American TFP Newsletters 1979, Vol. 1, No. 9 - 1983, Vol. 3, No. 14 by Nestor

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No. 9

Vol. 1

TEACHERS WHO DON'T TEACH

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the new school year opened, many parents sending their children off to school for the first time m ay have tears in their eyes as their child takes that first step into the world of public educatio n. Man}" would shed more than just a sentim ental tear if they knew how th eir child 's education will be detri· mentall y affected by a Swiss non· agenarian biologist-psycholog ist that they probably have never heard of. The works of J ean Piaget have become the found atio n for early ch ild· hood training courses fo r teachers at o ur college and univers ities. One can page through almost an y college text· book dealing with psychology or teaching methods for the very young and find Piaget's ideas treated extensively.

Paraphrasing o ne of Piaget's conclu· sio ns demonstrates his basic philosophy toward teach ing children: "Children do not receive ideas from others; ideas or co ncepts are constructs of the child's own m ind and must be fashioned by the child himsel f." Piaget's statement that "children do not receive ideas from orhers" h~s had a

devastating effect o n educat ion. When te.a chers should be giving t heir pupils the basic skills in reading and writing and math as directly and efficient ly as possible, the child is left to fend fo r himself. Author Morris Kline in Why john11y Can't Add decries the let-the-childdiscover-fo r-himself method which is an integral part of t he New Math program. He po inted out that science of mathema tics has been developi ng steadily for centuries and it cannot be expected that the young ch ild wi ll suddenly "discover" for himself during his primary grade schooling what has taken the combined and cumulative effort of som e of the greatest minds of history to do. An example of th e psycho logical disadvantage that th e teacher is put under by this technique can be seen from the fo llowing quotation taken from a first grade teacher's guide: " If a teacher red marks the children's errors, he or she assumes a responsibility that rightfully belongs to the children." The influence of Mr. Piaget is not restricted to reading and math. It in-

vades all su bject matters with th e same insidiousness. In art, for example, Ms. Robinson's Exploring Teaching in Early Childhood Education states: "A teacher's knowledge of art is not t o be d irect· ; ly comm unicated to child ren." Fu rther, authors J oseph J. and Maril yn C. Sparling of the Education Department of th e University of North Caroli na in t heir book Learning for Little Kids have written, "Comments and questions (abo ut scribbling, for example) to be appropriate and effective,' must be open and help to enlighten the sensitivity of each ~hild to what he ·is doirig or has done. There· fore, adults should avoid questions such as, 'What are you d rawing' o r ' Is this a house?' or 'What's this?' These ty pes of questions puts the child o n the spot, leaving no room fo r varied interpreta· tions and often closing the door o n creativity and fu rth er explanatio n." From this fl uid, foundatio n-less educational system will come the nation's future doctors, scientists, arch itects, mechanics, government af)d religious leaders who, without the basics, will go along "discovering." Let's hope the country can su rvive it.

American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP)

WHAT ABOUT PARENTAL RIGHTS? Recently, the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a Massachusetts state law requiring minors to have parental approval before obtaining an abortion. The majority decision of the Court ruled that a girl should be able to get the necessary permission from a judge who deems her "mature." If the court decides that she is "immature," then the court itself would be the entity deciding if an abortion is in the best interest of the minor. Leaving aside, for the moment, the untenable position of those who advocate abortion as a "right" that a woman has (since no one has the "right" to take an innocent life), this ruling has new implications for the rights of parents, the natural relations between parents and their children, and the scope of the power of the state in the affairs of the individual family . By such a ruling, the court holds that a minor girl owes no obedience to

her own father and mother. By conferring on the child the "right" to have recourse to the court in such a personal family matter, the state is actually altering the very basis of the family unit destroying its natural hierarchical structure. It can be further argued here that this ruling is a natural consequence of other laws and changes in the social mores such as divorce, sex educatio n and birth control that have already wreaked a certainÂˇ havoc upon our civilization as a whole. In this particular case, not only does the court hold that the child does not have to obey the parent, it goes o ne step further and says that the child owes obedience to the court. The court has the discretionary power to decide as to whether or not she may make the abortion decision for herself or not. What has happened here is that the young girl has not gained any new

freedom as advocatedÂˇ by the radical women's rights movement. Rather she has usurped a "right" she is not entitled to - the "right" to defy her parents. Moreover, she has merely exchanged submission in the matter from her mother and father who would in the least of cases have some minimal natural concern for her to that of an impartial judge who hardly knows her. The lone dissenting vote was by Justice Byron White who held the position that the Constitution was not set up to deprive parents of the right to decide whether or not a minor child shall have surgery. The direction of the so-called children's rights movement is heading for increased state power over parents. Many see this as the shape of things to come in the totally government-controlled humanistic society - the aspiration of our social planners.

GOING TO POT From Wall Street to Washington, the users of pot and stronger forms of drugs are now out in the open and there seems little that law enforcement officials are able or willing to do about the worsening situation. A New York Times article (9/14/79) reported flagrant street sales of illegal drugs virtually in the shadow of the poli ce headquarters in lower Manhattan Clusters of young men and young women lighted "joints" or marijuana cigarettes after bu ying th em from a ve ndor who kept his supply strapped to his ankle. These undisguised street sales have become commonplace in the city. " It's all over, not just Harlem," according to Dr. Mitchell Rosenthal, the: director of Phoenix House, the largest private drug rehabilitation center in the city. "Drugs have become an accepted part of the city's landscape." The truth in Dr. Rosenthal's statements can be observed almost anywhere in all walks of life. Stenos near Wall Street pass aro und a "joint" wh il e waiting fo r a bus to take them hom e after a day's work; construction workers on buildings fill empty rooms with high -grade smoke during the afternoon " coffee break;" students from Pace College loiter o n th e sidewalks between classes, getting highÂˇ. In Washington circles, Secret Service representatives have decided to install a security system which allows them to protect J eff and Annette Carter in their Arlington residence from outside of th e house. Some agents assigned to the President's family complained that they 2

According to federal and New York city law enforcement officials, arrests of cocaine dealers have increased dramatically. The Police Narcotics Division picked up 1,080 persons on cocaine charges and 68 1 on heroin charges last year in New York city. Investigators credited the upsurge in cocaine arrests to the growing po pularity of th is drug among young people and middle income groups who consider it a "chic" drug.

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were uncomfortable abo ut being inside the Carter acquaintance's house when Jeff and friends smoked marijuana. At the same time, the Federal Bureau of In vestigation, as required by the Ethics in Government Act , has been conducting an investigation into an allegat ion that Hamilton J ordan , Pres ident Carter's White House Chief of Staff used cocaine in 1978 during a visit to Studio 54, the Manh attan discotheque. More recently, according to the New Yorh Times, a Texas wo man told the Justice Department that she observed Mr. J ordon sniff cocaine at a 1977 dinner party in a Beverly Hills restaurant.

This idea of "ch ic" drugs has found some suppo rt in a slick $750,000 advertising campaign, for exam ple, by the Squibb Corpo ration when they introduced their new line of Yves Saint Laurent perfume - "Opium." This new product was advertised last year w ith an extravagant sales promotion campaign featuring a romanticized view of the o riental opium habit. The perfume, which sells for about $120 an ounce, has bee n a "sweet smelling" success to its distributors. If indeed, Marijuana and harder drugs such as cocaine have become commonplace and "chic" among the ge neral population , it is little wonder the police are unable to com bat its use. After all. .. " everybody's doing it."

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China: A Lot oÂˇf CocaÂˇ Cola But Not Much Bread The recent trip of Vice-President Mondale to Peking and the announced plans of both President Carter a nd Jo lm Paul II to visit Red China soon tend to give the impression that the situation behind the bamboo curtain is "changing fo r the better."

the iro n and steel industry. Coca Cola would refesh the dried-out palates. Pierre Cardin's fash ions would g ive new life to the fo rgotten elegance and crushed vanity o f th e Chinese women. New industries would arise, m aking fu ll use of cheap hand labor.

from the mainland to Taiwan t o 166,5 14. " How much freedom is there," asks Se nator J esse Helms, "when the number of persons im priso ned in concent ration camps in Red China has reached approximately 50 million?"

It was former President Nixon 's trip to the mainland in 1972, p repared by "ping pong dipl om acy," that inaugurated th is era of detente and general fee ling of good will.

During Mondale's visit in August , the Vice-President gave Peking a pledge to arrange two billion dollars in American comm ercial credits to accelerate trade, plus an offe r of technology to help build hydroe lectric plants.

The persecution goes beyond basic "h uman rights." Hunger is very real in Red China. Over the last year, the Ch inese Communist government b as had to import growing quantities of wheat accord ing to the latest st at istics of the U.S. Department of Agri cultu re. Duri ng the fa rmi ng season of 1978-1979, the Ch inese commu nists imported nine million to ns of wheat, five per ce nt more than the previous year. This figure is confi rmed in analyzi ng the total amount of Ameri can expor ts to Red China. In the fi rst five mo n ths o f this year, the figure soared to $ 595 million as compared w it h $ 160 millio n for the same period last year. However, of that $595 million figure,$2 78 mill ion went for the pu rchase of corn, wheat and cotton. Yes, in Red China there is plenty of Coca Cola ... but not much bread.

At that time, a feverish adver tising campaign was begun in the West that cen tered arou nd the"good life" in Ch ina. The multinational corporations avidl y p ursued a co urse of actio n to establish a consumers' goods market in this seemi ng ants' hill of 900 mill ion people. As though touched by a magic wand, the worl d forgot about the slaugh ters of millions of Chinese in order t o elevate Mao Tse-tung to the Oly mpus of history. In 1976, the death of the tyrant was wept over with copious pu blicity tears in the major newspapers a nd magzines all over the world. Another touch or the magic wand was sufficient to bury the "glories" of Mao in the distant past and to hoist the prestige of Teng Hsiao-ping to the apex. Th en ... the winds began to blow about a supposed change in Red China. The German steel fabr.icator, Krupp, with operations already set up in Red China, would give a strong injectio n to

Now that the euphoria has dissipated, what arc the resu lts? J ay Matthews of the Wasbington Post, wri ting from Peking, considers that many of the 900 million Chinese are beginning to question the new promises and capab ilities of the government to resolve even the old di fficulties. In other words, the picture in this m iserable country has not cha nged. T his fact was also ve rified by Dr. Nicholas N. Elerstadt, Center of Populatio n Studies, Harvard Un iversi ty , who publ ished a report o n t his matter. On t he other liana, the number of refugees from the Red C hinese mainl and is growing to such a level tha t the British .e nclave in Hong Kong has decided to refortify its borders with coils of barbed wire. Wh il e the tragedy of the Vietnamese is rece iving much attenti on, the situat ion of the Chinese is no less distressing. Last year alone, Free Ch ina received 2,410 refugees bringing the total number of t hose who have escaped

SWEDEN - A SOCIALISTIC ''PARADISE'' The

idea that the majority of the American public has about Sweden is that it is a socialist country where the pursuit of life, liberty and happinessÂˇ has reached its apex. Some people, however, especially the perspicacious, understand that everything in the Swedish Socialist State is controlled and monotonous provoking an anguish or general malaise among the Swedish. Until recently, Sweden was presented to the West as a model and goal to be attained by those who sought after the ''perfect society." Now, the facts show that after decades under a socialist regime that has directed its economic policies and molded its liberal mores, Sweden has been transformed into more of a modern version of Dante's Inferno rather than a paradise. The tedium of life, induced by a situation that hampered the natural aspirarions of the Swedish soul, has resulted in an increased use of drugs of all kinds. And this consumption of drugs is not confined to back alleys or hidden vice dens, but is indulged in in the full light of day and in view of everyone. It in-. eludes government and police officials who either do not react to the situation or who give the impression that they haven't seen anything. In the "toilettes" of the Stockholm Culture Center, for example, heroin injections are given. The chief of police merely announced on television, "Don't walk in this area by yourself." - Probably because pedestrians, as a matter of course, run the risk of being attacked by those addicted to this vice.

In '1965, some 760 Swedes were accused of illegal use of drugs. Last year that figure jumped to 20,739. The legal processes have not produced any diminished drug usage it seems. Parliament also considered the problem but did nothing in the way of laws to stop its growth. Even though tne members of this august body could almost touch the situation with their fingertips, all preferred to ignore it and deal with more "serious" matters such as laws to prohibit parents from spanking their children or to prohibit the sale of leaden toy soldiers. The increased crime rate in the Swed-Âˇ ish "paradise" is a natural consequence of the growing drug abuse. Public crime has become so flagrant that in taking the bus or subway, a person runs the risk of being attacked.

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And, as if these two points were not enough, Swedish socialism imposes itself in other areas of 9aily life, oppressing the private lives of all the inhabitants of that country. Both private and public information about a person's affairs arc entirely controlled by comâ&#x20AC;˘ puters that store all the information about each individual's life from birth to death. Taxes are-so heavy that, after a certain level, a person has to pay more than 100% of what he has earned. In the face of such "delights" can it not be considered t ha t the socialistic experiment in Sweden has not produced the promised results? Is this why, in the recent elections, the socialist government was finally rejected by the people and defeated?

SALT II

As Fragile as Porcelain Doves? I t is becoming a custom of the President of the United States to bring a precious gift with him when visiting the supreme chief of the Commu nist Party and of Russia. When former President Nixon we nt to Moscow in 1972, he gave Brezhnev a shiny new Cadillac. When Brezhnev was in Washington on a return visit, he was presented w ith a Lincoln Continental. In 1974, Nixon returned to Moscow bringing with him for his Russian colleague a sporty Chevrolet Monte 4

Carlo. President Ford o n his trip to Vladivistok, the same year, did not bring an auto but he gave Brezhnev a very expensive overcoat made of Alaskan wolfskin. Carter, in keeping with this tradition, also brought a gift to the Russian leader on the occasion of t he sign ing of the now much questioned SALT II agreement. Besides the sensational exchange of kisses, Carte r gave Brez hnev a pair of porcelain doves valued at fo ur thousand dollars. The piece of art is called

appropriately " Doves of Peace." It remains to be seen, whether, despite the kisses, if there will indeed be peace. The whole process of the recent agreement in Vienna and the "cooing" of th e doves in the face of the continued Soviet build-up and agression all over the world is too reminiscent of the 1938 Munich agreement. There the Allies capitulated to Hitler and, by this act, brough t about the invasion of Poland and War.Id War II .

TFP MARKS V CTORY CiJ1'1he New York Times reported on September 15 that the Senate voted 4 7 to 23 to place a limit of 1,280 acres on the amount of federally irrigated land that may be owned or leased in the Western states. But it exempted most of the large land corporations in California and the other Western states served by federal water. In the Senate action, after two days · of debate on the first major attempt in forty years to implement (with some modification) the Reclamation Act ot 1902 - which has seldom been enforced - the status quo went generally undisturbed. The Reclamation Act of 1902, adopted to stimulate the development of arid lands in the far West, limited ownership of federally irrigated land to 160 acres per person and required the owners to live within 50 miles of their parcel. The Interior Department rarely enforced this provision until 1976 when a Federal court ruled that it must do so. The enactment of this court order would hav; meant the breaking up of the large efficient citrus, vegetable and cotton farms in Chlifornia and Arizona. The American TFP, in December 1977, published an important document, Socialist Agrarian Plunder in the Irrigated Lands, a profound study of this veiled threat, to establish a socialist agrarian reform program in the 17 Western states. In its study the TFP pointed out that whatever may have been the provisions that the legislators of 1902 incorporated into the letter of the law - and later the legislators of 1926 who made another law (the Om"nibus Adjustment Act of · 1926) - that it was beyond doubt that the highest goals of these laws, that is full agricultural production for the good of the people and the States, had been achieved. The TFP study further pointed out that it was typically socialist and showed a blatant disregard for good sense and the rights acquired from an old, respected tradition to transform a spectacularly successful agricultural structure, entirely based on private property and the free enterprise system, into a checkerboard of small, equal or nearly equal squares, whose dubious productivity would spell economic disaster for the entire United States. In addition to spreading this document all throughout the state of California in individual visits to over 3,000 farmers in the state, as well as by meeting thousands of others at State Fairs, the TFP also sent it to the Department of the Interior.

Shortly thereafter, the Department of the Interior lifted the moratorium on "excess land sales" on all Western Reclamation projects which had been in effect since August 1976. Secretary of the Interior Andrus decided to allow the sales until new rules and regulations. for the Reclamation Act were completed. Further, at that time, in an attempt to quiet a wave of criticism, Interior Secretary Andrus made public his intent to consider the proposal to increase the basic acreage limitation from 160 to 1,280 acres. The recent Senate vote is a confirmation of .~he effective role that the American TFP played in assisting the farmers in California to understand the serious threat that the implementation of the agrarian reform program posed to ·their livelihood; and in instilling in them a profound conviction that the fundamental principles of the social order inherited from our Christian Civilization m1:1st be preserved ..

AFFECTED AREA

ARIZONA

NEBRASKA

SOUTH DAKOTA

CALIFORNIA

NEVADA

TEXAS

COLORADO

NEW MEXICO

UTAH

IDAHO

NORTH DAKOTA

KANSAS

OKLAHOMA

MONTANA

OREGON

NEW'S FLASlEICES NEW SOVIET WARSHIP The world's most authoritative sea power publication,Jane's Fighting Ships, has published a report that Russia is building a new class of giant nuclear• powered warships designed to smash anything else afloat. The new construction is taking place at the Leningrade shipyards founded by Peter the. Great, the "father of Russian sea power." Besides being the first nuclear powered men-of-war, these ships will be 32,000 tons and measure 24 7m from stem to stern - dimensions fit for an aircraft carrier. Jane's notes that the new class will probably be commissioned next year.

INSANE SUICIDES "BANNED" A Sacramento State Appeals Court has ruled that an insane person cannot be said to have committed suicide. In an opinion issued by the 4th District Court of Appeals, presiding Judge Gerald Brown wrote, "If a person i! insane, he cannot form the intent to take his own life ... Insane persons can· not commit suicide." That is to say only a sane person would be craz~ enough to kill himself.

ACLU - HUMBUG! ChristmSs shoulCI oe banned from public school assemblies because of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision barring official prayer in public schools, the American Civil Liberties argued in court. An ACLU attorney, acting on behalf of the father of a Sioux Falls, S.D. kindergarten student, told the court that religion had no place in public schools, not even in public assemblies. Specifically, the attorney sought a permanent injunction against the use of Christmas carols in assemblies. Federal District Judge Andrew Bogue, refused to issue the order. (New York Times (9/12/79)

FREEDOM FLIGHTS A recent series of successful escapes from East Germany indicates that the infamous Berlin Wall has holes in it. The Associated Press reported on August 24, 1979 that the successful swim of an East German bricklayer who crossed the Elbe River at night. He was the fourth East German to successfully make the swim this year. Earlier, Horst Fietzge, an aeronautical engineer who had never flown before, flew his family of four to a safe landing with the help of American helipcopter pilots 6

in a Bavarian pasture. The most spectacular escape was that of the HansPeter Streizik family who, with the help of another family, stitched together their own hot air balloon that carried them to safety in a predawn flight from East Germany to Bavaria. The children sat on a metal floor plate surrounded by the gas tanks while the parents balanced themselves on the guy ropes.

FEMALE SAILORS BREAKING A TRADITION Female sailors were deployed on a U.S. warship for the first time when the Navy repair ship Vulcan sailed for the Mediteranean in September. The Vulcal'\, with a crew of 730, carried a female contingent of 55, with a half a dozen of those being officiers. Since women sailors began reporting aboard ship late last year, ten have become pregnant, according to Navy officials. Of· ficials were not sure how many of those were married.

A RINGING IN THE EARS About 36 million Americans have a little recognized ailment that often makes them neurotic and can lead to irrational behavior - even suicide according to researchers at the Medical College of Pennsylvania. Its formal name is tinnitus but it is more commonly known as a ringing in the ears. Dr. Steven E. Berman, director of the college's audio department, said the condition can, among other things, be caused by constant exposure to loud noises such as those experienced by factory workers or disco enthusiasts. Of the 36 million people who, according to a survey conducted by the National Institute of Health, are affected by tinnitus, some seven million are considered to be "severe" cases.

PIPELINES SECURITY INADEQUATE The General Accounting Office, in an official report, said that it had found "physical security measures ranging from virtually nothing to armed guards and highly sophisticated electronic detectors" on the Trans-Alaska, Capline and Colonial pipelines. The Congressional watchdog agency accused both government and private industry of neglecting pipeline security, despite agreements that key pipeline systems are vulnerable to disruption. The report pointed out " ... physical security measures, such as, locking gates and checking personal identification are basic precautions which may discourage persons who are less motivated or not so well trained (as sabotuers)."

WITCH DOCTOR "PHYSICIAN HEAL THYSELF" The role of the medicine man in modern medicine was acknowledged when the Lake of the Woods Hospital in Kenora Lake, Ontario, Canada hired George Councillor to work with native Indian patients last August. The position of "medicine man" was funded in part by a $26,000 grant from the Ontario government. "I've been known as a medicine man and I'm healing people with my powers which have been blessed by the Great Spirit," said Mr. Councillor, His treatment included the use of visions, herbs, rituals and offerings. According to the New York Times (9/16/79), the medicine man's supplemental care was reported to have won "very positive" support from the doctors. Medical officials said that the new program was designed to help meet the mental-emotional needs of the large 1 lndian population in the. area who don't respond well to doctors. On September 8, Mr. Councillor died in a boating accident while picking wild rice. Dr. Al Torrie, medical advisor to the hospital community mental health program said, ''We might be able to get somebody to replace him, but George's work will be a tough act to follow."

HOUSEHOLD PETS Reports from Miami and other major cities across the United States are giving evidence of a trend toward keeping curious pets. The latest fashion now is to have your own personal spider - not just any spider, it seems, but a tarantula. A tarantula spider is a little over one inch long, excluding the spread that his many hairy legs cover. The bite of this spider, moreover, makes people who have been bitten want to dance. David Van Bodegraven, a businessman in Tuscon, Arizona, gives assurances that the tarantula spider is a very docile "animal" and would have to be agitated a lot before one would bite someone. Bodegraven sold 10,000 spiders last years. In Illinois, another spider merchant sold just about the same number in his area. And, in Miami, a store called "Gators" sells its monthly production of 500 tarantulas very quickly. It used to be the fashion to decorate one's home with little knick knacks of porcelain or beautiful crystal vases. Even the poor had their "lap" dogs or playful pet kittens. Today, the spider is weaving his web inside many homes. Times have changed.

MEDIA T,he

MANIPULATION

fact that the various news media are not apolitical will not come as a surprise. In fact, many journalists and reporters have well-defined political philosophies and these philosophies find their way into their editorial styles in various news stories. A 1971 study conducted among 1,300 journalists from prominent (major newspapers, TV networks, and wire services) and non-prominent media concluded that 50% of the executives and 40% of the staff of Fhe prominent media described themselves as being a " little left." Among the non-prominent media, 4 7% of the executives and 41% of the staff viewed themselves as being in the middle. The Washington press corps, surveyed in the early 70's, characterized themselves as 43% .liberal and 35% independents. That figure would have to be up-dated today. Recent examples of the mass media reporting of events of national interest will serve to highlight this specialized reporting. The new governmem m Nicaragua has not been without its publicity advocates among the prominent news media. A recent report in Human Events (9/8/79) points out the fo llowing reporting styles about the events in Nicaragua. The article says that "Robert Suro of Time-Life has been prolific .. recording a series of vignettes that highlight the 'idealism' of the new regime. Two recent stories by Suro in the Washington Star quoted Sandinista leader Tomas Borge to illustrate the moderation of the government - without mentioning the fact that Borge is a hard-core Marxist revolutionary, trained by Castro." In an AP dispatch, correspondent Gordon Mott noted t hat the Nicaraguan revolution was a model of goo d sense and moderation. His report went on to say that "the Sandinista government is taking method ical steps to establish a democracy in a war-shattered nation while avoiding any suggestion it has Communist designs for th e future." The AP di~patch also neglected to mention Borge's background. In contrast to the coverage given to personalities or events that are con· sidered to be "newsworthY,," the opposite appears to exist as regards news that goes against current news reporting trends.

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Party of the U.S.A. in Detroit that involved only a few hundred people. Given the admitted liberal tendencies of the prominent media and analyzing current news reports of national and international interest, the American .public may soon find itself faced with a situation in trying to decipher news stories like Alice in Wonderland and the jabberw ocky. □

An Indomitable Belief

One example of this has· been the coverage given to the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant near Denver, Colorado. This facility has long been th e target of the anti-nuclear movement. According to a report published in the Washington Weekly (9/20/79), a :lemonstration was held late in August by over 15,000 persons demonstrating in favor of nuclear power. While the local press gave the event good coverage, the story was blacked out by the Big Media on the East Coast. The rally, organized by a group called Citizens for • Energy and Freedom, was described by the Denver Post as t he largest gathering ever held in the cou ntry in favor of nuclear energy and defense. But the influential papers such as the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Wash ington Star "overlooked" this pro-nuclear demonstratio n. The covering of such news is, of cou rse, a matter of editorial policy. During the time of the pro-nuclear event, however, the Times ran a 17 paragraph story about the activities of anti-nuclear advocate Tom Hayden alo ng with a photograph of Hayden and his equally anti-nuclear wife, J ane Fonda. The Wasbington Post found space to report on t he co ntentio n of the Comm unist

clearer picture of the Communist idea of religious freedom is emerging as more and more reports filter o ut from countries behind the Iron Curtain. These reports show that religious belief is still strong, particularly among the young, and that those who attempt to practice their faith find themselves the target-of economic and psychological persecutions. A recent article in the Latvian Teacher's journal, S cbool and Family asserts that there are hardly any religious childre n left in Soviet schools. The article then contradictorily states a perplexing problem by admitting that religious congregations are "growing younger," and that children and adolescents are often seen in church. It comments that atheistic education has been unable to · totally "re-educate" many children who come from religious families.

I\ n atbeistic publica..,t ion in. Russia sbows

a picture of a young Cbristian and warns otber Russians not to be "enticed" into believing in God.

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JUDICIAL ACTIVISM According to ex-Attorney General Griffin Bell, Jimmy Carter has already selected 232 new Federal judges and will pick 26 more, so that during his fouryear term he will have appointed more than 40% of all Federal judges. This fact is interesting in view of the kinds of people that Carter is appointing to judgeships. According to a U.S. News and World Report article, Carter has been more inclined than previous presidents to name relatively young lawyers from outside traditional political and legal fields to these judicial posts. His record indicates he has been partial ·to lawyers whose backgrounds are in publi~-interest law. Many analysts believe that people from this background are likely to be of a more liberal bent than most current judges. This particular supposition has been supported in a recent study by the American Judicature Society which found that of the 63 persons nominated tor the Appellate Court by Carter's commissions, 43% described themselves as liberal or very liberal, and S 5% claimed to be moderate. In a statement released by the Republican Study Committee in Washington, trends show that more women, blacks and other minorities are now go~ ing to the courts than ever before. The "newcomers" in the ranks of the judges are apt to give the Federal court a markedly more activist approach to the law in hearing these cases. This shift is coming at a time when many critics are saying that the judiciary has already gone too far in assuming executive and leg is-

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State scbooi~ are criticized for being unable to· educate the parents in addilative powers over a wide range of . · tion to the pupils in this respect. The t article maintains that it is the influence public policy matters. of the family which encourages children For example, the Senate Judiciary Committee, under the direction of its to openly reject the arguments of atheist chairman, Ted Kennedy, investigates teachers. The article advises that while nominees to the bench with the objecparents have the legal right to bring up tive of determining whether they have a their children, they should be reminded "committment to equal justice." Quesnot to "act against their children's intions to the nominees include whether terest." the person under consideration for the Federal job has done legal work for the This not so veiled threat implemented disadvantaged or, on the other hand, in Latvia is also adopted in Lithuania. whether the person belongs to a private According to the unofficial Chronicle club which excludes blacks, women or of the Lithuanian Catholic Church, in Jews. the towns of Josvainian and Vidukle, Why such a proliferation or judgethe mothers of children who sang in a ships? Time magazine sums up the situchurch choir and the father of an altar ation - "Too much law, too many lawboy were threatened with the loss of suits and too many lawyers have comtheir jobs. The same Chronicle also bined to overwork the judicial machinrelates that when children at Palomene ery." No doubt the judicial branch is school honestly answered questionaires overworked. about their religious beliefs, teachers instructed them to rewrite their answers One cause is the growing Federal stating that they were atheists and that bureaucracy tha continues to spew their parents forced them to attend forth regulation after regulation, touchchurch. Further - perhaps to save their ing the daily lives of more and more own jobs the teachers required them citizens. Over 100,000 laws are created to state that scientific knowledge -had each year. Lawsuits are a natural conproved to them that God did not exist. sequence of new laws.

Rather than reduce the production of legislation or make existing laws simpler, removing cases (such as civil cases) that do not belong in the courts in the first place, or by speeding up trials, the Congress has opted for yet another way to solve the overworked judges. Simply create more judgeships. More than 1 SO Federal court seats were created last year. By making nominations for these plus the normal vacancies that occur, almost half the 648 Federal judgeships could be filled by Carter by the end of his term.

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Crime still continues to pay even after a criminal has been convicted and is behind bars. According to an eightmonth long study in Washington, D.C. of funds used by the Comprehensive Employment Training Act (CETA), millions of tax dollars may have been paid to imprisoned criminals in error. The report pointed out that over $200,000 was paid to inmates at the Lorton Reformatory in northern Virginia with CETA funds that were channeled through the District of Columbia House of Corrections. Numerous cases were discovered in Lorton where prisoners who are serving between fifteen years and life are receiving up to $13,000 annually from CETA Federal funds. For example, the investigation brought to light that one inmate, serving

AN INDOMINABLE BELIEF

One teacher, the Chronicle reports, "helped" pupils by dictating atheist book titles that pupils could then say that they had read. Despite official statements from the press to the contrary discounting the use of force in attempting to convert believers to atheism, it still appears that force, or at best falsification, is the only way that communist controlled governments are able to claim that the idea of the existence of God is dead in their regimes.

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a life term was employed as a warehouseman at a salary of $10,540. Another, also sentenced to a life term, was receiving a salary of $9,836 as a culinary cook. Other "lifers," as well as those prisoners sentenced to long terms, received CETA funds as map makers, laundry operators, clerks, plumbers and even a "dairy janitor." CETA is a program where $ 3 billion is authorized to train disadvantaged people to enter the job market. As the poS6ibility· is remote for a lifer or an individual sentenced to a long term in the penitentiary to enter the job market in the near future, such an expenditure is rather dubious. The District of Columbia charges a prisoner $2 a day for "room and board" and has not raised the rate to compensate for inflation. In 1978,

$28 miliion in tax dollars was spent to maintain the Lorton facility. In the same year, District of Columbia Department of Corrections paid inmates $552,797 and only collected $69,581 from them for room and board. As a matter of fact, the CETA-funded prisoners even got a S ½% cost of living increase. The report may indicate that CETA officials are having a difficult time finding outlets for their expenditures outside the prison walls. Interestingly enough, the report goes on to demonstrate that the number of incarcerated criminals rece1vmg salaries through CETA rose from 27 in 1978 to over 170 so far this year. With jobs so difficult to come by on the outside, perha"ps the salaries and "job security" offered through the CETA •uu:l the prison officials are becom ingmore attractive.

No. 10

Vol. 1

1979

FAMILIES UNDER ATTACK THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SERVICES ACT H.R. 2977

~ Once agai n , federal government planners have d ecided that it is one of the pillars of o ur Western civilizatio n that is t he root cause for a social illness now becoming more a nd m ore widespread. Do mestic violence (particul arly wife or husband beating) , th e "experts" have co ncluded is the faul t o f the traditio nal family structure a nd it is necessa ry for the federal government to take steps to directly in volve itself in domestic disputes. A presidential memorandum has authorized th e setting up of a n Inte rdepa rtme ntal Committee o n Dom estic Viole nce. Already, a separate Office on Domestic Violence has been provided in HEW pri or to any legislation being approved with a n a uth o rized worki ng b udget of on e m illion dollars. The Committee was charged with "coor dinating a review of federal programs wh ich currently provid e o r could provide assistance to vict ims of domestic violence ... " Advocates of governm ent involvement in th is personal issue say that spouse a buse, like child abuse, can lead to long-term and short-term physical, m ental. and emotional damage a nd that, therefore, some tederal agency should protect people from this kind of viole nce. Currently, 90 members o f Congress

are co-sponsoring a bill (1-1.R . 2977), The Domestic Viole nce Preventio n and Services Act, whic h appropriates $65 milli o n "to provide federa l support a nd stimulation of federal, state, lo cal, a nd community activities aimed at preventing dom esti c viole nce and aiding its victims and their dependents." What do the federal pla nne rs see as the ca use of this violence? Th e "guilq, " party is the famil y itself. Auth or Del Marti n of the boo k Battered Wives writes that marri age is t he "insti tu tio nal source a nd setting . .. where violence is initiated a nd carried our." Marti n defines spouse abuse as an "act carried our with the inte n tion of, o r p erceived in ten tio n of, physically injuring o ne's spo use." Th e U.S. Commission of Civil Rights seems co co nc ur with this idea tha t it is the traditional family structure that is to bl a me for domestic violence. The Commission released a report that stated, "traditional sex roles are . .. seen as con tribu ting to the problem by creating a m ale role of being 'head o f the ho usehold,' with the a tte ndant right to discipline his wife, and by socializing yo ung g irls to passivity a nd subservience to me n, and to limited educational and e mployment goals which increase th eir dependence on marriage , even vioient ones."

During a Civi l Rights Commissio n symposium in Ja nuary 1978, Dr. Mu rray Straus , Director of t he Family Violen ce research program at the University of Ne w Hampshire, proposed some longrange measures necessary for the preve ntion of future spouse a buse . As re ported in the Family Protect io n Report (Sept. 1979), Dr. Straus advocated th e iradua l eliminatio n of physical pu nishm ent as a mode of childrearing. (This type o f legislatio n was, in fact, recent ly passed in Sweden ). He further suggests to elimina te th e husba nd as "head of the family "from its continuing prese nce in th e law, religion . .. and (in) family life. Th ese recommendations were incorporated in to the Civil Rights Commission's " Battered Women" consu ltatio ns last year and give some indi cation of the likel y direction of th e new federal legisla tion proposed to solve the problem of do m estic violence. How differently o ur modern planne rs view the husband /wife a nd famil\' relatio nsh ip than did the medieval tl{inkers who conside red th at God made woman not from a bone of Adam's foot so th at she might be trampled on, nor from his head t hat she might domina te him; bur rathe r from his rib , that bone closest to his heart, so that he might che rish her.

American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP)

Salt II

Can it really be verified?

Vance: Viewing SALT !I "as through a glass darkly." Recently, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released its unanimous findings_:that the SALT II pact "enhances the ability of th e United States to m onitor" the strategic capabilities of the Soviets. However, the repo rt goes on to warn that changes in techniques of conceal· ment by the Soviet Union, certai n am· bigui ties in the tr~aty, and the well· known atti tude of the Soviets towards violations may well render the monitoring feature inadequate." Th e SALT II accord, stat es the Senate Committee report, "enhances" the monitoring ability of the United States but "there are other provisions which impose very difficult monitori ng burdens. " In addition, it goes on to point out that there are a number of "ambiguities" in t he treaty and there are "some provisions ... which can be monitored with only a low level of confide nce." These provisions have not been released to the public with any detail. Further, the Committee points o ut that a change in the p ractices used by t he Soviets as well as concealment or decep· tion could seriously degrade our present capabilities of national reco nnaissance. In this resp.ect, the Committee has no· red that "some of these changed prac·rices wo11ld be permitted under the treaty.''

Even more alarm ing is the recognized fact that the United States is entering in to this treaty certain that the Soviet Union will try to violate the terms both in spirit an d in actuality. The special report goes on to State that, on the basis of the Soviet's reco rd following the SALT I agreement, "that

the Soviet Union will push to the great· est possible extent any advantages which the provisions or ambiguities the SALT II treaty might permit. Further, the so: vict Union ,~ill probably continue near· ly all of its presen t concealment and deception practices, a nd add itiona l co n· cealment and deception practices m ay be at tem pted." Going even further, the Com mittee has stared that the United States " must expec t" unanticipated Soviet efforts to circumvent SALT II and be willing to "aggressively pursue questions of Soviet compliance with the treaty ... " So certain was th e Committee o n the reality of lack of co mpliance by the Soviets that it warned,"Various possible Soviet 'cheating scenarios' should be developed ... On the basis of these scenar· ios, similar 'warning signs' shoul d be formulated." Former Defe nse Secretary Melvin Laird has warned that the Soviets "repeatedly, flagrantly, and, indeed, con· remptuo usly violated the treaties to which we have adhered." Other SALT o bservers have commented that the So· vices deliberately and consistently under· mined the p revious SALT I accord. Given the Soviets poor "track record" in ho noring agreements and the loose and ambiguous la nguage of parts of t he SALT II accord along with Rus· sia 's obvious contemp t for world public opinion in its co ntinued promotion and support of "wars of liberation " even here in our own hemisph ere, can we expect that they will treat the agreements of SALT II any differently?

SIR?...THE SALT. VERlflCAJION BOYS SR:t. rnEYVE PlCKED UP SOME

SOLID EVlPENCE. Of RUSSIAN CHEATING.

KOREA-STILL RESISTING Editor's Note: Th is edition was prepared prior to the assassination of South Korea ·s President, Park Chunh Hee. This e1·ent makes this article all the more time!~- and impor_tant . This tragic occurrence is o ne more act in a covert (sometimes violently 01·err) attempt to bring the forty million South Koreans under the tyrannical domination of the commu nist govern ment of North Korea.

U.S. troops in Korea- more vigilance On October 17, 1978, the South Koreans discovered a third tu nn el dug under the dimilicarized zone (DMZ) on the frontier between North and South Korea. This tunnel at Panmunjon is large enough for a jeep to drive through , pulling a cannon . It was almost seven feet high and six feet, fou r inches wide. The discovery of th e latest tunnel and rhe frequent frontier incidents give evidence of the comm unist's inte nti on to control the whole Korean peni nsula by violence. Thar would make the m a proximate threat to Japan. Can the U.S . foreign pol icy makers be considered negligent in the face of this new thrca t? In J une of 1950, North Ko rea invaded South Korea by surprise. Thus began the bloody war betwee n the communist troops and the United Nations' preponderently American forces. Com· bat went o n until the armistice of 1953 that reestablished the boundary be· tween North and South Korea at the 38th Parallel. Kim ii Sung, "president" of North Korea has never hidden his determination to reunify the Korean peninsula under total communist domin ation. Enormous budgets have bee n provided for main ten· ance of the military forces necessa ry to invade Sout h Korea with ample support

from Russia and Red China. The valiant and well prepared South Korean armies are not enough to hold back the communistMoloch. U.S. protection has now been reduced co a lm ost symboli c presence. Recently, General J ohn Singlaub, who was the commander of U.S. forces in Korea, was a lso removed from his com· mand because he had denounced the "defeatist" conduct of the Carter Administration toward the American military presence in Korea. The official American attitu de toward Vietnam, Laos a nd Cambodia, Angola, Taiwan a nd Iran on ly confirms the climate of uncertainty reigning among the South Koreans. There is increasing cvi· dence that the U.S. will not keep its treaties and abandon its allies. Furthermore, as evidenced by recent unrest in South Korea, there is a campaign in influential circles in the West against the Seoul government, aiming to replace it with a regime that is more open to dialogue with the com· munist North, i.e., o ne with the tendency to cap itulate. The theme of this campaign is o ne of human rights viola· tions real or supposed. If the threats against the Seoul government material· ize, a sequence of events will be precipitated and a dramatic situation will be created in South Korea, similar to t he o ther tragedies we arc witnessing 111 Southeast Asia. The population will be treated as an object at the service of marxist imperialism , just as those of No rth Korea, Vietnam, and Cambodia are today. There arc those who claim that ecomonic progress is the first priority in our laicist and materialist epoch. Why isn 'r there a reaction against the Red pressure on So uth Korea. Is it som·

Popular rnpport for U.S. forces. nolence? Hypocrisy, perhaps? Or is there another ideal hidden beh_ind material - development - the dream of an egalitarian and communist world? Since the presence of American troops in Korea is o nly symbol ic, one wonders what the American reaction to a new communist onslaugh t will be. Will ·th e U.S. defend the anti-communist cause?- Or will it once again opt for dia logue like it event ually did against Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia?

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San Francisco "gay" riots- sbattering tbe golden dream. through technological development and wealth. Now, however, the facts arc demonstrating the contrary . In California, where this ideal has reached its zenith, it has not produced the longed for "golde n land," but rather a veritable hell of frustration. All this because the material progress was not accompanied by a corresponding progress of the spirit.

FAMILY PROTECTION ACT A new bill , the Family Protec tion Act, has been introduced into the Senate by Senator Paul Laxalt (R-Nev.) to, as the Senator stated in his introductory remarks, "help meet" threats against the family, particularly those emanating from the federal government. In Laxal t's words, th e bill sets out to strengthen the family by "removing governmental barriers where possible to allow traditional family rol es to reassert themselves." "Over intervention by the federal govern m ent is a serious threat to the family," the Senator stated. "Many of today's parents cite helplessness and frustratio n and feel that they have little control over their own and their childrens' lives. "In addition, many feel that the educatio nai system has excluded them from their children~• learning process. It is my belief that the time has come to reverse this unfortunate trend. The time has come to bring the 4

federa l agencies to their senses when it comes to family matters, and I believe § 1808, the Famil y Protection Act, is one means toward that end." Basically, the bill contains 3 8 separate sections each covering a different approach to a different problem. These sections include: voluntary prayer in public schools; parental review of textbooks prior to use in public schools; exemption of private schools from jurisdiction of the National Labor R elations Board ; tax benefit for the sheltering of a senior citi zen dependent; reinstatement of the military dependent allotment payment; elimination of the marriage tax; extra childbirth exemption; prohibition of legal services funds for abortion, divorce or h omosexual rights litigation ; and deni;tl of federa l funds for advocacy of homosexuality. Some innovative approaches are also included in the plan: a special trust

account into which parents cou ld deposit tax-exempt money for their childrens' education and a Parental Savings account to allow taxpayers to save money for the old-age support of their parents. Response to the plan from organizations interested in preservi ng the traditional role of the family in the United States have been enthusiastic. Se\·eral observers o n Capitol Hill have noted that this is the first time that traditionalists have gone on the offensive in Congress. Organ izations whose plans wou ld be adversely affected by the implementation, su ch as the National Education Association (NEA) may not be as enthusiastic in their reaction. Certai nly public support of this b ill will cause some nervous moments in t he newly established Department of Education, part of whose veiled aim is directly opposed to many sections of th is b ill.

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CLOCKS Five hundred years ago, an event took place which caused a sensation at the time and which still has its effects until today-the invention of the pocket watch. The first clock that an owner could carry about with him was developed by a master locksmith and clockmaker, Peter Henlein in Nuremberg, Germany in the year 1479. This first "pocket clock," in the form of a small cylinder, was soon given the nickname, "The Nuremberg Egg." The invention was a breakthrough in time-measuring devices. Up until the time of the invention, time-measuring instruments had been stationery dependent upon the movement of the sun as for example in the case of the first-known clock, the sun dial. It is believed that the first sun dial was made in ancient Egypt. About 1500 B.C., the Egyptian Pharao, Amenemnet, invented the water clock. This was a cup-like stone container with markings on its inner surface which measured the level of water and, thereby, indicated the hour.

Watcb with a silver face from Nurem· berg (second balf of tbe 16th century)

The first mechanical clocks, with wheels and gears for their works, were probably built in Italy. But the early models were iron monsters, built no t by watchmakers but by locksmiths. The first clockmaker guilds came into existence only in the 14th century. A short time later, the first mainsprin g was invented. After that, nothing stood in the way o f the miniaturization of the clock. The oldest signed clock of this type- a combination of a miniature ta ble clock and a watch to be worn around the neck-was made by the master watchmaker of Nurem burg, Caspar Werner. It was only in the 18th century that clocks began to indicate minutes and during the 19th century, the rapidly moving second hand was added. The wrist watch, according to popular opinion, came into existence during the First World War when a soldiqr in the trenches bound his pocket vlafch onto his wrist with a leather strap. Others soon followed his example. Now . .. modern clocks and watches use light energy and atomic vibrations of quartz .. .. seemingly a returp to the principle of the first "naturally-powered" clocks of ancien t Egypt. Time marches on . . .(But in what direction?)

Iron Curtain E-nergy Crisis A little publ icized fact in the mass media is that it is no t o nly th e West that is having its energy troubles. The Communist blo c nati ons are faci ng an increasi ngly grim eco nomic ou tlook. Recently, fo r exa mple , the Soviet Union urged "very stri ct" fue l-saving m easures in the nation and is deman ding sharp increases in the co untry's energy o u tput. Without these measures, Soviet leaders feel that the country may run into real fuel shortages this winter. Confirming this belief is a growing concern in the USSR chat production from some of the country's largest oil fields will reach their peak in the early 1980's. As a result, effo rts are underway all t h ro ughout the bloc nati ons to restrict consumption of fu el as well as to develop new fuel sources and deem phasize oil. Th e Communist government of Bulgaria has doubled gasoline prices and restricted weekend driving in order to redu ce co nsu mption of gasoline. Further, it has stepped up its coal mining opera· tions. East Germany has just raised in dustrial fu el prices as much as 30%. Czechoslovakia is facing severe fuel supply problems and one Prague commentator has seriously suggested using

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New kind ofserpent in Soviet "paradise." garbage as fuel. Hungary has drawn up what it calls "austerity plans" for its 46 biggest industrial fu el users. An official of Hu ngary's ministry of heavy industry told a radio interviewer recently, that at cu r-

rent world prices imports of no n-Comeco n oil "wou ld really overburden the national eco nomy." This occurred before the latest round of price increases annou nced by some of the OPEC nations. To alleviate this situation, Hung· ary is plan ning a joint venture with a Canadian company to explo re fo r more oil and gas in th e cou ntry. In Po land, the Co mmunist party has call ed for "immediate and lo ng term practical" m easures to cut fuel use. Even Rumania, an oil producer in its own right, has sent missions to all the world's m ajor o il produ cing coun tries to seek new supplies. Faced with a co nt inual problem of fee ding its people because of the patent failure of its eco nom ic system, t he Soviets have always been able to turn to the United States for the wheat and grains necessary to maintain its rule over its enslaved population. Now, faced with a similar situation for \;tal fu el oil to face th e long, cold Russian winter, will t hey find such a sympathetic ear among the OPEC nations? Or ... will the Russian Bear need to b ring some other p ressure on the Middle East coun tries in order to get the oil it needs to maintain t he myth of the u topian proletariat society?

AFRICAN SLAVERY IN CUBA

LICENSES FOR PARENTS

A recent article in the Los Angeles Long Beach Navy Dispatch, entitled, "Slaves in · Cuba," by Ralph Tol edano states, "Negro slavery is back in the western hemisphere and Fidel Castro can be credited for reintroducing it." Mr. Toledano contends that former UN Ambassador Andrew Young is we ll aware of this but is "more interested in defaming his own country than in blow· ing the whistle on Comrade Castro." He says some 30,000 African teen· agers "have been dragged out of their villages in Angola and Mozambique to work in Cuban sugar cane fields." This does not include the number of youngsters who, according to Rad io Free Americ;;is, have been ~h ipped in from Eth iopia, Guinea-Bissau, and T anzania. Apparently the youngsters have been forcibly taken to Cuba to replace the 60 thousand Cuban soldi ers and "tech· nicians" that Castro has sent to Africa.

Th e newly-appointed Executive Assistant to the Administrator of the Health Services Administration at HEW is an advocate of licensing parents before they are permitted to have children. Eddie Bernice Johnson, in a recent speech to the Mental Health Associa· tion's Annual Child Abuse Conference in Te xas said, "We require almost every endeavor or profession be licensed-why not the most single important responsi· bility which a parent can ever have?" The HEW bureaucrat added that licensing parents wou ld enable society "to be secured by a knowledge of par· enting skills and t echniques which allow this family t o have some background con· cerninQ how to parent."

MANLEY'S MODEL FOR JUSTICE

Michael Manly, the Jamaican prime mini ster who is trying to bring his island country into Castro's communi st camp, recently stated at a dinner in Kingston at which the US Ambassador Mr. Loren Lawrence was present that "Th e Soviet Union has shown th e greatest capaci ty for distributing justice, as no other na· tion of the world."

$100 MILLION IN FRAUD AND WASTE IN GOVERNMENT

Top officials of the General Services Administration admit that waste and fraud in its operations are costing taxpayers at least $ 100 million a year. Fo r example, GSA spent $ 110,000 to build a prefabricated building containing a hydrau li c lift designed to help custom officials at the U.S./Canadian border to inspect the underside of vehicles. Two years later, the bu ilding h ad never been used. Custom officials say they didn't know that the building had gone up and they don't need it.

GERMANS QUESTION UNITED STATES LEADERSHIP

Manley - Admirer of Soviet justice.

According to a high level official of the West German parliam ent, the German people are losing their confidence in the will and ability of the U.S. to lead the fre e world. He says Russia is weak internally and it is not in a pos ition to force its will on anyone who really wants to resist. Th eir diplomatic and military gains occur only because cou n· tries like the U.S. give in easily.

THE NON-VOTER A recent national survey by the Free Congress Research and Education Foun· dation on non-voters has produced som e very interesting statistics. Nationwide , approximately o ne-half of the voting age popu lation (fifty mill ion Americans) do not take the opportunity to vote. 49% of these non-voters identify them· se lves as conservative. 25% would vote against a candidate favoring abortion. 44% of non -voters are between 25 and 34 years of age.

consider withdrawing from the council. Grants from the fund to guerrilla groups such as the Patriotic Front w itho ut con· trol over how they are spent has led to church fears the money might be used to buy arms.

CHURCH GROUP HELPS GUERRILLAS Risking new controversy, the World Council of Churches recent ly granted $32,000 to the Patriotic Front's delega· tion at the Zimbabwe Rhodesia peace conference in London. Th e gift comes from the Special Fund of the Program to Combat Racism, foca l point of a controversy that last year caused many member churches to

Tomas Borge - speaking for whom?

NICARAGUA - ANOTHER CUBA?

Radio Free Americas repo rts that the new revolutionary regime in Nicaragua is doing there what Castro and his com· munists did in Cuba twenty years ago. Nicaragua has initi ated what amounts to "popular fronts" with arms-bearing members acting as th e leading spokesmen abroad. Th e rest of the group plays a minor role. Th ey have bee n unable or unwilling to put a stop to the commun· ist indoctrination of Nicaraguan children sent to Cuba or to the pol itical activ it ies being carried out inside Nicaragua by one t housa nd Cuban t eachers se nt to that unfortunate country.

HUMAN BLOOD GIVEN TO CHIMPANZEE A recent UPI release reported that human blood has been used to save the life of a baby chimpanzee in what re· sea rchers say may be the f irst humanto-chimp transfusion. A spokesm an at the University of Oklahoma Institute for Primate Studies sa id recently about four teaspoons of human b lood were given to Zeb, a 3 -wee k-o ld chimpan zee . Pat Crown, an institute administrative assistant, sa id a university graduate student donated his blood to the ch imp. The donor's blood type is co nsidered a universal donor type, reducing chances of rejection by the chimp's body.

RED

CHI NA Carte路,:: and TCliwa On December 31, 1978 President Jimmy Carter severed official diplomatic relations with the Republic of China in Taiwan - an action that has now been ruled improper by a Federal court judge and which, as of this writing, the Administration is certain to appeal. At the time of the severance, Administration officials gave repeated assurances that trade and other matters with Taiwan would continue as normal. Only the diplomatic status would change. Recent events are proving this to be the contrary. In September, for example, the Taiwan government was given notice of termination of the United States/Taiwan civil air agreement. This agreement is one of 59 similar agreements that the U.S. has with Taiwan that they want to "downgrade" from a formal one to an informal one.

According to the New Right Report, late last year the Republic ot Chma sold their Washington real estate (embassy, chancery, etc.) to the friends of Free China Committee rather than risk a claim by the Communist Chinese that the property belonged to them. As a matter of record, the Carter Administration openly declared, during the congressional hearings, that the property should have been given to Communist China, but the Congress. felt otherwise.

Communist government on mainland China路 could result in the property's being reclaimed. At the time of the termination of the treaty, Carter promised "full access of government" to the representatives of Free China. However, since his arrival in Washington a few months ago, Representative Konsin Shah has been granted only one "official meeting" of ten minutes with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Roger Sullivan.

Now the report goes on to say that the Friends of Free China find it necessary to sell the chancery located on Embassy Row in Washington. Several foreign governments are interested in the property but have been frightened off by the State Department's veiled threats that a legal challenge路 by the

All this gives indication that with or without the treaty the Administration plans to harrass the government of Taiwan, knowing that it will have to go along bearing the loss of face in order to maintain such necessities of life as fuel, military spare parts and smooth trade relations.

Federal Control of Educational Testing According to an article in the New Right Report, nationwide dissatisfaction with public educ~tion is growing at an alarming rate. As reports of violence, drug use and general frustration at the quality of education路 that their children are receiving, parents from coast-to-coast are sending their sons and daughters to private institutions. Recently released figures show that a new Christian school is being opened at the rate of one every seven hours. The principal culprit in this tragic scenario, according to certain educators, is unfair testing methods used on their students. Over the years, federal involvement in the nation's school system has risen by leaps and bounds. Federal bureaucracy can be found at every level of education from direct funds, specially designed

federal educational programs ... even control of of the food that children are. allowed to eat while in school. More recently, as a natural consequence of all of this, the quality of education has dropped according to official measurements such as the standard Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Naturally, some teachers and their principal union, the National Education Association (NEA) are worried about how these low test scores reflect on the quality of their tea~hing ability. However, rather than get to the root of the problem behind the poor showing of their charges on these tests, they prefer to attack the tests themselves as being unfair. They cnt1c1ze the testing companies "enormous power" that they are able to

exercise over people's lives and that there is a need for "accountability." The NEA has been influential enough to help in the implementation of two bills working their way through the Congress, the "Truth in Testing Act of 1979" (sometimes referred to as the rubber yardstick act) and the Educational Testing Act of 1979. Although these bills do not specifically state it, the practical long range result will be the end of standard tests as we have known them for these past many years. Presumably, this educational "sleightof-hand" will draw the attention away from the glaring fact that, perhaps, the problem for "Why Johhny Can't Read" is because some teachers can't or won't teach. 7

THE ANGEL IN THE KREMLIN Imagine how disconcerted you would be if someone were to tell you that well inside the dominions of communist Russia there is an institution dedicated to the homage of an angel. That there, a vast collection of his images is on view for the public to visit. Imagine further, that, in seeming contradiction,this institution is not the object of repression or ridicule from the atheistic Soviet state. Well, the fact is real. It is well to note, however, that this angel is not Saint Michael, the patron of Russia, but rather the dark angel who is trampled under his fee t. St. Michael, the Archangel. Patron of Russia.

Angeles Times who was recently in Russia, points out a very significant fact about this museum. In contrast to the brutal treatment which the officially atheist Soviet government gives the Church, the devil is presented in a rather favorable light, taking the airs of a good fellow who enters people t o satisfy their human weaknesses or as kind of a Slavic Robin Hood. At the same time, the images of angels o r saints in the churches that have not been demolished or turned into warehouses arc always presented in a ridiculous and mocking fashion.

This attitude is reminiscent of an event that took place during the Spanish Civil War. A group of communists were ready to fire their weapons at a picture representing a scene from the Passion of Our Lord when one of their leaders intervened saying, "Be careful not to damage the image of that one for he was one of us ... " (He was referring to Judas!) In view of this solidarity of evil men, there. is no reaso n to be surprised that this communist state has such a respect for the angel that promoted the first rebellion against the order and equality establish ed by God.

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The institution referred to is the Devil's Museum of Kaunas, in unhappy Lithuanai. This museum was started in 1906 by an individual named Zmudzinavicius who apostasized from the Catholic faith. In 1966, when its founder died, the museum co ntained the images of 266 devils. Since that time, the museum, wh ich like everything else under Soviet domination, is the property of the State, appears to have received impressive incentives from the communist authorities. Today, its collection contains more tha n 4000 figures. Furthermore, organized visits bring more than 2000 persons per day through this abominable place. Dan Fisher, a journalist for the Los

Th ose cburcb es the Soviets have not demolished or that bave been allowed to fall into disreÂˇ pair, are 110w being used as 11111se11ms for tourists who m ust pay to enter like this one.

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U.S. embassy hostage - bound and blindfolded. A message for the United States? Shock, anger, frustration, and humiliation - feelings ran ram_pant all across the United States in the wake of reports of mobs of Iranians who swarmed into the Am eri can Embassy in Teheran taking Americans hostages. As the drama unfol de d in Iran with the subsequent release of thirteen Âˇof the sixty-two American hostages and verbal threats to to p ut the remaining forty- nine on trial as spies, a similar atÂˇ tack was launched against the US EmÂˇ bassy in Pakistan. There rio ters sacked and burned t he building sending embassy personnel scurry ing fo r safety and resulting in the death of two U.S. marines. As su dde n as the events were, to many observers they came as no surprise after years of lack of leadership ; nd indecisiveness by th e .United Sates at home and abroad. However, rarely has the United States been so thoroughl y humiliated. In Ira n, th e mob with t he full suppo rt of Ayatollah Kohmeini demanded t hat the United States return the Shah for trial and most certain execution, As if to amplify th eir complete radicality for world public opinio n , the terrorists paraded some of the hostages, blindfo lded and with their hands tied, before the

court of world press. Emissaries fro m several countries, including the Vatican, were rebuffed by th e ayatollah. President Carter's represe ntatives, ex-Attorney General Ramsey Clark and William Miller III of the Senate Intelligence Committee who speaks the Iranian Farsi language were left cooling their heels. T he papal envoy Msgr. Bugnini was brushed aside. The Un ited States was reduced to relying o n the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to help with negotiations. Its intentions were questionable at best. In the United States, bands of Iranian "students" stepped into the picture chaining themselves to the Statue of Li berty a nd demonstrating for the return of the Shah. Cou nter demonstrations appeared o n various cam puses a nd cities across t he country but t he Administra~ tion quickly calle d for natio nal restraint on the part of a justly o utraged American public. As the voices in Iran became more strident, the em bassy personnel were p ictured as spies. After having been interrogated, thirteen selected hostages were released. The remai ning were to stand trial as "spies." Carter in a restrained response' or-

Iranians balding Miss Liberty "hostage." dered the Justice Departm ent to investigate the situation of illegal Iranians in this country and start de portation proceedings against t hem. This proposed action was later challenged by t he American Civil Liberties Union. Oil imports fr9m Iran were stopped but this merely tended to increase hardships in the economy here and enable the Iranians to sell the oil for higher prices o n the spot market. Finally Ira nian assets in the US wern frozen and US naval fo rces in the area were beefed up with an o rder for t he aircraft carrier Kittyhawk to steam from the Phillipines to the Persian Gulf. Reaction from military a nd congressional sources have reflected t he general feeling of the cou ntr y. Admiral T homas Moorer, fo rmer Chairman of the J oint Chiefs of Staff, said, "There is a world wide perce ption of us as weak. Somebody asked me what we wou ld have done five years ago, and I said that this would not have happened five years ago because no nation wou ld t hink it could get away with such a plan wit hout being punished. Our whole posture is weak. We've talked abo ut withdrawing our forces from Ko rea; we abrogated ou r treaty with ou r best friend in

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the Western Pacific, Taiwan; we've given away the Panama Canal; we've done nothing in Angola or the Horn of Africa; we watched the Shah go down the drain." One of the most critical comments came from Congressman George Hansen (R. Ida.) who prior to his own liason mission to Iran, wrote the President saying, " You state you are in pursuit of the goal of protecting the lives and ensuring the safety of the American hostages being held captive .... All evidence points to the obvious lack of action on your part which is costing the confidence of American citizens and our world neighbors. Great ranges of pressures aside from the use of military force are available to the President of the United Sates. You yourself have only recently used that power to achieve foreign policy goals. The most recent example ... was your interdiction of assistance by other nations and the total smothering of the Somoza regime in Nicaragua." Having failed to respond immediately, the options for the United States are becoming more limited. U.S. military forces are spread very thin in the vast Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf-Middle East area. The military lacks any base from which to stage and support a large scale military operation. Last year, the Turkish government refused to allow the US to place seventy Marines at a base on its soil in case there was a White House decision t o reinforce the US Embassy during the Iranian revolution. An economic embargo has been suggested from several sectors. Iran imports 3 million tons of agricultural productsor 30 percent of its total needs. Much of this is from the United Scates. Also, Iranian industry is heavily dependept on

the United States for spare parts. Anorber consideration bothering t he Administration is the un certainty over how the Russians would react t o any military action so close to their borders. Andrei Gromyko, the Soviet Foreign Minister, issued a veiled warning against the possible use of force by the United States while on a three-day visit to Spain. He said, " We staceo we have always advocated and we advocate maintaining good relations with Iran. The Soviet Union has a _positive attitude toward the revo\ution thâ&#x20AC;˘t took place m Iran. But this is an internal matter. Nobody should interfere from the outside in the internal affairs of others ... " This hypocrisy of the Soviets was even further amplified when they expressed concern about their own embassies if international law was flaunted while at the same time they were beaming Russian propaganda broadcasts into Iran to stir up anti-American sentiment. As of this writing, the drama in Iran has taken the aspect of a highly volatile game of chess ... with the American hostages as pawns. The United States has warned Iran thai: it would be held "strictly responsible" for the safety of the American hostages. The Ayatollah, in a fiercely worded speech, called upon all Moslem leaders to rise up against the West. Th<; dangerous game has boiled down to a test of wills whose outcome will determine the credibilty of the United States sis a world power. If the US fails to act with wisdom anq justice in face the terrorism, the end result will be more than just loss of tace in the Middle East. As far as the future course of the Free World is concerned, it could well be the end of the game . Check and Checkmate!

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SHIITE EPIDEMIC Ayatollah - mixing oil and politics. The "Shiite epidemic" is beginning to reach the Persian Gulf area. Its first symptoms have recently appeared in Kuwait. The Prime Minister and Crown prince, sheik Al-Sabah, warned the population against the "subversive maneuvers" of certain factions that he accused of "sowing discord among the citizens. " It is reported that a Kuwaitian of Iranjan origin, El-Mehri, has been arrested. Declaratio ns of travelers indicate that dozens have already been imprisoned. El-Mehri, who supposedly is related to Khomeini, made a violent speech in the Mosque of Kuwait asking for the institution of Islamic law . After the prayer there was a street demonstration in which Khomeini's slogans

were mixed with vio lent c nnc1sms ot Kuwait's foreign policy. Th ese incidents coincided with an in'C rease of t ension , some months ago, between Iran and the emirate of Bahrain , whose population is largely Shiite. Between 1968 and 1970 the Shah did not co nceal his intention of a nnexing Bahrain , invoking rights that go back to the 17th Century . He gave up , but the Ayatollahs have now taken up the idea again. In Arab circles in Beirut it is co nsidered t hat all of t his ""'.ill hassten the setting_ u~ of a vast fron t of Arab countries in the Persian Gulf. Its center of gravity would be the secret milita ry alliance which was supposedly concluded between Iran and Saudi Arabia right after the overthrow of t he Shah. 2

AN OASIS IN TJIE SAHARA By Professor Plinio Correa d~ Oliveira Lying before me is a document dated.. March 20 of this year now drawing to an end. A document that I don't hesitate co call the most beautiful joint pastoral letter published since the time of Pius XII. I only learned about it through a copy of Cristianita (Piacenza, Italy, Oct. 1979), which transcribed it from La Documentation Catbolique (8-19-79). It is a message signed by Msgr. Matthew Kia Yen-Wen, archbis hop of Taipei, Msgr. Joseph Kuo, archbishop of Salamina and nine ocher bishops and prelates of Taiwan. As soon as I read it, I decided co provide my readers with a summary. My spine soaked up chis limpid and crystalline text like a traveller in the Sahara - as the well-known figure has it - would drink from a generous spring found in an unexpected oasis. Yes, I was thirsty co hear bishops of the Holy Church take such a princely and gallant pastoral attitude in the face of Communism. In chis epoch of cowardly omissions, of cunningly defeatist and even cynically collaborationist insinuations, how much good it d oes to hear chat the bishops of a whole nation speak in unison like this! But is this pastoral letter really so beautiful? A little less, and incomparably more than chat. A little less because naturally, literary genius does notshine forth from it. In an elevated, no bl y serene, strong, attractive and clear language, th e bishops of Taiwan have done something incomparably greater than a literary work. They speak with pastoral simplicity the true language of Our Lord Jesus Christ. What is greater t han chat? These very prelates describe t he situation in which they find themselves. The whole West has withdrawn its ambassadors from Taiwan. The American forces no longer guarantee the coast of the island against agression from Communist China. All that is left for the latter is co leap upon icsdefenselessvictim ... To be done, furthermore, with a discreet word of agreement and even receiving applause from some Weste rn leaders. Although chis applause may be rare and weak, there a re certain ce ntrist media prepared to give it emphasis. Every communise regime is necessarily pernicious and usurping. And chis is still true even though - as happens in Poland, for example - it puts on religious perfidy or monkey business to deceive the conventionally-minded. The mere fact chat it denies the family and private property m akes it absolutely contrary, to the Natural Order and to the Law of God. As such, it is intrinsically illigitimate and irremediably disastrous. But there are attitudes that a man is asham ed (or afraid ... ) to take, even a crypto-communist clergyman himself, or a leftist capitalist ready to sell everything to ~nric~ himself a bit. The agreement which will abandon Taiwan to the final

public op1mon from being excessively shocked so that it will not react. Once it is underway, it will prove irreversible."

Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira, a thinker and writer of world-wide re-

nown, is the founder of the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property, the largest anticommunist organization in Brazil and president of its National Council. onslaught of Communism has not yet been made. And the few who pay attent ion co the dramatic question will find themselves in real suspense. When will the invasion come? Will the assault be brutal or hypocritical? What connivances will it possibly count on? What. monarch or cardinal will the victor invite to visit the island right afterwards co prove that the aggression foun d diplomatic complicity in the West even on t hrones or next to the altars? At this tragic moment of suspense, behold the voice of the bishops of Taiwan addresses "c_he bishops of t he whole world, Christians an d all men who love justice" with the message whose main points fo ll o w: "Like most of the ocher governments that have recognized Peking,_ the United Scates has declared t hat Taiwan is a part of China.' By this ambiguous affirmation t he 'Taiwan question' has become an ' in ternal matter' of China, whose only recognized government is that of Peki ng. Our people (17 million of them) are thus handed over, agai nst th eir will, to the mercy of a totalitarian regime that they abo minate. "For our part, we refuse to become human cattle, puppets of a false ideology that we reject. "The western press is now echoing a 'democratization' in the Peki ng regime. Our experience, closer to the events, re~inds us that such movements regularly appear on the Chinese mainland and indicate a stricter repressio n. They are undertaken in the line of Hegelian dialetics, an d always aim to increase the regime's domination over the people. "The process (of 'democratization') will last just as long as necessary to keep

"Initially, they ask us innocently to dialogue. A sad and already long experience shows us chat t his 'dialogue' inevitably leads co total and unconditional servitude. "Can one honestly close one's eyes co what took place in every one of the countries of Eastern Europe after the Second World War? Can o ne honestly forget Vietnam, where th e most solemn agreements guaranteed by the great powers were case aside one after the other until the final fall of a people who refused to submit co the ideology of a minority? Can one igno re the fact chat the inhabitants of that regio n, who had heroically borne thirty years of horrible and inhuman war, are incapable of bearing the oppression of this ideology and at the very risk of their lives are fleeing from the land of their fathers in hundreds of thousands? "Our own national experience, repeated six times over, proves abundantly to us that to open the doors, even a bit, co the dialogue chat they are asking for once again, is in brief, co hand o urselves over with our hands and feet bound, "to an unscrupulous interlocutor. "In the coming months, 'fraternal gestures' await us. Perhaps they will go so far as co 'ask our assistance' fo r the modernization of the motherland. The purpose of these gestures is co destroy us if we accept them and co turn opinion against us if we refuse them. "If we accep t the contact, they will take advantage of it co erode us by sowing tares among us. If we don't accept it, chat will be the 'proof' that we are not reasbnable, chat we refuse the extended hand , and that the only solution is to subdue us by force. "How will public opinion, with its short-lived memory, grasp this infinitely subtle and perverse ploy? In the first case, they will not consider us worthy to be defended, since we do not come to an understanding among ourselves. In the second case, they will say that we are reaping what we ourselves have sown since we aresolittleprone toconcilliation'. "We address all of our brothers of th e episcopate. As successors of t he Apostles, ~ur Lord has entrusted you with a universal respo nsibility. Do not permit a part of mankind, however small It may seem to you, to be handed over to a condition of mental and spiritual slavery unworthy of men created by God and saved by t he blood of Jesus Christ. We are in the hands of God and also in those of our brothers. "Whatev..:r the result of this initiative of ours may be, whatever the destiny that mPn have in score for us, we know that nothing can prevent Our Lord's victory over evil. " 3

CAMBODIA: COMMUNISM UNMASKED

Fruit of Communism: R efugee rnother and children. No nation on earth has suffered more brutally in recent memory at the hands of communism than the blo odied a nd devastated nation of Cambodia. In 1960, Cambodia was a tranquil and fertile country - a n overwhelmingly agricultural country that even exported rice. Today . ..grou nd down through sheer brutality, forced marches and starvatio n by the Khm er Rouge and Vietnamese Communists ...the nation is1 close to extinction. When Commu nist Khmer Rouge led by Prem ier Pol Pot took con.trol of the country in 1975, a reign o f terror followed that has reduced the nation from eight m ill ion people to fewer than 5 mill io n today. Officia l estimates count th e probability that a nother 3 millio n Cambodians Âˇmay d ie over th e nex t 12 months. Âˇ Within hours after having e ntered the capital city of Phnom Penh in 197 5, th e communist co nqu ero rs going from doo r to door, o rdered every man, woman and child to leave the city. Hospital patients, the crippled and even those awaiting surgery were thrown out onto the streets and compelled to march into the countryside. Resisters were shot. Those who fell from the lines due to fatigue or illness were also killed. The Khm er Ro~e syst ematically carried ou t a pol icy of destroying existing social institution s. Intell ectuals and other " undesirables" were executed by t he thousands. Whole communities were uprooted and forced to relocate in remote parts of the country. The capital of Phnom Penh was reduced from a bustling city of beautiful French architecture of more

than 1.5 million people to virtually a ghost town of rubble. As bad as conditions were under the Khmer Rouge, the plight of the Cambodian people worsened when the communist Vietnamese invaded the country and installed a puppet regime under Heng Samrin. With 180,000 troops in the co untry, Vietnamese communists are intent upon wiping out the rema ining Kmer R ouge forces loyal to Pol Pot. In this operation, the Vietnamese communists have shown that they can be as cold blooded as the Pol Pot forces. They have decided to let millions of conquered Cambodians - men, women and children - starve to death. T he fighting that has gone on unabated since that t ime be tween the Heng Samrin re gime and the Vietnamese communist troops have ruined the crops. International relief organ izations operating in Cambodia adm it that the country needs to import at least 165,000 metric tons of rice in the next six months to stave off a massive human disaster. In Phnom Penh, officials admit that 2.5 million refugees will face extreme hunger unless the food is made available to the population. Relie r' efforts underway have been hampered by the hy pocrisy of both th e current Cambodia n reg ime and the Vietnamese invaders . Cambodia's defense Minister Pen Sovan was quoted in Pravada as saving, " No one is d ying of

hunger in our country ." According to Sovan, humanitarian aid from the West is largely a cover for illicit military assistance for the surviving enemies of the new government. U.S. officials have commented that a much publicized Soviet gift in food and ocher aid has gone to feed Vietnamese sold iers. In addition , a November 5, 1979 Newsweek report states that the Vietnamese maybe siphoning off some of the relief supplies sent to Cambodia. According co a Western diplomat in Hanoi, several relief crates - clearl y marked UN ICEF aid for Cam bo dia have t urned u p in t he North Vietnamese. capital. Speculation is chat Vietnamese officials in Cambodia are ski mm ing off some of the aid and sending it co Vietnam. This fac t that the genocide is a di rect result of communism is the very point that large sectors of the press seem to be crying co hide. Ta ke, fo r example, Time magazine's assessment that th e Cambodian tragedy is a resul t of ' national avarice and ethnic hatreds." The pligfit of Cambodia has stirred th e hearts of civili zed men aroun d the worl d. The question remains if it will also stir their senses co the realizatio n of the horror of Communism chat will stop at nothing - not even at the destruction of an entire nation - co feed its insatiable diabolical appetite.

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A MIRACULOUS PAINTING One day in December of the year 15 31 an Indian was walking through the Mexican lands that ten years before bad been conquered for t he Church by the daring of Hernan Cortes. As he was reach ing the foot of the mou ntain , he heard a very harmonious voice which called out to him: " J uanico, J uan Dieguito." It was the Most Holy Virgin who spoke to h im in an extremely affable way, revealing the mercy and 'hope She liad for the conversion oT the peoples of the New World. Our Lady had an importan t mission for him. She wanted a church erected on that spot, promising in return innumerable g_races for those who would pray in it. Twice the Indian Diego went to the Bishop of Mexico, who remained doubtful and was looking for a proof of the veracity of the apparition. J uan Diego made th is known to t he Most Holy Virgin, who sent the prelate a bouquet of roses gathered on top of the frigici height of Tepeyac mou ntain, wrapped in the Ind ian's mantle. When he came before the bishop, the Indian opened his mantle and upon doing so a picture of Our Lady as She had appeared to him was imprinted o n it. The bishop believed immediately in the miracle. According to a UP I cable of October 9, 1979, a scientist from the University of Florida, the biophysic ist Philip Callahan will send a report to the Mexican government abou t his observations of the painting of the V irgin of Guadalupe. In it the researcher affirms that he cannot find a scientific explanation. He goes on to say, "from what I have seen, the original pai nt ing is miraculous." In the report Callahan and the other scientists who analysed the picture say that the original - the picture of the Virgin with her hands in an attitude of prayer - is still surprisingly fresh, without any signs of deterioration. The scientists say that the basic blue and rose pigment should have disappeared centuries ago. Th e researchers' recognir-ion of this miracle is of great apologetic importance in this sceptical age in wh ic,J, we live. It com es to corroborate what those devoted to Our Lad y of Guadalupe, especially the Mexicans have known for centuries. Four centuries after the apparitions to th e Ind ian Juan Diego, to be exact

in 1910, St. Pius X consecrated all the Latin American peop les to Our Lady under this title. With a prophetic gesture, the Pope Saint of our century interpreted the enormous predilection of the Most Holy Vi"rgin for this continent.

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Child Liberation - Swedish Style Children in Sweden will have the right to "divorce" themselves from their parents according to a new law proposed by a government commission studying the rights of th e child. T his proposal is a sequel to a law approved this year forbidding parents to str ike their childre n. Tor Svernc, the president of the com mission says, however, that the "divorce" law would only apply to certain cases. " It is not our intention to perm it a six year old who has quarreled with his parents to be able to simply walk out of his house and divorce h imself from them. But an adopted child of three years of age would be able to divorce himself from his natural parents if !hey did not show any more interest in him. Likewise, a 16 year old girl who left hom e to live with her lover would have the opportunity of divorcing herself from her parents if t-hey were opposed to this relationsh ip," Mr. Servue

affirmed. The fi nal decision in each case will be the responsibility of a court. One of the proposals made by the commission is the creatio n of a commissioner to be appointed by the local authorities, who would be responsible to deal with problems that arise between parents and their children. Commission Secretary Barbre Andreason commented that he did not consider the proposals being studied an intrusion into the privacy of the individual. " l don't think that we are raising any threat to democracy. Many people outside the country said that the law forbidding corporal punishments of children was undemocratic, but I didn't hear that argument from $wedes. We have no way of knowing whether the law is working, but it is an example. All Swedish parents know now that it is illegal to strike their children." 5

REMNANT FORUM Ill

Expressing their dissastification with progressivism, some 150 people gathered in Tarrytown, New York in November, for REMANT FORUM 111 . The twci day program featured Mr. Walter Matt (publisher of The Remnant), Fr. H. Marchosky (former professor of Theology and Philosophy, Laval Un iversity, Canada), Mr. Hamish Fraser (editor, Approaches}, Dr. William Marra (professor of. Philosophy, Fordham, U.) as well as others. Discussing the theme "Fidelity to the Catholic Tradition," the Forum closed with a call for unity of all faithful Catholics around the tradition of Holy Church.

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EAST TIMOR - FORGOTTEN VICTIM OF COMMUNIST "INDEPENDENCE" About 100,000 people have died in East Tim or · as a result of fighting or starvation in the wake of the "civil war" of 1975 and Indonesia's invasion, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. "Thousands of people have been left hungry and sick. The East Timorese have been the tragic victims of violence and neglect," the report goes on to say. Peter Rodgers, a correspondent for the Herald said he took photographs of starving children. East Timor was a Portuguese colony before its indipendence in 1975. A bloody civil war broke out as the Portuguese withdrew and Indonesian "volunteers" finally intervened in an attempt to stop the cou"ntry · from going communist.

Dr. Rosalyn Vallow, the second woman ever to win the Nobel -Peace prize, decries what she calls "mass hysteria" after the accident at Three Mile lslancl. She believes the dangers of nuclear plants have "been highly exaggerated." Vallow says, "I chink it's most unfortu· nate that we're learning about science from Jane Fonda." COATS OF HUMAN HAIR

A new fashion in ladies coats for the season was designed and planned by the deseigner Michel Bourgan, of Hull, Quebec, Canada. The style: coats. with an ample quantity of human hair to the belt. Human hair is substituted for skin and fur of animals. To complete the "decor," the woman must have a shaved head or a "brush" cut! Price of the coat: $ 18,000.

RED SHEEP The bulletin,Voice of Martyrs, pubtished by the organization, Church of the Martyrs, has put out the following report: "A Catholic priest, Fr. Gilglio Girardi, an official of Vatican 11, worked during the council against the condemnation of Communism - a basically diabolical doctrine - in spite of the demands of this made by 600 bishops. Today, Girardi has been relieved of his duties as professor of theology after having confessed openly to being a Marxist!' In a recently published book, Christians for Socialism, Fr. Girardi relates in _detail about a perfect organization of priests of the same "style." The wolf in sheep's cloth ing was discovered but too late. Such we.re the priests that the manipul ators of Vatican 11 provided as specialists. How many more places in the Church are also filled as this one was? MR.,and MRS. AMERICA

The image of Bert Parks on _your TV set singing, "Here They Come--M r. and Mrs. America ... "as the next Presidentelect of the United States and his First Lady come walking down th e runway amid the glare of spotlights may be t oo bizarre for most Americans to conjure up. However, some Democratic cireles are suggesting criteria for presidential timber thafmay lead 10 just that. Governor-elect John Y. Brown of Kentucky is being mentioned as running mate for Sen. Edward Kennedy because the attractive Mr. Brown and his wife, Phyliss George, a former Miss America, wou ld combine with Kennedy and make a formidable glamour ticket "tailor-made" for television.

WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF? The magazine, Iglesia Mundo recent· ly published an article about the entrance of Marxism into Spain. Now it appears that the events leading up to the overthrow of the monarchy on April 12, 1931 have repeated themselves. Today, 1,800 Spanish city councils are under the control of marxists. Although they are a minority in comparison to the 8,000 city councils, they have the great .capitals (Madrid, Barcelona, Valenci;i7 Sevilha, etc.) and a total of 20,000 Spanish submit to the left. This js s step in the Sovietization of Spain. It is believed by the Christian Democratic Union (UCO) and its chiefs that communists and socialists are not marxist and they wil l never unite. Of course, they will!

"Sovietization" - Communists demonstrate in Madrid during May Day Celebration.

TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN The existence of an in ternational headquarters for the sale of children was made public in the National Congress of Adoptive Parents held in the beginning of October in Cannes, France. The sale of newborns involves numerous developing countries of Asia, the Middle East and South America. The methods vary from country to country and prices to buy a child have reached 30 thousand francs or about $7,000. According to the expose by the Congress, the selling of babies ta~es the same form as drug trafficking, using the utmost discretion with. the three interested parties involved - the true parents who wish to abandon their children, the intermediary who makes money on the sale and the future parents who have no interest in the history of the child they are purchasing. One of the testimoni es brought to light is the case of a woman and the great difficulties she encquntered in the French legislative process of adoption. She was counseled to adopt a child from outside the country. For this reason she sought out the Brazilian consulate in Paris. There she filled out an application that had to be forwarded to Brasilia. How surprised she was when, on the following day, she was contacted by a person who had nothing to do with the consulate but

Babies w ithout a country. was disposed to help her. This perso n informed the lady that the price of a male child was two times higher than that of a girl.

Yet another surprise awaited her The child would not come trom Brazil, but Peru. For the first payment of 5,000 francs she received a letter of representation to an orphanage in Lima. After that, she return ed to Paris and paid another packet of 5,000 francs to the intermediary. Adding the price of the trip and a stay of one week in Peru, the total cost of the whole affair was 30,000 francs. Another adoptive formula peculiar to Brazil consists of falsifying a pregnancy. The supposedly pregnant woman travels to Brazil and gives "birth" while in the country. This method permits the proper registration of the child in the French consulate. While the French look for adoptive children in Brazil, the North-Americans, Dutch and Swedes prefer Greece. In that country, the regist rations have reached such a point of falsification that the authorities are worried about the index of infant mortality in certain regions where this traffic frequently occurs. In reality, a death has nof occurred but o nly the Greek identity of babies disappears, substituting an American or Dutch or Swedish name in its stead. So, even rich countries have a role in this process of the sale of children as has been verified by this Congress.

U.S. Population Control: A Corning Reality? If certain government social planners and liberal legislators have th eir way, the federal government will soon assume a role in regul ating the nati o n's population. Advocates of the "Big Brother" government have long sought after ways to create the perfect socialist paradise in the United States by controlling every facet of life. Now ... with the introduction of a new bill in the Congress (1-1.R. 5062 by Congressman Ottinger (D. NY) this dream may come true. The measure blatantly states that it is "A bill to declare a national policy goal of national population stabilizatio n and to establish an Office of Population Pol icy." Naturally, t he federal bureaucrats would hold the reins of authority for planning any population.changes. To accomplish this anti-natural goal, the bill advocates "all practical means and measures are to be taken. . . to stabilize the nation's population voluntarily . _Âˇ_without incurring major social or economic dislocation at the earliest possible time."

"Population change" according to the bill means "changes in fertility, mortality, immigration . ..geographic distribution" as wel l as other critical considerations such as education a nd employment. National population stabil izatio n means "that St;)tc in population changes when births and immigration equal death and emigration ." Th<. proposed bill would also crea re an Office of Population Planning with wide-ranging duties and functions such as information gathering, development of policies to plan for population change , investigations an d consultation with such popularly misnamed "population" organizations as Planned Parenthood and Zero Population Growth (ZPG), whose policies seem more intent upon the demise of th e population than the maintaining of it. The far reaching effects of this legislation are evident in its requirements "that the policies, regulatiOf!S and public law~ ...shall be interpreted and administered in accordance with the policies set forth in this act." This means

that all agencies of t he federal government woul d have to be reviewed to correct .deficiencies "which prohibit full compliance" w ith the bill. In addition, as reported in the National Educator (November 1979), legislation at the federal, state, a nd local government level - as well as the activities of no n-government entities and individua ls - would be reviewed in relation to their effect on planning for population change and eventual national population stabilization. What effect this "review" would have on such morall y sensitive issues as abortion, birth controlÂ° and mainte.nance of life support systems for the seriously ill or ha ndi cap ped is not difficult to imagine if these socialist planners have their way. Are the recent court rulings allowing a minor to have an abortion without the consent of her parents or t o allow the sale of contraceptives for children a prefigure of this "socialist nightmare ?"

A Paralyzing Indolence In the skies of the free world, black storm clouds accumulate, announcing a tempest that is not, fa r off. On the one hand , the audible echo of the firing squads in Iran contin ues day after day. In Spain the threat of social ism has been growing since the last elections. In South Yemen the communist dominion is expanding and Saudi Arabia with its oil treasures is threatened and at t he same time getting less and less support from the U.S. The Western W'orld is allowing a razor to pass by its juglar - petroleum. Internatio nal questions are left without any answers. - The problems become labyrinthine. Âˇwhile all these events are taking place, what do m illions and millions of our contemporaries do? They devote a little of their time to a very summary reading of what goes o n that is decisive for the world and then entertain their eyes with the m any reports abou t all kinds of disasters, tensions, and confusion with which today's reality is fraught . The, they close the paper drawing the concl usio n - heaven knows why that t here's nothing new and that the world is at peace. But there is more: " In the- West m general a veil of uneasiness and anguish is spreading. Never for years now has

the feeling of catastrophe been so widespread, so palpable; and never has it haunted people's sp irits as it does now. It is impalpable and seems like it is stuck to their skins," so com mented Jean Cau in Paris M atch earlier this year. In short, we are in the face of something disconcerting, the world wallows in indolence, but at the sa me time terror dominates it. It is the monstrous paradox of today 's world. How many parables ot this phenomenon are there in the course of History! From the legendary Po mpei to the entrance of the communist columns into Saigo n four years ago while the people played and amused themselves wi'th all forms of recreation. The wall that used to defend the West from the communist menace has not fa llen yet. But its substance has changed from stone to cardboard. Uncertainty reigns over w ho le continents. However, for millions of our fe llow countrymen, everyth ing is going alo ng well, sin ce at this time, at this minute, at this second that is goi ng by, everyt hing still seems to be in order. The fact that the power of Communism had to be founded on this indolence of Western public opinion is a categorical proof that the crisis of our days _is more a question of conscience and psychological warfare t han a confrontation of armed powers. Before concluding, \Ve realized something. We have spoken of the problems of th e world today as be ing very grave. But this is nothing alongside another which is a thousand times more tragic. It is that Communism has managed to infiltrate so widely,so horribly, into .,,,, the Holy Catholic Chu rch . What a

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ACID RAINS Acid rain, previously linked ro the death of fish in the eastern United States and in Sweden, has now emerged as a serious problem fo r the nation as a wh ole. " Until last year o r so, we. largely regarded acid rain as a problem of t he eastern United States; now there is a realization that it may affect the whole country," said Dennis Tirpak, a research director for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Acid rain is formed as a result of large discharges of sulfur a nd nit ro us oxides in the atmosphere from sources like vehicles, industry and power plants. Through a series of complex chemical reactions, these pollutants can be converted into sulfuric and n itric acid and returned t o earth as rain or snow. Ironically, tall smokestacks built during the past two decades to ease local -pollution may contribute ro the acidity of rainfall in distant places by sending the em issio n higher in to the prevaiwng_ winds. "The acid rai n problem in North America seems to be worsening," said Sen. Gary Hart, who is chairman o f the National Commission o n Air Quality. With the latest discovery of a pro11 ounced level of acid rain being measured in the Los Angeles and San Francisco regio ns and in other parts of California , he said, " There is a growing sense that this is a national concern. No longer can anyone dismiss acid rain as someone else's problem." Acid rain, it appears, is not only a problem for the living but the dead as well. In addition to the adverse effect it has on plants and animals, experts told the comniission that th e rain also destroyed stonework. For example, they s~id that the Parthenon in Athens, the Li ncoln Memorial in Wash ington, D.C. and tombstones in New England were disintegrating at a much faste r than normal rate because of t he effects of acid rai n . SACK lN roAT \\'.AYNf GAlfnr

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1979

No.13

Vol. 1

SHOCKING STOCKING STUF F,ERS 1

The toys in the stores this Christmas are more than just playthings. They are "computer" robots that tell jokes and sing, hideous futuristic personages, flying saucer-like "tutors" and even an introductory packet of marijuana paraphernalia for adolescents ... all in a ll a dazzling array of horrors that dominate the market this Christmas season. For example, there are over 100 computer toys and games available to the consumer this season. One of the most successful is the 2-XL robot by Mego which was introduced last year and sold 200,000. The robot 2-XL "talks" to a child with electronically sim ulated speech. It "asks" questions, tells jokes, sings and plays games. So far, 2-XL has been programmed with 36 tapes from the ABC's to the metric system to nostalgia from the S0's and 60's. One of the robot's distinctive features is its use of colloquial speech . "Jeepers, creepers, you are right," the machine may quip, or "If you were a flower, you'd be a budding genius." About these talking machines, Dr. Phyllis McGrab, associate professor of pediatrics and director of the Child Develo pment Center at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. has said: "Children come to regard learning as having a conversatio n with someone ... it's a very good way to learn facts." Apparently, real live persons (parents and teachers) aren't doing a good enough job of communicating. For those children for whom just a straight answer is not enough, Coleco's Quiz Wiz will light and bleep each tim e it answers one of the 1001 questions on each of its fourteen 8 track tapes. Not to be o utdone, Ideal's Electronic Detective challenges the playersleuth to resolve a crime through a process of computer elimination steps. If he fa ils to do so in a certain period of time, a surprise gunshot from the villain does him in. Speak and Spell is a little red box that, _when the Go button is pushed, says ~? a deep pleasant voice, "Spell, wasb. T he child presses t he appropriate

TV commercial shows robot-like "Domeheads" playing Computer Perfection in living room letters if he spells correctly, the machine says, "That is correct." The sentences are life-like and the pitch of the voices rise and fall in a normal way. Such silicone chip silliness would be disconcerting enough to find under the tree t his year. But there is more. Marijuana is now being marketed directly to children and adolescents as a Christmas item. One example is a marketing promotion, cited at the 48th annual meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics in October of this year, to fill Christmas stockings with roach clips and "practice grass." Items in this vein, available this Christmas, are a space gun that lights a "Joint" and a matching container that ~o~lects marijuana smoke and propels 1t mto the lungs ; a fresbee-like toy with a hold in the center to hold a joint; a nd T-shirts with the logo, "For toddlers who t oke." Wh " can be looked for from future gener ns whose childhood 1s so markt J by these ho rrors? . D•· Gregory Helweg, chairman of the P~, ogy Department at Loyola Coli.;~ 1lrimo re , while contending that ·he ., Lita toys provide a lot of en-ner warns , "Parents should be ar , ti ,. seductiveness of these toys 111 rt:f!lacinb .amily communication. •·' The

dangers to proper development are quite sim_ilar to those posed by television, which Dr. Helweg calls "the biggest and ~ ost profound electronic toy ever invented." Even more serious is the fact that these toys and the tendencies set by them (such as the training in the use of marijuana) shape the child 's souls and future lifestyle. The most profound features of a child's character at this time are imperceptibly reco rded in his soul and will eventually surface later in his behavior a5 an adult. Strange it is, that in this year, that has been officially designated as the ':'~ar of the Child, . .so many monstrosities are to be found under the Christmas tree to shatter the innocence of childhood and turn what is marvelous into a monstrosity. "Rom" and "Simon" - teachers from outer space

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WHEN WEST MEETS EAST The rapidly rising rate of inflation in the West, now being even more acutely felt in the United States, over the past few years is making the economic differences between the average American and his Russian counterpart smaller and smaller. Prime interest rates in some parts of the country have soared past 15% ... not much ahead of the annual inflation rate itself. Unemployment fluctuates between the six and seven percent levels, nationwide. Higher in some areas. Unfortunately, most Americans are hurting in the basic necessities of life ... not in the luxuries, In the fast six years, according to a study released by U.S. News & World Report, mortgage payments, reflecting the higher cost of mortgage money, have risen 15 5% ! Property insurance has kept pace with this rate of increase, also. And, reflecting the on-going energy "crisis," mobile America is slowly grinding to a halt. Oil has increased 264%; gas 152%; electricity 83%; water and sewer rates are up 68% and hom e maintenance costs up 73%. Making the squeeze even tighter on the average American family is the fact that median family income over the same period has o nly risen 58%. The number of working wives in the U.S. labor force has been increasing by leaps and bounds. All this has not been due to the "liberated" woman epidemic. For the average family, it's a matter of food on the table ... not ideology. Automobile sales , o ne of the bellweathers of the economy, are the lowest in recent history. On the other hand, despite a constant stream of propaganda to the contrary and a massive infusion of U.S. aid and technology, the Russian economy co ntinues to produce the same distressing symptoms ...o nly in a more advanced stage. A recently released report shows another bad year for the Soviet grain crop - with the harvest falling about 40 million bushels short of the 200 million projected for this year. Russian housing, also, continues to be distinguished as the poorest in all t he industriali zed nations - some thirty percent

how Soviet workers are flabbergasted at the small amount of income Americans spend on food. The Soviet paycheck is literally eaten up by food costs. Life for the Soviet urban dweller is not much better. The Soviet workers, for example, who recently got a raise from $ 180 per month to $225 per month must meet an impossible production qu ota set by the government in ord;r to receive this increased amount. Here, in the cities, as well as on the farms, the cost of food is devastating. This situation, combined with housing costs, completely exhausts the urban workers' pay.

of all city dwellers live communally. In 1977, the Russians had 5.6 million private passenger cars - ope for every 46 persons. By 1985, notwithstanding a change in production from peacetime to wartimq use, there may be one car for every twenty-two people. However, Soviet estimates are notoriously inaccurate as evidenced by their continual crop failures since 1917. In comparison, the U.S. has 110 million cars or about one for every two people. The Soviet Gross National Product (GNP) twenty-five years ago was forty percent of the United States'. By 1977, it was still only sixty percent.

Even though in the area of consumer goods the United States continues to outshine Russia, the glitter may be coming off the great American dream. Are we to envision the day when the eco nomy of the West brings itself down to the level of the East? Who will benefit from this?

Recent testimony at the Sakharov â&#x20AC;˘ Hearings have shed new light on the dayto-day living conditions of farm and urban workers in the Soviet Union. According to the Sakharov testimony, rural Soviet citizens work under labor camp conditions on collective farms and various other state agricultural enterprises. At a standard of living far below urban dwellers, the rural Soviet citizen is the most exploited sector of Russian society. Shmuil Matveyev, a former collective Âˇ farm worker said of rural life, " It was like we were enclosed in a dark sack. We were isolated from all political activities and we knew nothing about the West." Matveyev described the collective farms as a labor camp that has resulted in two inter-realted calamities the eternally catastrophic farm yields a nd overcrowding in t he cities. Most agricultural workers at the Hearings testified Dignity of womanhood sacrificed on the table of economics.

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At A ffzzeria with the ''Moderates'' By Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira As I sat down at a table with a group of friends in a spacious and noisy pizzeria, I just had time to notice that our presence displeased some people sitting nearby. Three men and two women scared at us continuously. One of chem, a call, thin, dark fellow with angular nose and arms and a long neck, moved his chair a bit so that he could follow our conversation. We were chatting about everything and about nothing. The conversation flitted around our usual subjects in unexpected and imagin ative ways. The man with angular nose and arms made no effort to hide it when our flitting seemed entertaining to him; nor, on the contrary, when it annoyed him. Then - so to speak - his eyes darted darkness. The tip of his nose took the shape of a crow's beak. His elbows appeared to have become aggressively pointed. Who could he be? An instructor from some suburban campus? A union leader? A reporter from a small town paper or a big city daily? A somewhat intellectualized petty businessman? I don't know. At a certain moment he noticed chat we were talking about the use of poison gas. He cou ldn't contain himself. With the bristly despotism typical of certai n so-called moderate leftists, and obviously hoping to stir up the crowd in the restaurant agai nst us, he asked one of the youngest people at my cable: "Ah ha! That's how far you go, huh! Are you in favor of using poison gas?" The angular man wanted my young friend to confirm his suspicion. Then he would stand up o n his table (or on ours... ) and call everybody there to boo us because of o ur opinion. This leftist, who certainly was a hotheaded partisan of the freedom of all opinions ... that are leftist, did not inhi bit me. But all of this had started a long and boring argument between one table and the other. The angu lar man had to be silenced if we were to freely continue flitting from thought to thought in our usual cogitations. Shouting intruder at him would be playing into his hands. He would yell that our pride was intolerable, etc., etc. It would be even more mo notonous and longer than an argument; it would be a fight .. . What co uld be done? I too k a bossy air and from th e depth of the distance separating us I fixed him firmly with my gaze and replied : " in deed I am an advocate of the use of poison gasses. I think, for example, that when a small band of guerrillas takes refuge up in the mountains using them as a base to create prob lems for the regular army, it has a right to defend

Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira,

a thinker and writer of world-wide renown, is the founder of the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property, the largest anticommunist organization in Brazil and president of its National Council. itself by spraying poison gasses ove r the rebels. Not all of chem have to be deadly! There is due measure in everything. It is enough for some of these gasses to be le thal. The others can simply make the guerrillas sick. That will be enough t o wipe out the guerrilla movement." This moderate leftist was all points: his nose, ears, chin, arms, and the corners of his mouth. Triumphantly, he cried out to me: "You won 'c refuse to give me this statement in writing, will you? A man of character doesn't hesitate to write what he says." To stir him up even more, I pretended to lack character. I told him I would not write what I had said. I made a little pause that - I suppose - he used to calculate whether he could leap on t he table in a single jump or if he would have to use some chair as a starting point. He shook with rage. Oh what a night of glory was in store for him in the pizzeria! I went on in a soft and careless tone: "Writing is a lot of work, and I feel lazy. Bur if you can find me a tape recorder (I saw one on a nearby table) I will record what I've just said." In less than a minute the recorder was at my elbow. I imposed only one condition for the fulfilm ent of the angular man's request: That he would not interrupt me. He agreed.

My friends appeared amused at the move. His showed the curiosity of hyenas. Ah the ferocity of so many "moderates," I already knew it well! I recorded what ( had said word for word, merely adding that my statement had only been a stratagem to turn away from our conversation an aggressive and importunate interlocutor. When we were interrup ted by him, I explained, we were actually condemning the poison gas bombardments that, according to the papers, Laotian communists were carrying out against anti-communist guerrillas of the Hmong tribe. They were doing it with Vietnamese support and therefore Russian support. The reports say that not all of the victims died, but a number of them were left stretched out on the ground. I went on to make a eulogy of those anti-communist heroes who co ntinue fighting for their country even now when everything seems lost. Then I sh ut off the recorder. From hand to hand, my friends passed it on to him. I cast my eyes on the "enemy.camp." They were all talking about other matters. " He" went on staring at us, but with his mind completely absorbed in his cigarette. All the sharp points in his face had gone lim p. He stretched out his hand to cake the recorder and said only, "Okay." He averted his gaze and then turned his back on us. The really odious thesis that it is legitimate in principle to exterminate any adversary with poison gas no longer infuriated those moderate leftists. Why? Because it was not advocated by rightists as they had hoped, but by communists; who not only defend it, but actually put it into practice. So ... those "moderates" no longer hated the idea.

*** The only thing that is real about the whole story that I have just told you is the poison gas bombardment the communists perpetrated against the valiant Laotian Hmong. The pizzeria and its clients, the angular man and his friends, and my own circle of friends are nothing more than a little tale. A little tale designed to bring out in a symbolic way what the psychology of hatred of many, and very many "moderate" leftists is really like. "My God, save me from my friends; I will take care of my enemies," Voltaire used to say. I say, in my turn : Save me, my God, from the "moderates"; I'll fend off the hot-heads.

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Uneasiness about the holding of the 1980 Olympic Games in M"oscow is growing both here in the United States ;nd b~hind the Iron Curtain itself. Obvious attempts to turn this Olympics into a Communist propaganda showcase as well as concern over the Soviets' ability to stage the Games are adding to the feeling t hat this Olympiad will end in disaster. Recen tl y, in a letter to the U.S. Olympic Committce,a Mr. Roosevelt outlined the United States' o fficial views on the participation of Taiwan in the event. His letter mentioned that T aiwan 's participation in the Winter Olympic Games in New York should not result in an embarrassment to the host country. As a condition for gra nting visas to the Taiwanese athletes, the U.S. would not give the team official recogn ition . As such, Taiwan had to agree to refrain from using their present flag and national anthem. Th e team could use any other flag or sing any other anthem but their own (presumably, the flag and anthem of the Red Chinese would be accep table to the Committee). Critics of this act by the U.S. State Department have argued that it undermines the whole principle behind the event ... which is to allow athletes from around the world to compete solely on the basis of their ability. Of equal concern to the Olympic organizers arc reports from Russia indicating t hat, despite an all-out Soviet effort supported by a mass of forced labor, the Olympic Games in Moscow will bear little resemblance to the Games held in the Free World. At th e present time, Moscow has only about 20,000 beds available for foreign visitors o f which 7,400 arc needed for m edia personnel coming from abroad. Those members of th e press fortunate enough to have secu red a bed in Moscow will face another difficulty in trying to cover the events to be held in Leningrad, Minsk, Kiev, and Estonia. Transportation facilities are woefully inadequate and will be taxed to t he breaking point. Writing in Padomju}uanatne, Mr. Valdis Branes, Chief Experimental Engineer at Riga's Auto Factory which specializes in minibus type vehicles, says: "In 1976, we received a requ est from the Olympic Organization Committee in Moscow to develop an appropriate transport . Now, after two years of research and several modifi cations, we at the Auto Factory are in a in a position to supply six different vehicles particularly suitable for use at the Olympic Games." Press representatives may wonder how all 7,400 media people are going to utilize these six vehicles. Soviet planners aware of the logistical realities are limiting the number of people in proportion to their hom e

Original Olympic site. . . 1980 Olympic graveyard? country. The figures that the o rgan izers have in mind is that for the whole of Western Europe on l>, 50,000, perhaps as few as 40,000, people will be able to atte nd. This includes the athletic participants themselves. Less than half that number will be allocated to both North and South America and about the same number for people designated from Third World countries and the People's Republic outside the Soviet orbit. Only the V IPs will be able to stay in Moscow during the events while the rest, due to lack of accomodations, will be dispersed in accordance to d irectives received on the spot. Further adding co the fears of travel agency rcprcscncacivcs wh o have visited Moscow in preparation for the event is the face that there is a real shortage of trained staff with at least a minimum kn owledge of foreign languages. Many students arc being recruited for courses in banking, catering and for use as guides, sa les men and for the staffing of laundries. Some of these "recruits" arc from the provinces and have had little or no contact with foreig ners due to the Soviet system of internal co ntrol. This lack of knowledge of the West will make the situ ation even more difficult because foreign visitors arc likely to be more demanding in the types of services that they w ill be expecting. Other disturbing stories have surfaced in the face of the necessary contact with the West in preparation for the Games. During the International Sakharov Heari ngs on Hum an Relations in Russia, Nikolai Shangrcgin reported that Russian prisoners are manufacturing souvenirs for t he Olympics. Shangrcgin reports that Russian officials in the eight forced labor camps of Vladimir, south of Moscow, are engaged in producing a variety of Olympic symbols ... including th e Olympic mascot teddy bear.

At the same time, it was reported in the East-West Digest, No. 3, 1979, that at the end of 1978, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the approval of the sale o f more than one million dollars worth of metal detectors and X-ray devices to the Soviets. According co a Departmen t spokesman, the equipment will be used to provide security at the Olympic Games. The Soviets had been pursu ing the Un ited States to grant permission for an export license for so-called cri me and riot control equipm ent since 1974. The Olympics have now provided the opportu nity to get this agreement. To what additional use t his equ ipment will be put is left co speculation. However, Vladamir Bukosvsky, a political prisoner who was recently released by the Soviets in exchange fo r the Chilean Communist leader, Luis Corvalan, wrote in his book about his experie nces as a Soviet prisoner, " Th e handcuffs arc American, by the way, sa id the KGB agent who took them off and showed me t he trademark." Finally, a former International Olympic Committee vice-president, Mr. Wi ll i Daume, has voiced fears that the United States may be pressured into withdrawing from the Games by a Soviet ban o n Ol ympic r eporting by th e staff of the U.S.-owned Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty stations. This would pose serious financial problems for the Games because U.S. televisio n companies, paying the lion's share of the income for tra nsmission rights, might also pull o ut. As preparations at the Winter Olympic site in Lake Plac id, New York arc going ahead, the air may augur more than just th e approaching winter. Perh aps, this will be "th eÂˇ Olympics to end all Olymp ics as some of the ballyhooers have been proclaiming!

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Sairi,t :]\(icholas-'flte ~aiVelous [ggend So great is his charm, such the enchantment of his figure! Children of all ages dream of snow and imagine the sound of the ringing bells on his reindeer's sleigh. Even today St. Nicholas is the great figure who prepares Christmas for children in a majority of European countries excepting France. In Holland he still keeps his traditional role: Dressed as a bishop, with a venerable beard, he enters Amsterdam on horseback the 6th of December. He visits homes, distributes presents to the little children, to whom he gives good counsels or - in rare cases - some paternal reprimand. What is the origin of his marvellous legend? Around the year 300 in faraway Asia Minor, in the now almost forgotten city of Myra, a bishop had died. All the prelates of _the region had gathered to pick his successor. One of them stood out like a patriarch among the others, and the election of the new bishop practically depended on him. During the nigh_t he heard a voice telling him to watch by the door of the church. The first person to enter the church would be a young man named Nicholas. He was the one chosen on high to be consecrated as the new bishop of Myra. Indeed it happened that a young man named Nicholas, who was wellknown in the town, was the first person to enter the church that day; and, to his surprise and embarrassment, he was consecrated. During his lifetime, the new holy bishop of Myra stood out for his courage and

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gallantry, going as far as to confront the Roman emperor himself. His many miracles that went on even after his death made him so popular that all kinds Âˇof people made him their patron: sailors, traders, the rich, the slaves, the condemned, and even thieves! But none of this explains his relation to the Christmas presents given to little children. What was it? St. Nicholas was left an orphan while

End Of The Picasso Hoax Picasso himself said: " I am only a public entertainer that has understood his time and taken as mu ch advantage as possible of th e imbeci li ty, vanity and covetousness of his contemporaries." On calling this phrase to mind, the Spanish magazine Iglesia-Mundo quoted parts of a speech the painter J ean Carzou made upon his reception into t he French Academy of Fine Arts. Among other things, Carzou stated: "I co nsider Picasso as a phenomenon endowed with a demonic cleverness and admire him as a phenomenon ; but the painter does not move me. He o nl y leaves me cold ... his technique is poor, not to say non-ex istent. His expression is very elementary(referring to the muchcelebrated paintings "Guernica" and "The Horrors of War")." " Have we reached the final period of painting? Is Picasso the exterminating angel, the herald of the end of a reign? Everything leads one to suppose so." " ... Nowadays they play the fool, they joke and provoke, and all of this is

Picasso, a clown: His paintings mirrored bis life.

still a little boy, but he inherited an enormous fortune from his parents. Wealth did not corrupt him; rather it served him as a way to practice virtue. So for example when Nicholas learned that his neighbor was nearly destitute and unable to marry off his three daughters even though he belonged to a noble family, he took pity on him. During the night he stealthily pitched a bag of gold through the window of his neighbor's house. Intrigued, the father thanked God that he was able to provide a marriage for his eldest daughter. A short time later, another bag of gold, the second daughter married. The third time their father finally managed to discover the mysterious donor, whom he thanked effusively. It takes only a little imagination to go from there to the furtive entries down the chimneys, carrying presents for the children. A remarkable number of St. Nicholas's miracles have been worked for children. Once he raised a little boy from the dead and brought back alive another that had been swallowed by the sea. The body of the Saint was carried Âˇto Bari in Italy, where his bones, swimming in a miraculous oil, are venerated. He is so popular that 60 churches were dedicated to him in Rome alone; in England there were more than 400; and it is hard to count how many there are here in the United States. Whether it be a Santa Claus for the Germans, English and Americans; or Sinterklaas for the Dutch , he is at the heart of infantile imaginings during all the days of December till Christmas.

raised to the rank of an institution and even replaces art and finds its way into the museums. "This whole thing is no more than a society in an advancc:d stage of deterioration, a crazy society; these arc the signs of a civilization that is completely unbalanced and adrift ... The pseudo paintings of Picasso, considered individually , have not the least intrinsic value. If all the works of Picasso but one were to disappear, future generations upon examining it would not be able to grasp the importance of Picasso in his epoch." The report further states that the cult ured public present, including members of the Academ y, writers, artists, and distinguished personalities, received the final words of Carzou with a standing ovatio n. We ask what reaction the many naive people who blindly believe in the hoax of modern art may have at such an abrupt declaration of its obsolescence and such a solemn denun ciation of its falsity?. The question is: ho w great a repercussion will that important event cause in this sleeping world? 5

-~ E W S FL~SlHCE S SOVIETS - ONE STEP CLOSER Radio Free Americas reports that Soviet troops in Cuba are now operating the radar systems east of Havana at Guanabo Beach in an area that faces the straits of Florida. The town of Guanabo has a population of some five thousand. All of them, the report states, have been given thirty days to leave. T h ey can take with them everything movable, but their houses must be left intact, for occupation by Soviet troops. The eighteen square miles of the ridge extending from Cojimar to Guanabo, the town itself and the beaches will become a Soviet m ilitary camp... one step closer to the United States.

MARXISTS "STUDENTS" IN IRAN European intelligence sources bel ieve that some of those who siezed the U.S. embassy on T E!heran are not "students" but Marxist Fedayeen leaders. Working from pictures of men who still hold 49 American hostages, these sou rces affirm that they recognize well· trained Fedayeen vete rans of last winter's revolution against the Shah.

U.S. BISHOPS NOT SINGLE ISSUE MINDED In a statement issued October 26 1979 the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops determined that abortion alone should not be a deciding factor when a person votes. Abortion simply joined a list of "some issues which we be lieve are important in the national debate during 1980." (Orig ins, Vol. 9 #22, 11-15-79) After al l, it's just a matter of a few mi llion lives.

IT IS PROHIBITED TO PROHIBIT

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Schools may not tell their students how to dress, cut their hair or impose other appearance standards if it results in sex discriminatio n, HEW Secretary Patricia Harris announced. It was argued that "appearance codes have been used to enforce sexual stereotyping and to prevent American Indians, Hispani cs and blacks from the following ethnic customs in hairstyle and dress ."

MATERNITY MILITARY UNI FORMS

MED ICA L MAYHEM

An article in the Voice in the Wilderness reports on a California clothes

A report in the Pro-Family Newsletter states that, at the State Univer-

manufacturer that is now making maternity wedding gowns and maternity clothes for women in the military. Military officials say that th e need for such clothes is necessitated by the fact that, even in the Air Force usually considered to be made up of a little better quality personnel, about 10% of the fema le en listees are pregnant at all times. In Europe, the figures are alarmingly high. The Dallas Morning News reported t hat military experts in West Germany estim ate that as many as 20 % of the female arm y women may be with child. Correspondingly, about 7% of the U.S. forces in Europe is female and by 1982 the Pentagon expects this figure to rise to 12%.

sity Hospital in Brooklyn, N. Y., there is a chi ldren's playroom where chi ld patients regularly engage in the game of murdering doctors and nurses. The Child Life Program staff has equipped the playroom with all the means of vengeance that a frustrated youngster could want in order to "pay back" the white-coated staff members who inflict pain on them with needles and scalpels. Th ere's a deep table that holds four inches of water in which a fur ious child can drown a nurse doll or feed a doctor dol l to a rubber whale. Or the youngsters can siphon off some of t he liqu id in the tank into a real syringe and use it to give injections to the medical puppets. The staff feels all this wi ll help the child to adjust better.

SAN FRANCISCO'S GAY BOYS IN BLUE San Francisco became the first city

in the country to knowingly admit homosexuals to the police force. T he first officially sanctioned effort to recruit gays into the police department brought nine gay men and seven lesbian s into the total of 199 who will be admitted to the force between now and next May. Chief Charles Gain predicted that knowledge among the gays that homosex uals are on the force will reduce tensions between police and the gay community. React ion to the gay recruits among the rank and file police was muted . . . at least for now. FOR EI GN AID FOR T ER ROR ISTS

A recent report issued by Sen. Jesse Helms (R. N.C.) states that much of the billions of dollars handed out by the U.S. Government over th e years has gone to communist regimes. For example, he stat es that in October he tried "to prevent the al lo cation of $500 000 to an organization in Southwest Afrlca known as the Nambia Institute." The Senat~r commented, "O ur own State Depart· ment acknowledges thqt th is so-cal led Institute is scarcely more than a mechanism for training Communist t e·rrorists." This amount was included in the proposed foreign aid spending legislation as a result of a request from th e United Nations to our State Department.

ABOLISHMENT OF PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT Beginning Feb. 1, 1981 , the application of corpo ra l punishment wi ll be abolished in 1,100 schools in London. The right of teachers to phys ically punish their studen ts has provoked two grievances before the European Tribunal of Human Rights.

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FACIS Earlier this year, President Carter authorized the appointment and funding of a special National Advisory Commission for the White House Conference on Families. Twenty men and twenty women were selected by the President to serve on this commisssion whose initial budget was a whopping two million dollars. Little was published concerning the backgrounds or the ideological bent of the commission members until a recent study issued by the Famly Protection Report, Washington, D.C. Mr. John Carr, the executive director of the Commission is quoted in the study as professing to know nothing about the beliefs or ideological positions. of the appointees. Further, the report states that he felt such information was immaterial. One of the commission members is Carolyn Shaw Bell, a professor of economics at Wellesley College. In a column she wrote fo r Newsweek in May of 1977 entitled, "Let's Get Rid of Families," she· argued that preserving a "dynamic co ncept" such as the family is not as important as making sure that the individuals within that family arc taken care of. Another appointee. Mario M. Cuo mo. Lieutenant Governor of New York and Deputy Chairperson (sic) of the White House Conference on Families proposed a specific government agency be established when he was running for Mayor of New York City two years ago. In a New York Times article o n the 13th of August of that year, he lamented,

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"As important as the family is, we don't have an agency that deals with it as a whole." The Lieutenant Governor didn't comment how the family has managed to survive sin ce the time of Adam without such an agency. Richard John Niehaus is another commission member whose ideologies arc worth studying. In a report for the American Enterprises Institute o n Mediating Structures, Mr. Niehaus, who is the Lutheran pastor of New York City's T rin ity Church, statcd:"Wc have no intentio n of glorifying the bourgeois family. Foster parents, lesbians, and gays,

liberated families - all can do the job as long as they prqvide the l_oving and permanent structure that traditional families have typically provided." In an article published in Christian Century , the Report states that Niehaus wrote: " I believe that marijuana should be decriminalized. I believe that any kind of private sexual behavior between consenting adults is none of the state's business . . . almost everything should be permitted in plays and movies ... we should exolore the relative merits of controlled legalized prostitution." Also prominent on the Commission is Robert M. Rice, Director of Family Policy Analysis and Development for the Family Service Associatio n of America. In American Family f!.olicy, published in 1977 by FSAA, Rice is quoted as saying, "Marriage should be satisfying,and, when it is not, termination of the marriage ls an appropriate alternative." Commission appointee Eleanor C. Smeal, president of the National Organization for Women (NOW), the study reports is an outspoken advocate of lesbian rights, the Equal Rights Amendment, and the right to choose an abortio n. Smeal, in an article in the Washing ton Post (Oct. 19, 1979) has charged oppo nents of homosexual rights as "fascists." History recounts with clear objectivity what has happened to civilizations before o urs that have rushed headlong down these self-same destructive paths. Will our cou ntry be so indolent and without honor as to let history repeat itself?"

URBAN SMASHERS lessly wounded passers-by. They changed the street into a real battlefield. Except for one or t he other isolated reaction , the surprised and stupefied public remained passive. Who arc the marauders? What a rc they doing? It is a "commando operation"of a new kind of urban terrorism.

