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Vol. II, No. 22
China’s Reds Now Use
Protestant Churches
In “Reform” Movement
BY FATHER PATRICK O'CONNOR
Society of St. Columban
(Correspondent, N.C.W.C. Newt Service)
HONG KONG The communists have gained control of
the chief Protestant denominations in China.
A good minority of Chinese Protestant leaders have op
posed the Red “reform” and have suffered for their princip
les. Hundreds of thousands of ordinary members, and many
pastors and evangelists have given------------
no cooperation to the “reform.”
But the majority of Chinese
Protestant clergymen who hold
high positions in their respective
Churches have g» ne over to the
comm um-t-spon-ored movement.
With them they orought their or
ganizations. against the will of
many members. The National
Christian Council, an exclusively
Protestant body representing most
of the Protestant groups in China,
is now a mere loo: oil the commun
ist government.
Many, perhaps most of these
Chinese Protestant leaders yielded
only through fear, fear for them
selves and their families. Some
yielded in hopes of getting a work
ing arrangement rather than out
right suppression. But once they
put their necks inside the Red hal
ter, they found themselves being
led to complete surrender.
Chinese Protestant church lead
ers were snared by typical com
munist tactics The communists
prefer not to make a frortfal attack
Requiem Mass
Offered For
Msgr. Goebel
Oldest Priest In Columbus
Diocese Mas 83 Pastor
Of St. Marv 41 Years
PORTSMOUTH—A Pontifical Re
quiem Mass was offered by Bishop
Ready for the Right Rev. Msgr.
Tiburtius A. Goebel, pastor of St.
Mary church, who died Feb. 23. He
was 83 years old.
Msgr. Goebel, wno was the oldest
priest in ’he Columbus diocese,
had been ordained 59 years and
was pastor of St. Mary's for 41
years. Because vt his long and
faithful service «o the church, he
was honored by the Holy Father.
Pope Pius XII, lune 24. 1949, and
was made a Domestic Prelate.
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Msgr. T. A. Goebel
With this honor he earned the title
•f Monsignor. He would have cel
ebrated his diamond jubilee in
June of this vear.
Msgr. Goebel was ordained in
1893 by the Most Reverend Am
brose A. Watterson, the second
Bishop of the Columbus diocese.
Msgr. Goebel was born in Mari
etta, the youngest of seven chil
dren. He was educated in Marietta
public primary schools and then
attended Marietta College Acad
emy for his high school courses.
He entered Notre Dame Univer
sity at South Bend. Indiana, in
September. 1885, and received his
Bachelor of Arts Degree there in
June, 1889. He studied theology
for three years a St Mary Semi
nary, Cincinnati, trom September,
1889 until June, 1892 He then
relumed to the Catholic Universi
ty of America in Washington, D.C.,
for post graduate work. He was
one of Catholic University’s first
graduates.
Following his ordination in 1893,
one of the Monsignor’s first pa
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Spring Conference Set
Members ef the Diocesan
Council of Catholic Women
have invited the women of the
ciocese to be guests of fhe
Southern Deanery at their an
nual spring conference sched
uled for Sunday, April 26, at
St. Joseph's church in Circle
ville. The meeting will take
place at 3 p. m. in Memorial
Ha.ll.
on any church. They want to avoid
making obvious martyrs. Follow
ing their “class war’’ pattern, they
try to create a destructive “strug
gle” within religious groups. Thus
they get ■progressive" Christians
to do their work for them and to
do it under a mask of "national
ism” or “democracy.” Red com
missars. obviously with go\ern
ment approval, push the progres
sives” to evei more drastic action.
Red police support them, by inflict
ing anything from house arrest to
torture on the faithful church
members.
When the fai’hful have been
liquidated oi\ otherwise silenced,
the Reds have a completely servile
"church’ which they use as a chan
nel of Marxist indoctrination. They
expect to make the next genera
tion so materialistic that the
church will cease to exist.
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(If the specialized kind of “strug
gle”—meaning a schism or “re
form” within the church—does not
give results, the communists use
their generel struggle tactics
against religion. That is. they en
gineer accusations, in the name of
"the masses.” of espionage, coun
ter-revolutionary activities and fan
tastic crimes.
