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Church and Stale
When Ezra Taft Benson becomes Secretary of Agri
culture in the Eisenhowe. administration he will be
the first apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints (Mormons) to hold so high a posi
tion in our government. The Council of the Twelve
Apostles of which Mr. Benson is a member is the
highest governing body of the Mormon Church.
This is a situation which has drawn no fire from
the "latter day" self-appointed guardians of the First
Amendment. The Christian Century and POAU.
One can imagine the furor if some one like Msgr.
Ligutti had been tapped by Eisenhower to be his
new Secretary of Agriculture. The Christian Century
and POAU would have called for public protest
meetings. Nothing but silence has greeted the Ben
son appointment.
It has also been reported that Mr. Benson has
named Di Karl D. Butler, also a Mormon, to be his
administrative assistant The Washington Post for
December 17. commenting on the Butler appoint
ment. noted that “it might not be a bad idea for
the secondary executives of the Department of Agri
culture to bone up on the teachings of Joseph
Smith (the founder of the Mormons) if they wanted
a good intimate estimate of their incoming super
iors”
That there is a valid question of principle in
volved can be seen by the remarks Mr. Benson made
to the press when his appointment was announced
As reported in the Desert News and Telegraph of
Salt Ijike City. Mr. Benson made the following state
ment:
“This appointment means that the world has
come to recognize the Church for what it is It
is the fulfillment of a prophecy of Joseph Smith
(founder of the Mormons) who said the Church
would one day assume leadership in Washington
“Frankly. I did not want to be Secretary of Agri
culture ... I cannot imagine anyone in his right
mind wanting the job because 1 know the problems
it involves I have always had a fear of public of
fice. and it was with this feeling that I went to
meet General Eisenhower
“1 told him I had supported Sen. Taft for Pres
ident. I came from a state which is unimportant
agriculturally compared to the Midwest. There are
several good men in the Midwest who would like
tn have the job and I wondered about the wisdom
of calling a clergyman to the cabinet."
To which General Eisenhower was reported as
having said:
‘Surely you believe the job at hand is spiritual
We must be spiritual in converting the American
people tn confidence in their government. You can
not refuse to serve America
Hip Hope For 1953
The new’ year has begun What it holds in store
tn fortunately unknown Its history will, however,
he linked with the year just ended. For what has
occurred during 1952 will in nn small measure be
the stage setting for the coming twelve months.
Freedom from fear was not one nf the character
istics predominating the world of 1952 Most of
that fear was found in nations and people domin
ated by Soviet power The world was not free of
war. though the long feared global war did not ma
fertilize Russia and her satellites continued to
build up powei not only by industrial production
and by the training of military force, hut principally
by ruthless destruction of all potential opposition
in the areas controlled by them In the West the
United States continued to lead the opposition to
Communist block of powers, with not a little suc
cess There were definite signs of the increasing
world wide unpopularity of Communism and what it
stands for.
All of this will have much to do with what 1953
will be People continue to fear lest .some interna
tional blunder may bring total war. And this fear is
made all the more dreadful by thoughts of the mys
teries and potentialities of what is being called
an “atomic age" People have terrifying thoughts
of what new methods of warfare can do to helpless
multitudes of people No one is safe, and wholesale
destruction can come almost without notice The
sneak attack on Pearl Harbor which opened World
War II is thought of hy some as only a minor inci
dent compared to what an atomic war could be like
from its very inception
There is in the gloomy picture, however, a hope
fill «ign in the increasing awareness of peoples nf
their dependence upon God Religion has become
popular if the term may be used Pope Pius con
tinues to be the outstanding leader in urging men
to acknowledge that true peace can come only
from union with and obedience to God and His
Church The Holy Father, continuing his mighty
efforts of the Holy Year has inaugurated a spir
itual renewal crusade in Rome and in Italy. He
hopes it will spread to the whole world
While the blood of countless martyrs for the
faith gives promise of the future flowering of the
Church, the greatest tragedy of all continues to he
witnessed in the severing of millions of little chil
dren from union with their Church and the consc
quent loss of their faith The struggle between the
Soviet East and the Christian civilization of the
West will continue constant during 1953 The Ca
tholic Church will stand fearless against the in
creasing attacks of atheistic communism. That the
worldwide opposing forces of 1952 will not break
into complete warfare is the hope for 1953 Perhaps
a continuing determination in our efforts against
Communism, coupled with more fervent prayer and
obedience to the law of God, will bring a noticeable
awing away from the threat of global conflict and
definite progress toward lasting peace.
