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Interesting Bills
The Regular Session of the 100th General As
sembly reconvened on Tuesday, February 24. The
floodgates were immediately opened for the intro
duetion of Bills and, to date. 257 Bills have been in
troduced the House and 57 in the Senate The
House also re-extended the deadline for the intro
duction of Bills until March 30th.
One of the few Bills to be printed to date is R.
10. which is the General Appropriation Bill for the
biennium beginning July 1. 1953, and ending June
30. 1955 This Bill, 244 page4 in length gives the
breakdown &s to where the
$826 172 311 will he spent
Since members of the O.E
the “Governor's stinginess.
how much of the appropriat
educate the people of Ohio.
1—Department Of Education
Division of Film Censorship 5
Division of Institutional laundry
total appropriation4 of
in the next two years.
A. are complaining of
it is interesting to note
on will be expended to
Division of State Library
Division of Public Instruction
Division ot School Finance ...... 221
State School for the Blind
State School for the Deaf
Division of Special E.ducation .... 3
Division of Teacher Training
Division of Vocational Education 1
Division of State Board for
Vocational Rehabilitation
TOTAL
2—Universities
Bowling Green
Kent State
Miami
Ohio University
Ohio State University
a) Ohio State Univ.
Agricultural Ext
b) Ohio Agricultura
Exp. Station
Total—-OS.L’.
Central State College
(Wilberforce
105,070.00
52,106.00
600,044.00
403.740 00
.688.138.00
640.454.00
969 588 00
,446,688.00
64,176.00
359,940.00
360.000 00
$229 6R9 944 00
$ 4.698,052.00
6.211,308.00
5.957,1 R0 00
5 R2R 406 00
$33,525,993
2,311,450
37,052,951.00
1.960,968 00
TOTAL (Universities) 61,708.865.00
GRAND TOTAL $291,398,809.00
This, of course, docs not include monies that will
he spent by the Di\iion of Audio Visual, which
derives its funds from the censoring, etc. of motion
pictures nor monies received from the Federal Gov
ernment for the Division o| Vocational Education,
nr the Division of State Board lor Vocational Re
hahilitation. or Division of School Planning.
It does not include the monies expended by the
Division of Scholarship Tests, which are received
from the sale and distribution of tests «:nd related
educational materials fees anil Rifts for educational
rhe construction of school in needy school districts,
nor monies raised on the local levels by special
bond issues .... but the O.E.A. is still not act
isfied
Four other Rills, introduced respectively'by Son
ator Charles J. Carney (Dem. Youngstown) and
Representatives William S Rurton (Rep, lovoland),
Joseph Avollone -Dem Cleveland) and Michael
J. Damas (Dem Toledo), pertain to Fair Employ
ment Practices
Six Bills, introduced respectively by Senctors
Arthur Blake (Dem., Martins Ferry) and Charles
Carney (Dem Youngstown- and Representatives
Roland Bright (Dem Ixigan), Frederick Rowers
(Rep Davtoni, Richard Woods (Rep., Cleveland)
and Frank Gorman (Dem. Cleveland), pertain
to various increased aids r.nd benefits to the aged
One Rill which will he nf particular interest tn
charitable religious spastic and crippled children s
organiEEtinn* is that which was introduced hv Rep
resentative Robert W Reuter (Dem Port lintont.
This Rill 178 intends tn end the redemption
value of used sales tax stamps It is one of the six
teen Rills presented on behalf of Governor Lausche's
program
If this Bill is passed these organizations will he
deprived of many benefits which they have enjoyed
due tn the income received from cancelled silos lax
stamps
Ha* (Jiristianil v bailed?
