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Why Stalin Fears War Visitor DAYTON,
0..-(NC). --General Francisco Franco,
Chief of State of Spain, is convinced that Stalin does not want war. and that the answer to Communism and Marxist socialism is not war on Russia, but a combination of three things: (1) Social justice for the poOr ; (2), preparedness for the defence of Christendom-, and (3), reeducation of the people in the teachings of Christ. These views were expressed by General Franco in an interview with the Very Rev. Sylvester J. Juergens, Superior General of the Society of Mary. Weakness in the Russian armed forces is an even more compelling reason than the
atomic bomb for Stalin to avoid war, General Franco told Father Juergens, while the latter was xi a tour of Spanish-speaking houses of his religious congregation. Father Juergens quoted Franco as saying: "Confidential information indicates that the Russian army is weak .There is a very weak infantry. . . The leaders know it-and they are not at all interested in a trial by arms. "Moreover, the dispersal of Russian forces throughout the occupied countries constitutes a weakness. .. Once war were declared, resistance forces would cut and destroy communications Stalin and his clique remember what happened to the Nazis. .. ." General Franco asserted, said Father Juergens, that there is a great spiritual and religious renaissance in Spain-"fruit of the blood of our martyrs, -17 Spanish bishops and thousands of priests, Sisters and Brothers assassinated." lle warned, however, that Comniunism is making great strides in the West. not so much under it, own game as under the
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ottawa, "because it is better to he a hungry cat than a well-
fed dog in chains." The 35 -year-old career diplomat's present action was planned
from the time the Russians marched into Poland. He took the Ottawa post in 1945, and remained until now in order to perfect his English so that when he made the final break he would be in a position to seek employment in Canada. His decision was hastened by word from Warsaw that lea was soon to be posted back to Poland for duty as a counsellor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His resignation was mailed to the Polish Minister in Canada. Announcing his decision to the Ottawa Journal, he said: "A t last we are free." With the sovietisation of Poland going on
These tvk o boys, laden with their prizes, were blissfully unconscious of the photographer's ore,,ence as they took time off to read their comics at Clontarf,
Freedom In Health -Plan-
NEW YORK-(NC).-"Amer(NC). WASHINGTON jeans are at last awake to the While expressing itself definitely problem of the Displaced l'erinterested in local, state and na- ow: hut they still are unaware tional health programmes, the of the greatest post-war tragedy National Council of Catholic Wo- -the expulsion of over twelve men went on record at its annual million persons from their homes Board meeting here as demand- behind the Iron Curtain into pre. name of socialism. ing that the following freedoms sent_day truncated Germany," "The final solution is an integ- la) safeguarded: freedom to join declared James J. Norris, Euroral Christian society, according or not to join: freedom to join pean Director of War Relief Ser. to the social doctrine of the private or public programme, Aces-N C.W.C., who has recent( hurch," Father Juergens quoted and freedom of choice in a doctor ly returned from Frankfurt for the Spanish leader as saying. r hospital, a series of conferences on refs.
apace, it has become necessary for a person to become a member of the Communist party to survive, especially as a government official, he added, In Poland he had served with
gee and relief problems in Europe. According to Mr. Norris, the
Displaced Perosns Act of 1948, admitting 205,000 persons to the United States, is bringing substantial numbers into this country at present, with an anticipat_ ed arrival of .16,000 persons per month after July 1. ' Australia has offered to accept 200,000 D.P.'s, and other countries, in( a_ding Canada, are accepting substantial numbers, but after the majority of the D.P.'s are resettled the occupying powers in Germany must find a solution to the problem of the 12,000,000 homeless refugees of German ethnic origin who are dumped into Germany as a result of the Potsdam agreement.
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the home army against the Germans and later with the Polish partisans. He added.that if it were possible for them to obtain visas, 90 per cent of the people of Poland would leave to be free.
Completed BOYS' TOWN, Neb.-(NC).Fifty-one weeks after the death of Father Flanagan, the building expansion programme which he planned at the City of Little Men will be completed Started in the spring of 1946, the huge expansion project planned by Father Flanagan and car_ ried to its completion by his sucessor, Msgr. Nicholas H. Wegner, was dedicated at special exercises on May 8, just a week before the first anniversary of
Blessing The Fishing Fleet April 14.BELEM, Portugal
of fishing schooners crowding the mouth of the Tagus river here furnished an impressive sight for the annual blessing of the cod-fahing fleet. , The ceremony took place at the river's edge in front of the old priory of the Hermits of St. Jerome, which is dedicated to St. Mary of Bethlehem, The priory was built in thanksgiving for the discovery of the sea route to India in 1497 by Vasco de Gama. Archbishop Emanuel Trinidad Falguerro, newly appointed Coadjutor to the Patriarch of Lisbon, officiated at the blessing. The fleet, which has left for the banks of Newfoundland, Iceland and Ureenland, assembled in the mouth of the Tagus for almost two weeks before tne blessing ceremony. Coming from various ports ;n Portugal, the ships were mainly fore-and-aft schooners, of the Cape Cod type but now fitted with wireless, echo sounding and other equipment to facilitate
SAN ANTONIO, Tex,--(NC). was held in the Cathedral here for the Rev. Albert Joseph Daube, CM F., who lost his life in a vain r.ttempt to save the life of a boating companion. The 27 -year -old priest was on an outing with six companions an Lake McQueeny when the boat suddenly capsized.
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(N C) .-W A. YIF AW A Zhik has resigned as second secretary at the Polish Legation In
Indians SIOUX FALLS, S.D-(NC). -Bishop William 0. Brady, of Sioux Falls, announced that an (,plate Sisterhood for Indian s omen has been officially established at St. Paul's Indian 'Mission, Marty. S.D. There are eight, native nuns in the community, Sioux from south Dakota Reservation, Chippewa from North Dakota and atorni from Kansas. They ere trained by Blessed Sacrament Nuns The project was
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Father Flanagan's death. He died in Berlin while on a youth welfare mission for the War De. partment. The dedicatory
AQUINAS WINNING HEAD OF THE RIVER RACE. J. J. Pannell (bow), 9,4; F. G. Tyson (2), 10.10; K. F Toe ning (3), 10.9; P. M. Walsh (4), 12.5; A. W. Akkermans (5), 11,0; L. Mojzer (6), 12.0; T. F Meagher (7), 12.2; R. J. Curtis (Str.), 10.4; T. Murray (cox), 7.3. Average weight: 1 1st. 0.11h. Coach: _A F. Dobson, Esq.
(Radio, NC).-His Holiness Pope Pius XII. yesterday celebrated Mass at the Papal altar in St. Peter's Basilica for 3,000 boys from 18 countries-the great composite choir of the Little Singers of the Wooden Cross. The boys responded with mag-
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delivered by His Eminence Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New, York. Included in the building programme is a new high school, trade school, auditorium -music hall, administration - welfare building, high school dining hall and recreation centre, field house, 25 cottages, housing 20 boys of high school age, a reception centre and a new power plant and laundry. _
nificent renditions of several numbers of classical selections of religious music before, during, and after the Mass. At the close of the Mass, instead of leaving directly as customary, the Holy Father had words of congratulation and corn -
mendation and extra blessings for Abbe F. Maillet, director of the choir, and for the boys, to which they responded with a rendition of the sixteenth century ''Tu Es Petrus." His Holiness remained for the number, enjoy -
ing it with obvious pleasure. The boys came from France, Italy, Belgium, North Africa, Spain, Holland, Luxembourg, Switzerland, the Lehannon, Canada, the United States, the Belgian Congo, Cuba, and other (Continued at loot next column) areas.