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As people walked about sightseeing and window shopping near th e St. Lazare Station in Paris on a normal Saturday morning, an enormous uproar suddenly burst o ut. Several dozen bearded and excited youths, coming out of nowhere, some masked, wearing helmets and heavy work clothes, armed wit h Molotov cocktails and iron bars, smashed windows, stole merchandise, and merci-

T hese youths call themselves "the autonomous ones" or "the smashers." Most of them arc college e ducated sons of well-to-do middle class fam ilies. Their vandalism is a practical expressio n of their co ntestatory ideas. Their violence opposes what they call the " established violence" of an "oppressor" State that collects taxes, spread unemployment, a nd raises prices. Some of them have de fined political aims. They arc communists an d anarchists continuing the May 1968 Sorbonne Revol ution. Others a"rc merely no nconfo rmists having no other connections. But they arc all

united by a common goal: destruction and terror. In most cases there are not enough police nearby to halt the disorders produced by their rapid and disconcerting tech niques of actio n. According to Paris Match, French po lice authorities admit that the group is controlled by a secret organizatio n of formerly active militants of French communist groups. These leaders presumably have close ties with the international terrorist movements, no tably t he PLO, Basque terrorist groups in Spain and Germany's Baaden Meinhof gang. The "smashers" attac k, sack, strike, kill ... and flee. French po lice no longer dare to face them . It is not o nl y in Paris that they act. "Smashers" are beginning to appear in Stockholm, London, New York and other capitals. Who arc they? What is their role? To bring about chaos ... o n purpose. 7

Abuse Of Anti-Communist Rights Recently, on the occasion of the OAS' Human Rights Commission visit to Argentina, that country's TFP issued the following statement by Dr, Cosme Beccar Varela, Jr., President of that organization's National Council. The text of his statement follows:

••• It is proper for the Organization of American States (OAS) to have sent its Human Rights Commission to our country, especiaUy since the Argentine government itself invited it. But we do censure the grave ommissions of the OAS which take away from this visit the impartiality it required. 1. Since Communism is a radical denial of all human rights, the OAS ought to act incessantly and effectively against it. But it is obvious that Communism is advancing in t he Caribbean and in Central America. Its advance in Nicaragua has actually been assisted by an obvious interventio n of the OAS in favo r of th e Sandinista guerrillas. What is the OAS doing to at least inform Latin American public opinion and governments about these advances? 2. What is the OAS doing in favor of the Cuban people who are crushed by Communism? What protests has it raised against the presence of Russian troops in Cuba? The fact that the tyrant Castro is

Dr. Cosme Beccar Varela, President of the Argentine TFP lecturing in the United States. not a member of the OAS does not excuse the organization. If it is trying to defend hum an rights, it should gather information, make people aware of the situation, denounce the abuses and act in every possible way to help the Cuban people. 3. A sincere and impartial defender of human rights should be co ncerned to defend these rights in all possible ways. There are , fo r example, vast regions

in the three Americas that could shelter the refu gees from Cambodia, Vietnam and the other countries subjugated by Communism. These refugees have a na· tural right to stay in any available place in the world. Argentina has given and continues to give a high example of understanding of this right by generously receiving 3,000 Vietnamese families. What is the OAS doing, in coordination with the United States, to come t o the assistance of these people by offering them places in the vast open areas of the three Americas? 4. There was a time in which the OAS was only a label because the only power that mattered in international affairs was that of the United States. Nowadays, the Latin American states have acquired a n immense, actual and virtual potential in international politics. Since t his is the case, the OAS, which speaks for the United States as well as all of the other governments in t he Americas, is capable of exercising a decisive influence on world events. The OAS must explain t o public opinion : What is it doing to use this influence to stop communist expansio n all over the world and win respect fo r human rights behind the Iron Curtain? This is a call t o the media t o question the lnteramerican Commission of Human Rights and insist that it answer these questions h onestly and fully.

ERRORS AND ECHOES During the Roman Synod of 1977, Msgr. Van Binh, the Archbishop of Saigon, made clear what attitude the Catholic Vietnamese hierarchy had taken t oward the communist regi(Tle in their country. It consisted of "actively coop· crating with the government," by using a catechetics based on a spirit of conciliation rather than one that migh t lead to "an attitude of opposition to Marxism." Facts like this o ne, so obviously contrary t o the traditional doctrine of the Church, naturally puzzle Catholics in any nation of the world. In the specific case of Vietnam the puzzlement could not be greater. It is com mo n knowledge that many of the 2 million Vietnamese Catholics were forced to flee their count ry in order to maintain their fidelity to the Catholic faith, not t o speak of their physical and psychological integrity. Ex· prisoners who ma naged to reach the West report that the " reeducation camps" set up by the Vietcong in t he South since 1975 are ruthless in their attempt to remodel t he whole man according to communist doctrine.

A grou p of Vietnamese refugees, living in t he United States, has now published The Cburch and the Communist State: The Impossible Coexistence, by Prof. Plinio Correa de Oliveira , in their magazine, Duyen Ngheo. As many of our readers will recall, this book was praised by the _Prefect of t he Vatican's Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities as "a most faithful echo of all the. Documents of the Supreme Magisterium of tbe Church ." Since its first editio n in 196 3, Prof. Oliveira's essay has been published in 9 languages in 39 t:ditions totalling 170,000 copies. This group of Viet namese Catholics in California has contributed effectively to the reorganiLation of Viet· namese religious life in exile by setting up Franciscan third order 1~,ociations. * ••

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1979

No. 14

Vol. 1

THE WINDS OF WAR

Real wa r , te rrorism a nd the winds o f war affect more than a quarter of the wo rld's p opulat ion. The United Sta tes, in its futile search for "peace" with the commun ist and leftist ideologies finds itself increasingly alone in a world whe re violen ce, spa wned b y these ideologies , is n ow a daily wa y o f li fe. Th e seizure o f the U.S. embassy in Iran along with the fifty American hostages has fo cused world a tte ntion o n this o il-r ich Pe rsia n Gul f natio n . While the words a nd defia nt positio n o f the Ayatollah a n d his shiite moslem fo llo we rs become more a nd m ore stride nt , no t only in Ira n , bu t in Iraq, Afgha nistan and T urkey as well, t he United States hesitates to act decis ively beca use it has been a ppare nt ly psychologically c heckm ated by fear o f Sovie t re taliatio n . In the m eantim e, the Russia ns e ye hungril y t he possibility of achieving a ce nturies-o ld drea m o f con trolling a wa rm water po rt in th e India n Ocea n o r Pe rsia n Gul f a nd to head off t h ei r own oil crisis in t he early 80's. For the time being, Russia is com fo rtably self-s uffic ient in o il. T he C IA insists, however, t hat th is self-suffi ciency will e nd sho rtly, o bliging t he Soviets to gua rantee ex ternal sou rces of supply by 1985 at the latest . T his could lead them,

whether directl y or by proxy, to carry ou t " a rmed initiatives" in the Middle East. Bu t th e Middle East is not t he onl y troubled a rea in the world as t his de cade o f de tente a nd a ppeaseme nt comes to a n end . AFRICA Two years ago , So malia and Ethio pia decla red war over a d ispu ted stre tc h of la nd - the Ogaden Desert. T he Ethio pia n regim e bac ked by som e 20,000 Cuba n troo ps a nd East Germ a n m ilitary advisors a re respo nsible for the deaths of some 60,000 p eople in the fighting of last y ear. A no th er 35 7 ,000 have been fo rced t o fl ee t heir ho mes. "Socialist " Algeria is o n th e brink of o pe n wa rfare wi t h Mo rocco ove r the forme r Spanish co lony of t he Western Sa hara . Marx ist o rie nte d guerillas - the Polisarios - a re bac king t he Algeria n claim . In Chad , Ly bia-b acked rebels have been try ing to oust t he F re nch supported regime o f Pres ide nt Feli x Malloum. Th e wo rst o utbrea k of the civil war occu rred last spring w he n 800 pe rsons, mostly Mos le ms we re repo rted ly k illed . The killings were sparked by rumors a m ong no n-Moslems of a Moslem conspiracy to se ize the n ati on a nd impose a n Isla mic regim e sim ila r to Ira n 's. In Zi mbabwe-Rhodesia. si nce the

gue rilla war began in 1972 more tha n 20,000 have died . Mozambiqu e, Angola , Za ire, Nam ibia, and So uth Africa find t hemselves lo cked in an ever-wide ning ca mpaign o f cl ashes, guerilla warfare a nd sabotage since the establishment of Marxist o r Marxistori ented gove rnments in th e a rea. ASIA In th e Ph illipines, Moslem tribesme n have been ba t tling their gove rnme nt si nce 1973 in a drive fo r " indepe nde nce." In India, Hindu fa na ti cism has hel ped to reduce India to a crippled gia nt. Hindu attac ks o n the natio n 's Moslem m ino rit y have claimed hundreds o f lives. In Burma , t he social ist republi c finds itse lf under attac k fro m its ideological partner - the com munist rebels - who, in turn , re po rtedl y a re receiving aid from R ed China . Thail a nd, who has given refu ge to hund reds of tho usan ds of refugees from com munism fears tha t the Vietnam ese w ho now control Cambodia will c ross th e bo rder int o Thaila nd and fe rret o ut th e Khm er Ro uge fo rces bt ousted Premier Pol Pot. In Cambodia itself, a n estim a ted 2 to 3 million people have d ied as a resu lt o f t he comm un ist aggressio n of the Ca mbodian Pol

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Pot regime and the invading Vietnamese arm,Âˇ. In Vietnam, hundred of thousansÂˇ of people have fled the country and coun tless thousands have died either directly at the hands of the communist government or in their attempts to escape the horror of communist life. LATIN AMERICA. In o ur own hemisphere, communist or communist-inspired agitation is finding increasing support and success. The Cuban-backed Sandinistas were able to topple the government of Somoza last summer thus enabling t he Soviet Union ( through Cuba) to widen its influence on t he fragile governments of Central Am erica .. Clashes between El Salvador and Ho nduras have been a frequent occu rrence since 1970 and the new government of Nicaragua is adding to t his dissension. In Guatemala a little known war has been going on si nce the country began its swing towards socialism in 1954. Armed revolts, assasinations and violence are a dai ly way of life. In Argentina , leftists and leftist sympathizers have conti nu ed their campaign of vio lence against the government both on the streets a nd in the international press. EUROPE The free nations of Western Europe have not been left untouched by this new plague of terror. For more t han 10 years, civil war has ravaged Northern Ireland, wh il e in Spai n Basque terrorists have been waging a virtual war in t heir drive for autonom y. Herc in the United States, the magazine Military Review affi rms that American publi c op inion is rousi ng itself from the passive attitude of the Vietnam war era . The article affirms that the volu me of media attacks o n the Armed Forces is less now than it was two years ago. Then ant i-m ilitary and ant i-interventi o nist feelings ran so strong that the Adm inistration dropped the draft. Now there is talk of bringi ng it back. The approval of the new, in creased defen se budget has drawn no unfavorable reaction. Opinion polls show "general su pport for larger m ili tary expenses." And t he boost in NATO's defense capabi lity with 500 new American missiles by 1985 is "applauded." These missiles could reach th e Soviet Union from advanced positions in Western Eu rope. The growing un certainty of American resolve to defend its own in terests, let alone that of its all ies in the Free World, gives rise to great concern for the I 980's. Will t he United States conti nue to pursue its ineffective path of appeasement towards an illusory peace in a

world acting in such a bellicose manner or will it rouse itscl f and act befo re the

winds of war begin to blow over the amber waves of grain?

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THE IRANIAN GAME No one writes or speaks about the obvious. It jumps righ t out at you . It imposes itself like a hard fact. It needs no descriptions or commentaries. An acute o bserver discerns a reality (a perso n, a situation, a thing) at the very moment it rises on the faraway horizon. An o rdinary o bserver notes t he reality whe n it is already half-way to him. 1!" sub-o bserver notices it only wh ~n 1t becomes obvious: he is simply a nmcompoop. Yes, a ninco mpoo p. But as the number of nincompoops in creases, the expression is going out o f circulation : you don't mention ropes to the family of a man who was hanged. Nevertheless, it is o nl y this word - with its sono rous vowels and above all strong consonants - that can adequately classify such a state o f mental deficiency. However, after having said all of this it is the obvious that I am going to writ~ about. For the final conclusion I shall reach - that is, the most obvious o f the affirmatio ns that I shall make - is of an importance beyond measure. I. It is obvious that t he United States is a sovereign nation, having extremely powerfu l resources to do whatever it wishes in its own territory and full y entitled to d o so ; 2. It is obvious that t he actio n of a natio n aiming to interfere in a nother constitutes an insolence, an aggressio n, or even a "casus belli"; 3. Now it is obvious that Iran is the perfe~t image of th e aggressor nation just described. It attem pted to force the United States to hand over the overthrown ~nd battered Sha h who, stricken by an mcurable disease, had knocked o n the gates of the Weste rn superpower ask ing for m edical assistance and tranquili ty; 4. It is obvious that Carter was totally submissive in showing Pa havi's X-rays to the ambassadors of the Ayatollah to prove that he was indeed suffering from cancer. It is also obvious that . the Ayatollah showed a feroc ity rare m t_h e course of history, o bstinately demanding that the Un ited States hand over its sick guest to him or to an int ernational court to be "judged " and, naturally, hanged ; 5. So it is obvious that the dispu te has gone beyond the limi ts of international law and diplomacy to degenerate into an abs urd quarrel: t he tin y and arrogant Iran treating the greatest superpower like a cat treats a rat; 6. With t he invasion and seizure of

By Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira in front of the hospit al where Pahav1 was, praying Allah to kill him; 8. It is likewise obvious that Carter's reaction of cancelling the insignifican t p urchases of Iranian oil by the Un ited ~Cates, freezing Iran ian assets and puttmg on a naval sho w o n the Persian Gulf is of microbian dimensions in comparison to Kho meini 's outrages. Up to the moment I am writing, that is all that Carter has d one; 9. Furthermore, it is obvio us that none of this would have taken place in such a way if Khomeini wasn't certain tha~ Carter wou ld swallow everything to avoid a world war. It is likewise obvious that any proportional actio n of pro test by Carter could be an occasion of warÂˇ because, behind Iran, is the Sovie~ Leviathan. 10. This means that Russia is the one !nstigating the Ira nian aggressions, showmg the who le world that she may imProfessor Plinio Correa de Oliveira p u~ely shove the rival superpower a thinker and writer of world-wide re'. nown, is the founder of the Brazilian agamst ~ wall o r throw it to the ground. In this way the Kremlin aims to show Society for the Defense of Tradition Family and Property, the largest ant/ off as lord of the peoples, ruler of the Globe_. This ough t to bring about, no t communist orgi!-nization in Brazil only m the United States bu t all over and president of its National Council Professor de Oliveira has a syndic;ted the ~vorld, indignan t parades o f proud column in th~ f:o!ha de Sao Paulo, th~ multitudes protesting they will never newspaper with the largest circulation surrender to the vanquisher. Such demo nstrations would cost the in Brazil. R ussians much more in terms of influ- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - cncc_arou~d the world than they could hostages in the U.S. Embassy in Teheran possibly. wm by their Iranian ga m e. Bu t b y fa nat ical students publicly eulogized the Soviets know there is no t much by Khomeini, it is o bvious that chis danger of demo nstrations After all situation has sunk to unspeaka ble depths. hardly anybody is reall; indignan ~ 7. It was also obviously unspcakabout "'.hat t hey have been doing in able for Iranian protesters to take turns Ca mbod1~. To their immense advantage, the _m ulri c_udcs arc m yster iously anesthen zcd, nmcompoopizcd. Startlingly e no ugh, the United States mai?tains ~he Soviet regim e by furnishmg 1t 25 m~llion t ons of cereals per year; 11. Adding obvious to o bvious, we have assembled an apocaly ptic scene. Arc we not witness ing a partial fulfilment of the global punishmen t anno unce~ by Our Lady at Fatima, the worldwide expansio n of R ussia's errors;, Still to come if men do not convert eve~ now , are the unleashing of persecu tio ns a_nd wa_rs and the disappearance of entire natio ns . .. Our Lady has never fai led to car.rv out her threa ts or her prom ises. Khomeini wHh U.S. wrapped around llttJe finger This also is obvio us. Obvious to the highest d egree.

'Iite Declitte cAttd Fall 0f 'Iite Fat11ily For years now, "the educational establishment, state and federal government planners, the mass media as well as women " libber" groups and secularist psychologists have waged a war to undermine the role of the family . Dr. Harold M. Voth, Senior Psychiatris t and Psychoanalyst of the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas spoke recently about this crisis in the family a crisis that extends itself to the very â&#x20AC;˘ roots of our Western Christian Civilization. Some of his comments fo llow: " ... I believe that our country 1s m trouble. . . because of the profound changes in our social structure, certain laws and the quality of people we are produci ng with each successive generation. " Specifically over th e past fifty years or so me n have lost their rightful place in the family (Who can deny that Hollywood and televisio n have had much to do with distorting the real role of the father of the fam ily?) Currently, many men sim ply abdicate their leadership position and as a consequence women Boys and girls - a blurring of roles have been forced to beco me heads of families or famil ies simply fa ll apart. half million children being reared by a Because of the impact of these changes single parent. .. usually a woman .. . " in role functions and fam ily stability "Huge numbers of youths are virtucharacterologi.c al changes have taken ally lost," continues Dr. Voth. "They place in children so, chat with the coming ltterall y do not know who they are; of each generation, men have tended to they lack goals, they find oblivion in become progressively less responsible drugs ... Pot smok ing by twenty million and more passive, retiring - even efAmericans is part of this decline. Its fem inate and women more domineeri ng, (marijuana's) regular use favors retrogresaggressive and masculinized. Men and s10n, flight, apathy, the very last kind of women tend to compete with each other human qualities peop le need in these rather than live out the marvelous haruncertai n times." mony which Natu re provides for. Dr. Voth co nclu des his statements The psychological changes brought by advising chat parents and children about by these changing roles, Dr. Voth look closely at the new norms or lifeconcludes have lessened the im portance styles being offered today. "Do they of establish ing families and caring for really bring out the best q ualities in children. For instance, in h is remarks men or women?" To be selective in the Dr. Voth stated, " Lead ers of the femtypes of clothi ng so that boys look like inise movement rarely speak of homeboys and girls like girls; to be aware of making, being a mother or wife. Instead, the fact that a parent is t he only person they champion a li festy le, which when in the world who can reach a child examined closely reveals an underlying about parenthood, to scrutinize textenvy of men, a desire to do what he books chat promote "the new sexuality," does, to be like him and at times a deep role blurring, etc." deep hostility toward the male." The Gay How long can our nation survive if Rights movement is a glaring example of t he very root of the country's strength this. and pu rpose for existing - the fam ily Other important changes are taking no longer exists. Th e new ways of life place within the social structure of that are emerging bear little resemb lence America that portend serious troub le to the type of men and women who in the near future. forged America from a wilderness - the "Mos t o mino us o f all is th e fact that ty pe o f individual who characterized the marriage a nd family life is no longer the Am erican scene just a few short years solid institution it once was. The divorce ago. Many great civilizatio ns have co lrate by some estimates has reached lapsed at what apparently was th eir forty-four percent, a fact which reflects zenith . Will America see history repeat the inability of people to make a lasting itself or can it yet sum up the courage heterosexual commitment. In California , and fortitude necessary to enable it to more young people are living together fulfill the role that Divine Pro vidence informally than those who are formall y has in mind for it? married. There are now eight and one4

Officials of the U.S. and other nuclear powers are becoming increasingly concerned with signs that Lybia may be wielding its political and economic power to help Pakistan produce the atomic bomb. John J. Fialka of The Washington Star, affirms that the concern is based on the fact that Nigeria has sold over 100 tons of uranium to Lybia. Since Lybia fai led to abide fully by the NonProliferation Treaty, the transaqion was investigated b y the Internatio nal Atomic Energy Agency. Reports say chat officials of the State Department and other government agencies are serio usly concerned about the possibility that the uranium was transferred to Pakistan. Pakistan is currently developing the complex technology required to produce enriched uranium, chat can be used to m ake an atomic bomb. Meanwhile, Lybia is bringing pressu re to bear o n India to sway it into fu rnishing nuclear technology to Pakistan. India already allows Lyb ian technicians t o receive training in its nuclear plants but refuses to provide nuclear technology co Pakistan. It is believed chat this refusal was what prompted Lybia to cut off its oil exports to India - about 6% of its oil supply in a one-year period. Russia is reportedl y building a small nuclear research reactor in Lybia.

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KGB Moves In The Middle East The background information reported in Newsweek about the recent attack against the Grand Mosque in Mecca reveals how close the West was to losing its largest oil supplier. If the events in Saudi Arabia had turned iu t as planned, the West would not just resemble a man whose hair was falling out, but rather as one who had already lost his head. Saudi Arabia produces 22% of the oil the West consumes. The question arises what steps is the U.S. taking to prevent a "re-run" in Saudi Arabia of what happend in Iran? Accordi ng to Western intelligence sources, the students who are holding the U.S. embassy and the hostages in Terehan and the zealots who attacked the mosque were supported from South Yemen, the Middle East's only Marxist state, and from Lybia. In the case of Mecca, intelligence sources say that the assault was led by a colonel in the Saudi National Guard. He was part of a plot inspi red partially by Sou th Yemen and Lybia timed to coi ncide with the absence of the three key Saudi princes from t he cou ntry. The report goes o n to say that the plotters were informed t hat King Khal id was going to visit theÂˇ Mosque the day of the attack. Their plan was to hold him captive until their demands for the establishment of a puritanical Islamic republic, a cutback in oil production, and a loosening of ties with the West were met. The King cancelled his appearance because of a sore throat that day . Since the arms used in the assault were shipped in from South Yemen and Lybia, it is inconceivable to Eu rop ea n intelligence services that such a plot was n ot known to the Soviet KGB.

Smoke signals in Mecca. Further,these sources go on to say that the KGB has been explo iting the Iranian revolutio n. The take-over of the American embassy is considered to be a well-prepared operation to move the Iranian revolution into its final Marxist stage. At least one of the Islamic militants inside the embassy has been identified as a Marxist Fedayeen guerilla operating in Iran before Khomeini's return. He was known to have had regular co ntacts with a KGB agent in the Soviet embassy. Well before the Iran ian revolu tion, the Soviet Union was preparing the ground in Iran on which it could assist the events unfolding there. As early as 1978, Western intelligence so urces compiled detailed reports o n a Soviet desta-

bilization plan fo r Iran. When the PLO sent two security specialists to help reorganize Iran's secret police earlier this year, they were immediately identified as Palestine intelligence operatives with close ties to the KGB in Beirut. With this as a background, th e talks now being held between Secretary of State Vance and the Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin on trade sanctions against Iran take on new light and importance. Th e U.S. has indicated that unless Russia supports these trade sanctions, hope of passage of SALT II would be lost. Since Russia is deeply involved in the Iranian crisis and since the Soviets have contracted to purchase som e 25 million m etric tons of wheat from the U.S., it seems other trade sanctions would be more effective . . .

Police Or Media ''Brutality''? Philadelphia, the "City of Brotherly Love" had plenty of o pportunity to turn the other cheek during the verbal assault on Mayor Rizzo and the city police force by the major media and the U.S. Departme nt of Justice. The Department of J ustice suit alleged that city hall and the police condoned poli ce brutality that "shocks the conscience." Lurid headlines of the day shouted : "Rizzo's Goon Squad," "Cops Criminals," and "'Philly ' Brutality Across the Board." However, a review o f the facts and statistics on the record o f the Philadelphia police would seem to shift the questio n as to who are reall y now "guilty" of brutality. In 1978, the Philadelphia police had two million separate contacts with citizens. Almost 25 ,000 arrests were made in connection with serious crimes

such as murder, rape, robbery, assault a nd grand theft. From these contacts only 122 complaints of physical abuse were filed with the police. In follow-up to these complaints, o nly eig ht officers (less than 1/10 of 1 perccn t) were dismissed; 15 suspended; o ne resigned; two were reprimanded. Since 1976, the Department of Ju stice itself has investigated 77 allegations of police brutality. Only two were eventually prosecuted ... one sucessfully. In the remaining 75 , the U.S. Attorney stated, "We have closed our files regarding the above captioned complaint and decline prosecution ." Three ou t of every four of the sixtyfive civil cases were thrown out of court. While the Justice Department singled out "minorities" as customary victims of official miscondu ct, the departm ent

neglected to mention that minorities represent four in five murder victims, three in four victims of rape and assault ... a nd minorities are responsible for three in fo ur major crimes committed in Philadelphia. Now in the afterma th , a U.S. federal judge has ruled that j ustice has no authority to hold an entire city administration accoun table fo r alleged abuses in th e po lice departm ent. Judge J. William Oittmer Jr.'s summation stated that the Department of Justice overreached its constitutional authority by filing the suit. Subsequently it sought to smear the defendenrs in the press by claiming proof of guilr that the Justice Department has been unable to produce. 5

TO THE MOON AND THE AMAZON Traveling by steamer and by the. recent ly opened trans-Amazon road, a caravan ot the l:!razilian TFP finally managed to reach Amapa, a remote region deep in the jungles. It was the only region of Brazil that the TFP caravansstill had not visited. Since 1969 these caravans have traveled some 1,500,000 miles, the equivalent of three round t rips to the Moon. Their success is astounding. Sales of publications in the defense of tradition, family an_d~r-~perty totalled more than 900,000 copies.

VATICAN OSTPOLITIK The VATICAN is ready to begin negotiations toward a "concordat" with Red China, the Italian daily Corriere de/la Sera reported recently. Fr. Franco Demarchi, a professor of sociology at the University of Trent, Italy and editor of the Italian magazine, Chinese World, said Chinese Premier Hua Guofang is open to improving relations with the Vatican. "There is one basic reason that Hua did not meet with John Paul 11 during a visit to Italy in early November," Fr. Demarchi said, "and it's ca ll ed Formosa." China insists that the Vatican break diplomatic ties with Taiwan before beginning serious talks with the mainland. "But Formosa insists in maintaining its embassy in Rome," said Fr. Demarchi, "and this complicates everything."

COSTLY GARBAGE A New York artist wants to shake hands with every garbage man in the city and film the m eetings at acostof$3,000 in taxpayers money. The National Endowment for the Arts made the grant to a housewife Mierle Ukeles for her project "Tough Sanitation." Mierle said, " I want people to make a separation between the product, garbage, and the human beings, sanitation workers ..." In the field of art it's becoming more and more difficult to do this.

VIETNAMESE REFUGEE SUNK BY HUD A family of Vietnamese refugees is being evicted from a federally subsidized Chicago housing project because of a HUD regulation requiring that every child have his own bedroom in federally supported ho using. Nghi Hoang, his wi fe and their e ight chi ldren had been making do with a three-bedroom flat in a low rent housing project while looking for a bigger apartment. Then HUD changed its rules to require a bedroom for the parents and one for each of the c hildren in the buildings it helps through mortgage guarantees. The building manager decided that fi nding a nine-bedroom apartment for t he Hoangs was hopeless and ordered them out.

MEXICAN HOSPITALITY After his hospitalization in the United States, t he Shah of Iran was schedu led to go to Mexico where Mexican authorities had granted him and his family a six month visa to live in Cuernavaca. But hours before his schedu led departure, Mex ica n Minister of Foreign Affairs announced that Mexico had cancell ed the Shah's permit. Curiously enough, once Mexico extended political refuge to Leon Trotsky, who fell out of favor w ith the Soviets and Stalin, and also opened its doors to the Spanish "republicans" when Franco seized power in Spain.

ABORTED DAUGHTER France, long honored as the "first born daughter of the Church, "has voted in" an abortion law permitting abortions in the first te n weeks of pregnancy. As in a previous vote, five years ago, the government of Giscard d'Estaing was on ly able to win the approval w it h the support of its political opponents the communists and soc ialists. Against such a basic "human right'' (the right to life), leftists find it easy to get together.

FEDERAL FUNDS TO PROBE POLICE T wo black organizations have received grants from the Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Admin istration to study nationwide police operations. A grant of alm ost $300,000 was awarded to the National Urban League to study why an extremely high number of minorities are involved in police shootings. Accordi ng to a study by Lt. James J_ Fyfle of the New York Police Department, wh ites who make up 64.1% of the New York City population represe nt only 17 .5% of those shot by po l ice. (Is he suggesting to ''even the count" by shooting more wh ite people?) For a clearer understanding of this disproportionate figure, see, "Police or Med ia Brutality," in th is issue of t he Newsletter.

Aftershock in Nicaragua Despite the much-trumpeted propaganda about the new ruling regime in bloody and battered Nicaragua being a "democratic" form of government, that is promising free elections within three years, familiar facts and shadowy figures now coming to the forefront seem to belie this hope for a free and no n-communist government. For many observers, Nicaragua is a Cuba "in embryo." The Sandinistas, immediately after â&#x20AC;˘ seizing power, began a nationwide purge of former President Somoza's supporters, t he national guard and other anticommunist elements. Informed sourcesÂˇ on the actual events in Nicaragua affirm that the new regime has arrested and imprisoned 7,500 persons as political prisoners. These were people who had served in the nati onal guard or in the government. To mete out justice for ... these prisoners, the new junta has announced th e formation of nine threemen "emergency tribunals" to conduct the trials of the 7,500 captives and has decreed that sentences must be handed down within 10 days from the start of the trials. One of the immediate targets on Archbisbop Miguel Obando y Bravo: " Taking up anns." which the new junta began to wield its republic of Cuba." ideological influence was education. Confederation issued, m part, the Members of the new junta and the Some 5,000 teachers who did not supfollowing commun ique: Sandinista Liberation Fro nt have formed port the new government were purged "With immense joy we see a new an alliance with Nicaragua's Communist from public schools and universities. period inaugurated in the history of party and the Socialist party and o ther To fill this new teacher gap, the new Nicaraguan society after a long and radical leftist organizations. painful exodus. Minister of Educatio n , Carlos TrunnerThe Socialist Party chairman, Alvaro man Bernheim, has traveled to Cuba to " .. .All of us Nicaraguans bave a Ramirez Gonzalez, the regi me's deputy arrange for replaceme nt "teachers." debt of gratitude to tbose who have fore ign minister, represented the new U.S. intelligence has docum ented that generously shed their blood, and to the government during celebrations in 1,200 teachers have been personally youths, children, women and old people Managua of the 62nd anniversary of selected by F idel Castro in behalf of who have collaborated enthusiastically the Bolshevik Revolution. what Castro has called their "cultural with tbe Sandinist Front for National revolutio nary mission." In his speech To demonstra te the new regime's Liberation to put an end to slavery. support and friendship with the Soviet to the departing teachers, Castro told them, " .. .The seed you sow in t he ferUnion, Henry Ruiz , a member of the " .. . Everyone knows well the option Sandinista National Liberation Front tile land of the revolutio n will be exof tbe more conscious Cbristians for tbe traordinarily fruitful. . . " recently visited Russia where he conliberation of tbe poor in tbe last few To further implement their "Cubancluded several technical aid agreements years. We bave accompanied the process for Nicaragua. ization" of Nicaragua, the junta has set which bas led to victory at the risk of What does the Church think of the up some4,000 blockcommittees throughour lives. Tbe option to take up arms as out the capital city of Managua (as was Nicaraguan revolution? the last and only possible alternative to The progressive Spanish magazine Sic done in Cuba) in order to identify and put an end to genocide and terror was (Sept./Oct. 19 79) reporting o n a general purge non-supporters among local ofnot easy for many Christians. assembly of the Natio nal Confederation ficials and the citizenry at large. "God bas passed tbrougb Nicaragua of Religious of Nicaragua com mented: Wh o are the new Nicaraguan leaders acting with His mighty and liberating "Up until now we have heard of promoting this communist society for ann. their country? priests taking part in tbe new govern" ... We are quite conscious of what ment, of many Christians who particiTomas Borge, t he Interior Minister, this Nicaraguan Revo lution means for is an outspoken Marxist and a personpated in the fight. But these committhe Christians of the whole world and ments could appear to be isolated inal friend of Fidel Castro. He, like miny for all peoples, especially tbose of Latin dividual acts. The documents we preother officials of t he new regime, America." sent to our readers t oday are 'instituo penly espouses Marxist theories and tional' documents of important forces goals. Borge, who has made many trips Only time will tell if the final act o f of the Church of Nicaragua. They are to Havana, has personally arranged this charade of "democratizatio n" has the religious who live in the country, Cuban financial assistance to establish a been played in Nicaragua. For now ... a those who lived through the sufferings new communist state and to form a heavy red curtai n has fa llen over t he of the dictatorship and the struggles for 300,000 man militia in the little country. country. Nicaragua's new foreign minister, victory right alongside the people, those Having exerted its influence to help Miguel d'Escoto, has urged the o uster who today proclaim the Christian meanbring about this sad situation, world ing of our present joy and of the efforts of t he United States from the Organizapublic opinion wonders what role the tion of American States (OAS) and has and cooperation in the reconstruction. .. United States will now play in the ficondemned "the great crime committed" After lengthy hearings about the nal act . ..or has it suffered a bad case by the OAS in boycotting "the sister situation in the country, the National of stagefright and fail to act.

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LANGUAGE BARRIERS America's role as a world leader is not only in jeopardy militarily but it is under a new attack simply because so few Americans can speak a foreign language. In a report released in November by the President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies, it was stated, "Am ericans' incompetence in foreign languages is nothing short of scandalous, and it is becoming worse." This incompetence inÂˇ foreign languages, the Commission found, has helped to create a "dangerously inadequate understanding of world affairs" and has helped to damage U.S. economic and diplomatic influence around the globe. One of th e commission's findings was that it is getting harder and harder to recruit foreig n service personnel with foreign-language skills. A noteworthy example of this sorry and dangero us state of affairs was the recent appointment of former IBM chief, Th omas J. Watso n, J r. as the new ambassador to Russia. (TFP Newsletter, Vol. I, No. 4, 1979) Mr. Watson docs no t speak Russian ... yet he is ho lding down one of the most sensitive if not the most importa nt dipl omatic post in th e world. The commission, headed by former Cornell Univeristy President, J ames A. Perkins; noted that ed ucators have cut back on fo reign-language programs in

recent years. The result is that foreign language programs have "virtu ally disappeared" in elementary schools. In their report, the commission stated , "Only 15 percent of students in public high schools in the U.S. study a foreign language, compared with 24 percent in 1965. Only 1 stude nt in 20 takes French, German or Russian beyond the second year." This decision of cutting back on foreign languages becomes even more difficult to understand in light of a recent ruling by a federal judge in Michigan to

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require all twenty-e ight teachers at a Michigan elementary school to cake a 20-hour course in Black English. He ruled that Black English could be a language barrier that was preventing the eleven black children in the school district from learning how to read. The bi-lingual program promoted by the federal government already requires teachers to learn several American Indian and Alaskan Indian tongues, as well as Cambodian, Punjabi, Ulithian and Yiddish. This muting of the American extends beyond the elementary school level. It reached into our colleges and universities and into the world of international commerce. The study pointed out that only 8 percent of U.S. colleges and universities now require a foreign language for admission, compared with 34 percent in 1966. Even more disturbing was their findi ng that fewer than 900 U.S. businessmen working in Japan speak Japanese, while nearl y 10,000 Japanese businessmen are proficient in English. . The experts conclude their tindings with the warning that "Nothing less is at issue than the nation's security." All too often already, America is presented as a giant bound and fettered in wo rld public op inio n. Are we soon to be gagged as well?

IN OTHER WORDS. Toronto's Cardinal Carter declares: "Being a h omosex ual d oes n ot constitute an offense either against the moral order or the civil law. Practicing homosex uality does , in the judgment of many1 constitute an offense against the moral order. But if limited to a private dimension, this practice is hardly a concern of the police force which has, or ought to have, many more urgent preoccupations.'' The shocking statement quoted above is from Tbe Catbolic Register, Nov. 10, 1979, page 17, which reports it as an excerpt from the Cardinal's "2 7-page report on racial tension between Metro Toronto 's pol ice force and th e city's minority groups." Th e affirmation that "Being a bo1110sexual do es not constitute an offense eitber against tbe moral order or tbe civil law" as it appears in the report leads the faithful to erroneous ideas about homosexuality. A person havi ng strong homosexual tendencies who fights them with all the strength of his soul asking the assistance of God's grace, and flees

fr om all occasions of sin, indeed offends against neither the moral order nor the civil law. But this is not what homosexual means nowadays. A homosexual is o ne who gives way to his horrible and unspeakable desires. Therefore, the Cardinal's words, in their most current interpretati'on, are in flagrant violation of Catholic doctrine. "Practicing homosexuality does, in the judgment of many, constitute an offense against tbe moral order." What the fait hful want to know and must know is not "tbe judgment of many," but the judgment of the Church. Furthermore, this expression could be expected fro m a relativist, but in no way whatsoever from a Cardinal Archbishop. In this time of confusion when the senses o f many wo rds a nd expressions are being systematically altered to favor revolutionary doctri nes, declarations of Churc h authorities must be very precise and nuanced. "But if limited to a private dimension, tbis practice is hardly a concern of the police force wbicb bas, or ought to have, many more urgent preoccupations." Wh at does "a practice limited to a pri-

vate dimension" m ean? The aces ot an individual? Of two persons o ut of public view? Actions restricted to the premises of a club? Actions carried out in public without soliciting normal people? This laneuage is not clear. Since peop le who are experienced in life, and particularly the police who have to deal with crime every day, know that murders a nd other grave crimes frequently arise from homosexual relations, o ne wonders if there really are so "many more urgent p reoccupations" that the police "ougbt to have." Catho lics h ave a righ t to expec t Cardinal Carter not to have forgotten that the Catechism affirms this sin against nature "cries out to Heaven for vengeance." And that is precise language.

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PENTAGON IRKED BY CARTER

"In the backrooms of the Pentagon," writes Jack Anderson (News), "military strategists have been dismayed at Presi dent Carter's extreme reluctance to use

the U.S. support for their regime. ♦ * »

"Among the more agonizing and dif ficult of military maneuvers is the stra

military muscle to protect the flow of

tegic retreat," writes Patrick J. Buchanan

Arab oil from the Persian Gulf to the

(News). "As the Western withdrawal in

cities and factories of America.

the face of Soviet power proceeds, the

"Some generals have privately char acterized the Arab oil squeeze as econo mic warfare against the West," Ander son says as he reports that the mili tary have counseled Carter to "strike

is the American foreign policy decision to let the UN supervise the elections in

back" with a U.S. show of force.

Rhodesia.

"During the Iranian crisis," he says, the Joint Chiefs suggested to send a task force. Carter first agreed,"then decided it was too provocltive and canceled it." The indecisiveness of Carter's foreign policy, according to Anderson, has caused Saudi Arabia to be skeptical of

occasions — embarrassing, humiliating, disgusting — proliferate." One such withdrawal,Buchanannotes,

"It is our support, our good will and our approbation the Rhodesian people,

black and white, desire. Notsome motley crew from the UN," he says. Buchanan adds Our lack of involvement makes us

"rfe facto silent partners of the Com munist bloc."

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Itlezandi^iU: % ike ei 'indeumeUnec Following the collapse of the Portu guese administration with the Marxist revolution in Lisbon in April of 1974,

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Mozambique was officially granted in dependence, that is, it was handed over to the Russian-backed Front for the

Liberation of Mozambique(FRELIMO). A few years of Marxist-Leninist rule un der the despotic regime of President

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Samora Machel have now taken the

country to the brink of destruction. From the outset, all freedoms were

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suppressed and personal properties con fiscated. Members of the huge and ever-

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expanding diplomatic corps in Maputo — Russians, Chinese, Eastern Europeans, and Cubans — find no fault with that.

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For the Mozambican people, however, Metica: the currency that never was especially those living in urban areas, the outlook is grim. The shortage of aid. (But, after all, what difference does staple food grows worse and worse — and this make? Mozambique will merely be

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ken down for lack of spare parts. Only

about a dozen non-Portuguese foreigners

queues grow longer and longer.

one more socialist colony to be enrolled

remain in the city, apart from a small

Lourenco Marques, a once-bustling capital city, now called Maputo, is becoming drabber and drabber. Its formerly happy population now seems to have given up, and merely shrugs at the ideological propaganda that comes on the radio, in the daily newspaper Noticias, and in the weekly magazine Tempo. Articles are written mostly by Portuguese-speaking reporters and are screened by the East Germans, who run

in thegenerousWestern"welfaresystem.")

crew of Cuban and Russian technicians.

the information services, to see that the

"proper" slant is given to every article. Msgr. Dias Nogueira, Archbishop of Braga, but formerly bishop ofVilaCabral in Mozambique, whose views are nor mally considered to be moderately pro

gressive, recently charged that "As a re sult of the Marxist governments estab lished there(in Angola and Mozambique), the Church is strangled more each day.

This always happens in Communist countries. . . .The Catholic newspapers were suppressed and the printing shops confiscated. Children are considered property of the State, and the State has the right to indoctrinate them.Some bis

hops are placed under house arrest as happened with my successor in Vila Cabral. The active Christians are under a constant watch..."

Mozambique authorities are apparent

Meanwhile, the "metica," Mozam

bique's new currency, whose launching had been planned for the first anniver sary of the country's independence on June 25, 1976, never left the vaults of

the Bank of Mozambique. The reason: It is not backed by gold or foreign reserves, commodities that have been virtually

No new vehicles are imported for pri vate use — only for the government.

While the people suffer from the shortage of food and medical services, and a total lack of organization in all administrative

services, the president travels everywhere in his large black Mercedes accompanied by a noisy motorcade with sirens scream

out of supply since independence. Every one agrees that a solution for the forlorn currency would be to boost exports to

ing and with motorcycle outriders. In four short years after independence

pre-independence levels. But this has

— and chances of rebuilding become more difficult every day.

proved an almost impossible goal as the Mozambique workers, liberated by the Marxist-Leninist revolution, cannot be bothered to harvest the cashew nuts,

cotton, or tea, or to cut the sugar cane — all of them hard currency earners in the colonial days.

the country has been set back 100 years In the wake of the widespread public malaise, former members of Machel's

Frelimo have turned against him an. ganized the Mozambican National Resi^

gainst the light and, to his horror, the

tance Movement (RNM). They have blown up bridges and trains, ambushed troop convoys, attacked army barracks, and destroyed bush camps. Their simul taneous and reportedly effective attacks

Frelimo president saw his forehead

on about ten different towns in recent

To make matters worse, one of Machel's aids held a five metica note a-

adorned with a majestic pair of horns, weeks led Frelimo to admit that the which showed through the paper from country is "at war." The government's the head of a kudu depicted on the back military communique was followed bv a of the note. Thomas de la Rue,'the well- proclamation from the all-powerful Per known company which manufactured manent Political Committee that showed the notes, declined any responsibility, signs of panic. claiming that proofs had been submitted Whether the RNM guerrillas manage for inspection and approved by the Fre to overthrow Machel's t>Tannical dicta

ly convinced that a naive and defeatist

limo authorities before the notes went

West will bail their country out econom

torship remains to be seen. But as long

to press.

as the hordes of Russian, Cuban, East

ically, while they ruin it with socialism, Even though a banner in the Bank of Mozambique curiously reads '.'down with

Beira, Mozambique's second largest German, North Korean, and Chinese city, is becoming a ghost town. Many "advisers" are not expelled from the cranes on the docks no longer work and country, Machel's overthrow will only the port is glutted with goods waiting to open the curtains for Act II on the stage be shipped. Cars and trucks litter the of the Mozambican independence pup

capitalism," the deputy-manager of the bank last year spent a number of weeks touring Western capitals seeking financial

streets, remaining where they have bro

pet show.

Man Who Tested Shroud Believes

It Is Authentic

WINDSOR, Colorado - Tom Haverty, an infra red specialist, was one of 36 scientists and specialists who went to Turin, Italy, last October to conduct tests on the famed Shroud of Turin.

The investigation, privately funded, was to study and test the shroud and come to some conclusion. The team

has agreed not to publicly discuss its findings at length until after the 36 members meet again in March. Stamp of Approval

Mr. Haverty said he was skeptical before the trip. A Catholic, he says, "I've always felt that religion puts a stamp of approval on things like this too quickly. Some thing has to be proved to me before I'll believe it."

He said a majority of the group studying the shroud were atheists but that the specialists vowed to "keep reJigious feelings to a minimum."

Mr. Haverty said the ivory colored cloth, measuring 14 feet 3inches by 3feet 7inches, has images of a man in light to medium sepia tones. Scientific tests detect blood stained areas and indicate the man was between 5 foot 8

and 5 foot 10, about 165 pounds, and very muscular.

While hundreds of scientific tests were performed by the team, Mr. Haverty said, three specific tests con vinced him of the cloth's authenticity. The first was a test using a scanning electronic microscope to examine pollen grains on the cioth. Mr. Haverty said the tests showed the cloth had been in Pal

estine, Turkey and northern Europe. Crown of Royalty

The second test showed that blood spots found around the image's head indicate the man was crowned

wi'th thorns. "It is historical fact," Mr. Haverty said, "that the Romans were touchy about crowning only royalty. They wouldn't normally have crowned someone they considered a criminal."

And thirdly, tests revealed the body was not washed

but wrapped in the cloth immediately after death. This was no normal procedure for Jews of that time, he said.

They customarily went through a ritual of washing and anointing the body.

Private School Rolls Soar In Suburbs Parents m the Metropolitan Area's suburbs are switching their children from public schools to private ones in droves, an official of the National Assn. of In

dependent Schools declared. The trend is due partly to unhappiness over unruly conditions in some sub urban public schools and partly to the

advantages of individual attention that private academies offer, according to the NAIS.

"I don't think the trend has anything to do with fears of integration," said

Thomas Wilcox, an NAIS spokesman. "But order and discipline do play a role. These are not a problem in our schools.We're able tochoosethestudents."

Independent schools in the suburbs have registered enrollment gains of from 10 to 60 per cent, Wilcox said, and paro

chial school populations are leveling off or showing new gains after heavy losses

$2500 to $4000 yearly tuition besides

over recent years.

property taxes which support public

In most cases, parents are paying

education.

"The trend to private schools ob viously has something to do with the quality of public education,** he said.

THE STRENGTH OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY

hull of an abandoned ship. She survived

IN THE SOVIET UNION

on seagulls, oysters and a little rainwater.

with her starved to death in the rotting

The girl, Tran Hue Hue, 17, an eighth Russian writer Victor Nekrassov, who

grader In Can Tho before the Commun

received the Stalin prize for literature,

ists overran South Vietnam in 1975, was

wrote in Letters from the West:

rescued by Filipino fishermen. She was being treated at a military camp at Puerto

"Let us now talk about our Party,in which I have been active for over 30

Princesa, 370 miles southwest of Manila. Four other refugees managed to sur

years, and whose secrets, subtleness, and hypocrisy i know so well. Nowhere in the world does there exist a more power ful Party than the Communist Party of

last one, a 14-year-old boy, died 10 days

the Soviet Union;nothing more powerful, and at the same time, more weak. There

when she and 49 others fled Vietnam

is no party with fewer moral principles,

and more lies than the Communist Party of the Soviet Union;no other party more disciplined, and at the same time, more corrupt. Finally, there is no other party more hated by the people, including those who belong to it. "The Communist Party of the Soviet Union is so powerful because it has pene trated every sector of life. The Soviets do not exist: they are an anachronism. The Party is so strong because it hassome thing that the 'bourgeois' world does not have: the KGB (the secret police). Its weakness is the passiveness it encourages.

The party fears everything and everyone, beginning with its own people. It has drenched everything in lies: the press, the media, literature, every meeting, the school, life itself. Its discipline is based

vive for several months with Hue, but the before the rescue.

Hue's ordeal began in mid September

IS EGYPT NEXT? Leaders of the Iranian revolution are

now looking forward to an Islamic up

rising in Egypt. Of all the Arab countries, senior officials of Khomeini's Govern ment are convinced, Egypt Is the most

vulnerable to an Islamic uprising similar to the one in Iran.

'The success of the Islamic revolution

in Iran has shown our Arab neighbors that Islam provides the ideological basis for change within Moslem countries and can also replace Arab nationalism as a

aboard a 35-foot fishing boat. The group

rallying point for Arab people," said

planned to bypass Malaysia and sail on to Australia, but on their third day at sea

for Revolutionary Affairs and one of the

the boat struck a coral bed south of Pala-

Ibrahim Yazdi, Deputy Prime Minister major figures In the Government.

web, off the Philippines.The refugees took shelter inside the rusting hull of an aban

COURT RULES FOR PARENTS

doned ship. With no water and no food, 45 of them died in the first month of their stay.

Fishermen passing in the area on Feb

A West German court in Munich has

ruled in favor of a Bavarian couple who were opposed to compulsory sex educa

ruary 3 rescued Hue and took care of her for 15 days as they sailed on to their fish

tion courses for their four children. The

ing grounds. On February 18 she was

injunction restraining public schools from

turned over to authorities on Balbac Island. She is suffering from malnutrition af

forcing pupils to attend sex education classes. The parents claimed in a suit that

ter living for 20 weeks on seagulls washed alongside the wreck and on oysters. Rain

the courses infringed on the right of par

fell only 10 times. The teenager trapped

children, a right guaranteed by the West

it in parts of the steel hull.

German Constitution.

Bavarian Administrative Court Issued an

ents to supervise the education of their

on terror."

159 CATHOLIC DIOCESES LACK BISHOPS IN COMMUNIST AREAS PRIESTS UNDER SURVEILLANCE St. Michael's Church

Systematic searches of homes of priests and Catholic lay leaders are being made

in Wilna, Lithuania

by state security forces in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. Czech officials say the law

fitted out by the

provides for state surveillance of the

communists

Church. Church sources say government

as a showroom for

agencies are trying to uncoverunderground

sanitary installations.

Church activities In the region.

TO NO AVAIL

Following a visit to Budapest, Hungary, by special Vatican envoy Archbishop Luigi Poggi, no improvement has been at tained in the situation of Catholics there.

Government supervision of religious edu cation is continuing, as well as restrictions on religious orders and on the Catholic press.

GIRLSURVIVED WHERE 49 DIED In the Philippines, a teenage girl watched helplessly for 140 days as the 49 persons who fled Communist Vietnam

VATICAN CITY - There are 159 "ecclesiastical circumspections," or Ro man Catholic jurisdictional areas, be reft of resident bishops in some Com munist-ruled parts of the world, accord ing to a Vatican report. Six of these areas, which the Vatican calls "silent territories," are in Albania.

One hundred and four are in China;three in Cambodia; three in North Korea; four

in Laos; one in Mongolia; and one on the Soviet Island of Sakhalin (northwest of Japan).

The 159 are part of the 863 "ecclesi

astical circumscriptions" dependent on the Vatican Congregation for the Evan

gelization of Peoples, the Vatican report said.

Of the circumscription having resi dent bishops and prelates, 353 are in A-

frica, 80 in the two Americas, 384 In Asia, 12 in Europe, and 12 in Oceania. These jurisdictional areas include 130 archdioceses and 604 dioceses.

An Increase In Childhood

Suieide Growing juvenile suicide; an ominous trend It is painfully obvious that the on going Revolution is slowly deteriorat ing man's emotional well-being. Never

High School in Chappaqua, N. Y., an ex

last statistic exists, since it was not even

clusive village where the average home

kept ten years ago. The identifiable psychiatric cause of

costs $100,000, two boys committed

theless, it comes as a disturbing surprise to learn that the age of vulnerability is

suicide in 1978 while five other students

moving downward into childhood. In the last ten years, there has been

all chose the same method â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an over

attempted it in a two week period. They

and the cause of it, childhood depression.

dose of a prescription drug. Dr. Kenneth Schonberg, an expert in adolescent de pression at Montefiore Hospital in the

The National Center for Health Statistics

Bronx, has stated: "It is relatively com

a marked increase in childhood suicide

reports that 1,306 children between the

mon for one suicide to touch off a series

ages of ten and fourteen committed sui

of others."

cide from 1968 to 1976. This figure, disturbing as it is, is somewhat low, for

suicides are not reported as such, because of embarrassment to the parents and be cause many accidents are actually sui cides â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for example, a child walking into an oncoming car or a child "falling" off a roof or "playing" with a gun. Never

this self-destructive behavior is depres sion. Simply put, children, who natur

ally depend on adults for spiritual and emotional nourishment, are very sad and very unhappy in their present environ ment â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and increasingly so. Many come from families with a history of divorce, alcoholism, depression, and suicide. Ac

cordingly what we are seeing is a creeping, insidious moral disease that gives every evidence of being contagious, running not only laterally but vertically, increas ing from generation to generation. One of our permissive society's solu

tions is to drug the children. Anti-depres sant drugs are now administered in many cases without determining or resolving

theless, these statistics indicate an in

the cause of the illness. Most hospitals do not even bother with therapy because

crease of 32 percent over that eight year period.During that same time,800 deaths

of the increased work load; they just discover the most effective drug and

were of undetermined causes. Some ex

perts agree that 5,000 pre-teen suicides

throw the patient back onto the street.

is certainly a more realistic figure. In the 15-24 age group, suicide is the third leading cause of death while sui cide among those aged 20-24 has more than doubled during this eight year per

The patient, then, has two options: to stay doped-up for the rest of his life or to return to his original conditioi permanent physical damage, su s

tremors and slurred speech is beginning

iod. In 1976 (the last year that statistics

to occur.

are available) 2,000 children and teen

Since chemical imbalances are some

agers killed themselves. Again, this figure is admittedly low. Morris J. Paulson, medical psychologist at UCLA,says that

times suspected, medical research is ex

perimenting with drugs to improve "mood disorders," that is, to find a

so-called accidental injuries and poison^

These attempts by youths to drama

ings in school-aged children are often

compatible drug to significantly alter

tize their depression show the spiritual

"purposeful, self-destructive acts."

poverty existing in this materialistic

This tragedy is being experienced in other nations as well. Newspapers in

the patient's behavior. Genetic factors are also being studied. Dr. William E.

world. Said one village resident, "The religion of Chappaqua is achievement." For such youths, affluence is no pro tection against unhappiness.

Japan are full of stories of children found

hanged in their bedrooms, gassed by their own hands, and dead at the bottom

Bunney, Jr., chief of the biological psychiatry

branch

of the National

Institute of Mental Health, says,"There is convincing evidence that there are

of tall buildings. "An Orgy of Child

All social statistics point to the rapid ly increasing moral breakdown of family

Suicides," read one headline in Yomiuri,

life and of any sense of spiritual values.

"Parents Shocked overRash of Suicides,"

children, then we could start to initiate

The divorce rate in America has doubled

said a headline of another story. In one

preventive measures."(emphasis is ours)

since 1965. The number of children liv

three-day period in January, thirteen children between 11 and 17 years old killed themselves by various means, ac cording to the National Police Agency. Closer to home, at Horace Greeley

To attack a problem which is largely

ing with one parent or with neither par

moral with more psychiatrists, more

ent has increased 30 percent to thirteen

drugs, more Freud, and more psycholo gists is like fighting fire with gasoline.

million since 1968. There is a yearly es timate of one million battered and beaten

children. No basis of comparison for this

genetic factors in depression. If we could

identify vulnerable 'at-risk' groups of

What is now a contagious disease could become an epidemic.

THE NEW "AFRIKAI Twelve Russian generals and one

KOR

East German are in command of

Moscow's intervention in Africa,

according to French intelligence sources

as quoted in one of the best-informed Paris dailies, Le Figaro. The generals di rect 40,000 Cubans and 2,000 East Ger mans stationed in African countries.

Le Figaro gave a detailed account of Soviet plans for the "destabilization" of

Africa,gleaned from documents captured by French para-troopcrs during the in vasion of Zaire's Shaba Province. They revealed that the invasion had been plan

ned by Soviet, East German, and Cuban representatives at a secret meeting at Ouargia, Algeria, in March, 1978, under the code name "Operation Dove." The plan involved the assassination

of President Mobutu, the occupation of Shaba Province, and the proclamation

of a so-called "People's Republic of Zaire." However, the plan went awry when Zaire's security authorities arrested a captain, who had been detailed to kill

East Gerjjian General Hoffman in Africa

Mobutu, and eighteen Zairian officers

who were also involved in the plot. According to Le Figaro, the new So

viet-controlled "Afrika Korps" is com

operate from the top, down to forward

Now, the East Germans are going to

command level. Meanwhile the Cubans

â&#x20AC;˘take over many training duties previously carried out by the Cubans. Moscow is

posed of the Cuban expeditionary force

are assisting with the Ethiopian offen sive at brigade commandlevel. Both Rus

of 40,000 men;the East German advisers,

sians and Cubans give logistic and com

reportedly blaming the Cubans for the inability to quell the anti-communist

including instructors, technicians and military cadres; and numerous Soviet military officers, technicians, and KGB intelligence agents. Currently there are 23,000 Cuban

munications support.

guerrilla activities in the country.

According to recent visitors to An gola, many officers and cadets of the

tinued to face "a number of obstacles"

Angolan armed forces are becoming in creasingly disillusioned by their sub

because some officers "found it hard to identify themselves fully with the set of

ordination

principles governing a regular army which

The minister said that FAPLA con

troops, 1,000 East Germans,200 Czechs, 600 Soviet officers and 300 KGB agents based in Angola, apart from eleven Sovi et generals and the East German general. The East German presence in Ethiopia

This dissatisfaction was hinted at in a

dency to exercise individual initiative..."

speech by a Politburo member of the ruling MPLA (Labor Party) and Minister

trained by Soviet, East German, and

was established during the Ogaden war.

of Defense,"Iko" Carrcira.

Its duties include the establishment of

The minister's speech confirms several reports that there is widespread resent

to the Soviet and Cuban

military in their country.

did not go along with .. . the great ten He also urged cadets, who are being

the Soviet model and control of the mili

ment in the Angolan army over excessive

Cuban experts,to accept"iron discipline." Mr. Carrcira again stressed that the fundamental ingredient necessary for the strengthening and improvement of

tia and security police. Senior Soviet army officers help plan and direct Ethiopia's campaign to defeat the Eritrean guerrillas. These Russians

reliance on Moscow and Havana and a-

FAPLA was "thefaultless and unreserved

gainst the presence in the country of a vast contingent of foreign military ad visors and troops.

co-operation ... with the revolutionary armed forces of the Soviet Uji -id

an Ethiopian communist party based on

Cuba."

1 V

5s V;.

Watergate and the Emerging Peanut Affair in scope by the human rights poli cy of President Carter, which is applied in a punitive way against

It has been said that history repeats itself.

Since history is commonly a reflection at the most immediate level of the ac

anti-communist nations andisomis-

tions of men, the repetition of a major

sive in respect tocommunist nations.

event frequently represents the applica

2. Under the Carter Administration,

tion of a similar policy having a clearly discernible underlying principle.

the advance of Communism and the

corresponding withdrawal of U.S. influence from strategic areas of the

When Nixon and Kissinger first began to initiate new relations with Communist

world have undergone a mutual ac

China, a great euphoria descended upon

celeration.

the leftist and liberal circles in the world,

As these events have accumulated, the

soon extending itself even more widely.

much needed debate over foreign policy has shown signs of imminence.

However, these events were no cause

for celebration among those who were authentically committed to defending the non-communist world against the

But now, suddenly, we are being treated to stories of the Carter warehouse

loan and the appointment of a "special counsel" to investigate the affair. Thus, we are seeing the emergence of

encroachments of Communism. As a re

sult of the Shanghai Declaration, our defense line in Asia began to crumble, the Paris accords were signed, and Viet nam fell to the communists, accompan

ied by the tragic events in Cambodia. Watergate became the scapegoat that diverted the attention of the American

public away from the need to make an evaluation of the causes of these stag

gering catastrophes. Accordingly, there was no public debate over the foreign policy decisions in themselves, nor of the principles underlying them.

that which could become a new Water

people to the dangers of the NixonKissinger detente. We, along with others,

gate.

have done what we can to speak on this momentous subject.

self in full?

But the Watergate affair has been suf ficiently diversionary to enable the same policy to establish itself, continue itself,

vert the public from evaluating the whole

Will history be allowed to repeat it Will this Peanut Affair be used to di

series of calamities that have occurred in

the foreign policy sphere?

tion. There are two points worth noting:

Such a tactic could be used to elect a new face to continue the same old dis

1. The Nixon-Kissinger policy of de

astrous foreign policy, which has already brought us so far along the road that we

and extend itself in the new Administra

This is not to say that efforts have

tente with communist governments

not been made to alert the American

has been continued and broadened

do not want to travel.

This is what we should see clearly. ..

WOLVES AND SHEPHERDS "Some Jesuit priests and their fol

by La Voz de Puebfa, a local newspaper In Puebia, Mexico.

The Second Vatican Council, he said,

frontations between church and state that

Speaking at a press conference during

"in an extraordinary case," and Pope Paul

have arisen in El Salvador," declared Bishop Pedro Arnaldo of El Salvador. 'They were the initators of a movement of leftist inspiration among peasants," the Bishop affirmed. Bishop Pedro Arnaldo Aparlcio of San

the third Conference of Latin American

VI had admitted the possibility of justi

Bishops (CELAM), Fr. Pedro Arrupe, the Superior General of the Society of

fiable insurrection against "a prolonged

lowers are responsible for the serious con

taught that violence could be oermitted

tyranny."

Jesus, denied the charges. "All Jesuits,

Jesuits have supported the left wing Christian peasant federation, known as

Vicente is president of the Salvadoran

both In El Salvador and elsewhere, are against violence," he said. Significantly, however, Fr. Arrupe ad

national bishops' conference. His views were expressed in an interview published

mitted that Church teaching sometimes

among landowners and other sectors of the population. Several of them have been

permits the use of force as a jesser evil.

expelled by the government on grounds

FECCAS-UTC, giving rise to indignation

of subversion.

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Soviet Union "Romancing'Saudi Arabia at the new Soviet attitu3e, the Saudis

The most sophisticated analysts of world affairs are focusing their attention

bility of establishing a "diplomatic dia

have nationalized the multinational oil

on the fact that the long hostility of the

logue" between Moscow and the Arab

Soviets toward Saudi Arabia appears to

monarchies of the Persian Gulf.

company ARAMCO. Moscow's reasons to cozy up to Saudi Arabia are quite clear. More difficult

Grinievski is now convinced of the feasi

have undergone an abrupt change in the

Thus, Saudi Arabia should not ex

last few weeks. Observers call attention to the articles favorable to the Saudis

pect to be the Soviet's only true love,

that have suddenly started appearing in the most important Soviet newspapers. It is now even being rumored that Soviet delegations will soon visit Saudi Arabia and that, moreover, Moscow has already applied to open branches of the Norodny Bank in Riyad and Jidda, In short, there is every sign of court ship and blossoming romance. .. However, not all who are watching

than Iran. ..

may be raised: (1) the conviction that

Until recently, the Saudi rulers would have repelled outright any Soviet attempt to make friends with them. Similarly, Moscow's language toward Saudi Arabia was quite different last year when Izvestia depicted Saudi Arabia

the U.S. was omissive in Iran and the desire to call Carter's attention to the

these events are doing so with starry eyes. Thoughtful obser\'ers, familiar with the

bad shipwrecks of previous affairs re call that something quite similar took place in Iran, coinciding with the final push that toppled Shah Reza Pahlavi. The Shah, suffering from the growing

nor should she expect to fare any better

as "a cynical fellow traveler of Israel in its increasing maneuvers to serve Ameri can imperialism in the Middle East." Now, however,showing their pleasure

â&#x20AC;˘

to understand is why the Saudis are reacting favorably. Some hypotheses

vulnerability of the Persian Gulf;(2) the loss of confidence in Carter and the U.S.

following the debacle in Iran; (3) the conviction that Camp David was"a most grave mistake"; and (4) the fear that the

U.S. may tend to replace Saudi Arabia with Mexico as far as oil and politics are concerned.

* I * V*.

coldness in the U.S. attitude toward him

because of so-called human rights, re acted favorably to the lavish attentions of the Soviet Union. However, he was

far from realizing that the Soviet guns to overthrow him were already being stacked up in the mosques of Persia. The Middle East Department of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Relations now has a new, and reportedly "skillful" director, Mr. Oleg Grinievski. Grinievski was promoted to the post exactly when developments in Iran seemed to indicate

the viability of a new Soviet policy in that area. Having successfully taken care

of the Pro-Western regime in Iran, Oleg

Twenty-four states are still paying for

STATES STILL PAYING FOR

abortions for poor women under theMedicaid program, but several are financing the operation only because of court or ders and others plan to stop soon,accord ing to a United Press International survey. Those still paying are doing so despite a June 20 Supreme Court ruling that states are not obliged to fund abortions for the poor, and the federal government's deci

sion Aug. 5 to stop reimbursing states which continue to pay for the procedure. The UPl survey showed states which

now pay for abortions are Alaska, Cali

ABORTIONS

fornia, Colorado (half the cost), Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New

York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin plus the District of Columbia.

Vol. 1

No. 18

1980

U~S~!Red China A Perilous Partnership I

If Congress exten ds the most-favored. . . nation statu s to Red China, co n fo rming · to the recently-signed U.S.-China Trade Agreement , Ch inese exports wi ll be allowed to enter th e Un ited States o n the same tariff terms as those of our most favored tradi ng partners. At the same time, Red Chi na will also beco me eligible fo r Expo rt- Imp'ort Bank credits. The approval of the most-favored- 1 natio n status depends on th ree poi nts Red China's attitude toward huma n rights, economic effects o n the U.S . economy, and strategic military con· siderations. In the matter of human rights, the President h as indicated to the Congress that he has received the necessary assurances from senior Chinese officia ls Better Days: Demonstrating in Peking against Hsio-P 'ing. with regard to freer e m igration and the reunification of fami lies. Chi nese VicePremier Teng Hsiao-ping has bee n cited as offering to send as many as 10 mi llion Chinese overseas if the United States wished that many. Wh ile this offer is considered, in some circles, as a rhetorical one, no evidence has been offered or produ ced to indicate that approval of exit visas is given in a no n-discriminatory fashion. Even if freer emigratio n from the ma inland is allowed as wi nd ow-dressing, the long te rm committment of Red Ch ina to free emigra· tion is open to questi on. In a recent study prepared by the Far Easte rn Law Division of the Li brary of Congress for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, it was stated, " . . Two motives behind Peking's greater liberality with respect to emigration is the desire to win most-favo red-nation status in its Cleaning off Peking's "Democracy Wall ": Leaving the people spee chless trade with the U.S. and ... to win friends was abolished. Now, those wishing co Xiaoping, shortly after U.S. Secretary among the Overseas Chi nese." publish posters at the new si te (Yuetan of Defense Harold Brown had retu rned Events in the last few mo nths have Park , an area remote fro m the city) fro m his "good-willl" mission there, taken the bloom off the first blush of muse register their names and addresses the "human rights" programs of the called for a crackdown on freedom of and places of employ ment. Since Marc h Red Chinese goverment. In December, expression and urged a tightening of of 1979, the governm ent has also Peking's famed "Democracy Wall" party d iscipline in the country. banned a number of nascen t magazin es which fo r over a year had been the In a major policy speech, given in which had become the veh icles for maj or site for dissident wall posters Peking before 10,000 Communist Party dissent. More recently, the Wa shington "criti cizing" the government and deofficials, Deng made clear his desire Star reported that Chinese leader Deng manding more democratic free doms ( con't)

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that the "big four freedoms" - to speak out freely, air views fully, hold debates, and write wall posters - be abolished. In China, as in any communist country, tribunals constitute one more instrument of State tyranny, Even though this fact is well-known, it is interesting to note that China has once again found it timely to show its true face of totalitarianism and oppression just as it attempts to whitewash chat situation and present a democratic face co the West. In an editorial in the People's Daily, China's highest judicial· authority, Jiang Hua, states that even though tribunals must be independent theoretically, it is necessary for the Communist Party to control them. " In order for the people's tribunals to correctly exercise their juaicial authority," he declared, "we must strengthen the leadership of the party in the administration of justice" (Reuters, 1/11 /80) . He added, " Jc is entirely logical for the people's tribunals, upon carrying out their judgments, to obey only the law and at the same time the leadership of the Communist Party." Commenting on the recentlyapproved new penal code, the People's Daily seated chat it was done "to consolidate the dictatorship of the proletariat." This is the officially recognized panorama of Red China's "people's justice." From the standpoint of military strategy the extension of the most-favorednation status to Red China is seen as a counter-balance co Russia. Such was the stated purpose o f Preside nt Carter's decision co normalize relatio ns with Peking in 1978. Recent trends h ave indicated an mcreased level of U.S. sales of hightechnology, dual-use equipment co the Communist Ch inese - equipment which is designed primarily for peacetime use but has potential military applications. Export li censes have been issued for $249 million worth of such equipment in the categories of aerospace, aircraft, geophysical technology, as well as computers and electronic equ ipment. During his recent visit to Red China, Brown an nounced that the U.S. would sell Peking a communication ground station giving it access to the Landsat U.S. resources satellite. Ho wever, serious questions are raised abou c the long-term implications of this policy of the United States. Clearly, U.S. and Red Chinese interests do no r coincide. On the contrary, the ideological differences are enormous. It can be expected, t hen, chat the curren t alignment cannot last indefinitely. One muse consider what will be t he respective eco no mic and military pos itions of the

two countries when their respective interests again diverge. In spite of this, Carter and his staff deem it a highly positive undertaking to make of China a great power, just like it was done with Russia by means of credits and technological assistance.

The United States nurtured the Red Bear of Russia for the past thirty years to such a point that it has no fear to bite the hands that feed it and now threatens our very existence. Will we now do the same with its cou nterpart, the Red Dragon of the Orient, as well?

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Moscow's Leonid Ilyicbev and Red Cbina's Wang Youping - patcbing up "differences."

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The Hoax Of Atheistic Communism By Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira " History is the tutor of life," said Cicero. Nothing is more useful for the understanding of certain of the liveliest aspects of modern realit y than the study of analogous situations of the past. Heresies, as is well-known, rose up one after the other during the whole twenty centuries of the history of the Catholic Ch urch. The most recent of them is progressivism, an ill-disguised revival of the mo dernism St.Pius X condemned at the beginning of the 20th Century. The public at large has vague a nd not in frequently inexact notions about the way these different heretical currents broke away from the Church. For example, th e majority of people imagine that Luther's break with the Church took place in four stages: 1) He elabo_rated a doctrine co ntrary to Catholic doctrine; 2) then, realizing the ideological contrast, he revolted, broke away from the Church and set up an evangelical sect; 3) as a consequence, the Church threatened him with excommunication unless he abjured his errors; 4) Lu ther persisted in his doctrinal position, was excommunicated and the break was cons11mmated. Thus Luther supposedly left -:he Church because he wisl)ed, when he wished, a nd as as he wished. He left her like the prodigal son left his father's house: o penly, frankly tell ing his fathe r ahead of time. History teaches us, however, that in Luther's case, as in those of the other great heresiarchs, the process of separation was quite a bit m ore co mplex. The reason is that certain heresiarchs perhaps m ost of them - did not by any means want to go roaring o ut of t he Chu rch with a slam of the door. They were far too diplom atic and su btle to select such a simple-minded way to achieve t heir goals. They chose to stick to the Church like a cyst to cover tly spread heresy amo ng the faithf~I. If this system worked, the heres,archs would be able to infiltrate all the stru ctures of the Church from top to bottom. For that reason, albeit aware that their thin king was incompatible with Catholi cism, the founders of heresy tried to formulate their maxims in terms seemingly reconcilable with orth odox theology. Had they not employed such precau tio ns, t hey would , in fact, have been easily identified and co ndemned as h eretics. All Catholics would have turned against them and their doctrines. T he heretics' process of infiltration would have halted ipso facto , and they would have run the risk of taking with them no more than a handful of apostates. From this standpoint it is- not difficult to grasp the milestones in the most subtle heretics' process of separation from the Church : 1) the heresiari:h en-

camoufl aged doctrines less radical than Arius's but inspired in his thinking. Thus arose so-called semi-Arianism. Consequently, it was necessary for the Church to carry out a new effort to detect, define and condemn this new heretical snare, uprooting the cancer that had again sprung up within her. What is the highest ambition of a veiled heresy? What do its leaders hope for with this tactic of infiltratio n ? It is not simply to recruit many followers among the fa ithful. It is to bring priests, bishops, cardinals, and even, if they could manage to, a Pope, to their side. What extremes can't the h eretics' dreams of empire reach!

••• Professor Plinio Correa de qliveira, a thinker and writer of world-wid~ renown is the founder of the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property, the largest anti-

communist organization in Brazil and president or'its National Council. Professor de Oliveira has a syndicated column in the Folha de Sao Paulo, th~ newspaper with· the largest circulation in Brazil. genders his heterodox doctrine and gives it a formulation that at first sight looks orth odox; 2) the heresiarch begins circulating his camou flaged error and attracting unwary followers whom he gathers in grou ps controlled by his enthusiasts; 3) in secrecy his followers are taught the stark error, but they are advised to spread it in a veiled manner; 4) as the new sect begins to spread, voices are raised amo ng the genuine Catholics denou ncing the n ew heresy; 5) its adepts defend t hemselves by claimi ng that they are orthodox and are being vilely calumniated; 6) the Church examines the controversy, declares the new doctrine h eretical, a nd excommu nicates those who follow it. So there is a class of heresiarchs and heretics who do~ 't rush out of the Church but wish instead to stay inside, fishing in muddy waters. It is n ecessary to root them out by sheer force through th e appli cation of spiritual penalties. The peculiar nature of these sectarians explains why their process of separation from the Church sometimes does not even end in excommunication. Once the heresy has been condemned, it appears to have d ied; but wit~in a_ lit_tle while , it spri ngs up once again ... inside th e Church. For example, once Arianism, th e famous heresy of th e 4th Century had been condemned, the Arian sect fell apart. But soon afterwards it sprang up again withi n the Catholic ranks using expressions that

The process of the fo rmation of communism was quite different. Its founder was not a Catholic. Its adepts were recruited among people who had never had faith or wh o had lost it ent irely. Whenever the Marxist sect would make new recruits, they would openly break with the Church. It see ms evid ent, however , that in our days Communism is changi ng its tactics and try ing to imitate, at least to a large degree, t he su btle maneuver of the veiled heres ies. In o ther words Marxism now takes o n the airs of a sacristan, endeavoring to take root in the Ch urch in o rder to co nquer her. Realizing that it has fa iled in its hundred years' struggle against the Church from the outside, it now tries to kill her from the inside out. How is this done? In a thousa nd ways. I d on't have enough space here to describe this imm ense maneuver in all of its aspects. I will limit myself to giving only one characteristic feature of it. So we come to the hoax of "atheistic Communism." The expression is legitimate; it is fo un d in the pontifical documents. It is based o n the fact that Communism is an extensive fabric of errors of which atheism is the gravest and most marked. So it is logical for it to be commonly designated as "atheistic Communism." Now, however, Catholic circles imbued with communist influences have began to interpret the expression capriciously. If the Popes condemn atheistic Communism, they argue, it is o n ly because it is atheistic. Therefore, if there were a no n-atheistic current of Communism, th e Church obviously would not have the least objection to it. This subterfuge, for that is what it is, amounts to affirming that the Popes never condem ned anyth ing in Communism but its atheism. Now, reading the d ocuments of Leo X I II alone is enough to see that this is entirely false. The

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What does communist propaganda gain from this do ctrinal shell game played with the expression "atheistic Communism"? It manages to create in innumerable Catholics the illusion that, setting atheism aside, they may be communist in every other aspect. Now this is a perfect imposture. To the extent that this treacherous maneuver goes on unobstructed, we shall have Communism deeply rooted in Catholic circles like we formerly had nascent Arianism and Protestantism. In the face of this panorama, authentic Catholics are horror struck. Th e communists laugh. Because who will root them out of Catholic circles if the tendency in the Church not to excommunicate anyone continu es?

Church, in fact, also condemns the political, social, and economic tenets of Communism. An authentic Catholic cannot accept them, even though they be presented without any connection with atheism. So, for instance, to affirm the orthodoxy of a communist-inspired program of social reform including divorce, free love and complete promiscuity in sexual relations is blatantly opposed to Catholic morality. This is so even when the advocates of these reforms frequent the sacraments. What I say about sexual promiscuity holds likewise for collective property, that is, an economic system that excludes individual property. If anyone says he believes in God bu t desires the implantation of such a system, he is against the Church.

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WHY HELP CHINA? The policy of U.S. rapprochement with Communist China continues unabated since Nixon started it around 1970. The least one can say about it is that it lacks originality and has all the appearances ::>f a loss of logic in the direction of American foreign policy. Those who advocate increased trade relations with Red China and the communist countries in general all ege 'pragmatic,' that is, economic, reasons. In the first place we would like to retort that not even orie global study about the advantages of this economic "exchange" for our country has ever been published. Furth ermo re, it is no t licit to strengthen the economy of usurper and tyra nnical governments such as the communist dictatorships. T he sales of food and manufactured products, especially on credit, contributes to solving the chro nic shortcomings of the Communist economies and, therefore, to strengthen their rulers. In addition to a comprehensive study about the advisability or not of trading with the communists, it would be necessary to make another study on whether it really would be advantageous for the U.S. to help " mo dernize" th e Chinese economy and even start supplying some military equipment to them. We are waiting for such studies to be published in order that we may analyze the foundations of the much-trumpeted - and little explained - pragmatism which government officials allege to justify what is morally unjustifiable. For those who trust that our foreign policy in this matter has anything ingenious about it - for it would supposedly widen the gap between Russia and China, thus dividing the communist camp - this ANSA news report (6/5/79): "The USSR proposed t o

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China to engage in formal talks last July and August in order to 'improve and normalize' relations between both countries." So the road has been opened for the staging of a "reconciliation" which will be Act II in the comedy whose Act I was the "break." If someone should comment that the recent war between China and Vietnam (this latter supporred by Russ ia) is a proof that such a break is real, we would ask what proofs do they have that that war was a real one, what ' damages and casualties did it produce, and if it did, why d id it end as m yster-

Nixon: Starring role in A ct I Therefore, if there is any logic left in politics, he who helps Communist China , helps th e regime that murdered all these people and makes possible all of the crimes that the Chinese regime will carry out from now on. ,,._

Victim of China's "defense" of Cambodia. io usly as it had started? Another question: wasn't the alleged reason for the "war," China's defense of the Cambodian regime? But wasn't this regime, installed less than four years ago, th e one which in cold blood murdered 2,500,000 people, empyting the cities, breaking up the families, torturing and humiliating in a thousa nd ways a defenseless population?

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Afghanistan: A Chronogra01 of Red Colonialis01 In April of 1978, Italy's Red Brigades carried out the barbarous assassination of Aldo Moro, President of that country's Christian Democrats. Italy and the whole world clamored against this crime. Meanwh ile, the Russian Communist Party, u nperturbed, was stealthily devouring a whole nation. Suddenly, Afghanistan's Communist Party seized power in a bloody coup d'etat. A nation of 20 mill ion peopl e, rich in historical traditio ns and considerable cultural values, was thus reduced to a state of slavery much like that of Vietnam and Cambodia. Th e 650,000 square kilometers of Afghan territory were turned into a vast concentration cam p. And in this camp , graveyards would soon start growing out of propor tion. Wasn't all ch is at least as important as the death of Aldo Moro? Nevertheless, Russian imperialism deemed it necessa ry for this new act of barbarianism co go on with the least amount o f fanfare as possible. And so it was done.

Slagger & Snapper. The Air Force had 180 Sovietmade combat planes. T he A nti-communist Resistance Begins From then on, the Afghan _population began to react strongly against Communism by means of a powerful guerrilla war. Boosted by the desertion of important army units, amounting to as many as 50,000 soldiers who joined the rebels, the uprising extended to the whole cou ntry. In spite of persistent napalm attacks on the villages and the employment of heavy artillery and armor, government forces fai led to crush the rebellion. They had only limited Russian

military support. Two months before the military uprising in the capital, when Taraki was killed and Hafizullah Amin assumed the preside ncy, diplomats' reports informed that the Communist government, supported by 5,000 Soviets, controlled less than half of Afghanistan. Ru ssia Invades Afgha nistan On December 25 and 26, preparing for the coup d'etat it was planning, Russia started a huge airlift bringing into Afghanistan 5,000 troops with all of their combat equipment distributed in over 150 pla nes. Kabul's streets were tainted in blood during the four hours ( co n 't)

T he R ussians Steal In Afghanistan, the cradle of ancient civilizati o ns, a nation chat was named "the silk way " as a reminder of the centuries-old traffic of Chinese silk. had become a republic just a few years ago. Its President, Mohamed Daoud, had risen co powe r in a coup d'etat that overthrew the mo narc hy o n Jul y 17, 19 73. From th e n on, in his honeymo on with hi s po werful northern neighbor, Daou d sen t 3 00 young officers of the Army and the Air Force co Russ ia every year in order to complete t heir training. Th ese were the officers who plotted and executed the Marxist coup of April 27, 1978. Internatio nal press agencies reported that at least 50 tanks and a number of pl anes took pare in the battles that unfolded in the vicinity of the presidential palace, the In terior and Defense miniseries, as well as Kabul's ai rport. Touri sts, diplomats a nd other eye witnesses said that the 1,500 strong presidential guard , equipped with tanks and armored transport vehicles, desperaceiy defended the palace for 16 hours even th o ugh they were outnumbered. Casualty figures ranged from 3,000 to 12,000. The p resident himself, as well as his family, were arrested and killed. A promine nt Communise leade r, Noor Mohammed Taraki, seized powe r. At that moment, th e Afghan army had 100,000 soldiers divided in three armored divisions and ten in fantry divisions equipped with about 700 Soviet tanks, h eavy artillery canons and antitan k weapons of the type designated

Afghan resistance: tougber than Soviet steel

of intense fightjng between the invading troops and Afghan soldiers. Like his predecessors, president Amin was immediately executed along with his whole family and replaced by a man in whom the Kremlin confided entirely. The coldness and precision of the operation highlighted once again how far the communists are determined to take their scorn for human life in their struggle to conquer the whole world. The unprecedented military airlift that took the estimated 100,000 troops into Afghanistan constitutes the first massive Soviet incursion into an Asian nation since World War II and the first anywhere in the world since Soviet tanks invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968. At the very moment when the left suffers an impressive series of defeats in the ballots of free natio ns - a failure that makes obvious their inability to attract the peoples to the "goodness" of their doctrine - it becomes increasingly clear that Communism is an enormous giant with feet of clay, since it cannot convince even those whom it subjugates. In order to remain in power, it needs to impose an iron fisted dictatorship; to conquer power, it uses tricks, treason, and murder.

Pictured on the previous page is a group of men who are a part of the forces resisting the attempts of the Russian Communist colosus to dominate their Afghanistan. Even though t heir guns are o utdated, their dress poor and inadequate, their power of soul is tougher than the steel of Soviet armor. News about Russian dificulties in overcoming these fighters keep coming every day. Newsweek (2/25/80) reports that as a result of sniping, fighting with the insurgents and set-piece battles with the rebellious Afghan Army units, the Russians were taking 500 casualities a week; one in six were said to be deaths. "The Soviets have a green force of recruits a nd are up against some pretty desperate characters," a White House official lamely tried to explain. "It's no surprise they get killed walking around the bazaars." In the picture, the o ne who is sitting, is the most impressive because of his obvious capacity to command, his determination to fight, his manly strength. It is sad to think how easy it would be to defeat Communism in the whole S-oviet troops in Kabul - Plenty of surworld if only, instead of the weak and prises but no bargains in tbe bazaars. capitulationist political leaders who govern the West, men such as this one had at their disposal the military might of the free countries.

ABORTION: FACT VS FALSITY Pro-abortionists claim that a more restrictive anti-aborJion law will "drive women, especially the poor, to the back streets, where the risk of the mother dying is greatly increased." Tney even go so far as to quote extravagant and unsubstantiated figures of abortion and abortion-related deaths prior to the enactment of pro-abortion laws. In addition, they piously claim that their intentions are well-motivated since they desire every child to be a "wanted child." Now, these claims have suffered a severe setback with the release of a recent report by the World Health Organization (WHO). The figures compiled in the report show that in 1955 in England, for example, where strict anti-abortion laws were in effect, only 65 women died as a result of abortion of all forms (legal, illegal and spontaneous). In the same year, sixty-nine women died as a result of abortions in Hungary and thirty-seven in Czechoslovakia. In comparison to England, these figures are high since the number of pregnancies in these two countries during this period was much lower than in t he United Kingdom. In addition, both these communist-controlled countries had legal abortion on demand which, according to the logic of the pro-abortionists should have meant that the number of deaths would have been much lower -

since they claim liberal abortion laws stop so-called back street abortions. _ The only exception to the similarities in the low rate of abortion-related deaths during the era of strict anti-abortion laws was Communist Rumania. There , back street abortions were a marked feature of its society even when Romanian abortion laws were so liberal that they reached a point where legal abortions exceeded live births by four-to-one. The extravagant figures cited by the pro-abortionists arc calculated to create panic and stop reform of the abortion laws. For example, the English Guardian quoted a pro-abortionist member of Parliament as saying that there were two million criminal abortions each year in Italy with two thousand women dy ing annually as a result of these horrendous operations. (Hansard, Feb. 7, 1975). For anyone with the vaguest idea of the subject, the figures were patently absurd. According to WHO figures, the total maternal deaths in Italy in 1974 amounted to 259 of which 20 were due to abortion. Pro-abortionists, when confronted with figures like these, hastily claim that prior to the liberalization of abortion, the subject was "taboo" in m any countries. Therefore, back-street abortio n deaths were camoflauged and did not appear as such in th e official statistics. Were that the case, the deaths must have

been recorded in the statistics under some other heading. This being so, one would expect a drop in total deaths from all causes among women in their child-bearing yea rs following the passing of more liberal abortion laws. This did not happen. To hear abortionists' platitudes that they want every child to be a "wanted child" would make one imagine that since the enactment of liberal abortion laws, there were less children being placed in state and private institutions. The reverse, in fact, has happened. In Britai n , for example, during the ten year period from 1969, when abortion laws were liberalized, until 1977, t he number of such children have risen from 69,300 to 101,100. Similar patterns have em erged here in th e United States and Canada. Indeed, researchers in Canada show that the region with the highest abortion rate (Vancouver) also has the highest percentage of children placed in institutio ns because they have been abandoned or rejected by t heir parents. Common sense tells one that t he killing of a child in th e womb is hardly likely to create a more loving parental attitude towards children when they are born. It makes as much sense as suggesting that we legalize the killing of the old t o be sure that every Granny is a "wanted Gran ny! "

~EWS F L ASJI8ICES TV WORSHIP A poll carried out in F rance is fri ghte ning parents: 44%of the child ren li ke their T V sets bette r t han t heir fat her; 21% like TV bette r tha n t he ir mother!

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KEEPING POLITICS OUT OF THE OLYMPICS The director of Soviet Rad io and Television, Sergei Lapin, warned repre-

CHICAGO LIVING UP TO ITS REPUTATION Peter Reich o f the Ch icago Tribune say s that d u ring th e p ast ten years you were more li kely t o be murde red in Chicago than kill ed in stri fe-to rn Northern Ireland . Th e blood y comm unist inspired war there has claimed 1,989 lives d uring the just ended 1970 's. In Chicago, since 196 9 , mo re t han 8,000 persons were murde red - fo ur tim es as many. In the who le co unt ry, cl ose to 200,000 persons were ho mici de victims.

STICK ' EM UP! Po lice rep ort t hat a masked man walked into a convenience store in Longview, Texas, brandished his fore fin ge r and thum b, pointed it at t he clerk and demanded t he money in the cash register. It worked. According to t he rep ort, t he cle rk inqui red if t he " bandit" we re serio us. When he replied, "Yes" the clerk handed over an undetermined amount o f money.

sentatives of foreign networks not to t ake advantage of the 1980 Oly mpi c Games t o deal with subjects no t relati ng to sports.

SILLY MS The London Times has banned t h e fem in ist inspired t it le " MS" from its copy o n the grounds, o ne co lumn ist said , "t hat it's artificial, ugly, si lly means nothi ng and is rotten English ." Jo lly well done!

EGALITARIAN MADNESS Los Ange les attorney, Gl oria Allred has fi led a class action su it chargi ng a chain store m ight damage t h e mental healt h of ch ild ren by poi nt ing out in its d isplay signs which toys were su ited for boys and which we re suited for girls. Allred told t he co urt that the signs we re posted in t he store designating an area for gi rls' toys (cookwa re, do ll s, etc.) and boys' t oys (p lay money and tools). " The policy perpetuates the assumptio n boys can't bake a cake and girls can't play with t ools," Allred sa id.

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The results of t he Soviet offens ive in the U.S. automobile market is very significant: only five o ut of t he 5,000 cars exported to America were sold, all of them prudently acquired by officials of the Soviet embassy here .. .Soviet automotive technology is at least 10 years behind.

West Germans have set up in Mu nich an "association for constructive le isure time," aimed to f ight t he evi ls of te levision. Members are especiall y satisfied at rediscovering the p leasures of a good conversation, t he entertainment of a good book and t he delight of listeni ng to good times.

DEMORALIZING THE MILITARY In Europe, the f igures are alarm ingly high. The Dallas Morning News reported that mi litary experts in West Germany estimate t hat as many as 20% of t he fe male army women may be with child . Correspo ndingly, abo ut 7% of t he U.S. forces in Europe is female and by 1982 t he Pentagon expects t h is figure to rise to 12%

CBS TO EXPLOIT GUYANA T RAGEDY CBS-TV has announced that it is now shooting a made-for-te levision movie about the late Rev. Jim J o nes. T he movie is bei ng propuced in Georgia. Not satisfied with the dreadfu l facts of t h is event, the directors have chosen to make the fi lm a docu-drama. Th is means the mate rial will be rewritten and produce a f il m t hat is part fact and part fict ion. CBS has named the movie "The Mad Messiah."

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Shell Game Russian Style "Now you see it! Now you don't!"the old "shell game" is in full operation in the Soviet Union. Only this time, it isn't a little pea shifting from one shell to another under the dextrous hand of the game's operator, but a whole factory. Now you sec it! A year after the Sivesk Tractor Engine Repair Plant was opened on the outskirts .of Leningrad, Pravda called the plant "a thing of bea1,1ty, the largest in th e industry, meeting the needs of all the collect ive and state farms of the Northwest." Now you don't! Wh en a Pravda correspondent went to actually see the_mi~acle in actio n, all he found was a d1lap1dated fence guarded by an elderly watchman with an antique rifle. Taki ng advantage of some holes in th e fe nce, he looked inside and saw no th ing but a wasteland dotted with bare scaffolding am idst broken bricks and lumps of dried cement . Where was the factory? The answer: There wasn't any. Th e hand, it seems, is quicker than the eye. Now you see it . .. o r else! The Dep uty Chairman o f th e State Co mm ittee for Agricultural T ech nology, A.V. Prokhorovich, (the "shell gam e" operator), u pon discovering that the fun ds for the constructio n o f the build ing had ru n out app ointed a commission to certify that t he buildi ng had been completed. Commission members who refused to sign a formal statement were simply bypassed or fired . Other officials, like Fire Inspector A.V. Vakhi, became so dazzled by the "game" that he offered a logical ex planation for signing the com pletion stat ement, "Since there was no fac tory, there was no thing that could catch fire." In the meantime, the only real tractor repair factory in th e region had been closed down in anticipatio n of the m ore efficient production from the new plan t. The end result of not watching the little pea in the game is chat all the farms in the 33,200 square m ile area will be without tractor repair facilities for the foreseeable future.

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" Presiden t Carter says we will fi gh t to protect the Gulf. "Secretary of Defense Brown says he cannot guarantee a victory in such

a figh t. " Pentagon sou rces say we have the capability of making a stand. "Congressional sources say we do not. "Muhammad Ali is sent by the President to gain support of black African states for the Olympic boycott. But when Al i gets to Africa, he suddenly discovers that the Soviet Union has been giving aid to African states and he now has doubts abou t support ing the President. "Two years ago , Secretary Brown cold us we did no t need the neutron bomb. "Four days ago, he told us we did need the neu tron bomb. " Is this an Administration, or a rerun o f Fami ly Feud?"

Earthquake! Who Cares? An earthquake prediction is not likely to produ ce d ire economic consequences o r great panic that some fea r could turn bustling cities into ghost towns several researchers contended in an article reported in the Redding, California Searcbligbt (( 1/29/80). In a meeting sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey , the city of Los Angeles and other state and federa l agencies, social scientists said it may be difficult to get officials and th e public to cake reasonable precautions if a prediction o f an earthqu ake is made. " I don't ch ink people are going co run in panic and sell th eir houses," said Dennis S. Mileti of Colorado State University. Several studies give "little

indication that people will overreact to earthquake warnings. The p ro blem with earthquake warning systems will be getting people co respond at all, " he told the conference attendees. " People tend to deny an d diminish a threat," he continued. " That is the mechanism th at lets us get on an atr· plane even th ough we know that airplanes sometimes crash." " T he mechan ism can work on public officials just as it does with the public, " he said, adding that "people often choose to believe in the in formation that reinforces their own preconceptions of the danger." In ocher words, in the face of reality, an unrealistic optimism governs public opinion.

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No. 19

1980

Red Russia:Psychological ''Super Myth'' Asian intelligence reports that size· abl e q uantities of Soviet-supplied chem· ical warfare material, including poison gas, has been stockpiled along Vietnam's border with Red China. In addition, refugees from Laos say that the Viet· namese have, in fact, already used poi· son gas against the forces opposing th em there and Afghan refugees charge th at Soviet aircraft have dumped gas cannis· ters 011 several guerilla strongholds. With this frightening news as a back· ground , informed observers are ques· tioning whether Russia is using battle· fields in remote areas of the Third World as testing grounds for poison gasses and unconventional weapons. News of such a nefarious intent of the

Soviets is sure to have great psychologi· cal effects on the West. But how much of the threat is real and how much is myth? Tinz e magazine reported (3/10/80) that top U.S. generals are becoming in· creasingly alarmed at the chemical war· fare t hreat posed by the Soviet Un io n. Says General John W. Pauly, Cornman· der of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, "The Soviets have a consid erable C.W. (c hem· ical warfare) capability, both offensive and defensive. And they are prepared to use it." The article goes on to d etail the great number of members of the Soviet's forces who have such expertise (esti· mated betwee n 70,000 co 100,000) as well as an impressive co llection of bombs, artillery shells, rocker launchers and tactical missiles. In addition, the article reports that Moscow's troops are all equipped with protec tive suits and masks. The known deaths of only a dozen or so soldiers annually in large scale practice involving thousands of troops using deadly agents with counter measures seems to re in force claims of Russian experience and prowess. However, th e Germa n newspaper Bild Zeitung, reported recently that about one t housand peop le were k illed last

April after an explosion m a bacreri· ological warfare laboratory east of the Urals sent our a cloud of lethal germs. Bild described the bacterial strain as one provoking death from paralysis of the respiratory system within four hours. There is no known ant idote . Foll owi ng usual Soviet official practices, when serious accidents occur in the USSR , the disaster at Novosibirsk, a city with a population of 1,400,000, was not reported in the Soviet press. However, accounts of what happened have now filtered our of th e Iron Curtain. Shortly after the accident, people living nea r the factory began to develop an uniden· tified ill ness. All the city's hospitals were soon filled with patients, many of whom d ied. Almost none o f the relatives of the dead were permitted to view the bodies which were dispatched from the hospitals in scaled coffins. Norw irhsra ncling fa ilures in Soviet ha ndling of such weapons , evidence con· rinues to mount that su ch weapons are indeed being u sed ro maintain Russia's psychological edge over th e West. In its fight aga inst the forces resisting its in· cursion into Cambodia, Vietnam has been accused of violating all the no rms of the Geneva Conven tion by making

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(co 11't) use of chemical weapons and poison '-'asses that arc csrimHcd to have killed ~10rc rhan I 00 people a cla~•. Cambodian rebels have proofs documenti ng this fact a nd the Cambodian government in exile has raised a protest against such crimes to the United Nations and the lnrernarional Red Cross. This denunciation was made in Ch ina by Ambassador Pich Cheang, the representative of the deposed Pol Pot regime. He stated rhat chemical products and poisonous gasses sprayed from planes kill the pco~le near rhc bombarded areas almost 111sranrl)· Such terrifying weaponry quite naturally raises horror in rhc minds of civilized men of the West. Indeed if rhe slaughter provoked either by accidents or acts of war with such inhumane weapons had taken place here in the United States or were the official pol icy of the military, demonstrations would already have been held in all the large c ities ot the worltl. Clamors wo uld have already been raised in the halls of the Un ited Nations to put an encl to such factories of clcstrucrion. One nccJ s only recall the hue and cry after the incident at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant. Interestingly enough, it is the West itself that may he funding its own destruction. Since 1967, Western countries and Japan have sig ned about 2500 industrial agreements with Soviet-bloc countries, (N1'wsw ef'k 3/10/80) including hundreds of "turnkey" pla n ts. Western equipment is nc:w producing 80 percent of the Sov1<.:r Un ion's polyethylene, 75 percent of its : hcmical fertilizer and 40 percent of its cement. Samuel Pisae, a n authority o n \Vest tra de, concedes that Western 1ology is routinely exam in ed by pecialists to determi ne potential ary use.

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Yet, in the face of these facts, o nly a ;mall number of news items have appeared and no world-wide condemnation of the Soviet Union and of its allies has been raised. The reason is obvious. Before employing bacteriological weapons, Russian made use of psychological warfare that has anesthetized the Western World in such a way that it either does not react at all or o nly reacts when it is in the interests of Moscow.

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A "Moderate" Communist Country Shakrn by rhc bloody terrorist show that rook rhc life of Aldo Moro , its highest ranking official afrcr the President and t hat continues to disrupr the daily life of irs citizens, Italy looks to the East fill ed with concern. Across the Adriatic Sea is Yugoslavia, where the tw ilight of Tiro's sinister sta r now gives pl ace to even <la rker unccrtai n tics . Will rhe Russians ta kc a d va n tage of rhe situation created by Tiro's exit from the stage to occupy rhe Balkans either by brute force or internal agita ti on? Or w ill t hey prefer to install there another apparently "neutral " puppet like Tiro' Between Russia and Yugosiavia is Rumania, whose dictator, Nicolas Ceasescu, also made a show some t ime ago char he was rebelling against Moscow. Such a "rebellion" seems to have influenced certain naive sectors of the West. In order for our reader nor to let himself be deceived about the rea l standa rds of living in a "moderate" communist country, ir would be timely to look for trustwor th y testimonies. Th e lack of space docs not allow us, however, t o list here a number of facts about the ge neral situation of Rumania or Yugoslavia. Thus, we limir ourselves to su mm arizi ng, in the gu ise of example, the meaningful declarations of Fr. Peter

J\farcs, 38, a parish priest in - Moravia (Rumania), in an interview to the Italian magazine Ge11t e : "There is nor o ne communist country where rel ig ious li berty exists," Fr. Mares stares. " T he Catholic Church has been officiallv outlawed, with all the consequences 'rhat this situation entails. In practice t here is some tolerance, nor our of sympath~-, but fo r sheer calculation: they think rhar (the Church) is condemned to carry out irs ow n extinction." rr. Mares divided rhc histor!· of the persecutions against rhc Church in Rumania in rhrce phases , remarking, " T hree years ago started the third phase, perhaps the most dangero us one. Th ere are no prisons or deaths, bu r rather a series of laws and admi nistrative restrictions that arc slowly destro y ing the Church . Th e goa l of the regime is to mak e her die a nd then say she <lied spontaneously." The priest goes on to describe a series of humiliations to which the re ligious, the nuns or just the faithful arc submitted . For instance, "every meet ing nf the clergy must be held in the presence of a stare represen tative that tells what matters can be brought up for discussion ." In sum , "the regime considers rhe Faith a dishonor, a rem nan t of the past that must be e liminated from society."

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The Lullaby Revel Didn't Mention The well-known Parisian weekly L 'Express recently published an article by Jean Francois Revel entitled "La fin des berceuses," that is, "The End of Lullabies." The dictator Tito appears on the cover in a photograph one could call surrealistic, but which in fact, is magnificently realistic, thor oughly revealing his sinister face, physiognomy and mentality. The matter, treated with elegant French precisio n, includes a n intro ductio n, an expla nation divided into twelve points, and a conclusion. T he title could, perh aps, b e more precise. It speaks of "lullabies" but the article deals with on ly one of them . There was at least one more of transcendental importance. As a matter of fact, the two lull abies did not put to sleep j ust any two babes, but a mother and son who are respectable and unique. The mother is 2000 years old ; t he son, 1500. Apparently decrep it, the mother on close o bservation shows signs of a life that will last as long as the human race. But her pc,or son, only some cent uries younger, sh ows in his speech an accentuated ar teriosclerosis of the brain; and in h is movements, an advanced case of Parkinso n's disease. The son is the Latin-Germanic world that rose out of the Barbarian invasions of the 5th Century. The Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Ch urch gave him supernatu ral life by baptizing and evangelizing him, thereby bri nging him forth for Christia n Civilization. The mother how it pains us to say it - from various points of view appears so old, so shrivelled, that from certain angles she gives one t he illusion that she has been dead for quite some time. On attentive analysis from other a ngles, however, she shows beyond any doubt that h er life is indestructible. The aging she manifests from time to time is but a transitory epiphenomenon, a ma,sabre episode that at the end of each process (today 's has reached a literally unimaginable apex) never. results in death but rather in a new spri ngtime. Th e more tragic the win try symptoms of hopeless senili ty, t he more sple ndid the springtime. Revel's article concerns only the West, the States of Europe and America. The Churc h seems absent from his field of observation. The explanat ion of the article's title is right in the fi rst paragraph: "Why has 'detente' fa il ed? - Because in th e mentality of Westerners it meant the suspension of Soviet aggressiveness, and in the mentality of the Soviets, the suspension of all Western response to their aggressiveness." So that lullaby was 'detente,' and the drowsy infant, the West. The West alone? No. The Ch urch, which encompasses not only the West

By Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira

Professor Plinio Correa de OUveira, a thinker and writer of world-~de renown, is the founder of the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property, the largest anticommunist organization in Brazil and president of its National Council. Professor de Oliveira has a syndicated column in the Folha de Sao Paulo, th~ newspaper with' the largest circulation in Brazil. but the whole world, has also suffered the numbing effects of a similarly lugubri ous lullaby. I can affirm it, now more than eve r, because I was one of the constantly dim inishing few who affi rm ed it with unfl agging continuity all through th e years when nearly the whole world appeared to be lulled in that sinister sleep. Among the Catho lics on center stage, no thought was considered so obtuse and no style of action deemed so hi ckishly backward and counterproductive as that of a nti-communism. In that twiligh t of anti-communism, the owls soon began hooting for joy as darkness was covering everything. The cocks, crowing their unshakable hope the light would return, were being muffled. But now at the dawn of the cold war , the owls are growing silent; the hens gaily awaken, apparently intent on cackling louder than the cocks crow. As the media discover that detente is over, I can already hear the fest ive hubbub of certain anti-communist voices th at had been prudently silent until just recen tly, Ah! How delightful it is to be an opportunist! The Soviet lu ll aby aimed at Cathol ic op inion was the same one sung for the laicized states o f the West, merely

adapted to religious themes. It began during the reign of Pius XI as "the po licy of the extended hand." The vigorous Pontiff silencedÂˇ the serpent's canticle in 1937 with th e Encyclical, Divini Redemptoris. But Jacqu es Maritain, the suave philosophical meadow lark, took up th e melody again under Pius X II. Even though this Po ntiff maintained the irreducible and polemic position of his predecessors toward Communism, he let th e philosopher sing. When John XX III ascended to the papal throne, the lullaby spread to ever wider a reas of the Church . At Vatican Council II , the mutism of the august assembly toward the greatest adversary the Church ever had in her whole history - a silen<;e that will scandalize centuries to come plainly indi cated that the lullaby was already victoriously putting the whole Catholic world to sleep. In sa)1 ing th is, I am not going beyond Paul Vi's own testim ony. He lamented that the Ch u rch was going through a mysterious process of sci f-destruction (Allocu tion of 12/7/68), and that the "smoke of Satan" had penetrated her (Allocui:ion of 6/29/72). These two affirmations clearly referred to a desolation even greater than the torrent ial infiltration of Communism in Catholic circles. For we must also take in to account the expansion, so akin to it, o f progressivism. After all, in the final anal ysis, what is proÂˇ gressivism but a philosophical, theo logical and canon ical disgu ise of the Communist wolf? It would be easy to co ntinue the history of the effects of the Soviet lullaby, at least in our country. However, that would make it necessary to reprint h 7re my whole book Tbe Church i11 the Face of the Rise of the Communist Menace - l\n Appeql to the Silent Bisbops. To do that would amou nt to giving up the journalistic treatme nt of the matter. I propose to do someth ing much simpler. Take Revel's list of the illusions with which the Soviets' lullaby put the West to sleep and transpose it to the rel igious and ecclesiastical sphere, stressing the si milarity of its effects on the Catholic world . This is what I shal l do in the next article. In the guise of a bridge to the next article, I cite again the open ing phrase of Revel, duly adapted: "Why has de tente led the Catholic world to a failure? - Because in th e mentality of the Catholics it meant the suspension of Soviet aggress iveness, and in the me ntal ity of the Soviets, the suspension of all Catholic response to their aggressiveness ." One couldn't make a more realistic summary of what ac tuall y happened.

SPLIT ROCK!

Tbe Wbo group - a gang war on stage Sam Lovejoy calls himself a n "antinuclear civil disobedient." He heads up a coalition of twenty-five rock groups calling themselves MUSE - Musicians United for Safe Energy. Several months ago, at a MUSE-sponsored anti-nuke rock concert in New York City, Carly Simon, purp ortedly a "top name" in rock la nd, declared:"l'm here to save my c hildren from radiation." J ackson Browne, a nother performer warned:"Th e lives of future generations are in our hands." Rock singer John Hall sang, " Power," the anthem of th e anti-nuke m ovement, which contains the line: "Please take all your atomic poison power away." All of this concern for living and future generations is edifying on the part of such a prestigous coalition whose performances have had such a mind-boggling effect on the youth of the country. However, a cursory review of the history of rock groups shows that th ey are more dangerous to the health than the nuclear power colossus against which th ey are demonstrating. Thus far, there have been more people killed at rock concerts than at n uclear power plants. The grim score so far is 16 to O in favor of th e rock promoters and performers. The famous Three Mile Island nuclear accident which Preside nt Carter called the "worst crisis" experienced b y the nuclear power industry took no lives. And, according to the official Kemeny Commission Re port, "the most serious health effect " of the Three Mile Island accident was severe, shortlived m ental stress. The radiation doses outside the plant, the rep~rt goes on to state, were "so low that t he overall health effects will be minimal. There

smashi ng their instruments on stage at the end of each performance in something that resembl es a "gang war." During the MUSE-sponsored event in New York, Pete Seeger (well-known for his anti-Vietnam war activity in the 60's) sang: "Split wood, not atoms." Obviously, Seeger is not well-informed whereof he sings. An insurance company trade association reports that nearly fifteen percent of the 725 accidental fires investigated last year in the state of New Hampshire, for example, were caused by improper use or maintenance of wood burning stoves. The Consumer Product Safety Co mmission (CPSC) says there was a 544% increase last yea r in burns caused by wood-burning stoves. In additio n, with the growing popularity of wood as a fuel, an estimated 51,000 persons were slash ed in chain saw acciden ts. Perhaps, the comparative da ngers of nuclear power plants and rock co ncerts can be best summ ed up b y i\.\ US E member David Crisobv who sa id: " I do n 't thi nk politics and music mesh well. But this is legit - I'm here because I'm scared. Th ese reactors depend on people and people always mess t hi ngs up." Indeed they do ... at Woodstock, Altamont, Watkins Glen, Cinc inna ti ...

Tbree Mile Island - safer tban a rock co 11cert will either be no cases of cancer o r th e number of cases will be so small it will never be possible to detect them." Some ten years ago at the now infamous rock concert held in Woodstock, New York, three people died. The additional numbers tha t suffered from, overdoses of drugs and alcohol and from various disorders caused by poor h ygiene habits could never be NOTE' ascertained. In the same year, a young Address Change man was slain during a rock festival on for l'hc the West Coast in Altamo nt, CaliforTFP NEWSLETTER nia during a p erformance of the Roll ing Stones. This episode made na tional and international headlines. In 197 3, at a roc k show in Wa tkins Glen, New York, a sky dive r was killed. And just last December,outside Cin cinnati's RiverTFP NEWSLETTFR side Coliseum, 11 people di~d in a rush P. 0. Bo:-. 12 1 to see the rock group, "The Who." PlcasannÂˇilk. N.Y. 10570 "The Who," as its fa ns well know , has always lived o n the oute r limits of rock. Its a ntics and actions o n stage have not been designed to bring ou t the best qualities in its audience. The group has long received notoriety for

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.._......_.....,_,...,.._....,_______ Scene of a recent dramatic escape b:y bulldozer. Where there's During the past few mo.nths there has noise of the motorcycle engine th ey been a spate of daring escapes and other used to inflate the balloon; during the defections from the USSR, and other flight, the balloon was momentarily Soviet-bloc countries of Eastern Europe. caught in the beam of an East German Closer to home, mass flights of Cubans searchlight. from Communise Cuba are raising Some escapees made their flight questions about the internal conditions across lo ng dist ances, t hereby increasing of Castro's Caribbean "paradise" as well. the danger of being caught or killed. Many o f the escapees were privileged For exar;;ple, a Russian rec-encly walked members of the communise soc ial systo Sweden from Murmansk, the pore on tern - leading sports personalities, the bitterly cold Ko la Peninsula in bailee dancers and musicians. Others no rthern Russia. He lived on berries and were members of the working class. . . mushrooms for 26 days in one of the the class tha t is supposed to be the chief world's m ost inhospitable regions. beneficiary of the comm unist system. Earlier, a 19-year old unarmed Soviet soldier disguised in civilian clothes All these people were united in a evaded KGB guards and entered Norway single o bj ective - a rejection of th e after making a similar journey across communist system and the desire to th e Kola Pen insula. In October, 1978, sta rt life anew in an atmosphere of a 32-yca r old lumber jack crept through greater freedom and opportunity. a drain pipe on the Soviet-Finnish borOne of the most daring and ingender. He, coo, walked to freedom in ious escapes that captured the attenSweden. tion of the West was that o f two East Many people have hidden themselves German families who escaped in a in luggage being transported in vehicles home-made hoc air balloon. Ironically, and trains. the ballonists' idea of how to escape An East German television anno unwas inspired by a program on ballooncer, Renate Hagen, curled up inside a ing broadcast on East German television louds peaker box with o th er musical two years ago. The "airship" was conequipment which was being carried in structed in the basement of the esa van to West Germany. The East Gercapees over a period of several months. man guards checked the van contents, Th e men built the cabin of t he vehicle except the loudspeaker box. from thin sheets of metal, pipes, robes In anoth er case, at least two East an d various odds and ends. The wives Germans escaped by hiding in a lifemade th e 25 meter high balloon from sized model of a cow which was being curtains, sheets and other fabrics. Their taken to an agricultural trade exhibition escape had enough incidents to make an in t he West. exciting movie: On the way to the Other escapes have been by sea. One launch site, they narrowly escaped aryoung East German technician escaped rest ; at the site, th ey thought they h ad from his country b y sitting astride his drawn attention to th emselves with the home-made miniature submarine which

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a w ill, there's a way. was powered by a motorcycle engine. He was almost completely submerged as he traveled from near Rostock into the Baltic Sea. Even tua lly, he was picked u p by a Danish ship. Incidents of mass escapes from Communist Cuba arc becoming commonplace. Rece ntl y, a slow-moving dredging barge carrying sixty-seven men, women and children sailed from Varadero, Cardenas in Cuba and made it through the Florida Straits on its way to Miami under the noses of Castro's fast Sovietbuilt gunboats. In another case, the Liberian freighter, Lissette, was loading in Havana harbor when late one night sixteen Cubans seized the sh ip. The ship sailed fo r nearly two miles inside Havana harb or without re qu esti ng t he regu lar harbor pilot for directions. It traveled past Cuban warships at Casablanca and under the batteries of the harbor fortress, including Morro Castle, until it reached the open sea. The infam ous Iron and Sugar Cane curtains seem to be full of holes. And perhaps no amou nt of "repairs " will be able to stop the daring and ingenuity of men, women and even children who are determined to leave the socialist "paradiscs." G IVE A G I FT

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DISAPPEARING ACT

Militant fe m ales in Britain have ste pped up th eir cam paign t o ri d Christian litu rgy of such male-o rie nted references as "Ou r Fath er" and " t he brotherh ood 0¥ man." While th e Church of England has th us far been unresponsive, the Vatican-approved International Co mission on English in t he liturgy appears read y to all ow English-speak ing bishops to use alternat ives such as " Dea r God" or "Our Parent " ( The Times, London)

T he manageme nt of Mad rid 's famo us Prado Museum conside rs 3 50 of its pai ntings to be definitively lost . The press of the Spanish capital has recent ly reported the disappearance of seve ral of the Museum's pai ntings. T he saddening communique of the Museum management was made several months after the Spanish government had ordered the ca rry ing out of a " rigorous investigation" to recove r the pa intings. The investigat io n was successfu l in recove ring many of the paintings, incl uding o il paint ings by Zurbaran, but fo und no hint of the remaing 350. And the lovers of treasures of the past can on ly remem be r, with nostalg ia, those celebrated works that enriched the h isto ry of art.

IRANIAN RUN AROUND In spite of t he Stat e depa rtment's o rde r t o expe l some 226 Iran ian diplomats last December, to d ate only 49 of t h e officials have left t he country or are even planni ng t o leave. Of t h e remain de r ...37 are t ry ing t o or have already become permanent residents; 15 arP. await ing hearings; and t he remaining 1 25 ca nnot be found at al l!

RENEWABLE MARRIAGES? Alaska would be the first st ate to perm it renewable t rial marri ages under a b ill int roduced recently in t he State legislatu re. Under the proposal, couples wou ld be allowed to get ma rried for a a specific period agreed on by t he m an and woma n in advance. The "marriage co ntract " wou ld automat ica lly expire wh en th e period was u p u nless both members agreed to renew t h e pact . Ap prova l of t hi s bi ll would signal an important stop towards " free love" and the dest ruction of the American fami ly.

Monsignor Arnulfo Romero

GET RID OF YOUR RINGS LEST YOUR HANDS BE CUT OFF "The hierarchy is increasing and organizing its forces to defend its own interests. Again in the nam e of our people and of our church, I call on them to heed the voice of God and glad ly share with everyone the power of t heir riches, instead of provoking a civi l war that wil l drown us in b lood." The reade r has probably figured that such declarations could only have been made by a leade r of the "Catholic left." Well , he 's getti ng close. But keep going up the scale of the h ierarchy ... He is -i ncred ible as it may seem - the Archb ishop of San Salvador, Msgr. Arnulfo Romero. However, the Archbishop didn't stop the re - he warned that "it is t ime for them to get rid of their rings lest their hands be cut off."

TILTING T O THE RIGHT A poll conducted among 23,000 students for the p ublication of Who's

Who Among American High School Students d isclosed that American students are tend ing to become more conservative. An examp le of this is the support given to the Equal Rights Am endment. In 1975, 63% of th e students pol led supported t he leftist amendment. In 1979, on ly 52% favor it. Three fourths of the students po lled declared that religion plays an important role in their lives. In 1975, on ly 50% had declared so.

ITALY: LESS MARRIAGES MORE ABORTIONS Stat ist ics about the number of marriages in Ita ly re leased in Rom e indi.cate a sharp drop in the last few yea rs. Unti l 1963 the average was 8 .2% in relat ion to the country's population. In t he 15 years after that, the average rema ined between 7 and 8. In t he period 1974-75, it went down to 6.7. In 1979 it dropped to 5.9. Italy is now found among the countries with the lowest average of marriages, Sweden (5.3) and Switzerland (5.6). At the same time, the practice of abo rt io n has cons istently increased. In 1979 there were 11 ,000 aborti ons in Rome alone, t hat is to say, an average of 30 abortions per day! This wit ho ut including clandestine abortions, calculated in 50% or more of the known statist ics. The increase in illegitimate births was 20% in the last four years.

D RAFT THE HANDICAPPED? THE AGED? A UP I report quotes Sen. S. 1. Hayakawa (R-Calif.) as saying t hat it would be "a very nice thing" t o give the handi capped equal access to the armed forces by having them register for th e draft. "For gosh sakes," he said, "a handicapped person with only one leg can become a t ail gunner." Hayakawa 's suggestion ca me at a news conference where he also suggested that by drafting o lde r peop le, the armed fo rces co uld get peop le already trained in techn ica l fields. The 73-y ear o ld senator was asked if he wou ld register th e "elderly." " I don't mind," he replied. " I do sort of lim it it at 40 or 45. If there are good reasons for registering beyond that age, that's fine. I have· no objection. I' ll register myself anytime they want."

