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PAGE 2 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1961 THEOLOGIANS ASSERT U.S. Action In Vietnam Is Justifiable Decision WASHINGTON (NC)—A sample polling of Catholic moralists and political scientists has re vealed a unanimous belief that the U.S, was justified in its de cision to strike back at com munist naval bases in North Vietnam, A cross - section of moral theologians and political ex perts were asked by N.C.W.C. News Service whether Chris tian morality governing war fare permits retaliatory at tacks, and whether the air strikes on North Vietnamese FT boat installations were ex cessive, especially in view of the danger of their sparking a wider conflict, MOST OF those contacted agreed that the American de cision could not properly be called “retaliatory/* William E. Moran, Jr„ dean of the School of Foreign Ser vice at Georgetown University and president of the Catholic Association for International Peace, said he thought the U.S, response was “a reasonable one given the circumstances, and particularly since China and North Vietnam had some ques tion about our commitment in Southeast Asia/* "It isn’t a question of re taliation," he said, 'The United States had to make it perfect ly sharp and clear to the other side that this country is not a ‘paper tiger/ It was necessary to take appropriate action quickly so they will not con tinue to be deceived. In this re spect I can see positive mora* action here," MORAN SAID the U.S, may have been faced with a "choice of evils," but declared this country cannot refuse to take action merely because of the threat of nuclear war, "If you take that line, you have to ask what this means to our freedom and our re ligion," he said, "Do we have to give all of that up just to protect our hides?" Father Edward Conway, S.J., research professor of political science at Creighton Uni versity, Omaha, Neb,, and di rector of Creighton’s Center for Peace Research, deplored what he called "the widespread use of the word ‘retaliation’ to characterize our response to this aggression," He said the word connotes an "irrational and non-military motivation" on the part of the United States, The air strikes, he said, were a "defensive counter measure which I don’t consider excessive in light of the situation/’ THE ATTACK on the North Vietnamese mainland falls within the proper limits of self defense, according to Father Francis J. Connell, C.SS.R,, former dean of the school of sacred theology at the Catho lic University of America. Self defense, said Father Connell, a moral theologian, can imply more than merely return ing the fire of PT boats which twice attacked U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. "We can defend someone else as well as ourselves," he said. "In this case, by bombing the naval bases, we were defending ourselves, the people of Vietnam and the free world." The justification for the U.S. action by international law was upheld by two other members of the Catholic Association for International Peace. They are Father George H. Dunne, S.J., assistant to the president of Georgetown University of In ternational Affairs, and William V. O’Brien, professor of inter national law at Georgetown. FATHER DUNNE expressed some doubts about the total U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia, but he said as long as this country is actively engaged it must take action when neces sary. "PT boats come from bases, they don’t spring up out of the sea," he said. "So we strike back at the bases from which they came. In international lsw if violence is justified, it is justified by something like there. In fact, there is a great er danger of escalation into a larger conflict if we sit back and do nothing. O'Brien said he believed the action was "proportionate" be cause it was exclusively di rected against the cause of the aggression — the PT bases. While admitting there is a chance the incident would "escalate" into a nuclear struggle, he said the com munist policy must have been determined before the initial aggression took place. As a military action the communist attack was "senseless," so it must be concluded that the at tack was an outgrowth of com munist policy that is still un clear to American observers. EVEN while Americans dis cussed the growing tension in North Vietnam, the Vatican City dally, L'Osservatore Romano, warned against the use of vio lence which might push nations along the path to war. In a front page editorial (Aug. 6), the newspaper said "the grave news from South east Asia" should make world leaders realize "that violence resolves nothing and prejudices everything, embittering 30uls and pushing them to react." The editorial went on to say it was "difficult, not to say impossible" for public opinion to form a clear idea of the "reasons, aspects, immediate and long - term objectives of these actions." Documentary NATAL, Brazil (NC) — A pro duction unit of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is here to complete the filming of a documentary report on Catholic efforts in Latin Ameri ca to achieve the aims of the ecumenical council. The re port is expected to be tele vised in December. Priest Honored NEW YORK (NC) — Msgr. Joseph T. Ryan, national sec retary of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association, has received the Grand Official of the Order of Independence de coration from King Hussein of Jordan, The monsignor, a native of Albany, N.Y., also is presi dent of the Pontifical Mission for Palestine.. GEORGIANNA MOTEL & RESTAURANT STEAKS - SEA FOODS - CHOPS - COMPLETE DINNERS & BREAKFAST OPEN 6:00 A. M. TO 10:00 P.M. MOTEL PHONE LE 4-7361 - RESTAURANT PHONE LE 4-7051 U. S. HIGHWAY. NO. 23 MR. 