They have had only local and
partial successes in promoting "re
form” groups among Catholics in
China. They have failed so far to
create a large-scale nationwide
"struggle" movement within the
Catholic Church. Hence they are
still using their clumsier weapons
against Catholics./
Protestant variations and uncer
tainties in doctrine and in church
authority have helped the commun
ists’ specialized tactics. Any vague
ness about church doctrine or au
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State Church
Believed Aim
Of Polish Reds
ROME (NC) Communist
Poland's latest decree making State
approval of all Church appoint
ments obligatory represents a ma
jor step toward setting up Red
controlled "National Catholic
Church” in that country.
This was the interpretation of
Federico Allessandrini. foreign ed
itor of Osservatore Romano, in a
front-page signed article in the
Vatican newspaper.
He said that the decree putting
all Church appointments, including
those of Bishops, under State con
trol marked a drastic adverse
change in the situation of the
Church in Poland, despite provi
sions in the new Polish Constitu
tion guaranteeing the Church's
rights.
“The People’s Republic of Po
land, for motives still unknown.
Mr. Alessandrini wrote, “steps up
the pace and attempts to impose
by decree that ‘National Catholic
Church' which Moscow in 1945
prescribed for all the Soviet satel
lite countries.”
“Now we know the reason for
the recent arrests of Bishops in
Poland.” the Osservatore editor
commented, adding:
"By these arrests, they wanted
to establish an alibi for an act of
force. They were trying to justify
ahead of time an arbitrary act of
oppression premeditated for more
than seven years. The new decree
tramples on the rights, of God and
Church, and oppresses the con
science of a great Catholic nation.”
Another'Comment on the action
of the Warsaw regime appeared in
11 Quotidiano. organ of Italian
Catholic Action, which said: "With
this unheard-of act of violence,
which aggravates still more the
sad situation of the Church in Po
land. it is apparent that the War
saw government ... wants to open
a new chapter in the persecution
of the Church, already so tried and
tormented.”
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Austrian Journalists
Elect New President
VIENNA (NC) Dr. Willi
Ixirenz, of the Vienna Catholic
weekly. Die Oesterreichische Fur
che, was elected president of the
Association of Austrian Catholic
Journalists at the organization's
annual general assembly here. Dr.
Friedrich Funder, distinguished
octogenarian journalists and cor
respondent emeritus of the N
W.C. News Service, was named
honorary president.
The Peter's Pence collection dif
fers from all others throughout the
year for “besides offering a gener
ous charity to the Holy Father, the
Peter's Pence is an occasion to pro
fess to the world the indisputable
New Hospital
Law In Austria
Ra|)S Catholics
VIENNA. Austria (NC)
Measures adopted by the Socialist
controlled Ministry of Social Wel
fare are seen threatening the
future of Austria's Catholic hos
pitals.
Latest of these measures
promulgated on the eve of the
general elections on Feb. 22—was
a decree that employees at private
hospitals be paid at rates 50 per
cent above those in force at public
hospitals. The decree is bound to
hurt the Catholic hospitals, the
majority of which are just barely
able to exist financially.
Catholic authorities fear that un
less the decree is withdrawn in
the very near future, all Catholic
hospitals will be compelled to
close. The great majority of Ca
tholic hospitals are run by religious
orders or Caritas, national Catholic
welfare agency.
Initiated by the Wages Board,
which is controlled by the Social
Welfare Ministry, the salary decree
came as a complete surprise, since
no previous consultation had
taken place with the managemen's
of the private hospitals.
According to Catholic sources,
the decree was in line with a
determined policy of the Social
ists to bring about a State monop
oly in the health service field
The Catholic hospitals, which
are rated among the nation's most
popular and efficient, have already
been sharply discriminated against
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On Eve Of Pontiff's Birthday
The second annual Lenten collection this year will be in
the nature of a “birthday present” for Our Holy Father. Bish
op Ready has designated Sunday. March 1 as the day when
the Diocese of Columbus will have the opportunity of offering
special alms and prayers for Pope Pius. It will be the eve of
the Pontiff’s 77 birthday
In a letter announcing the ap
peal for alms for the Pope. Bishop
Ready noted that ’he "needs of the
Church are especially numerous
end great in this critical year.”
and that “Peter’s Pence has been
an annual act of love and loyalty
to the Vicar of Christ from time
immemorial.”