Guatemala: Adrift In A Socialist Sea The Caribbean has changed its historical status as a key element in the Monroe Doctrine "umbrella" to that of a Socialist Sea. A recent study by the Republican Study Committee, Washington, D.C., points out the Caribbean countries are falling like the proverbial "dominoes" under the Marxist influence. Guyana, 't(rhere Jim Jones established his outrageous Marxist paradise, has shifted to Marxism itself. Fidel Castro's "man," Omar Torrijos, rules as the strongman in Panama. Several former British West Indies colonies (Dominica, St. Lucia, Grenada, and Jamaica) have embraced the Havana line. Costa Rica has become a sanctuary for terrorists and the sad story of Nicaragua does not need to be repeated here. Now Guatemala - a country with a petroleum future - has become an even more desirable plum for the Caribbean Marxists. The Northern Peten Oil Exploration activities located adjacent to the large Mexican reservoirs, offer a great deal of promise. Estimates are that production early this year will begin at six thousand barrels a day. The proven reserves at Rubelsanto exceed 3 3 million barrels. Production expectations are very high among Guatemalan economists and it is predicted that the cou ntry will become an oil exporting nation before the end of the decade. In view of this, current information that the United States is "cooling" its relations with the Guatemalan government comes as a great surprise. In a memo circulating around Capitol Hill, John Bushnell, the Assistant Deputy Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, informed businessmen attending an Executive/Diplomat Semi nar held in Washington in January, that the U.S. had decided to "cool" its relations with th e government. Bushne-ll contended that the Carter administratio n feels that a change in the Guatemalan government, similar to the changes that have taken place in Nicaragua and El Salvador, is inevitable in the 1980 's. Any U.S. effort to maintain the status quo would only "buy time." Moreover, the report went on to say, support could make the final outcome worse for the United States. In discussing Nicaragua, Bushnell termed the present junta "moderate" and noted with pleasure that the junta had refused to accept financial aid from Cuba. Small wonder since Castro himself has acknowledged the poor state of his country's economy: "We are sailing in a sea of difficulties," he recently told the National Assembly of People's Power. We have been in this sea for some time and we will continue in this sea. The shore is far away." Bushnell apparently told the assembled executives that "if th e U.S. takes

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the same stand on non-intervention (?) in Guatemala that it did in Nicaragua, trade relations should not suffer in the end if a more centrist or even leftist regim e emerges." What is particularly distressing about Bushnell 's statements is that, as one U.S. Latin American affairs expert put it, he was " pulling the plug o n the current government." What Bushnell was doing is scaring away American investment, deliberating cutting off American investment capital - a vital part of the Guatemalan economy. Moreover, the Bushnell briefing came more than two weeks before the widely-publicized incident at the Spanish Embassy where 3 7 persons were killed. Subsequent investigations of this takeover by Quiche "peasants" has revealed that rather than a spontaneous demonstration of In dians and peasants, the whole operation was a terrorist maneuver concocted within the hallowed halls of San Carlos Uni;ersity. These later revelati ons may have come as a surprise to Bishop Ju an Geradi Condera, former president of the Guatemalan Conference of Bishops who condemned what he called " th e massacre of our faithful" in the Spanish Embassy by government security forces. ( Religious News Service) The 24 terrorists who took part were accompanied by four militant peasants, the group being "spontaneously" attired in fatigues, jungle boots and red neckerchiefs. The terrorists themselves exploded the incediary device which took the lives of the 3 7 people.

In view of the fact that Guatamala appears to be committed to personal freedoms and free enterprise for its citizens and with its potential petroleum potential and proximity to the vast Mexican oil fields, it would seem to be in the best interest of the United States to throw our natio nal support behind this beleaguered country. Or. . .at least not to aid and abet its enemies.

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Heroism At Sea Fighting Back

A handful of U.S. Navy sailors jumped off their ship into the South China Sea last summer in order to bring about the rescue of some Vietnamese boat people when they saw that the captain was not going to rescue the refugees, the Sacramento Bee reported (2/28/80). The incident came to light as the 37,000 ton replenishment oiler USS Wabash, the prime recovery ship for the boat people operations, docked in California after cru ising nine months in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Commenting on the incident, an officer of the Wabash said that the destroyer, USS Parsons was steaming off the Thai coast with orders to rescue only those refugees whose boats were considered to be unseaworthy. "The skipper of the Parso ns had determined that a boat with refugees it came across was seaworthy and was leaving t he area when a guy from the Parso ns jumped into the water in protest and a bunch of his friends joined him," the officer added. "The idea was something like 'if you don 't pick them (the refugees) up, we won't come back o n board." The skipper stopped and picked up the boat people and his mates. After that, President Carter announced that the 7th Fleet would pick up all boat people regardless (of the condition of their vessels). The Parsons did stop and stayed next to t he refugees' craft until the Wabash came alongside to pick them up. A spo kesman for the commander of the Navy's Pacific fleet said in Hawaii that that sailors' action contributed to a reversal of the destroyer skipper's initial decision not to pick up the 19 refugees, 10 of whom were children. The Pacific S tars and Stripes, a military daily newspaper, had carried a small story about the incident quoting the unidentified sailor as saying that it was his "moral and Christian duty" to do anything to help save the boat people, including jumping into the water to force his captain to stop.

Amidst a plague of ugly crime including what New York Mayor Koch has called "an epidemic of gun vioh::nce" - New Yorkers are fighting back with "Western style posse" justice. Rush hour commuters in Grand Central Station cheered loudly recently when a group of bystanders banded together to grab a wallet snatcher. In another instance, subway riders tackled Âˇa mugger and held him until the police arrived on the scene. Earlier in the year, a knife-wielding assailant fled into the arms of police in order escape an angry crowd. Crime - on the streets and in the subways in New York - has been receiving front-page headlines and has been featured on the evening news since the early part o[ this year. One of the most bizarre and yet unsolved cases was that of an unidentified man brandishing a meat cleaver who slashed four riders on the subway in two separate attacks. He managed to escape by leaping from th e train moments before it left the station. Cases of persons, young and old, being pushed onto the subway tracks in front of oncoming trains have become increasingly more fre qu en t. But citizens are now reacting. Recently, a ngry commuters and a subway conductor disarmed and captured a man who had threatened them with a knife. "Chalk chis one up for the public," said Transit Authority police officer David Orshoitz after the incident. " I'm sure if we hadn't arrived, we could have found one suspect hanging from a subway beam. The suspect was escaping t o us to keep away from them," he said. In other cases, about 100 commuters

New Yorkers demonstrating at Albany hypnotically plodding th rough Grand Central Station on their way to work stopped to cheer as twenty bystanders chased and grabbed a man who tried to steal a woman's wallet as she waited to get coffee at the bakery o n the terminal. "It was a whole team effort," said bakery manager J oseph Zaro, who helped hold the rob ber until the police arrived. In another incident, a band of eight to ten subway riders chased a nd tackled an 18-year old man after they saw him snatch two gold chains fro m a woman's neck. The angry straphangers also held the suspect until t he police arrived.

Air Show Over The Caribbean Official sources in Santo Domingo report that late in J a nuary of this year there was an aerial incident near the bo rder of the Dominican Republi c and Haiti involving American planes in pursuit of a squadron of four Migs that had taken off from Cu ba in a local reconaissance flight. According to the report, which had been kept secret up until rece ntl y, American fighter planes from Guan tanamo started to pursue the squadron as soon as it cook off from Cuban soil. The report went on to say t hat, it wasn't until the Cubans neared the Haitian coast, that they no ticed the presence of the American planes. A few moments later one of the Migs started to have engine trouble and had to withdraw from the group. Unofficial speculations say this case was one of the ingredients that prepared the ambience previously to the visit to the country of Major General Robert Schweitzer, t he Chief of Strategic Oper-

ations of the U.S. Army. During his. visit, Schweitzer made a clear warning against Communism. It is believed that, in the wake of the incident, Am erica n radar in Guantanamo has started to rigidly screen all of the aerial traffic o n the island, including planes that apparently take off fo r overseas ca rrying Cuban troops a nd equipm ent. Th e reports say there is intense air and sea traffic all over t he Caribbean area. President Antonio Guzman denied that General Schweitzer had come to offer to sell weapons t o the Domi~ican government. He also de nied leftist claims that the visit co nstituted interference in th e internal affairs of the country . Th e president recognized the need for renewing the country's naval equipment, which dates from th e time of Truj illo, in order to defend its sovereignity in view of th e mounting dangers in the area.

No. 20

Vol. 1

1980

Hostage In The Rose Garden

He's been virtually incommunicado in the White House for more than three mon th s now. He's the ma in character in the " R ose Garden stra tegy," a seemingly endless play to protect Presiden t J immy Carter from having to " s uffer the slings and arrows of o utrageous fortune " ri sing from the eve nts surrounding his tenure in o ffice. Now, after a series of foreign policy set-backs and an inflation rate that ca n be genuinely characte ri zed as "runaway," seri ous questions are being raised abou t the competence of the man who seems

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the White House Rose Garden. The isolated president seems to be acting as a perso n who is out of touch with rhe nation a nd indeed , with the world. The co ntinu ed captivi ty of the fift y American hostages in Ira n is ca using an ever-dee pe ning s t rain on A m erica's honor and on he r via bility as a su perpower. For seve ral weeks, American public opinion has had lo watch' in ama zement as the Administration m ane uvered to try to get t h e Marxist t errorists who invaded the Em bassy in

Teheran to ncgonatc the hostal(cs' release. The end result 1wtbi11g, 'but assured pro longed caprivin·. · Adding to this feeli n g of disma1·. was the blunder ar the Unite d Natil;ns recently when rhc President publicly repudiated rhe U.S. vote in th e Unite d Nat ion s Security Council. The vote a nd its disavo wal managed to infuriate bot h the Arabs and rh e Israelis and th ro w t he United States allies in t o confusio n. As a n'a tural consequence . President Zia of Pakistan , eyei ng t he inconsist e ncy of the directi o n of the Administratio n ,

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b rusque! y rejected the U.S . offer of $40 0 million in m ilitary aid. "Pean u ts," Zia had said weeks earl ier - someth ing about which Carter knows plen ty. In Wash ingron, early in fv\ arch, West Germa n Cha ncello r Helmut Sc h midt c hided Carter for overreacting in the Afgh an istan crisis and later called for a more "co here n t" policy. Events on the national scene a rc just as d isconcerting. Latest figures show an a nnual in flation rate of 20%, p rom p t ing Ca rter to disavow the"prudent" fisca l 198 1 bu dget he had submitted to Congress just last Ja n uar~·- T he Congrc.:ssio nal Bu dget Office projected a budget deficit of nearlr $50 billion for fiscal 1980 the 1·er1· ,;c;tr which the President prom,ised he· 1~ould have the budget balanced. Flip-flops and zig-zags have bee n characreristic.: o f Caner's term in office. Like a hostage he tends to react rather than a n tiei pa\e. to race from o nc crisis to the ncxt. alwa~·s hoping for rh e best. Caner camc tu office pledging troop reductions in Korea. Then , n.:al izi ng that American public.: opi n ion wou ld not stand for it. .. rescin de d the orJ er. I le campaigned for human rights a round the world but onh· enforced sanctions, on our allies, not t l~e communist controlled gon:rn m cnts. Afrcr U.S. di plomats spent 111<>nth, c.:o nviring 1 /\T O allies of the nn:essit1· uf the neutron bom h, he ranrelcd pr;>duction. /\s a g uest of t he Shah of Iran. in 1977 he roasted h im for

U.S. image abroad: /\ sometimes pai11f11l butt of jokes. his great leadership. A yea r later -he ase no ugh, was d ressed like a clown. sisted him , by virt ua ll y disarm ing h is " Who w ill lower }'Ou r taxes? Not roops, inro exile. Standing up to the body!" shouted Grav}'. threat o f the Soviet b rigad e in Cuba, he "Who knows r he truth about Chapprono u nced it, "unnacee p table" a n d paq uid dick? Nobody!" was p romptl y ignored by Russia. This Bemused a nd con fused spectators b rought Carter to retort t h at the b rigade st ood by awa iting the appearance of " is certainly no reason to return to t he Nobody. T hen they cheered as a set of cold war ." chatte ri ng plastic teeth were brought All of rhis makes m ore feasible t h e ou r carried o n a velvet cushion as the a nn ou ncement o f t he en try of a new band played "Nobody /(11ows t/Je candidate into rhe ap:irhetie presidential Trouble f 've See n . " race - "NO BOD Y. " An article in the Pres ident Carter h imself. as CandiSa11 F m11cisco BEE (2/13/8 0 ) re ported date Carter d uring rhe 1976 campaig n t hat the new can d idate h ad hit the camgave a boost to Nobody's campaign paign trail. "Nobody is perfect" said when he told a crowd, "No body has all one of h is cam pa ign ma nagers na m ed the answers." Wavy Gravy, and who, appropriate ly So it seems.

"Forgetful Bishops" , \1 least six Catlrnlic priests in the Phillip inc Isla nds have join ed t he communist undergrou nd and others a re open!~· :1rguing for a "Marxist o p tion," acc or d ing to an article published re n:nrlv in t ht 11·ashi11}{!011 i'ost (2/3/8 0). Two· issuts currenrly divide rh e re presen ra rives oft he 1:il ipino Catholic Church , the article s tatcJ : "ap proving violence in response to all eged abuses by rhe martia l law governm ent and cooperating with thc commu nist guerrillas."

Chu rch officials are q uoted as saying that ma ny pricsrs a re seeking ap proval of armed resista nce of the m ilitary and u rgi ng cooperat ion with the communist gu crill as . Bishop Francisco Claver of the Prelarurc of Lalaybalay is quoted as saying: " T wo priests now argue for an opening ro tht Marxis t option. T hey say w e

shou ld go with the people who have rhe power and char is the peo ple with the gu ns. The y ask what is the alternative under m artial law." Bishop Frederico Esealer of the Prelature of Kidawapa n has, according ro rhc article, adopted a pol icy of providing food, c lothing a nd shelter to communis t guerillas in his area a nd has refused mil itary requests to inform them of insta n ces of t h is aid. "Wc w ill continue to give assistance ro them jusr as we wou ld do to governmen t soldiers who ask for it," Bishop Escaler is q uored as saying. Apparently t he Bishop does nor distingu ish between good a nd evil. And apparently some membe rs of the Filipino hierarch y and clergy are unaware of the abu n dan t papal doc um e n tation cond eming any association with communism, or in its m ilder form, soc ialism.

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T FP Newsle t ter /\ fortnighrh- public.:a rion of the Amcn can Society for rhc Defense of Tradition. Fa m ily. and PrPrerr1· \ TFP\ John Ho rvat. Editor. Twen t y-four issues per yea r. Subscription rares $22.50 pc:r ,·ca r for l ' .S. and Canada (sent Fir>t C!J,, \. surface mail to other cou n tries, $22.50 per year: Airmail rates upon requ est . For suhsniprion & infor111ar1n n wrirt' T FP N n n le1ter, P. 0. Box 121, Pl easa ntvil le, N . Y. 105 70 . Perm ission is !!ranreJ to reprodu,-e in w ho le or in part a111· arri,·lc i n this llt'\\'Sle rrer with c redir l!ive n ro TFP Newsletter.

Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira

The Failure of Detente and the Vatican Policy In my last article I promised to publish the twelve impostures with which, according to J can-Fran cois Revel in L 'Express, Jan. 26, 19~0. Russia managed to engage the West m the process of "detente." As proposed, however, I will enunciate them adapted in su ch a way as to show how they fit the propositions of the Vatican Ostpolitik . After each Soviet imposture is m y commentary, preceded by a dash. 1. The communist governments are no longer taking religious persecution to its last consequences. To a certain extent everywhere, and most notably in Poland, they tolerate some c hurches being open, all ow the ecclesiastical hierarchy to discharge minimal fragments of its ministry, permit the formation of seminarians, etc. Su ch governments arc "respectful" of this status qu o. Consequently, when they persec ute the Church in all fields without suppressing these residual religious liberties, the Catholics must be understanding. For all this does not e xceed the limits of the less-than-total persecution they had st ipul ated. - This is a false theory . One can not expect the com munists to respect su ch limits our of mere benevolence. These shreds of co ncessions made to the Church in Eastern Europe demobilized the anti-communist campaign which Catholics had mounted all over the world. This was a priceless facto r favoring comm unist infil trarion throughout the West. 2. The communist go vernments' atheistic offe nsive failed to ach ieve the total extirpatio n of th e nam e of God from the souls of the peop le . Therefo re these governments began a po li cy of concessions towa rd religion. Now if the Catholics of the West want thi s poli cy to continue, they must stop thei r anticommunist polemics. - This calamitous e rror of si le ncing anti-commu nist polemics by Catholics has been favori ng the expansion of historical materialism am ong the free peop les without it being impeded by a reaction from the greatest sp iritual power in the world . 3. The moral and ideological bankruptcy of Communism will finally turn all the peoples away from it. Some ten years ago Brzezinski signed an article in the New Leader entitled "Comm unism Is Dead." - Many Catholics also su pposed that, if not dead, the comm unist jackal was a t least moribu nd. They be-

gan to chuck it under its chin to make sure they would be in good positions to pick up the pieces when it died. Now their fingers are caught in its teeth. 4. Nationalistic brands of Communism are goi ng to be established everywhere and limit Soviet influence in the world. Titoism will become generalized. After the fall of Saigon in 1975, Tbe New York Times prophccicd that Vietnamese Communism would rapidly turn anti-Soviet. "No comment," said Revel. - The Vatican Ostpolitik believed in the thcrapeutical virtues of Eurocommunism. And there it is, dead. No comment, I also say. 5. There will be a converge nce between the economic systems of the East and the West. The wh ole contemporary world tends toward political and economic unity. - The "fall of ideological barriers" betwee n commu nists and Cath olics is a reflection of this tendency and an indispensable condition for achievi ng this unity. So the process of unification was started ... by the Catholics who le t innumerable barriers fall. 'F.h~ com munists, however, in spite of their fi reworks cele brating "dercnte," It-ept th ose on their s ide sta nding. 6. East-West co ntacts must be broadened a nd multiplied as much as possib le. As Ll oyd George said in 1922, "Tbe 111oderati11g influence of co111111erce (a nd man y hoped, of ideological contacts as well) wo uld lead more certainly tban any otber method to the end of tbe f erocity, bm1ditry and b m tality of Bolsbevism." - The Catholics believed in the mirac ul o us effects of th is sovereign balm. Eur now we have religious persecution in Czechoslovakia, denounced some days ago in a n offic ial communique of the Socie ty of Jesus in Rome. 7. Th e conflict between China and Russia will rep lace the one be tween t he democra tic societies a nd Soviet totalitarianism . The two communist giants will destroy each other. - We Catholics wanted to imagine that we could cross our a rms. Th a t was a m ere pretext for the inertias of cowardice a nd ~o~. â&#x20AC;˘ 8. Eurocommunism marks th e end of the "World Comm unist Ch urch" and co nstitutes a challenge to Russia. Same commentary Euro-comm unism is no w a political leftover that nobody takes seriously anymore.

9. Moslems in the Soviet Un10n co~stitute an explosive force within the communist system. Moscow will be forced to come to terms with the Islamic countries of the Middle East. - Catholics can, therefore, ho pe that Mo hammedan fervor will oblige the Krem lin to grant muslims more ample religious liberties which may even tually be extended to them without their having to pay the cost of effort and struggle against Communism. Same commentary. Po in ts 10, 11 and 12 of Revel's article, strictly political, can not be easily transposed to the religious field. Revel 's listing, by the way, was apparently only a set of examples. At any rate, the transposition of his examples to the Cath olic realm included on)y a few of the frauds. They are innumerable. The progressives spread torrents of such deceptions all over the wo rld with a zeal comparable only to that of the T F P in unmasking th em. What can be done in the Ca tholic camp to bring a n e nd to this catastrophe whose unchecked progress wo uld slay the Church if She were morta l? Words coming from the lips of just one man would su fficc. From the successor of him to whom it was said: "Thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against her " (Matt., 16 -18). Whether every thing in the Catholic world stands or collapses, depends, in the final analysis, on him. On his choice . Oh how we beseech Our Lady, the Mediatrix of all graces, that continuing in the long a nd arduous path on which he was taken some first steps, he may reach the culminating moment wh e n he says the right word to overthrow the walls of Error, of Evil and of the Hideous, and t o raise those of the True, the Good and the Sublime.

Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira, a thinker and writer of world-wide renown, is the founder of the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property, the largest anticommunist organization in Brazil and president of its National Council. Professor de Oliveira has a syndicated column in the Folha de Sao Paulo, th~ newspaper with the largest circulation in Brazil.

HEADS ROLL Within a perio d of just a few days , an allegorical bird o f prey , specialized in firing people, flew by th e cabinets of three co mmunist countries-all of which, incidentally, are am ong Moscow's m ost faithful d isciples. Swoo ping d own, the bird fulminated m any government VIPs in Cuba, Angola and Vietnam . By sheer coincidence - or perh aps m ore than that - t hese purges had certain features in comm o n. Not o nly d id they take place in th e three coun triei; at approximately the same tim e, but they were carried o u t soon after Russian bu llets changed go vernments in Afghanistan near the end of last year. These purges were very timely fo r the regimes of Havana, Lua nda and Hanoi. In fac t , t hey strengthen them internally - a considerable help fo r t hem to fac e the inevitable external isolatio n provoked by th eir m aster's adventu re in Afg hanistan. Th e cha nges were proba bl y undertaken with Soviet h elp. They may have b een hastened o n account of the Afghan affair. Perhaps they reflec t, in the periphery o f the Soviet empire, the u ncertainties of the struggle for succession that takes place in Moscow itself. But ab ove all, these changes are the result of n ot-so-recent internal an d local problem s.

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Scapegoats In the cases of Cu ba and Vietnam, th ere is no dou bt that the changes are directl y due to the spectacular admin· istrative fiascos of their governments. In both cou ntries, t he chronicall y anti· natural and un workable commu nist system has left the economy in sham· bles. Bu t since the system , of course, "cannot" b e wrong, blame is placed on th e managerial incompetence of certain comm unist bosses - scapegoats who m ust pay the price. In Cuba, a general "administra tive reform" - an euphem· ism to designate the bird who fi res people - was announced on Janu ary 11. Eleve n cabi net m inisters were dismissed. Nin e ministries and top level administra· tive agencies were absorbed by others, including the Defense portfolio, until n ow occupied by Castro's brother Raul. To put a note of finality to it, Fidel himself took over the portfolios of Defense, Interior, Health and Culture. In Viet nam, economic disasters added to military d ifficult ies experienced by th e Vietnamese troops who invaded Cambodia an d who maintain Hanoi's puppet government there. Massive ex· p ulsion of pro-Chinese elements at all levels of the Communist Party took place and the first news of important ch anges in the h ighest levels of leader· sh ip began to leak to the West, January 30. Old an d respected chiefs who had

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risen during the long war were summaril y replaced by younger people. The mythical general Vo Nguyen Giap, th e "hero" of Diem Bien Fu, who led the fight against the America ns in t he 60's, has left th e Defense portfolio to possibly become Prime Minister. In all, six ministers were fired . Of th e old tim ers, the unrestrictedly pro-Soviet Le Du an was the only one to retain his position as the country's strong ma n and Secre· tary General of th e Commu nist Party.

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Although the news on Angola is less clear, th ere appears to have been a tightening of Soviet contro l there. On Janu ary 9, news was let out that the old time revolutionary Hcnriqu e (" Iko") Telles Carreira, th e right-hand-man of the late President Agostinho Neto, had given up the Minis try of Defense to "study abroad." In fact, ever since J ose Eduardo dos Santos replaced Neto in Angola, Carreira 's situation, beca m e weaker and weaker . Now the implac· able bi rd has flown into his office too .

THAT BEDSIDE MANNER The 126 medical schools in th e United States each year receive 340,000 applications for the 16,700 openings they have available. Who gets accepted and why usually remains a mystery. But now, a recent report in The New York Dr. Faustus cre Times (12/11/79) has shed some light ating Homzmcuon how the admission process works. lus, test-tube man. Were so111e of the pieces The decision rests m ore and more on 111issi11g? the appli cant's personality rath er th an on his grades or performance on the s tandard adm issio ns test. In deed, at the New Yo rk University School o f Medicine, o ne of the nations leading medical schools, where each year 4,800 applica.nts compete for only 170 places, a candidate may be asked to see a psychiatrist. Before a candidate is eventually granted admission, seven members o f the admissions staff must agree on t he " It's all a jig-saw puzzle and we'reÂˇ appli catio n. Many ca ndidates are rejected trying to piece it together , " explained outright because of poor grades. But it Raymond Brienza, assistant Dean in is the interview that is regarded as the charge of adm issions to NYU. most crucial elemen t in assessi ng a In the end, of course, it's the pat ient candid;ite's maturity, motivation, and ability to work with others. As an example, an "A" student at Yale seeking admission to New York University presented excellent reco mmendations from his teachers and impressive summ er work credenti als. But the student , who was described by one Yale faculty m ember as the "best student in the class" was rejected by NYU. T he reason: the admissions committee fo undÂˇ a problem with his personality. Although severnl Âˇ faculty members at Yale stated his perso nali ty was "pleasing," the interviewer, wh o was a m ember of the medical school faculty, concluded the y ou_ng man was "a severe obsessional" who "sat on the edge of h is chair" used "rehearsed mannerisms" and had a "focused stare." Certainly not a very appealing bedside manner. " It's not su fficient to be 'one of the best,' " said Dr. Lawrence Prutkin , who screens ap pl ications at New York State Medical School before processi ng. "What I'm looki ng for is, 'In my ten years of teaching, h e is o ne of the best I have ever had.' " "Fifty percent of the problems we have with first an d second-year students are psychiatric ," said Dr. David Scotch in the Times interview. Dr. Sco tch , an assistan t dean at the sch oo l, explained that it is th e staff's goal to eliminate those applicants who may later develop psychological difficulties in the course of trai ning. Members of the staff said th at some schools are reputed to rely on stress interviews in which a candidate may be asked to o pen a win dow that has been nail ed shut, or may be questioned by a particularl y argu mentative in terviewer.

who puts the new doctor to the fi nal test. He hopes t ha t all the pieces of the jig-saw puzzle have been put together properly.

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INSATIABLE APPETITE The biggest government land grab in the nation's history is shap ing up, warns rancher-lawyer Bill House o f Cedar Vale, Kansas. Mr. House is President of th e American Natio nal Cattlemen's Association and is widely know n throughout th e U.S . and the world in h is field . Th e stakes in the gam e arc high . The government has on its "grass cou ntry shopp ing list" a swath of land fifty m iles wide - running from north to sou th - across Kansas a nd continu ing for another fifty miles into Osage County of Oklahom a. The Flint Hills area of Kansas alo ne covers abou t five milli on acres of the rich est virgin grassland in North America. The whole regi on stretching fro m the Sand Hills of Ne braska, the Flint Hills of Kansas and into Ok laho ma is o ne of the most economical and productive beef-prod uci ng areas of th e world. What the government is proposi ng is to turn th e lan d into a national pa rk . New legislation recentl y introduced proposes that the new governm ent venture called Prairie Park would encom pass actually three large parks covering a total of 374,000 acres. House believes that th e U.S. Park Service has in mind th e co ntrol of the total Flint Hills area of over 5 milli o n acres in Kansas and probably a million acres in Oklahoma. Plans for th e park date back to the 193 0 's accordi ng to House. In 1963, simihrr legislation was in trodu ced t ha t would have set up a park of some 600,000 acres. It encom passed a lot of farm land and grazing lands . What would have happened to the fa rmers

and ranchers who owned the right to the land is left to specu lation. Mr. Ho use assu mes the govern ment would have displaced the owners and turned the land bac k to grass. In an exclusive intervciw with Livestock magazine, Hou se claims that the new legislatio n su pports the o rigi nal proposal. A commission of fifteen men - seven from Kansas, three from Oklah oma and the rest fro m the Department of the Inter ior wou ld be establish ed . This commission wou ld take control of th e entire area of some six million acres - exactly th e total amount of acreage in Flint Hills and Oklahoma . The government wou ld have th e right to acqu ire any lands tliey would like by condemnation. The balance by acq ui sition on a first right to buy basis. In other words, a rancher or farmer couldn't sell to anyo ne else but the: government. In fo rm ed observers note that t he fede ral government's attempt to im plem ent th e Reclamation Act of 1902 in California in 1978 (a scheme that was temporarily b loc ked - sec TFP Ne wsletter (Vol. 1 No. 9), th e passage of th e Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (that dash ed t he hopes of Westerners that lands previously taken from th em by th e federa l govern m ent in return for statehood would be returned ro them) and now the Fl int Hills proposal smacks of an all-o ut agrarian reform program on a national scale that could undermine the traditiona l va lues and health y productivity of th e nation.

JSrEWS FLAยงJI8ICES fornia's Commission o n Teacher Prepa ration and Licensing decided not to revoke his credentials and he was only c hided for using "poor judgment" a nd " inappropriate words." T he teac her in turn is now suing the school system for $4 million because of his dism issal. Shakespeare's line, " ... If this be madness make the most of it," certai nly fits this situ atio n .

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Corn being loaded aboard ship bound for Russia in Albany, N. }'. What price honor?

SHIFTING CARGO Longshoremen o f t he Port of Alba ny finally began to load a British ship early in March with only 10 percent of its cargo of corn that was scheduled for shipme nt to the Soviet Union. Early in February, the longshoremen refus ed to load th e Aeneas with 20,000 tons of gra in bound fo r Russia. Th e lnterna-

GENERAL DENOUNCED TAKEOVER PLAN FOR ANTILLES In Bogota, General Alvaro Valencia Tovar, former Commander in Chief of the Colombian Army declared that Nicaragua was not acting alone in claiming possession of the islands of San Andres, Providencia, Se rran a, Roncador and Ou itasueno, which a t the present tim e belong to Colombia. He says Ni caragua is supported by " international powers" in terest ed in dominating the area of the Anti ll es. Seve ra l members of the Colombian Co ngress supported the General's dec larations, pointing out th e strategic importance of these islands.

THE "FEMINISTS" ARE MEN A Harris Institute poll reveals that in the U.S. th e re are mo re "femi n ists" am ong men than among women. The reason more women are not favo ra bl e to equality between the sexes, according to the Institute, is that t h ey may have cons idered some of the inconven iences such as a m il itary d raft. Only !:J ,3/o of the wome n, compared to 59% of t h e men, favored a possible Constitut ional Amendment banni ng sex discrim inat ion.

tional Longshore men's Assoc iation was taken to court over the action but a federal judge refused to halt the boycott. Th e longshoremen refused to load the grain because of th e Ru ssian milita ry intervention in Afghanist an. A spokesman for Cargill, Inc., the port of Albany's chief grain merc han t sa id t he boycott had cost his company $ 50,000. Small p rice to pay for honor.

NO ESCAPE A tea m of Thai officials is reportedly visiting J onestown, Guya na to survey it as a possible site for Indochinese refugees. (China Post, 2/ 2 1/ 80). Who could forget that Jonestown was the Marx ist paradise of the Rev. Jim Jones where 900 persons com.mitted suicide in November of 1978, An official spo kesma n for the T hai government said that Guyana approached them last year and offered to resettle the refugees in Thai land at the J onestown site o n the cond ition that the United Nations finance the cost. If feasable, the spokesman said, the governmen t hopes to resettle the hilltribe refugees from Laos (one of the most active areas of anti-communist res ista nce) in Jonestown because of t he simila r geographic cond,itio ns. Could anyth ing be more cynical and abhorrent?

IF TH IS BE MADNESS... In an article about "The Protection Racket in Education," Dr. Max Rafferty cites a case of a homosexua l teacher writing a love letter to one of his stude nts of the same sex. Th e man was initially d ism issed after the discove ry and su bsequent investigation. However, Cali-

This years crop of college freshmen is m o re materialistic and status conscious than any othe r e nte ring class in recent times, says a study by the American Council on Education. Almost two-th irds of the 289,814 students' interviewed said, "being very well off fi nancia lly" was a crucial goal. When the same q uestion was asked in 1967, only 43.5 percent put a pr~mium on financial secu rity. "Thi s increasing materialism has al so been accomplished by increased st udent interest in power and status," said Alexander W. Astin of the Univeristy of Cali fornia w ho directed th e study. "More students today t han ever before express interest in obtaining recognition from colleag ues - 52.2 pe rcent, up from 50.3 percent last year, and 39 percent in 1974," he sa id. Can this be the reason why America is so eas ily dishonored at the hands of the Soviet Union and the "Khomeinis"? Can t he re be financia l secu rity and status in a nation devasted and w ith ou t honor?

THE EBB OF FREEDOMS The House is now cons ide ring new legislation, the Drug T raffic Act, which proponents claim wo uld limi t d rug trafficki ng. The connection between dru g trafficking and the harassment o f private citizens, resulting from enactment of th is bill , is dubious. If t he bill becomes law, customs officia ls w ill be al lowed to search indivi duals departing the United S tates for possession of "monetary instruments" (cash and securities) in excess of $ 5 ,000. No search warrant is required. S ince successful drug t raffickers have no tro ubl e in bringing enormous amounts of illegal drugs in t he country, can we expect these controls to prevent payments from flow ing out? Informed observers warn t hat t h is bill represents a step to impose foreign exchange controls at a later date and a potent ia ll y serious erosion to our individual freedom .

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have become. A recen t statement reads, "We want Batista even at the cost of blood, and not Castro at the cost of hunger."

"Tbe smoking lamp is out!" Fidel Castro began his 21 st anniversary as dictator bragging that his Marxist revolu t ion is "institutionalized" and "irreversible." Ho wever, the misery plaguing Cuba's economy has now given rise to complaints unprecedented in t he last ten years. Th e Cu ban ·pcoplc arc having to put up with a n economic situation that is becoming worse than ever under previous regimes. One of the many flagrant lies that the Hava na government spread shortly after com ing to power was that ration cards were being required on ly as a passing "emergen cy measure" to co pe with th e effects o f the "hostility of the capitalist world" and the "blockade of the American imperialists." Now, a littl e over 20 years later, more and more articles are being added to the hate d rationing system. Im posed misery has become a way of life. As a result of a n iron-fisted con trol of foodstuffs, for example, people often lack basic necessities. Anti-Castro grafitti are appearing on the walls for the first time, showing how daring - or desperate - the people

Last November 30, t he d ictator's brother, Raul Castro adm itted that Cu ba could no longer blame its economic problems on the American blockade. He stated that the co untry would have gone into bankruptcy without the Soviet aid, which has shot up fro m 3 million dollars per day at the beginning of this decade, to 9 m ill ion doll ars per day , today. Speaking in San tiago, Cuba's seco nd largest city, Raul said that many chiefs of work b rigades falsify production figures in cahoots with the workers and some farm workers work o n the sly for owners of private lands during the hours they are paid to work fo r the government. Th e communist governm ent is considering giving economic incentives to increase production, a slight adaptation of Marxist d ogma fo r the sake of survival.

Cuba's Havana, famous for its cigars and cigarettes, has suspended _production in this sector unti l next July . The AFP news agency reports t hat the large tobacco plants in the capital such as Romeo and Juliet, Partagas, Heroe de Moncada, have confirmed t hat their production stopped las t December. Even productio n of the Cohiba, Fidel's favor ite brand of cigars, has been suspended. One might say that the promise of Castro's soc ialist paradise has, li ke his cigars, gone up in smoke.

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The people's dissatisfaction is so great that between April and September of last year alone, more than 400 people fled from Cu ba in small boats and even makeshift truck tire rafts. Curiously enough, among t he fu gitives w ere many youths who had lived their whole lives in the sh adow of Marxism.

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The eco nomic har_dships of the commu 111st regime have even affected th e comfortable lifestyle of the dictator himself.

Breaking ·Tradition The Academie Francaise was created by Louis XIII in 1635 at the initiative of Cardinal Richelieu to uphold France's literary standards. It was extinguished only during the French Revolution, reap· pearing in 1795 as a part of the Nation· al Institute of Arts and Sciences. Now this literary bastion has suffered at the hands of another revolution - "women's liberation." For the first time in its 345 year history, the A cademie has voted to ad· mit a woman among its "Immortals." Novelist Marguerite Yourcenar was elected (20 votes in favor, 12 against) to occupy the chair vacated by the death of Roger Caillois. Yourcenar is no stranger to breaking with tradition. Born in Belgium in 1913, she has been travelling virtually since her childhood. During her travels in European countries and later in the United Stat.es, she decided to take up residence on an island near the State of Maine and to become an American citizen. Last year, she requested French citizenship and was granted it. This gave rise to polemics among members of the Academte who opposed Yourcenar's election. " It's like putting a dove in a ntbl-i~ hutch ," grumbled 78-year old classicist Jean Guitton. "Adding one pecson like that makes the place overpopulated."

Iran Land Reform Iran's Revolutionary Council approved an agrarian reform law ordering the distribution of State owned lands a nd the breaking up of the large rural properties. constituted under the regime of the deposed Shah Reza Pahlevi. The plots will be distributed among peasants who own no lands, people who have graduated in agronomy and "those interested in agriculture."· Three types of land were included in the law: those owned by the State, those administered by the State since the revolution in 1979, and those that were in the hand$ of the great "feudal" owners. The latter will be divided between productive and not yet cultivated lands. Owners of productive lands will be allowed to keep only an area equ ivalent to the average holding in their region; the lands not yet cultivated will be totally confiscated and redistributed. The recipients of the confiscated lands will not be allowed to transfer them or sell them. In spite of all the talk about the Islamic Revolu tion in Iran becoming anti-Soviet in the wake of Afghanistan, these facts show they are making great strides toward the communist system.

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in behalf of these peoples has greatly moved the directors, members and collaborators of this Society; th erefore, I beg Your Excellency to convey to His Holiness this expression of heartfelt support of these attitudes of his. "Respectfully greeting Your Excellency, 1 request your prayers and blessing. - Plinio Correa de Oliveira, President of the National Council of the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property." In his answer, the Apostolic Nuncio said, after acknowledging reception of the telegram, "the expressions of support of the Holy Father merit all esteem and will be duly transmitted to His Holiness. Including you in my prayers and with a special blessing, I take this opportunity to express to you my esteem and consideration. Attentively, - Carmine Rocco, Apostolic Nuncio. "

The Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) sent a telegram to D. Carmine Rocco, the Apost olic Nuncio to Brazil, asking him to convey ~o John Paul II the Society's support of the Holy Father's initiatives in behalf of the Vietnamese and Cambodian peoples. The TFP message follows: "In view of the cruel and unjust situation created for the Vietnamese and Cambodian peoples by Soviet occupation forces and their local henchmen, this Society has several times .a ddressed authorities such as the Holy See, the Brazilian Government and President Carter asking for measures to bring an end to or at least alleviate the situation of these peoples. The American and Argentinian TFPs took similar steps. "The numerous and moving public appeals of the Holy Father, John Paul II,

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The monumental Cathedral of Milan, consecrated by St. Charles Borromeo in 1577, is affected by an evil whose cure is still unkn own. Its results, however, are being felt more and more every day. The marble has began to disintegrate, even to the point of provoking the fall of statues dating back to 1400. Experts believe this is due to the action of smog containing chemical elements such as sulfur and nitrate, which attack the physical-chemical composition of marble. A series of other factors such as the disappearance of undergrou nd water basins caused by the process of industrializatio n and urban expansion and the vibrations of city traffic, wh ich becomes ever more intense a nd heavy , have placed t he very stability of Milan's most symboli c building in danger.

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PRETORIA SURROUNDED The unexpected victory of Marxist Robert Mugabe in the Rhodesian elections saddened and discouraged . Rhodesian wh ites, horrified South Africa and drastically altered the strategic picture in the south and center of Africa. The South Africans are now painfully conscious not only that as the sole country with an anti-communist government left in Africa they would receive the whole impact of black militant nationalism, but that the situation they had always feared has become a reality. They are in the middle of a Marxist belt wh ich runs from Angola in the West through the new State of Zimbabwe in the center, to Mozambique in the East.

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Robert Mugab e: Red star over Africa Threats It now appears to be merely a question of time until Zambia on the other side of the belt, will succumb to a Marxist takeover. Malawi is another candidate for a communist-supported coup. The vast central Afri.:an State of Zaire, rich in mineral resources, a nd a firm ally of the West, is also threatened. But the really choice cut is South Africa itself, with all of its industrial riches and mineral resources that are vital for the West. It is now under revolutionary pressure, with three Marxist states along its borders.

Mugabe's victory has now opened a probable third fron t on South Africa's northern border. It appears to be only a matter of time until the African National Congress (ANC) obtains permission to set up bases in the new State of Zim babwe to carry out attacks inside South African terri tory just like the Patriotic Front guerrillas attacked Rhodesia from bases in Zambia and Mozambique. And since Mugabe himself was helped to achieve his goals by the "front li ne" states, Zambia, Mozambique, Tanza nia, Angola and Botswana, he wou ld now have a "moral" o bligation to help South Africa!! "freedom fighters" achieve theirs. So the newly " liberated" Zimbabwe will probably become a pact of the "front line" states. Already the economic belt is being tightened around South Africa. Just last week, leaders of eight black African nations met privately with President Kenneth D. Kaunda of Zambia and

signed a declaration to work together to lessen their economic dependence on South Africa. Representatives from Angola, Mozambique, Rhodesia, Swaziland, Tanzania, and Zambia attended the conference. The general assessment,vf the 1-day meeti ng was that lessef,lng of dependence would taken longer than and be nearly as difficult as achieving independence for blacks in South Africa. One wonders if the Marxists will speed up this timetable by less conventional means? World Domination There is a strong feeling in Pretoria that the new situation South Africa is facing can be ignored by the West only at its own risk. In Africa, as in the Middle East, the Soviets are pushing their program of expansion hard. The Soviets' strategic goals include not only the control of oil routes around Cape Town but also the vast treasures of gold, diamonds and strategic minerals in South Africa and Zaire.

American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP)

2000 Years Of Inflation In the Western world, inflation is usually associated with printing vast amounts of money - a practice wh ich actually is o nly a couple of centuries old. However, the Chinese, who, if we can say "invented" paper money, suffered disastrously from inflation due to the indiscriminate use of paper currc;ncy as early as the 14th century. Increasing the paper money supply is not the only way of reducing the value of money. Another method is to simply reduce the amou nt of precious metals in the coinage. This was practiced in anc ient Rome . When Emperor Diocletian came to power in 284 A.O., he found the empire in t he throes of inflation caused by his predecessors who had flooded the country with debased coinage. He tried to stabilize the currency by issuing new gold and silver coins. But the new coins - hoard ed by speculators soon disappeared from the marketplace. Back came the o ld debased coins and with them more inflation. This is an early example of what is now known as "Gresham's Law'' an economic principle that in t he matter of money circulation, "bad money drivesoutgood." In the 1500's, Spain also suffered from the effects of gold and silver coinage bu t in an entirely different way. After the Spanish discoveries of the Americas, t here was a vast influx of gold and silver into the country . The impact of th is large increase in pu rchas-

Germany 1923. Tbeir 111011ey devalued wbile waiting i11 line to buy groceries. and its consequences, had far-reaching ing power drove ~p prices hundreds of and long-lasting effects chat heralded percen tage points. Cheap goods began a series of unprecedented inflations. to be imported and national industries One of the nations hardest hit by stagnated. The consequences for Spain the "curse" was Germany in the 1920's. were disastrous, not o nly economically T he price of a cup o f coffee doubled but, in the end, politically as well. while people drank it. In the end, the value of one pre-World War I Mark was France, around the year 1 720, had represented by one m illion paper marks. its first experience with the curse of Wo rld War II generated another inflation brought on by paper money. round of inflation in which the allIt was caused by the financial man iputime record was established in Hungary. lations of shares in a company set up Since then, inflation has been endemto cake advantage of France's overseas. ic in the world. possessions. A wave of frantic speculaOne thing is sure. A disastrous inflation over the shares occurred and ultion at this moment in history could be timately drove prices sky-high. the instrument to destroy the shaky The First World War was preceded prosperity of t he West and reduce it co by almost half a century of general com mon misery under socialism . mo netary stability. But the War, itself,

FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH In the early 1500's Ponce de Leon arrived in what is no w known as the state of Florida. Popu lar history books recount that it was there he began to look for th e fabled Fountain of Youth . Now... some four hundred and fifty years later, th e magic elixir has been discovered . .. in the most inexplicable of all places - the U.S. prison system. There, long term co nvicts appear to age much more slowly than people on the "outside." Dr. Francis D. Glamser of the Center for Aging at North Texas State University, noted recently, "The wrinkles, hair and posture of the p risoners we interviewed are characteristic of peop le chronologically younger. Th eir heal th and vigor were maintained and lifespan seems to be maximized. In a social sense, prison is almost like being in a state of s uspended anim ation." Dr. Glamser's report went on to state:

"There was one 73-year old prisoner, for instance, who looked like 60. And if a person e nters prison at middle age, he seems to stay there in terms of personality developmen t." Dr. Glamser's study was conducted at the Tennesee State prison in Nashviile in collaboration· \vith Mon ika Reed, a pris o n system researcher for the Tennesee State Legislature. Glamser an d Reed in terviewed and exami ned nineteen inmates between th e ages of 42 and 77 who had spent at least ten years in prison. Th e study revealed that "priso ners age 30% slower, both p.hysically and mentally, on the average than people on the outside. One prisoner had the body of a young perso n, with a lot of muscles and no wrinkles at all - and h is age was 72 or 73 ! He looked 30 years younger. Fifteen of the nineteen inmates

studi ed told the researchers rhev felt younger than the people on the o~tside. One prisoner reported: "When I went hom e, 1 saw an o ld buddy. Man, he was all bent over, and looked like he was 120 years old. He's out th ere in the rat race." Th e stud y, pu blished in The Geroll· tologist, a respected journal on the sub· ject of aging, also quoted earl ier research in which one inm ate said: "There's something funny that hap pens to some people; they come do wn here and their age seems t o fix at wlur it was when they cam e in. Down here, 1 see guys all the time t hat are 60 or 75 but look 40 to 45. " Glamser argues that the main reason prisoners keep their youth is that the,· are not subjected to the stress that outsi ders must end ure daily. Does this augur a new trend in leisure time? Six ·mo nt h, 2-~~ear, 5-year vacations? Life "retirement oroe:rams:>"

TFP Newsletter - A fortn ightly publication of the American Society for th e Defense of Tradition, Family, and Prn pert\' ( TFP\ Joh n Horvat, Editor. Twenty-four issues per year. Subscription rares $2i.50 per year for U.S. and Canada (sent First ClJss\: surface mail to other countries, $22. 50 per year ; Airmail rares upon request. For subscription & in fo rmation write TFP Newsletter, P. 0 . Box 12 1, Pl easa ntville , N. Y. 10570. Permission is granted to reproduce in wh ole or in parr any article in this newslt"ttt"r with cred it give n to TFP Newsletter.

Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira

PRIVATE PROPERTY 1 ooay I fulfill a longstanding promise of providing my readers with a ~ollection of pontifical texts concerni11g private property. The tumultuous situation of the times had led m e to other themes. Now, however, I have the satisfaction of making these golden teachings so neglected, moreover, in certain Catholic publications shine once again by giving them publicity. Private property is being presented more and more - in this epoch of hypertrophied concern about the social as a disagreeable an d anachronistic privilege to which only a few egotists, insensitive to the misery surrounding them, have obstinately attached themselves. Is that the thinking of the Church? This question is of capital importance for our public, the immense majority of whom are Catholics. In order to answer such questions by the very voice of t he Roman Pontiffs, here follow some of their teachings on th is matter. First of all let us consider a question closely related to our topic. I spoke of hyp ertrop hied concern about th e social. This expression may undo ubtedly have made some readers shudder. For if this co ncern corresponds to the general interest, can it really b e overdone? Yes, it can. Its hypertrophy is very harmful to the general interest itself; th e Roman Pontiffs call ed it socialism. Th erefore, the Church undertook "the protection of the individual and the family agai nst a current threatening to bring about a total socialization which in the end would make the terrifying image of the ' Leviathan' become a shoc king reality. The Church will fight this battle to the end , for it is a question of suprem e values: the d ignity of man and the salvation of souls" Pius XII, Radiomessage to the Katholiken tag of Vienna, Sep tember 14, 1952 - Discorsi e Radiornessaggi, vol. XIV, page 314). Moreover, Pius X II sees total socialization not only as a general catastrophe but also as a maneuver of a privileged minority against the common good: " In attributing to the people as a whole its proper, albeit partial, task of ordering the economy for the future, we are very far from admitting that this charge should be confided to the State as such.

However, upon observing the proceedings of certain congresses, even Catholic ones, about economic and social matters, one may note an ever growing tendency to call for State intervention so tha~ one has at times, as it were, the impression that this is the only imaginable recourse. There is no doubt, according to the social doctrine of the Church, that the State does have its proper role in the ordering of social life. To fulfill _this role, it must even be strong and have authority. But those who continuously invoke its strength and authority, making it responsible for everything, lead the State to ruin and really play the game of certain powerfu l interest groups. The result is that all personal responsibility in public affairs comes to an end. So when anyone speaks about the State's obligations or negligences, he is, in fact, referring to the obligations o r fault~ of anony mous groups among whom h e naturally does not think of counting himself." (Pius XII, Speech of March 7, 1957 to the VII Congress of the Christian Union of Italian Employers and Managers (UCID) - Discors{ e Radiomessaggi, no. XIX, page 30). For his part, Leo X III shows that to fight in defense of private property is to favor the most fundamental interests of the people: " ... the socialist theory of collective property must be absolutely repudiated b ecause it is harmful to the very ones whom it seeks to help, contrary to the natural rights of individuals, denaturalizes the fun ctions of the State and disturbs the public peace. Let it therefore be firmly settled that the first foundation to be

established for those who sin cerely seek the good of the people is the inviolability of private property" (Leo XIII, Encyclical Rerurn Novarum, May 15, 1891 - Editora Vozes, Petropolis, page 12). Socialist equality, regarded by so many as the liberatio n of the poor was denounced by Leo X III as the cause of the general misery: " In asmuch as the Socialists, therefore, disregard care by parents and in its place introdu ce care by the State, they act against natural justice and dissolve the structure of the hom e. And apart from th e injustice involved, it is also o nly too evident what turmoil and disorder would obtain amo ng all classes; and

what a harsh and odious enslavement of ..:itizens would result! The door would be open to mutual envy. detraction , and dissension. If incentives to

ingenuity and skill in individual persons were to be abolished, tbe very fountains of wealth would necessarily dry up; and the equality conjured up by the Socialist imagination would, in reality, be nothing but unifonn wretchedness and meaness for one and all, without distinction" (Leo XIII, Rerum Novarum, St. Paul Editions, Boston, Mass., 1942). One would say that the celebrated Pontiff had foreseen, with an inspired gaze, the economic failures of Cuba and the misery of laborers such as those who have risen up in Gdansk and other cities of Poland. And now to private pro petty. What arc its origins? One of them is the very wages of the worker. To deny property 1s to deny

wages and thus to reduce tbe worker to slavery. Leo X III says: " ...Clearly

the essential reason why those who engage in any gainful occupation undertake labor, and at the same time the end to which workers immedi,ltely look, is to procure property for themselves and to retain it by individual right as theirs and as their very own. When the worker places his energy and his labor at the disposal of another, he d oes so for the purpose of getting the means necessary for livelihood. He seeks in return for the work done; accordingly, a true and fu ll right not only to demand his wage but to dispose of it as he sees fit. Therefore, if he saves something by restricting expenditures and invests his savings in a piece of land in order to keep the fruit of bis thrift safer, a holding Âˇof this .kind is certainly nothing else than his wage under a different forrn; and, o n this account, land which th e worker thus buys is necessarily u nder his full control as much as the wage which he earned by his labor. But. as is obvious, it is clearly in this that the ownership of movable and immovable goods consists" (Leo XIII, Reru111 Novarum, St. Paul Editions, Boston. Mass., 1942, pages 7-8). Another way in which ownership is legitimately established, is by the appropriation of things that have no owner. Pius XI states: "Title$ for the acquisition of property are the takeover of things without an owner.. .In fact, he

..., who takes possession of something abandoned or with no owner, does injustice to no one, however much some may say to the contrary" (Pius XI, Encyclical Quadragesimo Anno, May 15, 1931 - Editora Vozes, Pe tro polis, pages 21-22). As a consequence, man may also legitimately beco me the owner of land. Leo XIII teaches: "Man by his intelligence grasps innumerable things, adding ·and linking the future with the present; in additio n, he is master of his o wn actions; furthermore , under the direc· tion of th e eternal law and the universal government of Divine Providence, he is, in a certain way, his own law and hisown providence. Wherefore he has the

right to choose the things which he considers most apt not only to· provide for the present but also for t he future. Whence it follows that dominion not only over the fr uits of the earth but also over the earth itself must rest in him, since by its fecundity he secs that it is destined to furnish his needs in the future. Man's necessities continuously repeat; satisfied t oday, they make new demands tomorrow. Therefo re, nature necessarily put at his disposal something stable and permanent capable of continually providing him with means. That element can only be the earth, with its ever fruitful resources." (Leo X III , Encyclical Rerum Novaru111, of May 15 , 1891 - Editora Vozes,

Petropolis, page 7). These considerations have already taken me quite far. T he texts that have been cited offer more than sufficient material for re.f lection. So we shalf stop here for now

Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira, a thinker and writer of world-wide re-

Cattle Rustlers Cattle rustling, o nce the concern of r those :1ard y pioneers who won and shaped the West, is again in fashion. Until recently, this nefarious trade was plied upon the wide-wide movie screen for the general public or confined to t he fantasy of the television viewer. However, spurred on by the rise in beef prices, the " night riders" arc at , . it once again. • ~:_ This time it's big business. Modern ·-~~t:.:;.~';,. cattle rustlers no lo nger wait astride °?-',Jt;... ~ dusty ponies in some hidden gulch ' .' waiting for the cowboys to bed down their charges for th e night. The e x- " citcment of the stampede is over. , · Today's rustlers are well-equipped 1c• -c.~:.z,.....,..,-.., with modern vehicles and are well F, skilled at their work. The impact of ,~ these "moonl ighters" o n the cat tle · ' business has been so serio us in the state f.~ of California, for example, that state • officials and livestock interests are History repeats itself for tbe ancestors of those "wbo won tbe West." planning a statewide crackdown. The average number o f cattle taken packing plants and feed lots where the with rustlers. In the trad ition of their . irt a single theft has doubled in the last missi ng cattle may turn up. For this forefathers, t hese ranchers are already five years from t hree to six, 0 . William reason t hey are shipped o ut of the state offering rewards of up to $15,000 for Hooten, Chief of the State Bureau of to avoid detection. the capture of the thieves .. Livestock Identification said in a reCoi ncidentally, during the last five cent ·report to the Sacramento Bee (2/ years, a new "goose-neck" type st ock 15/80). He went o n to say that the trailer that can handle up to a dozen number of thefts of more than ten catlarge steers has become popular in livetle at o nce had also doubled, from 44 stock areas. The trailers are very comto 86. mon in California's ranching regions. One rancher, Hooten said, located On any given day, they ca n be seen in the high desert co untry, lost '600 standing empty, hooked up to a pick head to rustlers in t he last eighteen up truck both in rcsidental and commermonths. Another in the San Luis cial areas of the state. "Someone who Obispo area lost 200 head last year. knows what he 's doing could fill one of The style of t he modern rustlers has those trailers and drive away so fast changed also. They are more selective t hat no one would see a thing under the and daring. One rancher in the Sacraright circumstances," Hooten said. mento area, Allen Schmeiser, lost thirConsidering that the rustling rate teen purebred Angus cows. J ust one has doubled over the past five years, it year ago, 10 of rancher Schme1ser's would appear that the right set of circalves were butchered right o n his procumstances exist. Hooten is betting perty. that increased monitoring of livestock "Sheriff" Hooten said such large thefts are usually done by t!Jieves who shipm ents will round up the rascals. plan to sell the animals to feedlots. Local ranchers may be contemplating The state maintains its "posse" of other forms of restraints more popuSwitching brands brand inspectors to keep close track of lar in the days of the early West to deal

The Ghost of Liberation Theology The Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians held a large international Âˇcongress presided over by D. Paulo Evarisco Arns, the CardinalArchbishop of Sao Paulo, B;azil. The congress was held from Feb. 20 to March 7 at Sao Paulo's Pontifical Catholic Universitv. Attending were 160 aeiegates from Latin America, Africa Asia, and the Caribbean, in addition to observers from Europe, Canada and the United States. The congress was held in spite or the Vatican having manifested its concern that it would go beyond the limits set by the Holy Father, John Paul II in Puebla last year. This concern was ~pressed in an article by Vatican spokesman Francesco d'Adrea in Ii Giornale: "The fact that now, im..,ediately after the announcement of ~ upcoming trip of the Pope to Brazil, we see an attempt to resurrect the ghost of ''liberation theology" is particularly grave and surprising. The . meeting of theologians in Sao Paulo is being called the 'IV Conference of De Theologians of the Third World,' a name which serves, however, as a facade for a reality about which there should be no mistakes." D'Adrea no tes the meeting has in its agenda copies like " Opposition co Capitalist Domination in Latin AmericaÂˇâ&#x20AC;˘ and "Pastoral and Political Action," that always were the war horses of " liberation theology. "

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Furthermore, in a lette, to Cardin al Arns, Cardinal Sebastiano Baggio, th e Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and President of the Vatican Commissio n for Latin Am erica withdrew his support for the congress; but Cardinal Arns still welcomed the delegates and kept his role as the congress's honorary president. Cardinal Arns com mented to the press that Cardinal Willebrands, President of Secretariat of the Holy See for th e Union of Christians had expressed a desire to preside over the closing of t he congress and also his wishes for its success. February 28, Nicaragua Day for the congress, was certainl y o ne of its most expressive moments. Our correspondent in Brazil sent us t his report: T he theater of the Pontifical Catholic Un iversity was jammed with students, priests and nuns cheering the Nicaraguan revolution. A middle-aged Nicaraguan Catholic woman on the stage explained she had joined th e Catholic "neighborh ood communities" in 1968 . From then o n, she said, she never stopped suppqrting t he Sandinistas, at times even putting them up at her house. She said she had already asked

Cardin al Arns - Progressivism in tbe Third Wo rld to be trained in handling machine guns because it is going to be necessary to defend th e revoluti on and she is determin ed to do it. Fathers Daniel Ortega, Miguel d' Escoto an d other guerrillas made o utrageous declarations in the name of th e so-called 'Popular Ch urch. ' "We came to participate in the Congress and express our appreciation for the partici pation of Christians in our struggle," Fr. Miguel D 'Escoto, Nicaragua's Foreign Minister, stated. He and

Fr. Ortega st rongly emph asized the role of Christians and o f the Church: "The st ro ngest argument we had to point ou t the justice of th e revolutionary measures and of the struggle itself were th ose of Christianity." Brazil 's fa r ou t leftist bis ho p. Pedru Casaldaliga, widely known there as "Monsignor hammer and sickle," expressed his than ks for th e San dinist guerrilla unifo rm he was given , declaring he considered the gift "a Sacrament"; anrl donning it o n the stage, he

said he felt "vested." Mrs. Socorro Guerreiro d escribed how she came to join the guerrilla movement through Bible studies at her Nicaraguan parish. She added, "th e devil exists: he is capitalism." Fr. Daniel Orrega, to the stride_nt applause of th e leftist audience declared: "The heroic and magnificent revolution with Fidel Castro at its head could not be repeated in th e same way as it was done in Cuba." He scourged U.S. "reactionary forces" opposing the 5ranting of aid to Nicaragua and praised the supposed "struggle of the peoples of Latin America for their an ti-imperialist and revolutionary position." Cardinal Arns, speaking to the Congress, declared, "We pray to the Lord that he make this Congress an occasion for the oppressed of the Third World to take a step toward their union." Another member of the Nicaraguan delegation, Fr. Molina, declared, "the Gospel is being preached in Nicaragua by the Sandinistas." In an enthusiastic report about the event , the leftist paper Movinzento (3/3/80) said the Sandi nista victory was "the first victorious experim ent of Liberation Theology .. . " The paper further commented : " It is interesting to note that if Nicaragua is ...the mode l, El Salvador will inevitably be the first test of this experience of co llaboration between t he Church and people's movements. Fr. · J o n Sobrino, advisor to the late Bishop of San Salvador, D. Oscar Romero, who aftc_r supporting th e military junta that overthrew the dictatorship turned his suppo rt to the liberation movements said, 'the tragedy of capitalism is tha~ it requires deaths to survive.' Fr. Sobrino called to mind the position defended by D. Oscar Romero t hat 'Christians must ta ke part in the social and political struggles, keep ing their identity with the Gospel.' " Movimento a ffirms that· "During the Congress, the Sandinista revolution and the popular explosion that is taking place 111 some countries of Central America were consid ered the most impo rtant events in the recent history of Latin America. Mainly b ecause, according to Mexican econom ist Fernando Dane!, Nicaragua is seeking its ow n national way, an d because of the fact that the Church in that country has taken on a clearly populist comitment 'in the face o f the three alternatives of capital ism proposed by socialdemocracy, Christian democracy, and th e American State Department. ' Dane!, an advisor to the bishops of the sou theastern region of Mexico, considers that the experience of the ~truggle in Central America has been demonstrating that capitalism is not a n option for t he liberation of the peoples. According to him , this stand has also been

Borge introduces Fr. Ortega, July 1979. The Sa11di11hista "vestments" were not entirely new to him. taken by the Church in Nicaragua and El Salvador." "Both Dane! and the sociologist Luis Alberto G. de Souza of the John XX III Center in Rio and an adviser to the National Council of Bish ops of Brazil expounded on the topic 'Structures and Mechanisms of Domination in Capitalism .' 'The Church,' de Souza went o n to say, 'does not have a form ula. It is the forces of the peop le themselves that arc going to construct th eir liberation projects. Th is option of the Church is profoundly dem ocratic because it puts the struggle aga inst the oppressio n of capitalism and the construction of a just and democratic soc iety in the hands of th e people themselves and not in those of ideologies.' "This discussion of the role of the Church and the neighb orh ood commu nities in the struggle aga inst all forms of oppression permeated the debates that were carried on during th e 1 2 days of the Congress. Th e experience of the Church of Nicaragu a and El Salvad or was always the reference point of discussions - because it is considered an important break. 'For the first t ime, Da ne! said, 'important sectors of the Church are supporting the people's )iberation recognizing t hat changes 111 the facade of repressive regimes are not in the interest of the people.' "

PROGRESS ? ? ? The 16th Ce ntu ry Ch urc h of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception near Salvador, Brazil is being turned 111to a restaurant, part of a hotel complex that is being built in spite of protests by the loca l residents. Addi ng to their woes is the fact that the complex, incl ud ing a swimming pool, will also occupy a cem etery where their forefathers are buried.· The Archbishop D. Avela r Brandao Vilella of Salvador Primate of Brazi l sai d he is awa re of th~ situation and that the Archdiocese's lega l department is stu dy ing t he mat ter. The architect says that the maj or work I will be completed within a month.

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Several theo logians insisted on t he integration bf:tween sc ience a nd faith. Two of the participan.ts, Pablo Richard and Friar Betto, 2'ffirmed that socialism "is merely a stage of the Kingdom of God." Summi~g i,~-aB up , as our correspondent puts_1t, 1t 1s reall y shocking t o see progress1v1sm without its mask."

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-~EWS FLASlHCES HAVANA ROSE T he Federal Communications Commission (Miami, Fla. office) recently stopped the Spanish-language news and editorial broadcast from Miami to Cubans imprisoned on the Marxist paradise in the Caribbean. Adding in· jury to insult, the FCC has taken no steps to prohibit Radio Havana from broadcasting all types of propaganda against the U.S. Recently, Radio Havana broadcast six hours (in Engl ish) of antiU.S. programming that could be heard all over the U.S. The inspiration for the broadcasts, confirms the FCC, is Radio Moscow that cooperates with Radio Havana in a sort of r~lay of information to be beamed to the U.S.

KENT STAJELEFTISTS LEGACY

The 150 million dollar students.

"STUDENTS" ARE SOVIET-TRAINED The "students" who have occupied the American Embassy in Teheran since last November are part of an elite unity of one thousand agents trained by the Soviets at a cost of 150

million dollars. T his news was released the Daily Telegram citing informa·: tion from General George Keegan, former Chief of U.S. Air Force In telligence. It adds that the students are connected with Iran's communist Tudeh Party, from whose ranks they were originally recruited by Moscow.

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An analysis carried out by the In stitute for International Strategic Studies (IISS) in London affirms that perspectives for the West "are somber" unless the Soviet expansion in the Persian Gulf is contai ned by a greater commitment of the United States and NATO ·in that region. Curiously enough, the same specialist, Sharham Chubin, concludes that tlie West ca nnot aspire ·to control the events in the Persian Gulf but must be satisfied to achieve a "balance of influence" with the Soviet Union there. An Iranian, Chubin warned that without a long term strategy, the West w ill soon find itself in a new crisis.

The Associated Press reported that four communist envoys slipped out of the Dominican Embassy in Bogota, Colombia shortly before it came under terrorist attack last February. "The ambassadors of the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Romania were among the diplomats invited to attend the Dominican National Day Reception .. .Witnesses reported that shortly before the attack, the driver for the Soviet envoy gave envelopes to the drivers of the other three communist representatives," AP said. "When the four communists left the embassy, 80 other diplomats remained behind, all representing non-communist countries."

CELEBRATION IN GRENADA ATTRACTS COMMUNISTS The Caribbean Island of Grenada celebrated the first anniversary of the government of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop. Delegations from the Soviet Union, Cuba, Cambodia, Vietnam, East Germany, South Yemen and other communist countries were present, as well as representatives of the PLO and the Polisario Front in the Western Sahara. There were speeches by Jamaica's Michael Manley and Fr. Daniel Clf:tega, Nicaragua's Sandinist guerrila priest.

THEOLOGICAL MEETING IN MOSCOW • .A Vatican delegation set out for Moscow in early March to participate in the 5th series of conversations with representatives of the Russian O rthodox Church. The delegation, headed by Cardinal Jan Wi llebrands, President of the Secretariat for Christian Unity was to discuss the topic " Local Church and Universal Church." Meetings of t his type betwee n Catholics and t he Russian Orthodox began in 1967.

May 4th marked the tenth anniversary. of the now famous shootout at Kent State University during the turbulent days of t he anti-war demonstrations. Commenting on a soon-to-bereleased film on the incident, Kent State President, Brage Gilding is quoted as saying, "It (the shootings) happened at Kent State, Kent State didn't cause it .. " President Gilding is preoccupied with the cold fact that enro llment at the university fel l by almost 1,000 in the two years fo ll owing the 1977 demonstration against the dec ision to build a gym at the shooting site. He added, "Kent State was never a bed of radicalism. The campus is actually quite conservative." Perhaps he is unaware that the KSU sustains a communist revolutionary brigade of students on campus or that the People's Republic of China invited _KSU students to visit Red China after the 1977 demonstrations.

DRUG TRAFFICKING INCREASES The United Nations Inte rnational Narcotics Control Board observes t hat "illicit drug production and trafficking in th e Middle East have grown to such a vast proportion and the attend ant financ ial transactions have generated such staggering sums that t he economic and pol itical stabi lity of some countries such as Iran , Afghanistan and Pakistan is now threatened." Much of the illic it drug production is making its way to West ern Europe and to North America. For the past couple of years, the Board says, hard ly a day has gone by in such countries as West Germany without at least one person, often very young, dying from hero in abuse.

Rewriting History

Printing errors? George J. Demko, Professor of Geography at Ohio State University is identified in the National Educator (March 1980) as one of nine U.S. scholars who have been appointed tD the "American-Soviet Textbook Study Project" a project that has been underway for about one year now. The binational panel, that includes members from the Soviet Ministry of Education and the Academy of Sciences in Russia, is trying to eliminate "distortions, biases, and lies" in the texts used in U.S. and Soviet history and geography books from the eighth grade through high school. Professor Demko is quoted as saying, " I don't think in our (U.S). case it is deliberate lying. Rather, it's th at we are writing with an image of the 1950's ... " Demko , as reported in a n article in Âˇthe Dayton (Ohio) Journal Herald (12/31/79), "believes U.S. te xtbooks are more guilty of errors of fact than Soviet books." He uses an example that most U.S. texts say "that Soviet citizens cannot move within the country freely ." The professor says that this is untrue. The credibility of the professor's statements is no t only challenged by common sense and reason but by a recent report issued by Intelligence International Ltd. in England. In a recent study on the high crime rate in Russia, the rep ort concluded that one of the principal reasons, crime has reached epidemic proportions in Moscow, for example, is the fact that th ousands of Soviet citizens have drifted from the countryside to the city in the hope of finding jo bs and a better life. Ho wever, since they do not have work permits and are there illegally , they turn to a Hfe of crime. Viewing the comparative t extbooks through "red-colored" glasses, Demko declares, "As I got into this (project), I realized how important it is that Soviets view our country a little more fairly and how important it is chat our kids do the same." Given that preconceived viewpoint of educators like Professor Dem ko , there is little hope of that!

No More Mao

Moving to a n10re fitting resting place. The prestigious Far Eastern Economic Review.a weekly magazine published in Hong Kong, reports that Red China intends to destroy the mausoleum that contains the late "Chairman" MaoTse-tu ng's body. The Chairman's remains will be moved to "humbler" surroundings, the report goes on to say. Senior leaders in Peiping are quoted as saying that the body of the late chairman, that is now embalmed and lying in a glass-covered coffin , will be moved to a "humbler resting place" as a part of Peiping's pragmatic leadership to erode the personality cult that surrounded the late chairman. The mausoleum has been "closed" since last December "for repairs." While some diplomatic sources discount such rumors, accord ing to the evidence presented by the R eview , th e plan began some time ago when Red China's leaders discovered that Mao had planned to topple the late Premier Chou

En-lai and Marshall Zhu-Te, the "father'' of the Red army. The article stated that Mao intended to replace Chou and Zhu with leaders from th_e infamous "gang of four." Red China's total "de-Maoization" program was begun with the -recent posthumous rehabilitatio n of President Liu Shao-chi, Mao's heir apparent and o ne of the chief victims of the cultural revolution. The destructio n of Liu and everything he stood for was t he principal theme of Mao's political tactics and propaganda from 196 7 until the chairman's death. The delay in carrying put the final debu nking of Mao flows from opposition from his 81-year old colleague, Marshall Ye Jiangying who wants the process delayed until his own death (w hich apparently is imminent) the magazine went on to say. As Confucius undoubtedly said, "There is no honor among thieves."

Red "Capitalistic" Bomb In an interview to the Quotidien de Paris Samuel Cohen, the American inventor of the neutron bomb, declared that the Soviets will be the first to use this "capitalist bomb," as they call it, because it kills people without damaging property. The interview was given as France was opening discussions on whether to produce the neutron bomb. Cohen said the neutron bomb was created to perform a role different than that of S"trategic nuclear warheads, whose mission is basically "dissuasive." "For the Soviets," he says, there is no

difference between conventional and nuclear weapons; all"that cou nts for them is effectiveness and victory; the Russians don 't make moral analyses." Cohen further justifies the certainty that Russia will use the bo mb before any other country, saying that "The Soviets want to conquer unscathed territories and take over their industrial infrastructures." France will show wisdom by producing the neutron bomb, since the present defense system of Western Europe is insufficient and very vulner-able," Cohen concluded.

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THE MYSTERIOUS WARNING OF SAINT PANTALEON Early in the morning, preceding the feastday of Saint Pantaleon on July 27th of last year, the Mother Superior of the Convent of the Incarnation in Madrid, Spain went to the adjoining building which serves as a national museum to pick up the reliquary containing the blood of Saint Pantaleon. It is the custom of the nuns to sing the early morning office of Matins to venerate the Saint on his feastday. Once she returned to the chapel, the small band of nuns gathered together to chant the office. As they were singing, they noticed that something unusual was happening. The blood of the Saint which normally liquified later in the day during a Mass said in his honor was beginning to change color from a dark to a bright red. The nuns continued their prayers and at the end of the ceremony, Mother Superior carefully inspected the reliquary . It was then that she confirmed the fact that the blood of Saint Pantaleon had already liguified ... hours earlier than normal. Little did she suspect that she and her sisters were witnessing the start of a miracle that has only a few, but nonetheless prestigious, precedents in history. Forty years ago, on his feast day, July 27th, the blood of St. Pantaleon became liquefied. Two days later it had not returned to its n ormal dry state. Two months later it was still liquefied, and World War II began. Tradition, supported by historical evidence, relates other similar cases of prolonged liquefaction of the Saint 's relic, a nnouncing the irrevocable coming of som e omnious even t. These transformations, indicating small and great catastrophes, are described in detail in the archives of the Convent.

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The Mother Superior of the convent told members of the Spanish Covado nga Cu ltu ral Society (a Catholic laymen's organization t hat is linked by the same ideals with t he various autonomous Societies for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property arou nd the globe ) that she herself had witnessed the miracle on several extraordinary occasions, such as on July 13, 1936 when the assassination of Calvo Sotelo took place, mark-

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ing the beginning of the Spa nish Civil War; an d on the 20th of the same month when they all had to abandon t heir convent; on the day when Hitler visited Spain; a nd on several other days when decisive battles of the Civil War were fought. In a book about St. Pantaleon, Fr. Eugenio Ayape, O.A.R., affirms: " On the evening of J uly 26th every year, the blood of Saint Pantaleon begins to liquefy and takes o n a liquid a nd reddish aspect like that of new and live blood. Every (Jul y) 27th , the feast day of the Saint, it appears in a liquid state. The

fact ta kl':s place whe the r people arc prese nt or not, and in any temperature. In addition, an identica l phenomenon of liquefaction takes place on other special occasions. This (pro lo nged liquefaction) h a ppened and had enormous repercussions during th e whole period of the Great War of 1914-1918. There is memory of this same fact taking place in times past, before some public calamity came a bou t ." This information was reported by the official Spa nish news agency EFE and in articles in the Ma drid daily, El Alcazar (10-16-79).

A NEW WARNING? Now ... this prodigious event is taking pla ce again . "The blood of Saint Pantaleon has remained liquefied ever since last Ju ly 26. Th is is very unusual. .. It liquefies out o f the ord inary, as we have been able to observe, wh en great ca t as trophes arc going to occur .. . " declared Fr. Ayape in a letter rn the nc.:wspaper ABC of Madrid (10-13-79). He added , "I don't know whether it will be in Spain· or in some other part o f rhc.: world. Th is could well be an announcement." The precious relic is kept in the Convent of the.: Incarnation of th e Augustinian Recollects in Madrid. Every Jul ~· 27th, 1hc.: blood of t h e martyr which is conta ined in a small crystal ampule.: inside a pyramid of crystal and silver, changes from its normal dark and solid state becoming liqu id and red like live fresh blood. After remaining liquid for one day, it usuall y coagulates agam.

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The ampule that contains th e blood of Sa in t Pantaleon dates from the Fourth Century a nd is designed in the Roman style. This fact g ives the reliquary extraord inary a rchcologica l value a nd for this reason , th ere has no t been any recent attempt to exa mine t he blood at th e risk of destroy ing this a nci ent art ifact.

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At the conven t, everyone is convin ced that something is coming for I hl· world. Am ong Span iards, o pinion s vary - som e say the end o f the world is approaching. Others, more optimisticall y , raise the hypothesis of a Third World War. An evening paper in Madrid published a fu ll page w ith the.: h c.:a <llin c, " (; re:lf Catastrophes May Come." The sa m e pa per cites op ini ons of severa l physicians ahnu1 1he authc.:ntici l )' of the relic . Javier Al b o ny Macyo, a special ist in hcmatolo)!~•. dcclarc.:d ·" ln ~p irc of current knowledge about t he internal mechanism s of coagulation, 1hi~ phenomenon taking place inside the ampule cann ot be explai ned." " It is a sign of some calam ity," repeat t he nuns and priests c<rnnccted with the convent. Even if the liquefaction had ceased by th e ri m e the news was published in Madrid last Octobe r, it would have been a liquefaction much longer than t h e one that preceded World Wa r JI. Both the Mo th er Superior and t he other nuns have been ch ecking t he phenomenon daily s in ce Jul y 26, 1979 . Co nt rar)' to what happe ns to the b lood of Saint Januarius in Italy, Mothe r S u perior said , th e liqu efactio n of Sa in t Panta leo n's blo o d o utside o f his feastday is a sign that som e natio na l o,· internatio nal cala mity is c oming.

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WHO WAS SAINT PANTALEON? A pamphlet distributed by the Convent of the Incarnation gives the following account of the life a nd martyrdom of the Saint. Saint Pantaleon, illustrious martyr of the Lo rd, was born in Nicomedia, in the province of Bythinia, Asia Minor. His father ,vas named Eustorgius, a rich a nd noble man, albeit pagan. His moth er, Eu bula, was a Christia n. She died whe n Pantaleon was only a little boy. As Pantaleon was growing up, his fath er had him study rhetoric and philosophy from which he profit.ed very much. In order to have prestige in the world, h e deemed it well for him to study m edicine. Since there was in Nicomedia, a famous doctor by the name of Euphrosinus, he took him as his master to learn that art. It was during that time that Pa ntaleon met an old a nd venerable Christian, He rm olaos, who was hi ding in a small house fo r fear of persecution from th e pagans. He became a fr iend of Pantaleon and little by little persuaded him tha t the Au th or of Li fe and Lord of Salvation is J esus Christ, in whose name all infirm ities are more easily a nd more safely cured than with all the studies in sc hool; more easily a nd safely, he said, than the famous doctors of the t ime could do it. On e day, when h e was considering the argu ments he had heard from Hermolaos, Pantaleon saw a dead boy and beside him, a viper with an evil look about it seeming to affirm that it had caused the death. Moved by t he Lo rd, Pa ntaleon said: "We shall see right now whether whatÂˇ the ol d man said is true." He approached the boy's body and said: "Rise up alive in the name of J esus Christ; and you, venomous a nimal , suffer now yourself th e evil you have done to him." The boy immediately rose u p alive a nd the viper d ied .

Saint Pantaleon Later, Pantal eon laid his hands o n the eyes of a bli nd man invoking the name of J esus Christ Whom he humb ly begged to c ure him. On openi ng his eyes, rhe bli nd man at o nce recovered h oth t he sight of his body a nd of his soul, for he became a Christia n. Panraleon's father also converted, as h e was present when the miracl e took place ...and a few days later, he died a saintly death. From char moment on, the fa me of Pantaleon began ro spread. Because of the many incurable illnesses that he

cured in the Lord's name, aml since he was also a brilliant and prodigious physic ian, ocher doctors conceived a great envy of him. Seeing they could nor cover u p or dim inish the marvelous cures he worked, for they were well-known ro the public, they accused him before Emperor Galerius Maximian. In order to make a powerful case aga inst him , the doctors brought up the fact that Pantaleon had healed many Christians w hom the Emperor h imself had o rdered to be tortured. Having heard the accusation, th e Emp eror ordered th at the blind man wh om Pantaleon cured be brough t into h is presence. With great emphasis the latter affirm ed he had recovered h is sigh t by virtue of Christ and not of the gods. Th e em peror condemned him co be beheaded. Pantaleon bought his bo dy fro m his executioners and buried it with his fa th er's. Aware ch at h is life was now in serio us clanger, Pan ta Icon then granted freedom a nd part of h is fortune ro his slaves. Another part of his fortune he gave ro the poor sick th:u he had cured so that h e wou ld be free and unim peded for the fight and prepared for martrydom. He was right. Wi thin days, Maximian call ed for him. Du ring his appearance before the Emperor, Pa ntaleon clearly stated that he was a Christian a nd was honored ro adore rhac only one true God Who created Heaven and Earrh, and nor the gods of wood and stone. Finally, ir was agreed tha t a paraly ti c given up by th e doctors as hopeless be brought before th e Empero r so chat his priests, through the invocation of their gods, might attempt to c ure him. Panta-

In view of this miracle, Pantaleon went to tell I Icrmolaos what had passed a nd asked him for Baptism. The o ld man baptized him with th e greatest joy a nd kept hi m at his house for seven days, teaching him the mysteries o f th e Faith.

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!eon would do the same, invoking the name of Jesus Christ. Thus, the God of him who cured the man would be known as the true one. The paralytic was brought in. The efforts and prayers of the priests were to no avail. Then, taking the paralytic by th e hand, Pantaleon said to him: "Rise up healthy in the name of Jesus Ch rist, the Son of the living God." He had just finished uttering these words when the man stood up, cured, giving thanks to God. In the face of this miracle, many of those present were converted to the Faith and thus became healthy in their o wn souls. The Emperor was confused and the people stunned. Fearing to lose their authority along with their profits and gains, the most hardened priests persuaded the Emperor that Pantaleon was a wizard whose life had to be taken lest the people lose their reverence for their ancient gods, warning that an empire without religion could not stand. With th is, the Emperor, after trying to make Pantaleon apostatize through threats, ordered that he be stripped of his clothes and tied to a wheel and that his body be shredded with iron forks; and that burn ing woo d be applied to h is wounds. And being in t hat torment, the holy martyr raised his eyes to heaven begging the help of God, the only one who could help him. And th us, it happened that God appeared to him under the appearance of th e old Hermolaos who had converted him. The saintly old man, wh o had baptized Saint Pantaleon and instructed him in the Fait h, said he would alwa.ys be at his side and would help him in his sufferings. This indeed took place. At t hat very moment th e ropes that bound him loosened, the torches went out and his t ormentors became tired and discouraged. The Emperor then ordered that Pantaleon be thrown into a cald ron of molten lead. The saint prayed to the Lord, who ent ered the caldron with Pantaleon under the same figure that had appeared before (Hermolaos). The lead lost its strength and became cold thro ughout. ' This provoked great admiration in those present, but the hardened Emperor ordered that a large stone be tied around Pan taleon's neck, and that he be then thrown into th e sea. But could not He who freed him from fire, free him from water as well? St. Pantaleon invoked the name of the Lord, Who once again appeared, freed him and put him back on solid ground. Upo n learning what had passed, the Emperor, with great hatred and furor, o rdered th at the Saint be eaten by lions and tigers in the arena. Ready to be torn to pieces, the Saint saw t he Lord beside him in the

Reliquary-chapel of the blood of Saint Pantaleon same figure he had seen before, and turning to Him Pantaleon said : " Lord, what do I have to fear if T hou art with me? " "Nothing," the Lord answered. The beasts came out with great impetus and rage; but on seeing the Saint, they became humble like m eek sheep and came close to his feet, to the great surprise -of the whole peo ple. The sight of a young man of such beautiful beari ng, from whom the whole city. had received so many favors, suffering such torments witho ut any guilt made many people sad. At the same time, all were stun ned to see the wonders that he wor ked. Many converted and started shouting that t he God of the Christians was great. The Emperor became exceedingly angry and decided not to pardon th e animals for having pardoned the Saint. Like the most cruel of all beasts, he had the ferocious animals who had not wanted to kill St. Pantaleon, killed and buried. He then ordered that a wheel with many steel points be built and that tied to it, Pantaleo n be thrown from a high hill so that he would perish by t he sharp points and be smashed by the ston es of the hill. The Lord also freed him from this torment, loosing him from the wheel wh ich had weighed upon him without causi ng any harm . But rolling downhill at great speed, the wheel miserably crushed many of the idolaters who were there watching. Since Maximian saw that all of his inventions availed him nothing, and that he could not win over the holy martyr through

torments, he asked him who was his master, and what were his beliefs. This he did so that he could turn his furor and hatred against God Himself. And even though St. Pantaleon understood his intention on asking that, knowing that Herm olaos, his master, was to be a martyr of Jesus Christ, he told the tyrant that it was Hermolaos. And so the old man was brought to his presence, the Lord having appeared to him during the night and told him he would enter Heaven the next day. The Emperor asked him some questions, and raising his eyes to Heaven, he answered with great fortitude and constancy. Soon the grou nd began to shake a nd the idols of the temple fell and were shattered to pieces. Disgusted with this and unable to lure I-l ermolaos into worshipping his false gods, the Emperor put him th rough several torments and then ordered him to be beheaded along with two brothers of his called Hcrmigus and Hermocrates. Then, to take final revenge against St. Pantaleo n and give vent to his own wrath for having been vanquished so many times by a youth so perservering and superior to all torments, the Emperor ordered that he be whipped anew, beheaded in th e field and that his body be burn t. The Saint's soul rejoiced as he saw the doors of Heaven opening up. They tied him to an olive tree. T he executi oner raised a sword and stabbed St. Pantaleon 's body with it but that

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caused him no harm as the sword became even more soft and flexible than wax. The executioners were dumbfounded and threw themselves at his feet begging pardon. They knew someone who overcame such torments had to be more than merely a man. The saintly martyr asked God to pardon them and heard a voice saying his prayer had been heeded. The voice said that from then on he would no longer be called Pantaleon but Pantaleemon (full of mercy), because through him many would reach the mercy of God. He then encouraged his trembling executioners to carry out the sentence. As they cut off his head, milk poured from his severed veins instead of blood, and the olive tree to which he was bound sprang into fruit! The tyrant ordered that the Saint's body be wrenched off the tree and burned, but the slaves would not dare to do it. So the faithful took the holy body and buried it in a proper place belonging .to a man called Adamance. This fame and devotion to St. Pantaleon spread all over the East on account of the innumerabl e miracles and cures that occurred shortly after his death. The nations of the Byzantine Greek Catholic Rite did their best to render a magnificent veneration to th e hero whose prodigious history was exalted in their liturgy . In Rome, Pope Saint Gregory the Great dedicated a church to him now known as Saint Gregory of Heaven. Later, in 1180, another church was erected in Rome in his honor. His relics rem ained in Nicomedi a un til the 10th Century when, co fulfill the desires

of many of the faithful in Europe, they were dist ributed to innumerable churches and monasteries. Six villages in Spain bear Pantaleon 's name to this day. The blood of Saint Pantaleon reached Madrid in the early years of the 17th century. le was encrusted to the Convent of the Incarnation. The conver,t, dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mother of God, was the work of Queen Margaret of Austria, the spouse of King Philip III. She was most pious and a fervent devotee of th e Blessed Sacrament. To establish the convent, she called upon Sister Mariana de San Jose who was in Palencia at that time. On July 2, 1616, the convene was handed over to the Augustinian Recollect Sisters, founded by Blessed Alonso de Orozco. Among the- first religious to live in the Convent of the Incarnation was Sister Aldonza of the Blessed Sacrament, the only daughter of the Viceroy of Naples, J ohn of Zuniga and the Countess of Miranda, Lady Mary of Zuniga. The blood of St. Pantaleon was presented to the convent thanks to the kindness of the Countess, who had probably obtained it at the court of Naples. An old document in the archives of th e convent reports chat in 1 724, the first examination of the liquefaction and coagulatio n of the blood of Saint Pantaleon was carried out. At the requ est of the Prioress, Sr. Agustina of Saint Theresa, th e Archbish op of Sa nt iago de Compostela, D. Miguel

Herrero Esqueva presided over the commission, naming Don Alvaro de Mendoza Caamano y Sotomayor, judge. He received thirteen sworn declarations under oath before a notary. After six years of study of the process, a sentence was passed attesting to the authenticity of the inexplicable fact. The Miracle of the Blood in Italy As Well Since the early Christians were accustomed to gather up the relics of the martyrs and give chem an honorable burial, they frequently gathered their blood in ampules of glass or earthen.ware. The Feast of St. J anuarius in Naples, where an event similar to th e liquefaction of the blood of St. Pantaleon takes place three times a year, is known all over the world. In a book by Rev. Fr. Giuseppe Imperato, arch priest of Ravello, Amalfi, Italy, published in 1970, we find abundant documentation about the cities where relics of St. Pantaleon exist and particularly about Ravello where the Saint is the city's principal patron. The documentation goes backÂˇ to 1577. A century later, in 1686, the bishop of the city sent a letter to Pope Innocent XI relating the extraordinary event. T'he document is 'archived in the Vatican.

Bibliography Butler's Lives of the Saints, Vol. VII, P. J. Kennedy & So ns, N.Y., 1931. Fray Eugenio Ayape, C.A.R., La Sangre de San Pant/eon en Madrid, Editorial Augustinus, Madrid, 1979. Rev. D. Giuseppe Imperato, Un Testimone: San Pantaleone, Profilo agio' grafico e analsi de! miraculo de[ suo sangue, Italy, 1970. Rev. D. Francesco Grillo, San Pantaleon , medico e nzartire, Edicione Ferrari , Ro ma, 1934. Fr. J oao M. DeMarchi, I.M.C. The Lady More Brilliant Than the Sun, J o hn Kennedy Publishers, New York, 1948. Fr. Antonio Corredor Garcia, 0. F.M., Lucia de Fatima dice .. . Ediciones Studium, Madrid , 1958 . Letter of Fr. Eugenio Ayape, O.A.R., to Madrid 's A BC, 10/13 /79. Declarations of Fr. Eugenio Ayape, O.A.R. to El Alcazar, Madrid , 10/ 16/79.

A view of the city of Ravello, Italy where a relic of tbe blood of Saint Pantaleon also liquifies on his f eastday

The Warning In The Light Of

Current Events In view of su ch an outstanding miracle a nd warning, th e situation of the world, particularly the West, seems all the m ore perilous. Everyone can see th at a worldwide crisis has invaded all the spheres of mode rn civilization. It can be observed eve n in the bosom of Holy Church. There, the "public a nd notori ous" devastation wrought by "Catholic"-progressivism has sho ckingly disfigure d the face of the Mystical Spouse of Christ. Paul V I referred to this crisis in an alloc ution to the Lombard Semin ary on Dec. 7, 1968: "The Chu rch is in a phase of disquiet, of self-criticism, one wo uld say in fine, of sci f-destruction." Later, in a sermon o n J une 29, 1972, he alluded to the "smoke of Satan" that had penetra ted the temple of Go d. In the temporal sphere - and therefore in t he fields of politics, soc ial relations, customs , econom ics, c ulture a nd art - a similar crisis appears, producing growing uneasiness and angu ish in contempo rary ma n kind. Soviet troops in i\fgban istan

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Local wars o r Russia n-spo nsored proxy wars com e one after the o ther. One cou ld say that such warlike confrontations as tha t of Korea in the 50 's and that of Vietnam in th e 60's, not to mention the more recent confl icts in various African countries, are a discreet prolongation of the Second Worl d War. T h e Axis surrendered, but the state of belligerence goes on between th e winning allies. At the moment, the opposition between the two superpowers is quite cl ea r in three critical areas: Cuba, Ira n , and Afghanista n. Th e presence of a Russian brigade or possibly 40,000 to 90,000 Russia n troops in Cu ba, the insta llation of missileÂˇ la unch ing bases there , the possibility of interference in U.S. internal communciations, both civil and military, represe n t great risks for the United States. Furthermore, the events in Iran a nd Afghan ista n cannot be conside red as merely local episodes. They must be co nsidered within a larger framework of gco-pol itical confro ntation. Th ese actions by Russia a rc also a propaganda maneuver within the Soviet effort to overwhelm th e free world by dem oral izing and humiliating rhe econom ic and mil itary superpower whose su pport is indispensable to Western resistance. Th e events in Iran a nd Afghanista n have caused the most critical situatio n of tension between East and West since the conquest of Cuba by In ternational Communism. Bur the beginning of the Cuba n affair almost 20 years ago involved only A merican security. The events in Iran a nd Afghanistan threaten the o il supply of all th e non-communist nations. Th erefore, the non-co mmunist nations which would naturall y consider allying themselves with the United Stares to counteract the Soviet aggression, arc faced with the deadly threat of an oil cutoff. When Fidel Castro imposed his Marxist regime in Cu ba , th e Western bloc was more cohes ive. At present, however, ir shows growing signs o f divison. Who is to profit from these divisions? U.S . humiliation in Iran

ANOTHER REMARKABLE WARNING-CONFIRMED Everything leads one ro believe rhar Our Lady has chosen rhe Iberian Peninsula once more for a new an d tragic warning. Ar Fatima, Portugal She spoke to rhe world when the da nger ap pea red on the horizon with the rise of Communism in Russia. If in 19 18, one of the seers of Fatima, Jac inta, foreto ld. the chastisement of the Spanish Civil War of 1936-193 9: "If men do nor amend, Our Lady will send the world a chastisement such as never has been seen before, and to Spain before rh e other countries" - What shall we think when we remember the words of th e only survivor, Sis,er Lucia? Commun ism and the indifference of public op1111on to its present advance in the world remind us of the words of oÂľr Lady at Fatima: " If they do not (heed my requests), Russia will spread its errors thro ugh out the world promoting wars and persecutions ... many nations will be a nnihilated .. . "

In a letter to the T itular Bishop of Gurza in 1943, Sr. Lu cia wrote: " .. . Russia will convert if this condition is fu lfilled, that the Bishops of Spain heed the desires of Our Lady and undertake a true reform of the clergy and the people. If they do not do this, Russia will o nce agai n becom e the enemy with whom God will chastise them once more. " (Cf. Fr. Antonio Corredor, O.F .M., Madrid 1958, page 13).

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eight million people. Today, t here a rc less than five milli o n and the In ternational Red Cross estimates t hat another million-and-a-half are irrevers ibl y insa ne. 11, additi on , hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese have fled their land, a great numbe r drown ing at sea, others being slaughtered by those to whom t hey look ed for refuge. Never before in History- not even during the Roman Emp ire nor the dynasties of the Pharoahs- has th e re ever existed a prison of such magn itude as the one made up of Comm u nist Russia, China, and Cuba. More ... much could be said about the e vents of our day-about th e futu re:

the powerfu l psycho logical warfare that is paralyzing the wi ll of the West ; the growing a narchy a t all levels of society; the unspeakable and in famous "punk" mentality that is diam etricall y opposed to any form of civilized behavior; the new wave of grotesq ue " heroes" for children fami liarizing th em with horror at an early age, a nd so on . In view of all this can we no t expect God to act? The blood of Sain t Pantaleon has remai ned liquid for many months ... and still is at th e present time. Whe n this happened before ir was the forecast of catasrro phies. Are we prepared ro correspo nd to this new m erc y of God? Let us wait submissive and con fi dent in Divine Prov idence.

Cambodia - Victim ofCornmunism

THETFP The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) was born of concern about the tragic consequences flowing from the religious, moral, political, and economic crises shaking the West. A careful analysis of these crises reveals the existence of a process n am ed, the Revolution, as explained in the book, Revolution and Counter-Revolution, by Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira (1). This crisis is universal, one, all-encompassing, dominant, processive and is devouring Christian Civilization and the West like a great fire. In a legal and peaceful way, the TFP opposes this phenomenon with all the vigor of its action carrying o n the Counter-revolution. While the Revolution is disorder, the Counter-revolution is the restoration of Order. And by Order, we mean the peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ. That is, Christian Civilization, austere, hierarchical, fundamentally sacral, a nti-egalitarian and anti-liberal. Basing its actions on the doctrine of the Holy Catholic Church and the principles of Natural Law, the American TFP aims to enlighten and to move American public opi nion to open its eyes to the psychological and ideological penetration of the Revolution in our country ... and to take a firm stand against it. In the TFP, more and more young men are finding a common ideal stemming from a gen uin e concern over the apparent suic ide ofthe West. They are preparing themselves through studies, seminars, and then acting - always in a legal and peaceful fash ion - to effectively further this vital cause. This dynamic movement was origi nally founded in Brazil by th e internationally renowned Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira, a Catholic thinker and man of action. The TFP in Brazil and its autonomous counterpa rts in several other South American countries quickly established themselves as the principle force to ideologically op pose the onrush of Communism on that continent. Their success stories in this cru cial struggle for the survival of the West are widely known throughout South America and Euro pe, where other T FP's later sprung up. Important Campaigns of the A merican TFP The first major campaign of the American TFP was carried o ut shortly after Archbishop Casaroli (now Cardin-

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The American TFP campaigning in front of Saint Patrick's Cathedral in New York City al and Vatican Secretary of State) visited Communist Cuba. The TFP objected to His Excellency's statement that "the Catholics who live in Cuba are happy under the socialist regime." Seeing this as but one of a series of disasters caused by the Vatican's Ostpolitik, the TFP issued its Resistance Manifesto entitled The Vatican Policy of Detente Toward Con-m11mist Governments - The Question for the TFP: To Take No Stand Or To Resist? The m anifesto was published in several magazines and newspapers, and over 180,000 copies of its were distributed all across th e country in several languages. In 1976, the TFP publisf1ed An Open Letter to the Congressmen of America analyzing the Child and Family Services Act. Th e TFP showed that approval of this legislation would lead to federal control of th e family whose dismemberment would further the advance of socialism and communism in our country. In 1977 , the TFP went into action in defense of Catho lic Ukraine pointing out in a special issue of the magazine Crusade for a Christian Civilization that th e Vati can policy of detente with the communists had become a factor favoring efforts of the Kremlin to annihilate the Ukrainian Rite Catholic Church. This campaign had widespread international repercussions. In late 1977 and continu ing into 19 78, the TFP, in a major campaign in

California, assisted the Western farmers in their stand against federal implementation of acreage limitation proposed by the Department of the Interior. In a document, widely circulated throughout the state, as well as to goverors, congressm en and senators, the TFP showed that the proposals by the Department were nothing more than a socialist and confiscatory agrarian reform program. More recently, the TFP and prolifers held a widely known and successful campaign against Planned Parenthood. A massive demonstration was organized by the TFP to protest against a blasphemous cartoon in a booklet promoted by the Planned Parenthood organization. So effective was the demonstration the Planned Parenthood publicly apologized for the offensive cartoo n while the demonstration was still goi ng on. Our Hope As Catholics, fully ded icated to this noble cause of defending' Christian Civilization, the members of the American TFP place all our hope and confidence in the protection and guidance of the Mother of God , She Who in Fatima promised : " In the end, My Immaculate Heart will triumph." (1) Revolution and Counter-'revolution is available from the American TFP upon request.

Write : American TFP , P. 0. Box 121 , Pleasantville, N . Y. 10570

Vol. 1

1980

No . 23

TFP Acts In Defense Of Cuban Nation Early last month , the world was shocked by the mass fl igh t of Cu bans seeking refuge o n t he grounds of the Peruvian a nd Venezuelan embassies in Hava na, Cuba. Immedia tely u pon hearing of t h e tragic sit uation the American Society fo r the Ddense of T radit io n, Family and Pro perty sent a le ngthy telegra m to President Carte r on April 9 asking him to call up o n a ll th e governments of the Americas to joi ntl y support a demand th at Cu ba grant fr ee e nt ry to a comm iss ion of experts that wou ld carry out a tec hnica l a nd humane investigation of what is reall y happen ing there. The text o f th..: telegram that the Am erica n TFP sent to Carte r follows: "The various i11cide 111s of refugees seeking asyl11111 i11 the Pe m via11 a11d Ve 11e-:.11e la11 e111bassies. i11 l/ava11a for m a11y weeks 110w are sy111p10 111atic of 1111 acute spiritual a11d 11111t1'rial 111alaise affec1i11x sect ors of the C11ba11 p op11latio 11. Th ose so aj/ect ed could b e a majority of the p eople, a considerable minority o r eve11 a small 011e. Bui the fact is tbat they are forced to do so by a11 extre 111e dej;ree of isolatio 11, oppressio n and mise ry. Tbe sit1111tio11 is sucb as to t ro uble ai1d sbocl( our ge11ero 11s A111e rica11 people, awake11i11g 11oble i111 p11/ses of fe llowship a11d co n cern. "The gravity of ibis sit11atio11 became dra m atically clear in the last f ew days wbe11 tbe tyrant - 1:idel Cast m taki11g an apparently liberal altit ude which b e bas ohs! i11ately avoide d for a long time 1rnw, g ave p e r111issio11 f or all tbose w bo are disco11te11t ed 10 leave t he bea u tifid island he has I umed into tbe great est prison in t he bis101y of t be A m ericas. Discont ent rims so high that , in just a f ew bours, some · 10,000 Cuban s sour.ht asylum in the Peru vian e mbassy a/011e. " Wh e11 w 1· consider these facts, we must reme m ber that , in gen e ral, for every d espera/1' p erson wbo 11111nages lo .flee there are many otbers eq ually d esp erat e, wbo do 1101 flee sin1p~y b e cause t hey cannot. So, there are innum-

R efugees i11 llavana - just tbe tip of t h e iceberg i11 tbe Caribbean . e rabie Cubans 1111able to /lee w bo d eeply yeam for a cba11ge i11 their situation. "A II that bas bappe11ed so far is much more 111ea11ing/11I than tbe /J/ OS/ p e rfect public op inion poll, however impartial, w e ll-equipped, and specialized t be pollst er migbt be. "Tlrns, our p eople unexpect e dly find tbe111selves /acinx a sit11111io11 that is 1101 011ly tro11bli11g but also d ra'lllat ic t o t b e bigbest d egree. This puts yo u r Admi11islrat io11, if you permit us lo say so, i11 · a j uncture w bicb t ests the wbo /e credibility of A 'lllerica11 i11te11tiuns toward otber countries. "Tbis credibility bas alr('ady s11/]i'red co11sidnable d a111age a111011g t be 1111tions fi·ie11dly t o t he U11 it ed States in the Near East a 11d the M iddle f:asl because of tbe 11nexpect ed11ess o/ t he dip lo1J1atic 111o ves by wbicb we change our policies and fi·ie11ds. The kind of attitude we take toward C uba could reii1/orcc or sbake our credibility witb all the co untries

1111d p eoples of tbe A111e ricas, w b o se i111111r11se majority fee l 1111ited to tbe C11ba11 p <•oplc by religious, bistorical a11d etlmic links tbat W(' 11111st consider ifwe are not to err ve1y gravely. ' T o ur Ad111i11istration has, i11 fact, carried 011 a co111 i11uo11s actio n in tbe Lati11 A 111e rica11 co 1111/ries to elimi11ale or soften tbe dictatorial regimes establisbed i11 111a11y of 1be 111. Freeing p eoples fro m oppressive govemme 11ts was t h e principle i11 voked w ith 111issior1ary-!ike z eal for this manifold and in sistent act io11. A!tbougb tbis policy was applauded by broad sectors of Latin American opi11io11, 11011e of them gave it more o ut st1111d i11g support tha11 the C om1111111ists and their fe llow tmvelers, tbat is, the sectors most influe n ced by the worst enemies of our country. "Sensational and scandalo us evid ence of tbe existence of an i11bu111a11e and tyrannical police stat e now surfa ces in Cuba. All the diso rders tbe U.S. Govern -

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tressing to us and certainly to millions ment alleges for its political intervenof other Americans as well. tions in Central and South America "By appealing to you, respectfully seem petty in comparison to it. As you suggesting that you take a path we have alleged - not without reason ean1estly desire, we mean to express there are, indeed, in many instances, our wholehearted wish for unity with serious cases of oppression, moral or our country's authorities. Please accept, physical tort11re in those countries. 111 Mr. President, our respects and best Cuba, however, the facts show that it wishes for success to the advantage is not merely a question of serio11s cases. of Cbristian grandeur in America." The w hole nation feels morally and physically tortured and oppressed. This initial action by the TFP met Therefore a question arises: If we did so with encouraging letters of support much to alleviate individual sit11ations, from various Cuban organizations in the how much more should we do to alle.United States such as, Facts About viate the situation of a whole country? Cuba, the Committee of Political · "Certainly, it was noble of yo11 to Prisoners o f Cuba in Exile, a nd the open our doors to the Cuban refuge es. Association of Cuban Doctors in Exile. The bope thus raised in those unfort11nIn a letter to the American TFP, Mr. ate people cannot be suppressed by Ricardo Austrich, president of the p'ractical difficulties tbat now arise. For Bos ton-based Facts About Cuba orsuch difficulties are small in compariganization, stated, " The noble TFP has son to tbe extent of tbe resources tbat had the initiative and principle to inProvidence has granted us. BUT IT JS tercede on our behalf as, to the best NOT ONLY A QUESTION OF 10,000 of our knowledge, no other organizaPEOPLE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. t ion has." THE ENTIRE CUBAN NATION Th e widely-read, El Diario-La Prensa if you allow 11s to repeat, Mr. Presiin New York published a summary of the dent - IS BEING TORTURED. AND, TFP 's telegram to Carter also calling IT IS THE NATION AS A WHOLE for an investigati on of the tragic situWHICH MUST BE KEPT IN MIND. ation in Cuba. "The q11estio11 as to bow far we should Ohvier Rebbot On May 8, having received no rego in Cuba, wbicb in tbe rigor of logic R efugees cbecking in at Key West sponse from the White House to their flashes in tbe mind of every aware over 30,000 so far. telegum, ten representatives of the American, leads us to present y ou with American TFP we nt to Washington, a suggestion. A suggestion, by tbe way, a/finned a right to send a11 expediD.C. where they had a scheduled inas moderate as it co uld be in view of tionary force to faraway Africa t o free - tervie,v ,vith Mr. Richard G raham, yo11r previous actions. It is that the tbe overseas Portug uese provin ces from ·_Special Assistant for Human Rights United S tates call on all the governalleged abuses of authority by their Central American and Caribbean Area. ments of tbe Americas to support us in 111other country. Mr. Graham is an assistant to Mrs. a demand tbat C11ba grant free entry to " We do not believe that tbose who Patricia M. D erian , President Jimm y experts enjoying tbe confidence of the control Cuba can i11vok e the principle Carter's Assistant Secretary for Human p11blic in the tbree Americas. I-laving of 11011-i11terve11tio11 i11 relati011 to the Rights and Humanitarian Affai rs. free access to the unfortunate island, present scandal in Havana witbout losDuring t he interview at Mr. Graham's they would be able to carry out there ing credibility in the eyes of world office in the State De partment, th e a free, wide-ranging, technical and opi11io11. This loss of credibility is the spokesman for the American TFP prehumane investigation of wbat really terrible price they wo uld bave to pay sented the Special Assistant with a happened there so that tbe world may for tbeir co11tradicitio11. But wbat a copy of the original telegram to Carter know the facts and look for ways to terrible price we will have to pay for and expressed the ir wish that an answer prevent their recurrence. our co11tradictio11, Mr. Presirie11t, if tbis would be fort h coming from the White "We do not foresee that those in ti111e we abstain from i111erve11i11g in House soon_. power in Cuba can com[ortably appeal Cuba after sucb a long a11d tediously to the only principle in whose name wordy series of i11terve11tio11s in otber Events taking place in Cuba and rethey co11ld resist this 1neasure, the countries of tbis bemispbere. In thes'! ports from refugees arriving in Miami principle of non -intervention. Ju fact, nations we bave put out curtain fires have now confirmed the thesis first In Cuba, are w e going to let them burn their notorious intervention in the Caput o ut by the TFP in its telegram to ribbean and Central America and their the wbole bouse dow11 and go 1111• Carte r in April. The num ber of refugees continuous relationsbip witb all the pu11ished? has swelled to over 30,000 and no communist parties in South America "We ask you, Mr. President, to see end is in sigh t as o f this writing. Reports make Cuba a force of permanent in i11 these arguments and tbis suggestio11 of the misery under which the tyrant, tervention in all of these areas. a desii-e to collabomte with your /\dFidel Castro, is forcing the Cuban peo"Furthermore, the Cuban leaders ministration. We are moved, not by any ple to live are being amply attested to themselves boast of having intervened political designs of our own, but by an by the countless thousands who are in Africa. Tbey oflicially abandoned in1pulse of our Christian and patriotic giving up everything to leave his "island the principle of non-intervention and hearts in tbe face of a situation disparad ise." A fonnighrh· publi cation of the Ameri can Sociery for rh c Defense nf Tradirion. Famil y, a nd Prnpcrr1· l TF P\ John Horvat. Editor. Twe nty -four issues per year .. Subscriprion rari.s $22.50 per ,·car f,H U.S. a nd Ca nada (sent First CIJ,s\; surface mail to ot her co untri es, $22 .50 per yea r, Airmail rates upon request. For subscription & infurrnatinn write TFP Newslerter. P. 0 . Box 121 , Pleasantville, N. Y. 10570. Permiss ion is granted to reprodut·e in whole or in part any article 1n this newsletter with credit given to Tf-P Newsletter. TFP Newsletter

Free Access To Embassies, The Decisive Test Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira

The present juncture in Cuba is complex. T he situation of the unfortunate refugees in the Peruvian embassy appears to be resolving itself as the desperate ten thousand leave one by one, or rather, in bunches. Their misfortune, however, is no more than one aspect of what really ought to be called "the Cuban scandal." There is much more to it: the martyrdom of Cuba as a whole. Let us put it this way. I know nothing about orogenisis. I do know that every island in the sea is the peak of a mountain rising from the depths. It is generally affirmed, moreover, that great mountains do not rise up alone, but occur in ranges. Likewise, around every island there are lesser mountains below the surface which really are frustrated "islands" that didn't make it to the light of day. Certain phenomena in the deep waters of public opinion are analogous to this. At times passionate movements among a people remain hidden like frustrated "archipelagos" that fail to reach the surface. However small an island may be, it indicates the proximity of a vast, wrinkled and irregular ocean floor ; likewise, the great explosions of public unrest are evidence of widespread discontent and even muted but real convulsions. I don't know whether what was said here about islands and mo untains is scie n~ifically sound. But it certainly expresses very well what I feel about the Cuban scandal. Ten thousand refugees (orl0,800, if you will) flee panic-stri cken thro ugh the first embassy door they can get through. They anxiously rush home just long enough to pick up their relatives and fl ee. The sick, the old, and child ren are among the unfortunates who stay out in the open, starving, crushed together night and Âˇ day in the most repugnant filth, rather than return to their homes - comparatively tiny Eldorados where bed, cleanliness and fo od await them. They prefer to bear this veritable hell on earth and suffer the insults, curses, threats and even objects the Castroite hoods hurl at them from outside th e embassy. I do not know of one single case just like this ever having happened in any embassy. All of this is much more than merely a proof that th ese ten thousand Cubans were suffering ph ysical or moral torture. What mo un tain ranges of suffering and hatred must exist around such an.

"island" of inconformi ty! As a whole, Cuba is a concentration island, a Lubianka. It is not, then, a question of freeing the 10,000, but rather of freeing the whole island. This is the terrible reality that the "pragmatic" West, grown soft and cowardly, apparently does not want to see. The third element in the picture is the "marches of solidarity" that Fidel Castro put on as he tried to coverup the obvious. Once a whole nation has been terrorized, what could be easier for a tyran t than to pressure ten thousand, a hundred thousand, or even a million pitiful "pragmatists" into the streets to applaud and shout vivas for him? And then issue tendentious reports of such a "triumph" to the media? In fact, after the tragic episode in the embassy of Peru, there would be only one possible way for Fidel Castro to prove his popularity: publish an official announcement that, for one month, access to the several foreign embassies would be absolutely open to anyone wanting to seek asylum. At the same time, he would have to invite a high level international commission for an on-the-spot verification that there really was free access to the embassies. If, under these conditions only an insignifican t minority took refuge in the embassies, he would have successfully proven that only ... ten thousand Cubans were discontented! Furthermore, if the embassies overfl owed with refugees, Castro should publicly resign. This, and only this, would be significant. Why doesn't he do it? As a Brazilian, I have a right to suggest such a test. After all, in Brazil no police are posted at th e gates of any embassy to keep desperate crowds out. The reason is, very simply, that there aren't any. This is true of all embassies in every country of the free wo rld. So they have grounds not only to suggest, but also to demand , reciprocity for their respective embassies in Cuba. There is more. All of th e free nati ons are entitled to demand, if they wish, that Soviet Russia and its "sattelites" submit to the same test of popularity that I propose for Cuba. What an enormo us gain it would be for them who spend fo rtunes to spread communist propaganda all over the world, if they

were to grant their subjects - under the indispensable observation of an international commission - free access to the embassies of non-communist countries! What a direct and triumphant propaganda coup the communist world would make by proving that their peoples are happy under their Marxist regimes. Can you believe any communist state would do such a thing? After the Cuban explosion, free access to embassies has become the decisive test of the excellence of a regime. This test, that the West passes routinely and even without realizing it, is a real fright for any communist government. 1 ask myself why Carter - who pretends to be a missionary of moderate centrism in Latin America - has . still done nothing to dismantle the dictatorship of Cuban extremism, by far the most terrible ever known in the Americas. I also ask th e bishops, priests and nuns who stir up agitation with their so-called "basic Christian communities": Aren't you afraid that Brazil may fall intp a regime like that of Cuba, so much more sinister than anything you can affirm or may want to conjure up, about the Brazilian situation? Why is it then - since you proclaim yourselves the friends of the poor - that you do not fight against Communism but rather applaud it and trustingly collaborate with it? Don't wonder at my reference to applause. That was precisely what was seen, for example, during the scandalous "Sandinist Night" held in the theater of the Pontifical Catholic Un iversity in Sao Paulo. During that sess10n, Bishop Pedro Casaldaliga donned a guerrilla uniform that was presented to him. Why all this sympath y with the reds? Is it so that some day there will also be patrols guarding the embassies here from unfortunate crowds avidly desiring to enter?

Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira, a thinker and writer of world-wide renown, is the founder of the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition Family and Property, the largest anti'. communist organization in Brazil and president of its National Council. Professor de Oliveira has a syndicated column in the Folha de Sao Paulo, the newspaper with' the largest circulation in Brazil.

After his landsl ide victory over the leftist parties last December, Portugal's new Prime Mi nister Franciso Sa Carneiro appears to have put an en d to the "Revolution of Carnations" that has brought the country disorder and economic stagnation for the last fi ve yea rs. Lead ing a t h ree-party rightist coalit ion, Sa Carneiro 's victory has reflected voters' feeli ngs toward the left in general and t h e precedi ng socialist governments in particular. With a comfortable majority in Parliament, the new Prime Min ister has decided to make a new comm itment totall y directed toward the Western camp. Although he has ch osen to carry out a "prudent" diplomacy toward socialist regimes, he declares he will firmly oppose the "strategy of Finlandization of Europe being carrie d on by the East." Cuneiro's center-right governm ent will be fully aligned with th e act ions concern ing NATO's defense and review its cultural, diplomatic and commercial agreements with Russia. In addition, the new government plans to revi talize t he private sector of the econ om y and call a referendum on "fundamental questions." If within eight months after the coming Portuguese elect ions Carneiro keeps his post as Prime Minister, he will promote a th orough revision of the Portuguese Constitution, which is regarded as the most Marxist o ne in Western Europe. So far, so good. But in an interview with the Swiss magazine L. 'Impact, Carneiro declared, " I th ink that t he Communist Party always constitutes a

Communists in 1-'ortugal - poisoning the mind of tbe patient. danger. International comm unism, of the econom ic field (class stru&gle bewhich it is a part, represents a risk , tween the haves and the ha.ve-nots), for its program is very far from the to make the imf rovement of living democratic concepts of Western cou n- stan dards the chie priority in the fight tries and of the idea of democracy in against Comm unism is, in the end, 1:0 Europe . Therefore, it is necessary to play into its h ands. fight it as efficaciously as possible. And While im proving Jiving stilndlll'ds is a the most sure means to do it is to im- pra~eworthy goal, il does not ttepla.ce prove t h e living sta ndards of the Portu- a serious and metieulous doctrinal guese." " I will give priority to econ om- struggle showing how the .Communist ic problems: co ntrol of inflation . .. tenets are wrong and unnatural. When fight against unemployment." compared to t hii, th e importance o f Here one can see a dangerous co nthe tiny an d demoralized Por~uese fusion of ideas that ca n easily neutral- Communist Party seems rather petty . ize the very struggle that Mr. Carneiro For t he voters have already turned them proposes to carry out. Th ere is no doubt down; they know who they are. But that Comm unism must be fought as who is going to protect the country efficaciously as possibl e. However, since against the slow p ermeation of Comit is a materia listic doctrine circum- munist ideas that are n ot openly proscribing men's probl ems exclusively to claimed as such?