The Greatest Of Kames
It was the custom Among the Jews at the time nt
the birth of Our Lord that new bnrn children receive
a name at the time of circumcision It is fitting
therefore that the Feast of the Holy Name nf Jesus
be observed on the Sunday following the Feast n(
the Circumcision
The Gospel of the Mass for the Feast of the
Holy Name is short “At that time after eight days
were accomplished, that the Child should be cir
cumcised, His Name was called Jesus, which was
called by the angel before He was conceived in the
womb
This Holy Name was not by chance therefore,
nor was
it even by choice of men It was already
made known by the angel Gabriel when he an
nounced to the Blessed Virgin that she was to be
the mother of the Redeemer: “Behold thou shalt
conceive in thy womb and shilt bring forth a Son
and thou shalt call His name Jesus. He shall be
great and shall be called the Son of the most High,
and the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne
of David his father: and He shall reign in the house
of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there shall
be no end."
There is no greater name on earth than the
Holy Name of Jesus. At it every knee that is in
heaven and on earth should bow. It most fittingly
is the banner under which the Catholic men of the
Diocese arc banded together. The annual rally of
these men al their Churches January 11 should
therefore, be most inspiring. Dedicated as they are
to the service of this Holy Name, they will make a
complete and tremendous act of faith by their local
attendance at the annual rally.
Thank Yon
As is the usual custom, now is the time of the
year to pause just a moment to wish all of our
readers a very Happy and Prosperous New Year and
to offer a special word of thanks to al) of the fine
advertisers who helped make the Catholic Times the
wonderful success that it is. It is due to the fine
cooperation of all of the good people of the Colum
bus Diocese that the TIMES is able to bring tn
your home each week the true story of world condi
tions from every corner of the globe. May God bless
you all!
Just Among Ourselves
Raisin? Comment Considered ar Inconsiderate
We echo the seasonal cry: Happy New Year!
People wish each othei happiness by a sure in
stinct for the just word. Happiness is what we are
made for. It is the end of existence. It is the ful
fillment of human life. It is what al) desire, even
though many like to cal] it by other names.
For there are persons who find the w’ord happi
ness a little soft and sentimental. They reject is as
a sissy word. They deny, with manly vigor, that they
seek after happiness: they declare that never in
their lives have they acted with happiness as their
conscious end or intention.
Bu this is merely a quibble about words. And
with justice the great Shakespeare cries, “'What’s
in a name?” Everyone wants what he wants. He
want® what he judges will give him a kind of fulfill
ment, or serve as a kind of satisfying expression. Let
him call it satisfaction instead of happiness. Let
him call it fulfillment. Ix*t him call it Fido if he
likes. It is the same thing. And the philosophers of
every age have named this thing happiness or
beatitude.
No man can avoid the quest for happiness Our
Declaration nf Independence numbers among nur
"unalienable rights" the right to pursue happiness
Of course, the writers of the Declaration meant that
we have the right to seek happiness without let
or hindrance on the part of government But even
men whom tyranny enslaves seek happiness. It
may be that the slaves seek merely to be rid of
their shackles, or that they seek quiet of mind to
bear the shackles patiently. But the striving to be
rid of miseries, and the effort to he patient under
oppression, are pursuing* of happiness.
Tn be rid of evil is good. And the possession of
good is the essence of happiness. Man is
made tn achieve good, and the Supreme Good, which
is the Infinite God This is the Object whose pos
session means boundless and endless happiness.
And since this Object cannot be had permanently
and perfectly in this life, happiness during earthly
existence is always fleeting and imperfect.
In every conscious act, we seek what is desir
able, what is good. Saint and sinner, in acts of
virtue or of crime, arc after what they rightly or
wrongly judge will bring satisfaction what will an
swer desire w hat is goad to have. The man who is re
signed under affliction the man who is consumed
with lawless and foul desires the man who wants
to serve God the man who doesn’t want to be both
ered with serving God: the lover of life the suicide
who craves extinction,- one and all, they are seek
ing what seems good to have They are seeking
good they are striving for happiness.
Since only the Supreme Gond can bring true
fulfillment and perfect happiness, it is this good
for which men necessarily hunger. But men seek
this good in varying ways. Like people destined
inevitably to seek the same city, they have their
choice ol roads. And some may perversely take the
road that leads directly away from the city of their
destiny Rut nevertheless it is the city that they are
seeking.
