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Japanese Reds Small But Formidable Force By Father Patrick O'Conner Communism’s gains and losses in Japan leave it still a small but formidable force. Its strength is not so much in the number of its party members as in the number of people duped into playing its game. .Early this year Communist party members in Japan were estimated at about 60.000. Catholics in Japan (including ehildren, of course) number more than three times that figure. But in the recent elections for the House of Councillors, Japan's senate, the communist candidates received more than two million votes. This was only 3.9 per cent of all votes cast, but it was a gain over the 2 per cent received by the communists in 1955. Two communists were elected to the 280-member body. Communist influence has boon strongest in labor unions, student circles and the class ••norally known as 'intellect uals," and among some busi nessmen. But the Red influ ence over these groups is un even and variable. SOHYO, a federation of Jap anese labor unions claiming a total of 3,000,000 members, has felt communist influence for sev eral years. In its latest conven tion it voted to cooperate with the Communist party “if neces- B*ry.” Its bulky “news releases,” •ent regularly to foreign corres pondents, give the Communist party line in typical communist diction. Still, a sizable number In The South End It's New VOIGT T.V. and Car Radio Drive In Hl. 3-1569 1927 Lockbourne Rd. of its member unions are anti communist. Its newly elected president is regarded as anti communist. A few years ago Japanese stu dents, ambitious, poor and pain fully conscious of their country’s postwar problems, listened read ily to communist explanations and promises. Today, according to a Tokyo university professor, communism as an organized move ment is weak among them. They have been chilled by Russian be havior, especially in regard V» the Japanese fishing industry, the islands claimed by Japan and the Japanese prisoners of war still held in Siberia. But among Japanese students, professors, writers and the like there is a strong tendency to wards materialistic socialism and especially towards Marxism. Ob viously this will predispose them to work for, and even in, the Communist party. The Japanese businessmen who flirt with communism are gullible opportunists. The Reds lure them with the tricky bait of profitable trade with com munist ruled China. Among a section of the Kor ean residents in Japan, commun ism is strong. In this May Day procession in Tokyo I saw ranks of Koreans marching behind a North Korean (communist) flag). Koreans in Japan are treated as undesirables and made to feel in ferior. That, is probably why many of them side with the com munists, by way of protest. WALL PAPERS OF DISTINCTION PITTSBURGH PAINTS ART WALLPAPER CO. 325 S. 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In a brief profile, published in L’Osservatore Romano, Vatican City daily, Dr. Valletta was prais ed for his social and technical accomplishments. It said he has made many improvements for well being of his workers. His technical achievements are known throughout the world through the popular Fiat auto mobiles. The Pontifical Academy of Sciences was established In its present form by Pope Pius XI in 1936 through his motu pro prio, "In Multis Solaciis." It has a membership of 70 scientists. Catholic and non-Catholic, who are appointed for life on the basis of their accomplishments, influence and reputation in their respective fields. Honor ary members are appointed by virtue of meritorious service to the academy itself. There are now three owners in addition to Dr. Valletta. The United States has six reg ular members. They are Peter Debye, director of the Kaiser Wil helm Institute for Physics, Ithaca, New York Edward Adalbert Doisy, professor of biochemistry at St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo. Herbert Sidney Langfield, professor of psychology at Princeton Univer sity. Princeton, N.J. Franco Ra setti, professor of physicas at Johns Hopkins University, Balti more George S. Sperti, director of the Institutum Divi Thomae, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Hugh Stott Taylor, professor of chemistry and dean of the graduate school, Princeton University. -----------------o----------------- Rural Life Convention Set for Oct. 19-24 SIOUX FALLS, S.D.—-(NC) The National Catholic Rural Life Conference, October 19-24, will be held in the rural diocese of Sioux Falls, S.D. Three of the principal ses sions will be open to the general public and will convene in three different nearby cities. The open ing address will be made in a public session in St. Joseph’s Ca thedral, Sioux Falls, on October 22. 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Cali or write today for your free copy of our fact-filled College Club folder! nrte Okie Bank AtfaOttdiMULMSEm SYSTtM AFFUIATID BANCOHIO Scaffolding and piles of masonry dom inate the scene as the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, located on the campus of Catholic University of Am erica, Washington, D.C., reaches 40 feet in height- First nine feet of masonry wall is of Milford pink granite, which is topped You are asked to pray for the repose of the souls of the follow ing and the others who havo died the Diocese during the past week. DOYLE, Edward, 78. Sept. 3, Sts. Peter and Paul church. Wells ton. Mt. Calvary cemetery. KESSLER, Ferd. 84, August 31, St. John church, Logan. IMLAY, Hugh, 69, Sept. 3, St. Thomas church, Zanesville. Mt. Calvary cemetery. CHAMBERS, Mrs. Helen. 