There are 457 300.00** members of the atholic
Church scattered throughout the world Back of
such cold figures is a long record of sacrifices and
praver Twenty centuries of effort in spreading the
teachings of Jesus hrist have brought the total
to such an impressive figure
During ell those eras of glorious success and of
dismal failure the story has always been one of pci
secution and sacrifice It could not he otherwise:
Did not Our Lord toll u- that we cannot expect to
he His followers unless vve take up the Cross be
hind Him' Rut when th going seemed most ditfi
!Ult. w hen 1
ng most pi
uas then
put intn the
The chai
hs great he
tune* some
out Back
ished A
iring those twenty cen
were completely wiper
ury Christianity flour
\iiBuslinc hut this i
faith in far off China and Jan
But hla success was short lived, doomed not to he
renewed for manv long decade*
Yes the story of progre** in the spreading nf
Christ’s Church i a glorious one And its greatest
glory was the nhenominal success of the little hand
nf followers who received the command to go and
teach all nrtmns directi'’ from the lins of the Mas
ter That was twenty centuries ago The command
of Christ has rung in the cars of countless men and
women front that Ha*’ to this, with the result that
todav there are 457 300.000 Catholics in the world
A greet stnrv yes.—-exernf for the fact that this
represents a little 1r*« than 20 per cent of the total
nonul’tion of the world huh stands at 2 368 000
non Tvventv centuries and less than one-fifth have
come tn Chrct's own Church’ Can we believe that
He is nlea«ed with this that Hr look* unon it as
success** Onr thing i* certain Christ’s tercF'ing*
have not failed hut many of His followers have
failed him
The Lenten Paradox
After a little over two weeks of Lenten fasting
and penance, the groans of the self-made martyrs
are fading aw y. The gullible, worldling, hastening
in the obvious conclusion, might attribute the slack
ening din to the weakness brought on by these sillyt
practices imposed by the Church in the “dark ages.”
The happy, fasting Christian knows different.
He is experiencing within himself the proof of
Christ's doctrine that only by dying to self can we
live for God. Putting aside for moment his mock
heroics, the Christian is proving again that paradox
that mortification is really Vivification.
The I^enten season of fasting and penances and
special prayer has this special lesson for us all. It
is a very important lesson and one thet can only
he learned by doing. Nothing can replace penance
in our lives. It is one of the conditions of getting
to heaven. Without it, we're really out.
Only those who persevere in their Lenten resolu
tions can prove to themselves Christ's solemn assur
ance: “My burden is sweet and light.”
Just Among Ourselves
Raising Comment Considered or Inconsiderate
7 he season of Lent is a season of special graces
and spiritual opportunities. Not that God is more
generous in this cluster of weeks. God is never more
generous, for His generosity is boundless in every
season, and indeed at every instant, l^ent, under the
urging ot the hurch and by efforts we are reluct
antly made to,exert, is a time when we are more
likely than at other times to open our hearts to
the influence ot grace.
A profitable and heart-opening thought for this
time, and indeed for any time,—is the thought of
our business in being alive. We are so beset with
noisy claims on our attention that this useful
thought has little chance in our workaday lives.
Business, pleasure, scrabbing for subsistence, aches
and pains, alarums and diseursions make the av
erage American life a kind of mental brawl. Ser
ious thinking about matters of eternal import is
effectively blocked out. And, to add to the upheaval
and disturbance, we have an endless clamor of the
advertiser, the wail oi the prophet of doom, the
happy quackery ot the social optimist, and the con
stant fret about security”. It’s a noisy world to try
to think in.
But we must think. It is of paramount import
ance. Our Mother the Church tries hard to give us
a chance to do it. Hence we have such things as
liCnten devotions. It we do not get a practical hold
on the real purpose ot existence, vve cannot make a
success ot lite. It vve pay all attention to the business
ol being “secure” for a tew lading years, vve have
one left lot arianging the eternal security tor
hich we were made, and, naturally, we fail to
hieve it. This is a dreary prospect indeed. No
under the inspired prophet said thc.t desolation is
line upon the world because "no man thinketh in
is heart.'’
Me need serious thought, with resultant resolu
tion, about the work of winning our way to heaven.
God has put us here to do just that, and not a thing
else. I hat is the only reason vve have for occupying
space, tor breathing the air. Now. it is one thing to
realize the factual character ot this truth, it is quite
another to put the truth into practical realization
by living daily in its light. “Academic assent is not
enough practical recognition is required. Truth
makes men free to travel the true path truth is
the light that makes the path plain But We have tn
hnst as we go. But if i jhP on|y way (o 8UCCPS8.
and when we get into it with energy vve find that
Our job is to use God's ever present grace and
get to heaven. The tools for this job arc our Chris
tian hearts minds, wills, and the supernatural gifts
of Revelation, Faith and Grace. To administer and
guard the supernatural tools, and so to keep the
natural ones in good trim, the wondrous Church is
watchfully at hand .No mother every had a greater
and more unwearying care of children than
the hurch has ol us. No mother was ever more
kind, more patient, more lovingly hopeful that, no
matter how1 we have hashed our opportunities
heretofore, vve will finally listen to her counsel and
turn out all right.