TELEVISION'S CHILDREN " ...Contemporary video entertainment ... is running directly counter to traditional American values and institutions. Television's favorite black hats ... are businessmen, military officials and the small town power structure; on the other hand, criminals, the poor and the hyperkinetic style of urban life are almost inevitably portrayed with sympathetic strokes. This 'coherent, antiestablishment ideology' ...is largely the result of a left-of-center bias that has come to dominate the medium's creative community."("TVComedy: What's It Teaching the Kids," Newsweek , May 7, 1979) Against the background of this recent Newsweek article, comes a UPI report of growing parental and educator reaction to TV viewing. Kimberton Farms Schools in Phoenixville , Pennsylvania has drawn up guidelines setting strict limits for watching television in an effort to rid students of hyperactivity, nervo usness and antisocial behavior. "Elementary-level students who watch a great deal of television tend to be hyperactive, nervous and antisocial,"

said Henry Blanchard, head of the faculty at the school. . Kimberton Farms has an enrollment of 3 20 students from nursery school through the 12th grade. Its program for limiting TV viewing calls for no television for youngsters through the first grade. Students at the other grade levels are urged to stay away from television on school nights and to restrict weekend viewing to no more than three to four hours. The effects of the program were recently covered in an article in the January issue of Parents magazine. "You can observe the effects with some

youngsters almost immediately," said Mr. Blanchard in the article. "Three days after they turn off the set, you see a marked improvement in their behavior. They concentrate better and are better able to follow directions and get along with their neighbors. If they go back to the set, you notice it right away." At · the Gunpowder Elementary School in Baltimore, Maryland, Camille Faith, who is a teacher there, is reported as saying that many students indicated that late night shows were their favorite viewing hours. "Many students come to school tired, and it's no surprise that the late shows tend to be cited most by students having difficulties with their studies." Linda Lombardi, a former school admissions secretary, said long hours in front of the tube tend to dampen spontaneity and imagination. "The ability to think and write is weakened by habits unconsciously acquired from TV jargon," she said. Such a healthy reaction, albeit tardy, should come as welcome news to todax's TV manipulated and pressured parents.

Recipe for Crime - - The Ho uston Police Department elaborated a 10-point set of rules about the problems affecting the family and the education of children: 1. From his early childhood, give your son everything he wants. In this way, when he grows up, he will think everybody is obliged to give him whatever he wishes. 2. When he says bad words, just laugh. This will help him to consider himself interesting. 3. Never give him religious orientatio n. Wait till he reaches 21 to "decide for himself." 4. Put away yourself everything he leaves strewn about the house: books, shoes, cloches. Do everything for him ' so that he learns to lay his own responsibility on somebody else. 5. Quarcel frequently in his presence. In chis way he won 't ·bevtoo surprised when the family breaks .up Jater on. 6 . Give him the money he asks for. Do not let him earn his-own· money. 7. Fulfill all of his desires for .food, drink and comfort. A denial · could bring him harmful frustrations. 8. Defe nd him against neighbors, teachers, policemen (everybody 'has ba:d will toward your son). 9. When he finds himself in serious · trouble, cry this excuse: " I could never domin ate him." · 10. Prepare yourself for a life of disJ uvenile delinquency - legacy of delinquent parents. appointments. That's what you deserve.

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"LEFT" ... "RIGHT" ... "LEFT" A "turn" towards the free enterprise school of thought has come from Mozambique where President Samora Machel has criti cized his country's social· ist endeavors and has undertaken, to some degree, a "return" to p rivate en· terprise and private ownership. When the communists forced the Portuguese o ut of the co u ntry, Mozam· bique was left in a sorry state. The ter· rorist-inspired insurgency in Rhodesia, closing Mozambique's borders w ith that OUTNUMBERED

Most of the 88,000 employees of the Internal Revenue Service devote their time to collecting taxes from lawabiding citizens, wh ile o nl y 2,800 con· centrate on narcotics traffickers and members of the Mafia who cheat the government out of billions of dollars of income tax yearly. PROXY PARENTS

The rea ring of Ca lifornia's children sho uld not be the responsibility of the state, a social worker told a public hea ring on state services for ch ildren. Marie Wh ite, who works for the Sacramento County Department of Probat ion said, " It is exceedingly dangerous for chi ld ren to be under the purview of the state. Control sho uld be in the hands of the fami ly." White was responding to a report prepared by the State Office of Statewide Hea lth Planning and Development. According to the report, despite a massive

country, made matters worse. Small wonder, then , t hat Machel was int eres· ted in persuading fellow-Marxist Robert Mugabe to accept British peace terms. Recentl y, Machel castigated national· ization projects (of his own doing) and official corruption that has naturally flowed from them. In his bid to shore up the econom ic condition of his coun· t ry, he is now la uding the merits of the free ente rprise system . "Left ... Right ... Left." spending program of more th an $ 11 billion last year on state programs for children, "the general condition of Ca lifornia's . ch ildren (serviced by the program) is not good." FL YING CARPETS?

In a change of policy, the North Carolin a Department o f Corrections will allow Mus lim inmates of state prisons to buy prayer rugs as "approved re1igious items" and to use thei r rugs in their ce lls and other d esignated places. T he decision fo llowed a rlJling of the state's Inmate Grievance Committee that the prayer rugs are necessary to the p ractice of the Islam religion. MANY HAPPY RETURNS

Sometime during J une, most Ameri· cans wi ll begin wor king for themselves ... instead of for their federal, state and local governments. T his year, taxes wi ll consume more than 40% of our national income. That's an average of

Pepsi-Cola's operations in t he Soviet Union have grown to five plants and an· other five plants are planned. T he t en plants will bring capacity to· 72 million bottles a year--fifteen times the·initial production of rival Coca-Cola in Pek ing. FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS

An air traffic controller at the Miami Inte rnational Airport has been suspended pending a· federal investigatio n he deliberately tried to d ivert an airliner toward a thunderstorm. (Miami Herald, April 1980) The alleged incident invo lved a Braniff jetliner carrying 105 passengers. The contro ller, who was not identified, · alleged ly made references d uring the incident to Braniff's policy of refusing free rides to controlle r~. a spokesman fo r t he Federal Av iation Administration is reported as saying. The pilot of th e Bran iff flight refused t he initial directions, received a new route and landed safely. CULTURAL EXCHANGE

A shipload of Russian tanks and am· munition intended for former dictato r, ldi Amin of Uganda, was offloaded in Durban, So uth Africa in April last year. (South African Press Association, March) The report stated that the armaments were taken off the ship after information was received- t hat the weapons were destined for Angola to aid the SWAPO movement. T he ship, the Astor, was turned back from Kenya after Am in had fall en. It headed for Lybia, but had to call at Dur· ban. It was then that the 150 tons of armaments were un loaded and pa id for. COMMANDMENTS, CAROLS, AND THE COURTS

Christmas carols are a part of the nation's cultural heritage and the Ten Commandmen ts are a code of con- • duct appropriate · for t he moral t raining of American youth. courts ruled rece ntly in decidi ng c lassroom controversies in South Dakota and Kentucky. The dec isions turned backed attempts by civil libertarians and an avowed atheist to stop public instruction in re ligious songs and t he bibl ical code of ethics.

Guatemala: Jesuits Favor Revolution Guatemala is struggling against the growing threat of red domination. A Catholic country of Spanish heritage, it does not want to follow the path of Nicaragua and El Salvador. In these two countries, important and very active sectors of the episcopate and clergy have played a decisive role to bring about leftist revolution. The same is now happening in Guatemala.

The Society of Jesus, whose glorious name has been stained with dishonor by numerous pro-revolutionary attitudes of its members, recently published in Guatemala an open letter bitterly criticizing the government there. The accusation, vague and unsubstantiated by any proofs, was the same classically used against anti-communist regimes: "Kidnappings, torture and murders ... a selective terror, at the same time massive and indiscriminate" (Reuters News Agency, 2/13/80.) Above all, the document obviously couldn't fail to mention "the poverty of the majority of the people and the unjust _profits of the owners of coffee, sugar, and cotton plantations." The Jesuits, "felt obliged to break their silence· in Guatemala, where an antiChristian system of power dominates, a system that kills life and persecutes those who fight for it." These "enlightened" priests affirm that they are basing their statements on the teachings of the Latin American Bishops Conference in Puebla, citing the final communique of that conference's: "Fear of Marxism makes many fail to face the oppressive reality of liberal capitalism." The aggressive and unilateral Jesuit proclamation is one more step toward the setting of another Central American country afire with the flames of Communist revolution. This is all the more grave since it had the approval of Caesar Jerez, the Provincial Superior of the Jesuits in Central America and Panama, which makes the issue go beyond the limits of Guatemala itself. An article published recently in Newsweek, provides some insight into the philosophy of Fr. Jerez. Question: In Guatemala the government is accusing the Jesuits of subversion and sympathy with the communists. What do you say? Answer: This conflict principally exists because we make public declarations· about the situation in Guatemala. It is my belief that these declarations

are made in the true evangelical spmt. We show facts such as the frightening rising costs principally for the poor. The distribution of income in the country is not just. We tell of the violence against the peasants. We also talk against the unfortunate situation of the Indians who make up more than half of the population. Question: Do you think that in the case of civil war the people would receive the help of the Sandinistas of Cuba? Answer: In Nicaragua there is need for internal security, and providing help to other countries would be difficult. Some help must come from Cuba. It is sad, but if you have money you can buy arms in any place. They are sold like bananas. A good example of this is what happened in Nicaragua. In a battle you will find that the same type of arms ;s used by both sides. This will also be our case. There are many ways to get money. Question: Are leftist means usc:d to supply financing for arms? Answer: They said that they are getting money from the rich, through seizures, etc. I am almost certain that there are also rich people paying taxes for the war - financiers - for these groups. Question: Have there been extremist Jesuits killed in El Salvador?

Anwers: Yes, two years ago one of our priests was killed - some were thrown out of the countrv and others . imprisoned and tortured. · Question: If you sec a civil war, who would fight against who? Answer: Unhappily it would be a war of the rich against the poor. Uniquely, it depends on the side you are on. It is not a black and white situation. In Nicaragua there was a group of youths from rich families that took the side of the Sandinistas. This could also happen in El Salvador. It would be the case to ask these Jesuits why they are so passive before the real atrocities of Comunism in Cuba and so many other parts of the world, where murder and misery have been a part of daily life for decades, under the dominion of an intrinsically anti-Christian ideology, as the .Popes have taught. Why have they not felt "obliged to break their silence" regarding this real issue? Obviously, the Guatemalan Jesuits who authored the open letter are indirectly favoring, to say the least, Guatemala's fall into Communism. It· would be well to remind them of the excommunication - which has not been revoked - that Pius XII fulminated in 1949 against all those who favor the Communist sect. □□□

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Guatemala: Under a Red scourge in black robes.

War of Words -A CIA report released at a White Holl'Se Intelligence Committee meeting revealed ch ar the Soviet Union has carried on an anti-American propaganda campaign for nearly thirty-five years. This Soviet form of pyschological warfa re began shortly after World War 11 and peaked in intensity and sophistication during 1978 - 1979 according co the report. Ironically, th is was the period d uring w hich t he United Scates a n d the Soviet Union were r~ying co negotiate the now dormant SALT II Accord. According to C I/\ estimates, the Soviets spent, last year alone, ar least $200 million on a variet y of propaga nda material co isolate the United States from its allies. For this end , t he Russians employed outright propaganda as well as covcrt operatio ns. Th e C IA report goes on ro reveal that o ne of the most popular methods the Soviets made use of was t he forging of documents to li nk the U.S. with terrorism around th e world . The techni ques they use arc very sophisticated ... so much so th at t hey have ma de nearflawless forgeries of everything from secret U.S. Army manua ls ro classified State Departmen t com muniques. Th e espionage exper ts in the Kremli n obtai ned the proper papc.:r, inks, printing presses, and letterheads, and have learned ro convi n cingly du plicate the writing style of Ameri can Scace Department bureaucrats. For the Soviets, then, we can say ch ar World \Var II d id not end. Fo r ch em, it was merely a matter of changing weapons and techniques ro ga in the ends so amply provided for at the T ehe ran and Yalta Conferences.

Tribalism /\ group of c.:cologists, living 111 a mountainous regi o n in th e north of \Vales, survived the snows and storms of last winter w ithou t using a single volt of elc.:crricity suppl ied by rhe big utility companies in rhe country. These eco logists, who work for rhe 13ricish Center of /\ lrcrnarive T echnology, do no t consider themselves "hippies" but qua lifie d engineers and b io logists who believe it is possible to solve the petroleum crisis in the 80's through solar energy and "age-old techniques." During the experiment they lived in a commune, al m ost self-sufficient in producing their own food, entirely depende nt on the sun, wind , and rainfall without sacrificing the luxuries of modern life . The experiment took place in the village of 1.l wy ngwcrwand which they called the "city of rhe future.'' T o _the informed observer. the.: experiment was a return to the rriha l soc iety of the past with some rwenticth century t rappings.

Tefl'orist Tots?

The studen ts in a third grade class at J efferson School in Di xon, Illinois have been learning how to write ransom n otes ... adding a fourth " R " co the traditional three. For more than a year now , the chi ldren 's teacher Nancy Grygiel has been givi ng her students the assignment of writing a ranso m note using visual aids (Tb e Sacrame11to Bee , April 16, 1980). /\. typical class assign m ent reads: " I have your daughter. I will give her back for $2,000. If you wan t her hac k, drop it in J efferson School's ga rbage can. If you call the cops, I will kill your daughter." For visua l a ids, the ch ildren were asked to draw a knife for the word "kill ", an q ,c ball for the wo rd " I " and a garbageÂˇ ca n and a little girl. The news article reported that Grygiel had intended t he project as "a pretend sort of thing," bur said she now realizes it probably was not appropriate because of increased violence and the situation with the American hostages in Iran. " It was ro teach the children

that commun ications have to be specific," she said. She did not suggest ro th e child ren char they use the word "kill" in t h eir notes. She said chat the class could do another project using t h e same "art form", but with a positive content. Strangely enough, Grygiel had used the project w it h different classes for more than o ne year befo re a mother o f one of the students in her current c lass complained to school auth o ri ties. This would seem co make the disinterested parents "accomplices ro the crime." When th e subject matter of the class was finally discussed wit h the parents, the teacher said, " T he k ids e njoyed it, which is why I d id it more than one year." ... adding that she did not realize it was in bad taste and that the children were using "Tootsie Rolls and Twinkies" fo r ransom money . Douglas Shippen, the school principa l, was reported as saying that he d id "chi nk the no tes were inapprop riate," but added, " I honestly bel ieve the project was not meant as any su bversive or derogatory action ."

Sails on the Horizon Sailing sh ips arc back. Sai ling freighte rs will soon cross t he seas ca rry ing as mu ch cargo as curren t sh ips. Projects for construction of sailing freighters are being develo ped by J apan, West Germany, France, t he United Scares and Australia. The Nippon Kokan KI< , a Japan ese firm , is already testing their threem asted model, the "Daigo." But it is not u p ro par. It makes o nly six knots, far below the desired 15. Only now the " Phicoe," a projec t of Marc Philippe and Marcel Cocssin seems to be arousing some interest in France. Philippe, after long experi m e nts and studies at the port of I lavre, perfected the sails. Coessi n is an expert in aerodynamics. The "Phicoe" (short for PhilippeCoessin) ca n go as fast as good m o dern ships - from 20 to 25 knots - thanks co its flex ible sai ls, a daptable to the whims of the winds. An auxil iary motor is provided to make up for the la ck of wind.

The DynaShip Corp. of Palo Alto, Calif. will stare bu ild ing the " Dy naShip," a six-mast sa iling freighter within two years. The ship was designed in I lam burg by t h e engi neer Wilhelm Prolss. It is also equipped with small motors for p ropu lsion in windless periods. But its fu el co nsumpti o n will total only 10% of wh a t a ship of an equivale nt size currently uses. The interest stirred u_p by sailing ships is fu ll y justified since no o ne appears co he able co guarantee o il supplies from the Middle East, w h ich may be cut off at any m o ment if a local or worldwide confl ict breaks out in the volatile Pe rsian Gulf a rea. It is incomprehensible that Western govern ments cook so long to realize this obvious fact. There are those who say the return of sailing ships should be promoted anyway, even if there were no oil crisis, if only fo r pollu cion control and for t he sake of beauty .

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No. 1

1980

De-bunking the Role of the American "Fighting Woman" In November of 1979, the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, Military Personn~l Subcommi~tee, held four days of Hearings in Washington, D.C. on the proposal of various "women's lib" organizations to repeal the laws of our land which prohibit women from combat duty. While the major news media carried much detail about the testimony of the feminists, little was reported on the testimony of men and women who have served in our country's annc:d forces during war time. These experienced and respected military figures came out strongly against the idea of women in combat. One of the opponents of the idea was Brigadier General Elizabeth P. Hoisington, former Director, Women's Army Corps. (WACs). In her testimony before the subcommitee she stated, "I want my name on record as having stood up to oppose women being trained or assigned to combat units. By th at I mean their being assigned duties such as rifleman, driving a tank, firing an artillery piece, piloting a fighter plane. "War is hell. Heads are blown off; arms and legs are mai!n ed ; .suffering is so intolerable it affects men for years. It is bad enough for our men to haye to endure this. But do we want our you ng women to suffer also?" Answering critics who have claimed that women are just as capable as men in performing t he physical hardships of combat training, she said, "I do no t doubt that the Army has women who can complete a combat course, endure three days or three weeks under field conditions and shoot as straight as any man. But in my whole lifetime, I have never known 10 women whom I thought could endure three months under actual combat conditions in an Army unit." Echoing General Hoisington's comments at the hearings was former WAC Lieutenant Mary Lawlor representing WAC Veterans for Freedom . The former Army officer served in the European Theater of Operations in World War II

W. W.l marinettes - Joining up to "free a man to fight." landing in Normandy on D-Day plus 90. Mrs. Lawlor raised the question of whether broadening the specialities of females in the Army to include combat will increase or decrease the Army's efficiency. She pointed out that women in combat put undue pressure on men, as for example during the Arab-Israeli war. In that conflict the m en reacted with extreme shock at seeing women's bodies mutilated, much more so than seeing men injured. Further she went o n to state that, "one West Po in t high ranking officer was asked how the girls worked out as artillery gu nners. His response was to the effect that whereever necessary, the boys pitched in and helped the girls out. I submit that combat units must consist of soldiers who can stand on their own two feet in performing their assigned tasks lest they endanger themselves and all other members of the unit." In this vein, General W.C. Westmoreland, U.S. Army (Ret.) who was Commander of U.S. Forces in Vietnam and former Army Chief of Staff testified that, "The purpose of a military force .. . is to pre pare itself to fight and win wars. Any policy that distracts from the prospect of th at end-result is unworthy ... " "Combat is a physical and psychological challenge of the most extreme sort," he continued. "On the battlefield, the full capacity of every person

G.I.jane - Fatigues,.foxholes and fashions? can be needed, and one can not be expected to practice exclusive specialization. One moment a soldier may be performing his primary specialty but th e next he may be engaged in exhausting hard labor by digging a trench, fell ing a tree , or pushing a truck or carrying a stretcher. Few women have the physical capacity to perform such tasks on a sustained basis. Hence, to have a number of women in the battle area results

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in reducing the flexibility anci capability of the total force." History supports this impressive testimony. Nowhere is there any evidence that the .assignment of women to combat roles improve a nation's ability to win wars. Neither Hitler nor the Japanese when they were in dire need of manpower during the Second World War resorted to using women in combat. Not even in the Soviet Union, where the presumed notion of equality between men and women was initiated in Lenin's time, does one find women in the front lines.

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What, then, is the purpose behind the nationwide news media campaign to force the role of women in combat? Is it to satisfy the unsatiable appetite of the feminists for a false "equality" and who look upon the armed forces as a giant social welfare program, designed to provide "social mobility upwards" for minorities which, according to their peculiar definition, included women?" (Phyliss Schlafly Report 2/80) Perhaps an analysis of this desire to force rhis false concept of equality of the sexes even to the point of plac-

ing our nation in jeopardy is best summed up by the 19th century sociologist, de Tocqueville who wrote: "There are people ...who confounding...the different characterizations of the sexes would make man and woman into beings not only equal but alike. They would give to both the same functions, impose on both the same duties... they would mix them in all things .. .It may be rea dily conceived that thus by attempting to make o ne sex equal from so preposterous a medley of works of nature nothing could ever result but weak men and disorderly women:"

NOW A PASSING GRADE

As the debate over declinirig educational standards in the country rages on, Dr. Alvin Eurich, now president of the U.S. Academy for Educational Development and of Stanford University of New York and the head of the Educational Division of the Ford Foundation, has made an interesting study comparing reading abilities of today's students and those of sixty years ago. The results give an "A" to Grampa and an "F" to Junior. It was in the 1920's that Dr. Eurich designed experiments to improve the reading abilities of college students. Then, as now, th e University of Minnesota had open admission for any graduate of an accredited high school. In the tests given then the participants were not only th e 1,313 college freshmen in th e liberal arts college but also 42,191 high school seniors in the Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools. In 19 78 in the same test given to the students in 1928, college freshmen failed to match th e performance of both college and high school students of the earlier period. The first of the two tests consisted of vocabulary in which the students had to define 100 words by selecting the correct meaning fro m five choices and a reading co mprehension test which asked the. students t o selec t, from a series of statements, the one that correctly interpreted t he paragraph. In th e second test (speed reading) students were all oted six minutes to read 38 paragraphs and were required to cross out the o ne ex traneous or absurd phrase in each paragraph. In comparing th e 1978 freshmen to th e 1928 students in the vocabulary test t he class of '78 scored significantly lower (28.75 ou t of 100) than the class of '28. (34.9). Approximately 50% of the 1978 freshmen scored below 26. In the reading compreh ension test,

Harvard Signs Spell Trouble For Image of Higher Education Eyebrows rose and sorne faces reddened at Harvard when those arriving to attend the university's 329th cornrnencernent noticed misspelled signs on the Yard. "It wasn't a jok e, " a university spokesrnan said. " There really wasn't any provision rnade to proo/read tbe signs. But w e 're sure go ing to check t bern next year." At the cerernony, sberiffs were among tbe spe ctators wbo applauded tbe presentation of 4,600 degrees, 11 of thern bonorary. Eurich asks the qu estion, "Can it be that through our technological means of communicatio n, we are becoming headline learn ers, giving less atten ti on to substance and the beauty of the language?" Other experts reason that the growing use of computers and calculat ors is causing students to be unable to t hink for th emselves. (Th is pheno meno n can easily be o bserved at a check-o ut cou nter in any large supermarket.) "The human brain is endangered," declared Dr. Max Rafferty, Dean of the School of Education at Troy Seate University in Alabama. "Our power of th ought and creativity could shrivel up through sheer mental laziness if we allow our ow n machines to dominate us fu rther."

th e pattern was similar. In the speedread ing test, about 54% of the 1928 freshmen scored 20 or below. In the 1978 class, 81 % scored 20 or below. Dr. Eurich stated that this was a " highl y signifi cant statis tical difference." Most striking, Dr. Eurich c ontinued, was the " noticeable decline in 1978 in the performance of the most gifted students - the top 1%. In 1978, he said, no student scored higher than 75, a drop of some 20 points from the highest score in 1928. Only one student out of 100 in 19 78 scored near 60, a score o btained by fiveÂˇout of 100 in 1928 . Th e top 1 % in academic abil ity within the student populatio n, Euri ch argues is "fair game" for a then-andnow com parison.

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Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira

TFP: TRADITION When we speak of tradition, many people think of England, the Queen, t he House of Lords, Rolls Royces, top hats and British distinction and poise . : . All of these impressions, considered as a whole, cause divergent reactio ns in people's minds. Very many sec tradition under differe nt hues as time goes by, depending on the varying impressions current lifestyles successively cause upon them. At times, the hustle and bustle of huge modern cit ies fascinate them. They feel enthused about today's' colossal organizations, mammoth planning and tech nology all of which arc turning science fiction into reality. At those moments, tradition looks like sad backwardness to many of our contemporaries. In the midst of the whirlwind that is overthrowing all hierarchies and blowing away all clothing, tradition feels like a stifling yoke. But w ti en the triumphant vulgari ty of an increasingly egalitarian world, t he noisy, frantic and hurly-burly rhy thm of daily life, the instability threatening all institutions, all rights and all situations cause neurosis, anguish and stress in millions of our co ntemporaries, then tradition appears to them as an elevated rest for the soul, good sense, good breeding, good order and, in a word, the art of living wisely. The question then is what co make of t radition? What should we think of those

moments of excessive longing and the long days of inordi nate distaste so similar to the bouts of hunger a nd loss of appetite of some patients? There arc many who don't know how to resolve the fleeting and subtle spiritual dilemma that at times tears th eir souls in regard to this question. And because of this, they flee from t he topic. Undoubtedly, this flight produces a wall of silence about this matter. In general, however, this silence docs not mean indifference. On the contrary, it is a result of both perplexity and hypersensitivity. The subject is too painful. Isn 't it better, then , to duck it and have a drink?

••• The crimson standards with the golden rampant lion th at the T FPs raise in so many cities all over the world, invite us not to be disheartened and weakly shirk the issue, but to resolve it. To acquire, thus, an internal peace that o nly the truth gives enti rely and that all the drinks in the world cannot provide. Why docs o ur standard cause reactions far more lively than the emblem. of any party or association? Why docs it stir up sympathies and antipathies of all kinds, ranging from people kissing it filled with admiratio n,gazing at it as if singing a hymn of praise, to hateful attempts to rip it and h url it to the groun d? To a great extent, I believe it

is precisely because it raises that problem. What, th en, does this standard mean? That the past should have stood still? That everything of the present should be accepted? The 'fFP standard does not flee from the problem. It denies it. It denies that tradition is only the past and therefore does not fit into the present. True tradition, in principle, is neither fo r the past as such nor for the present as such. It presupposes two principles: (a) that every authentic and living o rder of things has in itself a continuous impulse toward improvement and perfection; (b) that, therefore, true progress is not to destroy but to add , not to break but co go on co the heights. In short, tradition is the sum of t he past plus a present t hat is akin co it. Today should not be a denial of y esterday, but rather its harm o nious cont inuation. In mo re concrete terms, our Christian tradition is an incomparable value that must rule the present. It acts, for example, so that equality may not be understood as the sweeping away of the elites and as an apotheosis of vulgarity; so that liberty may not serve as a pretext for chaos and depravity; so that dynamism does not become frenzy; so that technology does not enslave man. In a word, it aims to prevent progress from becoming inhuman, unbearable, and hateful. Therefore, tradition does not mean to stifle progress, but to protect it from going so absurdly far astray as to become organized barbarity. That barbarity against which another barbarity arises, disheveled and furious: that of Marcusianism*.

Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira,

a thinker and writer of world-wide renown, is the founder of the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property, the largest anticommunist organization in Brazil and president of its National Council. Professor de Oliveira has a syndicated column in the Fo/ha de Sao Paulo, the newspaper with· the largest circulation in Brazil.

• Herbert Marcuse - a philosopher and social theorist born in Berlin m 1898 who held that man must give free rein to his instincts, behaving as he pleases whatever the circumstances.

THEÂˇ SAHARA ON THE MOVE The Sahara is advanci ng at an average of 3.16 miles per year toward the south on a front of approxi_m ately 2,500 miles, transforming into desert the former_Iy fertile region of the Sahel. This area encompasses seven African countries: Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Alto-Volta, Niger and Chad. The Sahel's progressive "desertification" became more noticeable in the period 1968-1974 (coincidentally the same period when detente was in full flower) when a severe drought continued for so long as to call the attention of world opinion. Even though droughts as grave as this one afflicted the Sahel twice before in this centu ry - from 1910 to 19 14 and from 1940 to 1944 (again coincidentally during the periods leading up to W.W.! and duringW.W. II ) the human and animal populations in the area were small and the land finally recovered most of the vegetation it had lost. By the end of the 60's, ho wever, herds had doubled in size and rural populations had moved to the more humid areas where only nomad tribes used to live. Until the latest drought, which ended in 1974 , it was thought that th e phenomenon was due to. global climatic changes. But "experts" later attributed it to the population growth. Of all things,

D ESERT ARE ARID R EG IONS

The Sahara (the darkest area on tbe map) moving into the neighboring arid regions and threatening to grow even 1nore.

the UN General Assembl y called for a confe rence o n "desertificatio n." Curiously enough, the Sahelian strip has the rich water basins of Lake Chad, the plentiful rivers Niger, Gambi, Senegal, White Volta and Black Volta. Besides, like in the Sahara itself, the Sahel's underground is a vast untouched lake. However, plans to take advantage of these resources or to reclaim desertified areas by planting trees and so on, depend on international aid which, in turn, depends on political considerations and economic in terests. But the phenomenon is, in any case, a very adequate symbol for another, even worse, scourge increasingly afflicting Africa: that is to say, the rapid communist advance on that unhappy continent. The recent sabotage of the Gasolburg oil fields in South Africa admittedly set by the African National Congress is every bit as dangerous to the life and death struggle going on in the Sahel region. In view of past coincidences, one is prompted to ask if the Western World's apathy and covert aid to t he communist expansion in Africa has anything to do with the desert 's advance? Perhaps the U.N. would be more effective if it addressed itself to that problem.

Unmilitary-like ''Wordsrnanship'' As America's military might has decli ned since the end of World War II, successive administrations have found it necessary to "redefine" o ur military strategy. The general public has been kept in a state of general confusion and apathy through the clever use of words that apparently indicated that the Un ited States had, indeed, a military strategy to keep its positio n of leadership in the world. Just the opposite is evide nt from the successive policies implemented over the last twenty-five years. Massive Retaliation. This policy was promoted to the Am erican public through the Eisenhower years as President, 1953-1961. At that time, the United States held superiority over t he Soviets in every strategic area and used chis superiority to prevent too rapid an expansion by the Soviets. The American public, although "weakened" by the enforced stalemate in Ko rea was not yet ready to accept being second to the Soviet Union. Assured Destruction Policy. This was the poli cy of th e Kennedy Administration during the early 1960's. No longer was the U.S. strategy o ne of massive retaliation. The threat was now tempered to indicate if we were directly attacked, we could destroy our enemies. Mutual Assured Destruction. This

strange policy, sometimes appropriately referred to as MAD, seemed to indicate that both the U.S. and the Soviet Union had entered into a dual suicide pact. It was announced by Defense Secretary Robert MacNamara. It was under Secretary MacNamara that the U.S. superiority in weapons bega n to deteriorate. Strategic Sufficiency. In 1969, President Richard Nixon an nounced th is strange and vague notion of "sufficiency." Ac the same time, the Soviets were accelerating their own efforts to "catch up." Essential Equivalence. T his policy was an noun ced in 19 74 by Defense Secretary James Schlesinger. It was the official announcement by the United States that the Soviets had "caught up." Rough Eq uivalence. Just two years later, in 1976, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld admitted that the U.S. was not No. 1. He referred to "hopes" t hat the United States could successfully deter Soviet aggressio n. More or Less Equal. The _now Defe nse Secretary Harold Brown a nnounced chis simplistic strategy in 1977. At chis point, it was recognized that the Soviets had caught up with the

U.S. in many strategic areas, forged ahead_ in others and were closing in on the remaining areas of U.S. superiority. However, in face of the frightening consequences, the United States still holds supe riority over the Soviets in one "critical" area - the number of women in the military. It should be reassuring to know that female strength of the U.S. military is at almost seven percent today and programmed for twelve percent for 1983. The Sovieti are woefully behind at less than one percent. Words fail us .. .

Assured destruction - but whose?

REFLECTING ON PETS Times change, people's habits change as well. Many hoped that our changing modern times would bring reasonable and moderate habits. Instead, they brought so much madness that reasonable habits are becoming a rarity. For instance, take the picturesque custom of having pets. A proportional affection was given to domestic animals which reflected some human quality, whether it was a natural quality o r a moral one. The dog was a symbol of unselfish fidelity and dedication to its owner. The cat was attractive because of its elegant agility, relaxed cleverness and sweet purring. A canary was enjoyed because of its golden feathers and harmonious singing. Some liked hawks, consistent in their coups, proud in their warlike gravity. Humming birds, all kinds of singing or ornamental birds accompanied men, made their lives more amenable, rested them through enchantment or admiration. Let the reader reflect a little bit about the pets he knew and taste the nostalgia for the times in which he had his own pet or saw them at the home of some friend. How many times did we desire to have a pet, especially in our childhood, and were unable to get one? But now let the reader prepare himself for a surnrise. In Kassel, West

Feline reflection ofagility and cleverness. Germany, a snake lover was bitten by "his companion," an American rattlesnake when he was trying to feed it, states the Hamburger Abendblatt (213-80). He was saved with an injection of a special serum brought from the Frankfurt Zoo. In the wake of this accident, the Zoo's management has insistently warned owners of poisonous pets to be very careful in dealing with them. An inquiry revealed that sales of serpents in Germany arc rising steadily, and the prices arc very steep. Since it is not possible to legally prohibit possession of snakes, Dr. Richard Foust, director of the Frankfort Zqo, advised all owners to keep the proper serum on hand in their homes. Sometimes the scrum has to be produced from the very pct itself, as in the case of the green Mamba, one of the world's most vcncmous vipers, sin ce many times the zoos don't have such reptiles themselves. The green Mamba, by the way, is sold at exorbitant prices, also. What does this change signify if not a change in the very concept of life?

Grotesque pets: signs of the times.

People used to relax by calmy watching animal's that reflected nobl e states of spirit, affections and charms of an upright mind. Today, . tormented and

shattered souls have lost the capacity to marvel at the pets of former days and have replaced them with animals reflecting horror, filth, perfidy, and death. Indeed, times have changed and people's habi ts have changed. But wh o could argue, this time, it has been for the better?

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BREZHNEV'S SULPHURIC BATHS Leonid Brezh nev spent most of last Apri l taking sulphuric baths in a heal thresort at Matsest a, on th e Crimean coast. This new habit seems to conf irm the precarious health of the Soviet hierarchy's supreme chief. He was t he on ly one to be sitting most of the time during Tito's funeral held in Belgrade recently.

FRENCH FALLOUT

My Mother? I tbougbt sbe was your mother!

HEAD COUNT The U.S. Census Bureau found t hat h ead counting is getting more com pl icated. Th is year, the Bureau cont racted to have their census fo rms sent o ut by t he U.S. Postal Service. Then, they

TOMB IN TROUBLE If a suggestion of Ayatullah Kha lkhali is approved, the tomb of Cyrus the Great, one of Iran's greatest historical monuments and tourist attractions, w ill be demolished. T o Khalkhali, the more t han 2,500 year-old monument is nothi ng but "a symbo l of Shah Reza Pahlav i's former regime."

A FERTILE Fl ELD? Grenada's St. George Medica l School agreed to buy 50 corpses per year from the Medical Cente r of Guyana. Rex Jones, th e ch ief doctor at the Georgetown Medical Center confirmed that Grenadian doctors were in Guyana to make the arrangements.

FRANCE BOOSTS ITS NUCLEAR ARSENAL France has increased its nuclear force of dissuasion last month by insta lling, in the area of Albion, Prove nce, a new unit of S-3 nuc lear mi ssiles. The S-3's, w ith 9 megatons, are 450 ti mes as powerfu l as the bomb dropped in Hi roshima. T his new phase of France's defense program comes right after they launched t he fifth nuclear submarine of t heir Strategic Oceanic r -irce, the

designed the forms so they wou ldn't fit in th e mail so rting machi nes. What's more, April Fool's Day was picked as the official census-taking day. Whole towns were overlooked, but George Bentley, a 14-year o ld dog, got h is form right on schedule. Tonnante, eq uipped with 16 missiles of one megaton each. By 1985 they wi ll launch L 'Inflexible, a nuclear submarin e equipped with 16 M-4, mu ltiple warhead missil es.

SLEEPLESS MILLION More than a mill ion Paris ians are suffe ri ng the effects of noi se pollut ion. Inte nse motor traffic during the day and, in some areas, disco dance parlors during the night, prevent them from sleeping. T his situati on recently led to t he hold ing of the First Anti-Noise Co ngress, whose pa rtici pants appealed to t h e mayor of Paris to help make "the right of Frenchme n to nightly rest a recognized one."

RUSSIANS IN THE SOUTHERN CONE Chilean autho rities are conce rned over th e prese nce of Soviet battleships in t he Drake Pass at the very tip of South America. Admiral Francisco Ghisolfi, the Chilean Navy's Ch ief of Staff sa id that his co untry is concerned at t he rapprochement between Ru ssia and Argentina, "for it considers the Soviet Union a powerful nation trying to reach its goals on t h e basis of worldwide naval suprem acy ." Ghisolfi adds th e Drake

A seriou s cry of alarm sounded recently in Paris during the latest World Congress of De ntists. Statistics released at the Congress show that only one Frenchman out of fo u r possesses a tooth brush - which, in addition, the repo rt goes on to say, they don't kn ow how to use correctly. "If th is continues" - the Congress' report states - "in anot h er two generations, t wo-thirds of the F rench unde r 40 are going to lose their teeth because of cav ities."

BRITISH BITING THE BULLET A third of t he English peop le are d isposed to face the risks of a nuclear war if it be necessary to conta in Soviet expansion. A poll publ ished by London's Daily Mail discloses that 35% of those questioned believe Great Britain sh ou ld res ist Soviet expan sionist po licies even if t h is position m eant n uclear war. Whil e 27% thought Britain should n't go that far, 82% of t hose po ll ed believe a third world war is inevitable anyway; 54% approved the atte mpted rescue mission in Iran.

SIGNS OF THE TIMES The 218 steps t hat Pope John Paui' II will climb to bless the cit y of Rio de Ja neiro, at the feet of the beautiful statue of Christ the Redeemer overlooking the bay, are dirty and in a state of disrepair. Th e statue's pedestal is sta ined, the wal ls full of grafitti, and garbage strewn on the ground. A special cleaning operation will take pface before the Po ntiff's visit, "to lessen, a bit, the aspect of abandonment in wh ich the (statue of) Christ is," a Brazi lian newspaper says. Time and weath er have also taken their toll on the statue. T he mouth is chipped; so is th e left hand, on the tip of wh ich is a lightning rod. There are small h oles in the right hand and on the sleeves o f the· tunic. Finally, near the heart, t here is a big ho le.

-''Historic Compromise'' Unmasked Italy naturally attracts those sectors of the public interested in watching the unfolding of ideological and political debates of our time. This is so, not only because of that country's im portance, the intelligence of its people, but- -even more important-because there is found the See of Saint Peter, the center of th e Catholic world. What happens in Italy draws intense repercussions in Catholic hearts around th e world ; and, from there, in successive waves, in thespiritofpeoples everywhere. The great issue of Italian politics today is the so-called "histor_ic compromise," a long-range tactic developed by the Italian Communist Party (PCI) that has managed to enter the government as an ally of the Christian Democra ts. One could say that if the alliance betwee n com munists and Ch ristian Democrats was achieved, a new era would begin in the history of Western nations. Communism would no longer be seenÂˇas as tricky and implacable enemy, bu t rather as a gentle partner with whom one could naturally deal with on a regular basis. This is why the secretary-general of the PCI, Enrico Berlinger, and his henchmen, are so careful to spread a "legal" and "democratic" image of their organization. For the the strategists of international communism, the Italian situation is rather delicate. In this context, we were happy to learn of the publication of a new wo rk by the talented writer, Giovanni Cantoni, entitled, La Lezione ltaliana (Th e Italian Lesson). In it, he expou nds o n the situation in his Âˇcountry in the last few years,

Co111n11111ist leader Enrico Berlinguer particularly from 1973 to 1979. The book includes articles of the author that had been previously published in Cristianita, the magazine of Alleanza Cattolica, the movement that he directs. In addition to these articles, the book contains Mr. Cantoni's mo nograpl1, II conipromesso culturale (The Cu ltural Compromise), which D. Arrigo Pintorell o, Italy's honorary military Archbishop praised in a letter to the author. The work also reproduces the timely act of consecration of Italy to the Immacualte Heart of Mary carried out on September 3, 1959 in th e closing of the Natio nal Eucharistic Congress in Catania. His profound kno wledge of counterrevo lutio nary books, as well as Christian

Yalta: A bad tree bearing compromising fruit.

Democrat and commu nist works, confer on the text the security of interpretation and doctrine usually lacking in works of this kind. We have chosen to reproduce three quotations, among many, whose quality we leave up to the reader to assess. On analyzing the defeatist, and in the long run pro-communist, p-olicies of Italian Christian Democracy, Mr. Cantoni supports his arguments with citations from well-known politicians- George Bidault, a former cabinet minister in France: "Gourvcrncr au centre et faire, avec les moyens de la droite, la politique de la gauche" (To govern at the center and carry out, with the means of the right, th e policy of the left). A significant phrase of De Gasperi , one of the most important Christian Democratic leaders of the post-war era, is also cited:"Christian Democracy is a centrist party tending toward the left, which draws nearly half of its electoral strength fro m a mass of the right." He also quotes, Gramsci, the most well-known leader and ideologue of the Italian Communist Party : "Those of the Popular Party (the political party which was th e predecessor of the Christian Democrats in Italy) represent a necessary phase in the process of development of the Italian proletariat toward communism. Democratic Catholicism does what communism cannot- It rallies (the people), puts (them) in order, vivifies, and commits suicide. Because o f this, the impetuous advance of the Popular Party causes no fear to the socialists. Those (of the Popular Party) are to the socialists what Kerensky was in relation to Lenin." One of the high lights of the book is the comparison between the frustrated Chilean way to communism and the Italian situation, as well as its influence on com munist strategy regarding Italy. Also noteworthy is the analysis of the "historic compromise" as the fruit of a tree planted in the infamous Yalta Conference, where the foundations fo r th e imprudent cooperatio n between the non-communist world and Russia were laid . There, Roosevelt's b pt imistic smile was deceived by Stalin's crafty gaze. The roots of that "historical compromise" have sprung up into Gramci's policies which have been followed by th e Italian communists in their long jo urney toward power. Th e analysis of Catholic progressivism - which the author secs as the greatest o bstacle for a Catholic Italy to strongly flourish - shows the intimate relations between "Catholi c" polit ical leftism and mo dernism, whose current version is the above-mentioned progressivism. "Modernism " - said Gramsci''politically meant Christian Democracy."

Pushing the Panic Button A radio program imitating Orson Welles' celebrated "War of the Worlds" caused pan ic in hu ndreds of Washington, D.C. residents as it announced that t he capito l was being attacked. WPFW-FM was broadcasting music as usual, when the program was interrupted to air noises of sirens and bomb explosions as a voice announced: "Washington is being attacked! This is no advertisement or invention. Washington is being attacked!" In a coffee shop , twelve office employees who were waiting to start their workday fled in desperation to the basement fa ll-out shelter. People all over t he city rushed to houses of their relatives and telephone lines were completely tied up. Fortu nately , WPFW's liste ning area is only Washington, D.C. and even then, their audience is rather small. When the situation was clarified, the station was flooded with calls of protest. Th e timing for that so rt of program, o f course, couldn't have been worse. It was aired in t he climate of anxiety and frustration soon after the ill-fated rescuse attem pt in Iran.

Little Red Schoolhouse "Announce Christ to the peasan ts" was the advice that the Archbish o p of Managua, Msgr. Ovando gave to hundreds of Catholic yo uth participating in the literacy drive sponsored by the Nicaraguan governm ent, the Osservatore Romano repo rted. Curio usly enough, the news item goes on to say, Catholic volunteers swore a "special oath" on March 24 before 10 ,000 Nica raguans. Th e paper docsn 't say what the "oath"Âˇ was abo ut. However, an article in The New York Times (6/3/80) gives some indications about the co ntent of the program. Th e most controversial aspect of the campaign in volves th e political message included in the 126 page textbook, which is titled, "Dawn of the People." Some conservative groups have protested that the campaign is being used to promote th e Sandinist National Liberation Front as a poli tical force and even to indoctrinate the po pulation along leftist lin es. Th e tex tbook, ill ustrated with pictures of victorious guerillas ... is unquestionably Sandinist. Among the early phrases to be learned, for example, are, " The F.S.L.M. led the people to its liberation ... and "The Sandinist defe nse committees defend the revolution'.'

Bu_rger _Wars

Model of planned "space station" restaurant. Why such an obsession w ith "otberworlds?" First it was Star Wars. Then, more recen tly, its scqucl--Tbe Empire Strikes Back. From toys for toddlers to Tshirts for teenagers, the fascination for "escape" from the realities of this world to the fantasies of an extraterrestrial world have invaded all age groups and all walks of life. Now, for those "trekics" for whom an imaginary celluloid escape is not sufficie nt, a New York "restaura nteur " has come up with a gastrono mical space adventure-flying saucer-shaped fast food restaurants. Christened Space Stations, the new restaurants will feature a spaceship decor, spacesuit-clad service personnel

and, of course, a Galaxy Burger. There will even be a "Space Comma nder" (Ronald MacDonald move over!) fo r promotional purposes. The buildings will feature a pre-fabricated saucer-like dome with the exteri or walls wrapped in aluminum. Inside, t he patrons will find a "command stat io n" at th e center of the building where foo d will be served and a robot-shaped co ndiment stand nearby. Noting the diminishing portions of food being served in these fast food restaurants today, one wonders if the Galaxy Burger will be " weightless" as well !

Freedom From The Press Th e current and longstanding ban on Western publications in t he Soviet Union will mean that fore ign visitors will not be able to obtain any Western news during th e staging of the rem nant of th e 1980 Olym pic Games. As of this date, no reply has been received to a letter from the lnterna,tional Federation of th e Periodical Press to Arriadou-Mahtar M 'Bow, UNESCO Director General, ask ing for th at o rganization's involvement in securing a remedy fo r this situatio n. Customs officials (KGB agents? ) at the Moscow airport confiscate an average of 1,500 magazines weekly from peo pl e arriving from abroad. These include not only po litical publications, but also-and especially rcccntl y--a large num ber of religious publications. (To the Point. 5/23/80) The head of tbe political department of Control Point Terechov has made ir known that the confiscatio ns were part of the "ceaseless battle" b y Soviet customs o fficials against th e infiltration of " ideological poison. " In the light of this well-known

fact, the cynicism of those Western countries in sending their representatives to the Games in Mosco w "in order co keep politics out o f the Olympics" is all the m ore evident.

United Nations Press Policy: "Mum's tbe word."

Vol. II

No. 3

1980

Puppets In The Game Of Institutionalized Terrorism The situations of Iran and Afghanista,1 are a proof that total chaos and institutionalized terror are twins. The absolute terror established by the Soviet troops in Afghanistan has ,destroyed the organic life of Afghan society, which is now torn apart by rival rebel groups, united only in the combat against the intruder troops and the constantly dwindling number of those who adhere to them. Total chaos reigns in Iran, where a mute struggle is being waged, a real civil war between the radical fundamentalist Muslims led by Ayatullah Behesti and his lieutenant Hassan Ayat, the moderates under the leadership of Banisadr and his foreign relations minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, the communist left made up of militant ''students" of the Tudeh Party, the PLO and Soviet agents, and the military groups that are still loyal to the last prime minister of the Shah, Shapur Baktiar. This civil war, which has already taken a large toll in human lives, will sooner or later lead to the establishment of a regime more extremist, if that is possible, than the present one; o ne that could call for "fraternal assistance" from the same forces that "came to the assistance" of Afghanistan. Institutionalized terror turns against its own promoters when it goes beyond certain limits tolerated by society. The very Marxists who were partisans of the two prime ministers imposed and later deposed by the Russians, are refusing to show loyalty to the regime of Babrak Karma!. A proof that the Russians can no longer confide in anyone is that their puppet, Brabak Karma!, has supposedly attempted suicide because he considers the living conditions that have been imposed upon him to be intolerable. In spite of being a Communist through thick and thin, of having participated in all the previous coups, and ot even having been forced to live in exile, he still does not have the confidence of those who have put him at the head of the satellite government. According to

Karm al: He unfurled a n e w flag and nobody followed .

Behesti: A radical fundamentalist. the generally well informed in New Delhi, his attempted suicide was a consequence of the fact that he considered his position as a virtual prisoner of the Soviet forces that installed him in power, to be unbearable. Everyone around the president is a Soviet: from 0

Bani Sadr: Playing the role of the moderate.

his bodyguards to his cook and all the way down to his chauffeur and other servants. Karma! is obliged to ask his Soviet "advisers" for permission just to go o ut of the house. Karma[ has no power or nnrpose except to grace governmcn lcbrations and to make a n occasion,11 .ippearance o n Kabul television. Frustratio n apparently started for the puppet president almost as soon as t he Russians installed him as the head of the government righ t after the Moscow invasion of Afghanistan. The first major setback he received was that his o wn father no t only disowned him but asked him not to come to see him, diplomatic sources have said. In February, the government-owned New Kabul Times started criticizing him for his inability to come to grips with th e "most urgent problems of our times." The paper also claimed he had no credibility "among the intelligentsia." Just before that scathing attack was published, official photographs of Karma!

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were removed from government offices and city squares. Diplomatic sources said Karma! attempted to change his political style after the paper's attack on him, but he had been terribly shaken by unsuccessful coups attempted against him recently. The first, according to reports from the capital, was masterminded by his deputy, Assadullah Sarwari. However, Karmal 's colleagues discovered the plot and appealed to the Soviets to intervene, which th ey presumably did. The second attempt, within 48 hours of the first, was the brainchild of Interior Minister Sayed Mohammed Gulabzoi. Once again the Soviets moved in t o squash the attempt. Apparently, th e Soviets for the time being are stuck with Karma!. He gives them the appearance of respectability needed to control the maj ority of the Afghan peo ple. After all, Soviet propaganda says that the USSR has liberated Afghanistan and saved socialism, which has been benefitting the country for three years

R ussian advisors: Th e best laid plans could not make th e Afghans sit on their bayonets.

now. Afghanistan now enjoys the privileges - fraternal military assistance which the Brezhnev doctrine guarantees to all socialist countries. This time,

however, the Russians have learned how true Talleyrand's quip was: "'Everything is possible except sitting on bayonettes."

INTERNATIONAL CHAOS! Mindboggling: Bogota diplomatic hostages celebrating the birthday of one of their t e rrorist captors.

The long lasting detention of diplomats from powerful and influential nations by a small gro up of terrorists in Bogota, Colombia was illustrative of the degree of insecurity the world has reached. Another example of this was the seizure of the Iranian embassy in Lo ndon now efficacio usly resolved. Ever since a grou p of Iranian revolutionaries, whom th e press euphemisticall y calls "students", have held, with impunity , the American hostages in our embassy in Teheran, the way was o pen to the destruction of diplomat ic immunity and, as a consequence, of the guarantees that ensure good relationsh ips among nations. When th e U.S. ambassador in Kabul was assassinated, shortly before the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Washington failed to_ react. Just as it has failed, so far, to do anything efficient in order to resc ue the hostages. Another dem onstratio n of weakness that stimulates terrorism was the case of the deposed Shah Reza Pahlavi. The U.S. failed to exercise its sovereignty in its own territory by allowing the Shah into the country for cancer treatment. This immediately led Mexico to bow to Iranian pressu re and refuse him entry also. In tiny Panama, Pahl evi was nearly as insecure as he would be in his own country. Only Egypt had t he courage of granting his asylum.

Chaos invades not only the relationships between States and terroris ts o r revolu tio nary gro ups, but between gove rnments as well. A characteristic example of this is the brutality with which th e President of Chile was treated by a country also influential in its own area - the Phili ppines. Everyone recalls the fac ts: an official visit of Pinochet to the Philippines had been agreed upon and was about to start. When the Chilean President was half way in his flight across the Pacific, his

host, President Ferdinand Marcos, sen t a message saying he could not receive him, for he needed to visit the countryside in o rder to receive homages for a victory against Moslem rebels. Later Marcos apologized, saying that the action was taken to prevent an attempt on Pinochet's life of which he had gotten word. So much for diplomacy. Chaos begins to penetrate the interna tio nal sphere. Let us watch and analy ze the events carefully lest chaos invade our own minds.

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A Precarious State That Always Ends Badly Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveiri Editor's Note: In this article, the author, Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira, comments on the changing mores in Brazil. Obviously; the reader need only apply the same principles to the United States to discover the "state of health" of our nation. (eg. the Rent-A-Wife phenomenon now occurring in Califomia, Newsweek 7114/80).

"What are the habits that have changed? What are the changes that have caused the greatest scandals and arguments ... ? "Sex magazines for men and pornographic movies and plays have grown in their numbers, becoming ever more daring and unrestrained. Total nudity in its first publication in the magazine Ele e Ela (He and She) led to a sellout of the whole run in one day." "Nowadays, radio programs where sex life is freely discussed with psychologists and doctors taking part, including free telephone consultations for sex orientation are common, especially in the country's interior. "Virginity as a prized value in family education and a feminine pre-requisite for marriage, no longer counts. Religious wedding and symbols like the wedding ring and the wedding dress are passe. "Drugs... are used in large sectors of society ... "Women have risen socially and are demanding equal rights ... "Uncommitted pre-marital unions are common. "Controversial topics that were formerly a matter of taboo are now freely raised and debated on television. pi:ograms. "Homosexuals are advocating the legalization of the 'third sex' all over the world ... "Adultery is no longer subject to criminal penal ties ... "The family may be dissolved by divorce." The quotation marks clearly indicate that I am not the author of this summary. A friend found it in a clipping entitled, "Fifteen Habits That Have Changed," published by the Correio do Povo of Porto Alegre (4/6/80). Almost the whole clipping was transcribed above. It is possible that not all of these changes have been established and defined in the same way all over our huge country. But whatever new habit hasn't entered yet, is on its way in. And whatever hasn't been established yet, is on the way to being established.

The summary reflects quite well the overall reality in Brazil, expecially the dynamic aspect of it. Only in Brazil? By no means. It is known that these habits are already deep rooted in urban centers larger than ours, not only American but European as well. In fact, the catalog of "Habits That Have Changed" that the newsman presented in a neutral way, would be considered old hat or passe if various of its items were published in a similar list referring to other cities in the world. Usually such transformations don't take place by leaps and bounds. They are processive, des~ending through stages from which it is possible to rise only through an operation of divine grace acting in a way entirely beyond the rules that preside over the normal economy of grace. An example oftqis is the conversion of St. Paul on the road to Damascus. This will give rise to two questions in the mind of some reader: Have we really fallen from so high? Is it also true that we have fallen so low? From the Catholic point of view which I accept as entirely mine there cannot be the least doubt. The various "habits that have changed" clearly show the moral debacle of a Christian people. The Commandments of the Law of God teach men the perfect way of acting. There was a time when it was a habit to keep them. At that time the moral level was very elevated, for perfection is, by definition, a very high state. Later things went into a slide. The newspaper clipping we have cited is no more than a flash of an instant in a fall that tends toward the vertiginous. Previous stages have already been fixed in other news items and the future stages will be fixed by other analysts. When we compare all these Jlabits that have changed to the traditional morality of the Church, we easily see how little is lacking for other new habits to replace them and finally eliminate the faint vestiges of Christianity that still survive in the contemporary world. Now there could hardly be a fintling more serious than this. After all, it is like a shepherd who realizes at the break of dawn, that almost all his sheep have fled, leaving only a few tufts of wool scattered here and there in the meadow. Still another question comes to mind in this regard: what is the normal reaction of a shepherd to such a fact? Let us take a short cut and go directly to the point. In the great national

brouhaha one hears voices of every sort. And among them, priestly voices as well. Some of these do not speak, but clamor, contest, insult and threaten ... I would almost say that they howl. They come from the well-known ranks of the "Catholic left," the "liberation theologians" etc. What are they demanding? Material goods to attend to the necessities (which they generally exaggerate) - of the poor (whose number they inflate). To the degree that they ijid not ex:i.ggerate, nor howl, but maintain the worthy and limpid objectivity of sons of God, they would merit only respect and support. They would simply be asking for bread for the hungry.

••• But even then there would still be a question to be put to them: Does man live by bread alone? The Gospel says: "Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God" (Mt. 4,4 ). If material bread is not the supreme good nor the only good, why do the liberation theologians speak of it alone? Don't they see that whole multitudes suffer from an even more acute evil in their souls, corroded as they are by a galloping sensuality? In short, if these theolgians believe in the existence of the soul, in the word of God which is the true bread for men, and in the eternity of the reward or chastisement that men will receive after death, how can they keep sHent and set to howling only to fur · 1, them a good - earthly bread - \\ maintains us all in a physical life that will perish? A French writer - I don't remember any more which one - defined health as "a precarious state that ends badly." Why is it that the "Catholic left" strives only in favor of this poor precarious state, forgetful of the perfect happiness which will never end, and which men can obtain by the practice of virtue? Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira.

a thinker and writer of world-wide renown, is the founder of the Brazilian S0<1iety for the Defense of Tradition. Family and Property, the largest anticommunist organization in Brazil and President of its National Council. Professor de Oliveira has a syndicated column in tile Folha de Sao Paulo, the newspaper \Vitl1 the largest circulation in Brazil.

ra Et Labora: 1500 th Anniversary ans "under the located about rom ome whose construction was ordered by Nero. Even today, like so many other Italian towns, it has the charms of a small medieval town. Its glory and celebrity, however, do not come from the arsonist emperor, but from a hero of the Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church. His name: Saint Benedict. The 1,500th anniversary of his birth is celebrated this year. It was in a cave o n one of th e beautiful mountains surrounding Subiaco, that Bento of Nurcia, still very young, withdrew to serve God better. D,ivinc Providence came to meet him, for it was there that he conceived the Benedictine rule, and with it he conquered and civilized Europe. After having established twelve monasteries in the area of Subiaco, he set out for Monte Cas~irio, another place privileged naturally and supernaturally. The approaches of the monastery that shelters the Sacra Speco the sacred cave - are touch ing: the steep and, at at the same time, majestic access ramp is lined by oaks so green that one would call it almost tropical. Suddenly, as if a curtain were drawn back, one sees the monastery encrusted on the rocky hillside. Everything there speaks of grandeur, of recollection, of prayer and of wise action. For out of tnis spot came a fruit greater and more durable than that engendered by genius or by the sword. A French writer affirms that after the wood of the ÂˇCross, God did not plant on earth anything which became more magnificent and has given so much fruit as the Order of Saint Benedict. Beside the cave where the holy founder spent some four years, and the construction of the monastery as a whole, what particularly strikes the attention of the visitor is a small hanging garden of roses. Its history has something innocent and marvelous about it. Those rose bushes call to mind a mirÂˇ acle of the thorns into which St. Benedict hurled himself to mortify his flesh and overcome the assaults of the devil. Eight centuries later, Saint Francis of Assisi, on pilgrimage to Subiaco, prayed and wept before those thorns. Then they became roses and blossomed. The monks faithful to the motto of St. Benedict: Ora et Labora, devote a special loving care in their working hours to those roses in order to perpetu-

A view of Subiaco and the Sacro Speco - tbe sacre d cave of St. B e nedict. ate the memory of that stupendous miracle.

tried to denigrate it, defame its author, and even eliminate him.

We just spoke of the assaults o f the devil. St. Benedict was also the target of assaults from men, for even a hermit living inside some cave high on a faraway m ountain bothers the enemies of the true Faith. In the language of our days we can say that St. Benedict had in his epoch ideological enemies who foreseeing the fruits o f his work,

There is an interesting traditio n about a bird cage in the cloister that the monks at th e monastery recount: "From the very beginnings of this monastery, we have always had a raven here in memory of the one that saved St. Benedict by carrying away poisoned bread th at had been served tl holy man ... "

Th e priest, Florentius, offers a poisoned loaf of bread to St. B enedict who bids his raven to take it to a place where it will not be found.

55 MPH-HELP OR HAZARD? "55" A Limit We Can Live With ... runs the catchy slogan on many bumper stickers promoting the 5 5 mile per hour speed limit on the nation 's highways. However, a recent study published by Road and Track magazine shows that n ot only may the federally imposed limit not be "livable" but may actually contribute to safety hazards. After the initial petroleum crunch in 1973 when the lrmit was put into -effect, the Departme nt of Transportati on in asserted that the 4 % reduction in accidents and the 16% reducti on in fatalities was due mainly to the new regulation. Road and Track contends that the m ost important factor in reducing accidents and fatal ities was the siinple fact that people drove less because 'of th e unavailability of gasoline and the high prices at the pumps. This viewpoint is supported by the fact that the reductions occurred in "precisely those discretionary driving situations (fatigue, alcohol abuse, night driving, rural roads and weekend and holiday driving) where accident rates arc normally the highest. Th e R oad a11d Track study also pointed out that o ngoing changes in traffic safety were also helpful - more miles of in terstate highways (that have a fatality rate of o ne-half than that of roads in general), increased use of radial tires, safety belts, etc. "All of these elements comb ined " account for virtually th e entire gai n in highway safety during and after the gasoline crisis of 1973-1974, " the article went on to declare. But wha t of the other causes of accidents suc h as speeding? Speeding, the articl e points out, is a matter of driving too fast fo r conditions. (No one was ever arrested for speeding on the Indianapolis Raceway), rather than exceeding a posted speed limit. By imposing a un iform maximum rate for eve ry highway the federal mandate ignores the matter o f "highway condi tions" in favor of having uniform speed limits. Driving too fast for conditions, or driving improperly is a matter of driver attitud e - and it should be towa rd that problem that law enforcement agencies should direct their action. Obviously, with the tremendous amount of time a nd manpower needed to oversee the 5 5 mile per hour limit on motorists otherwise driving " legally a nd peacefully" on the highway, police officers canno t devote their attenti on to the needed enforcement to keep accidents from happening. :Underlying this legalization, is the "egalita rian" principle that drivers must be equal in their driving habits. This principle prevents state and local au-

Mandatory 55 miles per hour: Controlling tbe public's mentality? thorities from devising traffic laws of 70 mph wo uld ta ke about eight accord ing t o the needs a nd habits of hours. The same trip at 5 5 mph would their areas. For example, uniformity of take ten ho urs . If the lower speed saved traffic flow is a prime consideratio n in $5 in gas , the driver takes t~vo more traffic safety. As most drivers know, hou rs to make the trip. One need only someo ne driving well below the posted ask any trucker abou t th e implicatio ns speed can be as great a hazard to safety of added costs at the lower speed. as one driving excessively fast, o r Finally, the magazine article conerratically. cludes that the average energy savings It is this factor that leads to what goi ng from 5 5 mph as opposed to a traffic safety experts call the "85 th highe r speed is about 12% o r approximately $ 1 for every $8 of gas. But only percentile." This is the maximum a third of all veh icle's miles travelled speed at w hich 85 per cent of the in the U.S. arc on h ighways where motorists will volun tarily travel o n a ny speeds above 5 5 mph arc possible, a nd given highway and it has been proved only half the mileage is actually driven to be th e speed at which the fewest at such speeds. This means the maxaccidents occur. Cars traveling subimum savings fro m the limit is less stantially below this speed arc five to than 2% of gasol ine consumption ... or six times as likely t o be involved in an 16c for every $8 of gas. accident. Co ffee at a "coffee" stop to relieve For the energy conscious, the 5 5 the tedium of the extra hours of drivmile argument will not hold water ing will cost m ore th an tha t. either. The articl e po in ts out that the 5 5 mile limit was a n effort to replace the discipline of price with federal dictates, and since it completely ignored the economic costs in terms of poeple's time it was even more non-sensieal. A trip of 5 50 miles at an average speed

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CARDINAL DECORATED BY A COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT

CardinalMindzenty, former Archbishop of Esztergom and a heroic anti-communist prelate - A clear contrast to Lek ai.

Laszlo Lekai, the 70-year old Primate of Hungary and Archbishop of Esztergom was decorated with the Order of the Banner of Rubies of the People's Republic of Hungary. Cardinal Lekai, president of the Hungarian Bishops' Conference, received the decoration on the occasion of his 70th birthday and in recognition of his "outstanding merits in the intensification of good relations between the State and the Church." During the ceremony, State representative Pal Losonczi also emphasized the Cardinal's efforts in favor of "national solidarity" and his merits "in the interest of Hungarian and international peace."

HAPPY BRUSHING! Experience proves it: while the economies of the free-market countries prosper, those of the socialist countries have long been stagnant. Take this example. For years there was talk of a surplus of toothbrushes (poor planning?) in Russia. Now, however, the news agencies report such a great shortage of this item that the authorities are recommending the use of gun-cleaning brushes as a way to fill the breach . ..

A LESS EDUCATED WORLD?

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EAST GERMAN RED LEADS LUTHER FETE East Berlin - East German Communist leader Erich Honecker took personal charge of preparations for the 500th anniversary in 1983 of the birth of Martin Luther, and he praised the church reformer as a revolutionary who had changed the world. East German authorities long reviled Luther as a traitor to his own religious reforms, claiming he became a vassal of the medieval German princes who tried to put a brake on the revolutionary turmoil the reformation had unleashed.

A recent study by the Ford Foundation shows that the level of education in the industrialized countries has a harmful tendency to decline. The foun dation asks that efforts be made in adult education.

NEW WEAPON INCREASES SOUTH AFRICA'S MILITARY STRENGTH The South African Navy now has a missile that every naval force must take into consideration. Although details about the missile's performance and power are not available, exercise carried out in March showed their effectiveness. The announcement of the new naval missile came out only a few days after the Minister of Defense, P. Botha, announced the development of a warship with a missile launcher similar to the Russian Stalin Organ. But it launches

127 mm. missiles much more powerful and efficient . The South African Navy's defense capacity has now reached the highest current levels of effectiveness.

SPECIAL GUESTS Soviet dictator Leonid Brezhnev, Fidel Castro, PLO terrorist chief Vasser Arafat, and President Jimmy Carter have been invited to Nicaragua on July 19 to attend the first annual celebration of the Sandinista takeover of Nicaragua. S~ndinista official Daniel Ortega has said that invitations were being sent to those "who participated in our people's liberation process."

MIXING GAS AND OIL Hundreds of Soviet experts in chemical and gas warfare have arrived in Ethiopia readying an offensive. against Eritrean guerillas, spokesmert for the Eritrean People's Liberation Front charged. At a June 18 news conference in West Germany, EPLF spokesman Ermias Debessai said, "The hot issue is oil. But what people don't realize is how desperate the Soviets are to hold on to their bases in the Horn of Africa. Now they will use chemicals and poison gas against us to keep them."

DRUGGED DIVISION NBC news reported that the U.S. Army revealed on June 22 that 8,875 soldiers - half a division - were arrested in West Germany over the past year, using illegal drugs. The spokesman said $67 million worth of drugs wr â&#x20AC;˘nized, including 1,395 pounds of r c1ana and hashish and 165 pounds of heroin.

ARMY WIVES AGAINST ABORTION Valencia, Spain - The standing commission of the Cultural Association of Wives of Officers and Policemen, has sent a document to the King, the President of the government, and to the Minister of Justice, carrying 6,040 signatures, in which they ask the government and the party in power for a clear and final declaration of principles on the right to life and the strict application of the laws on the books to all those persons who offend against this principle by committing offenses contemplated in- the Penal Code. Furthermore, thei r rriessage says, "we ask for efficacious measures to protect maternity because every Spaniard has a right to be born with the same opportunities."

TFP Communique Editor's Note: Recently, the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition , Family and Property published a book entitled, Half a Cen tury of Epic AntiCommunist Struggle, detailing all the public actions carried out by the TFP since its foundation in 1960 as well as a review of the history of the actions of the founding associates of that organization from 1928 to 1960. Just prior to the visit of John Paul II to that country, a copy of this book, along with the following communique, was sent to the Apostolic Nuncio in Brazil. Sao Paulo, June,. 1980 Most Excellent Sir, D. Carmine R occo, Ap osto lic Nuncio to Brazil I present t o Your Excelle ncy m y respectful greetings and ask your leave to enter upon the subject that I no \<i wish t o expound : In additi on to being th e diplomatic m issi on of the Vatican , t he Apostolic Nunciature in Brazil is an institutio n pro found ly rooted in t he hearts of t he peopl e, since it represents the Vicar of J esus Christ in the natio n wit h the largest Cath olic p opulation o n t he ElJ.rth. Fo r this reason, it receives testimo nies o f con fi dence and respect fro m every part o f ou r te rritory. It is natural for it also to receive, a lo ng w ith such mani'.estations, messages expressing t he hopes, Joys, and ap prehensions that Catho lic Brazil ians have in rcgarci to several matters. This being so, I am ce rtai n that repercussions about th e act ivities o f the Brazilian Socie ty for the Defense of T rad itio n, Famil y a nd Pro perty (TFP) frequen tly reach Your Excellency. If there were no o ther reasons for this, the face that this Society wages a persevering combat aga inst in ternational Co mmunis m would be sufficient; for this im placa ble adversary knows better than anyone else h ow to spread cou nterinfo rmatio n and detraction, and ho w to make them reach even t he most unexpected am biances. Given all t hese c ircumstances, I have nurtured th e desire of en teri ng in to contac t wit h Your Excellency in ord er to keep you abreast o f t he thinking, goals and m etho ds of the T FP ; of its ex pansion in Brazil ; and of the appearance of au tono mo us cou nterparts o f it in th is o r that coun try o f the Americas a nd of Europ e. I would likewise like to talk with Yo ur Excellency about t he Ufficio Tradiz ione, Famiglia, Prop ricra headq uartered in R ome . 1:he boo k _Half a Cent ury of Epic Anti-Communist Struggle contain ing abundan t data about these matters having n ow been published , I fu lfill that desire of m ine by offering it to Your Excellency. This gesture of

min e correspo nds to the dispositions of so ul o f the d irectors, associates, coll ab orators, a nd correspo nden ts of the ent ity all over the coun t ry. Indeed , You r Excell ency, even ~h ough th e TFP is no t, accord ing to its s tatutes, a specificall y Ca tholic entity, all o f t hose who strive under t he sta ndard of the TFP feel h o no red that they are practicing Ca th oli cs; within the am bi~ ncc and th e life of t he soc iety - to which they d edicate, with Christian patriotism , all t he time th at they can spare - they fin d ri ch in cent ives to gro w in the love of God and of th e Ch urch. T he non -Cath o lics who have joined the Society (amo ng wh om are Protesta nts, Greco-sc hisma tics, J ews , Bud d-

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hists, ere.), have after a while been converted, beco ming fervent Catholics. The reason for these numerous conversions is that the TFP ma kes its anti-communist action cons-ist in a p ositive aspect (that is, th e enrichment of the three Christian values that the actio n of Communism increasingly undermin es all over the Earth: tradition, family and private property ) and a negat ive aspect (that is, th e denu nciation o f th e erro rs that Communism co ntains in its b osom ). The T FP - an associatio n that is essentially civic by its own nature - presents these erro rs based on the tradit io nal documents o f the su preme Magisterium. Thus it brings a large numbe r o f Catho lics who have falle n away fro m the Sacraments, espec ially am ong t he you t h, cl oser to t he inspired wisdom of the Church ; and it docs th e same with no n-Cath olics. Im pressed by the soc ial doctrine of the Ch urch and aided b y grace, these tw o gro ups gladly ascend to the great religious and mo ral tru t hs that are, as it were , th e springs of t he soc io-econo mic thin king of t he ~h urch. In th is manner, o n th e basis o f a notio n developed who ll y in the temporal sph ere, they arc led to the Faith and to the e ffective and ardent p ractice of o ur holy Religion. Therefore, as a civic so ciet y, the TFP has the joy o f sub mitting itsel f lovingly and wit hou t restricti o ns to t he teach ings and moral norms o f rhc Church. On t he o th er hand , however, because of the very fact t hat it is a civic association , it acts excl usively in its own nam e wi thout involving t he sacred Hierarc hy in an y way. In t he enclosed boo k is th e hisron· of the actio n ca rri ed o ur by th e TFP since its fo undatio n in 1960. Its last chapter also con tains a review of the histor\' o f the actions undertake n by th, .,,.,:,cnr found ing associates of the ·1 , ,m 1928 to 1960 , d uring which ti mt 1hc\· had the good for tun e o f worki ng, for rh·c same goals, with several Cath oli c associatio ns or offici aJ ly Catholic institutio ns under ecclesiastical directio n. I beg Your Excell ency to sec in this offering t he exp ression of o ur associatio n 's unshakable purpose to remain aJways faithful to the sacrosanct religious principl es that fo r over half a cen_tury no w h ave been o rien ting th e acnons of its directors; and of its entire_ c;le':'o ti o n to the Sec o f Sain t Peter. whi ch 1s at o ne and t he sam e rim e th e fo undation , the prin ciple of life, and ~he su preme sym bol of the highest ideals o f Christian Civilizatio n. As king Yo ur Excellency for your precious blessing and pray ers, I am Respectfull y, Plinio Correa de Oliveira President of t he Natio nal Council

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Advisor High-Level Advisors are closely related to park pigeons. Both have a migratory instinct; they also have a , homing instinct. They bow and coo a lot. They strut and waddle. They tilt their iridescent heads whenever a President speaks. They are by nature freeloaders. They move to and from the White House and other Executive office buildings. Sometimes they are driven out because of election results or because they have fallen into disfavor with a President, or with one of his principal aides. B;1t usually after a decent waiting p~riod they return to serve either the same President who sent them packing or one of his successors. Some, driven from the White House, · find refuge in academic cloisters. Some roost on the capitals of columns of well-established foundations, supported

"Potemkin" Villages In 1787, Prince Grigori Potemkin, Viceroy of New Russia during the reign of Empress Catherine the Great erected fake settlements known as "Potemkin villages" to give the impression that• the territory for which he was responsible was more developed than it actually was. According to reliable sources in Eastern Europe, 1980-style "Potemkin villages" have been built in the Soviet Union to impress foreigners attending the Moscow Olympics. The new buildings, all located near the Olympic sports facilities include "summer cottages" and shops officially described as representative of the Soviet way of life. The cottages are furnished with the best available Soviet· and imported furniture and fittings. The shops, of course, are first class. During the period of the Games they will sell luxury goods not usually available in the USSR, except to mem hers of the Communist Party's elite. Arrangements have also been made for foreign visitors who need emergency medical treatment during the Olympics to be admitted to particular hospitals which have recently been spruced up

and re-equipped. Alcoholics, drug addicts and other patients whom many people might regard as socially embarrassing have already been moved to other hospitals.

Failure Recently, it was Mozambique that discovered that Marxist economic policies did not produce the utopian paradise it promised. Now ... it appears ... Angola is learning the same lesson. Angolans are demoralized by the chaos in their economy which is evidenced in abandoned coffee plantations and long food lines outside half-empty shops. Recognizing the seriousness of the situation, the MPLA Workers Party called a meeting of its central committee and decided, "to support and encourage private and individual initiatives in the economic sphere,,, specifically in farming, home crafts, industry and services. (In other words, some form of free enterprise is necessary to encourage greater productivity.) The committee also added that Angolans who try to exploit the disenchantment with the government will be sent to so-called production farms "to re-educate and rehabilitate comrades.,, (Translation: brainwashing and forced labor in the fields.)

by money made in steel, oil, or automobiles. Others find a temporary home in established law firms, from which they sometimes make quick flights back to government agencies and financial institutions. Democrats tend to migrate during the off season to the Brookings Institution, Republicans to the American Enterprise Institute., These havens are like the Canadian marshes maintained by Ducks Unlimited - havens of breeding, incubation, and rest where the High-Level Advisors can flock to strut, to waddle, and to wait.

From the book "A Political Bestiary" by Eugene McCarthy and James Kilpatrick. Text copyright 1978 by Op Ed Inc. Illustrations copyright 1979 by Jeff MacNelly. Reprinted by permission of the publisher, McGraw-Hill Book Company. Also available in paperback from Avort Books.

Soviet Witchdoctor Moscow - Soviet scientist Alexander Spirkin made a statement upholding the powers of Dzhuna D: 1 ··:t-14-hvili, informing the newspaper Trz. 1t he saw the ex-waitress from Georgia cure a skin cancer in only 15 minutes. Dzhuna charges about $400.00 a visit, and purportedly numbers boss Leonid Brezhnev among her clients. Spirkin said he witnessed an operation done, by the witch doctor and commented: "The operation was done without using medicine and right after the treatment a thin layer of skin began to form over the wound, showing that the tissues were reforming.,, Georgians told journalists that Dzhuna comes from a long line of "healers" going back to ancient Assyria. Soon after starting her "practice," she became popular among intellectuals and artists in Georgia, and her fame ended by reaching Moscow. The "medium" frequently travels to Moscow, where she- has an enormous clientele. It is said that her apartment there is frequented by many important figures, including Brezhnev.

No. 4

Vol. II

1980

American TFP Supports Captive Nations Week Shouting, "Tradition, Family , a nd Property;" "America! Am erica! America!" and singing the hymn of Saint Louis Grignon de Montfort, We Wqnt God as well as O Rome Eternal and other Catholic songs that called attention to the great moral crises of ou r times, the members of the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property added to the color and the sp irit of the 22nd Annual Captive Nations Week parade o n July 13 of th is year. Wearing the ir distinctive bright red capes with th e fa milia r rampant golden lion, sixty m embers and collaborators of the American TFP swelled the ranks of the colorfully-dressed Captive Nations' participants. Three members of the Ame rican TFP each carried an enormous 10 ft. TFP standard emblazon ed with th e golden lion and the words, TRADITION, FI\ML Y , PROPERTY. (One standard carried this wording in Polish). Th e countri es participating in this year's parade were Ukraine, Afghanista n, Albania, Armenia, /\zerbaija n, Bulgaria, Byelorussia, Cambod ia, T aiwan, Crimean T arta rs, Cossackia, Croatia, Cuba, Czcchia, Estonia, Germany, Geogia, Hungary, Ide! Ural, Ka ratchays, Laos, Latvia, Lithua nia. Other sponsoring organizati ons and individuals participating were: Mongolia, North Caucasus, Nor th Korea, Poland, Rumania, Serbia, Slovaki a, Slovenia, Tibet, Turkistan and Vietnam. The Captive Nations Week Law was passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1959. In accordance with the law, each inc umbent President since

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The American TFP in the 22nd annual Captive Nation Week parade that time has issued a proclamation. This year's proclamation, issued by Jimmy Car ter, call ed particular atten-

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growing list of nations under Communist sway. (Closer to home, the President might just as easily have mentioned Nicaragua. However, he chose to limit his example to a more evident, direct involvement of communist aggression.) A statement issued by the organizers of this year's Captive Nations Week celebration, noted that their intention was to focus atte ntion on those nations imprisoned by the Communists. The demonstration was dedicated to the overthrow of communism and to offer hope to the oppressed and enslaved peoples all over the world for freedom and self-determinatio n for their beloved homelands. This year's Cap tive Nations Week theme asked (1) all to help keep America and the free world strong and free, (2) to help overcome the threat of Godless communism, which since 1917 has slaughtered over 13 2 million people, (3) to join in organized activities in the struggle to overthrow communism, (4) to help boycott all merchandise from communist countries, (5) to help re-

store religion to people being robbed of their faith by the comm unist butchers. The American TFP joined the Captive Nations participants in front of the acknowledged symbol of the Catholic Church in New York City, St. Patrick's Cathedral. From that point, the parade took a route along New York City's prestigious 5th Avenue down to 72nd Street and into Central Park. All during this forty-minute march, the members of the American TFP kept up a constant barrage of songs and shouts that attracted th e attention of the many thousands of New Yorkers passing by in autos and busses or watching the parade fro m the sidewalk. During the speeches at Central Park, the members- of the TFP had many opportunities to meet and share th eir viewpoint of the world situation with visiting dignitaries (such as New York State's Lieutenant Governor, Mario Cuomo) as well as with the leaders and participants from the various Captive Nations organizations. Since the TFP, as a group, far outnumbered any of the other organizations present, a great deal

of interest was raised. Many complimentary remarks were heard about the youthful and forceful appearance of the TFP. The fo ll owing Sunday, to officially close the week-long Captive Nations ceremonies, a demonstration was held at the base of the Statue of Liberty in New York City's harbor. Once again, the TFP was on hand. This time, in add ition to displaying their symbols and support of the Captive Nations' anti-communist stance, one of the representatives of the American TFP was among the several speaki: died upon to address the assembled cru wJ . With the TFP standards rising high above the multi-colored fl ags of the Captive Nations, the words Tradition, Family, Property seemed to synthethize all the hopes and longings that the Captive Nations participants had for their own homelands. It is indeed, these values, freely exp ressed under the wing of Catholic doctrine, that give definition to the long-sought for goal of t he Captive Nations FREEDOM!

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Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira

The TFP Affirms That The Bishops Are Misinformed Brasilia - I note that those participating in the current debate about land reform are lacking information and don't admit it. This is the case, first of all, with the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, as I have noticed while putting the finishing touches on a study of their document The Church and Problems of the Land," affirmed Prof. Plinio Correa de Oliveira, President of the National Council of the Brazilian TFP. Prof. Oliveira added that "misinformation about Brazil's current situa- , tion permeates the document from one end to the other." "The meager sources they mention do not cover the wideranging affirmations made" in the document approved by 1 70 Bishops of the CNBB. "The document shuns the real facts and overflows with gratu itous presuppositions as well as vague and ambiguous generalities, all made in a vain effort to 'conscientize.' I say vain because our people, who are much more intelligent than the authors of the document think, won't swallow foolishness unless they want to make jokes o ut of it," he went on.

Influe nce After affirming that he noted various traces of Marxist influence in the document, Prof. Oliveira added that "it also implicitly reveals a lack of information about Cath olic doctrine. These uninformed blabbers are perhaps unaware of the fact that they are playing with the future of Brazil." Maybe they don't realize that "a land reform made in the clouds with merely art istic aims can be more risky for us economically, and consequently socially and politically, than a hydrogen bomb." "The land reformers want only one type of property for Brazil: small holdings worked preferably only by the owner and his family. And they want to apply this to both farming and ranching. They don't make any distinction between all the different kinds of soils to be found in o ur 8 .5 million square kilometers." The Cathol ic thinker further stated that the progressives want "Brazil, a country rich in differences that have arisen from almost 500 years of persistent ingenius and successful experiences, to give way to a country carved

like a huge block in which everything must be equal, whether it be wealth, power, education or anything 'else. Now th is is exactly what Marxism prescribes." Proofs But the question is "what experiments and statistics are there that can demonstrate that this tyrannical equalization can produce results better, or at least equal, to those of the present system? The land reformers don't say."

••• Translated from an article in the Diario de Pernambuco, Brazil, 6/13/80.

Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira, a thinker and writer of world-wide renown, is the founder of the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property, the largest anticommunist organization in Brazil and President of its National Council. Professor de Oliveira has a syndicated column in the Falha de Sao Paulo, the newspaper with the largest circulation in Brazil.

THE NECESSITY OF TRADITION

"Commodore" Abel Hand. Reaff irming the necessity of tradition in the marketplace.

Despite the efforts of advertising media to promote 20th Century man as a devotee of the "disposable," "throwaway" and " no-return" society, the fact remains th at tradition remains very much alive in him . Some marketing men are very well aware of the tremendo us "selling- power" of tra diti on (see "Spirit of the Czar," TFP Newsletter, Vol. I, No. 24). Such also is the case of Commodore Able Hand - the brain-child (or, perhaps, better said, th e "great-grandfather") of Wi lliam Payson, chairman and fo under of The Commonwealth Group, a marketing company in Stamford, Connecticut. Payson said that it was in the '60's when, faced with the problem of making his little company better known, he came up with the idea that the company needed a sense of history. For Payson,

"history" came in the form of a $12 portrait of an anonymous nineteenth century sea-farer which he picked up in a junk shop. Plying on the natural traditional instincts of his Northeastern seaboard customers, Payson, like an old sea dog, deftly named his new found company founder - Abel Hand - and gave him a background of an old-time Yankee businessman. Customer reaction was impressive. Commonwealth soon began receiving letters addressed to the founder and his beloved"wife.'· Since that time, the company has prospered. And so has Commodore Hand. His original $12 portrait has been replaced by a new one costing $ 12,000. Now, Commodore Abel Hand (1788-1872) bears a little resemblance to the current chairman. But then he should. Payson himself sat for the portrait.

RETURN OF THE AIRSHIP With i:hc t i,reat to the free flow of oil from the Middle East growing everyday, many countries are looki ng to other methods t o solve the energy cru nch. One such coun try is Bra;:il where techn ic ians argue w ith conviction t hat the dirigib le can be transformed into the ideal solution for the transportation problems of that cou ntry, especiall y for hauli ng harvests, carrying out mi nera l exp lorations, setting up t ransmission lines, transporting personnel and equ ipment of generators and dam s, even patroll ing territorial waters. Cel. Sergio Ferola, Director of the Institu te of Research and Developme nt says that, technicall y, " We can have the first two prototy pes built by 1984. T he only t hing needed is a pol itical decision at the federal level forrn:1-lly approving the project and adequate all ocation of resources." The project costs for th e fi rst two dirigib les, or floating aerial vehicles, amounts to o nly 12 mill ion cru;:eiros. These two prototypes will have a freight carrying capacity o f 20 tons each. Models ca rry in g 80, 100 o r even 200 tons a rc projected for fut ure construction. T he proble m of d irig ibles, which caused a trauma to the whole world, no longer exists. Th e Braz ilian dirigib le will use helium, a totally neutral and non -inflamable gas in orckr to inflate it. Propul sion docs not requ ire any great solu ti ons because the d irigibles can run by alc oh ol or some other domestic fuel. Th eir spe ed will de pend on the wc:ight , but it will always be somewhe re a round 55 mph.

T he "Chile of t he Atla n tic'' The project of a Brazilian dirigib le rose o ut of local necessities, "completely differe nt from those found in countries like France, Engla nd a nd the Un ited States, that have the same project bu t have not put it into exec ution because of the case of trans port in those cou ntri es," sa id Ccl. Ferola. I le explained that Brazi l is and will be for the next few decades a coasta l nation, whose pop ulation occupies only 20% of the c ountry. J\nothc:r milita ry source in Brazilia said that Braz il is "the Chile of the J\tlan tic." The Bra;:ilian d irig ibl e has become theore ticall y viabk, fo r the time being a t leas t, beca use of t he lack of h igh ways, wat<:rways an d rai lways , in the: face of t he necessity of sav ing oil and the urgent need to t ra nspo rt specifi c cargoes to places which someti m es arc uninhabitted or lacking the least infra-

Professor T haddeus S .C. Lowe built gia11t airship City o f New York to cross :\ tla11tic i11 /85 9, but the .\fo11hatta11 Gas \\forks w o11ld11't sell hi111 tbP 11ecessary 725.000 cubic fee t off!_as - they f eared it wo uld /,lac/? out the tow11'

structure. Major Wil son Cavalcante, and engineer Carlos Barroso, in charge of developing this prnj cct, uffrr the following arguments for the applicati on nf a float ing acria I veh iclc in Brazil : "The economic deve lopment nf t he Central, Western and Northern region is hampe red by the , lack of an adequate transporation system. The drvclopmrnr of such a system depends, in its turn , on a system of highways and railways which cannot be built because the regi ona l econ omi c developm e nt is just beginning. So a vicious circ le is created. Th ey arguc th a l the dirig ible is capablc of breaking rh is c irc le that gives rise to unde rdevelopment in most of t he country's territory brca use of

lig hter-t han-air fli ght characteristics a nd t he fa c t that it doesn't require complex grou nd in stallati ons.

Mode ls and Purposes The project's tec hn icia ns a rc thinking of building three models with m o de rn m ctcnrn logical and radar eq uipm e nt: the fi rst, a 20-con model, wi ll he used for loca l hauling berwecn ranches a nd production renters and regional markets a nd warehouses, within a radius of a maxi mum of 130 miles; the 801011 modi.:! will he able to do the sa m e joh w it hin a radius of abou t 300 miles. Th e t hird , 200-con model, would

have more specific applications and would cover a distance of 560 miles, transporting agricultural products, vehicles, fuel, lumber, ore, goods and utensils, raw materials, agricultural mach ines and implements, and components for generators and factories. There is a division of opinio n among government officals in the various agencies about the project. Laymen in the field always th ink it will be a turn back to the past. But the project technicians do not accept this conception and even argue that Goodyear wanted to sell their technical package for a modern dirigible to Brazil. The main arguments in favor of dirigibles were given by Cel. Ferola as follows: "Dirigibles permit hauling any type or form of cargo, even though it be a large component that cannot be broken down. They permit several refuelings along the way, stopping in the air without any harm co the

Modern Airship:

weighing as much as three pre-energy crisis autornobiles.

cargo, which means a larger payload and a minimum dead weight of fuel. They can make vertical take-offs and landings without ground assistance, allowing

them to load and unload anywhere, as long as there is an open field. Thus their application is completely elastic in any region, any situation, and for any cargo.

A Back Of The Hand Response ,~~ _,

Sandinista guerrillas tweaking Somo za's nose.A prelude to insulting the United States. Recently, the Congress of the United States saw fit co vote $75 million in "aid" co Nicaragua in order to encourage the "non-Marxist moderates" in the government not to look towards Fidel Castro's Cuba (i.e. (the Soviets) for financial assistance for their lagging eco nomy. What was the official Nicaraguan government's response to this "greased palm" gesture? The answer came from Tom as Borge, o ne of the junta members. While Congress was providing the funds and wh ile White House Majority leader, Jim Wright, was in Nicaragua praising the Sandinista's respect for Western values, Mr. Borge was in North Korea, giving his own plau dits to "Comrade Kim-Ilsumg"

and making the standard denouncement of "U.S. imperialism ." Rep. Wright (p erhaps suffering from "jet lag") declared th at the governmenr of Nicaragua "has ideas such as o urs" on liberty , justice and human dignity. The Sandinistas have "good ideas" o n these matters, Wright added. (UPI 6/9/80). Viewing the situatio n in his country a bit differently, Tomas Borge, at a banquet arranged by the North Korean Communist Party, at the same moment was making a more explicit evaluation, "The Nicaraguan revolutionaries will not be content until the imperialists have been over-thrown in all parts of the world." He added, " Th e imperialistic U.S. shou ld not bel ieve that t hey are able to rule South Korea perman-

ently. Th e Nicaraguan people have enjoyed the militant solidarity of the Korean people and their vanguard, the Workers' Party of North Korea, from the days when the Sandinista National Liberation Front was founded. Th e heroism and self-sacrificing spi rit displayed by the Korean people in the struggle against the enemies struck us with admiration, and your heroism ex hibited in build ing a new life evokes o ur deeper admiration." Considering the fact that the United States lost tens of th o usands of servicemen in the Korean War, Barge's comments can o nly be interpreted as a "back of the hand" res ponse to the extended "greased palm" of Congress.

NfEWS FLASJI8ICEยง MYSTERY ILLNESS STRIKES 500 Nearly 300 children and a dozen adults were rushed to nearby hospitals in Hollingwell, England in July after collapsing "like ninepins" at a carnival held there. Another 200 individuals were treated on the carnival grounds for an ailment that has baffled police and health officials alike. "There were little bodies everywhere," said Christine Willetts, describing the collapse of the children. " It was like a battlefield." The stricken children, ages 7 to 15, and adults, fainted and suffered nausea, leg pains and watery eyes, officials said. Many became hysterical as they were rushed to nearby hospitals. Ruling out food poisoning and the inhalation of insecticides, the police are still investigating what they have officially termed "a complete mystery.':

HEAR NO EVIL? Legislation to permit deaf persons to serve on juries has reached the floor of the California State Senate. (Record Searchlight 7/2/80). The point of the bill said Assemblyman Terry Groggin is to end "the arbitrary discrimination against an individual just because he's d eaf."

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~ Central America - following the tune of the Mad Pied Piper? GUATAMALA: THE CASTRO/ SANDINHISTA CONNECTION The four main terrorist groups trying to topple the anti -communist government of Guatamala have sent a letter to Fidel Castro stating their "absolute and militant solidarity" with the "the Cuban people and their revolution."

The statement by the terrorist added, "Our people's struggle within the country has been stimulated and backed by the struggle of the fellow peoples of Central America. The victory of the Sandinist Revolution is an example of what a people can achieve when it decides, arms in hands, to fight for its definitive liberation."

A man described as a modern-day Robin Hood held up twelve banks in Sydney, Australia and gave the loot to the poor and to charities, a local court was told. Robin Hood and his bow and arrow were remanded for psychiatric examination.

THAILAND BANS HIPPIES A foreigner who wears si lk pants that appear offensive may be banned from entering t he country of Thailand under a new anti-hippie order. The Imm igration Department of that country has sent out instructions to its border officials to deny entry into Thailand to any travelers who look like hipp ies. To help custom officials, the Department has provided guidelines for hippie-spotting. These include a person who is wearing just an undershirt or waistcoat with no shirt; a person who wears shorts in an unseeming manner; a person who has 1ong h air that appears untidy and dirty; and a person who wears any type of slippers or wooden sanda ls except where this footwear is part of his national dress. ( Editor's Note: In view of the mode of dress of a great majority of the "establishment" tourists whose clothes (or lack thereof) now imitate the hippies of the '60's, the new law would seem to eliminate more that just the c lassic hippie.)

"NO'' TO MARXIST PROFESSO

Loose talk sinks ships!

UNDERCOVER OTTERS A recent report in The New York

Times declares that the C IA has been training otters for spying missions. The otter, it seems, is equally at home in the water or on land making it an ideal candidate to carry microphones or explosives to inaccessible nooks and crannies.

For the second time in three years he University of Mary land has rejecte an avowed Marxist for an influential eaching position. By a tie vote (?) th history department rejected the nom ination of Eugene D. Genovese whos pro-Viet Cong stand in the '60's pro oked considerable comment. At a 196 each-in dealing with the Vietnam war Genovese said he "welcomed a victory' by the Viet Cong. Two years ago the University President John S. Toll rejected the nomination of Marxist Professor Bertel! OIiman to head the Department of Government and Politics

New French DiplomacyThe Neutron Bomb

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France may soon start pr_oduction of the neutron bomb, declared JeanMarie Daillet, the spokesman of the governing French coalition, the UDF. According to Daillet, President Giscard d'Estaing is preparing to make a decision about the matter. "France must be prepared to face the possibility of an attack by Soviet tanks which may crush Europe and threaten our country," Daillet declared. He added: "We may be able to detain their advance with neutron bombs before getting involved in a total nuclear war. By increasing its armored forces above the needs of its national defense, the USSR has demonstrated it is a potential adversary in Europe." France may decide against producing the neutron bomb (in mid-May the French government denied they were carrying out tests with the bomb in the Mururoa atoll), but the truth is that, in the face of the threat posed by the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, France is the only one of the Western allies considering production of the bomb. On February 2 of this year, U.S. Defense Secretary Harold Brown said

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325 yeard radius: death in two days.

the Carter Administration was thinking about re-examining its 1978 decision not to produce the neutron bomb. Brown implied that when Carter decided against the bomb two years ago, the crisis in Iran and Afghanistan did not exist and no one was thinking of a Soviet threat to the Persian Gulf. Last March, in an interview to the French newspaper Quotidien. de Paris, the inventor of the bomb himsel( American scientist Samuel Cohen, pointed out that the Soviets will be the first to use this weapon, which they dubbed "the capitalist bomb" because it killsÂˇ people without causing great damage to property. Unlike "destructive" nuclear warheads, Cohen said, the neutron bomb was invented primarily as a "dissuasive" weapon. In his interview he added that "for the Russians there is no difference between conventional and nuclear weapons; all that counts is effectiveness and victory; the Soviets do not make moral analyses." Cohen, who had jointly published a book about the neutron bomb in France with French Colonel Marc Geneste, stated: "France will show wisdom by

Buildings remain unscathed.

producing the neutron bomb, since the current defense system of Western Europe is insufficient and very vulnerable."

,, PERPLEXED? BEWILDERED? CONFUSED? By National and International Events

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DEAR OLD ETON schoolmaster Brian Ashley, who is running the money-making scheme. "We expected it to arouse some interest, but we've been taken aback by th e demand." And, much like the decadent French nobility at the time of the French Revolution, the Eaton grad uates have offered no sudden surge of com plaints that such an event m ight "cheapen the old school tie." With total apath y and indifference they let the "old school tie" m ount the modern guillotine of fi nancial necessity . As many as 300 people at a time will get a taste of the Eaten life for the tu ne of $340 a week .. .a bargain compared to what it usually costs to attend Eaton - $7,000 a year. Th e participants will be able to play cricket on Eaton's hallowed playing fields, go rowing at the school's famous club o n the T hames in the shadow o f Windsor Castle, play golf o n the boys' own golf course or browse in t he school's ancient library. How much browsing will be done is dubio us since the program will o ffer nigh tly d iscos, bars and other entertainment. Even a series of educatio nal courses (yet unnamed) will be provided , taught by Eton masters in the classrooms where sons of ge ntry have sat. In addition, the vacationers will sleep in the dormitories occu pied by the boys and eat in the Eton canteens. One featu re of Eton life will be missing trom th e agenda of the "backto-school" vacationers. Th ey will no t be required to wear Eton 's disti nct ive ".penguin " uni form . Instead of the traditional swall o w-ta il coats and top hats around Eton, "jeans will be allo wed said Ashley, Even Hen ry V III didn 'r think of that - an executio ner wcari1 ,., ,

A Lively Discussion Between Eton Students Eton College, the m ost famous of English scbools, was founded in 1440 by Henry V I as " King's College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windso r." Many of England's most d istinguished statesmen and soldiers were edu cated at Eton. One used to be able to recognize Eton boys anywhere by their form al school dress.

lsn 't There Someone You Know Who Sh ould Be Reading T he TFP NEWSLETTER?

Eaton, th e British bastion of the exclusive sc hoo ling, is the latest casualty in the contin uing battle against the remaining vestiges of t radition and cu ltu re in the twen tieth century . This summer, th e school will (hrow open its gates (and throw away its tradition) to the masses. Faced with financ ial difficulties, th e prestigious school with a 540-year his tory as a trai ning ground for lords,

dukes and prime m inisters will set u p discos, bars and cricket classes for tho usands of " commoner" fam ilies wanting a spec ial prestige h oliday . Curiously enough, the attraction of th e traditi o nal aspects of the school are very li vely am ong _ th e "commoners." It seems everyone wants to say they've been to Eaton , even if it 's o nl y for a week or two, " said ex-

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Vol. II

1980

No. 5

PRO FAMILY COUNTER-OFFENSIVE Launching a counter-attack against the anti-family forces, pro-family advocates from 48 states gathered together in Washington in J u ly for the American Family Forum. There, a host of wellknown speakers, such as Phyliss Schlafley, Paul Laxalt (R. Nev), Jacqueline R. Kasun (Prof. Economics, Humboldt U.), Con naugh t Coyne Marshner (Chairman of the National Pro-Life Coalition, J esse Helms (N.C.) and manyothers too num erous to mention in this brief article gave insights into the multifac.:d threat to the traditional fami ly: abortion, t he Equal R igh ts Amendment, sex education in the schools, secular humanism, pornography,homosexuality, day care centers, the "help ing" professions, the intrusiveness of the Federal government and inflation chat forces mothers into the role of working mother. Senator Paul Laxalc, for example, cold the conferees that "this country h:ts begun co drift very badly in the lase two decades, becoming decadent even immoral" as the focus has shifted from the family uni t to the self-cen tered individual. To give imp etus to the fight, Laxalt has introduced a bill called the Family Protec tion Act. This is a comprehensive bill which would allow prayer in public schools, m o re parental control of tex tbooks and curriculum. It also wou ld n ot all ow federal funds to be used in divorce cases, school desegragation,and homosexual rights litigation. Professor Jacqueline Kasum addressed the Forum on the economic pressures on the family unit. She said chat, even with wives working, families are falling behincl financially. "Inflation has a debilitating effect on families," Kasum said, with women doi ng d ouble work, family relatio nships strained and o nly the Fe deral government benefiting from the m ove into the higher tax brac kets . The Fam ily Forum cry of alarm comes none too soon as evidenced by the results from the last of the three

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can family is in trouble," implementation of the recommendations passed in Los Angeles will be the death knell.

American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP)

As in the p revious confe ren ces held in Baltimore and Minneapolis the "Coalition" comprised of such looseknit groups as the Gay Liberation Task Force, Planned Parenthood and NOW (the National Organ ization for Women) swept the vote passing virtually all of their "priority" recommendations. Among these "recommendations"are: • A call for human sexuality education as required curriculum in public schools. • Ratification of the Equal Righ ts Amendment. • Birth co ntro l and abortion in fo rmation and fam il y planning services available to all persons regardless of age. Angered and upset b y what th ey -called a "stacked-deck" in the selection_ of WI-ICF delegates, 100 profamily delegates tore up th eir ballots and walked out of the Conference.

As one delegate said, ;.After all, what could you expect from a conference on fa milies which could never agree on what a family is?" However, the battle for the survival

o f the traditional family is far from over as evidenced by the enthusiasm and obvious unified effort being made by pro-fa mily forces from all areas. □□□

KBOIIEINI THROWS A TANTRUM Infu riated because Iranian autho ri ties continue to use stationary with the' letterhead of the late Shah Reza Pahlavi, Ayat oHah Kh omeini reaffirm ed that th ose responsible fo r its use will be imprisoned " as if they were drug pushers." Repeating a previous threat, Khomeini went so far as to pro mise to dismiss the cabinet ministers, the members of th e Revo lutionary Council, ancJ. " even President Bani Sadr" if papers with thl' insignia of the deposed regime continued to circulate in th e government. Kh omeini warn ed that he himself would call on the "prosecutors of the revolutionary tribunals to judge th e guilty o nes" and he a dded that "these people are more dangerous than those who traffic in drugs." " I don't want to kn ow who is responsible, but it is necessary for the administrative system to be transformed into a revoluti onary system," he stressed. The frantic Ayatollah threatened President Bani Sadr and o th er members of the revolutionary cabinet with an overth row of the government by a peop le's insurrecti on if the authorities do not " fulfill th eir o bligations to the peop le." In London, the Financial Times reported that Iran ians in exile have discovered a new weapon in their fight against Khomeini : clandes tine rad ios that transmit programs criticizing the Ayatollah 's policies. Th rec of these radio stations have appeared recently : The Free Voice of Iran and Radio Iran, both operating somewhere in Iraq; and

Iranians fighting among themselves. Radio Motherland, possi bly loca ted m Cairo, where the Shah was exiled. Th e Financial Ti1nes supposes that former Prime Minsiter Sh apur Bakhtiar

is behind Radio Iran, while Tbe Free Voice of Iran is under General Gholam Al i Oveissi, who leads the Iran ian Liberation Arm y, opposing th e present regime.

TFP Newsletter - A fortn ightly publication of the American Society fo r the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP) John Horvat, Editor. T we nty-four issues per year. Su bsc ription rates $22.50 per year fo r U.S. and Canada (sent First Class): surface mail to ocher coun tries, $22:50 per year; Airmail rates upon request. For subscriptio n & information write TFP Newsletter, P. 0. Box 121, Pleasantville, N. Y. 105 70 . Permission is granted to reproduce in whole or in part any article in this newsletter with credit given to TFP Newsletter.

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Colonel Custer witb Indian chiefs at tbe Little Big Horn. It was simpler t ben to tell tbe cow boys fro m tbe Indians. Si tting Bull has had the last laugh! Lo ng a fter the last of the Redm en Warriors laid down his bow and arrow in apparent submissio n to the o nrush of civili zati o n, the Indian has snatched vic tory from defeat. From the Champs Elysees t0 the fas hio n centers of New Yor k Ci ty and then all across the hard•wo n• West, th e " white man " is donning feath ers and fringe and setting up "fashio nable" tepees. It was an anticipated evolution. After th e urban cowboys, o ne would naturall y expect the Ind ians. Visitors to Paris last spring noted that the young people on the Left Bank were wearing fringed jac kets, beads and moccasins. Th en, as fast as sm o ke signals car ried by a jet stream, the look appeared o n the streets of New Yo rk City . For t hose sop histicated New Yorkers, som e of whom still refuse to acknowledge that any civilizati on ex ists west of the Hudson River, Macy's Departm ent Store opened a section called the TRADING POST . Bloomingdales filled its fashio n windows wi th fr inge and feathe rs and Saks F ifth Avenu e is b ringing bac k Indian jewelery. Manufacturers are hanging fringe

wherever they can find a loose seam from suede jackets , d enim jeans, even from T-shir ts ?.nd sweatshirts. Feathers are suddenly sprou ting fro m sweaters, handbags, earrings, headbands and , o f course, pigtails. Th e trendy Pocahontas style is no t limiting itself to the young. Even "sophisticates" who would n't dream o f doing any th ing savage are do nning beaded moccasions and beaded belts wit h t heir jumpsuits and jeans. For th ose palefaces who really wa nt to be chic in t heir buckskins and beads, Indian Earth is also available - an ado be colored powder to brush o n the skin for a real Indian lo ok. No self-respecting Twen tieth Cen tury Ind ian would be at ho me wit hout his ow n tepee, o f cou rse . And, as a sign of the times, people are buying tepees in gro wing numbers. Mark Welander, owner o f Bl ue Star Tepees, expects to sell more than 50 0 tepees this year, up 400 from last year and onl y 30 in 1975. "Many people are trying to get back to t he land. Bu t with high prices and interest rates , by the t ime they get the land they can't afford a house. So they bu y a tepee to live in while they build their home," he says.

Other people are buy ing tepees fo r summer places or novel guest q uarters (A good way t o discou rage overnight guests). Blue Star Tepees cost from $400 $800 (and t hat 's not just small wampum!). Th ey are made of ,, , a material th at the Indians au J rapidly in the late l 800 's. The largest " medicine lodge" size - is 24 feet in diameter and t wo stories high. Blue Star has so ld tepees to people in every state and in Eu rope. His cusrnmers range, he says, from "what you migh t call hip pies to doctors, lawyers and judges." An exam ple of the use of tepees , ca me to light duri ng t he recent ash fa llout from the eruptio n of Mo un t St. Helens. " Hom eowners (in Missoula, Mo ntan a) were com plaining abou t th e way ash fi ltered down into their houses, but tepee d wellers reported t hat their tepees kept as clear as could be," reported Mr. Welander. However, tepees are not alwars trea ted so kindly. Regi nald and Glad~-s Lau bin in their book, Tbe llldia11 Tcpct'S. write, "those p rimit ive conical ski n tents are o nly miserable, smoky dens.·• to

Mounting Evidence Of An

International Terrorist Ring France is a c urious country. I-ts outward appearance is one of order and harmony . No dictatorship or tortures. A rather bearable, albeit real, economic crisis. A serious, respectable government. However, the symptoms of disorder are multiplying day by day . The most obvious is the recent apÂˇ pearance of urban terrorism in that country. When Italy and Germany were subjected to the bloody murders of the Red Brigade a nd the Baader,Meinhof gang respectively, France looked like an oasis. In France, the leftists manifested themselves by means of books and articles that took on an academic air. Within the last few months, however, there have been terrorist attempts on li fe in the best of Italian style. In o nly one 24-hour period, th ree serious attempts took place. A terrorist group, self-styled Direct Action, claimed respo nsibility for all of chem. This group is certainly made up of several other organizations. In fact, the terrorists follow the same rigorous rules of clandestine struggle. They are, in fact, an extrem ely elusive labyrinth of small groups whose fluid and flexible set ups make it very difficult for the police to track them down or co infiltrate them. Occasion al arrests are made but the general elusiveness of the group makes a major crackdown impossible.

Hooded Basque meets press

Masked sympathizer of Baader-Melnhof ganJ?

Where do the terrorises get their weapons, some of w hich can certainly be classified as "heavy weaponry?" French police speculate that they may come from Lybia via Italy, Ireland or Spain. Even though th e terrorist danger in France is still much smaller than in Italy, the authorities arc taking no chances. The poli ce have been placed in a state of 'permanen t alert.'

As far as efficiency goes, th e terrorists who recently sabÂˇocaged the comp uter banks at T ou lo use demonstrated to have a great deal of technical knowledge. Bazooka attacks showed, furth erm ore, that they are well-trained a nd well-equipped.

D Is Fre nch terrorism just a local p henome non or is it part of a kind of "Terrorist International?" The arrests the police have made proved the existence of close ti cs between Direct Action me mbers a nd Italian terrorises. le is certain that links exist with other terrorist organizations, e.g., Irela nd's IR A and Spain's ET A. Direct Action activists also appear to keep contacts with members of several groups seeking regional ind ependence in certain areas of France such as Brittany, Corsica, and the Basque region.

France: Prime t<:rget for international terrorists?

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Under such conditions , Frenc hmen may speculate o n one of their own adages, "Good health is, at best, a precarious condition w hich always en ds unhappily."

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ERA: Erroneous Rantings Annotated "No diety will save us, we must save ouselves. Promises of immortal salvation or fear of eternal damnation are both illusory and harmful." Humanist Manifesto II. Signed by Betty Friedan, Founder of National Organization of Women. (N.O.W.) O

spiritual dimension to the wom en's liberation movement in America. " ... Christine Downing, head of San Diego State Universiry's Religious Studies Departm ent, estimates that many if not most - spiritually sensitive women in the women's movement are

willing to replace the biblical God with a frankly p agan and polytheistic approach ... A Santa Cruz woman, Ebony of the Mountain, 38, said : 'Some of the women ch ink of themselves as witches, but not all.' " - Part 1, pages 3, 19, 20, Los Angeles Tiines, 4/10/78.

"By the year 2000 we will, I hope, raise our children to believe in human potential, not God ... " - Gloria Steinam, editor of Ms. Magazine.

D "We really don 'c know how to raise children .. . the fact chat children are raised in families means there's no equality .. .in order to raise children with equality, we must cake chem away from families and raise them .. . " - Dr. Mary J o Beane, Associate Director of Wellesley College's Center for Research o n Women.

Wom en 111ecbanics at tbe turn of tbe century. Still sputtering!

"The ERA has J;>ecomeÂˇ bo'th symbol and substance for the whole of the modern women's movement for equality ... I am convinced if we lose ch is struggle we will have little ho pe in our lifetim e of saving our right co abortion . .. " - Betty Frieden, NOW ERA Fund Raising Letter.

D "Marriage has ex isted for t he benefit of men and has been a legally sanctioned method of control over women ... the en d of the institution of marriage is a necessary condition for the liberati on of women. Therefore, it is impor tant for us to encourage women co leave their husbands and not to live individually with men ... we must work co destroy it (marriage). The Document, declaration on femin ism.

"It (divo rce) makes for better family life ... Divorce improves the quality of marriage." - Dr. Mary Jo Beane

"All of history must be rewritten in terms of th e oppression of women. We must go back co the ancient female religions (like witchcraft) .. . " - The Document, declaration on feminism.

"Santa Cruz - nearl y 400 women picked up different notes and held them, catch ing their breaths at different tim es so the sound droned unabated for five minutes. The eerie monotones fro m this congregation of sorts reverberated against the angular o utside walls of the Theater of Performing Arts and filtered through clumps of tall pines on the U. of C. Santa Cruz campus. T he hymnic call was to the Goddess. Later in the day, encouraged by the beat of bongo drums, spon.:aneous groups of circling women danced . . . in scenes suggestive of frolicking wood nymphs. " .. .More than a successful un iversity extension course, however, t he event was indicative of a burgeoning

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NfEWS F L A ยงJI8ICEยง OLYMPIC-SIZE RENTAL COMMISSIONS T he hottest piece of rea l estate in Moscow these days is the O lympic Village. Now that the Games have concluded, the facilities to house the athletes will be converted into apartments. Although officials say that t he apartments have already been allocated, theโ ข word among Moscovites is that a hefty bribe wi ll secure the keys to one of the coveted places. Woul d-be residents say th at the going rate for a "commission" is upwards of 10,000 rubles.

GUERR I LLAS KILLED 450 COLOMBIAN FARM WOR KERS Jose Marti nez, President of t he Nat ional Association of Colombian Farm Wo rkers denounced the FARC guerrilla group ( Revolutiona ry Armed Forces of Co lombia) for killi ng some 450 farm workers last year alone. They were ki ll ed for refusing to join the guerri ll a movement. Martinez' denunciat ion was made du ri ng a congress held in the city of Anserma , in the Colombian state of Caldas. According to Martinez, the M-19 guer rilla group also contributed "to the

murders of those who did not share their politics."

DEFENSE OF SOUTH ATLANT IC : U.S. ROLE VITAL Buenos Aires daily La Nacion reported that sources connected to the Afgentine Ministry of the Navy consider as vital the part icipation of the United States in t he working out of a possible defense agreement for the South Atlantic that wou ld include South Africa. In spite of Brazil's refusals of an agreement including South Africa, t h e Argentine newspaper affirms that during the recent visit to Buenos Aires by Edward Hidalgo, U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, the strengthening of ties between Argentina and its Atlantic allies was one of the main topics discussed. In spite of Brazil's position, La Nacion adds that the Argentine government cannot neglect the possibility of an agreement w ith South Africa if such a treaty included the Un ited States. In the coming years, La Nacion says, Argentine military and diplomatic circles wi ll have to decide whether CAMAS (Control of the South Atlantic Maritime Area, a mi litary pact between Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay) is sufficient for the defense of the South Atlantic or whether it is necessary to do something new about the matter.

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Muscovite women cleaning Red Square. After a bard day's work - Relax! Have a coke.

TIRED OF AFGHANISTAN? HAVE A CO KE. . . Coca Cola should enter the Soviet market with in two years, when Pepsi's exclusive contract with t he Soviet Union ends. The announcement was made by Mr. Michael O'Connor, Coca Cola's Vice Pres ident. He added that negotiations are also going on to enlarge Coke's market in China, where the drink is currently sold only to those who pay

BITTER BITE J ay Gwaltney, a sophomore at Ind iana State Un ivers ity, recently ate an 11foot birch tree to earn a $ 10,000 prize offered by a Chicago radio station. The promoters of the bizarre event wanted to see how far peop le wou ld go to try to win the money. " It took three days, but I ate al l of it - leaves, branches, roots, everyth ing. It was bitter - reall y terrible," sa id Gwaltney. " I was dressed in a tux and I sat at a d ining table with a forma l setting of china and a rose in a vase. It looked real classy."

in foreign currencies. "When we add the population of the Soviet Union to that of Ch ina , we have more than half the popu lation of the world, which means an enormous number of people who can d ri nk Coca Cola," O'Con nor said. He fu rther affirmed that the company a to set up a bottling p lant in Chi na, u ;yrup produced in Australia. Coca Co la's p rofit in 1979 was 5 b illion dollars, O'Connor concluded.

DEATH OF A N IMPERI A LISl M INISTER In another "first" of the Khomeini regime. a woman was executed for "the promotion of imperia list cu lture and corruption." The v1ct1m was Mrs. Farokhrou Pa rsa, who was National Secretary for Education from 1968 to 1974. Her imperia list act iv ities included the expans ion of free education and the entrance of women into universit ies, among others. She was arrested on February 16 and executed on May 8 at the Evin prison in Teheran. (L 'Eventail, of Brussels, cited in L 'Impact Suisse, June 1980).

No television screen could possibily show the individual destinies of the 105 million victims sacrificed since 1917 in holocaust to the Moloch of the construction of world socialism. According to the London-based Foreign Affairs Research Insitute, this is only a minimal figure. Writer Solzhenitsyn calculates the number of victims at 110 million; other researchers go from 13 5 million to 140 million. Such differences are caused by the state secrecy surrounding all possible sources of intelligence. This first grave difficulty, the London Institute says, is complicated by the deliberate confusion created by Marxist propaganda. The Soviet Union stands out in that grand total with a human toll of at least 3 5 million (and a maximum of 66 million). Of these, 1,760,000 were liquidated during the red bosses' attempt to give a final solution to the problem of classes in society during the first two years following the October Revolution. Another 23 million died in concentration camps. The victims of "assimilation" into Soviet socialism are calculated at: 2.1 million in Germany; 270,000 in Poland (the 15,000 Polish officers murdered at Katyn are no more than a drop of blood in this particular hecatombe); 450,000 in Yugoslavia, of which 150,000 were murdered in 1945 alone (under the recently bewailed "great statesman," Tito); 150,000 in Albania; 72,000 In Greece; 150,000 in Romania; and 100,000 in Hungary. In Asia, the number of victims is calculated at between 34 million and

63 .7 million, of whom 3 million were executed and 1,750,000 were slain in combat by Mao. In Tibet, 200,000; in Malaysia, Burma, and the Philippines, 150,000; in Korea, 3,935,000, among whom 400,000 were civilians in South

Marxism's False Promises Msgr. Manuel Antonio Pires, the former Bishop of Silva Porto in Angola, who is now permanently residing in Portugal, declared in an interview to Lisbon's Mundo Portugues: "In 1975, during the so-called transitional government, when there was talk of free elections, the present leaders of Angolan Marxism were very solicitous. In their propaganda drive they visited the bishops in their residences, spoke kindly to them and gave them all kinds of guarantees. "When independence came, on November 11, 1975, placing the present Marxist government in power, everything changed .. 11 Near the city of Campuca, at the geographic center of Angola, a mar-

vellously beautiful area with vast horizons, there is an expressive monument to Christ the King, with his arms extended as if He were blessing the whole nation. This artistic monument was sacrilegiously mutilated by bazooka fire. "These facts, which took place in my former diocese of Bie, suffice for one to see the true face of Communism. May they also serve as a warning to incautious Christians who allow themselves to be deceived by the promises of Marxism. Later on, they will have nothing left to do except to weep bitterly and hopelessly." Late last year, Bishop Pires was replaced by Msgr. Antonio Pedro Luis, whom John Paul II appointed as the Residential Bishop of Bie.

