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F IE orthC akcl litt-a Cath o Ii c Volume I. Nazareth, N. C., Sunday, October 20,1946 Number 3 His Eminence Samuel Cardinal Stritch, Archbishop of Chicago, has an earnest word with labor chieftain, William Green, at the 65th annual convention of the American Federation of Labor, held in Chicago. Cardinal Stritch gave the invocation on the opening day. Mr. Green, in the opening address to the convention assailed dicta- / torship, communism, reactionaries and all ideologies unsuited for our form of government. Photo by Irv Hebreg, INP. (NC Photos) Labor Leaders Declare Government Owes Support to Sectarian Schools * Chicago—^Speaking out oh behalf of 7,150,000 American work ers, the Executive Council, of the American Federation of Labor has submitted a report to the federation’s 1946 convention here advo Uciuiig uimeu o ta let) vjruveiimiem aid to sectarian as well as to pub lic schools. The child in the sectarian schools has a right to attend them, i which involves not only a legal permission but a legal assurance that the right shall be enjoyed, the report notes, explaining that “the enjoyment of the right implies a degree of economic support. To assure each child’s right to an ed ucation the Federal Government is thoroughly justified in making funds available to the use of that child.” In an obvious reference to the educational policy of religious de nominations which operate their cvyrn schools, the Executive Coun cil quotes the A. F. of L Com mittee on Education as follows: “There is a minority group to day that holds that in conformity with the religious concepts of their faith that a form of sectarian in struction must be given with all other educational training as an integral part of the education of children. The right of this mi nority group to its convictions must be zealously safeguarded. Not only to protect the rights of the minority but actually to pro • mote the unity of a functional (Continued on Page 12) / Fight for Justice New Play Theme Los Angeles—(NC)—“Trial By Fire,” a play about racial segrega tion by the Rev. George H. Dunne, S. J., of the faculty of ^Loyola Uni versity, Los Angeles, will open tije 1946-47 season of the Los Ange les Theatre. Unit at the Wlshre Ebell theatre here on October 27. The play, which tells the story of a family who sought to escape -1 the barrier of restrictive real es tate covenants and recalls the tragic death in a fire last year of a San Bernadino Negro family, is being sponsored by Emmet Lav ery, Catholic playwright and pres ident of the Screen Writers Guild, and Miss Lena Horne. ' Blow Against All Presbyterian Says ..New York—The trial and sen tence of Archbishop Aloysius Ste pinac of Zagreb “has set a dan gerous pattern which may be em ployed by other governments and repeated against other religious bodies,” Dr. John Sutherland Bonnell, pastor of the Fifth Ave nue Presbyterian Church, declar ed in deploring the prelate’s con viction. “No intelligent Protestant will rejoice in the misfortunes that have overtaken the Itoman Catho lic Church in Yugoslavia,” he stat ed. “Experience has established that when one portion of the Christian Church meets with re verses, it is a setback for all Chris tians. (Continued on Page 12) Tito Excommunicated as Court Sentences Archbishop Stepinac Washington. — (NC) — The Zagreb trial of Archbishop Aloy sius Stepinac causes the United States Government “concern and deep worry,” Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson told a press conference yesterday.' The Acting Secretary’s state ment came some hours after the Capital had heard that the Tito tribunal had sentenced the Arch bishop of Zagreb to 16 years of forced labor, and was in response to ar request that he discuss the trial. The Government official made it clear this declaration of interest did not of necessity mean that the United States would make an official protest to the Yugoslav government when the official records of the trial are re ceived here. Mr. Acheson also denied that the Vatican had attempted to se cure United States intervention in the case. Questioned by correspondents as to what interest this Govern ment could have in a trial in Yu goslavia, the Acting Secretary said, “it is the civil liberties as pects of the thing which causes us concern.” He declared that the State Department was in posses sion of no more detailed informa tion than the newsmen them selves had, but he pointed out that even to the men who were re porting the trial on the spot “the actual conduct of the trial left a great deal to be desired.” Mr. Acheson