the natural tool of understanding, nf reason,
of the thinking nund makes us aware nf the fact
that this world and ourselves in it, have an explan
almn Wc realize that there is a First Cause that
this ausc has purpose in It s action of creating and
preserving us In a word we are aware by reason
that God exists, and that we have an assigned task to
accomplish, namely, the saving of our souls for
eternal happiness with God. When the reason, the
understanding, nuts these truths before us, we are
aware nf duty we recognize the obligation of ac
know lodging God by adorr.tion, and putting heart
and will into the work of serving Him and coming
at the last to Him in heaven Mind and heart, and
will arc tools for our one essential laboi.
et these are not enough Our end is super
natural: these means are natural They need to he
uplifted and suffused by supernatural power tn
make them effective. They require God's grace.
And grace is available to us through the Church
which channels tn us all vve need. Christ is God (and
hat fact, too, can be known with certainty by
shecrly human means, reason working on the facts
of history) and Christ has made the Church our ark
nf salvation He set it up: commissioned: it gave
it Ills own voice and authority entrusted to it the
Divine Sacrifice and the Sacraments insured it by
promising tn remain with it to the end of time guar
anteed its permanence in the very face of “the gates
of hell.”
Reason can show us the Church as the one in
stitution divinely established to help us do our
work here on earth The living teaching office of
the Church, authorized and commissioned to her
teaching by Christ Ihmself, is the rule of our faith
Xnd the Church indicates and guards the fountains
of Revelation the written Word of Holy Scripture,
and the living testimony of her own divinely guided
action, which is Sacred tradition.
Raised up hy Faith given power by grace,
guided by the hurch. helped tn the constant use
of the Sacraments and prayer by which grace is
renewed, increased and if lost, recovered, we are
fitted for the business of life Faithful children of
the Church, "r arc in position to do what we are
madr to do Rut it takes our dome F'vcn the Church
cannot do all our work for us. We must do it.
Lent is a tune tor realizing all these things It
is a time (or turning with nevv fervor, with strong
resolution to persevere, to the only task vve need to
do, and which wc alone with Gods help can do
Thus Lent is a time for “thinking in the heart.’
We must somehow shut out for a while the uproar
of worldly distractions We must conic to realized
grips with fundamental facts And w? must rouse
up energy to face those facts unblinkingly and
steadily and tn make them the actual determinants
nf our lives If we succeed tn doing that this l^ent,
we shall have reason tn say. not in tones of solemn
warning hut with ioyot.s realization “Now is the
acceptable tune now is the day of salvation.'*
THE CATHOLIC TIMES, FRIDAY. MARCH 6, 1953
OF
WASHINGTON LETTER
WASHINGTON Persons in
terested in the future of Ameri
can educational processes arc ad
vocating that public and private
school administrators get togeth
er from tune to time for con
sultative talks.
These suggestions are not yet
heard in great volume, but they
are being put forward by com
petent and thoughtful people
and are expected to gain sup
porters. A hopeful thing about
the proposal as «ne hears it to
day is that the meetings would
not discuss the so-called “com
mon problems, but would rec
ognize that each side has legiti
mate worries, and that there are
developments considered favor
able on one side which produce
serious problems on the other.
For example, it is stated that
private schools, including re
ligious schools, no present pub
lic school administrators with
problems which some of them re
gard as weighty. To name but
some:
1. Private schools in the Unit-'
ed States are growing This is
an accepted fact in educational
circles. There are more private
schools today than there were
10 years ago, and there are more
pupils in ’hem.
Some public school adminis
trators sav this impedes them in
one of their most important du
ties—planning for the future.
They cannot, they say, forecast
as they would like the overall
LOL IS F. Rl DEM
It is a sad commentary on our
partial inability to provide for
our own security that Joseph
Starobin. foreign editor for the
Daily Worker,
has been per
mitted to go
to Red China
and remain
there for
weeks. He has
heen sending
back accounts
tailor-made foi
Stalinite pur
poses. praising
Mao Tse-tung’s
regime to the skies As is always
the Communist design, these ac
counts will spread out from
the pages of the Daily Worker
into non-Communist channels of
communication They will tend to
xlow down the whole nttitudc of
American public opinion toirunl
doing something effective in the
Far East.
Wc can also be sure that Star
obin. as he travels through Chi
na and other areas of Asia, will
not forego the opportunity to
spread anti-American sentiment.
This is one of the chief chores
of American Communists in go
ing into foreign countries since
what they say has added pres
tige because they come from
the United States.