Korea; in Vietnam, 2,450,000 of which 700,000 were civilians. In Cuba, Fidel Castro has to answer for 33,000 executions. The study does not present statistics on Africa, except for the 70,000 dead reported'in Angola.

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DISAPPEARING ACTS Government authorities in France are becoming increasingly concerned about a phenomenon that has been taking place since the end of t he 18th Century, but which has become an acute problem since the end of World War II - a decline in the national birthrate. France 's population in 1800 was 28 million people - next to Russia, the largest in Europe. By the year 1950, France's population had increased to 42 million, a rise of o nly some 50 percent. But in the same period, the populatio n in Italy had increased 300 percent, Germany 400 percent and the United Kingdom 500 percent. According to projectio ns, the present birthrate in France of 1.85 children per married woman will lead to a total popula tion of 3 7 million Frenchgien in the year 2100. Governm ent officials co nsider that a birthrate of 2.1 ch ildren per married wom en is required for the economic healt h of th e count ry. This means th at no t o nly will there be fewer people in France but an older populatio n as well. Official estimates for the year 2035 put the number of persons above the age of 60 at 14 milli on. By th e year 2050, some 30 percent of the population will be age 60 or more . In Italy, the situatio n is now reversing itself and is becoming just as grim. In a natio n wh ere birth control has been leg~l for o nly nine years, the

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--',, ..... " It's the very newest ih electric carscomplete with 150 miles of extension cordl"

Sidewalk caf es in Paris. Empty tables in tbe year 2000? dubious distinction of zero popu lation (10.9 per th ousand during the mo nths growth has alread y been achieved. of January and Febru ary.) Italy's Latest government statisti cs sho w Italy 's po pulat ion actually declined in Februbirth rate and death rate as being equal ary by 5 3 2 people.

Th e idea, the Bo nn, West Germany government agreed, was a good one . Make a particular Sunday a car-free day for the sake of the environmen t, personal health and, of course, to save energy. Bac king the brainchild of " Friends of Nature " gro ups, In terior Minister Gerhart Baum called on West Germ ans to keep t heir 23 million cars at home and "get your legs or bicycles into gear. " But, despi te a heavy public relations cam paign , the ex periment was a fl op. Up and down , and all around th e count ry, police reported either no rm al Sunday traffic or " heavier t han usual. " Most of the extra trains and buses that had bee n schedul ed to take people into the country fo r " bracing walks" ran alm ost em pty. Th ere were some highlights. In Bonn , Fo reign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher an d his wi fe biked some nine kil ometers (approx. 6 miles) from their su burban villa for a television interview on the n ovel idea. Their bo dyguards foll owed them - in a car.

In Dusseldo rf, th ousands of people cycled or ro ller-skated down the city's posh Ko nigsallee, the main shop ping street. In Munich, t he capit v of Bavaria which had rejected t hL ,c1t:a of a "car-free" day as " impractical." cyclists blocked th e intersections and booed drivers who tried to fo rce their way th ro ugh. But coun try police and t ourist-spot bars and cafes recorded brisk business from Sunday drivers w ho were unwilling to give up a spin in the sunshi ne fo r the sake of a supposed ideal. " Disappoin t ing," said Baum. "A natio nal tragedy," said an environmental ist group spokesman. The h uman contrariness fact or was seen as t he main cause of the flop . "West Ge rman drivers," said the natio nal daily newspaper Die Welt , " will not be dictated to." â&#x20AC;˘ Su mming it all u p, a popular rad io stati on made its comment o n t he nonevent in jocular form : Dad says to MomÂˇ a nd th e kids, " Let's go fo r a drive and see how the car-free Sunday is working o ut."

No. 6

Vol. II

Helsinki-A Shattered fflusion The Congress received a report pre· pared by a commission of six senators, six congressmen, and three government officials who used up 269 pages to arrive at the conclusion that the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact countries have shown a "discouraging" indifference to the Helsinki Accords and that there has been a certain reggression in the question of human rights. The document was prepared for the meeting the He!· sinki pact countries will hold in Madrid this coming November to evaluate the results of the accords on European cooperation and security. It is difficult to see what is more discouraging: the indifference of the USSR to the Accords or the naivete of American legislators and government officials regarding Moscow's conduct. If they really expected the Soviets to respect the commitments they had made, they took a long time, in fact five years, to wake up to reality. Even at the time when the Accords were signed, it was a great naivete to hope that the Soviets would ab ide by them. A cold examina· tion of the world situatio n at the time when the Accords were signed , would have been sufficient to keep them from falli ng into such illusions. The first years after World War II were marked in Eastern Europe by Soviet expansionism , which was contained only by the creation of NATO in 1949. Czechoslovakia had fallen a year and two months before in the famous "coup of Prague" being the last European country conquered by the Red Army. Since for the time being Moscow was unable to extend its European conquests, it dedicated itself to the task of consolidati ng its power in the countri es already conquered, and did so by violating all human rights and all norms of International Law. The Eastern European countries became mere satellites, without any life of their own, simply reflecting what was going on in Moscow. They were, like Russia, stages of the judicial farces that marked the period of the Stalinist terror and also that of the so-called

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Breaking the Accords that didn't bind.

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"destalinization ," that began when Kruchev denounced Stalin 's -crimes before the 20th Congress of t he Russian Communist Party. But even "destalinization" was carried out under the rigid control of the Kremlin, so that when Hungary went beyond the permi tted limits, in the very year t hat the 20th Congress was held, Russia did no t hesitate to invade her and drown her people's desi re for greater freedom in blood. Peaceful coexistence Then cam e the period of "peaceful coexistence." Many observers beli eved th at an episo de like that of t he invasio n of Hungary would never be repeated, because "times have changed." But· the mere attempt by Czechoslovakia to put a more liberal socialism into practice was sufficient to have her territory invaded by W;irsaw Pace troops in 196 9. Then Russia turned her attenti on to Africa, where she began to carry out an expansio nism even more daring, in certai n respects, than the one in Eastern Europe. This tim e she used mercenary troops furnished by the Cuban dictator Fidel. Castro. It was right at the height of chis expansion chat the Helsinki Conference m et to discuss European coopera-

False hope: Tbere will be no "reruns" of tbe invasion of Hungary.

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11111;..-a r. ·--tion and security. However, these beautiful words were no thing more than euphemisms standing for forma l Western recognition o f the Soviet conquests in Eastern Europe . The Western countries participating in the Helsin ki Conference did no t even ask Russia to stop her aggressions in Afri ca as a quid pro quo fo r this serious concession.

They contented themselves with vague promises about human rights. In the face of all chis, it is at least surprising for twelve American legislators and three public officials co ace as if they were breaking the big news chat the Soviets are not respecting the commitments they made in Helsink i; and they took 269 pages to do it.

Profile Of A ''Christian-Marxist'' For t he first time, publishers and book sellers in West Germany have decided co give their Peace Pri ze t o a Lat in American. Interestingly enough, the recipient is the Catholic priest and Marxist revolutionary, Fr. Ernesto Cardenal, presently Nicaragua'a Minister of Education and Culture. Card enal is a poet who tries, in his work, co blur the contrast between Christianity and Communism, advocating a kind o f "Chrisciaf1 Marx ism" and announc ing Religion's "revolutio nary mission." The "poet-priest" Cardenal, short with large eyes a nd a heavy beard, a chick head of grey hair at times with a band around it li ke an Indian and sometimes covered with a Basque beret, was born in 1925 in a well-to-do-Spanish family in a small Nicaraguan city. His fi rst teachers were the Jesuits. He studied philosophy in Mexico and in the United States. After a frustrated rebellion against Somoza, he fled to the United Scates, where he stayed in a Trapp ist monastery. Later he went to live with t he Benedictines in Mexico. After being ordained a priest ·i n

1965, he returned to hi s co untry and fo u nded a "Christia n-Marxist" communi ty on an island in Nicaragua 's Grand Lake, dedicated to an anticapitalise and revolutionary life (the similarity to J onestown is striking !). After he and his community were expelled from the country, they joined

Fr. Ernesto Cardenal - A "Cbristian-Marxist." No conflict of interests here?

the Sandinistas in Costa Ri ca, where Fr. Cardenal introduced· the Cuban line in that movement. Cardenal is o ne of Fidel Castro's most faithful partisans. In his book about Cu ba, Ca rdenal wro te of F idel, "He came like Ch rist." le is no wonder char he invited Cuban teachers to give classes in Nicaragua, nor that he has an nounced char priests who resist the goals of the revolution muse be expelled from the country by force, if necessary. He declared: "As a priest, I am favorable r0 a sp lit in Cathol icism, a di visio, ll'ten true and fa lse Christianity." Cardenal, a pro lific· writer, 1-c\·eals his intentions in the ti tles of his books: A Prayer to Marilyn M o1iroe, Break tbe Barbed Wire, Tbe Book of Lo ve , and Tbe Holiness of tbe R evo/11tio11. Father Cardenal demonstra tes his lyric idealism in the ideal of the "ne\\' man," whose protoype 1s the lace guerrilla, "Che" Guevara. " I belie\·e it is a gift of God co be able w li\·e in Cu ba today," Cardenal said in his book, hi Cuba. Apparently , the Cuba ns ha\·e nor read it yet.

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THE TOWER OF 'BELEM -SYII\,hol 0f A Sll@ll ~tiotts Great 0dy55ey The Tower of Belem rises majestically on the banks of the Tagus River in Lisbo n. It was constru cted by the architect Francisco Arruda between 1515 and 1521. Although it is o nly a tower, the whiteness of its stones, the harmonious contrast between the smoothness of its walls and its elabo rate adornm ents, its proud and imposing bearing, bring to mind the idea of a castle. Its constru ction has two clearly defined lines, fitting toether in .a most beautiful ensemble: the vertical body of the tower and the horizontal platform. The proportion between the height of the tower and the wid th of the ,platfo rm is such that it reminds one of a queen wearing a magnificent dress with a train. A "queen"of stone dressed also in stone, th at gazes majestic, proud, and dominant at the mouth of the Tagus, the sea, and th e city of Lisbon. Fortress, prison, and watchtower all at once, the Tower of Belem is intimately connected with Portugal's historic past. From here navigators and missionari es set out on their voyages. They woul d contemplate it filled with enchant ment and nostalgi a as it grew distant and shrank whi le they advan ced in to the Atlant ic and the unknown. Returnin g fro m their adventures, they would see it rise like a white poiat o n the ho rizon, becoming cleare r and clearer in its o utl ines as their shi ps approached the sho re. The King wo uld stay here wi th the Royal Family and the whole court, to watch the departu re of t he fleet. On such occasions, the tower would take on new brilliance and colors, from the wavi ng of the tapestries on the walls, the movemen t of the people inside, with their magnificent clothing, and also by the roar of its cann ons responding to t he salvos of t he ga ll eons

as they passed with their sails puffing with the breeze and marked with the the red Cross of the Order of Christ. As one observes the edifice, he sees a window made with an o rnamented colo nnade. The beauty of the lace work in the stone and the good taste of the motifs is such that it looks like a jewel box. It is the window-balcony of the royal quarters, all furnished inside with magnificent 16th Century pieces under its medieval style vaulted ceilings. The marvellous balcony is crowned with a statue of Nossa Senhora d(I Boa Viagem (Our Lady of Good Voyage). This beautiful stone statue seems to be attentively watching the entrance of the port and the vastnesses of the sea, dispensing her protection and blessings to her Portuguese sons in their "Christian audacities" on the stormy seas, as the famous Portuguese poet Luiz de Camoes put it. She is the very symbol

of the Faith of t he Portuguese people. The Faith that moved t his country to wage centuries of war against the Moors. The Faith that led her navigators to launch themselves heroically on unknown oceans to undertake the odyssey of the discoveries. The Faith that gave this people maturity in the face of peril, strength in adversity , serenity in suffering, and that permitted a tiny natio n of only two million inhabitants to carry on the colossal task of colo nization on three continents. In t he Tower of Belem one sees the authenti c Portugal, thirsting for heroism and blessed by Providence, a Portugal so different from the o ne of our days ... Who will awaken the Portugal of t he Tower of Belem? Will it be, perhaps, the lo ng-awaited Dom Sebastian, the virgin king who disappeared in the battle of Alcacerquivir and wh o-, acco rding to the legend, will return to rescue Portugal?

The enchantments of the Tower of Belem have distinct nuances in the different hours of tbe day. /-!ere t be Tower appears wrapped in tbe evocative melancboly of the dusk . Above the renaissance balcony,, t he Holy Virgin blesses the ships which set out to sea carrying to new worlds the treasure of the Catholic Faith. From her departed the first missionaries and colonizers for the newly discovered lands of the /1 mericas. From the upper terrace one can admire the waters of the Tagus as it enters the o cean. Here were seen, of old, the brave galleons bearing on their sails the Cross of the Order uf Christ.

A Stone Age 21st Century? "Scooter" Cheatham is a guide to Stone Age living. (Parade, 7-13-80) Each year, he trucks about fifteen young to. middle-aged persons at a time into' remote, uninhabited wastelands in several states, including Texas, Utah and Colorado. His strolls into the Stone Age are always pointed to areas that have been identified as prehistoric sites. (A sort of American Stone Age "Roots" adventure). Participants take no modern tools, weapons, or medicine-and no food. With only replicas of of cavemen implements, they live for a week or two as nearly as possible in caveman style. The social and pyschological changes that the particpants undergo are more than just passing fancy. Many, upon returning from the Stone Age, find themselves with "longings" for the simpli city of lifestyle that they had thrust themselves into for several weeks. Some Twentieth Century "cavemen" (or rather, "cavepersons") who recently attended such a session in Southwest Texas described their reactions to the Stone Age experience (or experiment?) as one of shock at seeing that modern skills are worthless without modern technology. In additio n, they saw that the cavemen had real skills of their own. One woman who was grinding corn with a stone she had shaped found a much better one already in the cave where the group was living. Presumably, it was a grinding stone that someone had shaped thousands of years ago! Advocates of ERA may find themselves at odds with the Stone Age experience. "I'd always assumed that men and women could do most tasks equally as well," Joan Corley, one of the participants remembered. "But I just couldn't wield a flint axe as well as the men. And they couldn't grind corn o r separate yucca fibers to make rope as well as the women." Usually by the second o r third day, everyone has "slipped back into time." The wilderness slows them down and they begin no longer to care about the taste of food or to mind sleeping on rocks. They even found prehistoric tools more comfortable to use - digging sticks seemed more efficient than shovels. After a while, they were calling themselves "group" and exisiting comfortably together- the men mostly gathering wood and food ; the women preparing it. If one person didn't fit in, the other became protective rather than resentful. In effect, they became a tribe. One might pass such an experiement off as a fleeting fad resulting from an over-indulged society seeking a new "adventure." However, the effects of the Stone Age experience lingered in many of the participants.

Home of tbe "future" a plastic cave.

Some, upo n their return complained that they found beds uncomfortable, buildings confining. Others yearned for simple, natural foods. Such Stone Age tendencies are not confined to an isolated experience such ' as "Scooter" Cheatham "groups." This same mentality is being set in other normal daily ambiences, as well. For example ... What can one draw from the new type of home construction being promoted as the "Home of ,. the Futurei - a polyurethane foam form - much like that of a cave dwelling from the Stone Age in appearance. The model pictured here, called the Xanadu by its originators, is built into a hillside and has 12 interconnecting rooms, a spiral tower, rock gardens, indoor waterfall, and a stone fireplace. The whole impression is one of a: twentieth century cave dwelling.

â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ In the last five hundred years , then, the wo rld has progressed from famous Toledo steel to digging sticks; from castles to caves. Some Progress!

''How Did You Spend Your Su0101er?'' Every summer hundreds of thousands of American youngsters go off to summer camp. Their watchful pare nts and camp counselors arm them with insecticides, poison ivy remedies, first aid kits, etc - all the "necessary" items to help take the discomfort out of their camping experience and to make ic a fun adventure. Every summer, youngsters ages 7 to 15 in the Soviet Union attend the country's 53,000 Pioneer Youth Camps. Their gear includes gas masks, respirators, chemical warfare decontam inati ng kits, nerve gas antidotes, and nuclear fallout shelters. These are not toys but the real thing. Summer camp for Soviet youth means not only camping out but learning the realities of civil defense. A recently published Soviet handbook presents a detailed picture of Soviet civil defense. The book is made available to all children attending the camps. It aims to supplement classroom instruction at school with practical training in such skills as the proper use of gas masks, laying out a trench-type shelter, quick response to attack warnings and removal of chemical contamination. The 78-page handbook entitled, Measures for Civil Defense in Pioneer Camps, was published by the All-Union Voluntary Organization for Assistance to the Army, Air Force and Navy. Th e organization supervises a program of paramilitary training for millions of pupils across the Soviet Union. "Strengthen ing our knowledge about civil defense which Pioneers receive in school and grafting onto it practical skills in defense from weapons of mass destruction is one of the most important functions of the Pioneer camps," the handbook states. The illustrated book stipulates time and skill standards for various civil de-

Soviet y outb in Pioneer uniformskills in civil de f ense are a summer camp prior-

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)f61 '~ fense tasks that Pioneer~ mÂˇust learn to perform, such as: *Making and putting on a cotton and gauze face mask: 2Â˝ minutes; * Properly taking a gas mask out of its case and donning it: 11 seconds. *Partial decontamination of clothing after exposure to radioactive materials: 71ninutes. The training is now a part of the Soviet Union's overall civil defense system effort which, according to Western analysts, now involves more than 100,000 personnel- full time. A report by the Central Intelligence Agency in 1978 said that the Soviets

had built more than 15,000 bomb shelters. The program has been costing the Russia-ns more than $2 billion a year. By contrast, the U.S. budget for civil defense is $100 million with no plans for the construction of bomb shelters fo r the general population. Quite a disadvantage if the reports are accurate! How much fact and how much fiction exists in this maneuver of the Soviets in their on-going game of psychological warfare against the West remains to be seen. However, the fact does remain that Russian youth take their summers and survival serious

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A long-dormant volcano in the Soviet Far East has erupted with a Mount Saint Helens-like blast that vaporized the lake in the mountain's crater. The Gorelvi volcano, a peak about 6,600 feet high on the Kamchatkc1 Peninsula had been dormant for more than thirty years. The eruption produced a gigantic pall of ashes and gases that spurted as high as 9,850 feet in the air and the lake that was in the crater has ceased to exist.

Prince Charles, heir to the throne of England 路said he was delighted when a union boss called him "Charlie." It beats what he gets in America, he said. The prince, went underground last June in Pontefract, England to open a refurbished Yorkshire coal mine named the Prince of Wales in his honor. The Chairman of the miner's union called the prince "Charlie." Charles just laughed. "It's' better than in America where they call you Prince. You do get fed up with being referred to like a Royal Air Force police dog," he said. Funny ... they still named the coal mine, the Prince of Wales rather than "Charlie" of Wales.

COLD BLOODED DIVORCE A Superior Court judge in San Diego, California has given the term "quickie divorce" a new meaning. He summons large groups of peole into hrs courtro路om where all they have to do is an swer three questions (in unison) and promptly receive their divorce decrees. An average of 35 people a day show up in the judge's courtroom and more than 3,000 persons have received their "divorce" since the experiment began last year. Adeline Donohue, executive director o f the American Judges Association said the San Diego experient "seems cold-blooded." ... to say the least.

BOOMERANG! Australia is to have a boomerangshaped parliment building. The award design, re miniscent of the Aborigin al nation al weapon was announced recently fol lowing a worldw ide architectura l co mpe tit ion. This should make the lawmakers leary o f the legislation that they pass as it may come back to t hem . At any rate it appears that the Aborigi nees, or at least th eir mental ity, a remnant of an unciv ili zed culture is making a "comeback.".. .

EXIT CLOSED Last fall a group ca ll ed "Ex it, The Society for the Right to Die With Dignity" announced plans to pu blish a 30-page guide for people who want to know how to ki ll themselves. The booklet, written by two lawyers and a doctor outlined four methods of su icide. Now, under threat of prosecution and loss of 路the right to practice t heir professions, officials of "Exit" have abandoned their plans. " It is a t raged y for which o ur so-called civili zed society sho uld be co ndemned , but I am pe rsonall y not prepared to go to jail," said Larry Hill, 63, a London government official who is acting chairman of the society. Interestingly enough,

Queen Elizabeth investing son as Prince of Wales.

Mr. Hill is read y to "condemn" society for not condoning a heinous act, but is unw illing to accept the just condemnation that society imposes for such a crim e. Exit, "Exit."

DIPLOMATIC SPIES Two-thirds of t he 60 diplom ats at the Soviet Embassy in Bonn, West Germany are m embers o f t he Soviet intelligence Service (KG B), the newspape r Bild reported recent ly . It added t hat all drivers o f Soviet trucks on West German highways were officers of the Soviet armored corps who studi ed the roads, junctions and bridges and reported to Moscow.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT The July issue of Seapower magazine reports, 'While on Indian Ocean patrol the ai rcraft car rier Nimi t z, steamed 75,420 nautical mi les, a d istance comparable to circum nav igating t he globe three times. Her crew co nsumed, among other thi ngs, 10,400 ga ll o ns of soup; 609,960 pounds of flour; 458,640 pounds of chicken; 24, 180 ga llons of gravy; 304,980 pounds of mashed potatores; 183,040 pou nds of sugar; 30 4 ,400 pounds of butter; 60,840 dozen cookies; 121,940 pounds of bread ; and (to celebrate the 100 days at sea) 418 cases of beer."

NO SENSE AT ALL Mi sguided regulations emanating from the vario us federal regulatory agencies still abound: * A m iner was cited for not ca rry ing a two-way radio on t h e job, even though h is was a one-man operation. Perhaps he was meant t o co nverse with the rocks. * An unreg ul ated trucker r "路 ha ul railroad ties made from lo wn crosswise b ut needs a certifi cati: 1rom the Interstate Commerce Commission if the logs are sawn lengthwi se. * Ni ne years of hea rings, proposa ls and com ments were req ui red for the Food a"hd Drug Ad mi n istration to decide whethe r a product labeled peanut butter should cont ain 90 or 92 percent peanuts. (Couln 't someone just have asked Jimmy Carter?)

SANDINISTA$ FIGHT IN ANGOLA Th e FN LA (National Front for t he Liberation of Angola), a guerrill a group fighting against the Soviet pu ppet government in Angola, report ed t h at the Sand inistas se nt 500 so ld iers to that cou nt ry. Castro persuaded Nicaragua to send th is contingent as a to ken of its support of the 36,0 00 Cu bans who are already fight ing to keep the regime from crumbl ing .

- - -Abortion: Offspring Of- - The French Revolution The "liberty" demanded by the French Âˇrevolutionaries in 1789 has full swing in our "liberal" society. Today ch at "liberty" is used co deny the right to life to the unborn while preserving the "right to life" for animals. An article published in the journal of Medical Etbics states that it was largely due to the writings of the infamous Marquis de Sade, in the 18th century that induced abortion received the impetus which resulted rn its tragic acceptance by Western society. In 1 795, de Sade published his La Pbilosopbie dans le Boudoir, in which he proposed the use of induced abortions for social reasons and as a means of population control.

"It is interesti ng co note chat at various points in his essay de Sade produced most of the arguments in favor of induced abortion which have since been used to advocate it for other than .clinical reasons - population control, avoidance of a socially inconvenient pregnancy, disbelief in the fe tus being a living human being, and the attitude that a fetus, being merely a part of a woman's body, was hers to retain or destroy as she pleased." Between 1813 and 1840. several aoproving references to the use of abortion were published in France and from that time on medical approval for theraputic abo rtion was commo n. Today's "liberated" 20th century has produced a society chat not o nly holds the right to human life cheaply but in total contrast "reveres" the "right to life" of animals. A case in point concerns Sido, a collie-sheep dog condemned to death by the will of his late mistress who

feared that the dog would suffer from loneliness without her. The dog's life was apparently so precious that even betore the court acted to save its life, legislators in California had passed a law to save the dog, and Governor Jerry Brown hastened co sign it. In the court case, Judge Jay Pfotenhauer ruled that the will directing the death of Sido was invalid because the law does not permit the "taking of a life." This raises the question whether we are surrendering our human rights to animals since with more than one million abortions each year in this country everyone knows that killing unborn bab ies is a public policy .. One can speculate that the Marquis de Sade played the role of a spiritual progenitor of the widespread use of induced abortion today for social, political, and economic purposes; and that the "liberty" gained by the French Revolu tion has reached its fruition on the bench of the Supreme Court today.

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A reversal of tbe roles .

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Marquis de Sade: Spiritual progenitor of induced abortion "The pressures of modern society for induced abortions on socio-political grounds can be traced to chis period and it appears that the case was f\rst formulated in 1795," wrote Dr. A.O. Farr of the Northeast Scotland Blood T ransfusion Service in Aberdeen. " It was from that time on that medical and social acceptance of abortion can be dated, although previously the subject had not been discussed in public in m odern times." De Sade "held all life cheaply" and La Pbilospbie dans le Boudoir is notable for its attacks upon established religion, morality, family ties and social structures, and for its advocacy for the lowest forms of immoral pleasures," he said. "A larg~ part of de Sade's thesis was concerned with the equality of the sexes, and as a practical procedure of value in the life of the sexually liberated woman he cited abortion as o ne of the ways which she may avoid the punishment which society imposed for adultery." The right co abort even when the child was a full term was "unarguable," Dr. !- arr wrote.

HURRICANE WATCH In spite of modern technology, weather forecasters of today are still far from understanding or explaining why hurricanes occur. Much progress has been made in technically analyzing the hurricane process and diagnosing what happens during hurricanes. But meteorologists still cannot explain why some forms of weather become hurricanes; while others, identical in all respects to those that grew into terrible storms, dissipate and pose no threat to life or property. The Caribs, who lived on the islands of the western Caribbean, believed that the thunder cloud was a huge bird that sent lighning to the ground by blowing it through a hollow reed. When storms approached their islands, they spat food into the air to calm the gods. The Taino Indians, who inhabited the island we know today as Cuba believed that a goddess used the winds of the hurricane to smash the villages that had offended her in some way. Some of the ancestors of th e Tainos, the Tupis who lived on the South American continent, worshipped a god who was thought to be shaped in the form of a bird. His voice was thunder, lightning was the flash of his eyes, and the terrible winds were the rushing of his wings. The natives of Central America also respected hurricanes. The Maya Indians feared their god of most powerful for-

ces and called him "Jurakan." The Honduran god, "Kulkulkan," had to be satisfied because he controlled nature's forces and t hese, in turn, controlled the lives and deaths of people. It is interesting to note that the answer to the question of why hurricanes exist quickly lead primitive peoples to religious explanations (albeit pagan). This observation is suggestive of the

fact that metaphysics is the primary motive underlying religion. Perhaps if modern meteorologists would devote some of their time towards explaining why hurricanes occur, it is not unreasonable to presume that they would soon find very intelligible and intelligent reasons fo r religion not only in th eir work as weathermen but for mankind.

--''CRACKS'' ON THE WALL-The infamo us Berlin Wall has, at last , come under attack. Unfortunatelv. the attack has ~ not been lau nched by the political leaders of the West (who, in some cases, have even been spared the sight of the new assault) but by graffitti artists with spray cans. Political activists, freedom lovers, soldiers and tourists all have joined in taking up spray paint cans and "deco rating" parts of the 100-mile East German barrier around West Berlin where at least seventy persons have been killed trying to escape to the West since 1961. Some of the examples of the slogans that greet tourists (?) at Potsdam Platz, a standard stop along the Wall, are: "Freedom Ends Here," "Death to Communism," and "Help Afghanistan." The Afghanistan slogan is a part of a maj or work o n the Wall that blacks out over 60 feet or so of the original white wall.Âˇ Wall graffitti is applied at t_he writer's own risk because most of the Wall itself stands roughly six feet inside o f Communist East German territory. East German officials have said little abou t the apparently nocturnal graffitti artists, but West Berlin police say that they can not help if the wall writers get into trouble in the strip of East German territory. Still the artwork goes o n. In an apparent effort to make the Wall less shocking to tourists and vis ting dignitaries, the appearan ce has

changed from chunky bricks and blocks with barbed wire and broken glass to a modern design of smooth pre-cast concrete topped with a round tube t o foil climbers-all painted a non-offensive white. Once, in 1978, guards made a dawn appearance not far from Potsdam Platz overseeing the efforts of an anti-graffiti squad armed with whitewash. The "mission" was completed only hours before the arrival there of President

Jimm y Carter. Western television crews accompanying the Carter entourage only saw a clean white wall instead of the o ne decorated with slogans assailing the Co mmunist regime. The same spot, between Potsdam Platz and Checkpoint Charlie is now as scrawled over as before the Carter visit. A feature of whitewash that apparently th e leaders of the W, fi n-c not learned is that it just doesn : r anything permanently.

Part of the infamous Berlin Wall - not enough whitewash.

1980

No. 7

Vol. II

Traditional Education At Odds With Modem Pedagogues The new genera t ion has parents a nd pedagogues conce rned. While t he fo rme r arc d isco ncerted by o dd o r unusual attitudes of t he ir 'c hildre n, the latter ofte n get bogged down in a laby ri n rhically complex child psych o logy. T he widespread imbalance in today's c hildre n, e ither caused or aggrava ted by m o dern li fcs rylcs, deeply worries clair\"O}"ant analysts . Even tho ug h some of ri1em at times speak o ur and she d lig ht o n ce rtain aspects of the problem, an ove ra ll a nswer to ir is still lacking. In a rece nt interview wirh rhc Pa ris m agazine, L 'Lxprcss, Fre nch pysch iarrist Colette Chi la nd , author of a series o f tex t books fo r c hildren , points o ur some mod ern co nceptio ns that a rc harmful to th e fo rmation of c hild re n. S he conde mns m o dern pedagogy fo r prevenn ng paren ts from tran sm itting to thei r children an ed ucatio n ana lagous to the one tha t t hey th emselves received fro m their parents. They arc prohibiteJ co present t h eir ch ildre n wi th human models whose re markable personalities and behavior cou ld help t he ir formatio n.

Hero ic fig ures fro 111 tbe past. No place

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c ial aspec ts of th e ir personalit ies Âˇwh ich m ade t he m h ighly regarded in t hci r own cit ies. Every fa m ily saw its o utsta n d ing mem bers as m odels. In th is way , a whol~ way of being, think ing a nd acti ng was presented to t he ch ildren accompan ied by a figu re representing it. A g randfat hcr, a n uncle, a ppea red to t hem as m en who sho uld be imirarcd. It was a lso common, by mea ns of enchanting fa iry t al cs, to present truth, virtue , good as va lues that should be cultivated and t hat a lways triumph over the lie, vice a nd evil. In Catholi c families , children we re cold about the livcs of the Saints, who were pointed o u t as true examples from whose lives o ne should draw one's insp iratio n. C/1

"Co n temporary cu lwre o bl iges people ro a ct in a different way; it docs nor a uth orize re petition," Chi la nd said. In other wo rds ; contemporary "culture" is an e nemy of tradit io n. Th e ne w pedagogy does nor acce pt, fo r exa m ple, educating children t h rough memories of fami ly heroes such as a grandfather who in his ~1o uth fou ght in a war a nd was decorated fo r bravery; or a fore fa t her whose sagacity w o n him a brilliant po litical career a nd influenced the desti n y of h is nat io n ; or yet a n unc le who was a lumina ry in lite rature . Even nor-so-important peop le w ho lead rather simple li ves, often had spc-

1:Âˇd ucation without tmditio nal examples. Morality without standards

American Society for th e Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP)

Mrs. Chiland puts it very well: "Civilizations have always endeavored to form children according to the id eas they h ad of the men of their time." The pyschiatrist deplores the fact that parents cannot make use of this wholesome resource without appearing to be "old fashioned" or " backward." She also stresses the inner uncertainties experienced by the children as t hey arc asked to adapt themselves to a "constantly evolvi ng" culture. T oday's children, lacking m o dels to inspire them and g uide them in their day dreams, witho ut stab le principles to o rient and solidify their kn o wledge and fo rm their perso nal ities, easi ly slide into superficiality and relativism . Unfortunately, the delicate task of forming li t tle ch ildren which, until re· centl y , was oriented and to a large dedegree actually carried out by Holy Church, is now given up to this "con· scantly e volving" culture. Th e fruits of this new o rientatio n arc alreadv making themselves felt: parents lose their influence over their children; t he ch ild ren live in a mbienccs dominated b y the mor· al permissiveness of modern life, without an y defense against th e pe rni cious ideas circulating there: delinquen cy among child rcn in the early teens is i ncrcasi ng at an a larmi ng rate. Today, the application of the principles derived from t he traditional doctrine of t he Catholi c Church , which formed our c ulture, has become more indispe nsable than ever. Otherwise, we run the risk of falling back in to barbar1an1sm. People usually say that the future of a country lies in its youth . If co ntem· porary pe dagogy docs not ch ange for the berrer, it is to be feared th at we a rc li ving in an era without a futur e .

Tbe lege11da1y Rola11d: a11tirelativistic

THESONG OF ROLAND Tbe 11 Taillef er, re· 11ow11ed in so11g, 11rgi11g bis rapid , steed along, befrJ1e tbe Duk e begm, to sing, of Roland, of great Charles tbe king, Oliver, a11d those lords beside wbo caJ11e to R o ncevaux, a11d died (l\lace, Roman de Rou, //. 8035 · 40).

/11 J11edieval tiJ11es, tbe Song of Ro land was pe1fu m1ed i11 !be co 11rl s to rouse 111e11 to beorism. fl is possible tbat su111e form of ii was s1111g to tbe Nor111ans before tbe Battle of Ila· st i11gs.

A student of contemporary culture

TFP Newsletter - A fortnightly pu blication of the American Society for the Defense of Traditio n , Family, and Property {TFP) John Horvat, Editor. Twenty-four issues per year. Subscription rates $22.50 per year for U.S. a nd Ca nada (se nt First Class): surface mail to other coun tries, $22:50 per year; Airmail rates upon request. For subscription & information write TFP Newsletter, P. 0. Box 121 , Pleasantville, N. Y . 10570. Permission is granted to reproduce in whole or in part a ny article in th"is newsletter with c re dit given to TFP Newsletter.

IT'S A DOG'S LIFE • "Twenty year o ld mother co ndemned to prison for letting her three \·ear o ld son starve ro death . She rook her J ,ig out · for a walk the evening of th<.: day her son <lied." • "Police arrested a 36 year o ld 111 0ther fo r 111istrearing her 10 year old daughter . The g irl was beaten with a <log leash a nd forced to ea t out of the dog pan. She was covered with scars and bruises and tufts o f hair had been torn out of her hcaJ." These acco unts do nor co111c from sensationalise "yellow journals" b ut from well-kno wn Ge rman papers a nd 111agazincs such as 1:,-,111/im er Alw:-

111eine Zeit1111g, Der T,1gespiegel, Stem, S11Jkurier, and Prc111kf11ru:r R1111dschn11. Th e news items arc part of a collection put cogerhcr and published by \Vest Gcrman~··s Ministry fo r Youth, Fami ly and Hea lth. Th e document is entitled, "Practical Instru ctions on Ri:cognizi ng and Helping Abused Habies an<l Ch ildren," Bonn. 1979 . Child abuse by both fathers and moth ers is beco111ing so ge nerali zed char it worries not onl}' German bur - also Dutch. Engl ish and. American specialises. On Ja n uary 19. 1980. 1: rance's First Lady, Mrs. Annc-Aymone Giscard d' E.staing, declarc<l to t he 1-"il{nro Mnga ::.inc: "Since my husband was i:lencd President, child abuse has been one of th e most common topics in ni,· mail. For several months I had all tl~c arti· clcs referring to vic ti111izcd ch il dren clipped from the regional a nd nati onal press. Not a single da\· goes by without a grave case somcwhcri: in Fran ce."

I.ave of children - being replaced by

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i11ordin11te love of 1111i111nls?

What arc t he causes of t h is ca lamity? While the s ize of t his article preve n ts us from expounding in derail, t he funda mental cause is the egoism brought about by the clc-Christianization of Wcsri:rn society. One aberration a t tracts another. So, th is very same world where parents ab use and kill their own children, where 120,000 volu ntary abortions a re carri ed o ut every clay, m akes gods our of clogs, cats, and other a nim als. France alone has l-+ million clogs

and cats which car over one mi ll ion wns of food every year. T here arc more than 400,000 "bcaury parlors" for animals in that country. In New York citv, t hi:rc is i:vcn a school whose stULlc~rs pav £2,000 for a 300 hour course and twice that amount for a 600 hour session to learn ''hair clrcssing" for <logs. Animal hori:ls providing "ever y comfort" arc bcco111 ing commonplace all over the West. A dog's life and childho od arcn'r what they used to be. Ir's enough to make one think !

High 11 Scoring Game!

In the: National 13asketba ll Associ a tion there is mounting evidence of, and growing anxi ety about the use of cocaine a nd its potent derivative, "free base," among players. There arc no reliable tigurcs o n the use qf cocai ne b y the players, but estimates by people associated with the game say chat as man y as 40 co 75 percent of the athletes use the drug with about 10 percent getting "high" on free base. The problem has becom e so serious and widespread that the NBA is expected to form a committee soon ro investi gate drug use and stress and make recommendations for education and rehabilitation. Michael Gearson, president of the Atlanta llawks, said he believes that as many as half the players in the league mav use cocaine. " I believe we arc on the n:rg<: of an epidemic," Gcarson said. " J rs time we identified the problem. Fret lJasc is as dangerous as her oin ... its a serious problem."

Cocaine is 111osr frequently used in a social setting. I r's a fast acting drug that produces a "high" which lases for several hours. For basketba ll players leadi ng a pressured li fe on the run, jetting fro111 o n e series of ga111es to another, the drug's ability to aleviate fatigue and e levate mood makes it a favor ite way to umvind. Free base is said w produce an euphoria so in cense that users 111ay go on fiv e-day bi nges that ca n ca use pyschological damages. Baseball jargon is used w describe the level of intoxicat ion. Thus a free base "single" is a nice high. A "home run'' is Nirvana, fantasy land, t~ ultimate e uphoria. A pl:t.1/er who asked not to be identified said of cocaine use, " It's really sca ry. Some of the best players in the league arc into free base a nd they are spe nding some very bi g sums of111oney." "I'm afraid that ir could get our of hand. Something crazy is going to happen in an airport o'r a hotel, and the whole thing could come tumbling down . A lot of people might not wan t to see an NBA

game again (because of dru g use)."

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Is n 't There Somi:one You Know Who S hould Be Reading The TFP NEWSLETTER?

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Frenchmen Fear Another War - Questionnaire ANEW WAR

Wben one considers wbat is going on i11 tbe world, one bas tbe impression tbat we are beaded for a new war. Entire ly in agreement . Rather agree . . . . . . .

.32% .40% =72%

Paris, France. Tbe man on tbe street fears war, but ig nores tbe reality of it.

The French perceive perfectly well the dangers o f t he internatio nal situat ion. In great numbe rs, they consider that t hei r country is d irectly or indirectly related to the conflict. They, a re in favo r of maintaining or intensify ing t he m ili tary effort, especia lly in th e nuclear field. These arc the ma in co nclusions from an opinion poll carried out by I. 'J:'xpress' Be rnard Krief. Seventy two percent of the people polled haw t he impression that we arc headed for a new war. What t ype of war do they fear the most? Nuclear war, obvio usly. But 25 % put n uclear war in the last place a mong thei r fe a rs, a sign of a refusal to face the cataclysm. This number is rein fo rced by the 9% who refused to an swer this question. Concern and reactions, furth e rm o re, take differe nt hues according to t he party o( the interviewed person. Forry- two percent of the R.P.R. voters t hink th a t t he threats that weig h over th e p eace have directly to do with France; 89% think t ha t nuclear weaponry is indispensable, while 3 7% want a n in crease in rhe defe nse effort. The G iscardia ns o f t he UD F fee l threatened by war bur more "i nd irectly" (66%); and 33 % w a nt a greate r defense effort. Only 24% feel direc tly threatened. 70% of Comm u nist Parry vote rs are sensitive ro th e t hreat of wa r, 24% direct ly ; 14% t hink that France has nothing to do with this danger. 5 1 % of the Comm unists co nside r the nu clear effort ind ispensable, a nd 4 5% want re du ced defe nse spend ing. O f the Social ist Pa rty voters o nl y 67%, if th at ma ny, fear a wa r ; 69% co nsider nuclear arm amen t indispensable , and 15% of th em wa nt to rei nforce t he nuclear effort ; 23% feel directly th reatened by war; 56% c onsider the present armame n t of Fra nce to be suffic ie nt. This poll was carried o u t between t he 5th and th e 16t h o f May, 1980 w ith a representative sam ple of a t housa nd Frenc hmen over 18 years of age.

Rather disagree ... . .. . Disagree entirely . . No opinion . . . . . . . . . .

. 17% .6-% . .5%

FRANCE: HOWIN VO LVED? Do tbe tbreats hangi11g over t he peace of tbe world involve France? Th ey di rectly invo lve Fra nce. Indirectly . . . . . . . . ... . . .

. 28% .5 7% = 85 %

France is not involved at all . . . . . . . . . .. . No o pinion ... . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . .

12% .3%

WHAT TYPE OF CONFLI CT WILL IT BE? If 1:ra11ce sho uld be one day involved in a w,1r, as yo u see it wha( type of conjl1ct sbould o ur armed forces be principally pn:pared for? . 25 % World war with a tomic weapons . . . . . . . . . ... . . 20% Command o type operat io ns o utside of o ur front iers. l 790 World war with conventional a rmam ents . . ... .. . A wa r of resistance after t he invasion o f o ur te rri tory b y a foreign power . . . . . . .. . . . . .. ... 16% A long war with co nvent iona l weapons outside of o ur fron tiers . 7% Civil war . . . . . . . .5% Oth er . . . . . . . . . . 1% Kc fused tu answer. .9%

NUCLEAR WEAPONS: HOW INDISPENSABLE? Is nuclear ar111a111e11t i11dispe11s,1blc Jin· t b,• dt•ji,11s1· of 1:r,wce? Yes, a bsolutely. Rather agree ..

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Rather not .. . . J\bsolutc ly nor . No o p in ion . . . .

. I 1°o . 20 %

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THE FINANCIAL EFFORT Sbu uld 1_:ra11c1· 111ak1• a Kl"l'/ltl'r or lesser ji11<11H·i,1I t'jji,rt th,111 it l.,,1s up 11 nt1/ now, for its 1111lit,11y d1'f1!11.51'? Grea ter . . Same level Lesse r . No opinio n.

WHAT KIND OF ARMAM ENT? Should 1:ra11ce increase its rn11vc11tio1111I military r1o w ,•r or sbould it rather increase its nuclear ,1rs/11al (missill's .· ~ub111,1ri11,·s. ,·1.-. );> l ncn:asc awrn ic a rsena l . . 3 31• 0 Increase conventional fo rces . . . . .2 70,,

Increase neither one . No op inio n .

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A "CHIP'' OFF THE OLD BLOCK DoN'-r DR\V~.So FAST. WATCH WH~RE You'RE GOIN&. WHtN PIO Yoll G~ Youi HAIR cur LAST? 1AK~ ooT-rHE

It could come to pass ch at \Vithin just a few years, new cars will be talking to th eir 9wners. The "classic" back-seat driver will be replaced by a compute r chip with a hum an-like "voice" warning, "Yo u 're low on gas," o r "Please fasten you r scat belts." If you don't heed the advice, the "voice" will take o n a note of urgency, "Get gas now!" Or it may, in the best "back-seat driver" fashi on, lecture you with a message about the number of deaths resulting from the non-use of seat belts. Such helpful harrassme nt will not be contained to the back-seat (actuall y the dashboard) o f you r car. Computer engineers are already working on ways for your microwave oven to cell you that the potatoes are cooked or that its time to start the vegetables. Or, the refrigera tor, once the silent fri e nd of. midnight "kitchen raiders" may announce chat the bacon is rancid o r simpl y chat you arc overweigh t a nd be rate you for taking food . Eve n the standard house alarm system, rather tha n letti ng loose with a piercing wail, will simply inform the hom eowner that "A fire has broken out in the kitchen . . . or "A burgla r has entered through the basement window." Science fiction? 1984? The technology is already h ere. Prototy pes of the talking das hboard in a utomobi les we re prese nted to th e the a utomakers in Detroit last sp ring. In tense marketing of speech synthesi ze rs, as they a re called,

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has already begun. And, according to Mr. J ack Mulle r of Texas Instruments, it's just a matter o f tim e before talking appliances are a commo n thing. What Texas Instrum ents has developed is a sili con c hip with voice-syn thesizing circuitry. Essentially, t he chip is a n elec troni c mo del o f the hum an vo ice tract. Th e speech sy nthesizer draws trom nature to produce its "huma n-like " sound. Just as human speech is c reated by air imp ulses pass ing through the vo-

cal chords and voca l tract, Texas Instruments' new a pproach is genera ted by processing electroni c impulses -through a rapidly c hanging electroni c filter. The result is syntheticall y produced speech of a quality much like chat hea rd over the telepho ne. But wh y the necessity for talking appl iances? Muller says ap plia nces chat "talk" arc fr iendlier a n d easier to use. In o cher wo rJs , a real "chip off t he old bl ock! "

' 'ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE. A Fordh a m University researc he r has com e up with so me startli ng evi de nce about publi c (and som etimes official) reactio n to c rime o n th e stree ts. Ho nest c1t1zcns a nd occasionally the po lice al m ost never in tervene w hen they see a street c rime in the m a king, I la rolcl Ta kooshia n , an assistan t psychology p ro fessor at the Unive rsity h as co ncluded . Ta kooshi a n and his stude nts have " Co mmitted 310 street crim es" in the city of New York over the past two years in a research project chat tested the responses of bystanders who witness inciden ts in t he streets. For examp le, during a car "break-in " at 47th St. a nd Broad way in New York City, a bystan der rathe r tha n in terfering in th e act actu all y wanted to join in ," Ta kooshian r ecalled. In another case, Takoosh ia n ;1 nd h is stude n ts rented a van in th e sprin g of 1978, drove to Columbus Ci rcle in the city and drove off wi th a motorcyc le t hat had been secured with a c hain. " There was a police car not fifty feet away. We have it on film , " t he professor said . Even mo re bizarre were staged kidnappings in another part of the city,

whe re the stu dents stuffed a n appare ntly unconscious man into a car trunk with o ut i ncidcn t. Only on ce in twenty cases d id som eone qu est ion t he stra nge goings-on. T akooshian reported that eleven percent ot rhe eyewitnesses across t he co un try did anything in 190 oth er staged c rim es, usuall y ca r break-ins.

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In New York, th e figure was devastati ngly low - o nly 3 percent. Yer Ne w York ers were mo re conscious t ha n the ci tizens of Boston, Bal ti more, To ledo, Miami and Ottaw a, Ca nada where not a single by-stander inte rve ned. · , hat Eve n mo re ala rmin~ wa s th, in 65 cases in New - York 11 , t he po lice were nearby, rhcy stepped 111 on lv 5 t im es. Ta kooshian said.

Crime on tbe streNs: " /11/ere sting to w,1tcb but I wo11/d11 't wa11t t o get i11 volve d . "

~ E W § FL1~§JI8ICES Th e South African Navy's defense capacity has now reached the highest cu rrent level of effectiveness.

SEX EDUCATION

"GI Ja11e" finding the goi11g too d1ffic11/t?

ARMY DROP OUT RATE HIGH FOR WOMEN U.S. Army officials have est imat ed that the dropout rate for women recruits serving their first enlistments w ill reach 46.7 percent this year - 13.6 percent h igher than for men. The high rate of attrition among women has been a disappointment to

THE "MISERY AND OPPRESSION" HOAX Supposedly, the armed uprisings in the Americas are due to misery and oppression. But this explanation doesn't hold water . In a recent issue of L 'Express, the well-known French journal ist, JeanFrancois Revel points out the fact that the people of El Salvador enjoy high living standards . In Gua temala, the living st andards are even better. The Guatemalan economy is one of t he few w h ich has had a continuously favorable devel· opment since the 1973 oil embargo. Inflation is minimal and salaries are very good .

COVER STORY Armenian entrepeneurs recently made a smal l fortune by buying thousands of copies of one of Soviet boss Brezhnev's books, " Leninsk im Kursom" (On the Leninist Path). Until now, the book, a collection of the Soviet Party leader's speeches, had been almost unsellable despite the fact that it was retailing for only 60 kopeks -much less than t he cost price. Ho wever, t he Armenians saw potent ial va lue in t he book's splendid stiff cover. They pu lled out and threw away the pages and scraped the title and other printing of the cover. Then they sold the covers, for two roubles, 60

A rmy officials w ho hoped t o enlist increasing numbers of women to make up to r the lagging enrollment of men in the vo lunteer army. Interestingly enough , abo ut 6 1 percent o f the Army's 59,000 enlisted women we re assigned to "non-tradi tional" ro les such as maintenance, trans portation, and engineerin!]. kopeks each, to persons privately circulating unauthorized Ii terature.

T he U .S. Coalition for Life has cal led upon the Roman C<1tholic bishops of the United States to wi thdraw total j urisd ict ion over the issue o f classroom sex educat ion from the D epartment of Education of the U.S . Catholic Conference , and to reserve judgement on the matte r pending the outcome of the Synod on the Family in Rome. According to USCL Director Randy Engels, among the 25 member committee of U.S . Cathol ic Conference staffers, religious, educators, and fami ly life representatives, including public d issenters from " Humanae Vitae ," there is not a single recognizable national prolife leader. " T o make matters worse," Mrs. Engels said, "the key figure in the sex-ed drive with in the Church, that is Daniel Dolesh, in his professional resume claim s membersh ip in the notoriously anti-Cathol icand anti-life American Associat ion of Educa t ors, Counselors, and T herapists (universally recognized as a professional front fo r SI ECUS) and the Metropoli tan Sex Education Coalition, a Planned Parenthood stag ing base for secul ar humanistic indoctrination of young people."

NEW CURE AT LOURDES T eresa Munne, a farmer's w ife and mother of three chi ldren from Catalunia, Spain, was bedridden for 19 years with a t umor in the bone marrow. The doctors had give n up on her. Last year, Mrs. Munne made a pi lgrimage to Lourdes; this year she returned to give thanks to Our Lady of Lourdes, for she was complete ly cured.

NEW WEAPON INCREASES SOUTH AFRICA'S MILITARY STRENGTH Th e South African Navy now has a m issi le that every naval force must take into consideration. Although details about the miss ile's performance and power are not available, exercises carried out in March showed th eir effectiveness. The announcement of the new naval missile came out only a few days after the Minister of Defense, P. Botha, announced the development of a missilelaunching warship similar to t he Russian Stali n Organ. But this vessel carries multiple launchers of 127 mm missiles m uch more powerful and efficient than the Stali n Organ.

"Pe ace" corps promot ers.

CAST RO'S ''PEACE" CORPS Fidel Castro is apparently w inning the batt le for the hearts and especiall y the minds of the Nicara!]uans. Since the end of the revo lution in N icaragua, Castro has sent 1,200 grammar school teachers to that country in l ieu of fi nancial aid. Another five hundred are scheduled to go th is year . But, all U.S. Peace Corp teachers were pul led out of Nicaragua whe n the revolut ion began.

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Cbi111·s1· cbildre11 - Under tbe 11ew l? ed regime, "Number O11e s011 is e110111;b!" The 5,600 textile workers of Cheng· chow make up a veritable c iry . 1lowever, it ts a rragic city where the righr ro life rests with th e whims of the commun· ist parry leauership. T here were 40 I births in C:hengchow in 1974 ; 75 in 1978; and just 49 lasr year. This illustrates the Chinese Com· munist Party's drive to rcstria families ro only one child. In three great state factories in the East-Central pa rt of China, thar is, Sian , l.ouya ng, and Chcngow, life is strictly regulated. " Th e fi rst child is rewarded; the second controlled; the third, pro· hib ired." The re ward, officially, is priority for housing, free kindergarten, school and child care, and an allowa nce of 5 y ua n per month un t il the c hild is 14. If a seco nd son is bo rn too soon after the first, th e "control" includes repayment of the assistance give n for the first, refusal of a be tter apartme nt, a freeze in wages and work a wards. For a couple, a third child is a ca· tastrop he. It means all of the former penalties plus a reduction in salary, an official suppression of th e rig ht to pare ntho od and even oth e r pe nalties. What have been rhe results? Onl y four "third children " were born among the 15 ,000 workers of the Lo uyang factory in 1979 as compared to 36 in 1978. In the Chengchow factory, there w ere no "second" or " third ch il dren" born in 1979. Among th e

8,200 workers of rhe textile industry of Sian, there has been no "rhird chil d" since 1970. For a long time now, contraception has been permitted and is nearly completely fre e of cha rge, as is abortion. Sterilizati on is also promoted under rhe claims of "reversibiliity" so that vo lunteer candidates will appear. Ster· ili zation has been advised since 1979 and rewarded with a prize of 200 yuan after the firs t child. In Chengchow, of I , 100 wo m e n of child -bearing-age, more than 6 00 wok t he o ffe r. Onl v 82 of t he men did. The wholc Communist Parry appa· rarns has been mobili zed. In every work gro up the women arc cou nsell ed, intern>· gated , and warchcu by somebody in c ha rge. Th e goal is to reduce t he popula· tion g rowth to 10 per tlwu sanu in 1980; 5 per thousand in 1985; at~d Zero Popu· larion Growth (ZPG) b y the yea r 2000. Travelers in Szechwan province observe d the power of " peopl e's pressure" being brought to bear o n women in th ei r second pregnancy. Am o ng the 90 million inhabitants of this province, rhne were 400,000 a bortion s in 1978.

Th ese tacts seem ro co11trac.lic1 what ,\ 'ewswcck m aga1.i ne (9 / 22 /80) q uotes A . J ackson Ric h, a China ~pLcial· ist at the Commerce Department as say ing about rhe Chinese as the lJ .S. watches the de1·elopmen r of a billion dollar trade potential between the U.S. a nd Red China: "You ha1·e w remember that the Chinese arc no t a rh rowa wa1·

Peking's Peoples Daily reccn tly publis heJ letters from readers d ep loring the trauma suffered by women on a ccount of forced steri liza tion a nd 4 ,000 abor· rions perform ed in o nl y ten days. A· no ther Chi nese paper reported that 30 pregnan t wom en were seen being hauled in a truck, again st their will. to a hospital.

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FALCONRY

FALLOUT

Falconry - tbe noble sport.

There is o ne sp o rt in this cou nt ry that is practiced by a few fervent devotees that certainl y will never gain the mass po pularity of the common spectator sports - falconry ! It is a sport with a lo ng tradition where small ani mals a nd birds are hunted usi ng birds of prey known as falcons. Th ese birds belong to the "Falconidae," a heterogeneous family of long-wi nged birds of pre y . In t he past, t he peregri ne falcon a n d the gyrfalcon from the Artie regio ns were the birds that have been used for th is nob le sport. Refere nce books show that the a ncient Ch in ese knew about falco nry as well as the Persians and Egyptians. It is l ikel y that the spore gradu ally sp read fro m As ia to Eastern Europe and fi nal ly ro Western Euro pe where it becam e the sport of no bility in late me dieva l times . In Europe, th e popul ari ty of falcon-

ry is attested to in the many museums full o f drawings and other illustrations of huntsmen wearing leather gauntlets. A true falcon has powerful, sharp talons and a falconer has to have som e protection for his arm when the bird is perc hed on his wrist. The hawks used in falcon ry are taken from their nests as young birds. They arc rigorously trained so char when t heir ow ner releases them at a partic ular q u arry, they swoop down o n it, k ill it, leave it untouche d, and fl y bac k to set tle o n t hei r m aster's gauntlet. True fa lcons arc incredib ly fast in fligh t. They arc a ble to swoop do wn and kil l their prey at speed s of up to 75 miles per ho ur an d the experts say that the "kill" is usually clea n. T his a ncient sport is nor dead, but dormant. T here is still a small numbe r of hu nte rs who set off in t hei r spare time w ith a hooded bird on a gau ntlet. Just like in t he Middle Ages.

F rom the momen t that a Soviet missil e is detected by U.S. radar until its warhead explodes, Ame ricans have 15 to 20 minutes to take cover in fa llo u t shelte rs (if ·the re are any ). T his is th e amount of time that it takes a Soviet missile to reach most of th e large u rban centers in this country. For rhe Europea ns, however, th e situa tion is even more uncomfortable. They have onl y 4 to 5 minutes to take cover. In a n a rticle in th e Paris magazine Le Point, French Genera l Revaul t D 'Allones affi rms that even o n so short a notice, fallout shelters would be very effective to protect the po pulation against the after effects of a nuclear bomb. I-le explains that fallou t shelters can save nearly all of the population . If they are built, that is. Indeed, t he General explain s, most deaths caused by nuclear explosions are a result of t he "flash," th e heat wave of th e bom b and the rad ioactive fallou t th at fol lo ws it. The possibility of a nucl ear co nfro ntation sh o u ld na t urall y lead Et1ropeans and Ame ricans to boost their c ivil defe nse p rogra ms. Unfortunately, ho wever , Europeans do nut seem sufficiently worried a bo u t such a possibility. (See Frenc h Qu estionnaire also in this issue). And, he re in rh c United States, fa ll o ut shelters are almost nonexistent. One except ion in the \Vest is Spain where a ream ma de up of archi tects and tech nic ians has com e u p with a plan to build small fal lo ut shel ters o n pri vate fa rms. Th ey belic\·e rhc plan is ma rkctablc beca use of the reasonable prices a nd the obvious adva ntages of shelters . Not the least of t hc.:sc advantages is the psychological c.:clgc it gi\·es· the coun t r}', which ca n assure.: th,·, 1tc.:r\· o f its population in t he c\·cnt of ., ,· k.

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FOOD FAJRE T he Peoples Dai(y repo rted that t he re arc almost rio cooks left in Chi na who know how to make the typ ical food o f the vario us regions in that vast country . According to t he com munist visi o n of rhe universe, no thing could be m o re natural. After a ll , the vario us c11isi11es a rc a fru it of civilization and refi nemen t. Th e steam rolle r of egali taria nism had to crush this flower of c ul t ure as well, by reduc ing food, as m uc h as possib le, to a mere physi o logical necessity common to both m e n a nd a nimals . Little is said of t his inescapable co nsequence of Marx ism : the e nd of the high ex pressio ns of culture. If all me n

should be e qual a nd if manu al labor is on th e sa m e level as in tell ectual l:1bor, then baut ,. co 111 ur,, , je welry , refined c11isi11es, painting music and so on should ex ist ·only to the degree that t hey respond to the desi res of the standard ized ma sses. l nsrca<l o f raisinl! the valleys, on e shoul d raze 1he mount,;ins. This !cat.ls us to the c onclusion tha t t he comm unises m ai nta in the few rem nan ts of high civilizati o n in the co u ntries th ey control o nl y for rac tical reasons. T hev seek either to make a good imp ressio n on foreigne rs or ro avoi d the shock and indignation t heir destructio n would cause t he re and abroad.

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No. 8

Vol. II

Who's Forming the Families of the Future? The recently ended series of White House Conferences on the Family has brought ever-increasing pressure to bear on public policies from both individuals and organizations who view the role and structure of the family quite differently from its t raditional form. And, in terestingly enough , recent statements by these in divid uals and organizations bear a striking resemblance to the current administration's record on the subject and t he planks proposed in the Democratic platform. For example: Any two or group of people wishing to make a committment to one another over time and to share resources, responsibilities, goals, and values should be considered as a family, if they so consider themselves, and receive those benefits accorded families by society. Blood kinship should not be a requirement of family members, nor should marriage. By tbe same token, marriage should not be denied to a couple wishing to make a legal commitment to each other. No law should force incompatible families to stay together and no law or regulation should require women to bear unwanted cbildren" Âˇ_ Am erican Humanist Association, Statem ent on th e Family (Family Pro tection R eport, Vol II , No. 9, Sept. 1980) . "James Ramsey forecasts in his book, Intimate Friendships, that the future will bring a pluralism of family forms. There are a number of present trends that will drastically alter the way we live ... the moral permissiveness of the present bas reduced the social pressure to use marriage for sexual outlet . .. Cohabitation on a temporary basis - sometimes leading to marriage will increase. Homosexual marriage increasingly becomes an option. ''Monogamy is on the decline. We already practice polygamy and polyandry serially. In a few primitive societies, one person could have two or more spouses at the same time. We are accustomed to having them one after anotber witb intermittent marriages and divorces. We may have to readapt to the primitive pattern again, however, because it is returning in the form of group cohabitation .. . (Fear, Faitb, and tbe Future

â&#x20AC;˘The women's liberation movement: - newly found 'freedoms" that will destroy tbe family Augsburg, Minneapolis! 980. Quoted by Ted Peters, a Luth eran theologian, at the American Lutheran Church's Pacific Seminary, in Family Protection Report, Vol. II , No. 9, Sept.1 980). Similar ideas and goals can be fou nd in the recen tly exposed Democratic platform. The Democratic platform expressed support for efforts to "make federa l programs more sensitive to th e needs of the family , in all its diverse forms." This particular wording is widely regarded as supportive of recognition of homosexual marriages, communal groups, and other alternative " lifesty les."

D President J imm y Carter's statement io June of this vear to the Democratic;_ platform Committee, contained an endorsement of homosexual and lesbian rights. Seventy-seven gay delegates participated in t he Democratic convention helping to pass language op posing any discriminatio n based on "sexual orientation." Th e Carter-Mondale administration has held four separate White House meetings with representatives of homosexual and lesbian organizations. In addirion, to strong support of the Equal Rights Amendmen t (ERA), the

cdmm1;nal familes - 20tb Century tribes Democratic platform advocates the cutting off of financial assistance to Democratic Party candidates who oppose ERA. And the platform supports the on-going boycott by feminists against states that have not ratified ERA. The reader may d raw his ow n co nclusions from the parallel statements of the Humanist and Futurist o rganizations and the emphasis and direction advocated by t he liberals in Washington.Such reflection would cause one to ask the question, " J ust who is running the country, anyway;an d where, in deed, are they taking us? "

American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP)

Pro-Life Election Spotlight Again this year, as in the past four years, ~e pro-life movement is a significant force in influencing the quality of the candidates for the Congress of the United States as well as their chances of relection or re-election. The Pro Life Reporter has provided a thumbnail sketch of a few Congressional campaigns of special interest to prolifers. Limited space does not allow us to reprint all the pro-life/anti-life contest. So here is a summary: • In North Carolina's Fifth Congressional District, State Senator Ann Bagnal (R) is running against pro-abortion incumbent Congressman Stephen Neal. She has the strong support of such prolife/pro-family leaders as Senator Jesse Helms and Phyllis Schlafly. • In Oklahoma's Second District, freshman pro-abortion Congressman Michael Synar (D) is being challenged again by his 1978 opponent Gary Richardson (R). Richardson, a Right-toLife advocate, lost to Synar by just 5 percentage points two years ago. • Congressman Larry MacDonald, (D) who won his primary for re-election to Georgia's Seventh District. He is expected to do better than usual against his ~epublican opponent in November. "' fi'reshman pro-life Congressman Jim Jeffries of Kansas's Second District won a come-from-behind primary in 1978 and general election victories. Congressman Jeffries is considered to be a good friend of the Right-to-Life Movement. • Pro-abortion leader Mo Udall (Cong. D) of Arizona's Second District is in danger of losing to his pro-life challenger Richard Huff (R). • In previous elections, pro-life leader Congressman Ron Paul (R) of the 22nd District in Texas, who is one of the few pro-lifers in Congress who can argue against abortion with authority, has either won or lost his seat in Congress by a extremely close margins.

DIPLOMATIC DILEMMA Terrorism and mob violence may be a new disturbing factor in the lives of American diplomats living abroad, but a recent survev shows that many foreign officers have an equal fear of being attacked right on their home ground in Washington, D.C. Many of the diplomats surveyed said that they even feel safer in their foreign posts than in the nation's capital. The survey of 1, 131 foreign service officers, published in the Foreign Service Journal, found that the danger feared by most U.S. diplomats at home is house break-ins and burglary. Next is "street crime." In fourth and fifth place, come mob violence and war and in a distant seventh place, terrorism. The diplomats were asked: "Generally speaking do you and your family feel more or less safe (in your foreign post) than you do in the Washington, D.C. area?" Of those responding to the question, 243 people said that they felt less safe in their foreign posts. More than double that, 541, said they were more frightened in the Washington area. In a list of priorities, physical security was in 11th place in the poll, far behind such other "concerns" as inflationary effects on salaries, the lack of steady promotions and the diminishing impact that the professional foreign service has over U.S. foreign policy decisions. While discounting the "reality" of

physical violence overseas, about onethird of those polled felt that the security precautions at their posts were inadequate. This preoccupation with "threats" to salaries and job promotion and prestige belies the reality that terrorism is increasing overseas. The American Foreign Service Association, which represents the professional diplomats in their dealings with their employer, the State Department, has compiled some grim statistics for the past decade: In the period 1970-1979: • Fourteen U.S. officials, including five ambassadors, were murdered and 30 were kidnapped. Thirty-two officials were seriously wounded by terrorists. • There were 208 attacks on American officials or installations - one terrorist "event" every 17½ days. • In the 13 years since 196 7, as many diplomats were killed in the line of duty as in the previous 180 years of American diplomacy. AU this happened during the period of the greatest emphasis on "detente." The experience of this decade has shown that a nation that compromises with the communists on one point quickly finds itself hard pressed to compromise on others as well. Every concession leads to new attacks. In the end, such nation can no longer maintain its dignity ... nor safeguard the lives of its diplomats. ■

Model embassy of the future?

• In California's 27th District, prolife leader Congressman Robert Dornan (R) is once again facing pro-abortion Carey Peck (D). Two years ago, Peck the son of actor Gregory Peck, came within 3 ,000 votes of defeating Dornan. A pro-abortion organization (Voters for Choice) is reportedly spending $50,000 to defeat Dornan, one of the most outspoken pro-lifers in the country.

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Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira

BACK TO THE TOWER OF BABEL In my last article, I analyzed an aspect of the reaction of the Brazilian public to the personality of John Paul II. This widespread reaction went like immense vibrations through large masses in all sectors of public opini on. In a tumultuous movement of joy, m en of the left, the center, and the right, Catholics, protestants, schismatics, Jews, b uddhists , mohamm edans, spiritists, and atheists all came in droves to acclaim John Paul II. This permitted one to descry i-n rhe jittery , and m ma ny ways torm ented, multitudes of our days, the hope that in contact wit h the personal - indeed most personal - gifts of Pope Wojtyla they would receive, in addition to effluvia of optimism, joy, simplicity and health, a peculiar know-how enabling them, by u ndisclosed formulas, ro solve the problems of each individual, of each famil y, and of the whole nation. Certainly, in the minds of _Catholics, this hope was also acccompa nied by the conviction that Karol Wojryla is the successor o f Peter. Bur this npble conviction, based on faith, was th e common denominator among Catholics o nly. Most of th e time, the common denominator between Catholics and n o n-Ca· rholics, as a person resplendent with with specific individual gifts, was Karol Wojry la. Ir was also their yearning to receive, in the deep abysses of afflicti o n in which they find th emselves, something that would sate their desire for freedom from cares, for peace and for plenty. From crisis of afflictio n to crav· ings for happiness, the swing of the pendulum produces much tension. From the depths of these desires of well-being, peace, and freedom from care that made millions of human breasts pant around J oh n Paul 11 , I seemed to see risin g, by the very play of this tension, the utopian dream of complete earthly felicity which so many of those present hoped to obtain, less from J ohn Paul II than from Wojtyla. This yearning left me co ncerned; for it ap pears with a potential for ingenu· o usness and a precarious emotio nal balance of which some demagogu e could, at any moment, t ake sinister advantage. Flawless concord, perfect and eternal peace among all men, all nations, and all doctrines, and complete happiness are not of t his world. In this land of exile, shortages, dissensions, and catastro-

phes are inevitable. And because they are inevitable, a Christian vision of life leads one to circumscribe them as much as possible, but at the same time to resign oneself to them. This hard' lesson, so disagreeable to the neopagan of our day, is contained in a golden text of St. Louis Maria Grignion de Montfort, the incomparable apostle of devotion to Our Lady. While expounding on the eternal struggle between the Virgin and th e serpent, he shows us the lives of the peoples above all as a grand, tragic and incessant war betwee n truth and error, good and evil, beauty and ugliness. This is a battle without which the earthly existence of man, deprived of its supernatural meaning, would lose its dignity. In commenti ng on the words o f Gen· esis (3,15): " I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: She shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel," the great Sain t makes the profound observation: "God h as established and promoted only one enmity, an irreconcilable enmity, o ne that will no r o nly last but also increase until the end: the enmity between Mary, His worthy Mother, a nd the devil; between the sons and slaves of the Most Holy Virgin and the sons and h ench men of the devi l ; so that Mary is the most terrible enemy that God has ser up against th e devil" (Treatise on True Devotion to Mary, Vozes, Petro po lis, 6th ed., 1961, pp. 54-55). He goes on to describe the great war that inexorably divides mankind until the end of History. This war is noth ing bur the prolongation of the opposition between the Virgin and the serpent, between Her spiritual progeny and the de· mon's: "Go d eve n gave Her, ever since the earthly Paradise, so much hatred for this accursed enemy of His, so much clairvoyance to discover th e malice of this old serpe nt, so much strength to overco me, crush , and annihilate this proud and impious o ne, that the fear that Mary inspires in Satan is greate r than that inspired by all t he Angels and men, and in a certain sense, even by God Himself" (op. cit., pp. 55). In this context , the "clement, loving, sweet Virgin Mary" sung so suavely in

the Hail, Holy Quee11, by the Melifluous Doctor, Saint Bernard, is presented by St. Louis de Montfort as a veritable tower of combat ( "Turris Davidica," exclaims the Litany of Loretto). The sons of Our Lady will battle against the sons of Satan all through History, even to the end of the world . Through the intercession of the Mother of God, her sons will win the final victory: "God did not only put an enmity, but enmities; and that not only between Mary and the demon but also between the offspring of the Most Holy Virgin and the offspring of the demon. That means that God has established enmities, antipathies, and sec ret hatreos between the true sons and slaves of the Most Holy Virgin and the sons and slaves of the demon. There is not th e least shadow of love between them, nor is there any rapport between th em. The sons of Belia!, the slaves of Satan, th e friends of th e world (for they are all the sam e), have always persecuted, even to th is day, and will continue in the future to persecute those who b elong to th e Most Holy Virgin ; just as Cain pe rsecuted his brother Abel of old, and Esau, his brother J acob, who are the figures of the reprobate and the predestined. But the humble Mary will always· be victorious in the combat against this proud one, and so great will be her fi nal victory th at She will crush his head , the dwell ing of all pride. She will always unveil his viperou~ ·c, reveal his infern al plo ts, undo ' " diabolical councils, and protect her fait hful servants agai nst the claws of so cruel an enem y until the end of time" (op. cit., pp. 56-57). Obviously, our days have also been, are, and will be shaken by this terrible clash. While not necessarily in dentifiab le with the wars of this century, this clash nevertheless has some relation with them and above all an obvious relation with the innumerable revolutions that have shaken the West as predicted by Our Lady at Fatima. The supp ression of this struggle through an ecumenical recon ciliation between the Virgi n and the serpent, between the race of the Virgin and the race of the serpent, leading to an era in which the utopian cessation of this clash may bring about a merger of all righ ts and interests, a melding of all languages

under a World Government, an era of abundance and carefreeness- there you have the great utopia of which the masses must beware. Behold the return, or rather the regression, to the proud Tower of Babel which neopaganism strives by all means to reconstruct. Behold the banner all woven of illusions and lies with which the demagogues of all eras try to draw the rebellious masses.

Here you also have what to me seemed a danger into which many may slip: by seeing our recent illustrious visitor not (or at least not so much) as the august Vicar of Christ but as an athlete or a demiurge in socio-economic matters, they may put so much confidence in the man as to end by underestimating or forgetting that he is the Vicar of God.

GOD

Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira, a thinker and writer of world-wide reknown, is the founder of the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property, the largest anticommunist organization in Brazil and President of its National Council. Professor de Oliveira has a syndicated column in the Falha de Sao Paulo, the newspaper with the largest circulation in Brazil.

All the World Loves a Clown Doesn't It? There once was a time when the sight of a clown was enough to make any child laugh. Not so anymore. Like everything else, the life of a clown has changed. Now, clowning around is dangerous business and many professional clowns are wondering what has caused such a change in the public's attitude towards them. Clownsar~ kicked, heckled, and man-handled by tots and teen-agers apparently intent on taking out their hostilities o n them. "We're scared to death," said o ne clown in a recent interview in the Corpus Christi Times (8-4-80). "I don't know what has happened to them, but they've become mean and rotten. The kids are turning against the clowns no w; they're get ting violent, and it's no t an easy way to m ake a living anymore." Anoth er clown lamented: "It's war. They chase us, spit at us; they shout obsce nities at us . They've turned hostile. Clowns were the last people that the children still respected but now th ey don't even respect us anymore. If yo u 're a clown, you're in danger," Th e clowns stress that the vast majority of children arc still peaceful. Bu t there is no denying that for some reason some children are beginning to become hostile - and sometimes physically so. Roger Hendrickson, a clo wn who works under the professional name of "Bianco" is quoted as saying, "It's go tten worse. I d o n't like to work alone anymore. You need someo ne to protect your back. If you do n't watch them (th e children) they come up behind yo u and kick you in the shins. Its mainly children between the ages of five and twelve. T hey get their kic ks out of giving a clown a bad time. "You start to watch for that look in a kid's eye. The look tells you trouble is coming. I don't even wear a rubber nose any m ore. The kids are always pulling it

off." Lenore Gunni ng, another clown, said , "In the Santa Claus parades every year, we used to march down the street and go from curb-to-curb to greet the chil dren. Now we're not supposed to do that anym ore. We're supposed co stay in th e middle o f thestreet,away from the kids. "

Many clowns seem to think that the widespread publicity given to John Gacy, the man who was convicted of murdering more people than anyone in the history of the United States, may be a factor in the new public anti-clown attitude. Gacy was pictured dressed as a clown. But other clowns feel that the situation with Gacy has nothing to do with the present anim osity cowards clowns who have always symbolized the good, silly, carefree life. The attitude of the children toward this symbolism seems to have changed.

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One clown, Dorothy Miller, sai d: " I was doing a show ... waving my feather duster like a wand. I had it wrapped around my neck by its cord. This boy reached out and started to pull on it. I was choking ... he kept pulling on the feather duster. He knew exactly what he was do ing. He knew that he was hurting me. Finally, he pulled me all the way cowards him and I said, 'You're choking me!, Do you know you're choking me?' And he simply said, 'Yes.' " In this case, it reall y .does hurt to laugh!

Christianity and Marxism - A Strange Alliance Th e August 3rd issue of Gramna, the official o rga n of the Cuban Communist Party, published the entire speech Fidel Castro made in Ciego de Avila on the 27th anniversary of the assau lt on Moncada. The speech is important for three reasons: In it Castro defines the relations of the real alliance between the communist movement in Latin Am erica and the progressivist wing of the Catholic Church; he assu mes the patronage of the Nicaraguan revolution and admits that he is going ahead with his program to export revolution to all of Latin America. Up until now, t he only definitions of the relations between Communism and the progressivist Church we knew, were made by "Cath oli c" aothors of the so-called Liberation Theology. Now we finally have an aut horized definition from Castro himself, whose regime is the prototype for t he advocates of the insertion of Marxism into Catholic theology. The Cuban jackal said: "We spoke once in Chile and in Jamaica of the strategic alliance between Christians and Marxist-Leninists. If the revolution in Latin America takes on an anti-religious character, it will lead to a division of the people. In our country the Church in general was the Church of the bourgeois, the rich and the feudal landowners. In many countries of Latin A rnerica the situation is not like this.,10n the contrary: Religion and the Church have strong roots in the people. The reactionary classes have tried to use religion against progress, religion against the revolution, and in fact, have attained their objectives for a long time. Nevertheless, the times are cbanging and it is becoming more and more difficult for imperialism, the oligarchy, and reaction, to use the Church against the revolution." In Castro's terminology, progress and revolution mean soc ialism, o r rather, (totalitarian) Marxism-Leninism. Accordi ng to him, any form of noncommunist or anticommunist regime is reac tionary. Castro strives to justify the t hesis that the alliance between Christianity and Marxism-Leninism, which until now has been "only" strategic, must become an effect ive unity. His words are: "Many religious leaders no longer speak only of the goods and happiness of another wo rld, but they also speak of the necessities of this world and happiness of this world, because they see the hunger of the people, their misery, their ill-health, their ignorance,

Chilean Cardinal Silva Henriquez: (left) with their sufferings, and their human pain. (What were the 100,000 Cubans fleeing from recently? Happiness?) If one tak es into account that the Christian religion was in the first times the religion of the poor, that it was at the time of the R oman Empire, the religion of the slaves, because it was based on purely huma11 precepts, there is no doubt that the revolutionary movement would gain a great deal to the degree that the leaders of the Catholic Church and of

An Enlightening Interview On his return from a visit to Colom•bia, Msgr. Sergio Mendez Arceo, Archbishop of Cuernavaca, Mexico, was interviewed by the newspaper Correo de! Sur. Question : There is talk of the seizure of embassies being a new fad beginning in in the 80's. What do you think of it? Answer:" From the perspective of the poor, seizing embassies is not a fad. pne can say that the poor do not have fads ; they are for the rich. It is a question of cracks to peek through, ofslits to breathe through, and above all, of podiums from which to make oneself heard. The invulnerability of the embassies was a theo retical matter, but it bad taken root in the spirits of those who have no voice. So they were slow to use them (the embassies) and now it is a practical problem. Little by little, the struggle is invading everything. "

Fidel Castro and (right) with Allende. the other Churches turn to the Christian spirit of the epoch of the slaves in Rome. And I go so far as to tell you that not only socialism and Com munism would gain, but that Christianity would also. " □ □□

NICARAGUAN TROOPS IN ANGOLA In a surprising revelation, the news· lette r American Relations reports t h at some 500 Nicaraguan soldiers are now fighting in Angola alongside the Cuban forces t he re. Also no ted in the report is a a visit by t he leaders of t he Sa ndinista junta to Havana to meet with Cuban Premier Fidel Castro and Angolan Presid ent Jose Eduardo dos Santos. So much for the news media reports about t he "mode rat e" goals of the new regim e in Nicaragua.

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OSHA STRI KES AGAIN Recently, a fireman who had just saved a man from possible death in a construction cave-in received a reprimand from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rathe r than a commendation. T he Bulletin published by the Re. publican Study Committee reports

that a carpenter was working in a sewer excavation when a slab of heavy c lay collapsed into the 12-foot hole, burying him up to his waist . F iremen rushed to t he scene, used avai la b le t imbe rs to shore up t he earthen walls, and careful ly dug fo r three hours with small trowe ls to free the man. But the next day, the fire department received reprimands from the local OS HA office .

HOME ON THE SOVIET RANGE

A SHAM EFUL SENTENCE

Reports that cattle bred on the famous King Ranch in Texas are now grazing on a communa l farm in Sov iet Georgia are "substantially correct," John Cypher, a ranch o fficial told the InterAmerican Affairs Sub-comm ittee of the Committee on Foreign Affairs last month. Mr. Cypher's remarks were made during hearings on a resolution urging President J im my Carter to postpone normalization of relations with the communist puppets in Cuba until owners of U .S. propeny expropriated by Castro are compensated. Mr. Cypher stated that 1,500 head of pure bred Santa Gertrud is breeding catt le which Castro had supposedly moved to a breeding center on the isl and were actu ally reported as being in Ru ssia by South American citizens touring the province of Georgia. Add one more title - · "cattle rustler" - to Fidel's growing list of "honorifics."

T he 24th Civil Chamber of Frankfurt's State Court decided that the sight of cripples may "hinder the enjoyment of vacations." A travel agency was ordered to reimburse half th e price of a vacation program beca use it d idn't keep one of its clients from seeing 25 mental patients and cripples in a 500-bed hotel where he was lodged. In th e explanation of the sentence, the Court said: "One cannot deny that a group of abnorma l people may constitute a hindrance to sens itive people's e njoyment of their vacation."

SOCIALIST CAPITALISTS In a recent survey in Public Opinion magazine, o n ly 62% of those po lled in a nationwide poll opposed t he introduct io n of socia lism in the Unite d States. In a Roper survey fo r Fortune magazine, only 47% of those "executive" readers

One citation sa id that t he fi remen violated re gu lations by go ing into a trench deeper t han five feet without t he wall s being supported by met a lto-meta l screwjack shoring. The oth er c itation sa id the rescuers d idn't have "advanced excavation training." It could on ly happen in the Land of Oz(sha) !

OD thought socialism wou ld be a bad thing wh ile 40% thought it wo u ld br 1 nood t h ing and 13% didn't know en enough socia list rope these cap, Ld l ,sts are sure to hang themselves.

GOLD ON THE MOVE A recent issue of the Patterson Letter reports that gold is flowing out of New Yo rk and London and back to th e home Central Banks of many countries. Almost 800,000 ounces were w ith drawn dur ing th e first four months of 1980. El Sa lvador has removed 260,000 ounces; Austria 279,000 ounces; Phil ippines 112,000 ounces; Brazil 68,000 ounces; Canada 29,000 ounces; the Bahamas 17,000 ounces; Sudan 15,000 o unces; Jama ica 11 ,000 ounces; and Liberia 6,000 ounces. In add ition, t he report goes on to say that t he Middle East countries (i ncluding Iran) recently moved go ld out of London and back to their Central Banks. The implication - difficu lt times ahead.

THE CANDIDATES' VIEWS Ronald Reagan ABORTION: Opposes abortion-ondemand. Believes that "interrupting a pregnancy is the taking of a human life and can only be justified in self-d efense: that is. if the mother's own life is in danger." Suggests a constitutional amendment banning abortion. ERA: Opposes ERA: " I do not believe that the ERA is the answer. The amendment would not itself redress inequalities in rights . and. by increasing the courts 'legislativeÂˇ power. cou ld do more harm than good."

SCHOOL PRAYER: Proposes an amendment to permit voluntary school prayer. "We are a nation under God." Says people are interpreting freedom of religion to mean freedom from religion.

HOMOSEXUAL "RIGHTS": Does not advocate "gay lifestyles." Does not feel that any unique lifestyle should be given favored attention. "An employer should not be subject to special laws (such as 'gay ordinances ' passed in some cities) wh ich, in effect. wou ld compel him to hire a person because of that person's sexual preference."

DRAFT: Opposes universal ~rvice and the drafting of women. Supports all-volunteer army. "U niversal service rests on the assumption that people belong to the state, and are simply statistics to be manipulated by social engineers."

DEFENSE: " Thousands of years of human history have demonstrated that the most effective deterrent to armed conflict is military strength. not weakness." Supports development of B-1 bomber, neutron warhead , and MX m issile. SALT II: Sees it as fatally flawed .... more of a strategic arms build-up than an arms limitation .... should be shelved and the negotiations should go back to the table.

ECONOMIC POLICY: Tax cuts a priority. Plans to cut taxes by 30% over next 3 year~. Hopes to provide substantially less government interference in people's lives. Plans to cut government costs . consolidating some departments and dismantling others. such as the Department of Energy and the Department of Education.

MIDDLE EAST: Strong supporter of Israel. "The crucial element determining the success or failure of American policy is the fate of Israe l. Israel is America's natural ally."

ENERGY POLICY: Plans to dismantle the Department of Energy and its allocation rules. By D.O.E.'s own admission. "regulation has compounded any problem arising from imperfect market structures. Allocation formulas were mainly responsible for last summer's gasoline lines."

Jimmy Carter

ABORTION: Believes personally that abortion is wrong, but is against a constitutional amendment which would overturn the Supreme Court decision permitting abortions.

ERA: Strongly supports ERA; determined to "do everything within my power" to ratify the amendment. Has used the White House to further the cause of ERA. SCHOOL PRAYER: Opposes an amendment on school prayer: cites separation of Church and State; feels it would discriminate against atheists.

HOMOSEXUAL "RIGHTS": Support s legislation wh ich would remove homosexuality from a list of "sexual aberrations" for which aliens can be denied immigration. According to a White House staff member. gays "have in the White House a President who is meeting with you and respects you."

DRAFT: Has called for draft registration in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Supports drafting of women. Carter believes in the Volunteer Army and sees need to upgrade pay-scale and benefits. DEFENSE: Opposed B-1 bomber. deferred production of neutron bomb. delayed production of cruise missile. Trident submarine. SSN-688 attack submarine, and Trident missile system. Has now asked for authorization for "rapid deployment force." and a 5% increase in defense spending. SALT II: Supports the SALT process: feels it is "in our nation's interest." but that because of Soviet presence in Afghanistan is "inappropriate at this time."

ECONOMIC POLICY: Plans to continue his policies of wage and price guidelines. regulatory reform. and restraints on government spending. He does not favor wage and price controls. Carter is now seriously considering a tax cut for 1981 . MIDDLE EAST:Brought about the historic signing of a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel in March 1979 following the Camp David Summit. Does not support West Bank settlements or Palestinian Autonomy.

ENERGY POLICY: "We will never be completely strong at home or secure abroad until we have solved our nation's excessive dependence on foreign oil." Proposes stand-by gas rationing plan. converting electric power plants from oil to coal, development of alternative forms of energy and synthetic fuel. Says we must cut our imports of foreign oil in half by 1990.

John Anderson ABORTION: An opponent of the recently passed Hyde Amendment wh ich gives Congress authority to refuse to federally fund abortions. "As a matter of conscience, I am saddened by the high incidence of unwanted pregnancies." T he choice is a matter to be decided by a woman in conjunction with her God and her physician. Poor women should have government assistance to finance abortions. ERA: Strong supporter. " The ERA is needed to enshrine in the Constitution the moral value judgment that sex discrimination is wrong." Voted against states' right to rescind. for the extension of the ratification deadline.

SCHOOL PRAYER:

Ande rson voted against school prayer in 1971. and according to his staff. would vote agai nst a school prayer amendment again.

HOMOSEXUAL "RIGHTS":ÂˇAnderson is co-sponsor of H.R. 2074, a bill to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964~10 include homosexuals.

DRAFT: Opposes reinstitution of peacetime draft registration or compu lsory service. " I am unalterably opposed to the draft during peacetime in the absence of compelling circumstances. Such circumstances do not exist. " DEFENSE: " Every four years (during presidential elections) there is heightened fear about the Soviets as an excuse to take our minds off domestic problems." Opposes deployment of MX missile. Opposes defense hikes beyond 3%.

SALT II: Strong supporter. Believes SALT process should be continued to include an even more restraining treaty .

ECONOMIC POLICY: Supports hu, cJI ng down government spending, boosting productivity, enco uraging personal savings, lessening the burdens of regulation and taxation on business. increasing research and development. and providing meaningful job training and continuing education programs. " Productivity is a vital national issue and should be brought to the forefront of domestic policy. Otherwise, we shall have to accept the resulting economic stagnation."

MIDDLE EAST: Supports an intermediary role for the U.S. without becoming an advocate for eithe, Israel or Egypt.

ENERGY POLICY: Believes that a solution to enP.rgy crisis is to increase price of gasoline by fifty cents per gallon. Revenue raised would be redistributed through tax system to the poor and other groups.

The above summaries of the viewpoints of Governor Ronald Regan, President J immy Carter and John B. Ande rson are reprinted from : Sept. '80 Cross Roads Magazine to help our readers form a basis of comparison between the candidates. This summary does not necessarily constitute the entire position of the American Society for the Defense of Tradition , Family and Property on these issues nor is it an official endorsement of any of the candidates. Repri nted with permiss i on from: Sept. '80 Cross Roads Magazine.

Closed Cathedrals

Comrade Scout

Unwelcome S co 11t111aste r

Karl Marx

While the recent concessions chat the Polish strikers seem to have won have been filling the head lines of the major news media, subtle methods of discrimina tion are still ap plied against Christ ian believers a nd their children (the majority of t he population of Po land is Cath olic). Keston College re ports that an appeal by the Przem ysl Committee for the De fe nse of Believers has been sent to parents in Poland, urging them to resist pressure and intimi dation by school auth o rities to send the ir chi ldren co the officially-approved scout groups. The appeal states chat Anna Derkacz, t h'.: !lead mistress of School No. 5 in Suluwa Wola, rece ntly orde red her teachers to enlist a ll childre n in to t he scouts with ou t e ith er the parents' o r the child ren's conse nt. Those childre n who fa iled to b ring in an y money for t he scout uniform have been pu n ished by having their marks reduced, wh il e pupils at t he secondary level have been threatened with expulsio n if they do not submit. "What has happened co the scouting m ovement, " asks t he com mittee, " if during th e summer cam ps ch ildren arc fo rbidden co attend church serv ices or eve n to pray in their tents?" Anoth er h eadmistress in J agsla exÂˇ pee red her girl "guides" to j oin t he ComÂˇ munisc Party afte r completing t raining. " Th e independen t Polish Scouts are independent only in nam e," states th e appeal, since the comm unises have removed all references to God from the statu tes. They have also deleted such terms as "prayer," "faith," "purity ," "love of one's neighbor," an d "altruism ." An instruction m a nual for scou tÂˇ ing leaders published last year states quite clearly chat "the Polish Scouting moveme nt is based on Le ninist principles." Based on chis inform ation , would not one also expect co hear the Pol ish hierarchy, charged to "Feed my lambs ... " speaking o u t against chis sca ndal(JuS indoctrination of Polish young people into the Communist Party?

Old fisbi11g barb or o[Marseille: w ill tbe "catcbes" be as good wit bout tbe cat bed rals In a rece nt issue, Paris' L 'E.xpress reported chat th e Cathedral o f Marseille is closing. The e normous e di fice ,' that domina tes the piers a nd th e pore, will not o pen its d oors except two or three times a year for some great se rvice. Another much-cherished church in Marseill e , on Canebic rc hill, w ill no lo nger have regular services after October. L 'Express says that o nly marriages an d burials will be held, because they are

profitable. But th e fait hful will m eet in a li ttle crypt under th e church and the services will be preside d over by laymen. This is not all. Two o r three other churches o f a lesser importance, located down town, w ill also cl ose in the next few m o nths. It is very sym bolic t h at the ca t hedral. o nce conside red the conscie nce of th e c ity, is disappearing from the every-d ay life of Fra nce. Just Fran ce?

Vietnam: Economic Disaster Five years after the e nd o f t he war , the Vietnam ese eco no m y, in the Nort h as well as the South, is w o rse than it was during t he conflict. Th e harshest aspect of the situation is the incapacity of this former e xporter of rice to su pply itself. Accordi ng to in fo rmatio n furnished by t he Ha noi government, 2.4 million tons of rice were harves ted in 1979. The country has to be aided with foodstuffs furnished by the Ru ssians and to use despe rately needed foreign exchange to buy more rice from Thailand. Alt h ough a harvest o f abo u t 15 mi llion cons is expected fo r th is year, it will still be insuffi cient since 20 million cons arc nee ded to feed the pop ul a tion. Fl oods, droughts, typh oons, and. worse of all , socialism have struck Vietnam. The attempts at co llectivizatio n of the Sout h have made th ings worse. Many of the peasants are refusing to sell t he ir products under t he condit ions imposed by the State. The new 'econo mic zones' arc failing to inc rease production. Th ousands o f peo ple have left t he countryside, looking for a less arduous

life in t he c ity. It is probable chat in the inte rior, where people live o n subsistence ratio ns a nd have little or no medical assistance , th o usands have died of mala ri a. Ha noi had hoped to tra nsform its agra ria n eco no m y of subs ist , 1110 a "social ist version" of t he 1()111 ic miracle of its cap italise neighbors. Reports say t hat the ir inves tment in agricul t ure trip led in t he last three yc; rs, to li ttle effec t. Lase September, t he governm ent came out w ith a new an d m o re liberal econ omic policy wh ich wou ld increase t he private sector 's role in agriculture. T he peasants were to be permitted to sell their "excess" production at m a rket prices as an in ce ntive to inc rease production. But these changes have not bee n effec ted. Appare ntly, t h e hun dreds o f thousands of V ie tnamese w ho fled overland a nd in boats k new wha t the abandon mcnt of their coun t ry co the co mmu nists would m ean. Th ey preferred to risk death th a n face certai n starvation and misery under the new regime.

No. 9

Vol. II

1980

Confusion In the Gulf Anyone who examines the figures of the Iranian-Iraqi conflict to find out what side is winning, can easily reach an unusual conclusion: mathematically, the war can no longer be going on since the parties involved have run out of planes and tanks. He may also reach no conclusion at all, for the reports the two sides furnish on.the numbers of planes shot down and ranks destroyed most rimes reflect a desire to propagandize rather than give exact information to the world. To begin with, it is nearly impossible to find out how many of the 445 American-made planes that Iran had during t he reign of the Shah are still o perational. The same can be said of th e tanks. According to the 1980-1 981 report of th e London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, Iran has 1,985 tanks. Since in Iraq there has been no deterioration of war materiel like in Khomeini's Iran, the Institute's assessment is mo re precise: Iraq has 332 combat planes and 2,800 tanks. Data on war materiel, which challenge the calculating capacity of any compu ter; normally come from two sources: the Iraqi Military Command and t he Iranian Joint Command, headed by Presdent Bani Sadr himself. In addition , there are the no rmal discrepancies between the repo rts of news agencies, rad io broadcasts, eyewitnesses and other sources. For instance, on September 25, Iraqi Vice-Prime Minister Tarek Aziz affirmed in Paris that 47 Iranian planes had been shot down up until t hen, compared to 13 Iraqi planes. However, other Iraqi sources said th at no less than 140 Iranian planes had been destroyed since the beginning of the war, while o ther sources said that the number was 87. In its turn, the Iranian Joint Command said t hat, on September 25 alone, "SO tanks" had been destroyed in th e region

of Shatt al Arab, while other T eheran sources affi rm that since the beginning of the war the numb er of Iraqi tanks destroyed is "in the hundreds." Some evidence, however, arises amidst the confusion : since Iran has a smaller number of tanks and planes and faces serious difficulties in replacing destroyed material, it suffers most fro m its losses. If we co nsider that the number of destroyed planes and tanks can determine what side is winning, even t ho ugh th is is only o ne of the factors, it is nearly certain that the scale is weighing on th e side of Iraq, which is militarily more organized. Th ere are also the occupatio ns of Iranian cities, operational tanks and armo red cars falling into Iraqi hands, ). j! and an obvious fact: the o nly territory Khomeini's predicament: Power but invaded has been Âˇth at of Iran. no punch!

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Fear of Crime: Changing America's Lifestyles A survey recently completed by Research and Forecasts, Inc. has concluded that forty percent of Americans strongly fear becoming victims of violent crimes and more than half own guns to protect their lives and property. "Fear of crime is slowly paralyzing American society," said John Crothers Pollack,who directed the nationwide telephone survey of 1,000 randomly selected persons. "Americans have become afraid of one another," he added. Gun ownership is most common among you ng people and blacks in general and is concentrated most heavily in the South, where seven out of ten households are armed. The study found that fear of crime far outstrips crime itself and is changing the lifestyle of millions of Americans. for example, twenty-five percent of Americans fear goi ng even to familiar neighborh ood places. And most people

going out at night are taking cabs and dressing in less fashionable clo"thes. "The picture t hat emerges is that of an extremely cautious and securityminded America," Po llack said. The researchers isolated the most prevalent fears: violent acts against the individual and a vague uneasi ness about non-specific threats in the community. This latter fear ·is expressed by growing evidence of fear of being alone at home, in central business districts or even in one's own neighborhood. A recent example of this situation was the slaying in New Yc•rk City of a young bank executive who was shot while changing a tire on his car along a busy thoroughfare early in the eve ning. The growing realization that crime may, indeed, "knock on any door" has caused eighty-six of those questioned to respond that they always ask their visitors to identify themselves before let-

Neighborhood "posses" becoming commonplace across the country. ting them into their homes. Many lock car doors while ins•i·d e and announce their safe arrival at ho me after a visit. The study went on to cqnfirm that gun ownership is the single most significant precaution against crim e with 52 percent of those questioned saying that they owned guns. Interestingly enough, in the East where the crime rate is high, o nly 3 out of 10 persons in urban centers arc armed. In the South, the figu re is much higher at seven out of ten. "Crime has a domino-like effect," says o ne neighborhood protection organizer, Greg Porter, of Indianapolis. "First there's a little egg throwing. Then_ they let the air out of your tires. Next, they steal somethi ng from your garage. And after your garage - your home ." He might have added - your life.

New York City: Night life can be dangerous - even deadly!

CRIMES REPORTED IN 1979 A seri o us crime occurred e very A theft occurred every A burglary occurred every A violent crime occurred every A car or truck theft occurred every An assault occurred every A robbery occurred every A forcible rape occurred every A murder occurred every

2.6 seconds. 4.8 seconds. 10 seconds. 27 seconds 29 seconds. 51 seconds. 68 seconds. 7 minutes. 24 minutes.

U.S. society: A fairy tale with an unhappy ending?

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Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira

TO YOU, DEAR ATHEIST

"Dear"? This adjective may make readers wonder. After all, they have seen me, through the Folha articles and other means, combat atheisw for decades, especialiy the most actively imperialistic form it has assumed in the course of History, that is, Marxist atheism. How, then, can one justify the adjective "dear" ? The explanation is this: Âˇ God wills the salvation of all men: of the good, so that they may , receive the reward of their merits in Heaven; of the bad so that, touched by grace, they may amend and attain Heaven. Therefore , from different standpoints and for different reasons, both the former and the latter are dear to God. Now since they are dear to God, how could th ey not be so to a Catholic? Yes, dear even when to defend the Church and Christendom, a Catholic fights them. So for example, at the very moment that a Crusader was fiercely fighting a Mohammedan during the reconquest of the Holy Sepulchre, he could have addressed the Mohammedan as "dear brother." The expression "dear atheist" is therefore valid and includes a range of different nuances; for there are nuances in atheism. Naturally, a specific sense of the word " dear" applies according to the nuance. Thus, there are atheists who rejoice to such an exte nt over t heir conviction that "God does no t exist" that if some evident fact such as a spectacular miracle should convince them of the contrary, they might easil y come to hate God and even to kill Him, if it were possible. Other atheists are so mired down in the things of the earth that their atheism does not consist in denying that God exists, but rather in being completely unconcerned abo ut the matter. If the distinction is permissible, they are not "atheists" in t he most radical and current sense of the word, but rather "a-theists," that is, laicists. God is not part of their conception of life and the world. If it were to be proven to them that God exists, they would see Him as a being with whom or without whom the world would go on just as it does. Their reaction would be to totally and perpetually banish him from earthly affairs.

There is still a third kind of atheist who, crushed by the labors and disappointments of life, and seeing clearly, by bitter personal experience, that the things of this world are no more than "van_ity and affliction of spirit" (Eccl. 1, 14), wishes that God exis~ed. But hobbled by the sophistries of atheism, to which they had formerly opened their souls, and tied by rationalistic mental habits to which they had attached their minds, t hey are now groping in the darkness unable to find the God whom they once rejected. When I meditate on that apostrophe of J esus Chris_t, "Come to Mc all ye who arc heavily burdened and weary, and I will refresh ye" (Matt., 11, 28), I think especially of this kind of atheist and feel especial-. ly inclined to call them "dear atheists." The above exp lains to what kinds of atheists these reflections are particularly directed. Nevertheless, it is not only them that I have in mind , but many other readers who are much more dear t o me: some brothers in the Catholic Faith, members, as I am, of the Mystical Bod y of Jesus Christ. They read a reference I made to the sp irituality of St. Louis Maria Grignio n de Montfort in the article, "A Return to the Tower of Babel?" and wanted me to say somehting more about the matter.in the Folha de S. Paulo. So I write this article for m y brothers in the Faith but with an eye toward the atheists. I do it in the Folba, so consistent with the principles of freedom of thought that it professes as to give space to me (who certainly am not a liberal) so that I may speak my mind. When I consider my articles inserted among so many others of quite a differe nt bent, I seem to see th e Fo/ha facing the public with a standard in its hand (certainly not th e red leonine standard of the TFP!), in which one may read these words of Voltaire (extremely liberal and exemplarily logical from th.e liberal standpoint) : "I do not agree with even one word of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." This is what consistent pluralism 1s. And the many Brazilian newspapers that howl about thefr pluralism but refuse the least space for a commentary by, and even for the least news of antipluralist movements, arc in complete

contradiction with it. It is as it pluralism were absurdly not plural and did not consist in freedom to disagree. One would even say that in these newspapers there is a politbureau set up to censure all publicity of "heretical" anti-pluralistic thinking. Oh, how much more authentic, intellectual, and airy, Brazilian democracy would be if many Brazilian newspapers followed the line of action enunciated in that sentence of Voltaire. Now I speak to the especially dear atheists, hoping to touch them to the depth of their souls, in the same text in wh ich I speak to my very dear brothers in the Faith. Imagine yourself, dear atheist, in orye of those intervals of the daily life of yore in whose calm the agreeable and profound impressions which the labor of the day, charged with the dust of triviality and the sweat of effort, had smothered in the subconscious, would rise to the surface of the spirit. Those were the spacious moments of leisure m which the yearnings for a smiling past, tlaie charms and the hopes of a harsh but luminous present, and the so often treacherous fantasies wo ul,;l make an agreeable merry-go-round to relax the soul,"put in peace in that gay and bfind deceit that fortune does not permit to long endure" (Camocs, Lusiadas, Canto 111, verse 1 20). In today 's scanty momcn r< of leisure, it is the neurotic tum u ,lisappointments, worries, wi ld <1111bitio ns and exacerbated weariness that rise to the surface. And over this tumult hovers an overwhelming, leaden, and obscure question: "What am I living for?" With this question , I close today's article. Till the next, dear atheist.

Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira, a thinker and writer of world-wide renown, is the founder of the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property, the largest anticommunist organization in Brazil and President of its National Council. Professor de Oliveira has a syndicated column in the Folha de Sao Paulo, the newspaper with the largest circula tion in Brazil.

PORNOGRAPHY POLLUTION

Shameful "signs" of the times. Every passer-by is prey to the pornographer. Over two decades after the United States Supreme Court ruled that obscen· ity was not pro tected under co nstitu· t ional guarantees of free speech, com· munities all across the country find themselves engulfed in an ever-deepening and widening flood tide of filth. Since the 1957 ruling in U.S. vs. Sam· uel Roth, church and citizen's groups, prosecutors and legisla tors have attempt· ed various campaigns to rid their com· munities of material that contains ex· plicit descriptions of sexual conduct. Despite such activity, however, both the demand and availability of materials that are widely regarded as pornographic have mushroomed. Further, no longer is the porno buyer's desire limited to standard sleaze. Now, in the natural do wnward plunge of th eir vice, they are seeking something " different" and finding it in the form of a new wave of child pornography. '?he battle in the co urtroom was wo n by t he anti-pornographers, bu t t he war has bee n lost ," said Charles H. Keating, Jr. a Cincinnati lawyer who was a member of the National Commission on Obscenity and Po rnograp hy. Mr. Keating was o ne of the three members o'. the Presi_dential panel who strongly disagreed with the find ings of the majority in its 1970 report to President Nixon.

Among other things, the commission called for the elimination of all le· gal restraints on the purchase by consenting adults of sexually explicit books, films or pictures. "The country is inundated with filth," Keating said. Mr. Keatings's o bservations are not only supported by a casual walk past the corner newstand or bookstore but by facts as well: • Pornographers do a 4 billion dollar per year business m the country, mo re than the legitimate film •and record in· dustry combined. (One cannot, however, ignore a great portion of t he "legitimate " industry's complicity in the wave of hard-core pornography . Co nsider the po pular films and music being offered to the general public). • In Los Angeles alone, th e porno business does $100,000,000 a year in gross retail volume. * Po lice vice squads report t hat 77% of child molesters of boys and 8 7% of child molesters of girls have admitted being influenced by pornography. In o ne group o f rapists, 5 7% indicated that they were imitati ng wh at they had seen in pornographic fil ms or magazines. • A recent study done by the Michigan State Police, using a computer co classify over 35,000 sex crimes which were committ ed in t hat state alo ne o· ver a twenty-year period , found t hat 0

43% were pornography-related. These were only cases in which the perpetra· tor was apprehended. Ours is a curious society. We place restrictions on the advertisers ·of cigarettes because we feel fairly certain t here is some relation between cigarette smoking and cancer. The lib eral educators for years have been com plai ,-:.,f' that "role models" in third grad, lc rs later cause racism. Yet, t here 1~ .1 \·cry vocal and po we rful school of liberals who laugh at th e idea that pornography teaches rape! "Every textboo k in the public school system has been 'overhauled' in t he last twenty years because it was tho ught th at the blo nd , blue-eyed suburban child once depicted therein taught little people a soc iall y da ngerous ethnocen· trism. If textbooks, t hose vapid and insipid instruments of such slight influence, can have such a vast and sweepi ng effect , what are we to surmise about the effects o n the im pressio nably young of an ' R' o r 'X'-rat ed movie, in wide screen t echnicolor, with Do lby sound and every device o f cinematic real· ism?" (Nicholas vo n Hoffman, Assault by F ilm , The Washington Post , 4113179). (con 't)

"Network television executives who deny the likelihood that their program can alter behavior lie and they know it. All you have to do is listen to what those same gentlemen say to their advertisers. They boast, they brag, they bellow about what an effective sales medium their networks are ... how good they are at getting people to alter their behavior and part with their money," Von Hoffman goes on to say in the same article. This view is confirmed by Robert Lindsay of the New York Times whose research into television programming in.1979 concluded that sex would be more plentiful for the viewers . that season. ABC has reaped a bountiful harvest with shows revolving around adolescent sexual humor and the other networks want their share, he concluded.

Reports from government agencies prove that the whole moral fabric of American society is tearing away under the assault of the pornographers and their more sophisticated liberal-minded supporters. The Census Bureau reported that the number of unmarried couples living together has more than doubled during the first eight years of this decade and increased more than eightfold among young people under 25 years of age. The study documents, with statistical detail, that profound changes in marriage, divorce, childrearing and living arrangements have swept the- country. One such "statistic" reveals that cohabitation, or households containing two unrelated adults of the opposite sex hid increased by 1 77 percent, or more than do ubled, since 1970. Further, a study by a House Select Committee on Population ,states that -20 percent of teenagers have sexual relations before age 15. Over one million

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Women act1v1sts - justifying the free course of the worst passions. teenagers become pregnant each year. Some 370,000 of these pregnancies end in abortion one-third of all the abortions in the country. While porno "pushers" take the brunt of the public's indignatio n over the current state of affair~. other more "respectable" organizatipns which also preach a Utopian society play a role in this tragedy. In the Preamble of its Five Year Plan for the Federation (1976-1980), Planned Parenthood states: "Universal reproductive freedom is a most essential step, if not the most important step , to solve the critical problems of hunger, deprivation and hopelessness of poverty, as well as deteriorat ion of our water and air." Lest anyone fail to draw the connection between the rampant moral decadence in the country Âˇand the Planned Parenthood organization, the "universal freedom" referred to is later defined as making abortion, contracep tion and sterilization available to all. The Federation leaders see their role as a comprehensive campaign for "modifying attitudes, behavior changes and skills and abolishing the arbitrary and outmoded restrictions - legal, regulatory and cultural - which continue to limit the individual's freedom of choice."

When absolute freedom is claimed like this, as a metaphysical principle, it is done so only to justify the free course of the worst passions and the most pernicious errors. What we are witnessing is the "lamentable tyranny of all the unrestrained passions over a weak and ruined will and a darkened intellect ... the dominion of raging sensuality over all sentiments of modesty and shame .... " "In such a world, in that Utopia with neither social nor economic inequalities man can resolve all hisproblems,eliminate pain, poverty, ignorance and insecurity and to sum it up everything that is called the effects of original sin or actual sin. " In that world, the Redemption of Our Lord Jesus Christ has no place, for man will have overcome evil by science and will have transformed the earth into a technically delighful heaven. And he will hope to even overcome death one day by the indefinite prolongation of life." (Revolution and Counter-Revolution, Prof. Plinio Corr~a de Oliveira, 2nd ed., The Foundation for a Christian Civilization, New Rochelle, N.Y. pp. 67, 80.)

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ROBOT EPIDEMIC! WORLD BANK: PALME IS FAVORITE There is growing speculation that former Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme is the most likely replacement for Robert McNamara as president of the World Bank in 1981. Palme's trump card: support from "Third World" countries.

Robots making robots? Yes. Beginning January, 1981, 30 robots will manufacture 350 new robots per month. Where? In a new plant, in Japan, of Fujitson Fanouc, a giant of electronics. Daytime production will be helped by 150 engineers or technicians of

ENGLISH SPOKEN HERE Signs have appeared in the halls of the Department of Transportation that read, "A letter is better in English. " And stickers on the telephones say, "Answer politely. Use a pleasant tone. Speak distinctly. Explain delays. Transfer properly." The Department has launched a campaign to convince its 110,000 employees to stop using heavy government jargon in letters and t o be more polite on the telephone. The department's efforts are part of a 1978 plan of President Carter entitled " Plain English" (No pun intended on Plains, Ga. English) to emphasize courtesy and good m anners. The fact that the program is just now bei ng implemented after two years would not have anything to do with improvin g the image of the current Administration at election t ime, would it?

THE "MIRACLE PLANT" OF RUSSIAN ATHLETES

Sweden's Palme: Third world banker?

The secret of doctors who take care of Soviet ath letes is fina lly known: it is the "eleutherococcus senticosus," a 'miracle plant' that had previously been tested in cosmonauts. The substances of this plant are said to increase the

real flesh and bones with their natural intelligence. But during the night, the working robots will be controlled by ... supervising robots. Japan has 4,000 out of the 10,000 machines with artificial "intelligence" operating in the world. endurance of the human body up to 50% without having the side effects qf conventional drugs. The "eleutherococcus," grown in the Far East, is practically unknown to Western pharmacology. The Soviets have studied it for 20 years and tested it in thousands of athletes at Moscow's Institute for Physical Education and Sports.

HEAD OF THE HOUSE Under contin uing pressure from "women's lib" groups, the t raditional role of the husband in the family is no longer simply blurred; but. roles have been switched. According to a recent survey by the advertising firm of Cunningham and Walsh, now that 50 percent of American women ho ld down jobs outside th e home, men have had to begin pitching in with the housework, The advertisi ng firm's survey revealed that 70 percent of husbands cook; 56 percent do the grocery shopping; 4 7 percent do the vac uuming; and 49 percent wash the dishes. Chores that husbands like the least are dusting, cleaning the bathroom, sorti ng the laundry, and cleaning the oven. No wonder the military wants to en list women. They certainly have demonstrated t hat they can dominate t he fie ld in their own homes.

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Riches from the sea, Who will control them? A great news event has occurred that will mark a new step in the history of our planet. A "World Authority" will manag,: the riches of the sea. It took seven years for the 43 participating delegates from nations around the world to reach an accord. But now, at the close of the Third Conference on the Rights of the Sea, they haveiormulated a worldwide agreement. A new international law ha~ bee!l passed which will finally, the authors say, permit a rati onal explo itation of the fabulous riches on the ocean floor. T o whom do these riches belong? The first answer to this question was given by President Lyndon J o hnson : "We have t o act in such a way that the ocean floor will be, and remain, a common patrimo ny of mankind." _ How can th e riches of this " commo n patrimony" be distributed betweenco~ntries as different as Bolivia and Russia? Between rich and poor coun tries? Between countries having access to the sea and those that are land-lo cked? One is surprised at seeing a consensus being reached, now so suddenlv. oi:i this "world first," that is, the establishment of a "High Authority" charged with managing, and eve n governing, the ocean floor on a worldwide scale. It is really the inception of a power governing the whole planet.

The "High Author-icy" will co~prise all the countries that participated in the Conference. It will be headquartered in Jamaica (the Soviet Union and its surrogate, Castro's Cuba should be pleased) and have a general assembly like the United Nations. Its executive power will be the Authority Council, which will have 36 elected members. They will be chosen as follows: 12 from the industrialized nations; 6 from countries having no access to the sea, such as Austria or Bolivia;Âˇ and the other 18 from the remaining countries in the world according to their importance. The role of the Authority is simple. It alone will be entitled to give permits for the use of t he ocean floor. And here is an unheard of novelty - the Authority, an international institution, will issue permits to private groups, most of them multinational corporations. In other words, it will really wield economic power. This, however, is not all. How will all these countries share in the "common patrimony"? The answer is: when a corporation requests a permit to exploit a certain place, it will be required to name two other places that it has previously surveyed. One of these places will be developed by a company working under the direct control of the Authority; and the proceeds will go to developing countries. This is not a "nationalized," but rather an "int ernationalized" company - a real "Foreign Legion" of the sea. This is a curious precedent that may endanger the various nations' rights to manage their own internal natural resources. What if one day some nation asks that o il, or uranium , for example,

Oil - a "common patrimony?" also become a "common patrimony" of mankind? Perhaps, the Conference didn't address itself to this real ity.

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Underwater agreement between nations. Something fishy?

Mass for Victims of Communism On October 19 , the 63rd anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolu tion in Russia ; the Young Canadians for a Christian Civilization, with the cooperation of several organizations of refugees from behind the Iron Cu rtain , organ ized the celebration of a Mass for the victims of Communism in the famo us Notre Dame Church located in downtown Montreal. This Mass was offered not only for the souls of all the victims of the assaults, revolutions and wars caused by Communism since 1917, but also for the liberation of all the nations enslaved by it since then. Approximately 1,000 p,.ople attended the Mass. An impressive procession through the main aisle of the church preceded the Mass: a delegation of the Yo ung Canadians for a Christian Civilization and of the American Society for the Defense of Tradition , Famil y ancf Property, carrying their beautiful red standards with a golden rampant lion, opened the cortege, followed by a statue of Our Lady of Fatima, the national flags of th e countries under the Communist yoke and the banners of the several associations of refugees. All these standards were held alongside the main altar during the whole Mass. The Holy Sacrifice was celebrated in the Byzantine rite by Fr. Jean Hawry-

Standar1s of the Young Canadians for A Christian Civilization and flags of tbe Captive Nat10ns organizations flank the altar of Notre Da111e Catbedral in Montreal.

luik, Vicar General for all Ukrainian Catholics in Quebec, assisted by Fr. Pietro Leoni, S.J ., an Italian Jesuit who spent IO years in Russian co ncentratio n camps, and Fr. George Novotny, an exiled priest from Czechoslovakia. The religious act was organized by

the Young Canadians for a Christian Civilization, with the support and cooperation of several associations in Mo ntreal: the Polish Canadian Congress, the Hungarian Federation of Canada, the Ukrainian Canadian Committee, the Vietnamese Catholic Com-

munity of Montreal, the Ch inese Catholic Commu ni ty of Montreal, the Roman ian Association of Ca nada, the Croatian Union of Canada, the Khmer Community o f Canada and t he Hum anitarian Aid for Afghan Refugees.