Put lhe matter another way. Suppose a race of men
inescapably destined to seek a diamond of great
price. Wise members of the race will look for the
diamond where it really may he found,—in a dia
mond mine Others mav blindly seek it in many other
places, even in the garbage heaps and refuse.piles
about their city. Rut it is the diamond they are seek
ing. no matter where they look. That is what they
are made for. and they cannot help it In their es
sential quest they arc not free they must seek the
diamond. They are free only in choosing the places
in which to look for it.
Man is not free to seek any ultimate goal he
is made for God. the Supreme Good Man’s freedom
is not freedom of the ultimate end it is freedom of
choice. And choice means the choice of incans, not
of the last end Whether man seeks God reasonably
in striving tn know, tn love, and to serve Him or
whether man seeks God in worldliness and sin. it
is God he is seeking.
This fact points up the essential horror of sin.
For the sinner actually makes the foul object of his
immediate desire into the likeness of God. The sin
ner perversely turns his own inevitable drive and
tendency to God into a tendency to what God ah
hors Hr puts defilement on the altar i.. the place
nf God Accurately does St Paul describe certain
sinners as those ‘whose God is their belly." Sin
adds unspeakable insult to unlimited injury.
When we wish each other a Happy New 5 ear.
we are wishing for all mon a hanpy life And a hap
py life is a life spent as its Crea’ov intended, in the
studious and patient quest of Himself Our wish
is a praver that men will turn at last to the God
w hn made them for Himself, and leave off seeking
the Diamond in the trash heaps of personal passion
or wnrldlv wealth, prominence, or ease. Our
New Year's wish is a prayer for the return nf man
kind to sanity.
Even though the measure nf happiness we may
have on earth is not tn be enmnared tn the perfect
happiness nf heaven for which we, consciously Oi
unconsciously, are forever striving, we are meant tn
seek and find happiness here The only place we
can ftnd it is tn the knowledge, love and service
nf God That all mankind will recognize this truth
and act upon it is our prayer when we wish our
neighbors a Happy New Year.
THE CATHOLIC TIMES, FRIDAY. JANUARY 2 .- 1 9 5 3
1
FATHER HIGGINS
Two years ago the American
edition of “The Social Crisis of
Our Time," by the German-Swiss
economist, Wilhelm Ropke, was
e v i ewed in
this column. At
that time we
expressed the
opinion that it
would be a se
rious mistake
for American
a o lies to
look upon Rop
ke as a reliable
commenator on
the social en
cyclical*. The temptation to do so
is admittedly very groat.
Ropke, a non-( atholic scholar
with an international reputation
in the field of economics and pn
litical science, goes out of his
way in almost all his writings
to pay tribute to the encyclical
point of view on social recon
struction. But in all sincerity
and with the very best of inten
tmns, he misinterprets Quadra
gesimn Anno on the subject of
the so-called Industry Council
Plan The Industry Council Plan,
he says, is “a very unfortunate
idea,” identical, in practice if not
in theory, with collectivism.
The occasion (or returning to
this subject is the publication
nf another article by Ropke
which again misinterprets the
teaching of Quadragesimo Anno
on the subject of the Industry
Council Plan In this recent ar
ticle, “Liberalism and Christian
ity,” Ropke leaves the impres
sion—as he did in his book—
that Catholic social teaching is
practically identical with his
own philosophy of neo-liberal
iam. In that philosophy, however,
there is no room whatsoever for
the Industry Council Plan of
Quadragesimo Anno in the sense
that this program has been in
LOUIS F. BUDENZ
Feast Of The Circumcision
The Industry Council Plan
terpreted hy the majority of
Catholic social scientists.
Neo Liberal
Ropke is not a reactionary
Manchester liberal of the type
condemned so severely in the
encyclical of Leo XIII and Pius
XI he is a neo-libcral. He does
not subscribe to the philosophy
of laissez-faire in the old-fash
ioned sense of the word, hut
does contend that competition
(“real” competition, unhamper
ed hy monopoly or by the inter
vention of private organizations
in the economy) should he the
guiding principle of economic
life.