'Liberation* Means Slavery
There is every reason why an
intense effort should he made in
every city to counteract the
falsely favorable view which the
Communists and their friends
are promulgating in regard to
Red China Throughout the
country, it is true, people are
awakening to the seriousness of
continued Stalinite rule in Chi
na In my recent talks in Chicago
and Scranton, there was no
Let's Talk Things Over
public school attendance some
years in (he future. More to the
point, they cannot pinpoint the
physical plant needs in a given
area or neighbothood with nec
essary accuracy Construction of
a private school an area, they
claim, can draw large numbers
from the public schools, render
ing them more or less useless.
Failure to build a private school
where one was foreseen can
cause the public school to be
overcrowded.
2. The practice of private
schools to expel a pupil, often
in mid-term, for low grades or a
breach of discipline more often
than not 'hrows that pupil into
the public schools. This, some
public school administrators ob
ject, tends to give the public
schools a disproportionate share
of “problem'* pupils. It also
causes considerable dislocation
because fhe pupil comes to them
at mid-term.
3. Some public school admin
istrators believe that children at
tending public and private
schools tend tn associate exclu
sively with then fellow pupils
outside of school hours, and that
this leads to isolation, the for
mation of small groups, and a
general lack of absorption into
full community life
If public anu private school
administrators could come to
gether and confer from time to
time, proponents nf this idea
state, they could accomplish
'Liberation' That Does Not Tree
greater applause than for the
suggestion that Great Britain he
asked to withdraw recognition of
that regime. But this will tend
to die down under comments and
columns hinting at a “reason
able position” toward Man Tse
tong.
In this matter, as in all other
phases of Communist work, we
have to return to the nature of
Soviet Communism in order to
demonstrate that "colonial liber
ation for the Chinese or any oth
er people means slavery to the
Kremlin In his “Foundations of
Leninism” Stalin has been speci
fic in saying that movements for
"liberation” or national inde
pendence must be subordinated
to the proletarian revolution,
that is, to the Soviet dictatorship.
This is keeping with the Com
munist world outlook that all
measures must be utilized by the
“vanguard of the masses*’ solely
to establish the world dictator
ship as the absolute condition
for the ushering in of the earth
ly paradise, the classless society
(i Communism
'Unsurpassed Model' of Marxism
Moscow and its followers will
oppose any movement for gen
nine liberation, which is declared
to be "hourgois.” Under Stalin s
directives, written 25 years ago,
they will crush the people of
China as of every other land in
the name of “libei ation.” Hence
it is that we learn of the brain
washings in that vast land, of
the employment of compulsion
and “self-criticism” to make com
munity leaders admit their
“crimes” against the Commun
ists in the past and thereby tn
acknowledge their complete in
tellectual submission to Stalin as
represented by Mao Tse-tung
It is quite in keeping with
these practices that the. Comin-
much to overcome these diffi
culties.
For example it is said, the
administrators from the two
types of schools could easily and
profitably exchange plans for fu
ture school construction thereby
insuring—as far as such things
can be—that a school will be
placed where it is needed and
will be used to the fullest prac
tical extent for some time yet.
Then, too. it is said some help
ful arrangement could be arrived
at over the pupils dropped from
the private schools who must be
taken into the public schools. It
is suggested that, in at least
some of the cases, the pupil
might be dropped very early in
the school term or carried to its
conclusion, to keep confusion to
a minimum
As for the charge of social
isolation, it is declared that the
public and private school admin
istrators could agree upon pro
grams of extra-curricular activi
ties in which the pupils of the
public and private schools can
meet The tendency to associ
ate with one group and not an
other is not altogether, or even
principally, attributable to the
fact that children attend differ
ent schools. However, to the ex
tent that it is. many believe that
it can he overcome by athletic,
social and other programs organ
ized for after-school hours in
which pupils of all schools could
take part.
from organ of December 19,
1952. links up “the development
ol the national liberation strug
gle” in such countries as China
with conformity to the will of
Stalin, who is proclaimed as the
"unsurpassed model of the cre
ative approach to Marxism
Call for Positive Action
Nothing would be more serv
iceable at the present moment
than to get into our public and
school libraries books which
give the actualities on brain
washing and terror in the Far
East. Along with that could go
a ^“turmined attempt to enlight
en every community along the
the same lines This is recom
mended for another reason than
the urgency of more vigorous
American measures in Asia:
Communists link up the “colon
ial liberation” agitation with
their constant endeavors to in
filtrate the Negro people. It
would he a real contribution to
I cep alive the comprehension
that extravagant promises made
to our Colored population hy the
Communist conspiracy here, will
hnng to them the same sad fate
as that of the Chinese if such
promises should ever make any
hcadw ay.