Monsters in the Home Th ere have been monsters in my house for some months now, maybe a year. At first, vaguely terrified for having given in, I wouldn 't dare to speak. Yes, it was I who let Hulk into the children's room. Hulk , that horrib le greenish personage. The enticing packaging of that toy had a reassuring message for parents: " I am your friend! Behind his uglin ess, Hulk hid es a marvelous heart ... " On the walls, posters of Donald Duck and _ cute kittens have disappeared to make room for the aggressive horns of Goldorak the Great , the roast beef-like flesh of Spiderman or the black helmet of the sinister Darth Vader of "Star Wars." Help! Little by little, I understood that it was not only my home that the invaders had chosen for th eir abode. They are everywhere. The first of them was the the small white robot of "Star Wars." " He's cute, you know, he only does sil-

ly things," said a friend of mine, pained at my lack of enthusiasm. CJPO, some sort of aÂˇ golden skeleton, seems to be an "infidel." But com e o n, t ake heart! Throw the dwarfs and the forests of naive-looking red mushrooms into the attic ! Make room for the bionic era! True, some mothers resist the new breed and stick to trad itional toys and games; and some specialists are ecstatic about t he ch ild ren 's new enth usiasm for making pottery and other m anua l expressions .. . But, in spite of its reassuring name, "Teddy Bear," the toy shop next door to me is all stacked up with "laser" pistols like th ose in "Voltus V" and galaxian monsters. "That's all children are going to talk about during their recreation," says the owner. Whose fault is it? Tv 's? Yes, for su re. Those responsible for children's cartoons, it seems, have made a re-run of the smirk inherited from Goldorak two years ago. Also responsible are

th e producers of such toys of them located in the Âˇ United _, ,.Ltes. Significantly, France, for example, imports five t imes more toys from the United States than the U.S. d ocs from France. Some imbalance of trade! One might say, "Almost o ur of this world!"

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1980

No. 10

TIME FOR A CHANGE THE NEW YORK TIMES/ CBS NEWS POLL How Different Groups Voted for President Based on 12,782 interviews with voters at their polling places. Shown is how ea~h group divided i,s vote for President and, m parentheses, the percentage of t he electorate belonging to each group.

Carter - waiting for the election "lightning" that never struck Professional Pollsters attempting to predict the voting reaction of the America11 public have encountered the same difficulties as scientsts who watch charts a nd seismic graphs for signs of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Plotting a nd predictions notwithstanding, earthquakes, volcanoes, and the voting public do not follow the patterns they are expected to. "Too close to call," "Deadlocked," the pollsters were saying days (in some cases minutes) before the polls opened. Then, t he a nalysts were buried a long with Jimmy Carter a nd a host of other well-known liberal casualties under the conservative landslid e. I twas as Newsweek magazine stated: "An idea whose time had come. A counter-revolution''(News-

week, 11/17 /80). A post-election poll (h aving the advantage of hindsight to improve its vision) conducted by the New York Times and CBS confirmed the fact t hat it was a broad spectrum of America that no longer wished to follow Jimmy Carter down the indecisive and shameful path he was taking.

Senator George M cGovern : "counterrevolutionary casualty '' The poll showed that 38 pe rcent of Mr. Reagan's voters gave , "It's time for a change !" as e ither the ir main reason or one of their two main reasons for voting for him. One of the most dramatic changes the voters were looki ng for was a more firmness in U .S. dealings w ith the Soviet Union. After years of detente a ugmented by an unceasing anti-military and anti-defense propaganda in the lib-

Carter Democrats (43%) 66 Independents (2 3%) 30 Republicans (28%) 11 Liberals (17%) 57 42 Moderates (46%) Conservatives (28%) 23 Feel th at U.S. should be more forceful in dealing with Soviet Union even if it would increase the risk of war (54%) 28 Disa~ee (31%) 56 East (32%) 43 South (27%) 44 Midwest (20%) 41 West (11 %) 35 Labor union household (26%) 47 No member of household in union (62%) 35 When decided about choice Knew all along (41%) 47 During the primaries ( 13%) 30 During the convcntions(8%) 36 Since Labor Day (8%) 30 In week before election (2 3%) 38 Catholic (25%) 40 Jewish (5%) 45 Protestant (46%) 37 Born- again white Protestant (17%) 34 Professional ormanager(40%) 3 3 Clerical, sales or other white-collar ( 11 %) 42 Blue-collar worker (17%) 46 Agriculture ( 3%) 29 Looking: for work (3%) 55 Education High school or less (39%) 46 Some college (28%) 35 College graduate (27%) 35 18 - 21 years old (6%) 44 22 â&#x20AC;˘ 29 years old (17%) 43 30 - 44 years old (31 %) 37 45 - 59 years old (2 3%) 39 60 years or older (18%) 40

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eral press, the poll demonstrated that 54 percent of those interviewed felt that the United States should be more forceful in dealing with the Russian bear even if it would increase the risk of war. This dissatisfaction with the current weak position of the U.S. was not limited to Reagan supporters. Some 32 percent of those polled who voted for Carter also favored a more forceful stance towards the Soviet Union. In analyzing the Reagan victory, the polls also showed that not only did he receive the expected support from the "conservatives" but from other groups as well. Actually, only 34 percent of the "change" group called themselves "conservative" in contrast to 42 percent of the other Reagan voters.

of those describing themselves as "liberals" voted for Reagan. And Carter had only a narrow edge in union households - 4 7 percent to 44 percent.

Democratic defections were deep and dramatic. For examole, 27 percent

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problems we face right now." One of these emblems is to restore the American military margin of safety over the Soviets. A problem, obviously, very much on the mind of the American voter when he went to the polls.

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THE COLLAPSE OF SOCIALISM The news of a possible economic collapse in the communist-controlled countries of Eastern Europe does not come as surprise to those who are aware of the conditions there. However, it has deeply irritated the Marxists here in the West. Âˇ The French, Italian, and Canadian press have published abundant information on the subject. The seriousness of the news items leaves no room for doubt. Indeed, the socialist countries are suffering from a crisis which has not yet proved fatal only because of the "first aid" supplied by the West. The failure of socialism manifests itself in all fields: in agriculture (where in addition to the re-occurring socialist brand of "bad weather") one finds a lack of fertilizers, machinery, badly needed investment, and above all, a lack of interest on the part of farmworkers themselves as a resul t of the collective use of the land ; in industry, the socialist regimes have revealed themselves incapable of supplying raw materials and equipment to t he factories on schedule, thus causing irregular and shoddy production. The inst ability of operations is such that workers, at times, arrive at their places of employment without knowing whether or not they will actually work that day. In many instances, they just remain at home. According to the French weekly, Le Po int (9-10-80), 10 to 15% o f the workers are always absent from their jo bs. In view of the failure of t heir eco no-

mies, the countries of the East buy billions of dollars worth of foodstuffs in the West. However, in spite of easy credit and long term loans, not all of their needs are satisfied. During this year, workers in Ruinania, Bulgaria, and East Germany went on strike to protest the lack of meat and vegetables. In Poland, the recent strikes reveal the existence of widespread popular discontent. Onl y the hypocritical French Communist Party dared to say that overabundance, not misery, was the cause of the Polish crisis (L 'Express, 9-6-80). As a result, the populations in the communist states arc resorting to an extreme measure: the '. 'parallel economy." This black market economy in Russia, for example, accounts for some 16% of the Gross National Product. Hungarian reaction to the situation is quite candid, "Except for trucks, everything else is manufactured on the black market, and t he trucks themselves not for long ... " joked a Hungarian writing to the correspondent of L 'Express. In that country, a reported two out of three salaried workers deal in clandestine activities and some 50% of private income is drawn o ut of the "parallel market" (L 'Ex press, 9-13 -80). Obviously, if it were not for "philanthropic" help from the capitalist cou ntires, the Soviet empire wo uld have been ruined long ago, drained as it is by the various failures of the socialist system. Paradoxically, as reported in La Presse (Montreal, 7-4-80) between 1971

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and 1975, Russia itself was able to secure a third of its t otal agricul tu ral output thanks to the tiny portion of its territory in which private enterprise is tolerated. Failure is not, however, an exclusively Soviet privilege. Comm unist Cuba finds itself in an identical situation. At the beginning of this year, Cuba had to import sugar fo r internal consumption. Formerly, it was o ne of the principal sugar ex porting countries in the world. So much for the promised Marxist Utopia !

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SERVICE, A JOY I am knocking on your door once again dear atheist. In my last article, I p1ctu~ed you depresse9 _and reflocting upon whether or not hvmg was worth the trouble. Imagine then that to your spirit, bruised by life, calloused or even wounded, hot with fever, one of those figures appears about which }'Our chilhood innocence, dead. now for many years, used to dream. A queen, all majesty and smile, leads you by the hand into the rays of radiant, peaceful, rainbow-colored light surrounding her to help you. !'he atmosphere is o_f such purity that 1t seems fragrant ':V1th all the perfumes of nature: flowers, incense, or whatever. And you, dear atheist, let yourself be drawn. You walk gazing upon that figure even more beautiful than the ligh ts enveloping her, and more aro matic than the perfumes flowing from her: magni~i~cnt gifts t\)at ~he receives from an mv1s1ble but sovereign source not confounded with her but shining through her. You recognize how much foolishness there is m the great ocean of your sorrows. But now they are fo rgotten. You see that incommensurably beyond the daily sphere, in which your sorrows rage and multiply, there is a sublime and tranquil order of being which you will finally be able to enter. You perceive that only in th is higher order will you find that happiness that you looked for among the worms but which really dwells beyond the stars. More and more you gaze upon the Lady, a nd it begins to seem that you already knew her. You search her physiognomy trying to identify what it is that seems so profoundly familiar t o you. In someth ing about her gaze, m a certain peculiar note of affection in her smile, in some of the assurance that she radiates, rich in im plied expressions of affection, you recognize certai n ineffable fl ashes of soul that you saw in the most generous motions of soul of the earthly mother which you had or - if one of the innumerable forms o f orphanh ood in today's world should have befallen you - of the mother you would like to have had. You fix your gaze, and you see still more. Not just a mother, your mother, but someone - Someone - who seems to you the ineffable quintessence, the most complete synthesis of all the moth ers that were, are, and will be, of all the maternal virtues that man's intelligence and heart can know. Eve n more, she seems the complete synthesis of degrees of virtue that only sames, flying o n the wings of grace and heroism, know how to excogitate and approach. She is th e mother of all sons and of all mothers. She is the mother of all men. She is the moth er of the Man. Yes, of the Man-God, the God who became Man in her virginal womb, in order to redeem all men. She is a Mother defined by one word - Mare (Latin for Sea) from which , in turn, comes a name, a name that is a heaven: Mary.

Through Her come to you all graces a nd favors from the divine sun, infinitely superior but seeming to dwell in her (like the sun's rays seem to dwell in stained glass windows). You beg, and you see yourself heeded. You want, and see yourself satisfied. From the depth of the peace beginning to annoint and envelope you, you sense a kind of happiness emerging that is the radiant opposite of that which, until a short while ago, you frantically sought after. This earthly happiness, if yo u did have it, you finally went casting away, chronically frustrated, like a child pushing aside toys that no longer entertain him. Like a lily arising in a swamp or a spring welling up in a desert, some thing new begins to appear in the frustrated egoist that you were. This something new is no t egoism. t he exclusivistic love of yourself, but it is love; love of eternal principles, o f fulgurant ideals, and oflo_fty anct spotless causes, that you see shmmg in the ineffable lady and that you begin to desire to serve. Behold the name of your new happiness: To serve, to dedicate yourself, to immolate yourself, and all that belon~s to you. This felicity you will find m everything you formerly avoided: unrewarded dedication, misunderstood good will, logic scorned by hypocrites or ignored by ears not wishing to hear, confrontation with calumny which at times howls like a hurricane, then discreetly hisses like a serpent, now, finally, lies like a lukewarm breeze loaded with deadly miasmas. Your joy now consists of resisting so much infamy, advancing and overcoming even wounded, refus.e d, or ignored. Everything fo r the service of the Lady "clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars" (Apoc. 12, 1), Yes, everything to serve Her, and those who follow Her. You thought that happiness was to have everything. Now, on the contrary, you find that happiness consists of giving yourself completely. Perhaps you fear that I may be dreaming and making you also dream as you read these lines that your benevolence may have imagined delectable. Neither do I dream, make you dream nor are the lines that you have read dazzling. How colorless they are in comparison with the book I cited in the arncle, "Return to the To wer of Babel?," that is, the Treatise o n True Devotion to the Most Holy Virgin, by Saint Louis Maria Grignion de Montfort. In it, the famous missio nary of the end of the 17th Century and the beginning of the 18th (whose followers were the "Chouans," heroes of the fight against the atheistic and egalitarian French Revolution of the late 18th Century) justified, through an impeccably logical reasoning founded on the most solid truths of the Faith, the profile of the sanctity of Mary. He deeply scrutinized the meaning of her virginal maternity, her role in the Redemption of the human race, her position as Queen of

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Heaven and Earth, co-Redemptrix of men and universal mediatrix both of the graces that come to us from God as well as of the prayers of suffering humanity to Almighty God. In the light of all this, the Saint analyzes the providence of Mary and how this providence has each man lovingly in view in such a way that the Mother of the ManGod has for each one of us a love greater than the combined love of all the mothers in the world if it were concentrated on only one son. It was to attract you to the consideration of these great treasures, these great thoughts and th ese great truths that I resolved to write you. At t he same time, I fulfilled the desire of several brothers in the Faith, who want nothing more than to have you among them, very close . . . to Her. If grace has deigned to bedew my words, you have felt in you something like a distant music, so consonant with you, with your liveliest aspirations, that one would say it was composed for you. And you felt that you have (or you are) a thirst for harmony, and that you were born to give yourself to it. In a word, you are ordered for her and without her you arc nothing but disorder. And if, in the great harmony of the universe, even the most insignificant grain of sand, the most anonymous drop of water, and the lowest and most co ntorted worm of the earth has its place and its function, will it no t be the same with th e the order of the universeÂˇ (or, rather, with its highesr Âˇ , !{~) that is, the panorama of truths I just fi nished presenti ng to you th rough metaphors and that Saint Louis Maria Grignion deduces, in the most sane and firm .::onsistency , from the Catholic Faith, from that Faith which Saine Paul, in turn, defi ned as "rationabile obsequium" (Rom. 12, l)? If all this panorama that orders you, and without which you are o nly chaos, is false th en, in the universe so supremely ordered, you are - every man is a displaced being, pardo n the expression, but you are - and every man is - an excrescence, a wart, a cancer, a catastrophe. Can you imagine this being true of you, of us, of a ll men, who are in fact the royal apex o f that order? To believe that this is so, to believe in such a monstrous contradiction placed at the very apex of so perfect an order, is indeed, irrational. It is th e apotheosis of absurdity .

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Cathedral of Cologne Centenary

Cologne: view of the medieval city and the uncompleted catbedral. Detail from a view of the city by Anton Woensam, 1531

On October 15 , 1880, the last stone was placed in the 516-foot high southern tower of the Cologne Cathedral bringing to a completion the world's biggest gothic cathedral. Its construction cook over five centuries. The enormous but at the same time delicate cowers of the Cathedral project their marvelous stonework heavenwards. On the inside, a fantasy-like atmosphere is produced by the blended colors of th e sun filtering through the huge stained-glass windows. Today, the present edifice occupies the place of two former cathedrals.

The origins of one of them dates back to the first centuries of Christianity. (The city of Cologne is honored by having o ne of the first episcopal seats north of the Alps.) This first structure was built by Saint Matern. The other cathedral, consecrated in 873 A.D., originated in Carolingian times. This immense romanesque basilica was destroyed in a fire in 1248. In the following year, the present gothic monument was begun. The cathedral measures 481 ft. in length , 246 ft. in width, and is 516 ft. high.

Various saints are connected with the history of the city and the cathedral. In the church one may find the relics of Saint Ursula and of the Magi Kings which were transferred there from the city of Milan. Ma_ny times wars interrupted the construction of the cathedral. Anti-Catholic partisans of the French Revolution mutilated the building while construction was still in progress. The revolutionaries even went so far as to use the temple to stack hay. It was only in 1820 that the building was restored. It needed serious repair and already some factions were considering its demolition. However, a movement of pious souls undertook the task of repairing the damage caused by the ravages of both men and time. From that point on, the societies of the faithful as well as lovers of antiquity brought the gigantic work, first conceived centuries earlier by the Flemish architect, Gerhard Von Reyle, to a marvelous co nclusion . . To finance the construction, donat10ns po ured in from all sides, including the King of Prussia, Frederic William IV. The 4th of Septemb.:r, 1820 marked the second foundation of the cathed ral and after which the restoration went on undisturbed. In 1848, the main nave was completed. Then, in 1861 , the central needle was ready and, finally, on October 15, 1880, the immense scone towers crowned the building. Each year, to mark the anniversary of the cathedral, a ceremony is held in which the gold reliquaries, bearing the relics of the Magi Kings, are carried in procession with great pomp and brilliance.

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New Wave ''Rock''-A Dead-En ., Has Western culture come to a dead end? If music, like art and architecture. is the window of the soul, then the new wave of rock music that no~ dwells upon hopelessness and death is a harsh indictment of our civilization. While hard-core "punk" music is still making inroads in th e urban areas and small to~ns across the country, a new wave of "power pop" is exerting its own destructive influence over the mentality of our country's youth. Âˇ One such gro up , calling themselves "Blondie," recreates the simple rock sounds of the late S0's and early 60's but they sing songs with a peculiar pessimism. The group finds no meaning life. This is exemplified by one of the ir hits, "Parallel Lines," that emphasizes a notion of despair.

Another strain of the new wave is represented by a British gro up called, "The Police." They play a kind of white reggae sound. Reggae is black music popular in England among the large J amaican community there. Reggae grew o ut of the heretical Jamaican sect, the Rastafarians. Like their punk brethren, they take the Apocalypse literally and believe that the " last days" are upon us right now. Another post-punk gro up, "Public Image, Ltd.," features a lapsed Catholic. One of his rece nt contributions co m~sic is explicit blaspheming, a special vein that has heretofore gone unmined by other punk gro ups. An excerpt from a . recent album goes: "Stained glass windows keep the cold inside/While the hypocrites hide inside/With the lies of statues in their minds/Where Ch ristian

religion made them blind .. ./This is your religion ... This is your religion." The blasphemy of anti-religious rock is ~ot unli~e t he more sub tle and soph1st1cated bias of most American secularist "intellec tuals. " With a strange hypnosis, the new wave music in this co untry has attracted a growing number of liberal intellectuals (~ot unlike the decadent nobility at the time of the French Revolution) - despite its savagely anti-bourgeois tone. Liberal enthusiasm fo r the sou nd 1s both trendy and serious. Western culture finds itself at a crossroads. The question is will it continue to dance hypnotically down the the road indicated by the new wave ... to nowhere? Or will it rouse itself from the deadly slumber into which the new wave is lulling it?

Madrid Conference: ''See No Evil''

The East-West meeting of the Conference o n Compliance with the Helsinki Accords on European Security got off to a rough start in Madrid. Diplomats from the 3 5 coun tries represented at th e meeting have been at odds over the ground rules thatÂˇ have to accomodate the Soviet Union 's and t he Eastern European nations' miserable records in the matter of human rights. Several of t he communist bloc nations and the USSR itself have been cited by the Helsinki Commissio n for various violations of the 197 5 agreement. A 340-page Com mission report, which is to be presented to the Madrid review confere nce, now in progress, chronicles the religious and hum an rights violations of the Soviet Union, East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Rum ania, and Bulgaria. Hungary was the only co mmu nist-bloc nation that was shown to have "relative tolerance of diverse views." Findings contained in the report were based on the country's compliance with the Final Act;. of th e Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE). T he two-year lo ng CSCE conference was held to pledge increased cooperation between the nations of Eastern and Western Europe, reduce international tensions that remained since World War II and the Cold War, establish fo rmal bo rders, and foster cultural exchange (Such as the Russian tank ballet troupe in Afghanistan?) According to the Commissio n 's report, the following religious and human rights transgressions (?) have occurred : SOVIET UNION - The Soviet leadership has "regressed- if not reneged" on its human rights obligations as set forth in the Final Act of the Accords.

Since 1976, "Soviet authorities have imprisoned hundreds of human rights activists ... " EAST GERMANY Using " legal" and " psychological" tactics to silence dissent, East German authorit ies have instituted "stringent new laws" since 1979 designed to bring its cit izens to heel. Among the new repressive measures are house arrests, unlawful detent io ns and imprisonments, a tightening of censorship, unwarranted dismissals from employment, restrictions o n travel, deprivatio n of pare nts' rights, and forced immigration or exile. CZECHOSLOVAKIA - The report described Czechoslovakia's human rights record as "dismal" and called the state's repression of human rights activists as "unrelenting." The Commission called the autho ri ties' control over religion " total" and said religious activists were "frequent ly imprisoned and harrassed." POLAND - In Poland, widespread manifestations of popular discontent have been met with relative outward restraint (to date) on the part of the Polish communist leaders. While the report was issued prior to the labor unrest in that country, the authorities' handling of the crisis there bears this out. However, citizens must still live with th e unlawful 48-hour imprisonment regulatio n and the report cites cases of "police brutality and the imposition of longer prison terms." RUMANIA - The report shows concern at what is described as Rumania's "two-sided" approach to human rights. Inside the country, human rights activists are severely stifled. On the other hand, Rum anian authorit ies appear to respo nd to human rights concerns raised by th e West with cosmetic remedies and "limited accomo-

dation." The methods of repression in Rumania include "extra-judicial harrassment, police brutality, forced psychiatric confinement, and forced labor and imprisonment." . BULGARIA - The report cites "sparse" documentation on human rights violations. But when facts are available, t hey reveal severe repression of dissent. "The practice of religion beyo nd the strict limits set by the state is punished," the report said, "and state atheism is vigorously promoted." Given such an "embarrasing record," it is no wonder that t he Soviet delegatio n to the Madrid Conference has been trying to whittle down the time that th e main conference would devote to this subject. The at times riotous wranglings that occurred over procedures early in the Conference caused one diplomat to comment, " 1'm afraid what's happening there is a little bit of a picture of T ' Âˇ ~ state of t he world. It's not very go, is it?"

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~ E W ยง FLAยงJI8ICEยง CONTROLLING COMMUNICATIONS Under pressure from Third World countries, UNESCO Director-General Amadou Matar M'Bow has called for an in-<:lepth study of "worldwide communications' problems." They charge the Western countries dominate the news media. Britain and the United States oppose the "study" on the grounds that it will turn into a witch hunt that would endanger freedom of the press.

DARING DOGS The United States Army has started a parachute jumping course for police dogs so that they may accompany their soldier-masters on ai rborn e combat missions. They are first strapped to their masters' backs just to see how they like the ride. Later, the dogs get their own chutes. Unfortunately, the trainers have not been able to teach the dogs how to pack their own chutes.

SENSELESS DIRECTION .. . "fresh Florida seedless limes must have a diameter of at least 1-7/8 inches, up o ne-eighth of an inch from the standard they had to meet until July." according to a rulemaking proposal in the Federal Register? . . . Alcoholic beverage ingredie nt labels will have to reveal that the product includes water, but not if the water is used only for rinsing or washing ma chinery or facilitating processing aids." also contained in the Federal Register.

A TAXING SITUATION During the period from 1971 to 1977, the cost of living rose 45.4 percent. Not to be outdone, federal, state and local government tax collectors posed an increase of 59.4 percent, with income tax collections up 70.6 percent. In 1971, the government collected $382 billion in taxes. Seven years later, the figure had soared to $657 billion. Who pays? A recent study, "The Distribution of the Tax Burden, published by American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research explains that the wealthiest 15 percent of the households in this country already pay approximately half of al l federa l taxes. Just the top ten percent pay contribute about 40 percent of the tax receipts. Based on figures from 1976 statistics, their research confirms the fact that the overall tax system is highly progressive. The tax rates rise from 11.8 percent for the poorest households to

Federal tomfoolery: "Student teach thyself!"

GOVERNMENT HIGH SCHOOL FLUNKS OUT An experimental high school in Oregon where students addressed their teachers by their first name and designed their own courses and projects has failed. The school building, built

38.3 percent for the wea lthiest 10 percent. The tota l tax receipts for 1976 were $459 billion ... or approximately 29 percent of all before tax income.

THE WEAPONS MARKET General Mustafa Tlas, the Syrian Defense Minister. was recently sent to Paris by Syrian President Hafez Assad. The trip was billed as a private visit, of course. But his agenda included an order to buy air-to-surface missiles. For this purpose, the general had his pockets well-lined . Th e Lybian Muammon Khadafi had offered the Syrians some 3.5 billion francs.

to hold 1,600 students, oever saw more than 700. The twelve-year old school project has been besieged by a number of problems and is expected to close. However, the catastrophic results wi ll stand as a $ 10 million monument to the alchemists of egalitarianism in U.S. schools.

SUICIDES ON THE RISE IN EUROPE The so-called "neuro-vegetative disturbances" are continuously increasing all over th e European continent: 20% in Italy and 70% in the North of Europe. Drug abuse is causing a constantly increasing incidence of insan ity 19 teenagers. In the end it is no surprise that , in Europe, more than 100,000 people commit su icide every year.

FREEDOM TO LIE

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The move by officials in the government of the Canadian province of Manitoba to outlaw lies during the period of election campaigns found strong opposition from Congressman Sidney Green. Green call ed the proposed plan "a terrib le blow against democracy." Th e Canadian Congressman went further charging that the idea was "totalitarian, dangerous, and impracticable," and added it would interfere with the freedom of expression of both politicians and journalists.

Federal drug officials are worried that the United States may be on the brink of another heroin epidemic. Opium production is in the increase in the Middle East. And heroin purity is on the upswing - a sign that opium is becoming cheap and plentiful. Poppies are grown abundantly in Iran and Afghanistan. Borders in the areas are unguarded, and Kurdish drug traffickers are smuggling the product into Europe. Chances are that much of it w ill rear its ugly head on the streets of America.

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A recent report by the prestigious Republican Study Committee states that the Carter Administration will soon permit the impo rtation of automobiles made in the Soviet Union has sent Washington bureaucrats scurrying fo r cover. The repo rt carried t he news that the Administration "was considering importing 50,000 com pact cars m ade in Russia." Such a move o nly spo tl ights even m ore the blatant hypocrisy of the current U.S. policy on human rights. This news comes o n the heels of recent revelatio ns th at as many a five million prisoners are being held in Soviet labo r cam ps under condi tions that can only be termed slave labo r. Inquiry into the rumors revealed th at a New York-based firm wit h a Washington office has been try ing fo r seven years to sec ure an okay to import the Russian-made com pact car called, Ladas. The firm 's name is SATRA, an acronym fo r Soviet American Trade Associatio n. T heir current marketing plan is aimed to ward importing 5,000 Ladas in 198 1 with an ultima te objective of importing 50 ,000 per an num. What has been th e biggest hurdle to these negotiations? The matter of the Soviet record on human right violati ons? Wro ng! The problem has been, according to a Commerce official, t he

clearance of the car by th e Environmental Protec tion Agency ( EPA). The EPA has no t certifi ed th e Ladas yet because it does no t mee t the 198 1 polluti on control standards. What 's m ore , the official is reported as saying that it might not pass Department of Transpo rtatio n (DOT) collisio n and o ther safety specificati o ns . The im pressio n that one draws fro m all this is th at t he o nly problem with the imp ortati on of the vehicle fro m th e communists is chat t he car isn' t clean o r safe eno ugh to be o n U.S. streets yet. Just how clean are the hands of the manufacturers of the Ladas has been demo nstrate d recentl y in an article by a Soviet prisoner published in the newspaper La Libre Belgique . In the article, writ ing under t he name Orlov, the prisoner affirms that there are five million citizens condemned to forced labo r. Orlov, himself, is in terned in the camp at Perm , in the Urals. He was sentenced last year to seven years of deportation fo r " anti-Sovie t activities." Three million out of a total of fi ve millio n prisoners, or two percent of the whole populations, are declared to be "alcoholics." According to Orl ov, the great majority are imprisoned o n acco unt of "problems arising out of the general

condi tio ns" of life in Russia. Other factors are the advantages that the State draws fro m fo rced labor (the Ladas , no d oubt) a nd t he "inhuman" principle of "re-educat ion." He points o ut that these penal colo nies are "real schools of crime and immorality .'' And he adds t hat the "crime rate is ten times higher than it is in the West ." The article co ncludes, .-ming th at " the situation of millio n~ of ci tizens occupied in fo rced labor camps is comparable to that of slaves in o th er times. " Notwithstanding such an obvio us tyranny over the Russ.ian people, the Environmental Pro tectio n Agency is now considering relaxing auto emissio ns specificatio ns fo r manufacturers by giving them m ore time to meet th e standards. T his ty pe of proposal, if implemented, wo ul d certainly bene fit Lada manufac turers as well. Commerce officials say t hat the importatio n of th e Russian-made cars will only have a diminutive effect on the already limping U.S. auto indust ry. . In turn, it sho uld have a highly negative psychological effect o n the millions of prisoners in t he Soviet prison camps.

Losing Face

In a debate at the Carlos Erba Foundation in Milan, Professors Umberto Solimene and Bruno Pieroni lectured on

set forth many sets of rules, norms, and the like, which are based on the principle that diseases appear when the physical and psychic balance is broken. Curiously, they go o n to advise people to be "humble," "honest," "simple," and to respect their teachers who in Red China, happen to teach their pupils Marxism. The Peking regime thus forms obedient little sheep. . It was further revealed in the Milan lecture that on mainland China there are 390,000 doctors for the 900 million inhabitants. Furtherm'ore, many doctors do not have the confidence of the public. After the Cultural Revolution of 1966, the population prefers to go to a pharmacy rather than consult a doctor with a post 1966 diploma.

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Animal "Anxieties " Like men, animals are rejecting industrial civilization. In animal "hospitals," veterinarians and ~ther specialists every day are diagnosing a growing number of ulcers, cases of "stress," circulatory problems, behavioral irregularities, and even cannibalism. In England , for example, where people are traditionally sensitive about the welfare of horses and sheep, the government has just set up a "Council for the Well-Being of Farm Animals." For many years, researchers of France's National Institute for Agrarian Research ( !NRA) have been thoroughly analyzing the laws of animal behavior. Their conclusion: in every hog, cow, or chicken, there is a dormant man with his fears, his anguishes and his joys. Translating all this barnyard behavior into terms of the marketplace means that the meat of an anguished an imal has neither the same taste, weight, nor - above all - the same price as the meat of a contented animal. What has been done, up un til now, to improve the well being of farm animals? T hey are given tranquillizers so that they can bear up under long trips; bulls' ho rns are sanded down so they will become innocuous; so are cocks' spurs and pigs' tusks. Hen are even given dark glasses so that they can't see one another. "Worse than an error, a crime !", !NRA researchers exclaim. But they are not advocating a return to the good old days. Economic conditions don't permit it.

Bow and Arrows The sport of archery was thought to have been consigned to the storeroom of History with the battle of Crecy in France and the Scottish archers of Louis X I, or with the old movies such as Errol Flynn's performance of Robin Hood. Well, not quite. Archery has become a modern-day sport, undoubtedly because it is part, in its spirit and practice, of the reaction against the several degradations of today 's world. The sport is easy ~ it can be practiced by young and old; wholesome all you have to do is breathe, walk, and draw the bow. And, of course, it is cheaper.

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No.11

Vol. II

1980

Synod In Rome

Catholic Church at a Crossroads Gathered in Rome for the recent Synod, the Bishops representing Conferences of Bishops from the whole Catholic world attempted to make an assessment of the state of today's families in order to see what measures t o take in view of th e problems of the modern world. Faced with the onslaught of modern neopaganism against Catholic morality, many prelates had already raised the question on whether the Church should modify its attitude regarding those who had fallen away from thepracticeofits norms, notab ly concerning sexual matters. Suc h prelates voiced the illusory hope, nourished by progressivist cirdes, of a future "remodeling" of Catholic doctrine and morality. Press reports during the Sy nod seemed to justify the progressivists' expectati ons that it would begin "reforming" Catholic morality, or at least, some of its fundamental points. News reports from Rome said the Bishops had raised questions on whether: a) The Church may adopt less stringent norms regarding birth control ; b) Remarriage Âˇis acceptable for divorced Catholics. Specialists observing the Synod did not exclude the idea of a search for an intermediary formula through which, without changing the principles, Church autho rities would show a certai n tolerance to Catholics who resorted to divorce or contraceptives. Such a tolerance, it was said, could go so far as to adm it to the Sacraments Catholics in irregular situations. This attempt at a "solutio n" was based o n the observation that, in the eyes of innumerable Catholics, a "reformulation " of Cat holic morality would amount to a rupture with the Church. Indeed, the fo undations of Catholic doctrine and morality are immutable and cannot be modified by any authors ity. "Reformulating" them would amount to form ulating a different doctrine and morality, and therefore a new religion . On analyzing the current state of customs, that is, the frightening moral

St. Peter's basilica .in Rome. More tban just a crossroads of nations? decadence resulting from modern neopaganism, the Synod was oblige d to take a stand before a phenomenon that clashes with fundamental points of the doctrine of the Church - points coming from Revelation or from do_gmatic definitions of the Supreme Mag1sterium. Opposing sol utions were suggested in the Synod. But, according to the press, its final decisions, not yet published, have ratified the traditional doctrine of the Church. This time, as in few occasions in History, a suspense has been created in the public mind: In what direction will the Barque of St. Peter sail amidst the storm of disorderly passions shaking the contemporary worfd? And given the very important role of Catholicism in North America, and its decisive influ-

ence in South America, where can the results of the Sy nod lead our whole hemisphere? It is still early to make a wellpondered, overall analys is of the Synod. However, a statement by Cardinal Quinn, Archbishop of San Francisco, increased people's reasons for concern. While reaffirming his support of the principles contained in J-lumanae Vitae, Quinn maintained that 80 per ce nt of American Catholic women use contraceptive methods condem ned by the Church. T his stunning figure, whose gradual growth had not been denounced by American Catholic autho rities so fa r, became known only after Cardinal Quinn's statements to t he Synod. In these ci rcumstances, could it be that a large number of these women who regularly make use of contracep-

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first born daughter of the Church! In how many more countries is t he number of such sacrileges multiplying? Upon instituting the Holy Eucharist, Our Lord Jesus Ch rist had a perfect knowledge of all the sacrileges of which it would be the object. His infinite goodness was determined to bear all affronts for t he good it would do in the souls of those who received it worthily. He therefore entrusted His Most Sacred Body to the Apostles and their

tive methods, continue to receive the Holy Eucharist? It is known that, in general, priests have acquired the habit of adm itting these women to Communion or giving them absolution without demanding -that they abandon t he practices condemned by the Ch urch. This means that to make a pessimistic calculation, if one accepts as valid the statistics given by Cardinal Quinn , the Body of Christ is sacrilegio usly given innumerable times during the 365 days of the year by the very custodians of the Blessed Sacrament. Adding to this formidable multipl ication of sacrilege as deduced from Cardinal Quinn's affirmations, is the declaration of Msgr. J ose Campos, Bishop of Divinopolis, Brazil, that in his country the same percentage of Catholic women make use of antin atural methods of contraception. In th is way, if we accept these figures as roughly corresponding to reality, and discount some possible exaggeration, we have an apocalyptic panorama arising before the Catholic world. In the world 's greatest power, and in th e world 's largest Catholic nation, the Body of Christ is given by consecrated

Cardinal Quinn: Surprising statistics?

bands to an ever growing number of unworthy persons. A few days before t he Synod's closing, a news dispatch from France reported that, there as well, a majority of Catholics favor artificial birth co ntrol. So th is alarm ing situation also exists in the

successors with the obligation of wat ching, as perfectly as possible, that it not be given to the unworth y. Could it be that the news arising from the Synod will stir up a greater zeal for the preservation of this inestimable treasure, that is, the Holy Eucharist? If this is the case, one must expect that measures be taken to solve this problem at its root and eradicate the evil. However, would these measures be sufficient now? The contemporary moral crisis is so far-reaching and widespread that, in the view of many, a miracle is needed in addi tion to all of the indispensable concrete m easures. Could it be that we are entering an era in wh ich a miracle is the gran d solution?

SALT II NAIVETE In the waning days of the 1980 Presidential Election campaign, Preside nt Jimm y Carter , in o ne last attempt to save the SALT II treaty was quoted as assuring his audience "as a gentlem an, a Southerner, and a President " that SALT II was verifiable. He went on to say that, "My belief is that the treaty as nego tiated is good. It's a treaty of balance, it ca n be confi rm ed, and leads to the lowering of nuclear arsenals of bo th our natio ns." So much for the fantasy . . . no w t he facts. An article in Aviation Week recently revealed what appears to be calculat ed attem pts by the Soviets to evade the arms limitatio ns not only in the SALT 11 treaty b u t the SALT I and ABM accords as well. T he articl e points out that the Soviets have recently resumed testing portions of their immense anti-aircraft network against sim ulated missi le attacks, a clear violation of the ABM t reaty. In addition, they have practiced rapid reloading of missile-launching silos, an ominous contravention of SALT II terms that imp ose a limit of one missil e per laun ching silo.

Aviation Week goes on to point ou t that the Soviets have concealed the results of a submarine-launched ballistic missile test, a practice that prevents U. S. monit oring of a Soviet weapons development that may violate SALT limits. In add ition, the Soviets have rested a new, long-range cruise missile fired from a Backfi re bomber - under SALT II , arming the Backfire with such a weapon would require that the plane be counted as a strategic launcher and not, as the Russians have insisted, a tactical weapon exempt from treaty limits.

In comparison to t he U.S. space program, th e USSR is doing much more both in manned and unmaned flights. Congressional estimates show they launched satellites once every three-anda-half days d u ring 1979 an d the first half of 1980. The U.S. launc hed a satellite o nce every three-and-a-half weeks. Suc h disconcerting news o n obvious Soviet treachery in the face of the past admin istra tion's naivete can only firm up the resolve of the American public for a drast ic change in t he military posture ot the country vis-a-vis the Soviet threat.

Ne ith er have the Soviets been sitting o n their hands as regards the use of outer space for military purposes. The consensus of space programs analysts is that Soviet research and development has been cente red on " m ilitary reco nnaissance and prestige. " Their missions have always been m o re mi litary-oriented than those of the U.S . . and Soviet cosmonauts spend a considerable part of th eir time in recon naissance of th e Earth. Because of their low orb its and communication frequencies, th ree out of the last six Saly ut fli gh ts over the last decade were labeled primaril y military missions by the Congressional Re- Carter at SALT II :" T he }till' pri11t search Service. tak eth away."

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Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira

Obey In Order to Be Free No, dear atheist. Giving a distant echo to the words of the Bishop Saint Remigius up on baptizing Clovis , t he first Christian Ki ng of the Franks, I say to you: "Burn what you have adored and adore what you have burned." Yes, burn egoism, doubt, apathy, and, moved by the love of God, love and serve and fight for the Faith, for the Church, and fo r Ch ristian Civilization. Sacrifice yourself. Renounce yourself. How? Like t hey did throughout the ages, those who fo ught for Jesus Christ the "good fight" (2 Tim. 4,7) . And yo u will do it remarkably well if you fo llow the method defined and justified by St. Louis Maria Grignion de Montfort. It concerns the "slavery of love" to the Most Holy Virgi n. Slavery ... a harsh a nd strange word, especi::11;Âˇ for modern ears, accustomed to heari1,g talk at every moment about d isalienation and liberation, and more and more inclined to the grand anarchy which, like a skeleton wit h sickle in hand , seems to laugh sinisterly at men as it waits for them at the threshold of the exi t from t he Twent ieth Centu ry. Now, there is a slavery that frees, and a liberty that enslaves. A man fu lfilling his obligations was forme rl y said to be a "slave of duty." In fact, he was a man at the height of his liberty, a man who, through a completely personal act of will, understood the ways that befell him to follow, deliberated with manly vigor to pursue them, and overcame the assault of the disorderly passions that tried to blind him, weaken his will, and block the way he had freely chose n. Free was the mar, who, having won this supreme victory, walked with a firm step in the proper direction. On the contrary, he wh o all owed himself to be dragged by the unruly passio ns in a direction that nei ther his reason did approve, nor his will prefer, was a "slave." These really defeated people were called "slaves of vice." Out of slavery to vice, they had "liberaÂˇ red" themselves from the wholesome dominion of reason. With his brilliant skill, Leo X III explained these concepts of liberty and servitude in his encyclical, "Libertas." Today everything is inverted. A "hippie" going about aimlessly, with a flower in his hand, or spreading terror as he

wishes with a bomb in his hand, is regarded as a model of "free" man. On the contrary, whoever lives in obedience to the laws of God and of men is considered to be t ied up, no t free. In the current perspective , "free " is whoever the law permits to buy the drugs he wants and use them as he wishes, and, fi nally, enslave himself to them. And enslaving and tyrannical is the law fo rbidding man to become enslaved to drugs. In this cross-eyed perspective made fro m an inversio n of values, t he religious vow through which , knowingly and in all freedom, a monk renou nces any step backward and surrenders himself to t he abnegated service of t he highest Christian ideals, is always enslaving. In that act , in order to protect his dec ision against the ty ranny of his own weakness, the monk subjects himself to the authority of vigilant superiors. Today, whoever binds himself in this way to keep himself free from his bad passio ns is liable to be considered a vile slave. As if his su perior imposed upon hi m a yoke that cut off his will. Instead, the superior serves as a handrail fo r the elevated souls that asp ire, free and fearless - without y ielding to the dangerous vertigo of the heights - to climb to the top of the stairways of the highest ideals. In brief, some consider him free who, with his reason fogged and his will shattered an d driven by the madness of his senses, has the capability of sli ding voluptuously downward in the toboggan of bad manners. And he is a "slave" who serves his own reason, overcomes with his will power his own passio ns, obeys divine and human laws, and puts order into practice. In that perspective, "slave," above all, is he who, in o rder to more completely guarantee his liberty, freely chooses to su bmit himself to authorities that guide him where he wants to arrive. This is how far we are led by the prese nt atmosphere, imp regnated with Freudianism ! It was from another perspective that St. Louis Maria Gr ignion de Montfort devised the "slavery of love" to Our Lady, a slavery proper to all ages and to all states in life: lay, priestÂˇ hood, religious, and so on.

What does the wo rd "love" mean , joined to the word "slavery" in a surprisi ng way, since the latter is dominion brutally imposed by the strong upon the weak, by t he egotistical u pon the wretched whom he exploits? In healthy philosophy, " love" is the act by wh ich t he will freely wants someth ing. In this way , also in current language, " to want " and "to love" a re words that can be used in t he same sense. "Slavery of love" is t he no ble apex of the act by which someone freely gives himself to an ideal, to a cause, or, at tim es, binds himself to another. The holy affection and the duties of matrimony have something that bind , that join, that enable. In Spanish, handcuffs are called "spouses." The metaphor makes us smile; and since it alludes to ind issolubility, it can bring a chill to those who believe in divorce. In Portuguese we speak of the "bonds" of matrimony. More bind ing than the state of a married man is that of a priest. And, in a certai n sense, still more binding is that of the religious. T he higher the state freely chosen, the stro nger the bond, and t he more authentic the liberty . So, St. Louis Grign io n proposes that t he faithful consecrate t hemselves freely to the Most Hn 1 "irgin as "slaves of love," giving I heir bodies and their sou ls, their interior possessions as well as their exterior goods, and even the value of their good works past, present, and fut ure, so that Our Lady might dispose of them for the greater glory of God in time and in eternity (cf. "Consecration of Oneself to J esus Christ, the Incarn ate Wisdom, through the hands of Mary"). In exchange, as a sublime Mother, Our Lady obtains for her "slaves of love" the graces of God that elevate t heir intelligences to the most lucid understanding of the highest themes of the Faith, that grant their wills an angelic strength to rise freely to those ideals and to conquer all the interior and exterior obstacles that unduly o ppose themselves to them. But, someone will ask, how will a monk, already subject under

vow to the authority of a superior, be able to begin practicing this diaphanous and angelic liberty? Nothing is easier. If he is a monk through a call of God (vocation), it is therefore by the will of God that the religious obeys his superiors. The will oJ God is the will of Our Lady. In this way, th e religious always finds himself consecrated as a "slave of love" to Our Lady; it is as her slave that he obeys his own superior. Th e voice of this man is, for him, like the very vo ice of Our Lady on earth. Calling all men to the heights of liberty afforded by the "slavery of love," St. Louis Grignion does it in terms so prudent that they allow ample room for important nuances. His "slavery of love," so full of special meaning fo r the persons b ound by vow to the religious state, can be equally practiced by secular priests or laymen because, unlike the reli-

gious vows that bind for a certain period or for an entire life, the "slave of love" can leave th is most elevated condition at any moment without ipso facto committing sin. And while the religious who disobeys his rule incurs a sin, the lay "slave of love" does not commit any sin by the simple fact of contradicting in something the total generosity of the gift that he made. This done, the layman maintains himself in this condition of slavery through a free act, implicitly or explicitly repeated eac h day, or better, at each instant. The "slavery of love" is, then, for all t!1e faithful that angelic and supreme liberty with which Our Lady waits for us at the thresh old of the Twenty-first Century, smiling, attractive , inviting us to her Reign, according to her promise in Fatima: " In the end, My Imm aculate Heare will triumph!"

Come, dear atheist, convert and walk with me, with all the "slaves of love" of Mary, towards that Reign of supremely ordered liberty and of supremely free order, to which the Slave of Our Lord, the Queen of Heaven, invites you. And turn aside from the threshold in which, like a skeleton laughing macabrely, the devil holds in his hand the sickle of liberty supremely enslaving and of slavery supremely libertarian: the sickle of anarchy.

Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira, a thinker and writer of world-wide renown, is the founder of the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property, the largest anticommunist organization in Brazil and President of its National Council. Professor de Oliveira has a syndicated column in the Folha de Sao Paulo, the newspaper with the largest circulation in Brazil.

--HINDU HELL-In certain "intellectual"circles it is fashionable to denigrate Christian Civilization. They deny the West owes Christianity the best it has ever had am! whatever it still does have. But in the French magazine Monde et Vie , Thomas Molnar describes what he saw in a 1egion of India not yet illuminated by Christianity. "I was in Benares, a sacred city in the banks of the Ganges River, where a crowd of pilgrims gathers every day alongside the funeral pyres whose ashes are thrown into the great river. I lost the joy of living, of helping men, of improving the creation which God has encrusted to us. I know that these declarÂˇ ations, bordering on blasphemy, are grave, but let the reader judge for himself. Here a wretched wom an drags two dead rats on a disgusting cloth ; farther on, two beggars, squatting o n the filth, raise their emaciated a rms. Th e crowd heaps together before a temple with a golden roof, but completely dirty, containing ho rrible statues in gesticulating poses. Nearly naked old men roam about the narrow streets; one would say they are corpses that still breathe but are covered with all kinds of illnesses. Surrounding all this, as a background for this quasi-humanity that moves an d bubbles, is a feeling of noth ingness, (a feeling that goes) even beyond despair. But the bottom of hell has not been reached yet. To do it you have to go down the wide steps leading to t he bank of the river. No picture, no description could convey the impression that strikes you then. Thousands, dozens of thousands of beings show themselves in different d egrees of unconscious nakedness, bathe themselves, wash their teeth, drink, wash t heir clothes and a thousand other things, making you nauseated by their bestiality. Because the river is

Hindus bathing in a "sacred" river

The Ghats at Benares unspeakably dirty, the filth floats all over, like a gutter of this "city" of manure. And yet people take that water into their mouths, gargle, spit it back, while others use it to wash their heads and the rags they dress in. Whe n our boat sails befo re the skyline of Benares, other in ferna l scenes parade to o ur s tunned eyes. Our stomachs go topsyturvy a t this exhibition of filth "washed" in murky waters where the ashc r -reÂˇ mated cadavers arc mixed with he uncleanliness th at this hallucinatin!; c.:ity is capable of throwing o ut. Hippies of both sexes smoke Haschisch in rented floatin g houses dirty to the nth degree. They share their heroin with poor pariahs who can' t go o n any mo re and die, exhausted.at 30 years of age. Our most elemencary notions, which are now being discredi ted, are manifested here as dazzling truths. In th e first place one sees that all religions are equal neither in their intrinsic value, nor in what concerns the behavior that they prescribe and encourage. I repeat that in this mo rning foray through the streets and the river , I fe lt the devil's breath blowing on m e from all parts. The people, worse than animals because o f their indecency, wallow on filth; their gestures and looks, unbearable to one's eyes, were like a second nature, a mixture of savagery and vice."

Apparitions in Egypt "The Most Holy Virgin returns to the place where she was exiled during the reign of Herod. But these apparitions are unusual, for everyone sees her and is able to photograph her. The many conversions and miracles have led the Coptic patriarch Kirios V I to recognize the supernatural character of the apparitions, which he considers a blessing and a sign of peace for the whole world. The pilgrims (Catholics, Orthodox, Moslems) acclaim her, pray and sing to her. All that was missing was an orderly narration of the facts and a critical analysis of the witnesses, especially representatives from the Catholic Church and the Coptic Church who have personally seen or studied the phenomenon. This is what has just happened thanks to the nearl y sim ultaneous publication

of three books in France, England and Germany respectively. A summary of th e first book, whose title is Les Apparitious de la Vierge en Egipte en 19681969, was published by the Frenc h magazine L 'Homme Nouveau. Zeitoun, a name meaning o live grove, is loca ted in Heliopolis, in the northern tip of Cairo. According to tradition, it is there t hat the Holy Family took refuge. Right next to Touman-Bey Street there is a beau tiful church of the Coptic rite, Sc. Mary 's, dedicated to Our Lady, wh ich commemorates precisely the pasage of (:hrist through Egypt. This churc h has a large central dome surrounded by four smaller domes. le is over this chu rch chat the apparitions cook place daily for more than two years. An average of 50,000 people gathered for the apparitions. There were nights when this figure went up to 100,000, and some say, even 250,000. During the apparitions, the Virgin never spoke. Th e apparitions were more frequent on feast days of Our Lady. Wh e n the Virgin appeared, the crowd acclaimed her and invoked her with enthusiasm. Catholics and Co pes cha nced hymns; Moslems recited versicles of t he Kh oram . Another singular phenomenon was the presence of mysterious beings with the shape of doves but slightly larger; they w ere immaculately white, rad iated light, and could be seen before, during and after the appa ritions. They appeared and disappeared sudden ly, as though they were floating in the ai r. "Thar was a collective hallucination," someone may say. But how could that be, since both the Virgin and the birds were photographed? "On April 2 3, 1968, the Coptic patriarch, Kirios V I, instituted a canonical commission to study these phenomena. After an in-depth examination, the commission presen ted a report which the patriarch used as a basis fo r an offical docum ent "recognizing with faith and jubilation char the Most Holy Virgin

Journey into Egypt. From the Nonnberg 1-Iigb Altar, Salzburg, 151 5 appeared several times under clear a nd asked by government officia ls , confirmed their belief in the apparitions. regular forms, on va rious days . .. " "In his turn, Cardinal Stephanos, the patriarch of Catholics of the Coptic ri te, and ArchmandriteÂˇ' Ai rut, of From: Cavaleiro da l111a c11!11da, Avenca (Portugal), 9-10-80. the Greek Catholic Church, on being

A royal reception for the Holy Family at the Egyptian border

~ EW S F L ASJI8ICE§ PEKING FACES MORE CHAOS Po litical co rruptio n in commu nist Ch ina is beco ming graver every day. Hua ng Huo-ch ing, t he prosecuto r of Pek ing's People's Sup reme Prosecut or Offi ce, ad.mi tte9 t h at last year alo ne government o ffi cials were involved in no less t han 10,000 crim es.

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women laborers: After 23 years, still building the prosperous so· ciety

O n the econom ic fro nt, the Congress (Fi h h People's National Congress) revealed that 11 .3 mill ion people a re "une mp loyed." On 9/6/80 , a New China News Agency b roadcast mon ito red in T aiwan revealed t hat t he pe r capita inco me in t he mainl and last year was on ly 2 20 do ll a rs. In 1957 the Ch inese commu ni sts anno unced they wou ld bu ild a prosperous society w ithin 15 years; 23 yea rs after th at , he re a re t he results.

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. American leader with suc h deep sympathy for Africa." Th e sym pathy, the newspape r made clea r, concerned t he Ca rte r Administration's stance against Sout h Africa. In Nai robi, the Daily Nation also q ue ri ed Reagan's attit ude toward South ern Africa, more especiall y if h is "concern with communism" overshadowed t he " race q uestion."

REAL LIFE FAIRY TALES The Soviet News Agency TASS might fi nd it surprising but most West· erners can probably underst and why fa irytales outsell all other types of books in the Soviet Union. Ana lysts of the phenomenor'n said that th e Russians were accustomed to fairy tales beca use th ey were not real - like the TASS news re ports.

Nyerere of Tanzania

AFRICAN REACTION TO REAGAN Africa is having m ixed reactions to Ro nald Reagan as t he next Presi· de nt of the Un ited States. As reported in To the Point (1 1/2 1/80) J u lius Nyere re, the soc ialist President of Tanzania, was almost warm in his reaction, wishing Reagan we ll and offering cooperation on t he ba· sis of "common nat iona l comm itments, human eq uality a nd the rights of peoples to determine free ly their own d estinies." The official Zambian gove rnm ent newspaper, the Daily Mail, was not as cordial. It reported: 'We cons ider the abrupt departure of Mr. Carte r from t he presidency sad because it may not be possib le for Africa to fi nd a nother

NUMBERS DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Th e cost of c hanging from the current five digit zip code to the p roposed ni ne digit code wou ld be nearly one bil· lion d oll ars to the Postal Service just for new equipment. T he cost t o various busi nesses a nd organizations utilizing mai li ng lists is estimated at another b il lion.

PARENT/CHILD " DIVORCE " A 13-yr.-old Swedish girl has obta ined a d ivorce from her mother. In the f irst decision of its kind, handed down by a court, the gi rl was given permission to be adopted by another fami ly. He r parents were separated several years ago and she complai ned that the at· mosphere at home had become "unbearable" since that t ime.

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HIGH LIGHTS A large sect ion of t he State of Florida will soon be " lit up" on marijuana t hanks to a cont ract signed recently with the Un ited Stat es Customs Bureau. Hundreds of t ons of the weed that are seized each year in t he st ate w ill be b urned as fue l in the t ur bines of the F lo rida Power a nd Light Company.

CRIMINAL TREATMENT London's famous Scotland Yard investigative unit m ust be slipping. Rather t han relying on their tradi t ional methods of sleuthing to track down criminals, now police officials are asking for authority to hypnotize crime w itnesses in the hope that they will u nconscio usly reveal d etails l mes th ey t hought unimportant . ~ -- ,-Jects wou ld not have to undergo such treatment.

PHANTOM WORKERS The Italian Civil Service is haunted by thousands of phantoms - people w h o are never at the office or who work o nl y a few ho urs a day. Over ha lf of the 1.75 mil lion "ministerials," as they are ca lled, cla im they h ave noth ing to do, as reported by the National Statistica l Institute. In Rome itself, 3 1% of the population are civil servants. A survey of what civi l workers do when there is no work at t he office showed that half of t hem read newspapers; a quarter spent t h eir t ime telephoning and gossip· p ing and ten percent ind ulged in such creative activities as knitting. It was not unusual to a mothe r to explain about her son's sweater: " I did it at t he m inistry, you know."

Frantic Leisure "If you want to parachute, come in after twelve noon; if you are looking for a racetrack ih the desert, I can indicate one to you; if you've always dreamed of becoming a clown or playing in a circus, I can get you into a course at Los Angeles University. If you 're a rock fan, I know a school in San Francisco ... You can do everything in California. Everything, everything, everything. I have more than 900 different activities catalogued. Ropewalking, weight-lifting, beauty contests or pastry contests ... Rick sighs deeply and continues: "Learn how to whistle, read palms; learn book binding, watchmaking, Filipino cuisine, modern math, bullfighting, surfing, witchcraft, absolutely everything. There are even people who ask me to teach them how to do nothing." Rick Evans is "Mr. Leisure," as he calls himself. Through his company, he takes charge of filling in the free time of those who don't know how to -reflect. "In California, people are swamped with information and are incapable of choosing. My work is to help them find their way in this chaos." "Rest is an entirely new concept. People are much more disposed to admit having a sexual problem than to confess they have difficulties organizing their rest." Rick wants to use his expertise only in California. "In the East coast, people need even more help. But they are not ready to receive it. The principle of a 'leisure consultant' is very Californian." Californian? Yes, Rick affirms, for "here everyone pays anyone to do anything in his place ... " The fact is that people here work less and less and entertain themselves

more and more. The American Chamber of Commerce announces, for the year 2000, a 3 2-hour work week that promises much recreation. Presently, 17 million people work o nly part time, while 3 .5 million have returned to the universities . . . to rest. The Briarpatch Network already has nearly 200 members around the San Francisco Bay Area. Its goal: to work for rest in joy. They say: "With a good network of friends, all is possible. We want to transform business experience

into a celebration of life.'' The principle is: "I give you a 'shiatsu' massage and you teach me Esperanto; you teach me Swiss watchmaking and I build a solar oven for you; I unplug your sink and you hold a magnetism session for me ... " Water sports is one of the first sectors to have an impressive success after a year and a half. Water skiing is spreading fast . Someone even came out with the idea of dotting the whole coast of California with artificial islands and and sandbanks. Another fast-growing sector: electronic games. The video games enable you to play baseball, basketball, hockey or golf in any pizza parlor. Even better: for 40 million pennies you can travel in a submarine. : .at ho~e. Thanks to films projected on huge screens, sound effects and an electronic mechanism of control, its feels as though you really were there. Its producer, Dorion Precision Systems, has announced the next attraction: a simulated flight on a delta wing. Longer vacations, workless Mondays, anticipated retirement, health above all. ..Today, one out of 15 families has a swimming pool, one out of 5 persons plays golf, and 500,000 surfists crpwd the beaches. 75,000 Californians practice transcendental meditation. To have an iron health and a morale of steel, they invest without economizing. According to "positive thinking," happiness begins with the appearance of happiness ... _However, since appearance is only skm deep, true happiness will never result from this inordiante desire for pleasure.

SCALPEL ADDICTION Something that psychiatrists call "Munchhausen syndrome" - after an earl of the 18th Century who was a famous liar - is giving more and more trouble to doctors, especially surgeons. Psychiatry defines "Munchhausen syndrome" as a "surgeon craze" or a desire to "undergo one operation after anoth er." Dr. Zastrow clarified that certain people fake the sy mptoms so well that th e surgeon finally decides to make the operation. These strange patients like the state of somnolence and dream brought about by medications, take pleasure in being cared for and relieved from their daily work load. Like addicts, encouraged by their "success," t hey go after new "clinical joys," which are often followed by internment in mental institutions. Dr. Zastrow deems it cru cial to detect fakers as soon as possible, because it is very difficult to rid somebody of this vice after many years of "practice."

Odd odysseys .

Zastrow first encou nte , the "Munchh ausen syndrome" a few yea rs ago, when he was study ing a malpractice lawsuit. His research unveiled a real " hospital odyssey" of a 42 year old woman who had go ne through 30 hospitals in 23 different locations. This pseudo-patient, who had "scalpel addiction" supposedly suffered, among other things, from ap pendicitis, pams on her knee caps, intestinal para Iysis, and tuberculosis. The object of the lawsuit was a surgical in tervention in her collar bone because of a tuberculosis she supposedly had, after which she was released from the hospital. Five years later,_ she sued the doctor alleging the operat10n had caused a paralyzing atrophy in her left arm. _ Many years went by before the wily tncks of that " patient " were finally unveiled. It was fou nd that she had purposefully caused the illnesses she complained of.

End of the Runway Concorde - Break fast in Paris, bankruptcy in New York

In November 1962, representatives of the British and French governments signed an agreement o n the joint develo pment and production of a MACH 2 airliner - th e Concorde. It was an agreement th at initiated one of the most ambitious p rograms ever undertaken by the aircraft industry. , Now.. .it appears that the Concorde is at t he end of the runway. In November of this year, eighteen years later, British Airways (BA) and Singapore Airlines suspended their joint Concorde service linking London, Bahrain and Singapore ... a service that has been running in the red since its incept io n. Airline chiefs are being forced to admit that the Corcorde conception has never made any mon ey. The chosen cruising speed of 1,450 mph was to allow the Concorde to fly

the Atlantic in three hou rs rather than the seven required by ai rcraft then in the air. A flight from London to Sydney, Australia was to take only 13 hours compared to the then more than 25 ho urs. Medium-range and long-range Concordes were proposed. But then costs and timing got out of cont rol. Concorde was d ue to fly by 1968, and be in airline service by 1970. It did not fl y, in fact, until 1969 nor go into service until 1976 . Costs meanwhile soared and the 1973 o il crisis swept away purchase options. Opposition to the Concorde began in the United States over the proposed Lond o n-New York run. Thus, the first Conco rde to go airborne was the Lo ndon-Bahrain ro ute certainly not one of the most profitable or prestigious. Air France meanwhile

connected Paris and Rio de J aneiro. BA and Air France did t heir utmost co "sell " the Concorde. A prolonged worldwide sales campaign failed. Iran an d Red China expressed interest but declined co turn their " browsing" into hard cash. Leasing offers failed co get anywhere, even among Middle East countries rich in oil. The Concorde ran into routing problems, many political, some environmental. Braniff, the U.S. carrier, and Singapore Airlines agreed co fly-the Concorde in collaboration with BA. Braniff pulled out chis year. And now Singapore has done the same. "No profit" was the given reason. Airline chiefs will have time to reflect now chat there is no prestige in bankruptcy. No matter how fast you can fly to get there.

Car Wars An Italian car is being built under special licensing arrangements in Russia (cheaper labor?) and now the USSR has asked J apan co build chem a car plant co make 300,000 small passenger cars a year. The Japanese manufacturer, NISSAN, has also been contracted to set up a small truck factory employi ng some 2000 people in Nashville, Tennessee. All th is, while General Motors announces an all-time record loss and the British state-owned British Leyland has shut down the famous MG sports car factory because of continuing losses. The Russians are building the Italian Fiat 125 calling it the Jigo ul i in Russia and exporti ng it under the name Lada (TFP Newsletter, Vol. II, No. 10). They plan to modernize its body lines. increase its window area and add flashier "extras" fo r Western consumption. Plans are also in the making to lengthen their Volga co make it more"stylish." T he J apanese project co sec up an automob ile plane in Russia would be one of t he major projects in the Russians' 11th five-year plan beginning next year. (Has one five-year plan ever succeeded?) But the J apanese.are being cautious about t he idea because of the U.S. sanctions against R ussia fo llowing

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Cardinal Mindszenty's Successor Praises Communism After Cardinal Mindszenty was dis· missed as Archbishop of Ezstergom and Primate of Hungary, he was replace d - with the approval of the communist regime - by Msgr. Laszlo Lekai. Since his installment, the n ew prel ate has led Hungarian Catholics into a slow decad· en ce and a strange neu trality toward the reds. According to Msgr. Lekai, the Hun· garian Church "carries out a policy of small steps" without losing sight of the general state of th e Church in t he coun· cry. He said that the Church"gladly extends its hands to attain peace, jus· rice , for the family, m orality and cul· cure, serving the national tradition of thL Hungarian nation" (El Catoiicismo, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Bo· goca, 4/13/80). Because of this policy of the "ex· tended hand," the ranks of the Hun· garian clergy, wh ich are made up of aged priests, are diminishing at the rate of 70 priests per year. Only 30 new priests are ordained every year. Th e report does not say whether those o r· dained are seminarians having the ap· proval of Commu nism, or whether they are valiant soldiers of Christ ready to combat the ath eist regime as every priest is bound to. However, knowing the control which t he communist police exercise over aspirants to the priest· hood, th ere is no room for doubt. As a result of his "pastoral benevo· Jenee," Archbishop Lekai has rece ntly bee n decorated by the Communise regime in the presence of the Parlia· ment, the same newspape r reports. Such is th e mutual admiration be· tween the commu nist government and the Cardinal that he was reported as say ing (Nov. 21) that the commun· isc government has done better than the Church in putting into practice Catholic social teachings in Hungary. "In Hungary the Communist regime has don e many things," the Cardinal was quoted as saying. "The farmers our country is predominantly agricu l· rural - are do ing well. Health care is free, even fo r priests."

Msgr. Laszlo Lekai, Archbishop of Ezstergorn and Primate of Hungary. Lavisb praise and small steps to decaden ce. In the reported interview Cardinal Lekai rejected charges the hierarchy in Hungary is linked too closely with th e communist government. He said that, by his appointmen t of Cardinal Agostino Casaroli as Papal Secretary of State, Pope John Paul "let it be known that Pope Paul Vi 's 'Ost· politik' had to go forward ." When Catholics analyzing the curre nt situation remem ber the torture Cardinal Mindszenty suffered, his exile in the U.S. Embassy, Budapest's pressures on the Vatican to force him t o leave the

country , and finally, his dismissal as Archb ishop o f Esztergom and Primate of Hungary, they are left terribly b e· wildered. What has the Catholic Church gained by pleasing the communists? How fa r has his successor gone in the way o f cooperation with them? Wh y was such a successor designated? Why is that clergy's collaboration with the tyrants of Hungary not condem ned? Is it possible that Ho ly Church has given up her militancy in the face of Com· munism?

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The American work force: functionally illiterate in the "Brave New World" of computers Americans may soon find themselves branded as functionally illiterate and unable to get a job even though they may be able to read and write reasonably well. Within the next few years, it will be necessary for men and women to be able to program and operate a small electronic computer in order to hold down a good job, according to warnings from a number of scientists and technicians. Arthur Luehrmann, computer research director of the University of California's Lawrence Hall of Science, says computer illiteracy could become a problem of national proportions by the end of the 80's. "We will need 40 millions persons able to use computers by 1990 and I don't know who is going to teach t hem," he warns. "The person who can use a small computer can command a far better salary than the person burdened by computer illiteracy," Lu ehrmann says, "because their productivity is so much greater than that of other workers with similar backgrounds and education." "The day will come when we will need to have a computer sciences department in every grade school," says Edward W. Warnshuis, publisher of the magazine, Technical Horizons in Education, at Santa Ana, Californ ia.

Actually, the dialogue has already begun between man and machine to solve this growing disparity. Professor Werner Endres of Frankfurt, W. Germany, has made a decisive contributio n by creating a talking computer known as SIZ. But as Endres affirms, SIZ is still not "the yoke of the egg;" rather it is SAMT, a linguistic emission and multiplex technology that he has just developed. SAMT has been presented as an authentic reproduction of the human phonic system. A system of filters is commanded according to certain rules by a series of linguistic parameters. In this way, it is possible to co nsiderably increase the "naturalness" of the syn-

thetic voice the system produces. Such "human voices" are .a lready within earshot. "Charlie," a bank's information computer for customers speaks with the greatest of ease. It is used by the information services of the German federal railroads. Naturally, it can only give information that human beings have already thought fo r it . "Charlie" uses its SAMT mouth to say what has been fed into its memory modules on a tape prepared by the Endres research group. It is not difficult to imagine the day when computers will be teaching at the universities instructing human beings how to operate a computer in order to get a good job working for a computer.

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Conscientize, Conscientize ... "An extremely rare 'Social Revolution' is being carried out in the United States," affirmed El Mercurio (8-2580), the newspaper with the largest circulation in the Chilean capital, on publishing a news dispatch coming from Los Angeles, California. The dispatch gives a profound explanation to the phenomenon which so roundly contradicted the predictions of innumerable organs of the media in the whole West, that is, the defeat of Carter and the vie: tory of Reagan. This error of prevision was of such magnitude that J .S./R of the Folba de S. Paulo could wittily comment, in the section "Cotidiano" (11-7-80) t hat it destroys the credibility of "all the 'analysts', 'interpreters', 'o bservers ', 'specialists', 'experts', and other rumor mo ngers" who wrote about the matter, as well as that of "the most respected publi:: opinion research firms." It see ms to me that this sadly monumental error was due to the fact that no o ne took into account the phenomeno n , nevertheless easy to perceive, that the correspo nde nt of El Mercurio sums up as follo ws: No wadays, "the rich are beco ming 'progressivists' a nd the poor are becoming 'co nservatives'." The newspaper explains : the rich in the United States are suffering from a "poverty complex " that leads them, for example, to put aside sho wy and plush automobiles t hey used to have, and t o prefer the "tiny Japa nese or German cars with their noisy diesel engines." In contrast, the poor, led by a complex of riches, are using the finest looking automobiles th at they can buy. As I see it , the "reverse revolution" described here does not exist only in the United States. One notes symptoms of it in various countries. Take Brazil, for example: Who does not remem ber the surprisingly leftist vote of an impressive part of th e electorate in rich neighborh oods of Sao Paulo in the last elect ion? Th erefore, it is not difficult to explain why Reagan, the conservative ca ndidate, received more votes than Carter, the progressivist candidate. That would not have been possible with out

an advance of conservatism among the poor and more modest segments of the population which, by definition, are very numerous. Obviously, t he position taken by these classes was not what it was in 1976 when Carter was elected. Could it be th at the profess ional oracles comically listed by J.S./R. did not see this change? Or could it be that they saw it but were prevented from bringing it to the attention of the public by a certain internal ce nso rship of the liberal media? Th e fact is that the West was up until then being deluded by the conviction that the poor formed an immense sea of people shaking with in dignation and making rising waves of a growing aggressive ness. Supposedly, these waves had in man y places already been dashing against the sullen wall of t he ever more greedy and o bstinate plutocrats; and at a given moment the waves would inevitably overthrow th e wall; because the wall does not advance: it o nly resists; and winning is not merely resisting, but also , an d above all, advancing. Such was the old Marxist myth of class warfare with which the internatio nal media intoxicated the West day and night. Th is false versio n of reality would naturall y lead the poor to be ever more demanding, as they enj oyed a foretaste of their vic tory. And it shoul d lead the rich, fin ally brought in to panic, to become ever more inclined to capitulate. As far as the United States is concerned, this myth has bee n finally unmasked by t he last elections. The poor reined in their indignation by an indisputably authe ntic turnabout. And this , let it be sa id in passing, testifies to their uprightness of soul and good sense. What about the rich? I do no t at prese nt have information wh ich wou ld enable me to speak about the ri ch in the Un ited States. Before my eyes, I have our Brazil, with its own rich. Through them one can make out, by analogy , something about th eir fabulously rich American counterparts. Favorab le as I am to a harmoniously stratified o rganizatio n of society, I must nevertheless affirm that in our great urban centers, the social class with the

largest percentage of leftists is that of the rich. Presumably, if all the voters had the mentality of the majority of those rich people, Brazil would already be a country in an advanced stage of socialism. What saves the more opulent segments of society from catastrophe is, as I see it, that the poor and the middle class a re much more conservative th an they are. How can one explain this leftist mentality of the rich, and especially of o ur very rich? Look how they fight day and night to multiply their profits and pile up their fortunes. Therefore, detached they are not. How can one explain, then, their being favorable to socialism scattering what they so laboriously accumulate? Is it fear? Is it panic in the face o f the waves of people whom they imagine to be infuriated? Is it a willingness to "give in a little in order not to lose all," according t o the old agrarian reform slogan of 1960? Quite probably so. But as I see it, not every thing can be explained just by this . . . At any rate, Carter's gauche a nd jaded harangue$ about human righ ts had no greater enthusiasts in Brazil than the leftist rich ; nor did his defeat cause as m uch sadness in any part of the population as it did among them. The world is changing, but they are not. If o nly Carter's defeat coi Âˇ ' Âˇ,,a ke them see how anac hronistic the.: in the way t hey see t hi ngs. In fact, they did not need Carter's defeat to see that. All they had to do was pay attention to the most insistently used slogan of the "Cath olic left": "Conscientize, conscientize ... " "Conscie ntize " whom, I ask? The wo rking class. Of what? That there are reasons for it to be indignant at its employers. I conclude: Th en, its indignation is less t han the "Catholic left" would like it t o be; and the 'Catholic left" is stirring it up as much as it can. As a consequence, the conservat ivism of th e commo n people does not seem to be merely an American real ity, but also a Brazi lian, South American , and perhaps, a world reality. All of this does no t amount to saying CUJJt

that those who are not poor can tranquilly let themselves oppress the poor who are so resigned. The truth is precisely the contrary. The poor are giving the leftist rich a very great lesson in common sense. If those who are not poor fail to respond to this lesson with a conduct imbued with respect and a spirit of justice and Christian charity,

the course of History , guided by the hand of God, will overthrow these incorrigible socialist tycoons. Will it be to make a classless society? No, but a hie rarchical society that may begin genuinely to deserve the noble adjective, Christian.

Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira, a thinker and writer of world-wide re-

nown, is the founder of the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property, the largest anticommunist organization in Brazil and President of its National Council. Professor de Oliveira has a syndicated column in the Falha de Sao Paulo, the newspaper with the largest circulation in Brazil.

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Charlemagne Still Honored In Europe On January 28th, in many churches in Germany, the feast of the pious Emperor Charlemagne is celebrated. Charlemagne was held to be a saint by the people of his time and t he decree of his canonization was given by the Anti-Pope Paschal III in 1165 at th e request of Frederi c Barbarossa. Since that time, the Holy See has permitted this public veneratio n to be continued in all those places wh ere it prevailed, though it has never given its formal approbation to the procedure of Paschal III , nor made it valid by its own sentence, which it would in all probability have done had the request been made. The many churches whic.h now for centuries have honored the mem ory of Charlemagne keep his feast un der the simple title of Blessed, out of respect for the Roman Martyrology. Before the Reforma tio n, the name of Blessed Charlemagne was insc ribed in the Calendar of a great numb er of churches in France. Th e Church of Paris ceased to keep his feast in o rder to satisfy the prejudices of several d octo rs of the University in the early part o f the 16th Century. Protestantism had, naturally enough, an antipathy for the m an wh o was the noblest type of Catholic prince. And they who were tain ted with t he spiri t of Protestantism d efended their blotting out of th e name of Charlemagne from th e Calendar not so much by the circ umstances of his cano n izatio n as by the scandal they affected to find in his life. More than thirty churches in Germany st ill keep the feast of the great Emperor. His dear church of Aix-la-Chapelle possesses his relics and exposes them to veneration by the people. The University of Paris chose him for its patro n in 1661. During his reign, he made no other use of his sovereign power than that of spread ing the Kingdom of Christ on eart h. It was the single end he proposed to himself in every battle he fought and every law he made. This m o narch to whom were subject France, Catalo nia, Navarre, and Aragon; Flan-

"So great was Charlemagne's love of th e Roman Church," says Bossuet, "that the main point of h is Last Will was t he o ne recomm ending to his successors the defense of the Ch urch of St. Peter, a defense which was the precious heirloom of his house, handed down to him by his father and his father's father and which he was resolved to leave also to his ch ildren. It was this love of the Church which prompted him to say, and t he sayi ng was atterwards repeated in full Cou ncil held during th e reigi;1 of one of his descendants, that if the Church of Rom e were , by an impossibility, to put on us a burden which was well nigh insupportable, we ought to bear it."

So urce: Tbe Liturgical Year by the Very Rev. Dom Prosper Gu eranger, Christmas Vol. II , James Duffy, Dublin 1868 .

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Cbarlemagne - Defender of God's Holy Cburcb and ber bumble cbampion ders, Holland, and Friesland ; the provinces of Westphalia , Saxony, as fa r as the Elbe; Franconia, Sua bia, Thu ringa, and Switzerland ; th e two Pann onias (that is, Austria and Hungary), Dacia, Bo hemia, (stria, Liburnia, Dalmatia, and even Sclavonia; and, finally, the whole o f Italy as far south as Calabria - this . m o narch signs himself, in his glorious Capitularia: " I, Charles, by the grace of God and the givi ng of His mercy, King an d governor of the Kingdom of the French, devoted defende r of God's HolyCh urch,and her humble champion."

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With Strings Upon careful analysis, the amnesty announced by the East German government on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the foundation of the German communist state appears somewhat inhumane. Announced was the release of some 20,000 to 25,000 prisoners, of whom 5,000 were considered to be political prisoners. The latter, however, will be subject to humiliating restrictions.

□ They will not be allowed to leave their assigned place of residence without authorization . Residents of Ease Berlin who wish to travel inside East Germany must ask perm 1ss10n ten days in advance. As a rule, the jo bs assigned to them fall far below their professional qualifications and cannor be changed without permission from the police. Certain places such as the restaurants of the " Palace of the Republic" in East Berlin, " lntershops" and some spores stadiums are forbidden to chem as well as international parking lots. Those living in Ease Berlin were also notified that they must not visit the Christmas market and its surroundings. Amnesty receivers living in cities other than East Berlin are abso lutely forbidden to visit the capital. Finally, all those released are under ho use arrest from l 0p.m. to 5.a.m.

~volution and @unter .. revolution The work Revolution and Counter-revolution is the inspirer and basic book of the various autonomous Societies for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Properry and like entities. le contains principles of wisdom chat can be efficaciously applied to stop the advance of the Revolution in the U.S. and th e great regions of th e Free World.

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Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira is a d ist inguished professor of history at th e Po ntifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo, Brazi l. He is the fou nder and P-rcsident o f the Brazi lian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property - rh e largest anti-co mmunist o rga ni zatio n in Brazil. Professo r de Oliveira also has a syndicated colum n in the 1:n/ha de S . Paulo, the newspa per with the largest circulation in that country. Over

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AMERICAN POWs IN VIETNAM? A recent Voice of America broadcast reported that a group of Scandinavian construction workers in Vietnam had seen English-speaking men with American accents working on a road gang. Stein Gudding told a Seattle radio station that the Scandinavians, who were in Vietnam working on a paper mill, were bicycling in a rural area when they saw foreigners who shouted in English with American accents, "Tell the world about us!"

DANGEROUS MONDAYS

RETURN OF THE WITCHDOCTORS

Attention! Monday can be dangerous to your health. Canadian researchers at the University of Manitoba reviewed the medical records of four thousand of their fellow countrymen from 1948 until the present and drew the fol-

lowing conclusions: First, more than one-third of deaths by heart attack (of people without a record of having a heart condition) occurred on Monday. Second, 75% of the deaths occurring at the place of work happened on Monday. The probable cause, according to the researchers, is the stress of having to go back to work after the weekend.

BUDDHISTS PRAY BEFORE ST. PETER'S Five buddhist monks gathered in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome to offer prayers for peace in the world. Wearing yellow and and orange tunics, the monks prayed in their typical fashion accompanied by drums. At the end of each prayer, th ey would bow several times before the most important church in Christ endom. The monks carried a large violet colored banner with a red disc and monograms-. Another banÂˇ ner, in English, explained the re11son for their prayers: "March for peace in the world. No more Hiroshima."

The Marxist "paradise" of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) offers a startling look into the future. Doctors and nurses are resigning due to th e relentless ve rbal onslaughts against th e white staff by the Minister of Health. In their places, witch doctors and native med icines are be ing introduced to shore up the disintegrating medical services in that country.

BUBBLE TROUBLE Did you know that bubbles may be dangerous to your health? That's the latest prognosis by the Food and Drug Adm instration, which has ordered all bubble bath products to carry a label warning that skin irritations may result from their use. If the FDA had exist ed in Will S hakespeare's day, the three w itches' fam o us line, "Double, d o ubl e, toil and trouble. Cauld ron burn and cauldron bubble," w ould never have been utt ered. Such bubbles we re, indeed, injurious to Macbeth's health .

TRIBAL POWER A group of Aust ralian aborigines fear t hat if an American oil com pany is allowed to drill o n their land t he li za rd "god" Goanna wi ll be disturbed. T he Yungnara ho ld that if Goanna is "offended" he wi ll order t he monitor li zards, t he aborigines' stap le d iet, to stop mating and, th us, cause a fam ine . Here's somet hing the UN Human

TRASHY ART A t h ree-storey trash sculpture of used toasters, vacuum cleaners, televis ion sets and pocket cameras at a Ch icago, 111. suburban shopping center is more than

an eyeso re - it's art! The 60-ton steel and concrete 'Bil Bil-Soared' is in the parking lot of Cerm ak Plaza. Nancy Rubi ns, a National Endowment for the Arts award winner created the sculpture as fut u ristic art. Some future!

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Polisb labor unrest. Western bankers' powderkeg. As labor u nrest continues to agitate Poland and its neigh boring communistdominated Eastern European countries, U.S. and Western European bankers arc viewing the scene with more than a political concern. Should East-West tensio ns worsen because of the developments there, bankers may soon be singing "I Wonder Where the Money Went ... " The East is heavily in debt to the West. As reported in the Bulletin (RSC, 11 /14/80), the communist bloc in Europe, along with its Caribbean counter-

part Cuba, owes Western nations some 67. 7 bi llion dollars. Poland has the largest single debt, $19.6 billion. T he Soviet Union's is slightly more than one half of that, $10.2 billio n. East Germ any foll ows with $8.6 billion; then Hungary wit h $7 .3 billion, Rumania with $6.7 billio n, Bulgaria with $3.9 bill ion, Czechoslovakia with $3 .2 billion, and Cuba with $2.7 billion. "Group borrowing" adds another $5 .5 billion. With good reason the bankers' eyes are focused on Poland at t he moment.

West German banks have the biggest stake in Polish solvency - $13 billio n in outstanding loans. Not far behind is the United States which has supported the commu nist regime to the tune of $10 billio n. Obviously, Western ban kers want to keep the commu nist regimes stable politically and economically so t hat t hey will be able to pay for the debts incurred. But the chronic inefficiency of the communist system only makes t he bor rowers sink furth er in to debt.

Nicaragua's ''non-political'' priests Three Nicaraguan officials met recently in Rome with Vatican autho rities m an unpublicized session aimed at blu nting a papal directive that would bar Nicaraguan priests from politics. Th e Vatican order, which has not been limited to Nicaragua, could have farreaching repercussions in that Central American country where three priests are members of the Marxist cabinet and three others hold high -ranking jobs in the government. Their presence has been regarded as essential by the Marxist

leade rship in influencing the Catholic popu latio n of Nicaragua. The th ree priests in the Cabinet are Miguel D'Escoto Brockman, the foreign minister; Ernesto Cardenal Martinez, a poet an d minister of culture; and Edgar Parrales, the minister of social welfare. Fr. Cardenal 's brother, Fernando Cardenal, also a priest, is head of the governm ent's basic literacy program. His position may be affected as well. The Sandinists point out that none

of the three priests serving in the governm ent are elected and t hat they "broaden the base" of t he Sandinist government. "They are not political, but really civil servants," said a com mu nique issued by the government. "None has a constituency. They serve a plu ralistic government." To the su rprise of no one, the Nicaraguan Bishops' organization is staunchly supporting the Sandinist National Liberation Fron t's position on t he priests.

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An art historian wh o has been studying Television, the nation's No. 1 entertainment medium, has concluded that Americans are drawing ritualistic pleasure from the tv set-plea~ure that they once sought for in religious ceremonies. "Since we were a Protestant society, nervous about the sacraments, we turned over to the secular certain sacramental needs," said Gregor T. Goethals, a teacher at the Rhode Island School of Design. "I think television begins to become a substitute for those sacramental needs," she added. "My idea is human beings can't do without ritual o r icons. Wh en religion can't provide those, they ooze up (l ike from a swamp?) from secular society itself." Examples of such rituals, according to th e author, include the Super Bowl,

the presidential nominating conventions, and the nightly netwo rk newscasts. Goethals describes entertainment programs on television as "electro nic icons." "The artists who produced icons of the past were usually drawing their subject from sacred materials," she said. "My thesis is that this country was so heavily biased agai nst images, Am erican artists didn't have a scripture that they could use." "When they began to construct images to help people focus on what they cou ld care about, they went to th e secular world for what everybody could agree was importan t .. . and one such item was the machine." Television news has become so important a part of daily life that Walter Cronkite, anchorman of the "CBS Evening News" is a super symbol an icon of t he television ritual - Goethals went on to say. "Part of hi s power is chat when he says, That's the way ic is,' we turn off the set and go about o ur business as though the world came into being through his look at the n ews."

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Abortio11 - tbe shame of seven continents The Madrid daily, Ya, repo rted rece ntly some of the reasons French women gave for having an aborLion: Miss W., 23 yea rs old, is ending her present pregnancy and ch ose that may occur in the future because "there are already enough misfortu nes on the earth." Miss G., 24, who has one ch ild , rejects eve ry argum ent agains t abortion with the pretext chat the law permits it and she does not want another child. Mrs. A, with one child, will give birth in the summer. Bue who will take

care of the child during the vacatio ns? She wants co abort and promises to plan her next pregnancy better. Miss Q, 21, had stopped using contraceptives because peop le said d1ey would cause sterility. She now wants to abort and co ntinue using co ntraceptives. Miss J ., 2 1 , a stu dent, will be married within two months. She wanes to avoid giving birth to her child because it would come at exam time. Mrs. Z., 25, has one child but as ks for an abortion because of a bad wheat crop o n their farm .

Nobel Prize for the Left Referring to the awarding of the I 980 Nobel Peace Pri ze co Ado Ifo Perez Esquivel, t he Bishop of Resistcncia (Province of Ch aco), Argentina affirmed: "/\. person has been awarded wh o, in a given juncture, could cause conflicts in Argentina with obvious international repercussions." The co nservative Catholic group TFP (Tradicion, Familia y Propiedad) accused the Nobel prize winner of being an "international agitator," sin ce his whole action "is related with leftist currents of a so-called ' liberation' and espec ially with the so-called 'Catholic left'." According co the TFP, the prize is nothing more than a "clearly political intervention in Argenti na's internal affai rs favoring the international left." ( Vida Nueva, Madrid, 11-15-80).

Adolfo Perez Esquivel. Promoting a leftist type of "peace? "

No.14

Vol. II

1981

March for Life Fills Capitol

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"~ Tbe' front page of the Brooklyn Tablet recaptures tbe highlights of the March for Life. In tbe midst of tbe marchers can be seen the standards and the volunteers of the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP). On January 22, pro-life dem onstra- event was a striking example of the titude marched from the Elipse behind tors (over 100,000 by conservative esti- growing wave of repudiation for the 197 3 the White Ho use up Pennsylvania Avenmates) from all over the country thronged Supreme Court decision legalizing abor- ue to the Capitol's west face. Their to Washington, D.C. for the largest tio n. ranks filled the street from sidewalk to "March for Life" rally to date. The For over two-and-a-halfhours the mu!-

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cont'd. sidewalk and stretched out over one mile in length. Once at the Capitol, teams of demonstrators headed for both Houses seeking out selected senators or congressmen. At one point, the Russell House Office building had to be closed due to the influx of people. In a telephone interview, March for Life President Miss Nellie Gray commented that most states had representatives at the rally-some with very large contingents. Missouri and Kentucky sent 12 busloads each while others hailed from such distant points as Florida, Kansas, North Carolina, North Dakota, and Georgia. The most widely represented delegations were from New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. An impressive 1500 persons made up the Ohio group. Once again, very much in evidence among those organizations showing their support for the anti-abortion cause were scores of volunteers from the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) bearing a flotilla of red and gold rampant lion ' standards and another of Our Lady of Fatima. A banner carried by the TFP with the words " ... and t hey have filled this place with the blood of innocents (Jer. 19:4) increased the gravity of the marc:h do wn Pennsylvania Avenue. This year's demonstration featured a number of prominent speakers includinz the newly-appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services, Richard Schweiker, who reaffirmed his commitment to pursue a pro-life policy in the Reagan administration. Well-known pro-life legislators such as Senator Jesse Helms (NC), Rep. Henry Hyde (Ill.), and Rep. Bob Dornan (Cal.) reiterated their stand to fight the will fu l destruction of human li fe. Tha t same day, Senator Helms and Congressman Dorna n introduced in their respective Houses the Paramount Human Li fe Amendment. Freshman Senator Alfonse D'Amato of New York quick ly co-sponsored the bill in the Senate. One disappointment to ma ny of th e rall y participants was the absence of President Reagan. Much of his campaign support came from pro-life and profamily grassroots organizatio ns. The President did, however, receive a group of pro-life leaders and the meeting seemed to yield e ncouraging results. "The pre-born child has at las t a friend in the White House !" Randy Engel, the dynamic Director of of the U.S. Coaliton for Life stated after the meeting with President Reagan. Mrs. Engel was one of nine pro-life

Tbe American TFP at tbe Marcb for Life proclaims: " ... they /Jave filled tbis place with the blood of innocents. " leaders representing various pro-life and pro-fam il y movements who met for forty minutes with the President. Mrs. Engel pointed out to Mr. Reagan that many of the national problems he will face suc h as social security and manpower for national defense are directly related to the aborti on killings. "We were all very happy to hear the

President express h is pro-life sentiments and experiences," Mrs. Engel concluded, "but we will be happier still when those se ntiments are translated into concrete action . .. " "Action" - with a long background in the motion picture industry, Mr. Reagan should have little trouble understanding the term.

TFP Newsletter - A fortnightly publication of the American Society for the Defense of Traditio n, Family, a nd Property (TFP) John Horvat, Editor. Twenty-four issues per year. Subscription rates $22.50 per year for U.S. and Canada (sc!nt First Class): surface mail to other countries, $22.50 per year; Airmail rates upon request. For subscription & informatioT-1 write TFP Newsletter, P. 0. Box 121, Pleasantville, N. Y. 10570. Permission is granted to reproduce in whole or in part any article in this newsletter with credit given to TFP Newsle tter.

El Salvador Marxist Claims Clergy's Support Members of the Jesuit Order are directly responsible for the purchasing of arms used by Marxist guerillas in El Salvador, according to a report of a former Marxist revolutionary. In a statement released by the Washington-based Council for Inter-American Affairs, Julian Ignacio Otero Espinosa, a member of the "Popular Liberatio n Forces" (FLP) admitted that he received considerable help from the Jesuits when buying and delivering arms. "Money transfers were sent from Guatemala through checking accounts, and I always handled quetzals (the Guatemalian monetary unit) in very large amounts. These quetzals were transferred directly to the country through the checking accounts of the Jesuits ... " The arms, Otero sai'd, came from Nicaragua and communist Cuba. Arrested by the Salvadorean National Guard, Otero identified himself as a former revolutionary chief of finance who was recruited from the National Unversity. The FPL militant declared that both the National University and the Catholic University serve as major centers for Marxist guerillas. "It is clear to me that the Catholic University is recruiting young people to incorporate them into the Ejercito Popular de Liberaction (FLP), which ... is presently training .. . readying themselves for the general insurrectio n." Otero furthe r claims that certain Salvadorean businessmen and the Nicaraguan government were collaborating to

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Leftist guerrillas in El Salvador train for combat. Is the clergy there, as in El Salvador, providing more than just "moral" support? bringaboutthe overthrow of El Salvador. However, the greatest strength of the revolutionary movement comes from the clergy. In the central committees of the FLP, Otero stated, "the influence of the priests is strongest." According to the former guerilla: "On the outside the Church is engaged in active campaign against t he country's established government, taking advantage of the distortion given to the news by the news agencies ... " The success of the FLP is largely due to the efforts of the Church. "The FLP through the active work of the dioceses at the parish level has been able to recruit large numbers of peasants, deceiv-

ing them and pushing them into the armed fight against the governm~nt." Otero fu rther asserts that the control i nd inspiration of his former group is under the complete direction of certain J esuit fathers. This report leads one to the shocking conclusion that the Marxist revolution in El Salvador is a replay of Nicaragua with the leftist clergy acti ng as the pro pelling force, using th eir prestige of office to aid the Church's mo rtal enemy.

--Land of the Setting Sun . Japanese educators and parents are beco ming increasingly alarmed at a new type of youth mentality that is appearing there. Atter years ot giving their children all the fruits of postwar prosperity, parents are finding the present generation to be spoiled, materialistic and violent. A report released by the Japanese National Police Agency found that juvenile crime is at its high est level since World War II. The agency claims that 42% of all arrested criminals in 1980 were juveniles, and that of these half were under t he age of fifteen. The pro blem has been aggravat ed by an upsurge in what is known as "bosozuku" - the Japanese version of reckless driving and compition racing on city streets. The bosozuku have become involved in a series

of thefts, acts of viole nce and drug traffic. The government repo rts that thefts by juveniles have climbed, espec ially shoplifting which has increased 30.2%. The largest shoplifit'ng gangs are made up of junior high and even elementary students whose techniques are capable of stripping a shop bare in a matter of minutes. In an article in the Cbristian Science Monitor, the Japanese are said to be allowing the open prolifera tion of pornographic films, television programs and magazines, making them freely available to youth of all ages. Coincidentally, the suicide rate among Japanese youth is soaring, making it one of the worst in Asia. Police are particularly co ncerned with

the increase in violence in the schools. Frustrated by fail ures and an ever-expanding curriculum, students are rebelling agai nst school authorities. Often school officials have had to call in police to put dow n classroom riots and rescue imprisoned teachers. Conservative figures show that in 1979 , some 4,288 students were arrested for classroom violence. Educators cite th e cause of the problem as lack of discipline both at home and in the classroom. Like their Western counterparts , Japanese children have grown up spo lied and immersed in the "good life." A government survey found that 43% of the boys and 52% of t he girls interviewed had no desire to reach adulthood , preferring to remain pampered children for the rest of their lives.

Soviet Military Might-

A ''PAPER RED BEAR''

Afghan guerrillas - "defanging" tbe Red Bear and breaking the mytb of its military migbt. "The U.S.S.R. is the country of the lie, the absolute lie, the integral lie" wrote Boris Souvarine in 1938. From its press service TASS to its military, economic and political images the politics of the lie form the very basis of the Soviet regime (1). While Soviet imperialism . is at the height of its power, subjugating hunÂˇ dreds of millions of people, the very foundation of this monolith is being undermined by internal unrest and political and economic problems. Dimitri Simes, a student of Soviet affairs . at John Hopkins University, aptly dubs the situation a climate of "both enormous insecurity and enormous arrogance." With a system based on atheistic materialism, the Soviets face a m ost serious problem - the erosion of their own ideology. Communism has long failed to persuade public opinion to follow it, resorting to such maneuvers as detente, the "historic compromise," and even the fiasco of euro-comm unism in o rder to beguile the West into surrender. Now, however, even the Russian masses, scientificall y educated for more than six ty long years, reject the Red sect. Gone are t he days of revolutionary fe rvor that once gave Communism its dynamism. Instead, one finds a nation of 262 millio n disheartened people struggling for survival amidst poverty and want. The noted French Sovietologist, Alain Besancon, in a December 19 78 interview in L 'Express magazine, states in regard to th e Russian phenomenon of "de-ideali zatio n": "It is an evolutio n by. which th e Soviet rulers calculate all danger. They do not have the people with them. They are not afraid to admit it, no r to admit it to themselves. But they are conscious of the supreme precariousness of the system." It is onl y by means of an ela borate internal network of espionage and terror coupled with highl y developed t echniques of psychologi cal warfare that th e

Soviets reinforce a faltering ideological system. An American military analysis in the New York Times found that the Russian armed forces can claim 3 .66 million men and women. The same study finds that soldiers are well-trained but uneducated and uninspired. Their highly centralized command structure is often discouraging to officers with initiative. At the same time, the outlook for the commo n soldier is poor pay , austere barracks and camps that do little to boost morale. Weaknesses in several key areas severely damage the Soviet army's unproven reputati o n as one of the world's most powerful war machines. Most military analysts agree wit h former Defense Secretary Harold Brown's estimate that roughly two-thirds of the Soviet army's divisions were not co mbat ready according to Western standards. In actual combat, bands of tenacious Afghan guerill as have brought th e superpower co a standstill despite a formidable array of 300 aircraft, 2,000 tanks, 3,000 armored personnel carriers and 85 ,000 troops. The growing number of Moslem

recruits in the Soviet army (said t o be over 1 7%) calls into question the Kremlin's ability to move in the Persian Gulf regions. Two divisions of Moslem troops were replaced early in the Afghan invasion. There is also a large technological gap between Soviet and Western equipment. Russian weapons are generally larger due to the lack ofmodern industrial technology and the poor quality of the troops who have to use them. Most training is carried o ut with old weapons, saving th e newer models for actual combat. Even the M IG-23 , o ne of the Soviets' newer fighters, was fo und to contain obsolet e vacuum tubes instead of miniature transistors. Th is already precarious "preparedness" is aggravated by a centralized maintenance system often lacking proper replacements and delaying essential repairs. The Soviet Navy seems co be in even worse shape. The New Y ork Ti"'"' analists report that only 10% o f thl 1a n fleet is at sea at a given time; anu ll1ose ships spend m ost of their time at anchor. Although acknowledged as reliable,

the Soviet missile operations are plagued with inferior technology, including an outmoded liquid propulsion system. The economic sector of the Russian machine has produced continuous disasters. Like the same broken record that is played in every Communistcontrolled country, the Russian public complains about the poor quality of consumer goods, endless lines, and low productivity. For example, out of the 2,700 industrial facilities that have opened in the last four years, only three opened on schedule (Newsweek, 1/5/8 1). Productivity in steel, coal, timber and oil is suffering with little improvement in sight. Scarcity is a way of life in the "workers' paradise." Soviet agriculture has a reputation for catastrophes. With traditional "bad weather" and low worker efficiency, last year Russi an farmers succeeded in harvesting another crop failure. Social problems that include alcho-

"In periods of great crises, there are two kinds of men: those who allow themselves to be overwhelmed and devoured by the crises,and those who oppose them and change the course of history."

~volution and @unter .. revolution The work Revolution and Counter-revolution is the inspirer and basic book of t he various autonomous Societies for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property and like cntiti~s. ~t contains. principles of wisdom that can be eff1cac10usly applied to stop the advance of the Revolution in the U.S. and the great regions of the Free World.

THE AUTHOR Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira is a distinguished professor of history at the Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He is the founder and P-res· idcnt of the Brazilian S-Ociety for the Defense of Tradition , Family and Property - the largest anti-communist o rga nizati o n in Brazil. Professo r de Oliveira also has a syndicated column in the 1:0/ba de S. Paulo, the newspaper with t he largest circulatio n in th at country. Over

USSR : "Paradise lost."

holism, <livorce and street crime are on the upswing. At the same time, religious elements have surfaced adding to the woes of the atheistic regime. With Soviet troops mired down in Afghanistan and labor unrest in Poland shaking the credibility of the Soviet myth, are we on the threshold of testing a new "domino theory" - only this time in reverse?

the years, the author has written a number of works, such as: In Defense of Catholic Action; The Church and the Communist State, the Impossible Coexistence. Order from: The Foundation for a Christian Civilization, Inc ., P.O. Box 249, Mt. Kisco, N .Y. 10549 $6.00 (add $ 1.00 postage/handling)

(1) Tbe Technique ofPower in tbe USSR, an interview with Alain Besancon. Translated by William R. Luckey, T.O.P., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Political Science, St. Jo h n's University, N.Y.

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Like Father, Like Daughter

Lights in the Sky A strange luminous phenomenon of unknown origin was recently seen by thousands of people. The sight covered a wide strip of sky travelling from southwest Spain to England and passing through Portugal, Galicia and western France. The phenomenon had the appearance of a ball of fire and left an orange-colored wake crossing the sky from the southwest to northeast on Christmas Night of 1980. Most curious, however, is that this object was seen in places as far away as Guadalajara, Spain. Also unusual was the trajectory followed by the object seemingly a straight line beginning in Huelva, Portugal, passing through Lugo, Spain and finally disappearing in the British Isles.

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like Jonestown would ever arise, Bhagwan would never ask that of us. But if he did, I would do it."

Former Cong. Ryan - a strange kind of patrimony

Who Controls the Weather?

The Lennon Cult

Shannon J oe Ryan, daughter of fo rmer Congressman Leo Ryan who was murdered by a J onestown cultist has herself joined a "religious" cu lt . The cult is led by guru Bhagwan Sh ree Rajneesh who is characterized as one who commands unswerving loyalty of his fo llowers. He advocates a mixture of Eastern spiritualism and controversial group encounters and therapy centered upon full emotional expression. After a three month visit to the sect's headquarters in Poona, India, the 28 year-old Miss Ryan has decided to join the cult at its center in the San Frapcisco Bay area. While denying the similarities between the cult and the J o nestown group, she did not dismiss the possibility of a similar episode. " I don't think a suicide situation

Technology, long revered as the solutio n to every imaginable problem, is finding some unexpected variables in face of a baffling repertoire of winter weather escapades. Weathermen across the coun try arc forced to "forecast" and report on a growing number of climatic abnormal ities. In Flori da, freezing temperatures destroyed 20 percent of the Sunsh:ne state's citrus crop and forced thousands of vacation ing Northerners to search for another place in the sun to escape the winter's icy fi nge rs. Meanwhile, even hardy New Englande rs arc shaking their heads and shivering in record belowzero readings for t hat part of the country. New York City residents, longaccustomed to putting up with the modern "inconveniences" of urban life, have been forced to leave their poorly heated apartments to take shelter in gloomy public facil ities. Frozen Boston finds itself short on gas (natural gas, that is) and its fishing fleet "packed in ice." The East is suffering from the cold. Th e West is dry. The Rocky Mountain region is experiencing unseasonably warm weather. Many ski resorts are closed or operating with the aid of man-made snow. In the Midwest, farme rs fear that the lack of snow will not provide adequate cover and moisture for their wheat crops. Water, that precious commodity covering two-thirds of the Earth's surface, is of major concern everywhere. New York, New J ersey, Deleware, and Pennsylvania have declared drought emergencies. Reservoirs remain at a two-decade low- many are only two-thirds full. As

of this writing New York City had only a 100-day supply. The Mississippi River is setting new low water levels greatly hamperipg river traffic. Despite repeated dredging, barge captains are finding it increasingly difficult to avo id grounding their crafts, The Natio nal Weather Service 1s forecasting less than good news: Th e West is expected to remain warm and the East is to stay cold with dry weather continuing eve rywhere . The present bout with the weather brings to light a disconcerting truth·, Man is still at t he mercy of the elements which may gravely harm or destroy him at any moment. Such an evident fact should lead the devotees of c, logy to ask the scientific questio 1 Just who does control the weather? "

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Divorce Debated in Spain The debate on divorce in Spain is reaching a climax as the public follows the issue in the Cortes with great interest. Spain's Covadonga Cultural Society, a civic, anticommunist association of Catholic inspiration, addressed both the members of Parliament and the general public an appeal supporting the institution of the family and opposing the detrimental and anti-Christian implantation of divorce. The title of Covadonga's manifesto includes excerpts from the Gospels of St. John and St. Matthew: " 'A Light Shineth in the Darkness' Modern Confusion Does Not Dim the Clarity of th e Lord's Precept: 'Wh at God Hath Joined Together Let No Man Put Asunder'." The document was recently publisJied in the Sunday edition of ABC, Spain 's most important daily. After analyzing Covadonga's three years of struggle

against divorce, the manifesto presents the anti-divorce argumentation of traditional Catholic doctrine, including the teachings of contemporary ecclesiastical authors. Covadonga then goes on to facts, affirming that since Spain's population is solidly Catholic, the indissolubility of the marriage bond - a principle of the Natural Law - is more important than t he displeasure it might bring to the irrsignificant non-Catholic minority. Covadonga concludes its manifesto beseeching Our Lady of Pilar to encourage th e Bishops and the members of Parliament to prevent the contam ination of Spain with the plague of divorce; and that in these grave and decisive days, Catholics in the lands of St. Ferdinand of Castile and St. Theresa of Avila may preserve thei r admirable tradition as a nation most faithful to the teach ings of Our Lord Jesus Christ and true Catholic doctrine.

Earthquakes in Italy Special Report pondent in Italy

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The tragedy which recentl y struck Italy continues with catastrophic effects. The seismic tremors continue even as I write. This year's severe winter worsens the problem as it merc ilessly flogs the hom eless survivo rs with torrential rains and heavy snows. The death t oll, officially around 3,000, continues to climb as rescue teams keep up the search for more vict ims amidst th e ruins of towns and villages. Army and volunteer rescue squads follow rat trails in search fo r corpses. Starving dogs and cats are sho t o n sight to keep them from digging up the recen tly buried bodies. Even wo lf packs have been seen roaming the refugee tent sites. The drama increases as rescue attempts become nearly impossible due to thick layers of mud and snow making the roads impassable. A large numb er of localities affected by the quake still have not received aid. The danger of an epidemic is worsened by the large number of unburied bodies strewn throughout the mud and rubble for several days. Typhoid fever has already been found in some places, while children and the aged show symptoms of severe weakness and pneumonia from the lack of proper protection against the winter weather. Taking advantage of these misfortunes, cold-hearted opportunists move into the devasted areas and offer pittances for the victims'half-destroyed houses,

Covadonga Cultural Society of Spain a light sbining in the darkness.

A Timely Warning?

later to be resto red a nd sold at high profits. It has even been reported t hat orphans and children separated from their parents during the quake are bei ng kidnapped and sold on the black market. What do the people of Italy think about this great catastrophe? God first punishes those He loves, the proverb goes. Highly significant, then , is a phenomenon related wit h the town of Ravello, only 3 5 miles from the epicenter of the first and most violent quake. In th is small to wn, the blood ot the 3rd Century martyr, Saint Pantaleo n, is venerated. Centu ries ago, some of th is blood was

transferred to Madrid, Spain where it traditionally liquefies o n the Sain t's feast day. Spaniards have always known that when the blood fails to coagulate the following day, some disaster, either for Spain or for the world, is at hand. Saint Pantaleon's blood remained liquified from July 27, 1979 to November 1980 (TFP Newsletter, Vol. I, No. 22). Can Italy's disaster be one more warning for the world? If so, what can be said of the many other countries also recently struck by earthquakes? The list includes France, Switzerl and, Albania, Peru, Brazil, Colombia , 'Âˇ â&#x20AC;˘ncz uela, and the United States.

JNfEWS FLASI8ICES WINDFALL FALLOUT Senator Jake Garn ( R .-Utah) recently received a check in the mail for $2.45 from a small businessman in Roosevelt, Utah along with the bitter comment: "The federal government may as well have it all." Dean Frandsen leased his oil-rich land for needed oil production and was promised a percentage ofÂˇ the profits. He grossed $789 last yea r, but after windfall profits tax deductions he act4ally received only $2.45 " Encl osed is a check for $ 2.45 (made o ut to the 'Federal Government') which is th e total balance we have left afte r taxes from $789 oi l check - imagine $2.45 out $789 1" Frandsen said in his letter.

CURE AT LOURDES Delizia Cirolli, a 16-year old Italian girl from the village of Paterno, Sicily was cured " in an inexpli cable way" of a malign t u mor in the tibia after a pilgrim age to Lourdes. The cure was confirmed by the city's Department of Med!col Analysis. 111 1976, th e Orthopedic Hospital of the University of Catania had advised that her leg either be amputed or undergo cobalt treatments, but on August 5, 1978 the gi rl's family decided to make a pi lgrimage to Lourdes. By 1979, she was comp letely cured. S ince the archives of the Lo urdes med ical department were created in 1978, 63 cures have been registered.

ENDANGERED BASILICA Th e renowned Basili ca of St. Mark in Venice may soon coll apse due to the erosion of its foundat ion by sea and canal waters. Experts hope that the dest ruction can be prevented through resto ration work estimated at $1 1 m il lion. Reports say international action to save t he

monument may be considered. Su rel y, if a great hue and cry can be raised by "concerned" people to save the snai l darters and the whales, that same concern should be heard on beha lf o f th is priceless treasu re .

GREGORIAN CHANT

ism, advanced feminism, as well as intellectuals who care only about sheer scientific data (or sheer ecumenical mad ness for that matter).

A Mass with Gregorian Chant was celebrated in St. Ignatius' Chu rch in Rome last December. Promoters announced that a group o f friends and admirers of Gregorian Chant w il l soon be formed in order to establish and promote the choi r.

A GATHERING OF WITCHES An international co mmittee that includes the Roman theo logian Msg r. Corrado Balducci, who authored a book about diaboli cal possession, and the famous Moslem scho lar of the Par.is mosque, Boubaker, announced plans for a "world congress" that would convoke parapsycholog ists. mediums, sensitives as well as sc ientists and even theo logians to a gathering in Florida in 198 1.

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Venice: A priceless treausure is threatened.

The promoters affirm that the conÂˇ gress' participants wi ll seek to find a common point so as to enable man to "know himse lf bette r." They say it w ill be an entire ly new type of debate with the participation of people from t he most diverse re ligions, includ ing Catholicism, Islam , Marxist material-

CLANDESTINE CHURC HES IN THE U.S.S.R. The Wanderer reports that the Uk ranian-Rite Catholic bishops have p ublicly acknowledged the ex istence of a clandestine Catholic Ch urch in the Soviet Union and praised Ukra nian Catho lics for t heir " martyrdom ."

SAINT'S REMAINS ARE SAFE T he urn containi ng t he remains of St. Theresa of the Infant Jesus, thought to have been sto len in early J anuary, is sti ll unharmed in t he Cathed ral of Bayeux, No rmandy. Th e th eft of another u rn t hought to have contained t he Saint's rema ins was d iscovered on J anuary 7. Carmelite Therese Martin died in 1897 at age 24 and was caonized in 1927. Her famous auto biography, The Story of a Soul, has caused St. Theresa to be compared to t he great masters of the Holy Catholic Church.

No. 15

Vol. II

1981

Taking the Profit Out of Pornography The invasion of pornography into the American home has long been possible through television - the beachhead for the attack on fami ly moral ity. Alarmed with the increas ing au dacity of the televisio n programmers and advertisers, a number of organizations, chu rch groups, an d individuals gathered in Washington, D.C. in February to form the Coalition for Better Televisio11 . Reali zing the formative influence of the media, th is coalition of over 150 groups is in tent upo n monitoring maJor television programming for profanity, vulgarity, violence and sexual immorality . The m onitoring will use such cr iteria as whether "prime t ime" programs help build character in youth and ch ildren. Does the program help promote better fam ily life? Does it make a co nstructive contribution towards a better society? The alarm has not been prematurely sounded. For year now, the networks have ignored the pleas of fam ily-oriented groups and individuals seeking b etter television fare. Recent reports have been issued confirming the fact that television programs are reach ing startling levels of indeceny. A Harvard University study concluded, for example, that eighty-nine per cent of all rela t ions shown on television are outside of marriage. A survey by the National Federation of Decency found that eighty-five per cent of all prime time programs contain either immorality, profanity or both. The same 1980 study showed that the use of profanity was up thirty-six per cent from 1979. On televisio n there is growing exposure of perversions and degradations such as homosexuality, prostitution,

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and abortion. For example, a recent program was aired wh ich portrayed the "trau ma" a mother and her daughter faced when each of them decided to have an abortion. In many cases, viewers, especially the young, reinact the situations o r adopt the lifestyles shown o n television. The reaction against med ia indecency is primarily directed toward the advertisers who promote such programs. Groups - such as the National Federation for Decency(NFD) - are asking television viewers to voice their protests to TV sponsors; and, if these sponsors insist on showing their immoral wares, m embers are encouraged to boycott the large variety of products offered by these sponsoring companies - ma ny of

them large, well-known corporations. Letter writers often find that a company's moral code is tied to its profits. The NFD !nfonneÂˇr (February 1981) reports that Philip Morris, In c., the parent company of 7-Up, replied to a co nsumer in New J ersey that the company will continue to advertise " in pornographic" magazines "as lo ng as it is profitable to do so." Revlon, cited by the NFD as one of the worst offenders for sexual display on television, noted its concern for television programming but insisted t hat its commercial message will continue to be toward shows that are "glamorous," "exciting ," and "spontaneous." Or better said: sickly, sleazy and superficial.

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''All Hail the Hostages'' The national "celebration" over the return of the American hostages has abated. The welcome at the White House, the huge t icker tape parade in New York City, the hu man interest stories, the "warm" glow of national unity , t he commercialization of "hostage mementos" and t1'inkets - all are now faded li nes of an embarrassing page in American history. The exaltation witnessed upon the return of the hostages differs greatl y fro m the Am e rican mood when the " Ira nian crisis" first began. At that time, shock , a nger, frus tration and humiliation ra n ram pan t all across the United States in th e wake of the re po rts of Iranian mobs swarming practically unresisted into the America n Embassy in Teheran . T he country was forced to sit helplessly by as our own territory was invaded and sac ked. Our natio n was denounced and our fl ag profaned. In ternational law and diplomacy proved useless. The si t uation (to use the words o f Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira, President of the Brazil ia n Society for t he Defense of Tradition, Family and Property), was o ne of a "tiny and arrogant Iran treating the greatest superpower like a cat trea ts a m ouse" (TFP Newslett~r. Vol. I, no. 14 ). Khom ei ni took great pains to e ncourage th e fanatical "stude nts" to take advantage of what he saw as a lack of fi. ber in the American will.

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T he initial shock was fo llowed by 444 days of national angu ish and apprehension. Re ports and counter-reports on the conditions o f the hostages and their release abounded. A resc ue atte mpt en ded in defeat and resignation . Diploma tic attempts failed succesively. Finall y (perhaps, se nsing th e change in American p ublic o pinio n) , the Irani ans negotiated . Among o ther conditio ns, the U.S. unfroze e no rmous sums of

Iranian assets, thus pa ying in gol d fo r the 52 h ostages. In the end, a happy Iran , with its pockets full, walked away from a burdensome crisis leaving the U.S. to fo rget its shame and respo nsibilities in ticker tape. Aside from the legitimate concern for the welfare o f the fifty-two victimsm ade·heroes and in the light of ou r dip lomatic defeat, o ne might well ask: What were we really celebrati ng?

The Ailing Bear Like his late compani o n, Tito, the ailing Leonid Brezh nev's medical recqrd is a long list of aches, pains a nd illn esses according to a recent assessm e nt by the C IA of the 74-year old Russian boss. His majo r problems are card iovascular, resul ting h}1 pertension and arteriosclerotic heart d isease. The CIA notes that Brezh nev probabl y uses a pacemaker. He is also prone to m ood and temperamental changes ra ngi ng fro m periods of depression, fatigue and in· atte ntiveness to mo ments of surprising ale rtness. To cope with these problems, th e Soviet ruler is inclin ed to take more than enough med icin e which in itself has si de effects. In addition, Brezhnev has tr ied without success to relieve the pai n caused by problems with strai ned facial nerves.

He is plagued with such sudden periods o f weakness that his pu blic appear· a nces are few and brief. Some observers believe that this was the reason why he was una ble to stand at Tito's funeral and gave such a sho rt speech at the recent openin g of the Internation al Communist Congress in Moscow. In a nation known fo r its mystery , the Sovie t leader's problems are becom ing quite a pparen t like those of t he nati o n itself. Frust rated by consta n t " b ad weather" a nd resultant crop fai lures, pressured at home by increasing consumer unrest over the lac k of basic goods, faced with its own "ene rgy crisis," stripped o f its image of military prowess by li ttle Afghanistan, the com munist system is beginning to resembl e its " lookalike" leader - ready to col lapse .

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FASHION'S COMEBACK Not since the 60s when everyone col· lectively "did their own thing" have fashions, trends and attitudes und er· gone such a change. With th e ushering in of the Reagan adminstration, the pendulum o f pro· priety and manners is swinging back to the days when people were co ncerned about personal appearance and eti· qu ette. Th e focus of this trend is centered on a growing weariness of egalitarian and liberal lifestyles. People are tired of the drab, look-alike fashions which tended to equalize everyone regardless of age, sex or income. " I don't think people should apolo· gize for what they've earned," comm· ented a Philadelphia socialite. Many Americans are beginning to feel that when they work to better themselves, they have the right to d ress and live accordi ngly. After all, excellence should be recognized and rewarded. ' Th e fruits of this attitude are appear· ing not only in the form of elegant dresses, furs, th<;. increased use of jewelry, and well-tailored men's suits but also in everyday fash ions and manners. Th e new trend-setters seem co be rebelling against the "everything goes" mentality. "Freedom" in dress used co meai1 the indiscrimi nate use of blue·

"Good old Georf{ia boys" - Out of fashion in more ways than one. jeans an ywhere and on any occasion, army fat igues, casual hairstyles and gaudy psychedelic prints. The formal inauguration of President Reagan put the official scamp of approval on this new trend of returning to quali ty and excellence, co good man· ners and co care abou t one's own appear· ance.