Starting from this philosophy
of neo-liberahsm Ropke cannot
he expected to interpret accu
rately the teaching of Quadra
gesimo Anno on the "corporate"
reorganization of economic life
along the lines of the Industry
Council Plan. He admits that
the encyclical recommends the
establishment of industry coun
cils (vocational or occupational
groups), but hastens to add. on
his own authority, that these
councils according to the mind
of Pius XI arc to be restricted
exclusively to th sphere of "so
cial reform’’ and arc not intend
ed to have anything to do with
"economic reform.’’ Economic re
form, he insists, is to he effected
by the operation of the free
competitive market unhampered
either by monopoly or by the in
tervention of occu national
groups in the economy. In each
place, he says, where industry
councils or occupational groups
arc mentioned “and where their
establishment is recommended,
it is done simply with the social
purpose of obtaining an improve
ment of the relations between
employers and employees, that is
to say, with the aim of dissipat
ing class struggle, and not of
killing competition in the mar­
Sta I in 9s Other A-Hom
While air defense drills pre
pare us for protection against
atomic warfare from abroad,
good citizens cannot forget for a
mom ent Sta
lin’s other big
A-bomb. That
still rem a i n s
the spread of
S o v iet misin
formation and
confusion with
in our own hor
ders.
There is
still some pos
s i i lity that
this danger mav be overlooked
in a mood of complacency. Re
ports to the general press from
Vienna present the December
"world peace congress" of the
"partisans for peace” as bringing
forward, in the main, the same
old faces. And there has been
a tendency to present it as some
thing which did not come up to
Stahnite advance predictions.
Look Sharp
It would be had if those re
ports were to throw us off guard
The International Economic Con
ference in Moscow last April
was also considered something
of a dud. Rut it has proved to
be quite the contrary, with a ris
ing tide of anti-Americanism
springing up in Europe in its
wake. Now’ much more credence
I
is given to Soviet whisperings
in Europe that the United States
is “war mongering.” All of this
was designed to press European
public opinion into insisting up
on East-Wes* trade.
Now more than ever, we must
look sharp to what the Soviet
fifth columns arc proposing.
Among those things which chal
lenge our attention is the cur
rent Communist effort to make
the Red cause synonymous witb
that of labor. It is a growing
Stahnite custom to link attacks
upon the Taft-Hartley Act,
which has to do with labor-man
agement relations, with a fusil
lade against the Smith Act and
the McCarran Internal Security
Act, which aim at ending sub
version By this means the Stalin
ites hope to prove that the in
terests of labor and of Moscow's
agents are the same They hope
thereby to get the idea accepted
that any move against subversion
is a move against the free labor
movement. In a lengthy state
ment on "What Our Country
Faces Now," presented by the
American Politburo in the Daily
Worker of November 7. this ma
neuver is a chief feature.
Two Wrong Conception*
Already some persons posi
tions of responsibility have tak
en seriously totally misleading
fra
$
i
ket
"One is continually under the
impression,' he continues, "that
the author of the Encyclical had
before his eyes the dangers aris
ing from an imprudent recom
mendation of (industry councils),
and that to avoid an anarchy of
group interests’ he endeavored
to restrict this organization to
the sphere of social reform."
No one has ever suggested that
the Industry Council Plan of
Quadragesimo Anno was ever in
tended to have the effect "of
killing competition in the mar
ket." The encyclical does state
very emphatically, however, that
competition, while useful and
even necessary within certain
limits, must be effectively con
trolled by "a juridical and social
order (the Industry Council
Plan) which will, as it were, give
form and shape to all economic
life.”
Economic As Well As Social
The reader will note the en
cyclical’s emphasis on "econom
ic life"—an emphasis reaffirm
pd six years later in the encycli
cal on Atheistic Communism. “It
happens all too frequently
under the salary system.” the
latter encyclical states, "that in
dividual employers are helpless
to ensure justice unless, with a
view to its practice, they organ
izc institutions the object of
which is to prevent competition
incompatible with fair treatment
of workers ... If. therefore, We
consider the whole structure of
economic life, as We have al
ready pointed out in Our Encych
cal Quadragesimo Anno, the
reign of mutual collaboration
between justice and charity in
social-economic relations can on
ly be achieved by a body of pro
fessional and non-professional
organizations, but on solidly
Christian foundations
Communist propaganda When
this occurs, difficulties arise
from two directions. 1) trade
union leaders who fall into this
Red trap and denounce the Smith
and McCarran Security Acts as
intruding in some way or other
upon the rights of labor and 2)
those who view any proposals
for the amendment of the Taft
Hartley Act as being Commun
ist-inspired.