authorized the fol lowing statement: “I have been asked if I would be willing to make comment' or statement about the trial of Archbishop Stepinac, and I shall,” Mr. Ache son said. “It cannot necessarily be spe cific. What I should like to say is that we have for a long time been concerned about civil liber ties in Yugoslavia. You will re call at the time we recognized the government of Yugoslavia, we drew their attention to what we thought was the undesirable situ ation in that field and reihinded (Continued on Page 12), Louis Budenz, one-time editor of the Communist Daily Worker, made headlines when he told a radio audience last Sunday that the Communists’ have' a secret national leader who directs all U. S. activities. Budeni Charges Communists Active Pittsburgh—The Communist In ternational definitely exists and operates in the United States “in fact if,, not in form,” Louis Fran cis Budenz, former managing edi tor of the communist Daily Work er and now a professor at Fordham University, declared in an address to the Knights of Columbus here. In making his first public ad dress since his return to the Cath olic Church last fall, Mr. Budenz also said that the Soviet Union had determined upon a course which would unleash a war of nerves leading up to the destruc tion of the United States. He had learned this, he said, through the discussions which took place over the article written by the French communist Jacques Duc (Continued on Page 12) --7 In the courtroom at Zagreb, Yugoslavia, Archbishop Aloysiug Stepinac and 12 priests were among the 18 defendants 'tried by the Communist Tito government for alleged “war crimes against the people.” The Archbishop is shown as he took the witness stand to face his accusers, hissed, mocked, and jeered by spectators. The Archbishop, who calmly told the cqurt his conscience was clear, was condemned to 16 yean of forced labor. Acme. (NC Photos) 4 Rome, OCt. 14.—The Catholic Church today excommunicated Marshal Tito, all members of his Yugoslav government and all oth ers who participated physically or morally in the trial of Arch bishop Aloysius Stepinac,t,.primate of Yugoslavia. Some Vatican prelates hailed the sweeping nature of the decree as a powerful blow against the Yugo slav government for the trial and 16-year sentence imposed upon Stepinac Stepinac was charged with col laboration and war crimes against the partisans, but the Vatican expressed that the Catholic Church itself had been on trial. The excommunication was or dered by the Congregation of the Council, highest disciplinary body of the church, which was called into session last year after a per iod of inactivity covering 75 years. The decree cited three points of canon law under which all par ticipating in the trial had, by the fact, brought excommunication upon themselves automatically^ Excommunication is incurred by: 1. Anyone who brings a bishop, especially his own bishop, into a secular court. 2. Anyone who lays his hands upon a bishop or archbishop in a violent manner. 3. Anyone who directly or indi rectly impedes the exercise of ec clesiastical jurisdiction; and in or der to do so, resorts to civil power. The declaration was ''handed down by Francisco Cardinal Mar maggi, head of the council, with the concurrence of the Pope, and was ordered printed in the semi official Osservatore Romano. Although the excommunication order did not" specifically name any person—it said all who “phy sically or morally concurred” in the trial were excommunicated— legal sources at the Vatican said it was aimed at the entire Yugoslav government. In addition to Marshal Tito and the members of the Yugoslav gov ernment, these sources said, it in cluded all judges at the trial, all witnesses for the prosecution, all police agents participating in the arrest and trial and all who aid ed in the trial directly or indirect ly. Bishops and pastors in Yugo slavia are empowered to refuse (Continued on Page 7) I Spare Archbishop. Mead Asks New York—Following many urgent appeals from citizens and members of the armed forces abroad, Senator James M. Mead of New York has been in communi cation with the State Department regarding the trial of Archbishop Stepinac, it has been announced here. The Senator expressed the hope, it was declared, that through the intercession of the American Government the life of the Arch bishop may be spared to enable him to continue his labors among his flock. The'Senator pointed out to the State Department that the Archbishop is held in high es teem and great respect by his peo ple.
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