World War II: Did It Ever Really End? T en million people, - one million more than were killed in World War I have died in the last fifteen years as a consequence of armed conflicts all over the world according to a survey conducted by the French magazine Le Nouvel Oonservateur. The Parisbased magazine adds chat Lebanon could head the list of casualicies in its ongoing civil war aggravated by Syrian and Israeli interventio ns. The report also notes chat in the war between Iran and Iraq, the death coll has alread y reached 10,000. The article gives special emphasis co El Salvador and Guatemala. In chose two Central American countries, the survey reported that 10,000 and 20,000 people have died, respectively. The study goes on co say that Central America , "guarded by the United Scares, has become a strategic area of che world" and points ouc the face that in· G uatemala, violen ce causes 3,000 deaths per year. Th e magaz ine notes that "not even

Europe is spared from chis slaughter." In Spain, Basque terrorism causes an average 100 deaths per year, while in Ireland 2,500 death s occurred between 1969 and 1980. Italy co nti nues co be scourged by the terror of th e Red Bri· gad es and so-called extreme rightist gro ups. Number one in Asia is Afghanistan where the Soviet army continues to kill hundreds of guerrillas and whole villages are bombarded daily by helicopter gu n· ships. In Turkey, the survey pointed out that only recently a military coup managed co stop a wave of terror that caused almost 3,000 deaths in just two years. In Africa, the magazine stated, "the fire (k illing) has reac hed the North with sporad ic confrontations between the Polisario Fron t and Morocco, along with Chad, Angola and Mozambique." Le Nouvel Observateur concludes chat the tim e period 1979-1980 was very "hot" with seve n major conflicts and twenty civil or guerrilla wars in progress.

Apparently, after four years of the "good old Georgia boys" informality in the White House, the new administration is determined co polish the tarnished Presidential image. Officials have just issued a new White House dress code com· piece with Emily Pose etiquette. The code banished blue jeans from the White House offices. Men were told that coats and t ies were to be worn and women advised that slacks were not co be worn. Styrofoam cups were replaced with china. Even the barnyard atmosphere of Presidential news conferences is under· goi ng a change.President Reagan's first new conference opened with a call co o rder. Startled reporters used co cackling "Mr. President" after every answer remained seated, raised their hands and waited co be called upon . This widespread return to such forgotten values as dignity, prop 6vility and excellence is yet am confirmation that the nation's pendular swing co the right was more than just a matter of voter preference. It indicates a change of attitude and a desi re to return co moral principles by a grow· ing number of Americans.

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ANARCHY BEHIND THE ALPS Th e country of Switzerland has always prided itself on its image as a peace ful and efficient Alpine nation. Its name conjures up pictures of pastoral mountain villages, m ajestic snowcapped peaks and prosperous banks tucked away in medieval towns. Now, however, Swiss authorities are worried about a powder keg situation that, o nce seemingly contained t o the rest of West Europe by its mountains, is now threatening to destroy the carefully conceived Swiss image of stability. Over the past nine months, Zurich, the elegant Swiss financial capi tal has been rocked by violent demonstrations of leftist you ths. Bands of young people have smashed hundreds of street front windows of banks, hotels and shops, attacking what they describe as symbols of "bourgeois wealth." Nor is it Zurich alone that is being attacked by the new wave of Visigoths. In other cities in Switzerla~d as well as West Germany and t he Netherlands, police are reporti ng the growing occurrences of anarchical "anti-establishment" youth riots and are likeni ng them to the 1968 Paris riots at the Sorbonne. In West Berlin, for example, youths rioted at th e police evictio n of squatters in a housi ng project. In Frankfurt, leftists demonstrating against U.S. support of El Salvador broke the windows in West Germa n and American banks and slashed the tires o f American cars. Zurich, however, appears to be the center of what the youth have dubbed simply " Th e Movement." In that city, police have arrested over 1,400 protesters related to these kinds of disturbances. One female demonstrator set herself o n fir e and died on a city street. Protestors have occupied buildings and have even gone so far as to stage nude marches on the streets. Th e police are respondi ng vigorously to th e now regular demonstrations, suppressing them before they ger out of hand . Nevertheless, au tho rities are puzzled as to why Switzerland is subject to such vio lence.

Switzerland boasts a standard of living second only to oil-rich Kuwait. Unemployment even among youth is practically non-ex istent. With such prosperity, it would hardly seem the place for social unrest. Like their American counterparts of the 60's, liberally educated Swiss children were given virtually everything by th eir hard-working parents. Pampered by every material comfort but

lacking idealistic nourishment, the young people have reacted against their materialistic society. Capitalizing on t heir discontent, agitators have turned youth towards their anarchical movement intent upon destroying all laws, institutions and order. The embittered yout h make no secret of their aims. An encircled " A" standing for Anarchy mars many of th e city's picturesque walls and buildings.

Sw itzerland: Is an anarchical volcano erupting in tbe Alps?

''Un-Motherly" Russia Soviet Russia may be bill ed as a "Workers' Paradise" but in reality it is becoming a childrens' " In ferno ." Not only is the Soviet Unio n a harsh place for children to live, it is a dangerous place to be born . According to a Smithsonian Institute study, babies are dying if' shock ingly large num bers in Russia . This is evidenced by r he fact that Russia has become the first industrialized nation to record a long term rise in in fan t mortai-

ity . The country's infant death rate of 3 5 per thousand is twice that of the United States. Th e study gives a variety of reasons to explain the phenomenon, suggesting that the root of th e problem is more social than medical. Many of the infan ts die of illnesses resulting from their mothers' alcoholism. Then, too, t he State standing in as a "mother" in government-run day care centers, often provides infants inferior

formulas making them vulnerable to the flu and various other diseases. Finally, abortion is cited by the study as a major factor. Soviet women on the average have six abortions, which , in turn, causes prematures births and a higher mortality rat e in subsequent pregnancies. Communist Russia: neither a " nice place to visit" nor a nice place to live.

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Summit Meetings: Russia 13 - U.S. 0 Now that the "eagle" has landed, so to speak, in the White House , the liberal

doves are filling the mass media with the need for a summit conference between the United States and the Soviet Union. Former summit meetings, all much ballyhooed wi th the prospects of peace anod security for the world, have been less than fruitful for the United States. Teheran-1943.Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill m et to come to an agreement on Allied tactics for World War I I. Russia broke all fou r major points of this accord. Yalta-1945. The same leaders met to d iscuss the post-war future of Europe. This infamous summit brought Eastern Europe under the yoke of Russian imperialistic communism. One need only mention the names o f Poland, Hungary, and Yugoslavia to check t he Soviets' fidelity to their promises.

Potsdam-1945. Truman met with Stalin and Britain's Clement Attlee. The agreement consol idated the Red hold o n Eastern Europe. Geneva-1 95 5. President Eisenhower met with the leaders of Russia, England, and France. In the midst of th e Cold War, the Soviets rejected several American initiatives and the conference ended without an agreement. Wash ington-I 959. Carefully avoiding any commitments, Russia's Nikita Khrushchev tried to usher in a new era of "peace and understanding." Paris-1960. Khrushchev used the summit to lambast the United States after a U-2 spy plane was shot down over Russia. The meeting broke up when Eisenhower refused to apologize. Vienna-1961. A smiling Khrushchev visited the newly-elected President Ken-

nedy to begin a new friendship. After the overture, he installed missiles in Cuba, starting another crisis. Glassboro, N .J .-1967. President Johnson and Prem ier Kosygin met to set up strategic arms limitation talks. However, these talks did not prevent the Soviets from supplying arms to North Vietnam or from building up their own nuclear arsenal. Moscow-1972. President Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev signed the SALT I treaty. The agreement gave the Russians an advantage in land-based missiles and bro ugh t tim e for them co catch up in other areas. Washingto n-1973. Brezhnev, in the role of a repentant sinner, went on national televisio n and proclaimed the end of the Cold War. Credit and trade agree~

Goodwill: A one-way street for the West? Eisenhower m eeting with Adenauer of Germany, MacMillan of Britain, and de Gaulle of France on bis global goodwill tour.

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ments were signed boosting the Soviets' move toward industrialization. Moscow-1974. Nixon travels to Russia to sign the limited underground testban treaty. Vladivostok-"1974. President Ford agreed to the basic principles on unilateral arms limitations by accepting future restrictions on strategic bombers and missile launchers. The seed of SALT II was planted. Vienna-1979. SALT II treaty signed by President Jimmy Carter and Brezhnev assuring American inferiority in nuclear arms while giving_ the Soviets an unverifiable superiority. As a proof of good fait h, the Russians invaded Afghanistan six months later. West Germany-I 981? A new " agreement"? A new broken promise? According to the laws of probability ...

Afgbanistan: A stark example of Soviet good will.

Shelving Agrarian Reforn1 The newly appointed Secretary of the In terior, James G. Watt, has announced yet another delay in the implementation of the controversial 160 acre limitation rule on the federally irrigated lands. The rules proposed by former Interior Secretary Andrus would have limi ted the amount of land receiving federall y subsidized water to 160 acres per person (up to 960 acres per family), regardless of crop, weather and soil conditions. _ In 19 77, the acreage limitation proposals shocked farmers in the Western farmlands as something that did not correspond to present econom ic realities. The Carter Administration based its action on a never-enforced 1902 law. Resurrecting t he statute, reformers claimed that regardless of how hard a farmer worked , the federal government should onl y support an agrarian structure with standardized 160 acre plots. Seeing the most productive agrarianÂˇ structure in the world t hreatened by such a land reform proposal, the American TFP carried o ut a large scale, two year campaign denouncing the move as a "socialist agrarian plunder." The TFP helped to reinforce local farm organiza tions' argumentation with two major studies. The reports stressed that nothing less than the very principles of private property and free enterprise were at stake in th e debate. An economic study showed t he lack of justification for implementing the lim itat io ns.

Now, after nearl y four years of debate, Secretary Watt has delayed indefintely any actio n on the proposals in order to give "adequate time to study and thoroughly review the issues involved in the acreage limit rule-making action."

Private property, free enterprise and outdated 1902 economics will undoubtedly be o n the Department of the Interior's agenda.

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U.S. CRIME WAVE

Fear seal ks the streets : Citizens taking target practice witb handguns bougbt for tbeir protectio11 . When Supreme Court Just ice Warren Burger cold the American Bar Association recent Iy that "crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life," he merely pu t the official stam p o n reali ty . According to the newly appo inted U.S. Attorney Ge neral, William French Smith, nearl y thirty percen t of all American households were affected by som e serious crime last year. Prelimi nary data released by the F BI indi cate chat in 1980 violent crime has increased te n perce nt. There seems to be no end in sight to this increase an d even cries for increased police protection offer little hope. A Kansas City study sponsored by the Pol ice Fo undation suggests that th ere is no evidence to support the popular notio n that more policemen m eans less crime. In some cases, the oppos ite h as been tru e. With jails filled to capac ity and only twenty percent of criminals bei ng brought to justice, more and more Ameri cans are taking measures to defend themselves agai nst this ever-growing regime of crime. Th e fear of crime seems higher than the actual crim e rate. Th e secu rity industry has been qui ck to respo nd to the needs of those desiring protection. Burglar alarm systems are increasing in sales at th e rate of twenty percent per year. Using the latest techn ology, electron ic watchdogs can " listen" fo r burglars, detect motio n, and automatically call the police. Personal protection items are also in high demand. In California, for example, tear gas sales are soaring an d al most one million Californians arc expected to

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Convergence and Pyschological Warfare By Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira I am writing on Tuesday morning. Today's papers in Brazil and the world are reporting still another change of nuance in the overall picture of the situation in Poland. The success of the various strike movements has forced the Communist Party there to sweep out the Premier. In view of the liberalizing agita tion among Polish workers, Russia appears apprehensive, unhappy, and therefore, threatening. The news is giving more emphasis to the KOR movement, one of more defined anti-communist hues hues than Walesa's Solidarity (that's) not at all difficult). There are rumors that the United States will toughen its attitude. So the hitherto dubious symptoms of tension between Warsaw and Moscow and consequently between Moscow and Washington arc becoming more meaningful. How is this panorama going to be a few days from now?While in this feminist era, the words of the well-known Italian play "La donna e mobile qua/ piuma al vento. Muda d'accento e di pensiero" may sound rather o ut of date, they still apply perfectly well to politics. Indeed, how capriciously the course of events has been changing on the five continents and even inside that power, which by its very nature is nobly and majestically stable, the Holy Church! In this world which seems continuously given up to that mysterious process of autodemolition of the Church spoken of by Paul VI, in this world that plans excessively, builds hastily, and staggers under the weight of the ruins of what it has built, there is o nly one thing that keeps somberly on the way to its malign end. It is international communism. It ceases not even for an instant to use all its capacity, all its cunning, all its strength, all its dexterity, all its propaganda, bluffs, and blackmail to achieve world domination. Some skeptical reader may object that Russia and its satellites lack the military and economic means to successfully oppose the West. He may say that the world behind the Iron Curtain is being eaten up by opposition movements that deprive it of any possibility of victory. All of this is probably true. But who says that that is where Russian power lies? If communism inexorably gained ground during the period 19451980, it was due to the most modern and efficacious of weapons: revolutionary psychological warfare. The policy of the extended hand, peaceful coexistence, political pragmatism, useful innocents, the dropping of ideological barriers, fellow travelers, salami tactics, ping pong diplomacy,

Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira: "Does water still extinguish fire?" danger of nuclear hecatombe, Yugoslavian-style socialism, ne.utrality between two systems, and detente arc only some of the most notable artifices or slogans of the vast, worldwide psychological offensive that Russia has bee n developing in a West that is boobified, soft, inert, in a word, psycho-destroyed. Here is a symptom of this psychodestruction: If Russia is really so weak, why not let her fall' If this weak and hungry nation commits acts of aggression, why give it credits, send it foodstuffs, industrialize it while at the same time you retreat before every one of its onslaughts? The inexplicable conduct of the West, which the multitudes enslaved by propaganda watch like a flock of sheep has reduced us to the plight of dwarfs in retreat. This is the illogical and undignified posture to which Soviet psychological warfare has brought us. The strength of communism may not be so great behind the Iron Curtain, but on this side of the Curtain, it is immense, monumental, overwhelming. This is the great Russian victory. However weak Russia may be, the entire West in its spirit - in this point led by the "Catholic left"-is weaker than she is. In the Polish question - produced by internal factors including t he socioeconomic failure of com munism-there is also Poland's noble, obstinacy in maintaining its national identity. The more Russia lacks military power, the more we must admit as probable that it will employ its best resources of revolutoionary psyc hological warfare such as propaganda, false leaderships, the

adulteration of authentic movements, camouflage, bluffs, confusion, intrigue, and so on, to temporaize with the internal outbursts of anti-communism in order to divide, undermine and exhaust them. In short, t o do with them what Russia has been doing so successfully in the Free World. Ho wever, international communism 's leaders would not be themselves if they failed at the same time to take advantage of all the chaos fabricated in Poland to frighten the West with the risk of a nuclear hecatombe. This is a twofold maneuver of a colossal range, a maneuver whose link consists in a new formula: the Polish model. It is o ne more artifice to be added to t he long list we mentiont Am I making an affirmation 0 1 ,sing a hypothesis? To a certain extent it is an affirmation, and to some degree a hypothesis; for both are indispensable ingredients of any political forecast. In these sad days, people with good noses are much mo re numerous on the left than o n the right. So while on the left many have already figured out what convergence will mean, on the right many pleasant, respectable people, but whose noses are not so keen, have perceived nothing. Maybe I'll address the matter some day. While reflecting on t his subject my attention also turns to other fields. I am paging through fo reign newspapers looking for information about something that I wish the Brazilian press would give much more coverage to: the American New Right. But that's another matter.

Water, Fire and Rower By Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira

I am taking a deep interest in the Polish question and I think the reader should too. It is quite true that for many religious, historical, ethni~, :ind geog~aphical reasons Poland of itself ments special respect and affection from all Catholics. Consequently, current events there should attract everyone's attention. But at the present we are led to that conclusion by reasons of an even greater import. For the world, the events in Poland are constituted as a sign of the future. If the unique relationship, which a newspaper has called "the Polish tri-angle~" between ·the· Warsaw - govern- · ment, the episcopate, and the coalition of workers'organizations labelled "Solidarity" is successful, then something in communism has changed. Or something has changed in the Church, and therefore, in the world. Something, indeed, that until a while ago was steadfastly deemed immutable. How can I affirm this? Perhaps a metaphor would be appropriate. Imagine that a man announced that he had found a way to pour water (yes, real water) on fire (yes, real fire) with no effect on either one. Imagine, furthermore, that he decides to do it in public. The city opens its principal stadium for the experiment The bleachers and the whole field are crowded with curious onlookers. The experiment is .carried out in what seems to be an undisputably authentic manner. In fact, large quantiti~s of _water poured over the fire disconcertingly drench the coals of the huge bonfire without extinguishing it. The water runs over the ground wetting the feet of the nearby spectators, who are entertained, enchanted, and e~~hl;lsed. . . . Some of them, however, are silent. They make no comments. They do not smile. They do not applaud. They do something much more lucid: They become suspicious. Yes, they become suspicious; for if water really no longer puts out fire, everything in physics has to change. And therefore everything in the life of men and the whole universe has to be changed. Either this is true, or water still extinguishes fire - but if it does the art of deceit has reached an unimaginable height. And today deceiving whole multitudes would be just as feasible as it formerly was to trick a handful of rubes with the shell game. Again, if the art of deception has reached such a point, it is necessary to change everything. Poland is, in our days, like an im-

mense stadium where, by the arts and magic of international communism, the facts appear to tell the world that water no longer extinguishes fire. Communism is no longer an enemy of Religion. They may collaborate without destroying each other. There is more. From the water and the fire, mixed as in synthesis, are born beautiful flowers that settle over the people: Convergence, peace, the society of tomorrow, and still other utopias. I can see all over the world many people who smile, dance, and sing at the sight of this. For my part, I am one of those ·who are· silent and· suspicious. Has everything changed? In what She is authentic and infallible, the Holy Catholic Church has never changed, does not change, and will never change. What, then, has changed? Out on the experimentation field, that is, in Poland, or more precisely, at the vertex of that "Polish triangle" since the vertex is the natural position of a government - is the Warsaw government. Now this is an officially communist government which one must suspect very much - to say the least - of being a puppet of the Kremlin. Yes, of the Kremlin, the den where for decades they have been studying, planning, directing and carrying to victory the most unimaginable of wars with the most fabulous of successes. I am talking about revolutionary psychological warfare. It is wholly made of snares, frauds, and ingenious theatrical ploys by which Russia has been overthrowing many nations and trampling them underfoot, nations that were themselves masters of vast expanses of land. And it has been forcing government officials, politicians, and executives of the most powerful nations to squat or kneel. In brief, revolutionary psychological warfare is a fabulous pyschoprestidigitation. Poor Ali Baba, poor Alladin, poor magic lantern, how little they are in comparison with it. Now, I see the mysterious power that wages this war precisely at the vertex of the "Polish triangle." It seems to me that in Poland it is directing events sometimes with the magic sleight-of-hand of a convergent utopianism and som~times with panic of war. In such circumstances, how can I not suspect that by taking the Polish experiment as an argument, communism is preparing to cry out to the men of the Twentieth Century: "Look, don't fear me. Everything has changed. I am water

but I no longer put out the flame with my negations. I can keep myself in power without harming your affirmations in the least. My darkness can spread without prejudice to your light." I see in a wide variety of countries and the most diverse occupations learned, illustrious, and experienced men who have rendered important services - about whose intentions I cannot here raise the least doubt. They applaud the words of the prestidigitator. They shake his hand. And so they partidpate in the festival of naive pacifism the Polis.h experiment is stirring up. Now for the moral of the story. According to the news in general, the Warsaw government, the Polish episcopate and the Solidarity movement have opposing goals. However, they cannot attempt to overthrow each other because that would give rise to a revolution which in turn would bring about a Russian invasion. If it were not for Russia, the three would be free to fight. But since Russia is there, they are obliged to coexist, that is, to collaborate. Yes, for such coexistence entails collaboration. In a communist regime, with communist laws and communist police, the communist cat at the vertex of the triangle permits the mice to carry on a bit. He also bats them around a bit. He lets them have a bit of cheese, a very little bit! And this may go on indefinitely until the mice faint ... or worse. Russia is the great factor foreign to the Polish collaboration. Is it possible, then, to admit that it is not interested in this demonstration that water and fire are compatible? Is it not interested in seeing a beautiful flower blossom there, a flower which propaganda sho,1 whole world, and whose seed it scatters to the four winds? Oh, the flower ... The Polish model ... Oh! ooh!

Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira, a thinker and writer of world-wide renown, is the founder of the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property, the largest anticommunist organization in Brazil and President of its National Council. Professor de Oliveira has a syndicated column in the Falha de Sao Paulo, the newspaper with the largest circulation in Brazil.

NEWS FLASlHCES this feast is supressed by a separist and and anti-Catholic representative of the Catalonian people.

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A STUDY IN PATRIOTISM A recent poll by a Tokyo newspaper conducted simultaneously in the United States and Japan noted that barely 20 percent of the Japanese and 72.8 percent of Americans say they would try to protect their homeland by military means if invaded by foreign troops. 33.7 percent of the Japanese and 10.9 percent of the Americans would resist foreign troops through non-military means. But 23.9 percent of the Japanese and 8. 7 percent of the Americans questioned said they would escape to safer places (Antartica?).

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HUNGER STRIKE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA HOLLYWOOD'S TRENDS All Hollywood studios are booked until the Fall of 1981. Although the number of pictures promised is down one-third compared with last year, two

OHIO SAYS NO! TO ABORTIONS The Ohio Department of Public Welfare has announced that the State will no longer supply Medicaid funds for abortions. The new policy results from a recent court order that upheld a state and federal law permitting state agencies to restrict the use of public funds for abortions.

new marketing formulas have been found: producing science-fiction and short-run movies on a large scale. And following the conservative trend in American taste, they will specialize in medieval grandiose films with dragons and knights.

from several countries spoke at the meeting. A choir of twenty-five students from the University of Utrecht, dressed in university gowns, was scheduled to sing during a solemn Latin Mass to be broadcast over the radio. But Abbot Ambrosius VerHedu forbade the allLatin Mass to be celebrated, causing it to be transferred to a smaller church. His attitude, L 'Osservatore Romano said, "surprised and stunned specialists the world over."

TARGETING TEDDY The National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC), which helped to defeat McGovern, Church, Bayh and Culver last year, has commissioned a Massachusetts poll to determine if Ted Kennedy can be beaten in 1982. If the odds are right, NCPAC is prepared to spend up to $1 million, bringing the Bay State voters' attention to the Senator's voting record on abortion, national defense, school busing and school prayer.

GREGORIAN C-IANT: AN ENDANGERED SPECIES? On November 24, 1980, the German edition of L 'Osservatore Romano reported that earlier in the year a number of specialists met in order to study Gregorian Chant, a form of music increasingly threatened with extinction. Experts

NO! TO THE PATRONESS Jordi Pujol, President of the Generalitat in Catalonia, has decreed the supression of the feast of the Immaculate Conception as Patroness of that Spanish province. In better days, Msgr. Malou, Bishop of Brussels commented: "Spain was the instrument of Divine Providence to pave the way for the definition of this mystery.'' He was referring to the arduous task undertaken by the Spaniards, including the Catalonians, in defense of the Immacualte Conception of Mary. It was Charles III who obtained from Pope Clement XIII the declaration of the Purissima (Mary Most Pure) as the Patroness of Spain. This was even before Pius IX's dogmatic declaration of December 8, 1854. But now, out of a sectarian whim,

A report addressed to the Research Center for Religion and Human Rights in Closed Societies, publishers of the journal Religion in Communist Dominated Areas, in New York, describes a flareup of discontent among the students of the Catholic Theological Seminary in the capital of Slovakia, Bratislava. The seminary has about 120 students whose admission is controlled by the Communist government. Furthermore they are subject to pressures on the part of the so-called Pacem in Terris Peace Movement of the Catholic Clergy in Czechoslovakia, known for its collaboration with, and subservience to the Communist regime. Members of that organization, whom the believers call the "Paxterriers," were urging the seminarians to join the Pacem in Terris and cooperat ,h the government. The seminarians, \\ ,1dSC motives are not clear, refused and announced a hunger strike.

TEEN SUICIDES DOUBLE What is the cause of suicide among youth? Pyschologist Carl Tishler in a recent study cited stress from frequent moves, financial difficulties, the death or chronic illness of a loved one or petor the anniversary of such a death-as factors that may cause a suicide attempt. The study also showed that parents of those committing suicide were more depressed, drank more and had a lower self-image than other parents. The result: the number of teenage suicides has nearly doubled in the last ten years.

Communism With a Human Face During the Solidarity delegation's visit to Rome a local magazine, Corrispondenza Romana, interviewed Dr. Romuald Kukolowicz, a professor of Sociology at Lubin university. Professor Kukolowicz is considered to be the Polish intellectual closest to the Cardinal primate, who called him to participate in Lech Walesa's selected team of advisors. The interview, which took place on Saturday January 17 at 8 :00 pm, follows: Question. I would like to talk with you about relations between Catholicism and communism in Poland. Answer. In 1945, still young and unmarried. I met Cardinal Hlond in Czestochowa and put exactly this problem to him. He answered me: "Even if God asks us to work in l:fell, we will work in Hell, but not for Hell." I beg you to keep this answer in mind. Since 1945, I have worked with the Church, but never for communism. Q. But how do you see the problems of relations between Catholicism and communism? A. There are many planes of generalization of human existence. If we consider the philosophical plane, for example, the possibilities of coercion of man are restricted. But on the strictly existential plane, it is quite different. On this plane there is a wide range of understanding with the communists. Since 1945, the communists have changed. Especially after 1980, they understood that action can be efficacious when it is based on moral rules. On this plane there is a great convergence between Marxists and Catholics. Q. Do you mean that a collaboration on the plane of "praxis" is possible? A. Precisely. A practical convergence, not an ideological one. Q. Could you explain this better? A. The philosophical conception of Marxism is monistic. The philosophical conception of Catholicism is dualistic. A moral element has to be added to the monistic conception. We don't [change], but they themselves change, by introducing a dualistic moral element. Q. But is this "compromise" a necessity for today's Poland, or is it a model for the Europe of tomorrow? A. If the communists - as they declare - have man's good as their goal, I have not the least doubt that this possibility of understandiJ'!g between them

and the Catholics exists. This point of view will be well accepted in the Soviet Union as well as in other countries. If it is just, it will also be exported to other [sic] Western countries. Social and intellectual conditions, etc. may be different, but the general lines [of this compromise] may also be accepted in Europe. Q. Therefore you believe in socialism and communism "with a human face"? A. There are no possibilities open for Eastern Europe other than a communism with a human face. Q. And what about Western Europe? A. As long as Western Europe does not free itself from the spirit of economic consumerism with which it is impregnated, it will have great problems to solve. In fact, it is declining toward a monistic materialism. This spirit does not exist in Eastern Europe. Q. Can you clarify this concept for me? A. For over two centuries, Western Europe has been living in a system of political and economic liberalism, and during this time, it has been steering away from true spiritual values. It seems to me that the average Western man proves that the search for transcendental and spiritual values is sterile. On the contrary, since 1945, Eastern Europe, and

particularly Poland, has been profoundly impregnated with this spiritual and transcendental search. Until 1980, the symbol of this search in Poland was one man: Cardinal Wyszinski; after 1980, it is another: Lech Walesa, who also puts transcendental and spiritual necessities foremost. I deeply believe that one day also the Polish Workers Party ( communist) will give rise to a third man who will take up an analogous position. Q. But in this case will it still be communism? A. The communism of 1917-1920 was bloody and destructive. The communism of the 70's and S0's is pragmatic and prudent. Âˇ Q. Pardon me, but do you believe in the existence of a social doctrine of the Church? A. Yes, I do. Q. And there is, for you, a coexistence between this social doctrine and communism? A. No. But the social doctrine belongs to the theological-philosophical plane and not to the existential one. I repeat: A convergence with communism on the plane of philosophical principles is absolutely not possible, but yes it is possible on the plane of concrete facts. "Primum vivere, deinde philosophari."

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Through a Glass Darkly When Archbishop Quinn of San Francisco announ ced at the last Synod of Bishops on the Family in Rome that 80 percent of American Catholic women used contraceptive methods of birth control condemned by the Church, many Catholics were stunned. A recent interview in the Denver Catholic R egister with Archbishop J ames Casey shows that while Catholic doctrine is always clearly defined it isn't always as clearly disseminated. Although the Denver Arch bishop admits there has been no change in the Church's teaching on contraception, he does find that under certain ambiguous circumstances they do not apply. The encyclical Humane Vitae, Bishop Casey notes, "says this [refraining from contraception] is the ideal." Accordi ng to the Colorado prelate, however, there are some exceptions. " I can envision a particular case (in which a couple was practicing artificial contraception) where circumstances would be such that I would not disturb them at all." In a n effort to avoid g1vmg some of his flock a guilty conscience, Bishop Casey declared that Catholics who practice birth control in the United States "are part of the Americans that are affected by the culture of the day." The Archbishop has similarly amb igu.>us views on homosexulaity. Ho mosexuals, he says "might be deranged ... or have other problems" to the point where "the person involved subjectively may not be doi ng something morall y wrong." If this sounds like an "instant replay" of situation ethics, it is .

Return to Motherhood Last year, more than 3 .6 million babies were born in the United Statesthe highest number since 1970. The statistics reflect a baby boom which has rocked the foundations of more than a few modern myths and fashions. Surprisingly, the growth is highest among the first births of women in their early thirties, particularly urban professionals and middle-class working women. The rate for this age group has jumped thirty-seven percent. According to pyschiatrist Donald A. Block of New York's Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy, "There is a profound baby hunger around these

days among women who have put off having children." The reasons behind this trend vary. Many women are tired of the egocentric "me" generation and are now finding satisfaction in caring for their own children. Others see that being "liberated" has its frustrations and thus desire to nurture their maternal instincts. Experts are seeing a traditionalism arise that prompts many women to nostalgically choose coÂˇ raise a fami ly over pursuing their careers. But aft er all, isn 't motherhood also a prestigious career?

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. Teddy Bear Tired of the cold, im personal and complex personalities of their robotplaymates (or rather playthings), today's children are showing a growing preference for warm, simple and more personal toys ... toys that can be hugged. Noting this trend, toy manufacturers have made personal toys the emphasis of of their annual American T oy Fair held recently in_ New York City. Traditional items like cuddl y dolls, stuffed ani mals and wooden building blocks are once again being offered on toy store shelves. The traditional toy movement has brought such famous doll p_ersonalities such as Teddy Bear and Raggedy Ann out of retirement. Meanwhile, flashy computer toys and the utterly "unhuggable" space age monster heroes are facing their greateih battle since "Star Wars" - trying to capture, br rather, program - the imagination of today's children.

Dialogue: Strong serve, weak return There are those today who strive fo r a kind of "ping pong diplomacy"through which everyone would gain and no one would lose. This new game of ping pong is dialogue, a general panacea to solve all t he world's problems . A good democrat, for example, should dialogue not o nly with persons of the same opinion, but also with his declared enemy as well : "Where there's talk, there's no shooting." Such is the mentality of a good "d ialoguer." Laden with so many promises (most of them broken), dialogue has someth ing that leads us to suppose that it is a masterpiece of the "father of lies." This is all the more true regarding religious or "ecumenical" dialogue. It appears to be th e devil 's ping pong. What is the current proce(lure for dialogue among persons of different religions? First, the parties establish a

common ground and agree they arc in equal conditio ns, t hat is, they recogni ze each other's convictions as havi ng the same value. This obviously leaves ope n the possibility that there may be a truth d ifferent from the one th e Church teaches (although this is alleged ly only a "method", it is a fraud that may entail the loss of one's Faith). Once the d ialogue starts, one sets out to understand th e other, to transpose oneself to the other's way of seeing and feeling in such a way as to deem his standpoint plausible. Finally , one is either won over by his opinion o r both parties reach some kind of a n "agreement" where Truth is declared to be relative or fleeting and that one should tend toward a "future" Truth - a "Third Confession." Who's the winner in this game of ping pong? The devil. Source: Der Fels, Regensburg I 1180.

Vol. II

1981

No.17

El SalvadorHiding in the Frying Pan In t he free world's newspapers early this year there was a barrage of headlines about the "final offensive" of Marxist guerrilla forces against the government troops of El Salvador. Subsequently, the world witnessed the defeat of t he left's would-be"final offensive" and general insurrection, obviously due to a lack of popular support. The Carter Administration, after feigning blindness fo r months, finally recognized the existence of the combined Russian-Cuban-Nicaraguan aid package to the Salvadoran Marxist guerri llas, but conveniently too late to do anything about it. Later, Reagan officials proved that subvers ion in El Salvador was being fed by International Communism, and announced that they would begin trying to stop it. With this, coupled with the lack of popular support, the guerrillas fou nd th eir chances of success in that country waning, all but vanished. The time for dialogue had come ... Recent international news releases announced that the social-democrat and Marxist opposition have accepted th e mediation of Will y Brandt, President of the Socialist International, an outspoken supporter of this oppo· s1t1on. Surprisingly, the Christian·Democrat government of El Salvador also shows itself inclined to begin talks through the well known executo r of the German "ostpolit ik, " charitably overlooking his partiality. Such a concession should arouse the fear that El Salvador will begin with an apparently social-democratic regime which in time will reveal its true color, a harsh red. Thus Co mmunism will once again have advanced , not through the acceptance of the people or armed conquest, but t hrough the treason of pseudo anticommunist political leaders. Putting aside the sensatio nalism with which the press misinforms the American public, we turn to the real

crux of the Salvadorean crisis: a massive and high pressure agrarian reform program and nationali zation o f banks and foreign trade, all under dictatorial compulsion. These reforms, undertaken with the pretext of preventing a communist regime (!), have produced disastrous results: the intoxication of the public with a socialist elixir, a breakdown of its natural resistance to Marxism and an ideal atmosphere for internal violence. Deprived of official aid, those affect· ed by the reforms clash with subversive socialist elements and together perpetu· ate civil s trife, so cherished by Marxists. The international press presents the Salvadoran dram a as having characters who claim t o be irreco ncilab le enemies, yet who act as members of a collusion. While t he far left intim idates th e bourgeoisie with vio· Jenee, socialism appears as a lesser evil ; the socialist regime, Christian in appearence, then paves th e way for Marxism , declaredly anti-Christian . It is reported that the country's military and police forces are rigorously repressing Marxist subversion, but grou ps are left here and there to continue th e violence. Th ere is talk of " rad ical" anti-communists, yet t hey abstain from soundly refuting Communism 's doctrines and deno uncing its psychological maneuvers. Together with the clever exploitation by the mass media making El Salvador's fall seem inevitable , all this constitutes a powerful psychological offensive carrying a laurel wreath for Communism. Speaking of roles, Western poli tical leaders and ecclesiastics are not without theirs. Persistently exaggerating the deficiencies and (sometimes censurable) actio ns of anti-communist governments - especially when they take repressive measures against revolutionary agitation - th ese po liti-

Willy Brandt: Preparin,;, a Latin American "Ostpolitik ' cians and prelates present the Marxist conflagration as overwhelming and irreversible, luring other nations t o resign themselves to the same fate as that of Angola, Nicaragua and Vietnam. But wasn't it said that the present o bject is to give in t o the Christian Democratic ideal of socialist reform to avoid being destroyed by a guc terro rist offensive? It seems t o something like hiding in the fry ing pan to escaRe the fire. Does one avoid Comm unism with a resistance full of concessions, attempting to escape it by allying oneself to its sympathizers, in reality semi-communists? Does the answer not co nsist in resisting Communism by rejecting all its errors and using all li cit means to fight it, even when it means enmi ty with those who, though not totally, to a great extent agree with Marxist prin ciples? This is a problem of much greater scope than the case of El Salvador in concrete; not because this cou ntry is not worth y of o ur consideration and support, but because it raises a matter of universal importance : How should Communism be fought? Wit h compromise and concession, or with intransigence? Alas! Rhodesia. Alas ! El Salvador? Alas! ... ?

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The Silent City The official U.S. Census figures show that 35,349 people live in Fayetteville, Arkansas, 33 ,349 in San Luis Obispo, California, 35,540 in Leavenworth, Kansas, and 34,951 in Fairlawn, New Jersey. In each of these cities, the population has reached a sufficient level to constitute a thriving community. It is shocking, then, to discover that in the super megalopolis of New York Ci ty (population: 7,134,152), there exists a "sub-city" almost equal to Fayetteville, San Luis Obispo , Leavenworth and Fairlawn. It is a city of 36,000 homeless people that spend their days shuffling along the crowded streets of the city or crouching in doorways. At night, they inhabit the bus and railroad statio ns or ride the subways. Some hide in steam tunnels buried deep beneath the city's streets or in cardboard boxes that look like refuse waiting fo r the next collection.

Jesuit Witchcraft The convention of witches in Catamaco, Mexico, which attracted delegates from as far away as New York, ended in total confusion with the surprising warning, by a Catholic priest, that "we are being manipulated by beings from other planets." The Fourth Annual Congress of Witchraft and Ceremonial Magic was really a magic act itself since it unfolded amidst total chaos. The previously announced program was not carri ed out and unexpected events happened haph azardly in different places, without audiences. The only thing th at worked was the exposition of potions, powders and ointments, which the witches carried out in the city square downtown, inside hues made of palm leaves. Fr. Salvador Freixedo, a J esuit priest who was presented as the highest Latin American aut hority in the field of psychic phenomena, closed t he co ngress with a surrealist vision of the world: " We are being used and manipulated by beings from other planets, and we've always been. Man must learn now to defend himself from the go ds."

A year-long study by the Community Service Society of New York has concluded that the problem of the homeless people on the streets has "reached such extraordinary proportions" that emergency housing must be set up. During the day, some of the homeless blend in with the typical New Yorkers whose multitudes jam the sidewalks and thoroughfares; others, more bizarre and tattered in appearance than contemporary fashion has demanded, are quite distinguishable from other pedestrians and travelers. At night, however, the homeless are more obvious filling th e waiting rooms of the major transportation terminals, fixing their locations near concessions stands or methodically investigati_ng the numerous public pay telephones for something which is much akin to t hem - forgotten change. Co ntrary to the usual image of only

the old as being in this unfortunate condition, statistics from one of the city's shelters indicate that the age of the occupants is changing. The median age at the Men's Shelter was over 50 in 1968, a recent study reports. By 1978 , it had dropped to 41 years for the total population; and to 36 years for the new population at the shelter. Last year, the city of New York spent some $ 12 millio n o n programs to shelter the homeless. "Advocacy groups do not think t here is any limit on the amou nt of money government can spend," a spokesman for the city said. " They think there is no end to revenues." The growing city of the homeless st ands as proof of this fact . More money will not suffice. The homeless are looking for more than just loose change in the coin returns of the public pay phones.

SPANISH ROOTS According t o the newspaper La Region, what is apparently the most ancient Catholic church ever to be found in Galicia has been discovered in Ouvigo-Blancos in the province o f Orense. This important archeological discovery was made by Antonio Rodriguez Colemero, a professor of Ancient History at the University of Deusto, in the province of Vizcaya. The church's walls, made with Roman cement, are o ne yard th ick an d over three yards high. T he building is made up of two parts, o ne rectangular and the other square. During the excavatio ns a tombstone was found bearing an inscription of the year 907. "This," Prof. Rodriguez declared, " leads us to believe that this building may have been one of t he first in Galicia made fo r worship". At the same place were also fou nd a Roma n sepulchre, a Roman-style sculture of a lamb's head, coats of mail, a pyx (little box in which the Holy Eucharist was taken to the sick) and a small bronze chalice whose interior is bathed in gold.

Typical church of the Galicia area in Spain where the Catholic Faith sunk ancient and deep roots

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LIVING TABLEAUX-EXPLOSIONS A friend recently arrived from Paris told me he had seen a unique play. The plot was not taken from literary ficition, but from a phase in the history of France. Scenes from the frantic, filthy and bloody debacle of the Terror were represented on the stage with the most rigorously authentic costumes of the period. Whenever an episode outstanding for its historical importance or its poignantly dramatic character was being played, the actors would, at a certain point, pause - "faisant t ableau". That is, making a static but living scene. Th is dramatic device corresponds perfectly to the way the mind of every lucid spectator works. Such a person is not consumed with haste to reach the end of the story, but he knows how to gather every pearl, every flower, every ray of light and every stream of darkness as the plot develops. To "gather" is to fix one's attention, pause, analize and - without a supreme delight! to conclude. So, an historical play that pauses from time to time like a living picture, appears to me to be profoundly psychological. The reader is going to ask me what this has to do with my topic today. No matter whether he agrees with me, disagrees with me, or finds himself in that typical mixture of agreement and disagreement that is the brackish muck of modern indecisiveness, he will still ask. Le me explain. Just a little while ago, world events were unfolding in that mixture of drowsiness, moans, laughs and howls so typical of modern chaos. For example, Spain was bitterly divided between those for and against divorce. The Cabinet had fallen. A rather colorful coup d'etat had shaken the country. Was it the emerging tip of a great iceberg of discontent? Or was it a join t effort of a Don Quixote in Madrid and a Sancho Panza in Valencia? Nobody knows. The coup was foiled. Nothing more was heard of the polemics over divorce, nor of politics, for that matter. In the minds of the people, like living tableaux, there remained onl y the scenes of the hero - or the Quixote - breaking into the Cortes to arrest the members of the government and la ter dramatically surrendering to the police. It was the same thing with Poland. Just yesterday John Paul II was receiving the labor leader Walesa in the Consistory Hall and conferring on him in

Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira is the founder of the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP), the largest anticomm.unist organization in Brazil. He has a syndicated column in the Folha de Sao Paulo. sumptuous and sacral Consistory Hall a most solemn and impressive way a with John Paul II, in the presence of a real commission to direct Catholic limited public and TV cameras, giving opinion in his country. One would guidelines as Walesa protests his obedihave said that a great plan was being ence to him . traced out and that an important event More recently, the communist or rather, a whole series of them, was parties gather in Moscow for their latgoing to burst onto the scene. est world congress. Giancarlo Pajetta, Walesa returns to Warsaw and everysecretary general of the Italian thing goes on as before. That is, the Communist Party, the largest one in the same tensions and the same showy West (with a markedly eurocommunist clashes brought about by secondary tendency) has his speech prepared to matters continue between the governbe read in the plenary. His speech conment on the one hand, and the front tains attacks on the Russian policy made up of Cardinal Wyszinski and toward Afghanistan and the European Walesa on the other. As usual, right crisis and demands autonomy for the after the clash there is a suspense. It non-Russian CPs. The censors consider looks like the worst is going to happen. Pajetta's harangue heterodox But behold, an unexpected formula is forbid him to read it before found that leads both sides to a dialogue. And this, in t urn , finally leads congress. As a consolation, they allow to a middle-of-the-road solution. Thehim to speak to a union meeting. How sions relax, there is a general relief. many people were present? How many Praise is lavished on the government's of them belonged to t he KGB? The prudence, Walesa's agile firmness, and dispatches don 't say. the tact of Cardinal Wyszinski, The only thing left in the memory already celebrated a thousand times of the public is a living tableau of a over. A few days later the same Soviet agent of dynossauric features process starts up again about another returning Pajetta's speech and shouting matter of the same importance; just "nyet!" Head down , an intimidated one detail is new. According to the Pajetta takes his text back. Polish Army paper Zolnierz Wolnosci Another much less emphasized and some Catholic priests affirm that there less noticed report comes out. It is is a betrayal on the part of Cardinal that the red propaganda is doing all it Wyszinski, who is playing this game in can to spread the news of this episode complici ty with the communists (cf. with Pajetta hoping that many readers, persuaded of the incompatibility 0 Clabo, 3-4-81). ls this an invention? Of the communist newspaper? Of the between the Kremlin and Eurocommunism, will be attracted to the priests? The exhausted public no longer follows the events very much. Italian Communist Party. Was this As a living tableau, there remains in its memory only the scene in the Cont'd .

incident in Moscow nothing more than a show, a kind of a living tableau to influence the Italian elections? It seems so. I am abstaining from commenting on the tableaux and suspenses on the Brazilian scene: The drowsy workers' agitation in the ABC area of Sao Paulo and elsewhere; the Basic Christian Communities, which appear to be less aggressive than they were up until recently; the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, which spent all of

1980 agitating the country with its land reform a nd its threats of urban reform, and that now, after its 1981 meeting, comes out with a sleepy commentary on the country's present situation. So many things seem to have become more or less stagnated. Only here and there one sees mysterious flare-ups. In Ceara - where there have been unfortunate but likeable populations that have suffered in tim es of drought - small groups are beginning

to make mini social revolutions. Why is th is? Are there professional agitators there? It seems that the agitation is spilling over into the States of Bahia, Piaui, Paraiba, and elsewhere, tending to form living tableaux. Will other living tableaux have begun to form around the world by the time this article comes out? Will some of those already existing be once again set in motion? At times immobility gives rise not to normal movements, but to explosions.

THE TERRORIST CONNECTION

New York City - A new stage for terrorist pyrotechnics? Last Janua ry when Presiden Reagan candidly lifted the veil chat had obscured the face of international terrorism and lin ked terrorist activities around the world to the Soviet Unio n, a great cry of "foul" went up behind the walls of the Kremlin that was amply echoed by the liberal press here in the United States. Immediately thereafter, Secretary of State Haig charged that the Soviets had a "conscious policy (of) training, fund ing, and equipping terrorists." Such strong statements obviously place the U.S. in the position of having "flung down the gauntlet" in Âˇ the masked faces of this internationallylinked gang of bandits. Can not the U.S. then expect a response and anticipate terrorist retaliation such as has occurred in Ireland , Italy and West Germany? In a recently published book, Terrorism: Threat, R eality, Response, co-authors Robert Kupperman and Darrell Trent raise this hypothesis.

"There is a strong possibility that America's open society will attract fore ign terrorists, both as a land of exile and as a potential stage for their terrorist activities," the authors say. In their book, Kupperman and Trent discuss all sorts of disasters that could be provoked by terrorists - the concealing of an atomic bomb in Manhattan, sabotaging power grids and oil rigs, even the use of poisonous chemicals. "Toppling one of the towers of the World Trade Center would suffice - lower Manhattan need no t be demolished to strike terror in the country and give the terrorists leverage," they reassuringly add. It is the authors' thesis chat the new left movement of the 1960's serves as the "common denominator" among t he most prominent contemporary terrorist organizations such as the Red Brigades in Italy, the United Red Army in Japan, the remnants of the Baaden-Meinhof gang in West

Germany a nd the Weatherman organizations in the United St.i They contend that the Soviet Um, indirectly supports Western terrorists "through a complex system of intermediaries." This thesis has found ample evidence of support in an article by Claire Sterling (New York Times 3-1-81) that revealed how Soviet armaments are being used in Northern Ireland by the 1.R.A. In the beginn.ing, when the shooting in Ireland first started some twelve years ago, the I.R.A. presented itself as involved in a war against religious persecutions. At the same time, the IRA told the Red Brigades of Italy that it was a war "to educate t he workers t o destabilize capitalism and international im perialism." A report released by the Repu blican Study Committee (RSC IIl-30), states that ten years ago the I.R.A. attempted to order four-and-a-half tons of small arms and

weapons from an arms manufacturer in Prague run by the Czech security police. This enterprise was basically controlled by the Soviet KGB. In 1972 , fifty LR.A. guerrillas were being trained in Lebanon; others wen t to South Yemen. Cuban in telligence informatio n revealed that in the same year an offer was made to "train the LR.A. in terror and guerrilla warfare tactics." Lybia 's Qaddafi offered "arms a nd support for the revolutionaries o f Ireland." In 1973 , a cargo vessel from Tripoli en route to Ireland was seized bearing 250 Kalashnikov rifles and o ther weapons. In 1976, LR.A. members bega n training in Lybian guerrilla camps and according to the articl e they were still using the facilities last year. The article closes by noting that the Provisional guerrillas never need m ore tha n a few hundred professional fighters to hold down a British arm y 30 or 40 times their size. So long as they can count on the international terror network fo r hardware and sanctuary, t heir civil war can probably last in perpetuity. Without publicity, terrorist acts wo uld lose much of their efficacy and the ir very reason for being. It is the liberal m edia that gives the terrorists their powe r to induce fear, command attention and even respect. There are, of course, some journalists who sympathize with the terrorist movements, especially those d ed icated to the destruction of capitalistic soc ieties. Other assist less conspic uo usly by adopting a kind of Orwe llia n Newspeak referring to the terrorists as "commandos," "urban guerrillas," or even "freedom fighters ." An organization dedicated to the violen t overth row of an elected

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R eagan: Calling a spade a spade.

gove rnme nt becom es th e "Patriotic Front". "One way to effectively counter terrorism and the coll usion or cooperation given to it in the m edia, is to continue insisting on the facts of the case, including the facts of Soviet involvement and the implications of involvement, because they are far fro m being part of an academic or theological exercise." writes Norman Podhoret z, editor of Co111m e11tary magazine. And t his ap pears to be precisely the step taken by President Reagan. Fa r from being "foul" it was a clean blow at one of the Kremlin's methods of psy~hological warfare.

- - The Moment of Truth-For the German episcopate - as we ll as the Austrian, French, Belgian and others - the time for truth has come. They must r.hoose between the teaching of the Church, Humanae Vitae, reaffirmed in Rome by representatives of Bishops' conferences from all over the world (including the German one), and the so-ca lled "Declaration of Kon igstein," where the German bishops affirm that, in spite of all , in certain circumstances artificial means of birth control are pe rmitted. S ince th e German bishops did not protest aga inst Humanae Vitae while in Ro me, they now must repudi ate the Declaration of Konigstein. Some years ago, the Australian bishops courageously recognized they were m istaken and corrected their position regarding artificial birth control. But t he outlook is not good. A document re leased by the Austrian

ep iscopat e last November says: "Spo uses who, after a serious exa mination, believe they cannot accept the method of co ntraception proposed by the Encyclical Humanae Vitae, are not irregular if they are disposed to continue refl ecti ng conscientiously about the m atter." Back in 1968, the Austrian bishops had declared: " He who is competent in this fie ld and has reached a dissenting conviction not out of an impul sive precipitation, but through serious examinati o n, may fo llow it initially. He is not wrong if he is ready to conti nue h is research and to m anifest his respect and fidelity to the Church as far as the rest is concerned. However, it remains clear that it is not licit for him to create confusion among his brothers in the Faith with his own opinion. We reaffi rm this because, whi le t here are differing opinions on this subjects, the union of Christia ns should not be disturbed in more fun damenta l m atters."

Paris' Belfond Publishing house has just published a book by Michael Volensky entitled Nomenklatura. This isn't a word he just made up. It is fou nd in the m anual, Building tbe Party: "The Nomen klatura is the list of t he most important posts... it is made up of people who hold key posts." T hey are Russia's privileged " high society". Volensk y reveals the profound nature and dimensions of this class dividing it into different categories. First come all the leaders o f the Communist Party or party-related organizations at the federal and state levels, in the several Soviet republics, regions, d istricts and cities with mo re than 100,000 people. A third category is made up of people who are not policy-makers but who support and serve the policies presc ribed: t hey are the high cadres directing industry, economy, education and agriculture. Volensky puts the number of "Nomenklaturists" at 7 50,000. With t heir families they are as many as 3,000,000, or 1.5 % o f the country's population. " It is these 1.5%," Volensky say.s, "who unabashedly proclaim themselves spokesmen of a people of 260,000,000 and all of progressivist mankind." They are t he owners of t he State, the masters of the country. Volensky, who was himself a member of the Nomenklature, says that when o ne belongs to this ki ngdom of the privileged, "one can spend one's whole li fe, from cradle to grave, without ever being in contac t with the Soviet people which one is supposed to serve." The existe nce of this caste born with Lenin and developed by Stalin, wh ich Djilas called "the new class" has been known for a long time. But it has never been analyzed }Vith so much precision, especially in relation to its genesis, its methods, its way of life, its sham, â&#x20AC;˘Âˇ 1 ness , and its rituals.

A Soviet in the Vatican Paris' Le Point (2-23-81) reports that at the very beginning of the Po lish crisis, the Kremlin sent an "extraordinary ambassador" to Rome - Anatoly Adamishin, 45, director of the Soviet Min istry of Foreign Affairs. Western diplomats affirm that the good contacts Adamishin started with aides of J o hn Paul II account for the moderating role the Vatican has played in the Polish quest ion.

NEWS FLASI8ICES Discovering the Obvious With so much bias and so many cover-ups in the Western media about the communists' maneuverings and real goals, finding out the obvious is a promising step indeed. Recently, Italian President Pertini, speaking to a nation traumatized by endless and bloody terrorist attacks, took a courageous step by stating outright who was supporting the terrorists: the Eastern European countries. He was believed to be alluding especially to Russia and Czechoslovakia. The Kremlin growled an empty protest. A few days Iater, Secretary of State Alexander Haig confirmed that suspicion, adding that the Reagan Administration will give terrorism the same priority Carter had given to the question of human rights.

In Cambodia, the Church Faces Extintion Cambodian Catholics were almost completely exterminated during the massacres perpefrated by the Khmer Rouge. Only a handful of the country's 60,000 Catholics survived. The bishops and priests were murdered and the few Catholics who have survived receive no religious assistance. Unfortunately, there are those among the remnant some who collaborate with Communism. A French publication reports that the former secretary of the Bishop of Battambang has erected a chapel in this city, which he inaugurated on Christmas day 1979 in the presence of communist authorities. The communist regime obviously stands to lose nothing with this rapprochement. It is the uncautious Catholics that will suffer the evil consequences of such collaboration ism.

Marxist Misery in Nicaragua Communist leaders in Nicaragua recently declared a "national emergency" and ordered thousands of students, public employees, professionals and other "volunteers" into the fields to save the cotton crop according to a report in West Watch. "Cotton picking is the duty of all those who consider themselves Nicaraguans," declared Commander of the Revolution Jaime Wheelock. The shortage of cotton pickers was to due "political, social and natural causes" like "reconditioning the work force and lack of migrant workers who is the past came from other Central American countries.

"Higher Education" Two out of every three college students in New York State use illegal drugs - a situation that state officials have called "alarming". The director of the State Division of Substance Abuse Services said that marijuana is used by 59% of students from the 22 colleges in the state selected at random for a survey. Hashish is used by 28%, stimulants by 21% and cocaine by 20% of the students questioned. He added that the survey showed that many students combine two or more drugs with alcohol for a "super high,,.

Monkey Hordes Ravage New Delhi Packs of wild monkeys are running amock in the Indian capital of New Delhi - stealing food, destroying property and terrorizing residents. Officials are unable to take any measures against the animals whose "rights" are protected by religious laws. Bands of the marauders have plundered food and clothing from open windows, ripped out telephone wires and virtually trapped people indoors. The residents, mostly Hindus who worship Hanuman, the monkey god, must certainly be perplexed by all this monkey business.

Coalition for Better Television Growing Nearly 300 groups have joined the Coalition for Better Television according to the latest NFD Informer. This brings the total membership represented by these groups to nearly 5 million families. Monitoring of all prime time programming began on March 1. At the end of the monitoring period in May, the coalition will select a leading sponsor of sex, violence and profanity and urge people to voluntarily boycott their products for a period of one year.

Cuban Losses in Afghanistan The estimated one thousand Cuban troops stationed in Afghanistan have suffered losses on two fronts. Afghan anti-communist guerrillas have succeeded in killing two Cuban generals and beheading several Cuban soldiers. Meanwhile, there are also reports that some Cuban troops have turned on their Soviet comrades and fighting between the two groups has produced casualties.

Public Supports Secretary Schweiker's Sex Ed Position The Family Protection Report recently confirmed what trained observers had been following for some time; namely, the fact the American public is largely against the federal role in sex education. Laura Genera, press spokesman for the HHS Office of Public Affairs stated recently "I cannot give you exact figures on the percentage for or against because we have not kept an accurate count here. But it is accurate to say that the overwhelming majority of the responses thus far have been in support of the sÂˇecretary's position on this." In late January, Secretary Schweiker told a group of reporters that ''The federal government should not be in the business of sex education."

Thousands Saw Rainbow Around the Sun Filled with curiosity, thousands of people, in Rio de Janeiro late last February, saw what they called a rainbow around the sun. It was between 10:00 a.m. and 1 :00 p.m., the sky was blue, and people all over stopped to see the phenomenon, which rarely can be observed from large cities. Astronomers in the National Observatory also saw the phenomenon and explained that the halo was made up of particles of water crystals reflecting sunlight in the manner of a prism.

Early Bird Bank Robber The first customer who walked into the new branch of the Randolph Bank and Trust Co. in Asheboro, N '"' "n opening day carried a gun, tit. .p three employees and fled with a substancial amount of cash. ''This was the first individual on the first day we opened for business," said a somewhat perplexed Bank President.

A Shaky World The U.S. Geological Service recorded 71 significant earthquakes worldwide during 1980 - up from 56 the previous year. 7,140 deaths were recqrded, five times the 1979 toll. The strongest earthquake during 1980 was an 8.0 shock that occurred on July 17 in the Santa Cruz islands of the South Pacific. The strongest quake in the U.S. last year occurred in November nearÂˇ Eureka, Ore., a 7.4 shocker. All in all the U.S. had 11 significant tremors in 1980 including three in California near the Nevada border during a three day period.

A Matter of Life and Death With violent crime rising at an alarming rate all across the United States, more and more citizens are urging their state legislatures to enact or reinstate the death penalty. At the same time, opponents of capital punishment, perhaps fearing that the public clamor for more effective justice may force t he state governments to act, have raised their own concerted effort to "prove" the ineffectiveness and injustice of the death penalty. Strangely enough, some of the loudest voices in opposition have come from Catholic circles. Thus, a dilemma exists ... or so it appears. The facts of the matter are that a poll conducted by Newsweek magazine (1-23-81), showed that nearly two-t hirds of Americans favor longer sentences for criminals who use firearms and the death penalty for murderes. Sixty-five percent of those polled favored the death penalty. Twenty-four percent opposed it and eleven percent had no opinion. Fifty-nine percent said they have confidence in the judicial system when it comes to sentencing and convicting criminals. A different view is shared by the authors of the Jesuit review Civilta Cattolica who stated in the 3/3/1981 issue that "the death penalty is unjust and unacceptable in today's world and ought to be abolished." The article, while emphasizing that society has the duty to protect its members against criminals, rejects the option of the death penalty as both being ineffective and not " human" - " ... the death penalty-prescinding from its effectiveness- is not a just means both because it violates the right that every man, even the criminal, has to life, and above all because with the death penalty the state goes beyond its right." The ed itorial continues saying, " ... that by inflicting the death penalty o n one who has killed an innocent person, justice is not done ... lt cannot be said that God has gra nted society the right to dispose of the life of o ne of its citizens, even criminals. He remains th e one master of life and death." Vatican Radio commenting on the edi torial of Civilta Cattolica said that this was not always the Church's position but it added that the death penalty was inconsistent now with the Church's policy against abortion, euthanasia, and "all forms of'destruction of human li fe ." Last Jul y the papal nuncio to the European Community, Archbishop Ignac io Cardinale, outlined the Vatican's present position in a speech to Eu ropean ministers meeting in Luxembourg. "The Church. considers it necessary that politicians feel supported by it in their efforts to make penal justice more humane, and in particular to create

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those social, psychological and juridical conditions that will make the death penalty useless," Arch bishop Cardinale said. In 1974, the U.S. bishops approved a one-sentence statement opposing the death penalty. Last November, by a 145-31 majority with 41 abstentions they did not totally condemn the death penalty but opposed what they called ,he unfair way it is appl ied in the United States. On the other hand, the traditional teaching of St. Th omas Aquinas refutes the article in Civilta Cattolica and helps to shed light on this "dilemma." St. Thomas takes a logical view of the death penalty asserting that the whole is greater than the part and that the part should serve the whole. If the part is harmful to th e whole and would destroy it, then it is necessary to eliminate the part in order to save the whole. It is true that God is the Master of life and death and for this reason he gave the Commandment, " Thou shalt not kill . One pare of society cannot kill another part, but society as a whole has the right to inflict capi tal punishment on individuals for due cause.

The Church teaches in many documents that this power comes from God. Sacred Scriptures say and Pope Leo XII in his encyclical Libertas Praestan tissi11111111 repeats from the book of Wisdom, "Through m_e kings reign". As God has a right over life and death, so do governors who rule in his name. The authors of the article in Civilta Cattolica are concerned with justice and rightly so. Th e firs t aim of punishment is, indeed, to see that justice is done. At the same time, traditional Catholic doctrine teaches that avenging the honor of God is a virtue. Society, when avenging the crime that has been committed does honor to God, which is virtuous. Although justice does have educational consequences, this should not prevent it from having its vindictive purpose. Vindictive is meant in the sense of satisfying or vindicating the rights of society. Vindication is a part of justice. Obviously then the death penalt y would be just even if it did not eliminate cri me. But there are concrete facts to show that where the death penalty does exist and is put into effect crime does diminish. In England, for exam ple, the death penalty was eliminated and crime increased greatly . The same has been happening in the United States for many years now. And the gruesome facts and hard figures prove it. It boils down to a m atter of life or death. But whether it is the criminal who will suffer the death penalty or the man in the street wh o will con tinue to have the fear of death from the crimininals is a matter of debate.

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Museums with Distinction The large European museums and New York City's Metropolitan Museum are so enormous, with their collections covering works of art from all time, that they have become veritable art warehouses. It is impossible for one to appreciate the values of the works, stacked up side by side. Even in the most well ar_ranged museums, one soon feels a kind of indigestion, a psychological tiredness. It is an assault on one's sight and mind. The works of art thus exhibited were not made to be seen by themselves; they were part of an ambience. Fortunately, some U.S. museum directors are becoming aware of this problem and several of them are exhibiting rooms and h alls of different periods where one can appreciate several t ypes of decorative arts forming harmonious ensembles. The most successful ones in this regard are the Frick Collection in New York City and the Stewart Museum in Boston. Both were set up in spacious mansions that date back to the end of t he last century. Paintings and sculptures are displayed in rooms of that epoch, with original furniture, carpets, china, chandeliers, small objects and so on. All o f this has given them a unity and charm that the traditional museums still lack.

Annulments "While-U-Wait" According to Cardinal Pericle Felici, the Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Rota, the number of marriage annulments per year has increased astronomically in the last ten years , as much as 500% in some ecclesiastical regions. Cardinal F elici 's statements wereÂˇ made during the Synod of Bisho ps last October. "In a large country," Cardinal Felici said, "the number of a nnulments soared from 450 t o 25,000." He called o n Bishops' Conferences on all cont ine nts to b e mo re vigilant about the proc edures of local marriage tribunals, which he believes have b ee n an nulling marriages without du e cause. Because the j uri dical procedures of the annulment process were either no t observed or were frivouslously manipulated, th e Cardinal said , the result is that real divorces took place, no matter what they were called. In many cases, he added , it was necessary to suspend or dismiss lawyers of ecclesiastical tribunals responsible for such practices.

Rock of Scandal

Cardinal Franjo Seper, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, reached the age of seventyfive last October and thus was automatically obliged to resign his post in favor of a younger prelate. This provided some sources with the occasion to make public pronouncements on the future orientation of the Congregation, and to try to shape its policies as muc h as possible. In the magazine Oriente rung (nos. 18/44. 9-30-80 ), Fr. Walter Buhlma nn, Secretary General of the Capuchin Missions, who resides in Rome, made some proposals about the Congregation of the Faith which would lead it to give up its very m ission. In his article, Fr. Buhlma nn writes , "One would like to expect, from no w on, the Congregation of the Faith to

play more of a stimulating and directing role as Paul VI had wished, with less fear of possible 'scandal pusil/orurn ', less preoccupation with those who do not want to be disturbed 'in their' understanding of the faith, but thinking much more about making the Faith -acceptable and visible to today's emancipated m en ... " He concludes: "We leave to the new direction of the Congregation of the Faith the possib il ity of definitively breaking with the yoke of the past, of no longer seeing the salvation of the Faith in the repetition and maintenance of inert formulas of the Catechism but rather in presenting the Faith so that it will appear trustworthy t o a man who is looking fo r t he meaning of life. Then there will be new hopes for the Congregation of the Faith and fo r men in the Church."

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1981

No. 18

Vol. II

The New Mood in America

Marching to a Different Tune A recent study by Research and Forecasts, Inc. concluded that American Âˇleaders are out of step with the American public. The report, involving 3,780 respondents, showed that the man-in-the-street is more religious and more concerned about moral values than top people in politics, science, t he news media, and education. " It is clear that th ere is a dramatic gap," J ohn C. Pollock, the project's research director said. "Overall, leaders are different from the publi c. They don't represent the pu blic." Th e report stated that American leaders are out of tune with the public they are presumed t o represent, more flexible on moral issues and less religiously committed. Although there was no intent to focus on religion it emerged as "the one factor that consistently and dramatically affects the behavio r of Americans." "We had no idea we would fi nd this," Pollock said. "But th ere it was, showing up in every sort of systematic analys is, a common thread. It's more than a movement. It's something running t hrough the whole culture." The lengthy report (3 3 7 pages) said that the influence of religion had penetrated virtually every dimension of American experience and is a stronger determination of our values than any other factor such as age, sex, econom ic values status, race or whether a person classifies himself as liberal or conservative. These facts and figures have been supported in a new book. The Search fo Âˇr America's Faith, by George Gallup, Jr. and David Poling. The authors state that "the general decline in the quality of family life is signaled by a loss of values, aimless wandering in the world of secular pursuits and an almost professsional consumerism." The current trend is back t o strong traditional family values in which religious formation is seen as the primary element in the training of children and youth. One major casualty of this trend is the women's liberation movement. The authors found that "the majority of

Is U.S. leadership out of step w ith tbe American public?

American women see marriage, home and the family as th e ideal lifesty le for them," and that the stereotyped "career girl" li fe - single, footloose and fami lyfree in the pursuit of a full time career has real little appeal for the American woman, at least on a permanent basis. Only nine percent of the women interviewed preferred this as their main option in life. Besides those of women's libbers, the sophistic arguments of chi ldren 's righ ts supporters have also been challenged. Dr. Gerald Davidson, President of the New England Society for Adolescent Psychiatry and medical director of Elan, a 3 20-bed resident treatment center for violent adolescents in Poland Spring, Me., said there is increasing evidence that rebell ious

yo ungsters whose behavior is out of control need a treatment program where they can learn to accept fi rm authority as well as acquire self-d isc ipline and self-respect. "Youngsters need authority," Dr. Davidson contm ues. Delinquent children are "not going to be helped by some idea of making up for un requi ted parental affection or by any system that will reinforce any belief th at they are victims of a social or fam ilial wrong". Summing up the situation prevailing throughout the United States, the study by Research and Forecasts states, "Moral issues have, via religion, vaulted to the forefront of the political dialogue ...something unusual is happening."

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STRANGE GODS BEFORE ME Late last March, two thousand devotees, some weeping, jammed into the Anglican Cathedral in Li verpool, England, for a "service" commemorating the death of the slain rock musician and ex-Beatie, John Lennon. A report said that 2 ,000 people who could not get into the cathedral attended a six-hour concert o utside the club where the Beatles first gained notoriety. Tickets for the memorial service where being sold on the street for as much as $110. During t he ser~ice, some of Lennon's songs were played that included " Imagine," a song which rejects all moral consequences for his lifestyle, and one appropriately t itled, " Revolut ion." Just wh o were these worshippers worshipping? An individual or the way of life and philosophy that he espoused? An article in the Nortb S ide News (Atla nta, Ga.) published the following commentary about Lennon and the impact that the Beatles had u pon soc iety: "The Beatles represented rebellion against society, both musically and morally. They promoted release from restraints ... They developed a style of music whi ch broke with that which is constructive. Their music screamed out against order... "The Beatles album, 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Clu b Band' (is) characterized as drenched with drugs, the song, 'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds,' (is) identified as an ind ucement to the h allucinogeni c LSD ... " In 'Yellow Submarine,' the Beatles suggested the use of a yellow submarineshaped barbiturate. 'Strawberry F ields Forever' referred to the fact that marijuana has often been planted in a strawberry field. And 'Magical Myste ry T our' urged rolli ng up o ne's sleeve fo r a needle ... " Lennon went even furth er in his philosophy of disorder. Th e article reports that "in his publ ication, /\ Spaniard in tbe Works , Lennon's man y blasphem ies incl uded the description of a character meant to be Jesus Christ as a garlic-eating, stinking little yell ow fascist. ....Ca th o!ic Spaniard. "The Beatles h it, 'Eleanor Rigby', amounted to the hoped- for-deat h of the Catholic Ch urch ... " A fi tting end to the ex-Beatles' long road to decadence. Hate for an ordered society can only result in hatred for the Author of Order.

Ex-Beatie L ennon - a11 object of worsbip:?

\. ... Youtbfu/ Beatie fans - learning to like submari11e rides and magic tours

LIBERAL MYOPIA A grou p of well-heeled Democrats has annou nced the formation of a political action committee styled after the severa l conservative organizations that have proved so successful in toppling or electing candidates in recent state and national elections. The Democrats for tbe BO's committee plans to spend $1 million this year to - reply to t he attac ks on liberal Âˇ De mocrats by the National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC). Among t he leading Democratic figures in the new committe, chaired by Pamela C. Harriman, are Robe rt Strauss, former national Democrati c Party Chairman and campaign chairma n fo r form er Pres ident Carter; forme r "shorttime" Secretary of State, Ed Muskie; Bill Clinton, former governor of Arkansas; Harry McPherson, a former aide to President J oh nso n ; Stuart E. Eizenstat, a former Carter aide; House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill , Jr. ; and the Senate minority leader, Robert Byrd. Chairman Ha rriman said the group would spend about $20,000 on a radio campaign in Washington and Maryland to counter political broadcasts by the co nservative political committee ex posing the libe ral voting record of Senator Paul S. Sarbanes of Maryland. The National Conservative Political

Action Committee announced in April a $1 million drive against Sarbanes a nd th ree prominent me mbers of the House of Representatives, Jim Wright of Texas, th e majority leader; Dan Rostenhowski of Illin ois, and J ames R. Jones of Oklaho ma . Harriman, commenting o n the NCPAC campaign said, "it has become increasingly clear, howeve r, that the political process itself is being threatened by a maveric k organization that scorns both parties a nd ma kes a travesty of civility, fair play and accountab ility." A clear case of political myopia!

ODO " Republican Country" A New York Times/CBS poll shows the nation becoming increasingly Re publican in the first month s of the Reagan Administration. In January 1980, 53 percent of those pol led said they were Democrats or Democraticleani ng indepe nde nts, while 33 percent said they were Republicans or Republica n-lea ning indepe ndents. In April 1981 the Democratic margin had been cut to eight points, 49 percent to 41 percent.

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WHAT NEXT? By Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira

Editor's Note: The following article of Professor de Oliveira was first published in the Falha de S . Paulo , April 8, 1981. I have just read a report that a h ot fight over a proposed strike is going on between hardliners and "softliners" inside the Polish Communist Party. The advocates of the "soft" position are calling for concessions to the Solidarity union to soften the attitude of the promoters of the strike. The hardliners maintain that concessions never soften the attitudes of orga nizatio ns on the rise like Solidarity a nd are instead risky shows of weakness. This disagreement can be considered from a high theoretical-practical side. It calls to mind principles of the theory of action that have divided men in the most diverse ideological an d political frays, at all times and in all places. However, in this concrete case what is in foc us is much less a high and even ':le:i.utiful strategic problem than a rowdy show, a sinister knavery. Indeed, in my reference to men being divided I should make an exception for those of the communsit-leninist line, who, since 1917 , appear to follow a perfectly studied alternation between advances and concessions, threats and smiles. Deep down they invariably strive to strangle their adversary . This is their purpose whether threatening and advancing or smiling and co nceding. They use soft tactics only to boobify their adversaries, deviate them and thus st rip them mo re quickly and completely of their means of action. For communist-leninists, every relaxation of te nsion is really nothing more than a tactical artifice. It is a way of waging war. So, I do not believe in the authenticity of th e arguments supposedly raging between hardliners and "softliners" in the meetings of the leadership of the Polish Communist Party. Both are - by conviction o r out of personal interests puppets of t he Leninist communism installed in Moscow. If they are all owing opposing theories of action to leak to the publi c it is fo r some underhanded purpose common tO both. When we see the hardline rs accuse the "softliners" of being infiltrators of the Russian Communist Party inside the Polish Communist Party, it is impossible, as 1 sec it, not to suspect that we are watching a well -rehearsed show. But what is this show for? - an

innocent person will ask. The answer is simple: Solidarity, the papers say, is also divided into hardliners and softliners. But So lidarity is not a monolith like the Polish Communist Party. It is composed of different ideological and political groups, naturally with their own temperamental positions and tactics. Faced with the op tion of striking or not, it is natural and almost inevitable that they disagree with each o ther. Aversion to communism is the only thing that unites them. The communist show is quite useful. In fact, the Solidarity softlincrs - at least the majority of them - really are softliners. As such they have a certain propensity to believe in the sincerity of their adversaries, except, o f course, the communise hardliners. Everyone behind the Iron Curtain has had horrifying experience of them, experience that leaves no room for illusions. But they at least tend to hope for something from the "softliners" of the Polish Communist Party. For softliners there is only one step between h ope and negotiation. And there is only one more step from negotiation to agreemen t. Everything is so easy to arrange when both sides are soft. Thus the zephyr of concord between "softliners" and softliners is beginning to blow over the table o f negotiations between the Polish Commu nist Party (of which the Warsaw government is a mere puppet) and the representatives of Solidari cy. What is go ing to come out o f that? The sofcliners on both sides give the impression that they arc rebelling against their respective hardliners. It is possible that they may come to sign a softliners' agreement having airs of victory for peace, and defeat for the hardliners. But what an illusion! If that is how events go, something very different will h ave taken place behind these decep tive appearances. The "softlincrs" of th e Communist Party arc m ere mario nettes of their hardlinc co-religionists. They will have agreed to make only and exclusively the concessions that t he hardliners of the Communist Party have o rdered t hem to make to the Solidarity softliners. What concessions? Those that may be necessary to o pen a deep cleavage between Solidarity's hardliners and sofcliners, in order ro have the softli ners

(always and everywhere the majority, for the Scriptures say that the number of fools is infinite) assume the leadership of Solidarity by unseating the hardliners (always a minority, because it is difficult , thankless and painful to hold a hard lin e). What will the hardliners of the Communist Party have gained with t his Machiavellian ruse? They will have gained the obvious. Whenever one of two groups in a struggle begins to be led by its hardliners and t he other to be led by its respective softliners, all the clashes from then on become those of an iron pot against a clay pot! Let us have the courage to see the whole truth. There must be a widespread and well-coordinated communise fifth column in Solidarity t-o help the softliners inside this likeable movement, Communism has always forcefully repressed all the movements that have tried to organize against it. But if any of these movements ever appears capa ble of lasting a while and becoming dangerous, Communism does not limit itself to fi ghting it summarily from the outside. With out giving up strong arm tactics, it also begins to use cunning. For example, it will try to infiltrate its adversary with spies o r with deviators. While a certain degree of cunning is required o f the spy, mu ch more is required of the deviator. His mission is to infiltrate the core of the opposing party, sow factors of division, propose wrong maneuvers , and foment the discou rageme nt arising fr o m rcvrr Ir is to produ ce defeat . 1 tre mble fo r Solidarity as I t hin k ,Jf chis. Is it not infiltra ted with spies and deviators? What harm a re they doing to it? Where is all this leading Poland and the world? Yes, th e world. Because a "model" is being fo rged in Poland which, even before being defined and put to the test, is avidly awaited by the left all over the world.

ODO Professor Pl inio Correa de Oliveira, a thinker and wri ter of world-wide renown, is the founder of t he Brazi lian Society for t he Defense of Tradit ion, Family and Property, the largest anticommunist organiza tion in Brazil - and President of its National Council. Professor de Oliveira has a syndicated columns in the Falha de S. Paulo, the newspaper with the largest circulation in Brazil.

BE CONSISTENT By Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira Tensions? Crises? That is all we hear about. Search the horizons as far as we may, we find them gnawing like termites or plowing like bulldozers here, there and everywhere. What does "here" mean? Yes, right here. That is, in Brazil, in Sao Paulo, all around each one and even inside so many! Tensions and crises of body as well as soul. To begin with those of the body, h ow far away the 30's are - half a century - when the average man didn't use medications because he didn't get sick, or because when he did the case was so mild that a robust health triumphed aided merely by a simple homemade remedy, or by a sligh tly stoic state of mind reflected in J ohn Doe's picturesque remark, "He'll get over it." Not only was health usually good, but souls were unclouded and serene (as much as they can be in this vale of tears ... ). People were working everywhere, but many also prayed even more than in the 20s. The great religious renewal brought by the rise of the Marian Congregations covered Brazil from end to end. And there was also joy, especially noticeable among the petite and middle bourgeoisie and manual laborers. This joy of life of families was, to acertain extent, the result of wholesome elements of a Christian tradition which obstinately refused to die. This communicative joy, widely reflected in newspapers and even more so in magazines, also showed its effect in the victrolas and radios which delighted contemporaries. Health and the gusto of life conferred the sparkle of a calm and wellprovided stability to human society, and of a joyful hope for the days to come. The superficial man of that time preferred not to talk about the imm orality which nonetheless grew in the ambiences insensitive to this Catholic "renouveau," not to mention the factors of social and economic deteri oration which grew faster tha n industrial progress. Suddenly, over that great festival, happy, mischievous though not without traces of dignity, there appeared an unexpected light. From the 25th to the 26th of January, 1938, all Portugal trembled at a ph enomenon never before seen in its nocturnal skies: a great Aurora Borealis. Fearing the justice of God, the people filled the streets in prayer struck by the possibility of chastisement( Russia spreading its errors all over the world, a new World War, nations which would disappear, etc.) with whi ch Our Lady threatened the impenitent world through the voices of Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco at the en d of the First Wo rld War. Bells tolled. The churches were filled. With the next day 's dawning life went on. In

Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira Statue of Our Lady of Fatima.

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other nations where the Aurora Borealis was seen - as it was even in Italy and Greece - no one bothered. Somewhat tendentiously informed by the international press agencies , public opinion in every nation began to laugh: "That Portugal ... " But the chastisement came. In March 1938, Germany annexed Austria and in October the Sudetenland. In March of the following year, Czechoslovakia and Lithuania were invaded. In September, Poland. The war had begun. These were the stages of destruction of a world that wanted only an earthly existence impregnated with the pleasure of life. I have already noted how different the world of t oday is. Almost everyone has bodily sufferings. Selfish souls, seeing the vanity of their avarice, are suffering in socialism and decadence; unselfish souls, suffering at seeing the suffering of the selfish. Those who h ave no Faith suffer because they have no Faith. Those who have Faith suffer at seeing the state of the Holy Church of God ... in such a prostration that one would say it was unforeseeable a few decades ago, even by the Angels of God in the heights of Heaven! One wou ld say that everyone is bu zzing, consciously or unconsciously, whether admittedly or not, with the fear th at something is going to happen. In this setting , a phenome non analogous to that of 19 3 8 takes place. On the nigh t of last April 12th, a strong reddish glare, a lso seen with shades of green, orange, and light yellow, illuminated the skies of the United States. The phenomenon was seen over two-thirds of the country: on the West coast, in the Midwest, and throughout th e South to the Gulf of Mexico. The night became so bright that cars coul d drive with t heir h eadlights off. What caused the phenomenon? Luminous clouds? An Aurora Borealis? Doubtful scientists argue with each other. As for an Aurora Borealis, they are rarely seen south of the 50th parallel, and only ex-

ceptionally at the 30th parallel where the southern coast of the United States is located, on the Gu lf of Mexico. The phenomenon of April 12th was observed by the National Meteorological Service, by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder, Colorado, and by NASA (Cf., Reporter Dispatcb, White Plains NY, 4/13/81, Folba da Tarde and Estado de Minas, 4/14/81 ). Is it a new sign, threatening new chastisements to humanity whose impenitence continues to affront Our Lady of Fatima? It is to be an explosion, this time not in a happy, uncxpecting world, out in one oppressed, deliri ous, and impenitent - a world whose sins arc becoming scandalous in every way? I perceive the antipathy of some readers toward t he hypothesis I just raised. Doesn't this antipathy come from the fact that I awaken in them the foreboding they refuse to admit to themselves? If so, will their antipath ies not become more unyielding the more they feel, deep down inside, that my hypothesis is well founded? I ask this with a Christian Âˇr toward everyone,. even toward those r ones wh o may be annoyed. The unusual lumin ous phenomenon of 1981 seems to be analagous to that of 1938. So I think it is reasonable to conjecture that what foll ows t he phenomenon of 1981 will be analago us to what followed that of 1938. "A true friend warns his neighbor. " My remarks are made wh ile there is still tim e to pray, to change one's li fe, thus avoiding the chastiseme nt whi ch threatens the nations. You, who d isagree with me, did yo u not but yesterday demand freedom for everybody, even for terrorists? Be consistent with yourself, and cordially respect my own fre edom. I turn to my sympathi.:ers. Let us meditate and beseech Our Lady of Fatima that men may correct themselves and thus the chastisement be avoid ed as much as possible.

ASTRONOMICAL DISAGREEMENT Weathermen, astronomers and the general public had conflicting opinions about the red glow that lit up the skies from California to Louisiana last April 12th. About the only thing they could agree on was that they couldn't agree just what caused the unusual phenomenon. Skygazers whose calls flooded police and radio stations reported seeing the display of red lights across vast sections of the West, Midwest and South from Cali fornia to Tennessee and from South Dakota to Louisiana. " It got so bright here that you cou ld drive your car without the headlights on. It's unreal," said a resident of Sullivan, Missouri. "We thought it was the Second Coming of Christ or the space shuttle crashing." A communications operator at the Riverside County Sheriff's Indio substation near Los Angeles said, "Nobody knew what it was. We had some people who thought the end was near or the Martians were coming." Larry Kent, an engineer for the California Department of Forestry said mountain residents called in thinking that the glow which ranged in colors from red to yellowish to orange might be a big fo rest fire.

Giant telescope of the Mount Palomar Observatory: Seeing is not believing. Official observations were just as much at odds with one another. National Weather Service meteorologists in St. Louis and Dr. Arnold M. Heiser, an astronomer in Nashville, Tenn., diagnosed the lights in the sky as northern lights that were visible extraordinar-

ily far south . Northern Lights are rarely seen south of the Canadian border, meteorologists say. But a meteorologist in Washington discounted the northern lights h ypothesis. Col. Dave Torshia, staff meteorologist at McChord Air Force Base near Tacoma said the lights were not Aurora Borealis because Aurora Borealis doesn't travel east to west as the lights did that were observed across a great part of t he country. On the other hand, a scientist at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory in Big Pine, California said the aurora was seen outside the northern parts of the country because of an unusually intense solar storm. Th e strange display of lights and the Âˇ unanswered question about the source astonished a great number of people and caused some observers to recall the only other such illumination that o ccurred on January 25, 1938. Many judged that the former display was linked to the revelations at Fatima in 1917 about a strange light that would appear in the skies announcing the beginning of the Second World War. Is this where the similarit)' of this current display ends?

Polish ''Boat People''? Discreet preparations are already under way on the small Danish island of Bornholm to receive Polish refugees and transport them to the mainland in the event of a Soviet bloc invasion of Poland. The Polish refugee problem has been going on for one year now," said a

diplomat who follows refugee developments. Nearly 1,400 Poles arrived in Austria in the first three months of the year to seek asylum in the West. The number was more than double that of the previous year. The Intergovernmental Committee for Migration, which is involved in the

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resettlement of refugees, said Poles made up the majority of the 1,678 East Europeans who registered from January through March. The figures do not include emigrants from the Soviet Union. However, now the invasion of Poland raises the spectre of another "boat people of tragedy." This time the Poles would face an added danger - th e 1 Sea. At this time of year it is too , for humans to survive in it for more than eight minutes. The Danish Navy is said to be "in a high state of readiness," awaiti ng possible orders to help refugees evade Soviet pursuers once fleeing boats leave Pofand's territorial waters. Officers and officials in Denmark assume that the Soviets and their allies would have to move quickly to stop the Polish boat people using East German naval bases along the Polish coas t that cointain most of the Warsaw Pact ships suitable for sealing off the escape route. Despite the obstacles that the refugees would face in such an attempt, the Danes are going ahead with unofficial plans to handle a large influx of people ..... and they don't expect them to be tourists.

NEWS FL1~SJI8ICES Releasing the pressure

Soviet freighter ready to load U.S. grain.

South African Sanctions A report published by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa shows that the possibi lity of sanctions being implemented against South Africa is theory only. In fact, strong vested inte rests inside and out· side the country would probably never all ow them. A recent article in Le Figaro, France's most influential newspaper urged businessmen to wake up to the opportunities in the South African market , describing it as a "powerful" and "completely stable" market. At the same time, De Financiele Telegraaf in the Netherlands forecast that South Africa would be "the economic wonder of the eighties." Most noteworthy, however, was the news that Finland, a country so closely dependent upon the favors of the Soviet Union that it has given rise to the term " F in landization," had approached South Africa to buy coal.

Prison Population Explosion The U.S. prison population grew 4 percent during 1980, the fastest rate of increase in three years, according to a private national survey. Corrections Magazine reported that as of Jan. 1, 1981 , federa l and state correctional facilities held 320,583 in-

The suspension of the grain embargo by President Reagan comes at a most opportune time - for the Soviets. Th e official Soviet press agency, TASS, reported that agricultural production was unable to meet the needs of the Soviet people in meat and milk supplies and announced yet another plan to remedy the situation by 1985. The report attributed the drop in production to the lack of forage for its dairy and beef herds. Ironically, while the Russian masses lack meat and milk, the Soviet Union recently promised the Marxist government in Nicaragua 20 thousand tons of grain to prop up its sagging agricultural production. The embargo, it seems, was lifted just in time to give the Soviets and the Marxist Nicaraguans a double li ft.

mates. 13,376 more than on the same date a year ago. This year's total includes 6,889 prisoners held in county jails because of overcrowding in state prisons, an increase from last year's figure of 6,296. The total also includes 18,157 adults living in state and federa l halfway houses and work-release facilities. But the study did not include an estimated 158,000 prisoners in local jails, serving short sentences or awaiting tria l. For the third year in a row, the largest numerical increase was in Texas, which had the nation's largest prison system with 29,886 prisoners at the beginning of this year. The number of inmates was 3,364 over last year.

Vietnamese Refugees on the Increase The influx of Vietnamese refugees to Thailand and other Asian nations is on the upswi ng again. Th e United Nations High Commission for Refugees reported that 5,154 boat people appeared in March, up from 1,144 in February. Another 3,710 Vietnamese and Laotian refugees arrived in March on foot. In April, officials of the Portuguese territory of Macao reported that about 300 Vietnamese refugees arrived aboard ten boats, which brought the total up

to 800 for the first ten days of that month. In May, the American frigate Hepburn rescued 22 boat people on one occasion and 55 during a second rescue in the South China Sea.

Castro Eyes Guatemala Fidel Castro invi ted 530 Guatemalan terrorists to attend the second Congress of the Communist Party in Havana. The terrorists, all incognito, appeared in pub lic under the leadership of a Guatemalan call ing himself Mario Sanchez. T he 1,800 Cuban delegates applauded loudly as "Sanchez" told horror stories of "70,000 Guatemalans killed over the years by oppressive anti-communists." .. No wonder things·are heating up in Guatemala!

Mace Wars Travelers carrying tear gas sprays aboard commercial airlines are increasing in number, prompting .the Federal Aviation Administration to begin a campaign against the practice. The agency warned of a "serious increase" in the use of such weapons and said airline officials had discovered 26 1 of the devices on passengers boarding planes at Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego in the last three months of 1980. During the previous three months, 138 had been detected. On a recent flight, a pilot had to divert hi s aircraft from his original flight schedule after an altercation broke out between passengers wielding tear gas cans, the Federal agency reported . The pi lot made a landing in order to avoid "a Mace war in the air."

Church Thriving in Ukraine T he Church is thriving in Ukraine and other parts of the Soviet Un ion according to a statement by Cardinal Slipyi, the exi led 89-year old archbishop of Lvov. "Our Church, already condemned to death (by the government), not only li ves but grows .....We have priests, , monks, sisters and a nume rous and clandestine hierarchy," the Cardinal said. " The atheistic system has not been able to destroy the Faith." Cardinal S li pyj wa rned aga inst believing that the Communist government wou ld really aid t he Ukranian Catholic ·Church. "What can we expect from the Communist regime ? Absolutely noth ing," he said. "We cannot expect the true good of the Church from a reg ime which by its nature must fight God."

The Holy Shroud of Turin Ever since 1578, the Shroud of Turin has bee n publicly venerated by millions of Catholics as the authentic burial linen o f Our Lo rd J esus Christ. Th e 14-foot strip of line n bears the lifesize image of a bearded man who had undergone the terrible and cruel ma rks of scourging and crucifixi o n with indications of wounds correspo nc!ing to the crown of thorns a nd the nail a nd spear wounds mentioned in the Gospel. In 1978 , 400 yea rs later, Roman Catholic Church authorities a llo wed a 40 -ma n team of reputable scientists a nd specialists to submit it to a series of scie nt ific tests . After exhaustive chemical an d photografic a nalyses, the Shroud of Turin Resea rch Project has released its official report. Th e resu lts deny the possibility of a forgery. The scien tists rejected t he theories that the image was handpainte d or that it was the scorch marking of a metal statue exposed to a fire while wrapped in the cloth. Various specialists came fo rwa rd to support the a uth enticity of the Shroud as a burial cloth. After submitting th e Shrou d t o pollen tests, crimino logist Max Frei discovered varieties of pollen found o nly in the area near the southeastern Mediterranea n. Frei co ncluded that th e Shroud was ab out 2,000 years old an d came from the area of Palestine. A report p resente d by Shroud investigator Luigi Baima Boll o ne to Card ina l Anastasio Ballestrero of Turin , sa id that some Shrou d threads showed crystalline fe rrous and ferric oxide traces of bi ological origi n indicating t he presence of blood. Th e traces a ppeared o nly in the areas of the cl oth on which wou nds are fou nd. Ballone said that, in a dditio n, th e blood traces were m ixed with deposits of aloes a nd m y rrh , t he spices mentioned in the Gospel accounts of Our Lord 's burial. A com puter analysis of th e image found the Shroud to be a pe rfect match for an image that would b e m ade by laying a cloth over a body. Of the 40 man team, there was o nly one dissenting voice, Dr. Walter Mc Cron e of Chicago. In a subsequent press release he retracted, stating that the presence of microscopic particles of iron oxide "does not prove t he Shroud to be a fake" Indeed he even goes so far as to say that the Sh rou d image is "authentic". Other scientists are asking th at the Shroud be submitted to the co ntroversial Carbon-1 4 dating test, a process which would require that a small portion of the Shroud be burned.

"They t ool< tbe refore tbe body of J es11s and bo1111d it in linen clotbs, w itb the spices, as tbe 111a1111er of the J ews is t o b11ry". (job 11, 19:40). "And J oseph taking tbe body wrapped it 11p in a clea11 line11 clotb." (Mattew, 21:59).

i11 this silver casket.

Fa th er Fra ncis Filas, a theologian who has studied the relic fo r thirty years said : " Th e greatest single fact in bringing th e world to consi der the authenti city o f the Shroud was the fact that since th e middle l 970 's scien ti fic men a nd wo men of establ ish ed reputation put their prestige beh ind t he ir investigation of the cloth. Hith erto , the probl em had b een that anyone with a Church co nnectio n was co nside red suspicio usly biased. Th e fact th at scientists of ma ny and n o rel igious affiliations have come to a n organized agreement is a stupe ndous ste p fo rward ." Altho ugh refusin g to say that the Shroud is the burial linen of the Godman, the o fficia l report docs state: "We can conclud e fo r now that the Shroud is a real human form. It is no produ ct of an artist."

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One-Entry Race The spectacular maiden voyage of the space shuttle, Columbia, has given the United States a "hero" once again. After years of enforced military defeats and foreign policy humiliat ions, the hope of the comeback of American leadership and heros has brightened this time in the vast uncharted frontier of outer space. After a lull in manned space flight exploration, the United States can count the performance of the Columbia as an accomplishment that has put the country at least ten years ahead of the Soviets in the so-called space race. However, many Western analysts are questioning the seriousness of such a race. With outdated tech nology, the Russians simply don't have the qualifications to compete with the United States. For example, the Columbia can haul 65,000 pounds into orbit and bring back 32,000 pounds to Earth again. By

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GEMINI contrast, the Soviets' rockets can fly maximu m payloads of only 12,000 pounds into space. And for them,'it is a one-way street. They don 'c have a reentry vehicle like the space shuttle. Experts believe chat the Soviet Union is at lease ten years away from developing a craft similar to the Columbia. " In an important sense, their lack of progress in launch vehicle technology

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has forced them to lower their sights," said Dr. Bruce Murray, Director of Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. "They can't go to the moon and they don't seem to be able co develop a shuttle. They can't do a lot of things we give them credit for." The only thing unusual about the Soviet space program is the number of manned flights. In the last six years, the Soviets are known to have put 43 men

/ SPACE SH UTTLE into orbit. But aside from experiencing long du ration flights, the quality of the rime they spent in space was unimpressive. . Incredible as it might seem, the Soviets are using the same booster rockers co put men into space that they used twenty years ago. "The only conclusion I can draw is that they arc still learning what you might call the nuts and bo lts," said one Soviet space watcher. It's really not much of a race. But for the American public fhc flight of t he Columbia was quite an exhilarating experience.

BACK TO THE BASICS After years of steadily lowering standards to attract the legions of volunteers needed to fill the ranks of the Armed Forces, the various branches of the military are finding it necessary to revert to old guidelines in order to strengthen the morale and character of those en listing in the armed services. The U.S. Defense Department recently issu ed a statement declaring that h omosexuals will be dismissed from service (New York Post, 4-1-81). According to Navy Capt. R.J. Fleeson, director of personnel administration, "it is Defense Department policy that homosexuality is incompatible with military service " He added that homosexuals are harmful to discipline, good order and morale among those who live and work in close quarters. The Navy recently launched a new "shape-up-or-ship-out" policy. Admiral

Thomas Hayward, Ch ief of Naval Operations and commander of half a million Navy personnel, has ordered sailors to be marched to their training classes, banned alcohol and civilian clothes from the barracks, set haircut regulations, established weekly parades and enforced regulations for the saluting of officers. Rear Admiral J oscph F . Frick, commander of the Norfolk Naval Base, recently disciplined an officer who saluted him while remaining seated at a bus stop, one hand in his pocket. The Marine Co rps, finding its combat training too rigorous and time consuming for women, has abandoned part of its "equality on the battlefield" program. Brigadier General Will iam Weise ordered the elimination of hand grenade throwing and the obstacle course for women trainees so that they can devote more time to land navigation and camp hygiene.

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No.1

1981

Global Hunger: Two Weights, Two Measures World hunger is an issue that is receiving widespread publicity as major problem confronting mankind. A United Nations Food and Agriculture: Organization report affirms that there are 420 million people in the world who do not have enought to eat. Other estimates run as high as one billion. Now, however , these figures are being called into question by leading population experts and nutrionists. Critics of the " numbers game" argue that there simply isn't sufficient evidence to arrive at such ~stimates. According to Professor Thomas Poleman of Cornell University, there are three unknowns in hunger estimates: the actual availablity of food; the amount of foo d the different peoples need for n ourishment; and food distributio n within a country (New Y ork Times, 10-5-81 ). Because of these unknown variants, most experts see the dramatized predictions of glo bal mass starvation by the year 2000 as meaningless. While admitting the problem is a real one, experts li ke Nick Eberstadt of the Harvard Center for Population Studies, call 100 million "hu ngry" people a more realistic figu re. ÂˇHowever, Eberstadt notes that this "is a lower fraction, in all likelihood, than any previous generation in man's recorded history." Critics also point ou t that government officials, church spokesmen and the press are all too ready to take sensational hunger statistics without scrutin y. In 1979, for example, Robert McNamara, then president of the International Bank for Reconstructi on and Development, used the United Nations Children's Fund estimate that more than 30 million children under fi ve died of starvation. A recent analysis by Davidson Gwatson, a demographer with the Overseas Development Council, concludes that the number of ch il d deaths fr om all causes in 1979 was around 15 million . Another cause of discrepancy is that food requirements differ from nation to nation. The tall, husky Anglo-Saxon

Hunger around tbe world - rooted in ideologies can h ardly be used as a standard for well-fed plutocrats is too often supthe world. However , using this American ported with inflated statistics of quesmodel, the United States Agency for tionable value. Internation al Development found 4 2 Amidst the concern for the " I 00 percent o f Sri Lanka's chil dren to be mi lli on hungry people" in the u ' Âˇ undernourished. In another study the developed countries, there is a st1 Pan American Health Organization silence about hunger in the communist concl uded that 49 percent of the world. U.N. studies and other indepe npeoples in Barbados, Costa Rica, Guy- dent reports rout inely exclude such ana, J amaica and Panama suffered cou ntries as Commu nist China and some malnutrition. the Soviet bloc nations. However, the bleak picture painted Food shortages in Poland are now by these statistics loses some color in threatening to paralyze that country. view of the fact th at the peoples of all Indeed, ca n it not be said that m any these countries have life expectancies of Polish children are suffering from malaround 70 years. nutrition? The Soviets traditional disNutritionis ts state that food require- astrous grain harvest has forced t he ments vary from person to person by as government to "bu y" (at bargain much as 50 percent, noting, for example, prices) a record 40 million tons of that smaller and less stocky peoples do grai n from the West. not need the American di et of meat and This rea l concern for the "hungry" potatoes. of th e underdeveloped natio ns and lack These errors cann ot always be con- of concern for those suffering the same sidered mere oversights. Overstating the plight at the hands of a philosophical hunger problem in the underdeveloped system that consistently produces one countries often provides ammunition food disaster after another for about for agitators to promote class struggle. half the people in t he world is strange, The classic im age of starving masses and to say the least.

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800 View Miraculous Statue of Our Lady of Fatima

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Mr. Morton C. Black1ve/l: Speaking on Leadership Mr. Morton Blackwell, White House Special Assistant to the President for Public Liaison, was the guest of the Foundation for a Christian Civilization, Inc. at the Foundation's New York headquarters in October. Mr. Blackwell is widely respected in conservative circles around the country for his long-time efforts in developing successful youth campaigns and effective youth leadership seminars. During his weekend visit, Mr. Blackwell spoke about the reasons for the recent resurgence of the conservative movement in th e United States and its perspectives for the future. As a recognized leader in his field , h e is well-qualified to analyze trends among young people today and to cover a wide range of youth-oriented action programs. In addition to the representatives from t he Foundation for a Christian Civilization, Inc., s ixty volunteers of the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) formed an enthusiastic audience for Mr. Blackwell.

The miraculous statue of Our Lady of Fatima that wept in New Orleans in 1972 was on display recently at the New York headquarters of the Foundation for a Christian Civilization, Inc. Even though her visit was not publicized-since it was not an official oneover 800 neighbors and friends were able to come to see her. The image is one of four Pilgrim Virgin statues that were carved in the late 1940's to represent Our Lady exactly as described by the witness of the appearance at Fatima in 1917.

Aside from the well-documen . testimony of weeping in New Orleans, this particular image is marked by the expressiveness of its face. Reports from the many foreign countries in which the statue has also been on display are always characterized by the wide range of expressions found in its physiognomy. Guests at the Foundation's headquarters were quick to note this phenomenon.

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The War of the Aspergillum By Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira Agriculture, beware! Brazil, beware! Rough times are coming. Maybe some farmers will be skeptical. Rough times? How so? It is the bankers and politicians, not farmers, that yield big ransoms to terrorists. I answer: It is not armed attacks that I foresee for you, but something more terrible. Something that will not destroy you, but simply turn your possessions over to others in whose hands production will plummet. As for you , you will plunge into the wretchedness of penury. Have you heard of the neutron bomb, the super-bomb that destroys men but spares their goods for the use of the victor? What we are talking about here is a kind of neutron bomb. Strangers will take your possessions. You will not be touched by the classic scythe of death, but swept by the iron broom of confiscation. What weapon is going to do this? When it is used, men kneel before it and even bow their heads. It is called the aspergillum. What does this weapon discharge? Its charge is limpid and venerable. In it, as though imbedded, is an inestimable gift of the Church: The blessing of God. The aspergillum is an instrument the priest uses as he passes through the church sprinkling the faithful with holy water at the begi nning of certain religious ceremonies. Holy, yes, according to the ceremonial of the Church. Mere tap water, I suspect, when the priest is a progressive hot-head. I mention the aspergillum merely as a symbol. The real neutron bomb is the action of certain bishops and priests who have recently availed themselves of their sacred ministry almost exclusively to preach social revolution through socialist and confiscatory land reform. The communists are no more than little groups of intellectuals (including several pseudo intellectuals), very well-to-do people (including nabobs) and politicians propped up by the media, but none of whom have a real following. From the point of view of political calculations, they amount to nothing. There would not be the least danger if they were the o nly ones crying for land reform. The number to the right of which all these zeros line up - to become millions - is the progressivist clergy . This clergy is the great threat to the institution of private property in Brazil.

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In the early 60 's, this threat was veiled. It was denounced in the book Agrarian Reform, a Question of Can-

science, which I wrote along with the economist Luiz Mendonca de Freitas and Bishops Antonio de Castro Mayer and Geraldo Sigaud. Incidentally, Bishop Sigaud later became an advoca te of land reform. After 1964, Brazil had a period of peace, and most farmers dozed. But ever si nce 1964, the ranks of the episcopate have been continually swollen with new bishops, most of them favorable to agrarian reform. As a result, we have seen in recent years an even greater offensive coming from the ashes of agrireformism mixed with the heavy dust of negligence. In 1980, the National Confetence of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB) published the document "The Church and Land Issues," fomenting compulsory division of large and medium-sized rural properties. One hundred and sixty bishops approved the document. Then I wrote the book I Am a Catholic: Can I Oppose Land Reform? This work, including a polished technical study by the intelligent and cultured economist, Carlos del Campo, was very well received: 20,000 copies were sold in only six mo_n ths. In sp ite of this , during the land invasions that followed, inspired and at times even promoted by the "Catholic left," some of the farmers were still indolent or disconcerted. Precisely the farmers, much stronger as a class than the movement of progressivist clergymen whose prestige has been undermined by their liturgical extravagance, permissive moral guidance, and noisy leftism. Because of this inertia of so many farmers (except for some valorous idealists who are not always followed and thus attain successes smaller than they deserve), the leftist clergy, with the aspergillum in hand, have just taken another step. In Goiania, the Pastoral Commission on the Land (in charge of the CNBB's rural policy in all of Brazil) has thrown down the gauntlet by electing a new board of directors. The new president, Msgr. Moacyr Grechi, is a staunch agrireformist; the vice-president (the president's right-hand-man in this type of organization) is Msgr. Pedro Casaldaliga, the comm unists' dream bishop, the inciter of all kinds of divisions and invasions of land. The man is really dangerous because of his aspergillum, and not because of the literary flowers of his colorless poetry.

• • • This provocation by the CNBB takes place in a high ly charged ecclesiastical

atmosphere. Archbishop Helder Car.iara, yesterday's Casaldaliga, recently celebrated his priestly jubilee and received a letter from John Paul II. Here are some excerpts: "Everyone knows and recognizes that the goodness of God has laden you wi th gifts, talents and piety. Adorned with these gifts, you have been able to carry out missions of inestimable value from your promising you th to this day ... "God and the brethren have been for you two poles of the same arc, emitting the luminoussparkoflove. You have always earnestly sought to offer God, the Creator of all things, everything you had: zeal, efforts and meditations, your whole life beginning with your priestly ordination through your most recent accomplishments." Just now Arch bishop Camara, through frequent television appearances, is striving to give new vigor to his demagogic charms withered by a long silence. When in 1977 the Bishop of Campos, Msgr. Antonio de Castro Mayer, famous for his anticommunist and anti-progressivist stands, celebrated his priestly jubilee, the Vatican kept silent. Only recently was that silence broken when, to the surprise of Bishop Mayer's friends, news came out that John Paul II had given him his resignation from the Diocese of Campos.

• • • I know that good friends sometimes purr: "The warnings and books of the TFP against land occupations are not enough." I feel like smiling . with sorrow. What do they want? Sh, , e carry them on our backs? The .ulCireformists of the cities and countryside are taking so long t o organize into a vast united front. How can we effectively defend for them righ ts which they themselves do not defend? Friends, what do you gain by grumbling against those who defend you and not acting against those who attack you? Beware, for the war of the aspergillum rages on ... Prof. Plinio Correa de Oliveira, a thinker and writer of world-wide renown, is the founder of the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property, the largest anticommunist organization in Brazil and President of its National Council. Professor de Oliveira has a syndicated column in the Folha de S. Paulo, the newspaper with the largest circulation in Brazil.

A RETURN TO HOLY RUSSIA Holy Russia - the name evokes images o f a m y thical land of bearded czars, gold-domed churches, cossacks on horseback, sturdy peasants. What a glaring contrast with today's cold, colorless, classless and proletarian Russia of co llectivist farms and concentration camps. However, despite the relentless communist campaign to erase a glorious history, the Russian people are still fascinated with their past. This movement is n ot considered to be mere nostalgia, but rather a trend which carries with it serious implications for the Soviet regime.

Russian Revival

Th ough undermined a nd persecuted by the Soviet government for decades, religion is playing an essential role in tl路e current Russian revival. Christianity :1as always been an essential element in Russian li fe. Th e words holy and Russia have been welded together by centu ries of tradition, struggle and ceremo ny . Thus, once again Russians ue u rging a return to religious traditio ns as the o nly alternative to th e qu agmire of Soviet materialism. The anthropologist emigre Natala Sadomskaya reports that "Baptisms are n ow becoming frequent among t h e Moscow intellectuals of my generation " (New York Times Magazine, 10-12-80). In commenting on the trend, t he wellknown dissident Andrei Sakharov (equally well-known for his lac k of any defen se of traditional R ussia) says that he cannot rule out the possibility of a true religious revival. Other reports ind icate that this renewal extends n ot o nly to the Soviet intell ectuals , but that it has become d eeply rooted in the d issatisfied, spiritually hungry masses as wel l. Time magazine (6-23-80 ) reports that after more than sixty years of athe istic indoctrina路 tion, there are as many as sixty million baptized Russians in the Orthodox Church alone. One concrete proof of the impact religion still has on the Russian people is the apparent about-face of the Soviet regime's customary policy of destroying all vestiges of Christianity t hat do no t serve their purposes.

Twentietb Century Russia - Golden domes rising out of a communist quagmire Rather than desecrating or auction路 "New R ight" of Russian society . ing off precious icons, communi st party far fro m the small , clandestine gru , , , bosses have switched to restoring chur- o f the past. As Alexander Yanov writes ches and m onasteries through out the in his book, The Russian New Right, coun try. Groups su ch as the All Russian "Today, t he existence of Russian naSociety for the Preservation of Historic ti o nalism is an open secret." Monu me nts have bee n form ed. Their T he moveme nt is th o ught to be a effectivenes is lim ited, natura lly, and product of both popu lar dissatisfact io n they do concede that church es arc still and historical m yth. After sixty-fou r being destroyed. years under the communist yoke, an exhausted an d impoverished people Russian N ationalism accustomed to scarcity, long lines and false prom ises - are looking back more In Czarist Russia, th e government and more to t he t ime whe n Russia and the church were intertwined and was colorful and full of splendor and inseparable . Thus, the cu rrent religious mystery, a land of solemn ceremon ies upsurge has been inevitably followed by and flourishing arts. For many, t h e so路 an increased nati onal prid e. lu t io n to the modern problems fat hered This new nationalism seems t o be by L enin lies in th e glorious rites and evolving in to a force which t he au thor- secular pomp of "Mo th er Russia." ities cannot ignore. Some sources have There is ample evidence indicati ng already dubbed the phenomenon t he

that this new national sentiment is more than skin deep - that it goes righ.t down into the country's grassroots. The common people consider it the return of the old myth of Holy Russia - a nation with a special destiny. In a conversation ~vith Olga Carlisle, former ambassador to the Soviet Union George Kennan remarked that this return to the myth was the most significant development in Russia today (New York Times Magazine, 10-12-80). This viewpoint is shared by many Catholics the world over who see in this renewal a glimmer of the promise made by Our Lady of Fatima in 191 7 that someday "Russia will be converted." The effects of this longing to identify with the Russia of the past can be seen in the proliferation of literature dealing with Czar Nicholas II and the unhappy fate of the Imperial family. Not far from Moscow, the country estates of famous Russian personalities of the last centu ry draw throngs of tourists. There is also a growing demand for pre-revolutionary art, literature and arch itecture. Soviet Insecurity The foregoing would certai nly seem to indicate that the Soviet authorities are looking at a darkening picture for the stability of their totalitarian regime.

Yesterday St. Petersburg. Today-Leningrad. Tomorrow. .. ?

EwinJ! Galloway

As the manifestations of this new nationalism grow, so also must the party's bosses fears that the Marxist ideology will lose what little hold it has left over the people. Almost no one in Russia today embraces with any ardor the tenets o f Marxism-Leninism. Posters and banners glorifying communism 's "heroes" seem archaic and are disregarded.

Si:ill managing to hold sway by intim idation and propaganda, Red leaders are keeping a watchful eye on the new movement. No doubt they fe ar that, as the chronicles recount, the "greatgrandsons of those princes who devoted all their bravery and efforts to the Russian land and the Christian fa ith" may yet come.

SOVIET FINGERPRINTS For sometime, refugee-victims from war-ravaged count ri es have been telling how the Soviet Uni on and its su rrogate troops have been using chemical warfare against anti-Soviet forces and civ il ians. These accounts, however, as reported in the press, were always lacking in hard evidence. Now, it appears as though the U.S. has in hand physical evidence of the Soviets·• deve loping, deploying and employing dead ly poison in Southeast Asia and, perhaps, in Afghanistan. Such Soviet activity would be in total violation of the 1925 Geneva Protocol and the 1972 Bio logical Weapons Convention. Sterl1ng Seagrave, author of, Yellow Rain: A Journey Through the Terror of Chemical Warfare, investigated reports of chemical and biological warfare over the last four years. His findings indicate that Soviet-backed forces have used deadly poison not only in Cambodia and Laos, where it was dropped as a yellow powder from aircraft (hence, the name "yell ow rain") ; but in Yemen

as many as fifteen years ago and, quite possibly, in Afghanistan today. Seagrave goes on to say that the Soviets are supplying Fidel C,.;stro with chemical warfare equipment. " There's no reason for that unless the Cubans are being prepared for the possibi lity of using it," he concludes. The first official announcement that the United States had "hard evidence" of chemical warfare came in remarks made by Secretary of State Alexander Haig to the Press Association in Berlin last September. Hai g sa id, "At the very moment when the U.S. is being accused of delay on arms control, others appear to be violating one of the oldest arms agreements - t hat proh ibiting the use of toxins!" He said that the U.S. now has "physical evidence from Southeast Asia which has been ana lyzed and found to contain abnormally high levels of three potent mycotoxins poisonous substances not indigenous to the region and highly toxic to man and animals." All uding to the prohibition of such

toxins by the 1925 and 1972 agreements, the Secretary added, "We are, therefore, taking steps to insure that t his evidence is call ed to the attention of th e states and t hat it is prov•riPd to both the secretary-general of the cd Nations and to t he group of experts investigating thi s problem under his auspices." Representative J im Leach (A -Iowa) noted the obvious - that whi le Secretary Haig had affirmed the use of chemical warfare, the State Department has not actually charged the Soviets with m ak ing or using poison and th us violating international agreements. " They haven't drawn the obvious conclusion," Leach sa id, "that they [the weapons] are Soviet-derived." He added, "The smokin g gun has been found , with fi ngerprints. There 's no doubt whatsoever t hat the fingerprints are those of the Soviets" (Human Events, 9-26-81). It's elementary !

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N E W § FLASJI8ICES of the nation's 29,500 secondary schools to counteract the Soviet's ambitious and intensive training program. He said young people must be "made aware that such a danger exists."

"MANUFACT~R'ED MIRACLE?" Following reports of an apparition of the Blessed Virgin to six young girls near the Yugoslav village of Citluk, communist authorities have taken measures to control the situation. According to Western diplomatic estimates, as many as 30,000 people have flocked to the site - including some Communist Party members. Calling the apparitions a "manufactured miracle," the government has fenced off the Citluk area and has expelled 11 party members who visited the site. Officials are now threatening to take additional steps to stop the flow of visitors claiming that the "scientifically impossible" event is being used for political purposes.

AN UNRAVELLED SOCIETY

PETER'S PENCE: A PAUPER?

"lose face?"

SPHINX EXTINCTION The 1980 Census has confirmed to what an extreme degree the institution of the family has suffered over the last decade. More Americans are living together without marrying, more are getting divorced and more are rai sing children alone. The Census Bureau reports that the number of unmarried couples tripled between 1970 and 1980 rising from 523,000 to 1,560,000. The number of divorces doubled during the same period. One out of every five children - 12.2 million - lives w ith only one parent. Other government figures show that births to unwed mothers have doubled over the last decade. Such births account for seventeen percent of all births. (New York Times, 10-26 -81).

Egypt's giant stone Sphinx may be facing the greatest threat in its 5,000year history. To its natural enemies wind rain, sandstorms and pollution a new danger has been added: The Nile River. The rising water table of the Nile is now considered one of the major dangers to the monument. Recently, about 120 stones dropped from the left rear leg leaving a hole six feet wide by nine feet high. The stones were part of a Greco-Roman repair made 2,000 years ago. The water table has been rising since the buiding of the Soviet-engineered Aswan Dam in the 1960's. Apparently, Soviet techinicans could learn something from studying Roman history.

SUBSTANDARD In Sweden, a Soviet 1950 vintage diesel -powered submarine has run aground in a restricted military zone near the Karlskrona archipelago. The Soviet submarine captain claims a faulty gyro-compass and bad weather caused his sub to wander into the tricky waters surrounding the Swedish base. In t he North China Sea, a communnist Chinese submarine exploded killing all 100 persons aboard. The sub was apparently trying to launch a ballistic missile but was unable to withstand the shock and vibration caused by the fir ing. Unidentified fore ign sources

said the accident . occurred in late August or early September and that s·omeone aboard the craft "forgot to do something" (Corpus Christi Caller, 1014-81) .

NOBEL PREPAREDNESS Dr. Eugene Wigner of Princeton, N.J., a Nobel Prize-wi nning physicist, is urging civil defense officials to intensify the nation's nuclear preparedness among American youth. While not ing that the subject may be a depressing one, he pointed out the need for high school instruction in each

The failure of recent high level financial operations of the Vatican has left its fiscal situation in a delicate state "very grave" according to the Spanish magazine, Vida Nueva. Specialists of the Vatican's bank, the Institute for Religious Works (IOR) are especially concerned about the ability to pay the expenses of the current pontificate with donations and offerings from Peter's Pence (annual contributions obtained from parish contributions around the world). The magazine adds that the first part of John Paul 11 's reign e-nthused Catholics the world over, especially the Germans, Mexicans and Americans. This resulted in a large increase in contributions, almost equalling those before the Council. This gave the 10 R hopes of reaching a reasonable financial equilibrium. However, Vatican economists were shocked when the first five months of this year showed a 50% drop in the value of Peter's Pence as compared to the same period last year.

THE IMPOSSIBLE ESCAPE Two young East German couples ~.,rl a small child escaped from their com, nist-controlled country by travelling across the Baltic Sea in a kayak. The couples originally began their voyage in two kayaks but one of them - carrying the 2½ year-old - sank. The two men dov,e into the icy waters several times and succeeded in saving the child. Then, the five of them crowded into the one remaining kayak. Its single engine carried them to the coast of Denmark . When the engine gave out, the passengers were forced to paddle four hours with their hands. Their 13-hour ordea l ended in Mons Cliff, Denmark. "I don't know how they managed it," said po liceman Erik Rasch. " They carried out a feat that should be impossible. More than a normal amount of courage is needed to do what they did."