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Here Father Gabriel is seen conduct ing the Orthodox service at the altar in St. Agnes church for the wedding of Lynda Saliba of Peoria, Ariz., and Kenneth Hadded cf Mesa, both parishioners of St. George. Father Gabriel said that since he could ask for the use of another church it seemed right that It should be a Roman Catholic church. GULF OF TONKIN Moscow Reaction To Viet Attack On Ships Weighed BY J. J. GILBERT WASHINTON (NC) — Officials here were slow to ascribe a reason for the attacks upon U.S. warships in the Gulf of Tonkin area of the South Paci fic. Some authorities professed to be mystified, and one, only recently returned from South Vietnam, said "there are many possibilities, but it would be pure speculation to go into them/* In some quarters It was thought the attacks might be part of a larger plan which looked to escalation of the fighting in Southeast Asia. Others wonder ed if the attacks were tests, to see if the U.S. is a "paper tiger," as the Red Chinese have been telling their Asian neighbors. THE NEW problems arose in Asia at a time when it was being predicted here that Soviet Russia would not agitate international waters until after this year's elections in this country. Some observers wondered if the attacks were part of a Red Chinese attempt * to "take the play away” from Red Russia just at this time. Various reasons were ad vanced why Moscow, without any announcement of its de- RABBI WARNS cision, might just quiet down for several months period. One explanation was that the issues involved in the U.S. poli tical campaign are such that Soviet Russia would gain in the long run by silence. Another was that Soviet Russia is in economic straits, and badly needs our help. Earlier this summer a Senate subcommittee made public a symposium of studies which said Red Russia was fac ing crises in agriculture, in dustry, quality control, sup plies of raw materials, and planning. It said Moscow was trying to increase its trade with the U.S.; urged that the Western nations develop a concerted policy concerning trade with Russia, and asserted the belief that "a firm attitude on the part of the West will produce political concessions on the part of the Soviets." "SINCE THE Soviets require our grain, our equipment, our raw materials and our credits as a matter of the greatest urgency and perhaps even a matter of survival, there is every reason to believe that a firm attitude on the part of the West will produce political con cessions on the part of the Soviets, the study asserted. This report did not provoke much discussion. Perhaps people in the U.S. believe it is difficult to check actual con ditions behind the Iron Curtain, and trade with Russia is not a popular topic of discuss ion in an election year. A development in recent days has renewed interest in the Senate study. A news report from Moscow said Premier Khrushchev had brought about on his own initiative a meeting with David Rockefeller, presi dent of the Chase Manhattan Bank in New York and a bro ther of the Governor of New York. Khrushchev had the American financier fly to Mos cow from Leningrad, where he was attending a conference, and in a talk "renewed his insis tence that trade be increased between the Soviet Union and the United States." ROCKEFELLER, the report added, told Khrushchev that there are a number of obstacles to increased trade, including legislation which bars the U.S. from trading with Russia in strategic materials, the Soviet Union's failure to settle its $11 billion wartime Lend Lease debt, and a lack of agreements protecting patents and copy rights. Concern On Jewish Statement Growing MILWAUKEE, Wis. (NC>~ A Jewish leader has warned a conference of Catholic nuns that there is a growing concern and anxiety in the Jewish commu nity that the Vatican council's statement on the Jews has been watered down and may event ually be discarded. If this is true, said Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum, national director of the Interreligious Affairs Department of the American Jewish Community, no one would be surprised if major segments of the Jews turn their backs on the whole enterprise as another failure of conscience of the Western world with regard to the Jews, THE RABBI addressed the Sister Formation Conference held at Marquette University (Aug, 7). 'The many American bishops who have in the most fraternal ways fought to reassure Jewish leaders of their personal sup port of the Jewish decree in its strongest form and who have expressed publicly and privately their optimism over the passage of the decree, need to be made aware of the growing skepticism among Jews," he said, "FROM THE newspaper re ports and from other informed sources, it appears that coun cil parliamentary’ and voting procedures announced several weeks ago by the council secre tariat is such as to reduce the possibilities for open floordis- cussion of this as well as other decrees to a bare minimum. "Given the experience of the closing days of the second ses sion (of the council) with regard to the Jewish decree which was introduced but withheld from a vote, many Jews are openly pre dicting a similar fate at the third session. The decree will be in troduced, those opposed to it will find technical wasy to postpone, to filibuster, and finally to shelve the decree into limbo," he said. RABBI Tanenbaum said re ports that the decree has been watered down have left a ter rible negative reaction among Jews, He said those in the "La tin" and "Hispanic" world are unaware of the effects this would have on interreligious soli darity. "It will take literally genera tions of effort to overcome the divisive fall out in religious, cultural, social and political relation* that would inevitably ensue should the Jewishdecree, and with it, the religious li berty decree, die at the third session," he said. 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