Roth conceptions are utterly
wrong. If persisted in they can
only help the Stalinites. Any
study of Marxist-Leninist tactics
leads to a sharp distinction be
ing made between the Commun
ist line, those items which the
Kremlin wishes adopted for its
own purposes, and those reforms
which the Communists take up
in order to screen their illegal
moves toward armed insurrec
tion. There is no great problem
involved here all that is re
quired is a careful study in a
critical and analytical way of
Marxism-Leninism.
There is a wide area of discus
sion within the United States
for such subjects as the propos
ed amendments to the Taft-Hart
ley Law which have nothing to
do with Communism. There may
be differences of opinion in re
gard to the validity of some of
these proposals, but they are
American differences of opinion.
INQUIRY CORNER
What Is A Ciborium
As Used In Mass?
Q. What is a ciborium?
A. From the Greek word for cup,
it refers to the vessel which con
tains the small.Hosts used for the
Communion of the faithful at
Mass. It is like the chalice, but the
bowl usually is larger and has a
cover. The materials are gold, sil
ver or baser metals, but the inter
ior must be gold.
Q. How many Magi were there
the first Epiphany?
A. There is nothing definite
about the country of origin, the
number or the names of the Magi.
Mainly because of the three gifts
there is a strong ancient tradition
that there were three. In the West
ern Church there is also a tradi
tion that they were Persians and
that their names were Gaspar, Mel
chior and Balthasar. The Gospels
leave these points open to legend,
until scholars can determine them
more definitely.
Q. What are the English words
of the Benediction hymns? Are
there any indulgences attached to
it?
A. There is an indulgence of
five years each time and a plenary
indulgence once a month if the
“O Salutaris” is recited daily. The
same is available for the “Tantum
Ergo" with the versicle and prayer.
English translations of these hymns
are printed in most Catholic
prayer-books, but one translation
of the "0 Salutaris” runs as fol
low’s: “O Saving Victim, opening
wide the gate of heaven to man be
low! Our foes press on from every
side Thine aid supply. Thy
strength bestow. To Thy great
Name be endless praise, Immortal
Godhead. One in Three! Oh, grant
us endless length of days, in our
true native land with Thee. Amen.”
Q. What are the sins “that cry
to heaven for vengeance'9?
A. They are sins which on ac
count of their manifest arid special
malice call for special punishment
from God. They are generally list
ed as wilful murder, oppression of
the poor, the sin of Sodom and
defrauding laborers of their w'ages.
When Cain killed Abel. “The voice
of thy brother’s blood crieth to Me
from the earth" said God to him.
(Genesis 4:10). The oppression of
the poor helpless Israelites in
Egypt was a sin that cried to Heav
en (Exodus 3:7) To keep back the
wages of the needy (Deuteronomy
24:14) or to defraud them (James
5:4) calls for God’s punishment,
and we read of the drastic punish
ment of the people of Sodom for
their unnatural sins (Genesis
19:24).
Q. What if you forget n sin in
confession? Does that make tt a
had confession'*
RICHARD PATTEE
A.
Only mortal
Anti-A mericanism
The precipitation with which
the United States has pushed
European unity, and the expecta
tion that somehow’ or other Eu
rope would ral
ly with about
the same alac
i y as the
states of this
federal union,
it was noted in
this column
last week, has
contributed to
a very consid
e a hie irrita
tion among Eu
ropeans. This
week, a word
about some of
the effects of the so-called "co
lonial" question on the mind of
Europe.
In a recent number, the pop
ular Paris illustrated review'
Match published a longish ar
ticle dealing with the sense of
frustration among the French
over the persistent effort on the
part of the United States to un
dermine the stability and solidar
ity of the various European pos
sessions or overseas territories.
The article was entitled “What
Hitler Failed To Do”—that is to
say, e\en Hitler at his most vio
lent moments never wavered in
his assertion that the destruc
tion of the British empire would
be an unmitigated disaster. Since
1945 the United States and oth
ers have devoted no small part
of their energies to the steady
breaking down of the British
system, as well as the French
and the Dutch.
For good or evil, most Euro
peans still look upon their
achievements in Africa and Asia
as not entirely misguided or
catastrophic. Colonialism has
never had the same bad odor
that it has in this country. Nor
is the opposite of colonialism al
ways conceived as complete in
dependence, especially when
such independence is as unten
able and absurd as it is in Libya
or Eritrea. The Dutch were irate
beyond all expression during the
Indonesian crisis because of th?
lack of support and understand
ing from this side of the water.