Ours is a greater obligation tn
the Negro problem in the United
States than just this negative
one There is call for a positive
senes of activities, beginning
with the wider development nf
interracial councils and of co
operation between the white and
Negro communities. But in car
rying forward that most essent
ial undertaking, it will not be
amiss to underscore the brok
en pledges of Soviet Commun
ism to the people in Asia, and
to repeat that this arises from
the very nature of Marrtsm
Leninism itself.
INQUIRY CORNER
Is Despair Logical
Answer For Sinner?
Is not despair the logical
answer when a person has com
mitted many and great sins and
everything seems to go wrong?
Why is suicide so wrong since
it’s your own life you take?
A. St. Augustine says that
he w-ho despairs of God's mercy,
dishonors God as though he did
not believe in His existence. St.
Jerome adds that the sin of
Judas in despairing was greater
than his sin of betraying Christ.
Despair is logical for the atheist
when everything goes wrong,
since he believes only in this
life. It is ridiculous for the
Christian. Since we believe in
eternal life and the highest hap
piness with God in heaven if we
die in the state of grace we must
consider all our trials slight. Re
garding our sins we know that
there is no limit to God’s for
giveness provided we are truly
sorry. The Bible (e. g. St. Marv
Magdalene, St. Paul and the thief
on the cross) and Christian his
tory (e. g. St. Augustine, St.
John of God. St. Camillus) give
instances of God's mercy to sin
ners. Life is a gift of God and
wfe are directly forbidden by the
Fifth Commandment to take up
on ourselves destruction of this
inestimable gift.
Q. I picked up a book recent
ly which claimed that President
Wilson was anti-religious and
anti-Cathohc. Is there any truth
tn the statement?
A. Since this is perhaps more
a question of history than of
religion it might be stated here
only that the Eighth Command
ment can be involved ing such
statements. In justice we owe to
every man respect for his good
r.ame and irresponsible state
ments are immoral. There are
many difficulties in interpreting
controversial public figures and
unfavorable judgements should
be made only after very careful
study. “Judge not, that you may
not be judged.” (Matthew 7:1)
In regard to religion and govern
ment Wilson said: “There is
nothing that gives such pith to
public service as religion It
is noteworthy how often God
fearing men have been forward
in those revolutions which vindi
cated rights, and how seldom in
those which have wrought a
work of destruction.”
Q. What is the attitude of the
Church toward mental illness?
What should a person do about
it?
A. In the foreward to “Psy
chitary and Catholicism,” Most
Reverend Patrick O’Boyle,
Archbishop of W
f.
s i ng o n
states: “For some psychiatry
RICHARD PATTEE
Tito On Tito
A new study of Tito and his
regime has just appeared and, to
date, has merited the most ef
fusive eulogies from the critics.
It is Vladimir
Dedtjer’s Tito,
published by
Simon and
Shuster tn this
country It is
interesting that
the volume is
appearing in
half-dozen lan
guages simul
a n e o u s 1 y
which gives
rise, inevit
ably tn the
question of
how far the X’ugoslav govern
ment has gone to assure the wid
est diffusion of this study of the
thought and action of Josef
Broz Tito.
Dedijer’s book is interesting
passionately interesting It
proposed to give the life and
v orks of Tito through long con
versations and soliloquies in
v hich the Yugoslav dictator ex
presses himself on his youth,
ideas, career as a militant com
munist, travels and accession to
power. Obviously, it is quite im
possible to control the authentic
ity of these recollections. We
must accept Dedijer’s word that
Tito said what he is considered
as saying, and that the events
described are true. There is
nothing whatever in the way of
external evidence regarding
Tito.
Singularly One-Minded
What impression does the
book leave' Tito appears to us as
a singularly one-minded enmmun
it agitator, whose whole life
runs in the now' familiar chan
r.el of conspirator, agitator and
militant leader. For years his
activity is devoted to carrying
on the work of the underground
party, to travel back and forth
between Vienna and Croatia in
clandestine fashion, and for sev
eral periods of time to residence
in Russia One does not get any
impression of great intellectual
originality. On the contrary.
Tito seems to be as narrow’ and
conventional as most Marxists.
His ideas rarely exceed the exig
encies of the party line or the
orthodox Marxist-Leninist liter
ature which was his favorite
reading matter.