53, Sept. 4, St. Nicholas church, Zanesville. GRIFFIN, Mrs. Mary, 83. Aug. 30, Sacred Heart church, Colum bus. St. Joseph cemetery. McPEEK, Mrs. Josephine, 51, Sept. 6, St. Mary Magdalene church, Columbus. St. Joseph cemetery. SCHMALZ, Stefan. 58. Sept. 6, St. Mary church, Columbus. St. Joseph cemetery. VENTRESCA, Marion. 67, Sept. 5, St. Thomas church, Columbus. St. Joseph cemetery. SCHIELE, Raymond, 46. Sept. 5, St. Thomas church, Zanesville. Mt. Olive cemetery. KIERAN, John, 96, Sept. 8, St. Thomas church, Zanesville. Mt. Calvary cemetery. O’NEIL, John, 65, Sept. 5, Sac red Heart church, Columbus. St. Joseph cemetery. NAGLE, Frank, 71. Sept. 3, St. Andrew church, Columbus. St. Joseph cemetery. KELLY, Matthew. 90, Sept. 3. Sacred Heart church, Columbus, Mt. Calvary cemetery. ELDER, Charles, 81, Sept. 2, St. Catherine Church, Columbus. ..........1 1 1 ............... National Shrine Rises Rapidly The cathedral's mighty St. Peter bell rang out joyously, re sounding across the Rhine end all over this city—a city which is often called the "German Rome." His Eminence Ad^odato Car dinal Piazza, Secretary of the Sac red Consistorial Congregation, celebrated a Solemn Pontifical Mass. In the huge congregation that packed the cathedral were 39 archbishops and bishops. Ger man Chancellor Konard Aden auer, who is a Catholic, and Pres ident Theodor Heuss, a Protest ant. Earlier, the crowds greeted Chancellor Adenauer with spon taneous and prolonged applause. They also gave enthusiastic greet ings to Cardinal Piazza and Arch bishop Aloisius J. Muench, Bishop of Fargo, N D., and Paual Nuncio to Germany. Eleven years ago I came to Cologne as an N.C.W.C. News Service correspondent, crossing the Rhine with our fighting GI's Then it seemed as though this great center of Western and Christian civilization was almost totally destroyed. Its marvelous churches were largely in ruins. War-ravaged were all its public buildings. Its streets were virtually deserted because most of its population had been evacuated. Even three years after the war, when the 700th anniversary BILLIAN, Mrs. Mary. 87, Sept. 3, St. Mary church, Portsmouth. DRAKE, Mrs. Ellen. 80, Aug. 30, Immaculate Conception church, Columbus. MONAGHEN, Thomas. 63. Sept. 1, St. Francis church, Columbus, St. Joseph cemetery. JX. *4? *5 $ I ES’IABLLSHED IN 1890 by 30 feet of Indiana gray limestone. Scaf folding will climb another 60 feet before reaching eaves of the roof. Though not visible, equal amout of scaffolding climbs the inside of the Shrine building. Super structure and roof of the 22-million dollar Shrine should be completed in 1959. Rebuilt Cologne Cathedral Reopens By Father Placid Jordan, O.S.B. COLOGNE, Germany (NC) The most joyful event of the 77th national convention of German Catholics (Kath olekentag) was the solemn reopening of all parts of Co logne’s world famed cathedral for the first time since it was heavily damaged by bombs in World Waar II. of the cathedral’s founding was observed by an international as sembly, the gaping hole in the ca thedral roof and the rubble all over its naves were all too evi dent. “Our Cathedral is again the great symbol of Christianity it al ways was,” said His Eminence Joseph Cardinal Frings, Arch bishop of Cologne, in his sermon. -----------------o---------------- Divided Germany Clouds Cologne Catholic Congress COLOGNE, Germany The grave issue of the division of Ger many loomed big in the back ground of the discussions of lay and clerical experts attending the 77th national convention of German Catholics (Katholiken tag). This issue and that of co-exist ence were evident despite the fact that politics was ruled out as a topic of discussion during the Congress that has brought thousands of Catholics to Cologne, including some 30,000 from the Soviet Zone. German Chancellor Konrad Ad enauer interrupted his Black For est holiday to attend the huge meeting. In his opening address, he said Germany can be rebulit “only on the foundation of the eternal Christian verties.’’ He added: “We shall leave no stone unturned to achieve unity again and to regain freedom for all Germans.” The thousands whn filled the vast halls in Cologne's Fair Grounds received his statement with enthusiastic applause. St ■s E !&■ I. Bishop Sheen Gives Blessing Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, Auxiliary of New York, ex tends his blessing to thousands of worshippers at Mt. St. Macrina, Uniontown, Pa., in the annual gathering at the local Byzantine Catholic Shrine. The Mass was the second annual Greek Rite Liturgy sung by Bishop Sheen in Eng lish at Mt. St. Macrina. (NC Photos). Bernard Gen’I McNally Lumber Co. 2034 Leonard Ave. CL. 3-7481 SPECIAL MILLWORK TO YOUR ORDER Holy Spirit Sets Sixth Corn Fest The sixtr. annual Corn Fest, sponsored by Holy Spirit church. Whitehall, will be held on the school grounds, 4383 E. Broad St on Friday and Saturday, Sept 28-29, from 4 30 11 30 p.m. each day. Rides, games, food and re freshments will be served with proceeds from the event going to the school’s building fund. -----------------o--------------- Mioioner Murdered By North African Rebels GERYVJLLE, Algeria—(NC)— Father Jean Tabart of the White Fathers was murdered as he re turned from celebrating Mass at a military post near here. The circumstances surrounding the murder are obscure. It is believed that the murder may have been committed by bandits or rebels who hide out in the neighboring mountains. ASBESTOS Mgr. 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