The French are equally so dur
ing the present Tunisian and Al
gerian difficulties. This resent
ment springs from various sourc
es.
Juridically Sound
In the first place. France feels
quite strongly that there is pre
cious little understanding of its
thesis either in American cir
cles or in the United Nations. Al
geria and Tunis are part of
France. It would be as illogical
to discuss this problem an
sins deliberately
concealed make
a
confession
bad.
The grace of the sacrament cleans
es our souls if we are sorry and
confess our sins honestly. Some
times we see the malice of sins
confessed years before in an inade
quate way or not at all—because
we did not realize. They should
be
mentioned as should those we
have forgotten, if they are mortal
sins. If venial sins are involved
they do not have to be mentioned,
but it is always wise to use the
power of the sacraments to give
grace and strength to our soul and
remove temporal punishment due
to sin. A sin that has been for
gotten should be mentioned in the
next regular confession, but the
person may go to Holy Commun
ion meanwhile.
Q. 1 have a friend who left the
Church years ago because of an
insult from, a priest? Why are not
priests more like the Apostles?
A. Assuming that your friend
is
stating the case fairly it is sad that
some priest failed in that instance.
The priest’s fault did not and does
not excuse any Catholic’s departure
from God or His Church. God chose
to save men through men as we
see from the weaknesses of St.
Peter and other Apostles (e.g.
doubting Thomas). St. John Chryso
stom gave the rule for Catholics in
the fourth century and it still
holds: “He who has a father, what
ever faults he has, conceals them
all And if this be said of our
natural fathers, how much more
of our spiritual fathers.” The priest
is a man taken from among men
and endowed with powers for the
glory of God and th? salvation of
souls. Catholics turn to the priest
for the spiritual teaching, guidance
and graces he gives, regardless of
his personal failings.
Q. What are the “marks of the
Church” and what do they prove?
A. The chief marks of the Church
are four: it is one, holy, catholic
or universal and apostolic. By
"marks” we mean evidence avail
able to all men by which they can
recognize the genuine Church
established by Christ. Since it was
to be a “city seated upon a moun
tain” (Mattthew 5:14) there would
certainly be clear signs by which
men could distinguish it from oth
ers. Sacred Scripture describes it
as having these four basic creden
tials. and the marks themselves
are an indication of the hand of
God (e.g. the unity of the Church
through these many centuries).
Send questions to the Reverend
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international gathering as for
a
matter concerning Hawaii or
Alaska to be presented to the
Security Council or General As
sembly. The French position is
juridically sound and persistent
effort to drag the matter into
the open through international
dehate is a violation of the very
plain facts of the case.
The French, perhaps, under
estimate the purely moral side
of the thing and hy refusing to
discuss it, assume that a solution
has somehow been advanced. But
the major concern is the appar
ent illusion of the United States
that the larger the number of
weak, insolvent nations created,
the firmer the guarantee for
peace becomes. The argument
that a people whose national
aspiration is recognized will
become a bulwark of strength
in the fight to contain Sovietism
does not appeal very strongly
to the French. Their cynicism
and hardheadedness on this and
other matters make it difficult
for them to accept any such
naive judgment.
Reaction Not A* Anticipated
The championing of national
sovereignty for everyone that
expresses a desire for it—from
Hottentots to Eskimos as
a
sound basis for the creation of
an effective international com
munity. is a principle about
which the very greatest doubt
may reasonably exist. The Unit
ed States went down the line for
Indonesia, against the Nether
lands and in the teeth of soma
fairly obvious realities. Indo
nesian reaction has been
far
from the fulsome one anticipat
ed. Proposed military arrange
ments with the Jakarta govern
ment have run into very serious
difficulties and economic under
standing has been met by
a sus
picious and hostile attitude in
Indonesia.
No one went further out on
the proverbial limb than tha
United States to exert pressure
on Britain to grant full sover
eignty to India. Nehru’s India
can hardly be classified today as
one of the more ardent admirers
of the United States and its pol
icy.
In some curious manner this
zeal for defending the right to
independence of the dispossessed
dnes not seem to pay off in the
proper kind of dividends. And
th? French anticipate that if by
chance Morocco and the other
African territories should go tha
way of Indonesia and Eritrea,
the consequences would
be very
much the same—8 total lack of
gratitude or understanding for
what had been done to
make
their existence possible.