The ifesjiolic Times
Columbus 16, Ohio, Friday, February 27, 1953
Masses March 1, Keynote State Sesquicentennial Celebration
The Suffering World Looks To Him For Help
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mark of the unity of the Catholic
Church,” the Bishop wrote.
This year the distribution of alms
is one of the most important works
of the Holy Father who “has given
fearless leadership to all peoples
against the ever-increasing might
of Atheistic Communism.” More
than ever this year, because of the
condition of the rest of the world,
the Holy Father ’ooks to the people
of the Western Hemisphere to aid
him in his great works.
With this in mind, the Bishop de
clared that “all worthy Catholic
people will make a special sacri
fice to support the Holy See in its
world wide mission of faith and
charity. They will deem it an
honor to put into the hands of the
great Pope Pius XII the means not
only of maintaining but even ex
tending his ntrepid, dynamic lead
ership for peace and justice among
all men.”
We Catholics, the Bishop wrote,
are likely to take our press for
granted, as we take many other
blessings, ft theie were no Catho
lic newspapers, magazines, reviews,
digests and pamphlets, he said, vve
would:
1. Quickly lose conscious partici
pation in (he normal life of the
Church as a vjhole.
2. Miss needed instruction in
points of doctrine and practice.
3. Be deprived of inspiring arti
cles, essays, poems and stories
which help to keep our thoughts on
the great purpose of existence, and
to fill us with desire to attain that
purpose.
4. Be quickly out of touch with
important Catholic events.
5. Lose just perspective. We
would no longer view the world we
live in under the steady light of
Catholic truth.
Bishop Ready continued:
March Confirmation Schedule
Bishop Ready
St. Peter church. Chillicothe Mar 1, 4:00 p.
St. Mary church, Chillicothe Mar. 1, 7:30 p. m.
Our Lady of Lourdes church, Ada .......... Mar 8. 7:30 p. m.
St. Mary church, Lancaster Mar. *10,-7:30 p. m.
St. Catharine church. Columbus Mar. 12. 7:30 p. m.
Corpus Christi church, Columbus Mar. 17, 7:30 p.
St. Leo church, Columbus Mar. 22, 7:30 p. m.
Bishop Hettinger
Holy Name church, Columbus Mar. 8. 3.00 p. m.
St. Christopher church. Columbus Mar. 8, 7:30 p. m.
St. Ladislaus church, Columbus Mar. 10, 7:30 p. m.
St. Nicholas church, Zanesville Mar. 15. 4 00 p.
St. Thomas church, Zanesville Mar. 15. 7:30 p. m.
St. Vincent church. Mt. Vernon Mar 19, 7:30 m.
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Mass Will Mark
Holy Father’s 11th
Year Of Reign
A Solemn High Mass, Coram
Episcopo, with B*hop Ready pre
siding. will be celebrated in the
chapel at St. Chai les College, Co
^prnbus, Thursday. Mar 12, com
memorating the fourteenth anni
versary of the Coronation of Pope
Pius XII.
The Right Rev. Msgr. Paul J.
Glenn, Rector of St Charles, will
celebrate the Mass. He will be as
sisted by St. Charles professors.
Rev. Paul O’Dea. deacon Rev.
Thomas F. Duffy, sub-deacon. The
Rev. Edward Healey will deliver
the sermon.
The Rev. Thomas Sabrey will act
as master of ceremonies for the
Mass, which is an annual observ
ance. The Rev. George Schorr,
vice-chancellor of the diocese, will
be master of ceremonies for Bishop
Ready.
The Mass w ill be sung by the
school cantorum of St. Charles, di
rected by the Rev. F. Thomas
Gallen. The faculty and student
body of St. Charles will assist at
the Mass.
