitutional protec tion as works by critically ac claimed authors threatens to create new battlefields in the struggle over censorship. In dismissing indictments (Sept. 9) against three Queens distributing concerns and seven executives accused of selling obscene literature, Justice J. Erwin Shapiro found that 25 books named in the indictments were ' 'poor writings bad in taste, profane, offensive, dis gusting and plain unvarnished trash.” But he also found that such novels “have a place in our society” and that the books did not exceed the ‘ ‘present criti cal point in the compromise between candor and shame at which the community has arri ved,” the obscenity test set down a half century ago by the late Judge Learned Hand. Since 1957, when U. S. Su preme Court Justice William J. Brennen defined obscenity as ‘ ‘utterly without redeeming so cial values,” courts have tend ed to rule that any books of literary value cannot be ob scene, regardless of its con tents. In defending his position that there was a place in society for such writings, Justice Shapiro wrote: “There are those who, be cause of lack of education, the meanness of their social exis tence or mental insufficiency, cannot cope with anything bet ter. Slick paper confessions, pulp adventure and‘comic book’ type of magazine provide them with an escape from reality.” In finding that the books did not go beyond the mores of the times, the Justice wrote: “In an era of bikinis which reveal more than they conceal; of ci nemas, which show females swimming in the nude—one must conclude that these books do not constitute hard-core po rnography. Coarse they are, but so is much in our civiliza tion.” Attorneys who were ap prised of the ruling said they expected it would be used in the future to try and extend the U. S. Supreme Court’s “social value” test to include works that lack critical acclaim but that provide diversion for many people. Frank D. O’Connor, Queens’ District Attorney, called the works “cesspool” literature and maintained that Justice Sha piro had misread the communi ty’s position on what is accep table and that he should not have taken it on himself to deter mine the obscenity of the books in the first place. “That’s a community ques tion,” O’Connor stated, “and the community should have an opportunity to express its will through a jury.” He said the case would be appealed. Seafood Supper Sept. 20th ■4? Home School Meets At Thunderbolt THUNDERBOLT- Nativity of our Lord’s new pastor, the Rev. Robert Teoli, was guest speaker at the September meeting of the Home and School Association. Father Teoli complimented the members for their fine at tendance and interest in Home and School activities saying “the forthcoming year looks very promising.” Newly installed president, Mrs. Clayton Moore, introduced the following officers who will serve with her: Mrs. J.L. Byerly, vice-pres- sident; Mrs. George Ling- enfelser, treasurer and Mrs. Francis Fischer, secretary. Sister Mary Christine R.S.M. principal, introduced the fac ulty to the parents and class- mothers were introduced. Final plans for the annual seafood supper and bazaar to be held Friday, September 20th were discussed at this meeting. It was also announced that home and school dues for the year are now due and the class to first report 100% collection will be awarded a prize. Fall mums on driftwood with pencils, rulers and a globe made by Mrs. Fischer pro vided the theme decor for the back to school meeting. Mrs. Bart Shea, hospitality chairman, was in charge of refreshments. The door prize was won by Mrs. J.F. Tilton. U. S. Bishops’ Committee Asks Aid In Fight Against Bracero Program CHICAGO, (NC)—The U. S. Bishops’ Committee for Mi grant Workers has issued an “S.O.S. on Public Law 78,” the legislation under which Mexican workers called “braceros” are imported to work on farms in this country. The Bishops’ Committee ur ged citizens to write their con gressmen opposing any exten sion of the law, which it called “a thoroughly bad piece of leg islation.” Under action taken by the House of Representatives in May, P. L. 78 was slated to die at the end of this year. In mid-August, however, the Senate approved a one-year ex tension of the program. The Senate bill (S. 1703) carried amendments to give American farm workers the same working conditions and protection gua ranteed to foreign workers. But on August 21 the House Agricultural Manpower Com mittee passed over the Senate bill and voted for its own mea sure (H. R. 8195)--a straight one-year extension without any amendments. In its appeal for opposition to extension of the law, the Bishops’ Committee said the program “takes advantage of the poverty and ignorance of a depressed people.” Critics of the bracero pro gram charge that it puts do mestic farm workers at a dis advantage by placing them in competition with foreign work ers who are able to accept lower wages. In discussing congressional maneuvering on the issue, the Bishops’ Committee statement says organized farm interests “with their enormous financial resources have made their weight felt.” It says the issue is a struggle of power and wealth against principle and faith in the rights of God’s little people here in America.” Members of the committee include Albert Cardinal Meyer, Archbishop of Chicago; Arch bishop Robert E. Lucey of San Antonio, Tex.; Archbishop Ur ban J. Vehr of Denver, Colo; Bishop Stephen S. Woznicki of Saginaw, Mich.; and Bishop Francis J. Schenk of Duluth, Minn. St. Patrick’s PCCW Names Chairmen AUGUSTA—The first fall meeting of St. Patrick’s Council of Catholic Women was held at the Rectory Monday evening, September 9th, with Mrs. H. B. Roberts, president, presiding. Mrs. Roberts appointed the following committee chairmen for the coming year: Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Miss Margaret Strauch; Public Relations, Mrs. H. S. Buckley; St. Mary’s Guild, Mrs. Harry B. Arthur; Family and Parent Education, Mrs. D. F. Whaley; Organization and Development, Miss Mary Sulli van; Telephone, Mrs. Annie Humphrey; Foreign Relief, Mrs. W. D. Moore; Catholic Charities, Mrs. Pauline Ma- thewson; Spiritual Develop ment, Miss Mary Lou Shurley; Libraries & Literature, Mrs. Alfred Zeller. L. TO R., Mike Regnier, Mark Ross, Benny Swiderek, Susan Reardon, Carol Chandler, Judy Thomas, Carolyn Dixon, Lotty O’Brien and Dorothy Gott. L. TO R. RONNIE Wilkerson, Susan Reardon, Carol Chand ler, Judy Thomas, Carolyn Dixon, Lotty O’Brien. Day Starts With Bible Reading COLUMBUS — Each day at Our Lady of Lourdes School begins with a reading from the Bible. It has a position of honor at the head of the class. The Bible stand is always beauti fully decorated. This is done by a different student each week. The reading from the Bible is preceeded by a prayer to the Holy Spirit i to help us under stand the full meaning of what is read. Then one of the stu dents reads a passage from the Bible. Afterwards there is discus sion to suggest the ways r -1 — 1 — SOUTHERN VENETIAN BLIND CORP. REPAIRS - REFINISHING LAUNDRY Paulson & (>9th EL. 5-(>(i75 Savannah Brinson Exterminating Co. Complete Pest Control Service SURETY BONDED EL. 5-1661 Or EL. 5-0492 Savannah in which the reading applies to each one of us in our daily lives. This helps us to become more alive Catholics. 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