The story of the Partisan
struggle during the late war is
presented, of course, in a totally
nne-sided manner. Milhailovic is
introduced as the villain, unwor
thy of anything but the death
sentence that was later given
him. The Partisans represent the
has supplanted Christianity.
Others find no room in the
Christian fold for psychiatry,
which they consider necessarily
heathen. Neither of these ext
treme positions is true and both
are harmful.” Assuming, there
fore the place of religion e. g.
the Sacrament of Penance, the
Church favors the use of psy
chological treatment for mental
disorders. In "The Nature and
Treatment of Mental Disorders”
by Dom Thomas Verner Moore
it is pointed out that there are
varities of mental disorders from
the mild "behavior patterns’* to
"psychoses” (insanity) For
matters of conscience and minor
mental problems prayer and con
solation with a priest con
fession should be sufficient. For
more serious disturbances a com
petent physician should be con
sulted. He will be in a position to
recommend a psychiatrist if the
difficulty is not largely physical.
Q. How guilty is one who
tells dirty jokes or one who
laughs at them'*
A. The telling ef stories
which are definitely and deli
berately impure is a serious sin.
The gravity of the sin increases
with the number of people pre
sent and the danger of inducing
any of them to sin. If the story
is of such a kind as to provoke
lustful reactions it certainly is
a mortal sin in any company.
Some so-called dirty jokes are
more vulgar than impure or have
clearly the effect of inducing
laughter primarily. In groups of
adults where the intellectual
point will clearly be predomi
nant such stories may be slight
sins or no sins at all. Passive
material cooperation may be
without guilt even in objection
able stories if the occasion is
practically unavoidable e. g.
stories told at work. Active
formal cooperation w'ould be seri
ously wrong in the same degree
as telling of them. Christian puri
ty would exclude all such jokes.
Q. Is there a St. Frances?
A. St. Frances of Rome, who
died in 1436, was a married wo
man and coined the axiom: “A
wife is bound to leave her de
votions at the Altar and to find
God in her household work.”
After her husband’s’ death she
devoted her life to care for the
poor and to prayer. She was
foundress of the Institute of the
Oblates and was canonized in
1608, Her feast day is March
9th.
Send questions to Rev. Eduard
F. Healey, Inquiry Corner. The
Catholic Tunes, Box 636, Columbus
(16) Ohio.
totality of nationalism and pa
triotism and Tito emerges as very
much the genius of this struggle.
There are long descriptions of
the unwillingness of the Soviets
to provide aid and one gets
throughout the volume (one
wonders how much retrospect)
the impression that Tito and his
Partisans suspected the good
faith of the Soviet Union long
before the devastating event of
1948
How much of this is doctored
history to prove a point is im
possible to say The accounts of
the Yugoslav delega’e-: in Mos
er w for various economic and
Cominform meetings give nse to
detailed reproductions of con
versations in the most intimate
Soviet circles. If these conver
sations are accurate. Stalin and
his collaborators appear as 9
fairly stupid lot, guided hy the
narrowest vision in policy.
Three Contributing Factor*
Serbian nationalism, the fact
that Yugoslavia won its liber
ation unaided hy the Red army,
and refusal to accept the dictates
nf the USSR in economics seem to
be the three factors that con
tributed to the tension of 1948
and the final break between the
two communist countries.
That Yugoslavia was ill-treated
by the USSR seems to admit of
no doubt. But any illusions that
the West may have about the
“evolution” of Tito and his re
gime can be dispelled at once in
the careful reading nf this hnok.
There is never one single refer
ence tn indicate that Tito has
moved in the direction nf what
we choose to call a more liberal
ni flexible position “"We are
Marxists. 1 am a Marxist
Stalin is a revisionist it is he
who ha« wandered from the
Marxist road What exists in
cur country is socialism and can
not hp called “Titoism.”
Defender of the ith
Here we have a few words
the position Titn has taken He is
the defender of the purest Marx
ism and Stalin is the heretic. In
supporting Tito, we are support
ing an even more formidable
form of Marxism than that pro
fessed in the USSR
Sulzberger, in reviewing the
book in The New York Times,
proclaims Tito as one of the
world's great. It is to be noted
that we are again going through
that absurd process of building
up an ally into something he
very definitely isn’t. In reading
the review. I had the feeling that
1 had read all that sort of thing
before—in 1941, with reference
the benevolent Stalin and the
democratic Soviet Union.