Bishop's Article Emphasizes
Need Of Catholic Publications
The importance of the Catholic press is pointed out in an
article in the February issue of The Missionary Catechist, pub
lished monthly by Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters. The
essay is especially timely, because it comes at the conclusion of
the world-wide observance of Catholic Press month.
Emphasizing the indispensable
service of the Catholic press, Bish
op Ready calls it ‘the most effec
tive extension of ‘he pulpit.”
“The Catholic press with its rich
fruit of’ books, papers, and periodi
cals has an immeasurable influence
upon our Catholic lives. Catholic
books on the shelves^ Catholic pa
pers and magazines on the table
of the living room are powerful
factors in :he Catholic atmosphere
which our souls lequire.”
“If there were no Catholic
press.” he asserted, "we would
soon be existing in a world of spir
itual starvation. Our souls would
be forced to feed upon husks. For
when Christ and His Church are
rigorously excluded from our read
ing. the best of secular science,
philosophy and literature can be
no more to us than the sorry fare
of the Prodigal Son before he wise
ly determined to go home to the
abundance of his lather’s table.”
Bishop Ready also cited the Holy
Father’s warning ’hat "all our mis
sions. foundations, organizations,
movements and activities will be
undertaken in vain if they lack
the support of a sound and ener
getic Catholic press.”
“It is our privilege the Bishop
concluded, “to join directly in all
the activity of th* Church—in her
intense missionary endeavors, and
in her motherly care to foster
peace and joy among the children
already gathered within her pale—
and we may enjoy this privilege
at the cost of a nominal sacrifice
made for the support and exten
sion of our splendid Catholic
press.”
Headquarters of Our Lady of
Victory Missionary Sisters, which
publish the magazine, is in Victory
Noll, Huntington, Ind. Sisters of
the order are located in St. Col
man's. Washington C. H., and St.
Joseph's, Cirdevifla.
Protestants
In Germany
Rap Divorce
BONN, Germany (NC) A
marriage performed in church
cannot be dissolved and the princi
ple of the indissolubility of mar
riage ought to be incorporated in
the laws of the state This is one.
ol the findings of ’he theological
commission of lhe United Evangel
ical-Lutheran Church of Germany,
which had been aked to render an
opinion on "matrimony and chirr?
marriage.”
Basing their findings on the
teachings of the Gospel the Pro’
estant theologians declare that a
church marriage could never be
regarded as a mere repetition of
the action of a state registry of
ficial.”
However, the theologians state,
“what is possible tor the Christian
cannot be generally required and
enforced in a world of sin For
this reason, the Protestant church,
recognizing human weakness and
obstinacy, does not contest the
right of the state to enact state
divorce laws, as long as they cre
ate order out of disorder and af
firm the basic indissolubility of
marriage, they ado
The children's Lenten campaign
last year raised more than $1,000.
000. It is a part of the annual cam
paign which is conducted for adults
in parishes throughout the nation
on Laetare Sunday. March 15 The
over all goal of this year’s drive
is $5,000,000 The fund finances the
activities of the Bishops’ War
Emergency and Relief Committee
and of War Relief Services
N C.W C., which aid war sufferers,
refugees and unfortunates in all
parts of the world without regard
to race, religion or color.
The Pope's message to the chil
dren was received here at WRS—
N C.W C. headuarters. which was
advised that he had prepared it in
his sickbed. He complimented the
American Catholic school children
for having been "so good and gen-
Solons Propose
Chapel in Capital
WASHINGTON (NC) For
the second successive year, a bill
has been introduced in Congress
which would provide for a chapel
where members of Congress could
retire to meditate and pray.
The bill was in'roduced by Sen
ator A. S. Mike Monroney of Okla
homa and Rep Brt oks Hays of Ar
kansas, who sponsored a similar
measure in the la«t session of Con
giess. In asking that a non-denomi
nation chapel be provided in the
Capitol the two legislators said in
a statement that such a room
“would also have value in symbol
izing the principles of freedom of
worship and religious unity which
are expressed in the Declaration
of Independence and the Constitu
tion.”
Students
“Destroy bad comics!” That was
the battle cry heard for the last
several weeks around the corri
dors and neighborhood of St. Mary
Magdalene school. Columbus.
The eighth graders were on the
warpath. They were out to de
stroy every bad comic book they
could get their hands on. a project
that grew out of Catholic Press
Month now in progress.
The youngsters wrote and stag
ed a skit based primarily on a
courtroom scene and the trial of
i the comic books.
The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered in all the Churches
of Ohio's six dioceses this Sunday will keynote the beginning
of an eight-month long celebration of the growth of the State
ano its people for one hundred and fifty years.
The Diocese of Columbus has within its boundaries a
number of cities which encompass
with their history the very begin
ning and the growth of the State
and the Church within this State
for the past century and a half.
Two of these cities, Chillicothe
and Columbus, the first and the
present Capital of the State will
be the scene* of Pontifical High
Masses offered in thanksgiving to
God for his graces showered upon
the State and her people during
the past years and to beg His con
tinued blessings for the years to
come.
Bishop Ready will offer the
Mass in Chillicothe at St. Peter
church. Bishop Hettinger will
celebrate the Mass in Columbus at
St. Joseph Cathedral
Somerset, another city of the
Diocese, old in the history of the
State saw the erection of the first
Catholic church in the State. St.
Joseph’s. Lancaster St. Mary
holds the distinction of being the
second church erected in the
State.
The State of Ohio, embracing
Holy ather Asks
To .Aid Poor Children Abroad
NEW YORK The Pope didn't forget.
Although prevented by illness from making his custom
ary Ash Wednesday radio broadcast opening the children’s
Lenten campaign in the Bishops’ Fund for Victims of War. His
Holiness found time to pen a message “To Our Dearly Be-
loved Children of the Catholic
Schools the United States of
America.”
The Ash Wednesday radio ad
dress to more than 3.000.000 chil
dren tn Catholic schools through
out the nation was given by Arch
bishop Karl J. Alter of Cincinnati,
chairman of the National Catholic
Welfare onfetence Administrative
Board and head of the Bishops
Fund.
U.S. Pupils
eious thesp past years in giving
your gifts to help your brothers and
sisters in the landi across the
sea
"And this year too they need
your help again," th« Holy Father
Mid. "Too many of them still are
hungry and cold and homeless.
Too many still need medicines and
vitamins and milk. Too many, just
your age, have to wear clothes that
do not protect their little bodies
from the wind and the rain and
the cold. And now just lately be
cause of the terrible floods in Hol
land and England and Belgium,
many more thousands of children
have lost their homes and every
thing they once had."
The Holy Father called upon
the American children also to re
member the world's less fortunate
children in their prayers. He said:
“Perhaps you can say at least one
extra Hail Mary every day during
I^nt that Our Lady. their Mother
as well as yours, guide them and
keep them safe from sin. Offer your
little acts of sacrifice for them.
Try to be especially good and
o)edient during Lent for them.
Receive Our Lord often in Holy
Communion, and when you have
Our Lord in your heart and are
piaying to Him for your Mother
and Father and your brothers and
sitters, remind Him too of these
other children of His who need His
help so much.”
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Freedoms Foundation Cites
Fr. McLarnex For Sermon
SOMERSET The Very Rev.
James McLarney, OP.. Prior of
St. Joseph's Priofy here has
been awarded second place in
Freedoms Foundation program for
outstanding contributions "to a bet
ter understanding of the American
way of life in 1952" it was announc
ed at the Valley Forge. Pa head
quarters of the Foundation.
Father McLarney received the
award for an address entitled “The
Contest of Freedom" which he de
livered last June 6 at the Univer
sity of Arkansas He w ill be pre
sented with a gold medal and $100
Condemn
“Bad Comics” and "Good Com
ics” each had a lawyer and wit
nesses. who spoke up for their
man. In the end. “Bad Comics” was
convicted of destroying the minds
of youth. The sentence was death.
The children had collected hun
dreds of bad comic books before
the skit was staged. The final
scene of the play was entered into
with spirit as the eighth graders
showed great satisfaction carrying
out the sentence by destroying the
books.
The fourth, fifth and sterth grad
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41.060 square miles, was first sub
ject to the ecclesiastical jurisdic
tion of Bishop John Carroll of Bal
timore. Maryland, whose See was
erected on Nov. 6. 1789. On April
8, 1808, the diocese of Bardstown,
Kentucky was erected to care for
the Northwest Territory, and the
Most Rev. Benedict Joseph Flaget,
appointed its first Bishop.
Bishop Flaget made an episcopal
visitation of Ohio in 1812. 1818
and 1819 The last visitation con
vinced the Bishop of the need of
the erection of a bishopric to care
for the State of Ohio.
On June 19, 1821, the diocese
of Cincinnati, embracing the en
tire State of Ohio was established
by Rome with the Most Rev. Ed
ward Fenwick as its first Bishop.
Successive Bishops were John
Baptist Purcell, in 1833, William
Henry Elder, in 1883. Henry MoeU
ler, former Bishop of Columbus, in
1904. John T. McNicholas in 1925
and Karl J. Alter, the present
Archbishop in 1950.
The second diocese in Ohio, that
of Cleveland, was erected on April
23. 1947. with the Most Reverend
Amadeus Rappeas its first bishop.
Successive bishops were Richard
Gilmour n 1872 Ignatius F. Horst
man in 1892. John P. Farrelly in
1909. Joseph Schrembs in 1921
Edward Hoban, the present bi
shop in 1945
The third diocese in Ohio, that
of Columbus, was established on
March 3. 1868. with Most Reverend
S. Rosecrans as its first Mshnp.
Successive bi*hop« were Ambrose
Watterson in 1880: Henry Moeller
in 1900: James Joseph Hartley in
1904. Michael Joseph Ready, the
present ordinary in 1944
The fourth diocese in Ohio, To
ledo. was established on April 15,
1910. with the Most Reverend Jo
seph Schrembs its first bishop.
Successive bishops were Samuel A.
Stritch in 1921 Karl J. Alter in
1931, George J. Retiring in 1950
The fifth diocese in Ohio,
Youngstown, was established on
May 15. 1943, with the Most Rev
erend James Augustine McFadden
as bishop. His successor was the
present bishop, Emmet Michael
Walsh, in 1952.
The sixth diocese in Ohio. Steu
benville. was erected in 1944 with
its present bishop, the Most Rev
erend John K. Mussio, who was ap
pointed on March 16. 1945.
Assisting Bishop Ready in the
Mass at Chillicothe will be the
Rev. Raphael Rodgers, pastor of
St. Mary church, Chillicothe, as
sistant priest the Rev. Robert Klee
and the Rev. James Kulp, deacons
of honor to Bishop Ready, and the
Rev. John Soltis and the Rev. Peter
McEwan, deacon and subdeacon of
the Mass respectively.
The special sermon for the occa
sion will be preached by the Rev.
Francis Kreuskamp. pastor of St.
Peter church, Chillicothe. The mas
of ceremonies will be the Right
Rrv. Msgr Roland Winel. chancel
lor of the Diocese and the Rev.
George Schorr, vice-chancellor.
The Mass will be sung by the
Schola Cantorum of St. Charles
Seminary under the direction of
the Rev. Thomas Gallen.
Bishop Hettinger will be assist
ed in the Mass at St. Joseph Ca
thedral in Columbus by the Rev.
William Kappes. assistant priest
the Rev. Thomas Sabrey and the
Rev. Bennett Applegate, deacon
and subdeacon of the Mass.
The Rev. Paul O'Dea will deliv
er the sermon. Masters of cere
monies will be the Rev. Robert
White and the Rev. James Geiger.
The Cathedral Men’s Choir will
sing music for the Mass.
Bad] Comics"
ers, not to be outdone, paraded
with posters condemning "Bad
Comics”, as their contribution.
Shown in the picture above are
left to right, fifth grader Eime
Essman with poster, and eighth
graders John Porterfield, the de
fense for “Good Comics” Barbara
Siebelt, "Good Comics” Jerry Cor
bett, court clerk: Paul Quinn, wit
ness Bob Dusterberg. Judge Sue
Grimes, witness Judy DeShetler,
witness Joe Schmitz, witness Bob
Howells. “Bad Comica” and Dick
Geyer, "Bad Comics” defense.