NICARAGUA: A STUDY IN MARXIST ''THEOCRACY'' The union of avant-garde "Catholics" and Sandinists has resulted in a new form of "theocratic" government in Nicaragua - one wi th a decidedly Marxist bent. Since the beginning of the Marxistled Sandinist revolution in that now un fortunate country, the Jesuit priest, Fr. Fernando Cardenal has played an important role in support of the revolut ionaries. His brother, Fr. Ernesw Cardenal is the country's Minister of Culture an d another priest, Fr. Miguel D'Escot o holds the influential position of Minister of Foreign Affairs. Such a seemingly contradictory situat ion may come as a surprise at first but it is not surprising at all for one who has followed the sequence of events in the Church's process of selfdestruction. Fr. Cardenal himself stated that the prohlem has an irrefutably logical struct..irc (El Nacional, 4-18-81). The El Nacional article rep orts how Fr. Ferna ndo's brother, Fr. Ernesto was _given some $10,000 by the Ministry of Cultu re to begin his work and at first "hid the money under his friar's bed." Later, his brother persuaded him to deposit the sum in the Franciscan treasury. '' Here in Nicaragua," the article continues, " . .. true Christianity has actually achieved the Christians' commitment to the revolution ... Simply, many standards were broken here ... the commanders affirm that in Nicaragua it has been demonstrated .. . that true Christian faith does not separate [one] from the revolut ion .. . And what happened? When they Ithe Sandinists] came to power the first thing they did was to give the Ministry of Culture - a profoundly ideological office- to a priest. The Ministry of Foreign Relations - where they can cook up secret treaties with the Soviet Union and Cuba - th ey put in the hands of another priest. And the literacy drive, an eminently political project, they also gave to a priest. These facts are conclusive." From Fr. Cardenal's own mouth o ne can see how the Marxists gave to the priests the whole work of ideological structuring, even of young minds. A significant fact since the Marxists confide in very few. Fr. Fernando continues, "Since I have been working with the Sandinist Front, I have never found anything

Daniel Ortega: A new kind of"doct~ine" that clashes with my Christian morals. Never. On the con trary ... I have begun to live my Christian faith much more aut hentically." Fr. Cardenal has neve r felt a clash with the dens of the guerrillas? A person has to feel pretty co-natural with Marxism ~o clash with "nothÂˇing, absolutely nothing! "

As if Fr. Cardenal's own words were not sufficient evidence of the clergy's collaboration with the Marxists in Nicaragua, the article also cites Fidel Castro on th is "Christian-Marxist" alliance. Said Castro, " In Nicaragua they don't believe in this business of a strategic alliance (between Christians and Marxists), what they have there is an active and permanent unio n," As if to verify Castro's analysis, Fr. Cardenal affirms, "When Marx made his analysis of the Church he hit the mark. When he said that it was the 'opium of the people' he was describing perfectly what the Church was at that time. If Marx were to see what the Church has been in Nicaragua he would not assert that it had been the opium of the people but that it has given the people a push." Indeed, mu ch like Castro, who waited more than a year after his revolutionary t riumph to proclaim himself a Marxist-Leninist, the Nicaraguan guerrillas have now proclaimed the obvious : They are, in fact, communists. A report in O Estado de S. Paulo, one of the leading newspapers in Brazil, states that "the government of Nicara-

gua has ann ounced that Marxist-Leninist doctrine will orient the Sandinist revolution in the struggle against-imperialism led by the United States." This affirmation was made by Nicaragua's Defense Minister, Humberto Ortega during a speech to the country's top military leaders and published in La Nacion, a newspaper m Costa Rica. Commandant Ortega, natio nal leader of the Sandinist militias and one of the nine members of the collegiate government said, "our moral strength is Sandinism, but o ur doctrine is Marxism-Leninism ." He admittted that the alliance of t he Sandinist governmen t with different sectors of the population is "merely tactical, since this bourgeoisie, which sells ou t its own country, was accepted because we permic'ted it, but we can take back their factories at any moment without firi ng a shot." According to Ortega, the Sandinist government can, " in a matter of hours," take over everything that "the bourgeoisie still possesses." Ortega said that Nicaragua is in the "Marxist camp" and that the Sandinist revolutio n is "profoundly anti-imperialist, revolutio nary, classist and antibourgeoisie." He added thatit isnecessary to make it clear that "without Sandinism one cannot be Marxist-Leninist, and Sandinism without Marxism-Leninism cannot be revolutionary." In his view, only Marxist doctrine can be used "as an instrument of analysis to understand the historic process of the Nicaraguan revolution" (0 Estado de S ' ,, (10 /10/8 1). Undoubtedly, Marx would have praised the turn of events in Nicaragua. And no less wo uld have been his praise for Nicaraguan "Christianity" and Fr. Ca rdenal.

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Aftershock in Athens No sooner was Mitterrand elected in France than the first socialist aftershock was felt in another European country - Greece. Andreas Papandreou, the Greek Socialist Party candidate won the national elections with 48% of the vote. Thus, he became the first Socialist Prime Minister co head that key NATO country. In winning, Papandreuu 's Panhellenic Socialist movement (Pasok) captured 172 of the 300 seats in Parliament. Although economic issues helped to bring about the downfall of former Prime Minister George Rallis, analysts agree that Papandreou 's promise for "change" was a decisive factor in the electoral victory. "Change is necessary for the survival of the Greek nation," the new Prime Minister declared in his victory speech (Time, 11-2-8 1 ). Behind th e Trojan Horse catchword, "Allagi," (Greek for change) there is

hidden the makings of a social . transformation rather than an economic revival program. Like his French counterpart, Papandreou is seemingly intent on changing existing social structures in order to "modernize Greece." In what does this "modernization" consist? His electoral program reads like a Greek translation of the French. It outlines the plans for legalizing abortio n, establishing civil marriages and common consent divorces. Women may expect "liberation" with new equal rights laws. Key industries, such as banking, petrochemical, shipbuilding and steel industries face nationalization. NATO will have to renegotiate for its bases and may even lose Greece as a member nation. Regarding his brand of socialism, Papandreou openly states, "I can say the Mitterrand prototype absolutely fits." (Newsweek , 10-2-81).

Andreas Papandreou. In tbe Mitterrand 1110/d.

An Abortionist's Testimony Was the infamous legalization of abortion caused by a spontaneous popular reaction? Did the majority of Americans favor abo rtion? The media has lo ng given this impression. Dr. Bernard Nathanson, a co-founder of the National Abortion Rights Action League disagrees. Dr. Nathanson, an avowed forme r abortionist, was in the forefront of the pro-abortion battle in the late 60 's and early 70's. He claims that the events leading up to the pro-abortion decision were part of a carefully orchestrated campaign designed to alter many Americans' naturai revuision to a.bort1on. The foll o wing excerpts from a speec h delivered by Dr. Nathanson in the Legislative Building in Albany, New York on March 17th of this year reveal the tactics Âˇ he used to help co nditio n the American public into accepting the horror of abortion. "I, along with Lawrence Lader and Betty F riedan, was one of the cofounders of the National Abortion Rights Action League in 1968 ... We were instrumental in passing the first truly permissive abortion law in America in New Yo rk State in 1970. "We did it, of course, by fals/fy ing our statistics. We said 10,000 to 15 ,000 lives were being lost annually in the United States from illegal abortions, whereas the truer figure was perhaps 200 or 300 . "We published spurious polls indicating that the American publi c was in favor of abortion. I should tell you ...

th e polls were fash ioned out of whole cloth, purely fabrications on the part of our organiz ation. We stroked the media and carressed them, feeding them all sorts of spurio us and fabr icated data. " We were involved in street tactics, hospital demonstrations, and so on. Most important, I was the architect, with Friedan and Lader, of those many slogans which we fashioned in those days to use as battle cries, as Shibboleths to influence the public and convert the media ... I refer to things like 'freedom of choice,' 'pro-choice,' 'freedom to control one's own body,' 'a decisio n be-

tween a woman and her doctor,' 'a m edical issue,' 'Woman's rights,' 'the unenforcible laws of abortion,' and, of course, the old 'coat hanger' slogan" (The Clarion Call, 6-13-8 I). Dr. Nathanson wh o is now acti ve against abortion claims he was responsible for about 75,000 abortions. His revealing statements o n the artifices used to achieve the infamous U.S. Supreme Court ruling shou ld alert the American people against similar tactics in Planned Parenthood Federation of America's current campaign.

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1982

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Tradit ion, Family and Prope,·ty - TFP from U11ilccl S ia/cs • Argc11ti11a • B olivia • Braz il Ca11ncln • Chile • Colombin • Ecuador • France Portugal • Spain • Uruguny • Venezuela

American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP)

Self-Managing Socialism: Today, France-Tomorrow, the World? Last week, the world's leading newspapers published a striking six-page public interest advertisement by the noted Brazilian journalist, Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira. The document exposes the new French regime's program of self-managing socialism and its ambitious designs for the West. The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and The Dallas Morning News and major newspapers in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Rome, Madrid, Toronto and several other major cities accepted the work entitled: "What Does Self-Managing Socialism Mean for Communism: A Barrierr? Or a Bridgehead?" The ad is being published by the Societies for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) of the U.S. and twelve other countries. The document is a detailed analysis of French self-management which has just begun a vigorous process of international expansion with Mitterrand's election to the presidency. Quoting extensively from documents of the French Socialist Party, the TFP message points out that self-managing socialism does not constitute-contrary to what many think-a type of gradualist and easy-going socialism. The TFPs clearly show that it aims at the disintergration of today's society into an anarchic utopia. Substantially rooted in Marxist philosophy, the French program promotes a radical transformation of industrial, commercial, and rural enterprises. It also strikes violently at private life, shaping family, school, leisure, and even home interior decoration according to its peculiar ideology. In a word, the individual will be totally managed by the collective. The program blatantly equates hetero-

sexual with homosexual unions, marriage with "free love," and calls for woman's complete equality with men. In the business world, the program proposes ownerless companies governed by workers' "general assemblies" which would periodically elect the directors. French self-managing socialism boasts of being totally consistent with the triology: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. It maintains that the owner is "king" of his company and therefore must be eliminated just as monarchy was bloodily ended by the Frencb Revolution. The change in society proposed by the program is so radical that it presupposes a radical change in man himself. This gigantic transformation can only be made through class struggle, pitting employee against employer, student against teacher, children against parents. The socialist proposals do not prohibit the Church from functioning, but they do immerse Her in an utterly secular society. Is John Paul II 's new encyclical, Labo rem Exercens, the Catholic version of French self-managing socialism? This is one of the questions broached by the message. The Societies for the Defense of Trad it; ()n. Family and Property (TFP) in 13 coun. in Europe and the Americas-France, Spain, Portugal, the United States, Canada, Argentina, Boliva, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay, and Venezuela-have jointly issued this me_ssage. They are autonmous, conservative organizations whose action is inspired in traditional papal documents. Free reprints of the full TFP document are available upon request. Write to: The American TFP, P.O. Box 121, Pleasantville, N.Y. 10570.

TFP Newsletter~ A fortnightly publication of the American Society for the DcfenSl.' of Tradition, Family. and Pwpcrr~· (fl-'P) John Horvat, Editor. Twenty-four issues per year. Subscription races $22.50 per year for U.S. and Canada (sent First CLtss). surface mail to other countries, $22.50 per year; Airmail rates upon request. For subscription & inform:1tion write TFP N~wsletter, P. 0. Box 121, Pleasantville, N. Y. 10570. Permission is granted to reproduce in whole or in pa.-r ;111,· arril°ll· in this newsletter with credit given to TFP Newsletter. ·

Self-Management and Gossip By Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira The TFPs in 13 countries of the New and Old Worlds have just published a Message to their respective nations on the topic of French self-managing socialism. Appearing on the 9th of this month in the Washington Post and in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the document was also scheduled for fublication by the great newspapers o our country and others. I am writing on the 10th. As of this moment, those two initial publications have :provoked a host of requests for television, radio and newspaper interviews in the most diverse countries. This makes one see the great degree of interest that the topic stirs up. I still do not know of any commentaries on the content of die Message in the foreign press. All I have are those of some Brazilian newspapers. The Brazilian TFP will publish the whole text of the Message, of which I am the author, as a p~id advertisement in the Folha de S. Paulo on the 17th of this month. Until then, one would expect that the oress would have maintained an attitude of friendly expectancy, because no other sentiment wou1e1 De natural m them on seemg a compatriot acting as a spokesman of so many entities from various countries in a publicity effort on a worldwide scale. On the contrary, instead of asking us to Âˇgive them a foretaste of the content of the Message, its essence, its thought, we see them, the majority of them, advancing furiously, like someone who had been bitten in a tender spot. And they are presenting reports about the event loaded with insinuations, insinuations that go far from the matter at hand in an effort to drag the discussion into the fieid of mere gossip. The TFPs point their finger at a high theme. And the only thing they look at is the finger ... a paradoxical attitude of a certain capitalist press. Self-managing socialism wants to overthrow them and then liquidate them. But woe betide him wfio makes any criticisms of self-management to them! This solidarity of certain capitalists with social leftism is not new. Who will explain it? However that may be, I for my part will not cooperate to let the struggle slide down to that level. For this purpose it seemed to me essential to present to the Brazilian public immediately, through the pages of the Folba de S. Paulo, the essential theses contained in the Message of the TFPs, couched in high and serene doctrinal language, with neither personal attacks nor gossip. The Message itself will give the pubfic the argumentation in favor of the theses. The Message makes it evident that self-managing socialism - contrarv to Wh:Jt many imagine - is not a type of gradualist and easy-going leftism, though undoubtedly advanced. The TFPs maintain that the ~elf-managing prog!am ~ims to break so :1ety down mto tmy ht.:tle bodies endowed with quasi-sovereignty that would result in the implantation of

an anarchic utopia in France. Self-m~naging socialism does not however recognize this utopia as disorderly and chaotic. Forming as it does a true philosoohical school that is substantially Marxist, and therefore also evolutionist, French socialism hopes to promote, with the gradual application of self-managing reform, a fundamental transformation, not only of industrial, commercial and rural enterprises, but also of the family, the school, and the whole of social life. Furthermore, it aims to deeply influence individual life itself by molding even leisure and the very interior arrangement of homes to its tastes. On the other hand, essentially laicist as it is, aims to permit, in the final analysis, only self-managed. secular schools to which parents must deliver their children as soon as they have reached two years of age. It aims to abolish private religious schools, both as private individual property and as religious. The family cannot stay outside of this general reform. The document shows that the Socialist Party's (SP) program completely equates marriage to free love, and calls for equal recogmtion for homosexual and heterosexual unions. Utterly feminist, self-managin~ socialism further demands woman's entire eq.uivalency to man, both in responsibility as well as in the burden of toil which she will have to bear. The company, at the end of selfmanaging socialism, has no owner. Its running ultimately falls to the genreral assembly of the workers. The assembly runn~ng ultimately falls to the general assembly of the workers. The assembly ~as the right to be informed periodically or all the business's activities. Not even an industrial secret may be hidden from it. The managers of the company are elected by the workers' assembly, which is sovengn in everything having to do with the company's business. As one sees. and the documents of the SP affirms it outspokenly, such a complete reform of society supposes an equally complete reform of man himself. It is on the basis of human nature reformed in this way that self-managing socialism lays its claim not to be called utopian. Âˇ1 he SP does not hope to obtain this total reform of society and man in one single leap, but rather by successive transformations. One of the essential means to put this reform of man and of society underway and to carry it to its end term is class struggle. By denying not only the principle of authority as well as all hierarchy, the SP clears the ground for this stru~gle. This is done m businesses by raismg the workers up against the proprietors, and those who are led against those who lead; in the family, by stirring up a fight of the children against their parents; in the school, between the students and their teachers; and so forth. The SP's program does not deny the Church freedom to function. But the Church, the Message comments, will be reduced to living in a society laicized

down to its least aspects, which, as such, will not take into consideration the obligations of men toward God, nor the principles of the natural order oH_tlined in the Law of God revealed to Moses. She is left, then, a stranger to the civil order, which will take a line opposed to Her teachings. French self-managing socialism proclaims itself to be entirely consistent with ~e Revolution of i 789: "LibertyEquahty-Fraternity." For the SP, the abolition of proprietorship in business is the logical consequence of the establishment of the republic. It points out the proprietor as a little king who lingers on m his company, and m the king a great proprietor whom the democratic republic eliminated. It traces a whole geneology of revolutions between the French Revolution and the final victory of self-managing socialism: 1848, 1871 and the Sorbonne-1968. Is John Paul II's encyclical, Laborem Exercens, a Catholic version of French self-managing socialim? One comprehends the scope of the question especially in the Catholic perspective, which is that of the TFPs and of the Message that they published. This matter is also broached inÂˇ the document. By what right do the TFPs co11cern themselves with a series of problems that are, at first sight, entirely French, and regarding which as a consequence, it behooves only the French TFP to take a position? The Message brings out the very marked doctrmal Imperialism that characterizes the foreign policy of the French SP and therefore, that of the present French government. It shows that the international expansion of self-managing socialism is a goal of primary importance in the diplomacy of Mr. Franc01s Mitterrand. It shows that the best means to defend their countries against what they rightly call socialist ideological aggre~sion is to reveal the true tace ot selt-managmg soc1ahsm known by the militants of the SP, but not however known to the non-s, t public at large. Regarding France, the Message demonstrates that the socialist victory in the last election was not the result of an increase in the leftist electorate, but was due to the great number of abstentions among non-socialist voters that was a result in turn of the lack of necessary dedication in the campaign of the center-ri~ht parties. Opening the eyes of all, m France as well, to the true face of self-managment, appears to the TFPs to be the most useful mea":s to l~ad the French people, by refusmg their support for socialism, to create an ob~~acle to the employment of ~rench poht1cal and cultural prestige m . the service of self-managing ideological aggressio~. 1'he Message closes with a beautiful t~xt in whicfi Pope St. Pius X affirms ht~ hope that the French nation mav c~me to shine once again in the worl'd with all the Christian brilliance that behooves it as the first-born and beloved daughter of the Church.

An Updated Fairy Tale The basic facts of the story are wellknown to all, young and old alike. A little girl, named Red Riding Hood on her way to visit her ailing Grandmother meets a hungry wolf in the woods. The sly predator, figuring two meals are better than one, races off to Grandmother's house, quickly dispatches the old woman and awaits the arrival of little Red Riding Hood. Unable to answer the girl's discerning questions, the wolf chases her fromÂˇ the cottage intent upon finishing his meal. The cries of Red Riding Hood are heard by a local woodsman who promptly cuts the wolf's menu short. An adaptation of this classic fairy tale by Elizabeth Saunders was published recently in Canada in the Penticton Herald. Her up-dated tale continues: The n,ther abrupt end of the wolf brought cries of indignation and an immediate demonstration by members of Greenpeace {in the U.S. it could have been the Sierra Club] against the indiscriminate slaughter of the wolf population. At the inquest several facts came to light: (1) the wolf had not baen advised of his rights before the attac/t., (2) the woodcutter had not given any warning before striking the wolf, (3) the Human Rights Commissioner, Gordon Fairweather, pointed out that, although the act of eating Grandma may have been in poor taste, the wolf was "only doing what came naturally" and he, Fairweather, was strongly opposed to capital punishment, (4) students from Simon Fraser University claimed that Grandma might be considered expendable since she was over sixty-five. In view of the many demonstrations in Vancouver and outside the courthouse, the woodcutter was charged

with an unmerited assault with a weapon and sentenced to jail for twenty-five years. His home was burned down by an aroused public. However, a monument was raised to the memory of the wolf who bled and died in what the news media was pleased to publish as '~n Unfortunate Incident at Grandma's Cottage."

This up-date Canadian fairy tale has a tragic real-life parallel in the United States. For years, Western ranchers and farmers have been warning officials about the ever-growing coyote populations and their natural carnivorous nature. Soft-hearted suburbantites in California, however, have preferred to believe in their own up-dated version of fairy tales and so have befriended and fed the animals. The result has not been a happy ending. Three-year old Kelly Keen was sit-

ting on the curb in front of her Glendale, California home a few months ago when she was mauled and killed by a coyote. A year ago in a northwest suburb of Los Angeles, a 13-month old was almost carried off by a coyote that had wrapped its jaws around its waist and was trotting away with her. Two years ago, coyotes in Pasadena bit a two-year- old child in front of her home; surrounded a 17-year-old who was trying to help a dog that the animals has cornered; bit a five-year-old playing in her back yard; and bit a man who was picking up his morning newspaper. Who's to blame in this modern-day fairy tale? The "woodcutters,"of course, according to the pro-coyote environmentalists. The animals are no longer afraid of people because the cities have expanded into the coyotes' natural domain. Instead of retreating, the coyotes have acclimated and are seeking out a new die.t. "The coyote-boogey man, a nightmare apparition, is a construction of the imagination, not fact, said Steven Slap, an officer of the Southern California Sierra Club in a Wall Street Journal article. Trapping coyotes within the suburbs is an "emotional response" to the death of the Keen child "based on hysteria and a spirit of revenge," said Lori L. Paul, of the Humane Civic Association of Los Angeles. The animals have become so accustomed to humanity that they open up garbage bags, eat cat and dog food, and even eat pets. Officials in the Los Angeles area estimate that thousands of pet birds, dogs, and cats have been eaten by coyotes in recent years. It was a only a matter of time before they started attacking humans. Real life, after all, isn't a fair,

A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME Inspired, no doubt, by the recent Socialist victories in France and Greece, Spanish socialists are hard at work to secure the same result in the upcoming 1983 election in their country. Some observers believe that they might win. With discord in the now ruling Democratic Center Union (UCO), the Spanish Socialist Workers Party held a convention in Madrid to plan their strategy to make Spain the next piece to fall into place in the socialist "Mitterrand puzzle.,,

Using the same clenched fist and rose symbol as their French counterparts, the Spanish socialists have made up a "moderate" platform that they hope will put suspicious voters at ease. The rather ambiguous program is promising, among other things: - to "strengthen,, democratic institutions; - to "promote" a market economy; - to "avoid,, nationalizations; - to "modernize,, the armed forces;

With this program, Felipe Gonzalez, the Socialist candidate for prime minister, seems to have united his party and was given an overwhelming endorsement at the convention. Even with a moderate program, the socialists are not taking any chances. After last February's attempted military coup, they are carefully concealing any hint of radicality. The new Spanish socialism, they claim, is the rose. The question being asked is, "The French rose ... ?

Rent Control: A Form of Urban Blight . Rent control has been 1n effect in over two hundred and fifty American cities since 1972 and economists have found that its long-term effects can be disastrous. Major urban centers like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, New York and Washington, D.C as well as smaller cities in Alaska, Connecticut and Maryland have felt adverse economic effects. The defeat of various rent control proposals in the 1981 fall elections suggests that the utopian promise of rent control may be broken in the minds of a growing number of renters. Rent control proposals were defeated in Minneapolis by a margin of 70-30 percent. In San Bernadino and San Rafael, California, residents rejected the idea by more th an 2 to 1. In Ventnor, N .J., the rejection was 3 to 2. In theory, rent control is supposed to benefit th e poor, minorities, the young and the elderl y. It promises inexpensive housing for all and to act as a barrier to prevent "greedy" landlo rds from making over-sized profits. However, accordi ng to John Moorehouse, professor of economics at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, just the opposite is happening. Over the past several years, the low-cost rental housing dream has been shattered and those who were to have benefitted from it are now its victims. Housing Shortages Because inflation has eroded true rent values, tenants paying fixed rates are more reluctant to move and lose their bargain price. The result is that housing turnover decreases and vacancies become rare. For this reason, many cities with rent control face serious housing shortages. Limiting profits and income from rental property often discourages owners from building or investing in rental housing. Under normal rental conditions, supply and demand usually assure a steady investment and housing availability . "By penalizing the people most responsible for supplying housing services," Moorehouse concludes, "rent control generates housing shortages where none would have existed" (Rent Control in the U.S., Public Policy Educational Fund Special Report no. 6, 11-81). The housing shortage-rent control

combination has a series of alarming consequences: - To offset the rising cost of maintenance, some landlords have resorted to charging side payments for extra services and requiring fees or no n-refundable deposits. - Flooded by applicants, the landlord is free to pick and choose. This often makes renting difficult for minorities, young workers, and the elderly. - Landlord-tenant relationsh ips are often strained. Tenants frequently contest rent increases. Some ordinances o nly allow rent increases when a tenant vacates thus encouraging the landlord to seek high tenant turnover. Urban Decay Perhaps the worst consequence of re nt control is its effect o n the urban environmen t. Assar Lindbeck, a Swedish socialist and economist, assessed rent control in this way, "In many cases, rent control appears to be the most effective technique presently known to destroy a city- except for bombing" (Rent Control in tbe U.S., Pu blic Policy Foundation Report no. 16, 11-81). Rising maintenance costs and declining income pose many landlords with few elective options. They can either try to trim expe nses, defer improvements or cut services. Since demand insures occupancy fo r even poorly maintained quarters, there is no real incentive for landlords to keep their buildings in good repair. Everyone knows the outcome: deterioration, decay and, finally, abandonÂˇ

ment. Businesses move out of the area. The tax base erodes. Slums develop. In New York City, a victim of rent control for almost 39 years, 30,000 apartments were abandoned each year between 1965 and 1976 - nearly 20 percent of the rent-controlled units in the city. A Political Issue While the issue of rent control ts a well-documented econo mic disaster, it is also a political issue effectively exploited by left-wing activists. Landlord-tenant friction is easily translated into the classic Marxist "class struggle" jargon. With utopian prom ises of low-cost housing, many people have been attracted to groups like the Committee for Economic Democracy ( directed by activists T om Hayden and Jane Fonda) and the New American Movement. Such "renters' rights" organizat\ons have already made some inroads into local government offices by running on rent control platforms. And, to no one's great surprise familiar designs for social revolut io n can be found behind the slogans for cheaper housing . . . . . . . "Rent control," says Jim Shock of the New American Movement, "is only the beginning. We need to freeze the value of the land, force the sale of large land holdings .. . and nationalize the country's housing stock" (Whe re !-las All the !-lousing Gone,NAM, 1979, page 5). As New York City's South Bronx amply testifies, rent control has turned the Big Apple into a lemon. Will rental housing in other big cities go sou

Grnffittii-scrawled walls - a trademark of the abandoned South Bronx in New York City

NEWS FL1~§JI8ICE§ SOVIET SLAVERY Following Cuba's example, postwar Vietnam is becoming increasingly dependent on the Soviet Union for its economic survival. Daily transfusions of approximately $6 million help to keep Hanoi afloat. Brezhnev has promised to increase Soviet economic and military aid over the next five years. Suffering from their own economic woes, the Soviets are not giving their "charity" gratis. They are planning an in-kind program whereby a large number of Vietnamese "guest workers" will work in Russia, especially in the gas and oil fields of Siberia. According to Globescan (37, Ouai Anjou, 7400 Paris, France) , as many as 500,000 Vietnamese will be working in "isolated communities." Forty percent of their wages will be paid in local currency while the remaining sixty percent will be credited against Vietnamese trad ing debts. The Vietnamese "guests" from a tropical climate certainly won't find wo rk in the cold Siberian petroleum fi e lds exactly pleasant.

be interpreted as the "establishment of religion"' The students rebut that the university is a public forum where freedom of speech allows for Bible readings (Corpus Christi Caller, 1117-81 ). In a boarding house near the University of Washington in Seattle, students may gather to discuss almost anything they want except the Bible. The Seattle Zoning Department ruled that all Bible study in the house must end because it isn't zoned for that purpose. (Intercessors for America Newsletter, 12-1-81).

At Fort Benning, Georgia, 33,000 soldiers will begin receiving 9 hours of instruction in bayonet assault on a new 440-yard course that includes the traditional parries and thrusts as well as a series of obstacles. Despite all claims to the contrary, the Army of the post-Vietnam era has been forced to conclude that superior firepower isn't always the most important factor in a war. Undoubtedly, the Soviet band its now under siege in Afghanistan have also come to the same conclusion.

BACK TO THE BASICS

OVER THE EDGE WITH ECUMENISM

Computerized weapons systems, spy planes and sate II ites characterize the modern U.S. Armed Forces, but when it comes down to the basics it's the infantryman who holds the ground. Recognizing the limits of technological warfare, the U.S. Army has just resumed training recruits in one of the most primitive forms of faceto-face combat- the bayonet attack.

In an action unprecedented in the short history of ecumenism in Spain, the Bishop of Malaga, Ramon Buxarrais, has made a donation in t he name of the diocese to the construction of an ecclesiastical and community conference center in Los Rubos ." The center is the project of the Spanish Protestant churc h (A Ordem, Oporto, 5/14/81).

OF RATS AND RICE

rate. One pair can produce several thousand offspring in its 12-month lifespan, a phen ome non that has brought India 's rat population up to 6 b illion nearly 10 rats for every human bei ng.

WELFARE TERRORIST Katherine Do udin, the Weather Underground "terrorperson," was finally captured after 12 years as a fugitive. However, that time was not spent in idleness. Inte lligence officials say that she travelled to Canada, Cuba and Moscow w here she certainly fostered the revolutionary cause. For the past year, sh e was living in New York City and rece ived $335.50 a month in w e lfare benefits obtai ned under a n assumed name .

MARX, YES! THE BIBLE NO! At a certain unive rsity, students are permitted to sit on the lawn and read t h e works of Karl Marx but it is forbidden for students to sit on that same lawn and read the Bible. Homose x uals may use university facilities to hold m eetings whi le Christian students are de nied the same privilege. The un iversity is not in Moscow. It is the Unive rsity of Missouri's Kansas City campus whose offic ia ls are now arguing the case before the Suprem e Court. T he unive rsity's position is t hat, as an agency of t he state, it cannot al low anything that might

Every vear thousands of Hindus go on a pilgrimage to the ornate marble temple in Deshnhok, 240 miles southwest of New Delhi to worship the "holy children" of the village goddess, Karni Mata. Unfortunately, these "child ren" are rats- 10 ,000 of them Iiving a Iife of luxury in the tem p le. T e n full-time servants atte nd to their every need and feed th em milk, grain and d e lectable Ind ian desserts. Throughout Indi a, the superstito us ve neration of the rat continues. The Hindus believe that to kill one is a sin that w ill provoke great anger from other pagan gods. According to lshwar Pr akash, nation al coordinator of Ind ia 's rat control program, the losses to Indi a n ag ricu lture are "immense." With rat contro l, expe rts be lieve that India wo uld not have to import wheat and rice eve n in t he lean years (China Post, 9/19/81). The problem p ro life rates in spite o f at· tempts to resolve it. Protected by such ta boos, the rat is free to reproduce at a staggering

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The China Card: A Joker In the Deck? After supplying Red China with food and technology over the past several years, the United States has now agreed to provide the communists with modern weapons. Its Armed Forces, which were responsible for the deaths of thousands of American servicemen during the Korean War, are the world's largest. The so-called People's Li beration Army (PLA) boasts 3 .9 million in ground forces, 490,000 in the Air Force and 360,000 in the Navy. But is the great Chinese military dragon really made of paper? Peking needs a huge infusio n of of U.S. military hardware if anyone is to take its claims of military prowess seri ously. Observers note that man y of the Red Chinese airplanes are obsolete. Pilots are forced to fly o nl y during the day, and then in good weather because of primitive radar equipment. Its naval vessels are old and limi ted to coastal defense. It has one submarine capable of launching ballistic missiles - that is, it had. Reports say that it blew up when it tried to launch one recently. The army suffers from a large variety of equipment shortages. To modernize such a mamm oth machine would require a gigantic cf-

fort. The London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies believes th at the cost of rebuilding just one of Red China's 11 armored divisions would be nearly $1 billion, and a 1979 Pentagon study estimated the whole job would take from $41 to $63 billion. What do the Chinese want? Technology-and plenty of it. * From communications equipment to weapons' systems. Everything is on their shopping list. * A naval refurbishing. The Chinese want the U.S. to help them build a long range fleet capable of more than just coastal defense. * Credit. With virtually no disposable capital, China wants to arrange milita ry " loans" to pay for some of the arms. As in the past, such loans would probably be low-interest and long-term. * Means of production. A plan whereby the Chinese commun ists and the United States would jointly build weapons in China under li cense of U.S. firms. In plain language, that means the U.S. builds the factories and the commu nists supply the cheap labor. * Cancellation of arms deals with Taiwan. T he Chinese communists insist

that the U.S. must stop all arms shipments to Free China before they will accept American military hardware . Failure to do so threatens to "strain U.S.-Chinese relations." With these provisions, military experts believe that Red China could be expected to withstand a Soviet nonnuclear attack. Since the communist takeover in 1949, Americans have seen two faces of the Chinese dragon : that of the more radical and brutal beast responsible for the deaths of mo re than 64 million Chinese and that destroyed the churches, abolished traditi ons and brought about the Cultural Revolutio n, up rooting anything that was contrary to Marxist revolutionary doctrine ; and the new face th at appeared with the infamous trip of Nixon in 1972. While still oppressing its people and spreading its errors by means of psychological warfare, it began to smile at the West. The dragon breathed no fire-only goodwill and sough t " peace" and t echnology (although, not necessarily in th at order). The masks the d ragon wears are radicall y di ffe rent. But wh o can doubt t hat the "two" dragons are one and the same?

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An Abortion Nightmare According to the influential French magazine, Le Nouvel Observateur, a horrible traffic in unborn babies is taking place all over Europe. The magazine began to investigate the matter as a result of beauty advertisements that told of a revolutionary new regenerating treatment: "Regeneration-using cells taken exclusively from live fetuses. Wrinkles disappear and the skin recovers suppleness and color." The price of this macabre "youth elixer" is around $40.00 It is available in two types of creams and ointments for the face and body. Although the advertisements promoting the regenerative qualities of embryos don't explicitly state that those of humans are used, they are phrased in such a way that this is understood. The magazine article goes on to report that for some months talk has been going around Europe of refrigerator trucks filled with human fetuses in plastic bags. In Rome, Budapest, Lon-

don, Amsterdam, and Paris thousands of embryos are quietly transported along with cosmetic products-a tragedy facilitated by the legalization of abortion in most European countries. An official of the Palace of Justice recently told of " a truck coming from Central Europe loaded with frozen human fetuses on its way to the laboratories of French beauty products manufacturers." (La Terceira Hora, Chile, 5/7/81). Stupified guards on the FrenchSwiss border intercepted the truck with the infamous cargo. They allowed it to pass through customs because they couldn't fmd anything in their regulations to stop it. Âˇ To no one great surprise, abortion advocates ma~ntain a silence concerning the commercialization of the unborn. The repugnant trafficking is but a consequence of the "legalization" of abortion and can only unmask the humanitarian claims of its adherents.

Religious Renaissence A kind of religious renaissence is going on in Czechoslovakia in spite of the repression of religious activists. The head of the Government's Department of Religious Affairs, Karel Hruza, has stated that the tendency to return to religion is reappearing among the country's youth. "In the old times, only old women were seen in the churches, but now there are young people," he commented in a recent interview. When asked about the causes of this rebirth, he replied, "Some sociologists say that people are looking for the meaning of life; others see it as a protest against communism. I think that the two explanations are correct." One thing is for certain: young people are flocking to the churches-both Catholic and protestant-in great numbers. Another sign of this religious wave is the demand for Bibles. Last year an ecumenical edition was published-the first Czech translation in 300 yearsand it quickly became a best seller. The books are available on the black market for roughly double the normal price. Last year, three Americans wert> arrested after being accused of attempting to smuggle Bibles into the country.

A church was broken into and twenty Bibles were stolen (Evidently, the communist authorities prefer only the ecumenical edition printed under their supervision). In addition, clandestine circulation of religious literature, catechisms, theological dictionaries, etc. is also on the increase. But the Government makes a distinction between religious fervor and what it calls political activism under the guise of religion. In recent years, priests have been imprisoned for celebrating unauthorized Masses, officiating at religious ceremonies in private residences, and proselytizing. In most cases, judgements on religious are based on Article 101 of the Penal Code, which refers to "undue use of the religious function" requires up to three years in prison for violation. Other articles cover "obstruction of the State's supervision of the Church" (178) which can bring up to two years imprisonment if violated, and "illegal commerce" (118) with a sentence of up to eight years. Still, despite the controls and harrasments, Secretary Hruza' estimates that the country has nearly S million practicing Catholics.

Selling Out Russia The Russian people have long cherished and venerated their icons. Before the Bolshevik Revolution, thousands of images of the Mother of God, Saints Vladimir, Andrew and Elias and others adorned both churches and homes throughout the country. But, in Soviet Russia, these devotional objects were soon replaced with iconlike posters of Lenin or Marx. Churches were destroyed and icons "aquisitioned" (that is, stolen). Atheism was imposed upon the people as official government policy. These same icons, so despised by communist officials, are now being sold for Western currency. It is estimated some two thousand icons, most from the 19th Century, are being sold .annualy. Prices start at $50 for 100-year plus palm-size copper or enamel icons. Larger and older items sell for thousands of dollars. "Saint Andrew's Vision of the Mother of God," a late 18th Century gilt painting is selling for $8,500. Experts from all over the world are flocking to the former St. George Church, a medieval building in Moscow, where the official state sales organization Novoexport sells the treasures to art-hungry Westerners. Art galleries from London, Paris, Rome, New York and other major cities frequently send representatives to acquire new works. "Soviet prices are negotiahlr " says a West German art dealer, "bu e's no doubt about the authenticity ul the icons they sell" (Kansas City Star, 114-81).

This is not the first time the Soviets have sold Russian heritage. Many of the best icons were sold between 1925 and 1938 by the then bankrupt Marxist government. Now, however, they are using capitalist marketing techniques to get top prices for the sacred treasures. Exports are rigidly controlled in order not to flood the market. The large-scale production of icons in the 18th and 19th Centuries has provided the "marxist-capitalists" with a seemingly inexhaustible supply. For the Russian people, these longedfor symbols are available only in a few state museums and churches. It's a real-life Russian tragedy.

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Faced with the fact that six of the largest French daily newspapers have refused to publish their six-page paid advenisement exposing the ambitious designs of French self-managing socialism, the thirteen Societies for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFPs) recently issued a follow-up joint communique. The 2/3 of a page ad, also written by Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira, President of the National Council of the Brazilian TFP, asks the question: "Is freedom of the press being cunailed in France today?" The Communique, "France: The Fist Crushes the Rose,'' is scheduled to appear in major newspapers in the same countries in which the original six-page Message appeared - over 40 leading dailes have been selected. For example, the new ad has already run in The Washington Post and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (2-2S-82) and The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and the Dallas Morning News (2-26-82). In addition, new papers have been added to the list such as The Daily Telegraph of London (3-2-82), Le Geneve Tribune of Switzerland (2-27-82) and The International Herald Tribune (3-10-82). Early in March, the American TFP conducted a lightning campaign in the nation's capital blanketing Congress and other influential areas with copies of the same Communique. in less than one day, personalized copies of the advenisement were delivered to the offices of 100 Senators, 43 5 Congressmen, 65 foreign embassies representing the Free World and 65 of the major news agencies having representation in Washington.

1. The promise The -Communique points out that less than a year after the socialist victory of Francois Mitterrand, France's self-managing socialism "with a human face" is now showing its true face by crushing one of the most basic freedoms in a democratic regime: the freedom of the press.

In many of the newspapers in which the TFP Communique appeared, "teaser" ads were also published

States, Canada, England, Italy, Portu gal, Spain, W. Germany, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay and Venezuela. The newspapers in these countries acted in accordance with the democratic principles they profess.

Last Decem.ber, the TFPs began publishing the six-page ad, "What Does Self-Managing Socialism Mean for Communism: A Barrier? Or a Bridgehead?" by Professor Correa de Oliveira. Quoting extensively from the very documents of the French Socialist Party, the TFP message showed that self-managing socialism - in the Mitterrand style promotes a radical transformation of industrial, commercial and rural enterprises. It also strikes violently at private life. And its goals are international in scope. The TFPs found no obstacles in publishing the six-page Mess~ge as a paid ~d in the leading newspapers of the United

In France it was different. Contrary to these same principles, six major dailies with circulation over 100,000 refused publication. Mnreover, two papers that had formall~ Âˇcd

to publish the message, retracted 1.:1ting no reasons and thus risking a laws.uit for damages and losses. In view of this, the follow-up Communique notes that this unprecedented refusal can only be explained by the threat that the publishing companies that own these papers live under. Any one of them can suddenly be placed among the ranks of self-managing enterprises by a legislative decision of the socialist-communist majority. The TFPs ask: Is there complete freedom for pub-

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The TFP Communique concludes: "This face is what the TFPs are bringing to the knowledge of the whole West. The same French newspapers will be asked to publish chis Communique. Bue even if there is a new collective refusal, the TFPs hope chat the spreading of chis Communique outside France may succeed in making it known co a large part of the French people. They afso hope chat it will open the eyes of the West to all that is contradictory and impracticable in the self-managing promise of socialism-wi ch-freedom. "This finding has a far-reaching scope. Except for the promise o f freedom, all chat is left of the self-managing re· gime is its s imilarity to communism.

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written into History; the epic History of one of the s uprem e efforts undertaken in signo Crucis (in the sign of the Cross) to steer ou r agonizing Western Civilization away from the final shipwreck toward which it is letting itself drift. "After the great campaigns of t he TFPs against communism- campaigns which have always been doctrinal and orderly-the communists keep silent. A little later, furious media attacks based merely on distortions or calumnies with no doct rinal conten t have been unleashed aga inst the TFPs. Will this now happen once again? As the popular French saying has it, 'he who lives will see.' "

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The Communique was signed o n February 11, 1982, the Feast of Our 4.,,,., diuppointtnenl Lady of Lourdes. Free copies of the full text of the Communique and the six-page advertis ement can be o btained "The Message of the thirteen TFPs by writing to the American TFP. P.O. about self-managing socialism is making Box 12 1, Pleasantville, N.Y. 10570 . its way far and wide in the world. Along The six-page Message of the TFPs □□ the way, it has met everything: furious hatred, baseless criticisms, inexplicable omissions, longstanding and luminous 0 YMI I eg,w with you and want to know more aboul you, p,ogram in su ppo rt from friends who have never __ suppon ol lhe tamlty and private property. let themselves be dishonored by fear, T O Please send mo a lree reprint of Th& Double Game ol Franch ~ - ~~ Socialism and ol the communique, France: The Fist Crushes the Rose. an d innumerable new adhesions, some (Inquire about bulk orders). 1 l of them un expected and magnificent.

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Beyond Yalta: French Self-Managing Socialism "A country like ours ... has immense possibilities for carrying far and wide, in Europe and in the whole world, the uni· versa! message of socialism" (French Socialise Party Program, p. 18). Consistent with the policy of spread· ing the socialist message, Jacques Hunt· zinger, the Socialist Party's Secretary for International Relations, emphasized the French government's concern for increasing its econom ic and commercial presence in Latin America. At a recent press conference for foreign correspondents, he declared chat he hoped chat his country would make its presence "more felt in areas of struggle which seem to lead certain so· · cieties in Latin America toward hori· zons other than those proposed by the United States." He explained Mit· terrand's expression " leaving Yalta" as

meaning to "open a gap between capit· alism and communism." Since the socialise victory in France, the new French government has initiated seeps to spread its influence through· out Latin America. In January, the French government signed an agreement to furnish "non· offensive" weapons to the Sandinist government in Nicaragua. The nearly $16 million deal is expected to pave the way fo r larger future shipments. Officials of the French and Brazil· ian governments have recently agreed to terms in which France will make available almost $6 70 million in de· velopment assistance to Brazil. The assistance is in the form of low·inceresc loans from the French treasury. The money will finance projects in the fields of energy, transportation, relc-

communications· as well as social and hospital equipment (The Wall Street Journal, 2·8·8 2). The French ambassadors in Chile and Argentina have received instruc· cions on the question of human rights in chose countries. These ambassadors must show more attention coward the political forces fight ing for dcmocra· cy there. T o underscore these events, Mr. Huntzinger also announced that the French policy in South and Central America will be intensified in accord· ance with the Franco-Mexican declara· tion of August 1981. That document stated: "We believe we must be present so that democratic socialism may appear as a more likely solu tion for these so· cieties" (Diario d e Perna111buco , Recife, Brazil, l ·21 ·82).

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AGRICULTURAL GROWING PAINS A strong agriculture is the basis of a strong and healthy econom y. Building upon the principle of private property, free enterprise and the natural and spontaneous adjustment of farm size, American farmers have developed a sta ble and vigorous economic base admired t he world over. While only three percent of the population, they have produced phenomenal harvests year after year, providing no r only for domestic needs but also enough for export to all parts of the globe (including the communist bloc nations). Now, however, U.S. farmers are in serious trouble, fac ing problems t hat are awakening fears of an other depression rivaling the Dustbo wl era of the 1930s. Soil erosion, water shortages, debts and low prices are forc ing hundreds of farm ers off th e land . Even though most Americans still choose from a cornucopia of agricultural products, the cracks in our agricultural system suggest that unless measures are taken soon, millions of consumers aro und the world wi ll fee l the consequences of its collapse. Th e eno rm ous Ogallala aqui fer and o ch er un dergrou nd wa ter sources arc being mined so rapidly chat some areas of Texas and_ Arizona have bee n aban doned because of high irrigation coses Any prolonged national d ro ught or weather abn ormality could cause serious ous problems in keepi ng vital croplan d producing. According to the Co rnucopia Project report of an Organic Farming re-

search team," it is only a matter of time before farmers will begin to experience soil failure. America's t opsoil is eroding at an annual rate of 5 .8 billion tons. The report also notes chat agricu lture is dangerously energy dependent, consuming more petroleum than any oth er industry. T h e biggest problem, ho wever, is not soil or water but t he financial stress gripping fa rmers everywhere. Normally farmers borrow money in the spri ng for seed, fertilizer and equipm ent and pay back their debt plus interest after the fall harvest. Now they are being buffeted by soaring fuel, feed and seed coses and· prohibitive interest rates. Instead of adjusting to the added production costs, profits and crop prices are going down . Many farmers are already deeply in debt - some $ 160 m illion according to the Cornucopia Project report. T he Farmers Home Administration, the credit arm of the Agri culture Departmen t, reports that sin ce last October hundreds of farmers were forced off their land and thousands are teetering on t he edge of ban kru ptcy.

Some preventive measures are definitely in order to silence t he " soothsayers" of a n agricultural Doomsday. The federal government could , for exam ple, t ermin ate policies tha t encourage unnecessary planting, groundwater mining and huge farm deb ts. Farmers, in t urn , can cut their oppressive debts by devel oping on-farm energy and fertilizer sources, rotating crops and constru cting terraces and shelt crbelts to stop erosion. Co nsumers can stare patron izi ng roadside stands and loeal • farme rs' markets, gro w their own fruits and vegetables and process an d preserve local foods in the summ er. Seate governments might do rhe most to blunt the loss of valuable farm lan d by protecti ng it from sale to urban developers. If a crisis in agricu lture does exist as ·che Cornucopia Project suggests , so does a sol~tion. The message i!] all chis is that, if America 's cu board is to be kept from becomi ng bare, the su bject of food is everyone's business !

GHOULISH AND GHASTLY BUSINESS In Los Angeles, a storage cont ai n· er kept behind the h ouse of an owner of a defunct pathological laboratory was found t o contain mo re than 2,000 aborted babies. Th e company repossessing t he container mad e th e gri sly discovery. The aborted babies, some weigh ing as m uch as four pounds, were prese rved in fo rma ldehyde in white plastic co nta iners. So me appeared to ha ve been aborted as early as 1979. Each jar was t agged with the na me of t he mother and other ir:iformation. After a prel iminary investigation

of the gho uli sh di scovery , city officials concluded that no cri me had been committed since no hea lth code regulation was violated . And ... in London, England testtube baby doctor Robert Edwards says he and his colleague Dr. Patrick Steptoe have "spare" embryos in their laboratory. They hope to freeze them so t h at they ma y late r donate them to infertil e women. Dr. Edwards m ade t he declaration in a te levis ion documentary on the subject (Kansas City Times, 1-29-62). This news of "s pare embryos" is

open ing new Brave New World h o r· rors. Ma n is conside ring his own m ass production . Even now, reports The Observer of London, and American firm is inquiring into t he fe asibility of developing a mail -order em bryo business! A wo rld where naturall y-conceived children are dispcsed of like trash and· tes t -tube babies are designed, bought and sold en masse is quick ly becoming a nightmarish reality. What was once. imagin ed only in sciencefiction, is today being pushed on socie ty with shocking naturality.

NEWS FLASIBCES UPSIDE-DOWN LAWS In Berlin, New Hampshire,32-year old Roland Duchesnayne left three puppies in freezing weather at the city dump. One dog died. The other two survived. Police later charged him with cruelty to animals. The court found Duchesnayne guilty and gave him a choice of either paying a $200 fine, spending 30 days in jail or a third option. As if to equate man with dog, the final option was for him to stay, like the dogs, at the same freezing snow-covered landfill without shelter for two consecutive 12-hour nights. Apparently, what is cruelty for animals is not cruelty for a man. Duschesnayne accepted the third option but had to leave the dump after two hours because he felt that the police were not providing him with enough protection from possible attack from "distraugtrt" citizens who were angered by his "crime." Unborn children, here and abroad are killed by the thousands everyday and the killers go free. But let dog whose existence can in no way be compared to a human life - die of neglect and the criminal is given a degrading punishment. What's more, the public ire is so aroused that the perpetrator much fear for his life. Society's values are evidently upside-down.

GAY POWER San Francisco has long been infamous for its militant homosexual community. Now, city officials are preparing to formally recognize and salute this militancy by placing a a sculpture entitled 11Gay Liberation" in a civic plaza. The $150,000 bronze "work of art" by George Segal is being donated to the city and, if approved, will rest in Harvey Milk Plaza. A former city supervisor, Milk was regarded as an activist for the homosexual cause. He was shot by another former city employee. Testifying to the political clout of the city's most active" minority," the statues consisting of four figures exhibiting homosexual tendencies

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GOLD'S COMEBACK Gold coins have long been considered a stable investment and a hedge against inflation. Their value is based on their bullion content and the market demand. It has, however, been nearly 50 years since the U.S. government has issued gold coins. Since that time, the paper bill has replaced the noble metal as legal tender. Now, a special governmental committee is recommending that gold coins be minted once again. The 17-member commission, of which Treasury Secretary Donald Regan forms a part, did not propose that gold coins be designated as legal tender. It did say that they could be used in settling private debts. Americans would no longer need to shop the foreign market for their gold coins. If the Treasury issues them, Department officials predict that nearly 20 million ounces would be sold in the first year - an amount equal to about 8 percent of the enti re U.S. gold stock.

CARNIVAL CARNAGE As many as 240 persons died and 16,800 more were injured in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - not from terrorist attacks or some natural disaster, but from the 1982 celebration of Carnival. The deaths and injuries were casualties of carousing, drinking and dancing that characterize the preLenten "festival." The toll of muggings, fist-fights, car crashes and other accidents deriving from the excesses indulged in during the period reached a new high. Hundred-degree tropical temperatures affecting many of the drinkers were said to have caused a number of deaths. Others were killed by outbreaks of violence like the case of one man in a neighborhood who shot and killed a bartender because he ran out of cold beer. The gunman was, in turn, attacked by a mob and beaten to death with stones and clubs (San Francisco Chronicle, 2-2582).

REMEMBERING F.D.R. On the one hundreth anniversary of his birth, the world recalled Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the mark he left on History. It was Roosevelt who first officially recognized the communist government of Russia in 1933. During World War 11, he entered into an alliance with the tottering Soviet regime and buttressed it with enormous amounts of economic and military aid. At Yalta, he shamelessly gave away all of Eastern Europe to Soviet imperialism. Remembering such events, it is not surprising that the Soviet propaganda machines are churning out eulogies. According to Pravda, Roosevelt "displayed considerable political courage and ability to overcome the fierce opposition of the enemies of the Soviet Union " (Human Events, 2-20-82).

SEE NO EVIL When three students in a marketing class in a Chicago suburb decided to test reactions to blatant shoplifting, they expected to find some conscientious people who would take measures to stop the thieves. Unfortunately, none appeared. For 3 hours, the students "pilfered" Mark Drugs and I iouor Store in Buffalo Grove, Ill. c.., , ything from magazines to watchuands to hair dryers. Of the 50 witnesses, 48 turned away from the crime and pretended not to notice it. One woman responded with a dirty look and one young boy went so far as to follow the thief out of the store. In order not to be caught by the store's anti-shoplifting measures, the students coordinated their experiment with their parents, the store owner and the store manager. The surprising results match those of a 70-person survey they conducted as part of their report. Of those who witnessed the actual shoplifting, 95 percent admitted that they had taken no measures to stop the "crime."

Angola: Bitter Fruits in a Marxist ''Paradise'' Editor's Note: This article is based o n two reports in the Lisbon weekly, 0 Pais, 10-23-81 and 11-6-81).

The situation of its old overseas territories continues to be a topic of interest not only for Portugal but also for those who still believe in the false utopian promises of Marxism. The reader is invited to foll ow some of the experiences of a Portuguese who was in Angola recently and saw for himself how things are in that socialist "paradise." His first difficulty was in getting something to eat since he had only one meal ticket. Unable to obtain more because the country's lack of food has caused rationing, on the other days of his brief stay he resorted to the candy and cookies he had brought with him. Next, he was confronted with the problem of making a phone call. There are no phone directories in the Angolan capital. The only way to make a call is to start with a number that you know and keep asking the person you reach if he knows the number you arc looking for. Or, if he kno ws someone who knows the number etc., etc., etc. In talking with a manufacturer of oil cans, the Portuguese visitor found that production had been stopped for two months for lack of the necessary tin to sold er the lids. The ship loaded with the me tal had been waiting its turn to be unloaded for seven months! Now a common occurrence in the port city of Luanda, the backlog is producing colossal price increases for everything dependent on imported merchandise. However, not everything is misery and hardship in the old Portuguese province. Our visitor also met signs of luxury and wealth - a beautiful house with tidy grounds contrasted with the generalized filthiness of the city. But he discovered that it was the residence of the Cuban Chief-Commandant. At his visit's end, he was discouraged from purchasing any souvenir in the lobby of the airport by the rats that scurried in and out of the t he holes in the carpeting. Such are the benefits of the SovietCuban colonization - a testimony to Moscow's in terest in the problems of the Third World 's "oppressed."

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"CIVILIZING" THE 20th CENTURY Spontaneity, naturality and doingyour-own-thing were "with it" a few years ago. Today such ideas are passc. "Manners are in again," according to Marjabelle Stewart, etiquette writer and teacher. The success of her etiquette courses attests to the fact that many Americans are tired of the slovenly look (Time, 12-21-81). In over 700 Âˇdepartment stores in 43 U.S. cities, childr'e n from age five to eleven are enrolled in Stewart's etiquette program. Six one-hour classes and a seventh for graduation ceremonies teach the youngsters manners and dining etiquette. Children learn the social amenities that they apparently would never learn in the home. Instructions range from a "White Glove and Party Manners" session for young ladies to a special hotel etiquette series. Over the past 15 years, 160,000 children have been enrolled. With the new popularity of proper behavior, Mrs. Stewart concludes that "we are emergi ng from the rude, rebellious period." Mrs. Stewart's programs are not limited to the fo rmation of unruly children. They include the reformation of grown-up businessmen who are finding out that it takes more than

business sense and pragmatism to get ahead in today's world . About 60 corporations have enlisted her aid to help impart better social graces to their executives. This trend toward better manners after several decades of the contrary is another hopeful sign that America is undergoing a profound change that is affecting the social, political and cultural spheres of human activity.

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MEDIA WARS Wars of "liberation" are rarely, if ever, won in the jungles or mountains. What reall y decides the outcome of the battle is the coverage that the com batants receive in the international press. It is a well-known fact that Castro's scanty and ragged "army" in the mountains· of Cuba wo n its struggle only because of a carefully prepared and well-executed media blitz "lio nizing" the "George Washington" of Cuba. Of more recent vintage , the Western news med ia, especially American television, turned public op inion against the war in Vietnam. Now, El Salvadoran guerrillas are engineering a media campaign to "sell" their revolution. •·we have to win the war inside the United States," said Hector Oqucli, o ne of the rebel leaders (San Francisco Chronicle, 2 -26-82). Part of the rebels modern weaponry includes video recorders. Guerrilla chiefs have invited American newsmen co visit rebel "strongholds." Th ese congenial contacts with representatives of the Western press have resulted in a flood of sympathetic articles for the leftist fo rce~. T elevision crews travel freely in the countryside (a ided by the excellent highway sys tem of the current government) . At times there seem to be mo re news media patrols on the roads than governmen t troops or guerrilla bands. The media story is all too fam il iar. Americans have wirn e·ssed it o n several d ifferent stages of the world theater. Th e scene: Ragged gu errillas h iding in the m ountains and jungles of a small, "poverty-stricken" country ruled by a

Brezhnev: All the world's a stage for the communist revolutionary " theater"

Castro: Just one of a series of revolutionary "actors"

"ruthless" mili ta ry elite and supported by a power-hungry o ligarchy. The protagonists : Oppressed peasants sporting a variety o f Russi an and Western arms imbued with an equally destructive vocabul ary spiced with words like "liberatio n," "class struggle," and "the cause of th e people ." The antagonists : Disci pline d and "heartless" governm ent troops and rightwing para-military forces gu ilty of

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innum erable " massac res." Th e plot: Oppressed peasants cry to overthrow the ruthless mili tary government and impl ant a people's government. If you think you 've seen this "show" before, you 're right. As in Vi\:tnam, Cambod ia, Angola, Cuba and rnore recen tly Nicaragua. to men t io n just a few, t he media is literally bombarding the American publi c with a rep lay of an old dram a. This tim e the stage is sec in El Salvador. Wh at will be t he ou tcome of a media "victory" in El Salvador? Will the world be witness to another Cu ba where millio ns live u nder Fidel Castro's totalitarian regime in misery? Will it watch in ho rro r as another genocide takes place as in Cambodia? Or will it compl ace ntly accept another situation like Nicaragu a where th e avowed ly Marxist junta is fostering an unprecedented arms build-up (for its "self-defense") while crushing the resistance of the Miskito, Sumo and Ram a Indians co its poli cies? Will the American public really be so naive as to believe chat E-1 Salvador's leftist guerri llas are really the "good gu ys in th e white hats" in this all-toofamiliar communist scenario?

No. 6

Vol. III

1982

Afghanistan: Small in Territory, Great in Courage

International Afghan Day Rally More than two years ago, Soviet troo ps crossed the borders of Afghanistan co "assist" chat country's political process. To dace, they have only been able co "liberate" som e of the main cities in chat land-locked nation. In the coun tryside, Afgha n freedom fighters have put up a rem arkable res istance. Using o utmoded weapons, they have destroyed the myth of Russian technology and the Soviet figh ting mach ine. The Soviets have respo nded co chis t:nexpected resistance by transgressing all the rul es o f war. Toy-shaped booby craps have been dropped by the thousands near the Pakistan-Afghan border maim ing refugees, man y of them ch ildren . Poison gas has been repo rted co have been used on villages. Scorchedearth tact ics arc employed . In protest co such blatant violations of human rights, Sunday, March 21 was declared by President Reagan as Internacional Afghanistan Day. It was marked by demonstrations m Washi ngton, D.C. and in several ocher maj or U.S. cities, as well as in some fo reign capitals. A large contingent of vol unteers of th e American Society for the Defense of Traditi o n, Famil y and Property (TFP) went co Wash ington two days before th e Sunday rall y . The re, on the major streets of th e city, at govern ment bui ldings and subway stations, the TFP distributed 4 5 ,000 flyers invit ing the public to remember Afgha nistan by attending the rally. The large standards o f the T FP we re also seen in the neighboring subu rban areas of Mary land and Virginia as the TFP cam paign spread o utside th e confin es o f the city . As a part o f the campaign , TFP volun teers proclaimed slogans such as: " Ho w many Western nations fear, vacill ate, give in and retreat before

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American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP)

Soviet Russia?" and "Afghanistan is an example for these nations. Small in population, small in riches, small in territory, but great in courage!" As co-sponsors of the rally that took place at the Sylvan Theater near the Washington Monument, TFP volunteers joined hundreds of others representing such organizations as: the Afghan Community in America, American Conservative Union, Coalition for America, College Democrats, College Republicans, Committee for the Survival of a Free Congress, Democratic National Committee, Lincoln Institute, National Defense Council of Human Rights-Georgetown UniPart of the crowd at tbe Sylvan Theater versity and the Polish American Congress. The main organizer of the event was the Washington-based Committee A delegation of TFP members la- ence (The Washington Post, 3-22-82). for a Free Afghanistan. ter attended a special program at the Doct or Claude Malhuret, of the Congressman Mickey Edwards and Kennedy Center Opera House. Nearly French "Doctors Without Frontiers," Larry MacDonald were among a num- two thousand people listened attentive- told the audience that the Soviets had ber of prominent speakers voicing ly as Vice-President George Bush, for- developed modern technology to the their support of Afghanistan. Native mer Secretary of State William Rogers height of cruelty. The organization has Afghans also spoke giving first-hand and actress J oan Fontaine spoke o ut been sending medical persons into the accounts of the brutal Soviet occupa- against Soviet occupation and atroci- country to help the victims of the war. Actress J oan Fontaine showed slides tion. ties in Afghanistan. A representative of the American TFP "The very worst that could happen of refugee camps and crowded tent addressed the crowd also on behalf would be to forget the Afghan freedom cities along the Pa kistan border. Mrs. of the twelve other TFPs and for Pro- fighters .. . In the midst of our own Fontaine, who recently visited the camps, fessor Plinio Correa de Oliveira, the liberty , we should not forget t heir lack noted that one in every five Afghansof it," the Vice President told the audi- three million-are now refugees. inspirer of all the autonomous TFPs.

France: The Rose Rejects the Fist Life under the self-managing regime of Socialist President Francois Mitterrand is far from the rose garden that the French electorate had been promised. On the contrary, growing uneasiness in public opinion over Mitterrand's policies h ave caused a dramatic shift to the right in the last few months. The March provincial council elections-normally uneventful races- became a test of the popularity of the new government. In the first round of voting, French voters gave the conservative bloc a small edge over the leftist coalition. In the second round, Mitterrand's coalition took 50.2 percent of the vote while the conservative forces showed a surprisingly strong 48.2 percent. Even then, the leftists' gains did n ot offset the built-in advantage for the right. Conservative parties had con-

trolled 51 of the 9 5 council seats and the recent elections have increased that number to 58. The current election results combined with the by-elections losses by the socialists last February has led man y observers to comment that there is a grassroots backlash against the Mitterrand government. Plenty of evidence to this effect was available several weeks ago when Agriculture Minister Edith Cresson addressed the country's main farm union. Union demonstrators, dissatisfied with the farm program chased her through a Norman bog shouting that she didn't even know how to milk a cow. Since the socialists took power last spring, a near war has broken out between the farmers and the government. Recently - for the first time in post-war history- between 60,000

and 100,000 farmers demonstrated in the streets of Paris. Analyzing the new mood of the people, Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac said, "The French people have confirmed the results of the first round and shown their disappointm enr a nd uneasiness about the future in \", f the policies followed by the gO\ c1 n ment." Communist Party leader George Marchais found the results indicated that "there is a problem. We have to reconsider the way to make changes." And Mitterrand himself termed the elections "a failure but not a catastrophe" (Kansas City Times, 3-22-82). Obviously, the French people have changed their attitude toward the compatibility of th e "fist and the rose."

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IN ALLENDE'S FOOTSTEPS? by Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira

Amidst the general and "inexplicable" confusion of facts in the French press and in so many Brazilian newspapers, the spectacular victory of the center-right bloc over the socialistcommunist bloc in the regional elections in France has finally become patent to the eyes of the world . This victory will have its effects on two different planes. For one thing, it will reinforce the opposition, which will now count not only on its parliamentary minority, but also on a majority of 58 (out of 95) of the country's provincial General Councils. It should be noted that at the initiative of the socialist-communist government itself (probably hopeful of an electoral victory), the power of these councils was recently increased to a considerable degree. In addition, this grave defeat of the leftist coalition happened precisely when, based on the successes of 1981, it imagined it was sitting on a cliff, "master of the winds and situations" (T. S. Eliot) . It now finds itself toppled by winds that it didn't know how to foresee or dominate. This defeat will necessarily alter the states of mind in the intermediary levels of decision-makers and the grassroot partisans of both the socialists and the communists. And how could it not alter them now that - inside the French Socialist and Communist Parties - the splendorous light of the 1981 victory has given way tO the dying light - not so different from that of a wake - of the defeat of 1982? In an ambience thus irremediably transformed, it does not help the top leadership to try to pretend that everything is normal by underestimating the situation with a sober and even phlegmatic analysis of their defeat. The light has become shadow, and simply by smiling and trying to look spirited in the shadow, the masters of the house are not going to convince others that shadow is light. This undisguisable defeat will necessarily dampem the thrust, dyna mism and boldness of the left, particularly of the Socialist Party, and consequently dampen the action of the government. That is, unless the top

leaderships of the Socialist and Communist Parties wish to make, within their own ranks, the same mistake they made in these ten months of Mitterrand government in their behavior with the whole nation. In other words, the government has been resolutely marching towards the destruction of private property. The government carelessly imagined it was leading the same electorate that voted for it in I 981 clapping and nodding"yes." Then came the regional elections and the government, taken by surprise, found most of the country blocking its way and telling it "no." You can't take chances with public opinion. The Socialist and Communist Parties would make the same mistake with their own ranks by having the government decide to confront public opinion by continuing to pillage private property and thus to aggravate the discontent of the majority. The intermediate officials and grassroots of the two parties would then see their political futures compromised by a senseless adventure which, like a ll adventures, could easily have unpredictable consequences. How far wou ld these officials and grassroots continue to follow in the footsteps of this government of adventurers? This is extremely doubtful, especially since the thirteen TFPs demonstrated in black and white that the voting results of '81 were not due to a specific increase of leftist votes. In their recent Message entitled "What Does Self-Managing Socialism Mean for Communism: A Barrier? Or a Bridgehead?" they showed that these results were due rather to the slide of an electoral contingent of practicing Catholics into the leftist camp, a contingent calculated by the magazine In-

would lead one to believe that the majority won by the center and the right was due less to a decrease in the socialist and communist camps than to the shifting Catholic contingent that, now alerted, refused to go on a new leftward slide. One point of these observations deserves special analysis. Those who designed the 198 1 slide festively participated in the praising chorus at the socialist-communist victory. But sometime before the regional elections they became mute. The French episcopate, which leads the most daring "Catholic left" in Europe, became silent. No one talked about the "Catholic left" any more. Far more clever than their socialist and communist friends, they seemed to have perceived the error the latter fell into, and became silent. How silent, utterly silent, the "Catholic left" is now, after the defeat. It probably prefers to keep its strength intact to make more subtle and viable onslaughts in the future against all socio-economic inequalities, and therefore against private property. As a consequence of what has been said, if the government and the top socialist-communist leaders still decide to advance, they will become more and more isolated from their own echelons - that is, with fewer friends in their rearguard and more adversaries in front. They would be marchin ard an abyss. In the footsteps of A , , nde. We should now go on to the second plane, that is, the repercussions of this defeat in international public opinion. But let's leave this for the next article.

Prof. Plinio Correa de Oliveira, a thinker and writer of world-wide reformations Catholiques Interna- nown, is the founder of the Brazilian tionales at 25â&#x20AC;˘% Election results were Society for the Defense of Tradition, a lso due to the abstention of 29.67 % Family and Property, the largest antiof solidly bourgeois voters. Now, in communist organization in Brazil the recent regional elections it became and President of its National Council. Professor de Oliveira has a syndicated patent that these sectors of opinion column in the Folha de S. Paulo, the partially escaped from the hands of the newspaper with the largest circulation left. The bourgeoisie came out much in Brazil.

more than it usually did in past regional elections. And everything

ARCHITECTURE'S INFLUENCE What inspires architecture? The manner in which certain generations live, the principles that guide them, traditions passed on from one age to the next and, above all, their religious beliefs. What has inspired some of the architecture in the United States? In Los Angeles, California there is o ne style that is still very present and worth n oti ng. The so-called Mayan style that flourished during the decade of the 20 's imitated the architecture of the pre-Columbian Mayan Indians. The Mayan Indians were tribes that occupied Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and Central America before the arriva l of the Spanish conqu istadors. They were a pagan people ,vho worshipped a variety of deities and held human sacrifice in their temples. They were noted for their architecture, artwork , and their devastating and bloody civil wars. Whe n the Spanish arrived, internal discord had reduced them to a nati o n in ruins. During the twenties , Frank Lloyd Wright, a no ted American architect, became fascinated with Mayan history and architecture. One of the mos t intriguing aspects of Maya for Wrigh t was its denial of Western tradi tions (A 1nericas, Nov.-Dec. 1981). As a result, he introduced the Maya n style into his designs in California. The American style is ch aracterized by a heavy, almost oppressive massiveness, windowless pyram idical walls and textu red concrete blocks decorated with Mayan motifs. Between 191 7 and 1920, Wright built 1-lollyrock House for Aline Barnsdall. Th e massive bui lding has a st riking resemblance to a Mayan temple. It has been compared to the T emple of the Tigers ar Chicken-l tza or the Temple of

the Sun at Palenque, Mexico. Wright's Ennis House is one of five private homes he built dunng the twenties and it still dominates the Los Angeles Basin, looming over its environment just as the Mayan temples did over theirs.

revival paralleled the Maya style of architecture in Southern California. As before, the Mayan influence waned. It was this same indomitable Spanish spirit based on Christian Civilization that had taken root centuries ago in Wright influenced other architects California. And for this reason, we call El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la of his era. In 1926, John Austin won a contract for the Los Angeles City Hall. Reina de Los Angeles de Porci1111c11la the city of Los Angeles rather than Perched on top o f its twenty-eight the Temple of the Sun. stories is a classic Ma yan temple-pyramid. Not only were public buildings a nd homes of the elite built in the Mayan sty le. This architectural influence filtered down to modest homes and buildin gs as well. Decorative concrete blocks with Mayan figures m ade up many a facade of houses of th e middle-class. A series of tiles with Maya motifs were introduced. Many dramatic fireplaces that resemble Mayan altars were built during this period. (Ed. Note: For the ultimate in ho me entertain ment?). Curiously, as though History were repeat ing itself, a vigorous Spanish colonial Right : Los Angeles City Ila/I. A Mayan transplant at tbe top?

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HIDDEN MESSAGES The occult is finding its way into the American mainstream in apparently the most ingenious ways. For example, rock and roll lyrics are not what they appear to be, according to James Gilbert of Lufkin, Texas. Using a technique called backward masking, some of the songs reveal messages that cannot be heard when a record is played forward but may b~ heard when played backwards. The mind , says Gilbert, can retain, unscramble and understand these messages. In many cases, the hidden message involves Satanism and the occult (San A 11· tonio Ligbt, 2-1-82). Gilbert put a record on a neutral turntable and then manually spun it backwards at approximately the right speed. The result of his simple experiment was: occult messages. A case in point is a Led Zeppelin recording called, "Stairway to Heaven" [sic) that advises listeners: "Yes, there are two paths you can go by but in the long run there's still time to change the road you 're o n. " Backwards, it translates: "My sweet Satan. The one will be the sad one who makes m e sad, whose power is Satan." Frank Latim er, Jr., a television lab instructor an d drama teacher at Lufkin high school and some of his students confirmed Gilbert's findings using the same method. Pl aying a rock song ent itled, "Another One Bites the Dust," they found the often repeated phrase to say when played backwards: "Decide to smoke marijuana" over and over again. "Revolution No. 9" played backwards turns a seem ingly innocuous "Number nine" to "turn me on, dead man, turn me on ." " The Day Electricity Came to Arkansas" contains the backwards message : "Satan. Satan. Satan. lie is God. He is God. He is God ." Rock music, howeve r , isn't the only avenue to th e occult. The Christian Research Institute in El Toro, California says that the roleplaying gam e, " Dungeons and Dragons," is dangerous because it blurs

distinction between reality and fantasy, forces players to act out cha racters without morals and predisposes young minds to accept the occult. Cress Bucci, executive director of the group, said the game teaches a religious practice, the practice of the occult. Critics of the game claim that chi ldren are taught witchcraft. For example, by the time a player becomes "dungeon master" he knows all the arts of incantatio ns and casting spells. Robert Landa,. a Montebello, California attorney said , "It's not a coincidence that this (the game's popularity) is happening. This is just the tip of the iceberg of what the occult is doing." The beginning handbook for "Dungeons and Dragons" tells how to play at killing monsters and searching for buried treasures. But Mr. Lan da notes the cover of the advanced handbook docs not bear a dragon's likeness, but the face of a demon. " In the adva nced stages, the players assume the role of monsters, demons and demigods,"

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he said. "Th e players must learn all this, not like you'd learn history, but identify with the characters of the demon so they can use all his powers to survive. " Not all occult messages are directed toward music and games according to Wilson Byan Key who has spent ten years doing advertising research studies for national firms. The spl it second you take to glance at an advertisement is all it takes to imbed a subliminal message in your subconscious mind a message that you may never be aware of. Mr. Key claims chat more than ninety percent of national advertisements contain subtle, barely visible symbols and messages of violence and obscenity that tend- to break down mo ral val ues. In a Time magazine advertisement for a wellknown gin, Key noted the letters S·E·X blended subtly in the light reflections and shadows in a glass o f ice cubes. Fact or fa n tasy? Caveat E111ptor.

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NEWS FLAS)IHCES HONOR BEFORE SHAME A March Gallup poll indicates that a majority of Americans and Europeans would prefer war to Soviet domination. The research, prepared for Newsweek magazine, asked more than 6,000 Europeans and 2,062 Americans the question: "Some people say that war is so horrible that it is better to accept Russian domination than to risk war. Others say that it would be better to fight in defense of your country than to accept Russian domination. Which opinion is closer to your own?'' Seventy-five percent of Englishmen, fifty-seven percent of Frenchmen, seventy-four percent of West Germans and forty-eight percent of Italians felt it would be better to go to war rather than accept Russian domination. In the United States, eighty-three percent preferred war.

QUALITY CONTROL SOVIET STYLE The quality of Soviet consumer products causes one to wonder what to expect from their military hardware. Soviet pencils, for example, are so badly made that the Russian SALT negotiators used to steal those brought by their American counterparts. Thirteen thousand pairs of sunglasses manufactured by a Soviet factory were made so dark that they were practically useless. At the same factory, three thousand soccer balls were so weak that they would burst like a balloon upon being kicked. And their tanks?

Congress that more than 40,000 major crimes had been reviewed between October 1980 and October 1981. A large proportion of those convicted were juveniles. Chinese youth make up onefourth of those imprisoned in Peking jails. The government's solution to the problem is heavy sentences, summary proceedings, terms of up to four years' hard labor and execution. There are no appeals.

WEST MEETS EAST UNFORTUNATELY South Korea will soon join the infamous list of countries that have "legalized" abortion on demand. Revising the present "bridgehead" abortion law that permits abortion only in cases where the life of the mother is in danger, the new law allows abortion in all cases for "population control." Unfortunately, the same false arguments used to achieve "legalized" status for abortion in the West also work in the East.

FIREARMS TURNABOUT Residents of Morton Grove, Illinois cannot possess a handgun and must surrender any that they have to the police as the result of a recently passed precedent-setting ordinance. In Kennesaw, Georgia, however, every head of a household is required to own a gun and ammunition. Concerned with a rising crime rate, the Kennesaw City Council unanimously approved a completely opposite kind of ordinance. The measure states: To provide for and protect the safety, security and general welfare of the city and its inhabitants, every head of a household residing in the city limits is required to maintain a firearm, together with ammunition." Although Mayor Darvin Purdy foresees no penalty or enforcement of the ordinance, he warns that would-be criminals had better watch out (New York Times, 3-17-82) .

DE-HUMANIZING Another de-humanizing enterprise has surfaced in the anti-family pro.gram. In Baltimore, Maryland, a "baby selling" company specialized in the "production" and "sale" of newborn babies will open shortly.

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The leftist Parisian daily Liberation reports that Communist China is far from a modern-day Shangrila. Crime- especially juvenile crimeis a major problem there. "Murder, fraud, theft, rape, drug trafficking and rackets are as common in China as anywhere" (Liberation, 2-2-82). Supreme Court President, Jiang Hua reported to the National People's

Plagued with increasing crime, Singapore's government is ordering its public schools to replace civics and current affairs classes with religion classes. Goh Keng See, deputy prime minister and education minister says that the religion classes are necessary to save the island republic from becoming a "nation of thieves" (Corpus Christi Times, 1-18-82).

For a fee of $25,000, the Miricle Program, Inc. [sic] will provide "surrogate mothers" for couples unable to bear children. The carrier who will be artificially inseminated 1 the husband turns over all natu, parental rights to the couple who have paid for the degrading service (The South Texas Catholic, 3-26-82). According to reports, new businesses like The Miricle Program, Inc. are now openly peddling such trade and have arranged over 200 birthsfor-pay during the past three years. In Michigan, Rep. Richard Fitzpatrick has proposed that his state wake up to the reality of the practice and set guidelines for this type of business which is currently illegal there. He suggested that surrogate payments be limited to $10,000. Motherhood-once considered a most sacred institution-can now be bought and sold.

A SHAKY WORLD Âˇ Our earth is undergoing a number of dramatic and mysterious natural and geological changes that are causing wonder and concern in the scientific community. The continuing eruptions of Mt. St. Helens is just o ne example. Three times in the last several weeks the volcano has had explosive eruptions. The most powerful of these blew volcanic ash nearly nine miles up. Scientists were caught by surprise. Everytime the volcano seems to be building a capping dome it explodes again diminishing hopes that the mountain will ever again return to its former peaceful slumber. Indeed, it is feared that Mt. St. Helens may be only the first of a cha in of eru pt ions that can take place in any of the sixty volcano clusters west of the Rocky Mountains. Then, there are the two "mystery clouds" th at have been reported circling the earth. They are of global proportions. One is traveling ten miles up and the other is twenty miles above the earth. Scientists at the Ames Research Center in California believe that the first cloud is the remnants of a volcanic explosion somewhere in Africa or Asia. The source of the second cloud is also unknown. At the same time, other scientists at Washington University, using space-age technology, have discovered a giant crack across t he face of America. " It just can't be- it's just too big," exclaimed Associate Professor Raymond Arvidson, "But there it is" (Corpus Christi Caller, 12-17-82). The crack is 1,700 miles long and is nearly three times the length of California's famous San Andreas Fault. It could well be one of th e world's largest continental rifts. Beginning in Washington State, it stretches across southern Missouri to the southern tip of the Appalach ian Mountains, At its greatest width, it is 90 miles across and extends deep into the earth's crust. Although Arvidson says that the fissure is not an active fault, it does help to explain why earthquakes still occur in the Missouri Bootheel region, the site of the devastating New Madrid quakes 1 70 years ago. Those quakes changed the course of the Mississippi River anlwere felt as far away as Boston.

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Volcanic dominoes. Mt. St. Helens- still rumbling Nobel Prize finds that early warnAs if impending disaster from ing signs have already appeared. volcanos, mysterious clouds and earthquakes were not enough to "We don't have too much time," unsettle the average American, anhe told Congress. "The South polar other group of scientists has reice cap has already started to melt." cently reported to Congress that With the U.S. and Europe having the earth 's climate has changed in suffered the most severe winter of the past forty years. Tem peratures the century, earthquakes rocking are rising and this "green house" New England and Arkansas, mouneffect could threaten human life tains rumbl ing in th e Northwest, within two generations. and sinkholes devouring buildi ngs in Because of what appears to be Florida, scientists are beginning to increased levels of carbon dioxide worry if nature has gone bess:._rk and, to a lesser extent urban heat, dust and volcanic activity, the o r is just taking its revenge. earth is experiencing rising tern peratures that could transform cropFREE REPRINT growing areas into deserts and sub"What. Does Self-Managing merge such low lying areas as the Socialism Mean for East Coast, Florida and California's Communism: A Barrier? Central and Imperial Valleys within Or a Bridgehead? the coming generation. Order from Melvin Calvin, professor of chemistry at the University of California The American TFP at Berkeley and winner of the 1961

Nicaragua's Uncertain ''Miracle'' To the Sandinists in Nicaragua, the capitalist system is the symbol of corruption and oppression and the cause of all economic ills. A Marxist regime, on the other hand, governed by "the people" is an econom ic miracle that assures the most just distribution of wealth. The fruits of this "economic miracle" are not so evident. In just two years. the Sandinist government has amassed a foreign debt that is almost equal to th e debt accumulated over the forty-three years of the Somoza regime. . When the Sandinisrs seized control of the governm ent in Jul y 1979,much of Nicaragua's economic in frastructure had been shattered by civil war. The co un try was faced with a foreign debt totalling $1.3 billion. Neverthe less, Nicaragua was running a $160 million trade surplus that year and had a vigorous agri cultural sector. The Sandinists recovery strategy

was to expand the government. Eight new cabinet level ministries were created. A 250 percent increase in the national budget was made in a single year. To finance these measures, th e Sandinists negotiated a new repayment schedule of the foreign debt, forestalling the inevitable default until 1986. They adjusted the money supply and raised taxes to confiscatory levels. Junta member Daniel Ortega embarked on an overseas fund-raising tour that has thus far netted $1.3 billion in loans and development assistance. Other key elements in the Sandinist economic " recovery" plan have been sweeping nationalizations in the industrial sector a nd th e wholesale expropriat ion of private property. The result of such policies has been an almost inc omprehens ible debacle. The country's foreign debt now stands at nearly $3 bill ion and is growing by $2.5 million a da y . Inflatio n, currently at 35%, may reach

50% before the end of the year. Unemployment is idling 30% of t he work force. Production in the vitall y important agricultural sector, which accounts for three-fourths of Nicaragua's exports, has fa llen by about 50% since the Sandinists took over. Food prices have doubled and t he export earnings of cotton and coffee th e two most important commodities, have bee n decimated. Nicaragua must now import sugar, rice, beans and corn-products in which it was once self-sufficient. Migrant farmers from other Central American countries, who provided an important lab or pool during the harvest season, have refused to return to Nicaragua (Th e R epublican Study Co111111iÂŁtee Bulletin, 3-19-8 2). The Nicaraguan "econom ic miracle" is better expressed not in terms of production and GNP but in the fact that the country has managed to stay afloat at all.

Closing the Gap Wars and revolutions, goes the hackneyed maxim, are caused by the enormous gap between the "haves" and the "have nots." The unequal distributio n of wealth has caused exploiting nations to live in luxury while others are condemned to live 1n hopeless poverty. A recent economic study entitled, "The Review of Income and Wealth," by three professors of econom ics al the University of Pennsylvania shows that the "have nots" have more than what most fi gures indicate and that the "enormous gap" between the industrial West and the Third World nat ions can be realistically bridged. Professors Irving Karvis, Alan Heston and Robert Summers have been working with the United Nations for years co determine realistic purchasing power comparisons for the different nations of the world. Their findings are eyeopenrng. Because of the shortcomings in calculating currency exchange races, many purchasing power figures frequentl y cited are not realistic. This often gives a wrong impression of the economic situation in a given country and can affect its political fu ture.

Barber shop in India. Low overhead Mose compa risons are based on studies chat simply cake the per capita gross national product (GNP) and expressÂˇ it in American Âˇdollars. The study notes chat an Indian rupee may be worth eleven cents in the U.S. but that eleven cents buys three times as much in India. Thus, India 's real purchasing power is th ree times what is usually cited. Whil e poverty still exists there, it could take o nly thirty and not fifty years for India to bridge the ri ch-poor gap and reach a level compa rable to modern-day Italy. South Korea is another examp le. In that country, the real purchasing power is not the usually s tated one-twelfth of that of Americans but o ne-fifth.

The professors note that the average gap between rich and poor nations under the old exchange rate conversi on system is usually quoted at between 10 to 1 and 12 to l. Th e study concludes tha t the more realistic rate is 6 to I - half the gap previously th ought to ex ist. "With this 6 to 1 gap, " Kravis points out, "policies that arc designed ,,,,1p the poor countries grow have a . er chance of succeeding" (Cbristia11 .)Ci rnce Monitor, 2-26-82).

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1982

No. 9

Vol. III

AGRARIAN REFORM IN EL SALVADOR ~ __________/]

There is a story of a liberal father who boasted: "My daughter can marry anyone she wants, as long as she marries Joe." The case is strangely MEXICO ! ; BELIZE analogous to that of El Salvador, where a "liberal" U.S. Congress seems to be 1 ( CARIBBEAN SEA saying: "You can elect anyone you want, BELIZE as long as he institutes land reform." Two years ago, under the "moderate" -路---路路-路 junta, land reform began in El Salvador Iwith the idea that one could buy peasant I GUATEMALA support by redistributing the land of the large and medium property owners. This was to happen in three phases. The government implemented the first phase. The army expropriated 330 estates larger than 1,235 acres and turned them into peasant cooperatives, or to use the Russian term, Kolkhozes. The second, even more radical phase had not yet been implemented, but the plan was to exNICARAGUA propriate farms from 247 to 1,235 acres in size. The third, even more tyranical phase PACIFIC OCEAN was being implemented . Known as the "land-to-the-tiller" program, Decree 207 permitted sha recroppers and tenant Land reform in El Salvador - a model for Central America? farmers to ''claim'' up to 17 acres of the land they had been working. Instead of became much clearer to Salvadorans that Nowhere does one see surging masses paying rent, they would make mortgage the "moderate" junta was not instituting protesting the government move and payments to the government. In theory, "social reforms" for the common good, praising the initiative of Congress. On landowners were to receive compensa- but a massive socialist and confiscatory the contrary, U.S. pressure to "follow tion based on government appraisals, land reform that would ruin th e through o n its agrarian reform program half in cash and half in 30-year bonds. economy. The principle of private pro- is creating a widely felt anti-American But to date only six landowners had been perty, once undermined on the farm, backlash ... " (Corpus Christi Times, paid (Newsday, 6-3-82). eve ntually would be destroyed in 6-14-82). The landlords, some hardly better off business and urban property - as it was A recent full-page ad in San Salvathan their tenants, have fiercely resisted in communist countries. dor's Diario de Hoy indignantly accuses the measure, calling it robbery and comThe result of the March 28 elections U.S. Ambassador Dean Hinton of munism. Some have preferred to allow in El Salvador, which not even the blackmailing El Salvador with aid. The their land to lie fallow rather than liberals contest, saw the rightist coalition ad was sponsored by the Woman's let a renter gratuitously "claim" the win control of the Constituent Assembly. Crusade for Peace and Work, a group fruits of years of their labor. As a result, They campaigned on a platform against loosely affiliated with the majority much of the nation's cotton land was not land reform. coalition in the Constituent Assembly. planted last year and the economy In an effort to revitalize the economy, Regardless of what Western joursuffered. the Assembly voted 37-18 to suspend the nalists say, it is apparent that the socialist With the establishment of peasant U.S.-backed land reform plan. Con- sophism that a government must buy the Kolkhozes, the threat of government gress, playing the role of the liberal support of the peasants by giving them confiscation and the developed-land-for- father, voted to slash aid to El Salvador. confiscated land just does not apply in the-taking policy of the government, it The reaction to the move is surprising. El Salvador.

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The Decline and Fall of the Formal Wedding A marriage was once considered, and actually is, an event of a lifetime. Upon its sacral foundation, the family is born and a safeguard of morality and stability in society is established. The wedding was therefore a gala affair. Large formal weddings with whitelaced brides, nervous grooms, joyous receptions and a complex etiquette rightly celebrated the birth of a new family. Today all that has changed. The wedding has been ravaged by a variety of "alternate lifestyles." In many cases, the conjugal relationship has been reduced to almost a business contract, and sometimes to a mere informal agreement. It is not surprising that a new etiquette has arisen for today's morality (or amorality). The New Woman's Guide to Getting Married is a recent etiquette book that sadly depicts the bleak state of the institutions of marriage. Author Jacqueline McCord Leo, editor of Modern Bride magazine, finds that today's weddings are marred with the complications of ex-wives, ex-husbands, children from former unions, divorce and "egalitarian relationships. A wedding can even be something shameful. Leo claims that telling someone you are getting married these days can be more embarrassing than telling them you are getting a divorce. Many people tell the future bride that they do not understand why she should go through all the "formality" of a wedding, or that she may always get a divorce should the marriage not succeed. Some professional women, she notes, feel strongly about separating their personal and professional lives and so they may never even mention their wedding to their bosses or associates. Leo says that the important thing "is not to be defensive about getting married. If people have the bad taste to challenge your decision, don't get embroiled in explaining why you 're doing it" (San Francisco Chronicle, 4-19-82). The wedding itself has also changed. The large formal wedding with attendants and a reception was once reserved strictly for the couple's first (and usually only) marriage. But today, women

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who are getting married for the second or third time are also having such formal ceremonies. The trend is even to have children from former unions take part in the festivities as witnesses or attendants. Many wask down the aisle or flank the couple. The New Woman's Guide to Getting Married emphasizes the tragic fact that

the rules have changed. For the most part, gone are the traditional weddings where couples take that awesome clause, ''until death do us part,'' seriously. Today's wedding is a confusing mixture of styles, morals and etiquettes where good customs mix with the bad, Christian morality mixes with "free love," and stability mixes with an unstable and chaotic world.

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Just for Essequibo? by Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira I a m imagining a small episode: A foreigner owns land in Brazil and is surprised at finding a termite hill on some corner of his property. Since he is a friend of good order, he instinctively dislikes any knobby, suspicious and useless outgrowth or protuberance. So, he has the termite hill razed, the fleei ng insects killed, and those obstinately remaining in the crater buried with new dirt. Once this is accomplished he feels happy a nd victorious. Days later, he finds another hill being formed elsewhere on the property: su rprise, fury, a new operation to raze the unexpected and unaesthetic knob. Identical persecution of the termites. A new "victory," a new euphoria. But our fo reigner asks himself if both ugly phenomena do not have a common cause. As his eyes cover the considerable distance between the two sites, he finds nothing that could link one hill to the other, and utters a sigh of relief. There was nothing. And how could there have been something between two termite hills so far apart? The problem is that, besides being a foreigner unaware of the mysterious world of termites and hills, he did not perceive that termites have wings and thus can build new nests at considerable distances from their homes . For decades I have been a n enthusiast of the idea of our Lusa-American country having increasingly closer ties to its Hispano-American neighbors and, as the most practical and immediate step, closer relationships among the Iberia n peoples of South America . Within my own scope of action I have worked untiringly for this. The evidence of this is the growth of the TFPs in nine South American nations. I do not say ten because we have no TFP in Paraguay. This is enough to show how much I love and respect these sister nations . So , without going over the Falkla nds War iss ue, I simply call to mind tha t communist action, cunningly working its way into the field of Argentina's international interests, suddenly a ppeared in the deceitfu l form of an offer of mi litary aid . At the same time the little, home-grown, extreme leftist groups which had been so persecuted and held back until now, began to appear in collusions in the Casa Rosada and in prominent foreign ass ignments . If the Argentine public, enlightened by two lucid and skillfully written communiques of the Argentine TFP, had not bravely

rejected communist collaboration, the country 's modest communist termite colony wou ld have swollen unrestrainedly and attempted to change the who le nation into a gigantic termite hill. To what extremes could things have gone as a result of the fact that Argentina's old and most appealing claim over the Falklands was abruptly revived by the Galtieri regime precisely at the moment that internal a nd external circumstances gave Russia the best opportunity to make a gain? But, to say t he least, Russia came out of the episode like a pickpocket caught with his hand in his victim's pocket, that is, in the very act of intervening in a South American nation through internal and external pressures, moved by its ideological expansio nism. Is it possible that, already during the crisis over the isla nds on the Beagle channel, the communists were looking for an opportunity to start an all out war between Argentina and Chile and apply to that military situation a maneuver similar to the one used in the Falkland case: offering a rms to one of the belligerent parties in exchange for succulent political advantages for the local communist party, in order to prepare the coming of comm unism during the war? The first case - the first termite hill - would then have appeared on o ne of the islands in the Antarctic Ocean, followed soon after by a nother in an Archipelago in the same general area. The hypothesis does have its consistency. However, in this case it is indispensable not to discard yet a nother hypothesis consistent with the previous one. Diplomatic tension is increasing between Venezuela a nd former English Guyana on account of old and also appeali ng claims of Caracas over the territory of Essequibo. The Georgetown government, the weaker of the two a nd admi ttedly Marxist, has already asked for the help of "Cuba." That is, Russia . And it also counts on the support of Brazil, which has in terests rela ted to a highway our country is helping Guyana build in the oil-rich territory of Essequibo. But it happens that Colombia , in turn, has territorial claims against Venezuela . The conquest of Essequibo, some sectors in Bogota a llege, would disturb the balance of power in the region. So, if Venezuela attacks Guyana, Colombia will probably revive its claim against Venezuela. This would be a beautiful opportunity for P eru to rev ive its border dispute with Ec uador. A bove all, it

wou ld be an excellent opportunity for Russia to intervene in each conflict with the scheme that failed in the Falklands case only by a slim ma rgin. Would it not be that Moscow is behind all this to aggravate, embitter a nd infect the quarrels betwee n neighboring peoples, who could so well resolve them in a peaceful way, or postpone them until better days? In Itamarati (the Ministry of Foreign Relations) I see one of those most beautiful and glorious institutions of which our country has very few. So I hope with all my heart that Itamarati will know how to see the problem as a whole, and not merely the rights and interests of Brazil in the Essequibo highway. If our country remains inflexibly aloof from the dispute between Guyana and Venezuela a nd accepts only some kind of conciliatory role, it might be decisive in keeping peace in the area and preventing the communist "termite hills" from growing dangerously throughout South America. It is worth running the risk of so many dangers just because of the ... Essequibo highway? Someone might ask , what connection can there possibly be between trouble spots so far apart as the Falklands a nd Essequibo? This is the same question asked by our foreigner, unaware that the inhabi tants of termite hills fly when it comes to establishing new colonies . If there is a connection between Moscow and Havana, a nd between Moscow a nd the Anta rctic Ocea n. why can there not be one between th arctic Ocean a nd the Ca ribbea n? Plinio Correa de OlhÂˇeira was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1908. He received his doctorate in Law from the Law School of the University of Sao Paulo. He is Professor of the Histo ry of Civiliza tio n at the University Co llege of the University of Sao Paulo and Professor of Modern a nd Co ntempo rary History in the Co lleges of Sao Bento and Sedes Sap ientiae o f the P o ntifical Catho lic University o f Sao Paulo . He has d istinguished himself since his yo uth as an o ra to r, lecturer and Catholic jo urnalist. He wrote regularly for the Catho lic weekly Legionario a nd now writes for the mo nthly Catolicismo and the large da ily newspaper Falha

de S. Paulo . In 1960 he fo unded the Brazilia n Society for the Defense o f Trad itio n, Fa mily a nd P roperty (TFP) and has been President o f its Natio nal Council ever since. T FPs and sim ilar autonomo us organizations were la ter founded in twelve o ther countries in the Americas a nd Europe, inspired by the book Revolution and Counter-Revolution a nd other works o f Prof. P linio Correa de O liveira.

Wither Women's Religious Orders? The influx of modern theological concepts has led some religious orders to interpret their mission in contexts far from, and even contrary to the trad itional Catholic doctrine. Many claim that their mission is to become political activists instead of contemplatives, and some have espoused scandalously Marxist views go further their quest of "social justice," "peace," " renewal" and other equally ambiguous goals. Women religious orders a nd individuals in the U.S. are becoming particularly vocal in their support of liberal and feminist causes. Activist nuns have pushed themselves into the forefront of civil rights, women 's rights and pacifist movements all across the country. For example, on the issue of abortion the Catholic Church has always defended the life of the unborn from the very moment of conception. To have an abortion is to kill a n unborn child. But the National Coalition of American Nuns claims that abortion is "a matter of conscientious moral choice." The coalition, representing 1,800 nuns nationwide, opposes efforts by the Catholic Church and U.S. law makers to curb abortion. " There are instances when women have to choose to follow the Supreme Court. It gives them leeway," says organization president Sister Donna Quinn of Chicago (Newsday, New York, 5-30-82). The coalition considers that any effort to "make murderers" out of women who choose abortion is another putdown of women. The pacifist movement also has its religious adherents. Peace, says St. Thomas, is the tranquility of order. Peace, say American nuns involved in the pacifist movement, is the absence of war a nd nuclear weapons. Over 5,000 nuns marched in Washington, D.C. o n Pentecost Sunday to protest the nuclear arms buildup. Organized by the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, nuns came from all 50 states, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands to condemn the Reagan Administration's participation in the arms race. Nuns carrying a globe allegedly containing 250,000 postcards to President Reagan later sang songs and performed a " liturgical" dance . A simultaneous demonstration with 300 nuns was held in Los Angeles, and nuns have participated in nearly every major nuclea r arms protest rally. The nuns were curiously silent about the other participant in the arms race the Soviets - a nd seemed to insinuate that nuclear arms and not the Soviets are the real enemy. By a curious twist of liberal logic, the nuns were more outraged by the Reagan budget cuts for social programs than by Brezhnev's

Radical religious -- a worldwide scandal. Taking up arms for "Liberation Theology" in Nicaragua

budget increases fo r military spending (and the corresponding suffering caused by lack o f funds to feed the Soviet people). T he unpopular ERA amendment has enjoyed the support of numerous women religious. Mercy Sister Maureen Fiedler was one o f the Illinois hunger strikers who unsuccessfully tried to dramatize and revitalize the 10 year old issue before the June 30 deadline. From "liberation" theology in Latin America to the concept of women "priests," many of the religious orders of women in American have deviated from the teaching of the C hurch . On issues such as communism, morality, divorce, sin and the right of private property they have supported liberal stands that have perplexed many Catholics. Perhaps even more perplexing is the fact that there have been no significant protests from the bishops on the activites of those religious under their care and a uthority. One of the results of these modern ideas may well be the lack of vocations in many religious institutions. Today, many religious orders with high and noble missions are tragically dying out. A new survey carried out by the American Catholic Bishops and the men's and women's associations of Religious Institutes showed that ha lf of

all American women religious are over 59 years of age (for men, 52) and t hat only 3 . 1 percent of today's nuns are under 30 (The Wanderer, 5-27-82). The changes made in religious o rders in the 60's to aid recruitment have anything but attained their goal.

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Our Lady of Tears Thousands of Spaniards have flocked to the church of San Juan de Dios in Granada, Spain, to witness a most extraordinary and foreboding event. La Virgen de las Lagrimas (fhe Virgin of Tears) had apparently wept tears of blood. In the early morning of May 13, traces of red-like stains were seen on the three-foot eighteenth century Madonna. The sacristan who discovered the tears said that nobody could have tampered with the statue as it is locked in a glass case. True to the fiery Spanish spirit, the people of Granada reacted enthusiastically to the prodigy. Nearly 10,000 people thronged the church to see the Virgin, offering her prayers and hymns. To the crowd's dismay, church officials closed the church at 9:30 p.m. Angry shouts from the crowd - "The Madonna belongs to us all!" "We want to see her" - called upon them to reopen the church. Crowds stayed outside the church all night until it reopened early the next day. The statue has since been taken away for "study and analysis." What does this new manifestation mean? Is this, like the blood of St. Pantaleon that remains liquified in the Conceptionist Convent in Madrid, a warning to Spain and to the world?

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6) As Catholics, constituting the overwhelming majority of the population, we have the right to demand that the possible fraud be exposed to the publil ·1 would not be a common crime; a , .., of this nature is a grave sacrilege, since a sacred and traditional statue would have been ignominiously misused and mockery made of the ardent faith of thousands of peo ple; 7) We also have the right to demand the punishment of the possible guilty party or parties as an act of reparation to the honor of the Most Holy Virgin; 8) Whatever the results of the investigation may be, Your Excellency, we beseech you that the admirable statue of the Virgin of Tears be returned to the veneration of the Catholics of Granada as soon as possible, not only because of its singular religious-artistic value, but also because of the graces that it has occasioned over the years to the fa'ithful of the Basilica of St. John of God and of which they justly feel themselves deprived . Granada, May 31 , 1982

NEWS FLASlHCES NEW ARMY POLICY The Army has announced that it will end its four year practice of having coed companies during basic training. Beginning on August 30, male and female trainees will be separated at company level and below. In 1978, men and women were integrated into 200-250 man companies. The 50 man platoon has always been limited to a single sex. The reason for the decision only emphasizes the obvious: Men and women are different. Citing physiological differences between them, the Army feels that under the present system men are not being challenged enough physically. In the Army's Training and Doctrine Command Headquarters in Fort Monroe, Virginia, Captain Douglas Haywood said the new doctrine will aid the Army in its "soldierization process," that is, turning a civilian into a soldier. 11 We feel that if we have women in a male unit, it will result in the men not being challenged sufficiently, that they may never reach their full potential," Haywood said. Everybody was meeting our standards, but our goal is to let people do better than the minimum. The Army wi!I consolidate basic training for women at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, Fort Dix, New Jersey, and Fort McClellan, Alapama. It will be phased out at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, Fort Bliss, Texas and Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

CRACKING UP For years, water has been pumped in Arizona to irrigate arid farmland and to meet the needs of urban consumers in rapidly growing cities like Phoenix and Tucson. Only now are residents starting to pay the consequences of draining the underground aquifers. Fissures, some more than 400 feet deep and several miles long, are scarring the Arizona landscape. Geologists estimate that there are over 100 such fissures and that they are becoming a danger to population centers. Once seen only in rural agricultural areas, they have begun to appear near homes and developments. For example, in 1980 a 400 foot gash appeared overnight at a construction site in north Phoenix. The average price for a home in the neighborhood is $125,000. Engineers are worried that

the cracks may soon ruin foundations, break water and sewer lines and damage highways. Several cracks have already been discovered in Arizona's $2.1 billion canal system (The New York Times, 6-25-82).

LSD: DEADLY DESIGN Police authorities are becoming aware of a malicious new form Âˇof the hallucinative drug LSD. Small sheets of white paper containing blue stars the size of a pencil eraser have been found circulating in various parts of the country. The rather innocuous looking stars are impregnated with LSD and can be removed from the paper by placing them in the mouth. Absorption can also occur through the skin by simply handling them or by applying them to the skin in tatoo fashion. Other sheets containing postage stamp likenesses of Disney characters have been found to have similar impregnation of the drug. Authorities have become particularly alarmed because of the possibility that young children may become victims of the attractive designs (Paul Brown, M.D., Medical Bulletin, Olathe, Kansas).

VIDEO GAMES ADDICTION How harmful are video games? The question is being asked as college students, businessmen and children of all ages flock to video arcades to play their favorite games. Harmless fun, some may say, but many communities across the country, seeing their effects, have begun to place restrictions on them. On Long Island, New York, seventeen municipalities have adopted ordinances controlling video games in commercial establishments. One of the strongest stands was taken by Port Washington North, which banned anyone under 18 from playing them in public unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. The nearby city of Glen Cove has banned them altogether (Newsday, 7-1-82). The case against the games is long. Police are finding that the addiction to video games has caused an increase in petty theft to support the habit. Others claim that the chance to win an extra game is a type of gambling. Many parents are concerned that video games have gone beyond the point of mere entertainment. A case

in point is that of Kyle Riley (31) and Jo Linda Richardson (17) both of Des Moines, Yowa. The couple was married in a video arcade. They said the games meant so much to them that they had decided to exchange vows in the presence of the machines (St. Louis Post Dispatch, 5-25-82).

INFLATION AND FEDERAL RESERVE The May issue of the McA/vany Intelligence Advisor reports that during the 67 year period after the founding of the Federal Reserve (from 1913 to 1980), the total cumulative inflation, netting out all annual rises and falls, was 625%. During the 67 years before its establishment, the total cumulative inflation was 10 percent. The bewildered man-in-thestreet may well ask, "Who's in control here?"

AFGHAN BATTLES Although the statistics may vary, everyone seems to agree that the Soviets have taken another beating in Afghanistan. After months of staying put in their military bases, columns of Soviet and red Afghan troops came out in the open in an attempt to expell Afghan forces from the Panjsher Valley. Several reports confirm that hundreds of troops are returning to Kabul - dead. One such source counted 23 trucks piled high with bodies of Soviet troops and their Afghan comrads. Many of the victims are believed to be part of a 1000 man force, including Afghan Âˇ1 school students, that was ambu~ned and decimated on its way to the fighting (San Francisco Chronicle, 6-23-82).

SUMMER OF DISCONTENT They may call it "social unrest," "general restlessness," or "increased street activity," but to city officials across the nation this summer's idle-youth problem will mean more crime and more trouble. A survey of 125 cities by the U.S. Conference of Mayors shows that police are bracing for an especially crime-filled summer. "In cities from coast to coast, in all regions of the country, officials speak of increased youth crime, of delinquency, of vandalism, of gang activity," the survey said (San Francisco Chronicle, 4-27-82).

The End of an Old ERA Its wording was simple: "Equali- are openly interpreting equal rights ty of rights under the law shall not in terms of "reproductive freedom" be denied or abridged by the United and the " democratization of the States or by any state on account of family" (Time, 7-12-82). From the amsex." But the design was nefarious. biguous ERA, feminists could claim Now, ten years after the Equal the "right to an abortion." They enRights Amendment was passed by visaged the further breakdown of the Congress, it has died. Feminist ac- traditional family, the support of tivists failed to convince the public homosexuality, and massive federal that the Equal Rights Amendment child care programs with their rewas little more than a platform for sultant disruptive influence in the feminist causes and permissivist family. The amendment's chief foe was lifestyles. Housewives and mothers, the supposed beneficiaries of the Mrs. Phyllis Schlafly, a dynamic and amendment, were the most vocal op- adroit mother of six from Alton, Ill. In 1972, Mrs. Schlafly organized the ponents of the measure. In state after state, local anti-ERA Eagle Forum's STOP ERA campaign. groups have fought tooth and nail to In her writings and speeches she influence legislators to stop the brought to the attention of ERA. After a highly questionable Americans the potential danger the three-year extension, only 35 states amendment held for the American ratified it - three short of the 38 family and morality. Through her efnecessary to make it part of the Con- forts, public opinion began to stitution. Five states - Tennessee, withdraw support for and question Kentucky, Idaho, Nebraska and the ERA's brand of "equality." On the ocasion of the ERA defeat, South Dakota - rescinded their vote. No state has ratified it since Prof. Plinio Correa de Oliveira, President of the National Council of the 1977. Proponents of the amendment Brazilian TFP sent Mrs. Schlafly a claimed t hat the measure was telegram of congratulations: necessary to bring about social and "With every assurance that I am economic equality for women. They interpreting correctly the feelings of secured the endorsement of nearly the thirteen Societies for the four hundred fifty labor, civic and Defense of Tradition, Family and religious national organizations. Pro perty (TFPs), I send you warm Ju st before the June 30 dead congratulations for the brilliant vicline, twenty three Bishops officially tory won by the Eagle Forum in its endorsed the measure. STOP ERA campaign that has Those against it were alarmed by resulted in the definitive rejection of the implications of the law. Activists the amendment aiming to establish like Gloria Steinem of Ms. magazine, total equality of rights and duties

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between men and women i n the l ife of the American family. "Under your intel ligent and eff icacious direction, by rejecting this reform so destructi ve of good Christian traditions concerning good order in the family, American women have given a beautiful example to the world. We are pleased to applaud and thank you fo r this example with our cordial compliments." The American TFP also co nveyed its congratulati ons in a letter to Mrs. Schlafly adding that: "We are certain that the beneficial effects of t his victory wi II be felt t hroughout the United States for a long time to come.''

MORE ABORTION HORROR~ There is yet another chapter in the horrible history of the aborted babies found inside a carg o container at the residence of Malvin Weisberg , a former laboratory operator.

Perhaps even more horri fying is the fac t t hat the invest igators are method ically checking and catalog ing each plastic conta iner to see if any laws were vio lated in aborting and Originally t he press said that 500 disposing the unborn. No cha rges aborted babies were fo und whe n have been filed against We isberg. The employees went to repossess the coro ner's department said that 42 container. Reports said that each babies appeared to be o lder than 20 baby was stored in a plastic container weeks - the legal (and arbitrary) limit filled with formaldehyde. Each con- in California, and charges may tainer was labeled with the name of possibly be f iled against some physic ians in volved in these cases (and not the mother and the time of the the other 16,958 cases?). abortion. Is this the only such case, or do Estimates were later changed as in- these graveyards exist all over the vestigators reported that' the number country? of aborted babies was over 2,000. Now Why d id the officials hide the horthe d istrict attorney's office in Los ror of th is case by saying that only 500 Ange les is saying that there are as aborted babies were in the container many as 17,000 aborted babies in the when it is obvious that there were huge mass grave site. tho usands more? All over bur rhe shouring

Politics and Religion: Mix 'n Match "Politics and religion don't mix, do they?" There is a widespread notion that religious beliefs and political decisions are separated by an unbridgeable abyss. Social scientists, civics textbooks and court decisions have drilled into our minds the assumption that Church and State are forever separate. But a new study has brought to light evidence that simply shatters this old assumption. Examining in detail the religious convictions of members of Congress and comparing their stands on various political issues, psychologist Peter Benson,

Surrogate Son Older generation Americans bought their own homes, reared a family, sent their children to college and retired on a pension. And then? Some enjoy the blessings of grateful children who look after and frequently visit their parents in their later years. Others are retired to nursing or "rest" homes. However, many live alone, forgotten by their offspring in the "empty nests" of what was once a vibrant and busy household. Mark Ritthaler, 27, from McHenry, Illinois, noticed that many younger people do not seem to care what happens to older people - even if they happen to be their own parents. Many children are so worried about their own lives and cares that they ignore the parents who reared them. Ritthaler staned a firm Rent-A-Son in an attempt to remedy this problem. For a fee he will act as a son to elderly people whose children ignore them, and he provides a variety of services for the people who hire him. • He telephones his "parent" every morning and night. If no one answers, he goes to the house to investigate if there is any problem. • He takes his client to the store or to the doctor, or anywhere else he or she may want to go. • He does small chores around the house. Although his fees vary, he generally charges $5 a week for the telephone service and $5 to $10 and hour for the other services. "You'd be surprised how welcome the idea of a daily telephone call is to people of that age," Ritthaler said. With some of them, the phone never rings." (Dallas Morning News, 5-7-82).

in Psychology Today, concludes that the two are 11 strongly connected." "This ls new knowledge," says Benson, "and it calls into question the theories political scientists hold about which factors influence the formation of national legislation and policies" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 5-2-82). The research project was carried out by the Center for the Study of Beliefs and Values, a non-profit research organization in Minneapolis funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The researchers interviewed 67

Congressmen and 13 Senators about their religious beliefs and their political positions on eight major legislative issues. They found that the relationship between the two views is so close that just by knowing half the religious profile of the congressmen, they could fairly accurately predict their positions on legislation. Benson concludes: 11 We found that religious beliefs and values are strongly related to voting behavior in each of the eight legislative areas, ranging from military expenditure to civil liberties."

CAPITALIST HOTEL IN CHINA In proletarian China, luxury and privilege are looked down upon as "bourgeois" or "oppressive." Luxury items and delicacies are simply not available (at least to the average Chinese worker). From look-alike "Mao" jackets to mass produced bicycles, everything in ·Red China has been made to look ordinary and monotonously equal. Westerners visiting Peking will be surprised to find an exception to that rule: China's only first-class international hotel. The Jianguo (Build the Nation) Hotel is a $2S million, 4S5 room hotel with all the comfort and conveniences found in the West. (A kind of Chinese "carrot" to attract Western currency?) Visitors are driven to the Jianguo in special "Red Flag" limousines and met by a doorman. The eye is treated to a decor of plush carpeting throughout, fountains, skylights, chandeliers, and antique Chinese furniture. Mixed drinks, beer and brandy are poured at "Charlie's Bar" to the accompaniment of a Filipino band. A single room - if you can get one - costs $6S a night. But once there you will find it first-class, complete with marble sinks. The hotel includes a sauna and a swimming pool, and its own garden provides fresh lettuce - grown especially for foreigners. The Jianguo is considered a striking contrast to the drab, gloomy secondclass hotels in Peking. How was it possible to build this showpiece of luxury and taste when it contradicts all the

egalitarian principles upon which Communist China was built? Is the Jianguo one of those marvels of the communist system so lauded by communist Chinese officials? The answer comes from co-ownermanager Clement Chen. "It is relatively easy to build a hotel here - we imported everything except the marble.'' Chinese-American Chen modeled his hotel after the Holiday Inn in Palo Alto, California. He owns 49 percent of the hotel and will turn it over to the Chinese after 20 years. It is entirely Western managed. The hotel is not without prv, ,t:ms. Chen admits that it is extremely hard to manage. Chinese who grew up on egalitarian communist principles do not know how to serve guests. Foreigners complain that Chinese hotel service is often indifferent. They often have a long wait to get anything done, and servants consider it belittling to do the smallest menial task. "We respect Chinese sensitivities and customs," says Chen, "but we have to convince them (the servants) that this is an international first class hotel and the guests demand excellent service and sparkling clean rooms'' (Corpus Christi Caller-Times, 4-25-82). It seems that the communist system is not only unable to build a first-class international hotel without Western assistance, but it has so formed its people that the Jianguo may have to import yet another element - the people and servants to run it.

1982

No. 10

Vol. III

BANNING BOMBS, BRANDISHING BOOKS Across the country, clergymen, politiciaris and the so-called peace activists are sponsoring a ca mpaign tha t a ims to abolish nuclear weapons. C ounting on the good intentio ns of the Soviets, ma ny peace ad vo cat es have called for unilateral American disarma ment and have even denounced our present a rsenal as "immoral." Officia ls in San Francisco and several other cities and towns have enacted legisla tion banning the possession a nd use of handguns. Counting o n the good intentions of the resident crimina ls, citizens a re likewise urged to unila tera lly disarm themselves and renounce their right to perso nal a nd legitima te selfde fense. Wherever one h ears t he cry " Ba n the Bomb! " or "Ban the Ha ndgun! ", droves o f liberal activists give their voca l a nd enthusiastic support. There is , however, an a nalogous case that sparks a n entirely different reaction. Indignant parents a!J over the U.S. began a campa ign to remove objectiona ble a nd offensive boo ks from local school libraries . Nearly 20 per cent of the natio n's school board face the cry o f " Ban the Book! ' ' Cu riously enough, this is not the fi rst time tha t book ba nning has been a hot issue. In the late 60's a nd early ?O's, book challenges reached record levels when libera l protesters engineered a campaign to remove books that espoused C hristia nity. (Kansas City Times, 7-6-82) Now the circumstances a re di fferent. E nlightened educators , civil libertarians a nd Ba n-the-Bomb liberals have furiously attacked the p resent initia tive cla iming that it violates the First Amendment. T hey have resented the fact tha t ma ny "prizewinning" a uthors have been d ethroned from on high by "narrowm inded" and ignorant people who fail to see t he significance o f vulgarity and real life experiences. On the other side a re parents who may not be so enlightened but still claim to have some commo n sense. T hey have

Nuclear warfare - The well-p ublicized campaign of potential destruction stimulates a frenzied reaction

Educational warfare - Ought not the actual destruction of the innocence of children also be contested? been scanda lized by the books assigned or availa ble to their children. A case in point is an objectio n which led to the removal of nine books from the Isla nd Trees schools in Long Island, New Yor k. Citing passages a nd ideas from the

books, several parents questio 1 ' â&#x20AC;˘he educational value of books tha re "anti-American, an ti-C hristia n, a ntiSemitic a nd just plain filth y." (Newsday, 6-26-82) The point in question , they claim, is no t the First Ame ndment but the sta nda rds a nd guidelines that lead to the who lesome education of children. Like certain drugs, there a re books that have harmful effects on the development o f the child . For exam ple , o ne of the books cited by parent groups with the title, A Hero A in 't Nothing but a Sandwich does little to incite a child to excel in virtue a nd actua lly discourages the idea of heroism . O ther books openly promote feminism, triba lism , racism a nd a nti-semitism. In the name of First Amendment freedom , a child can be exposed to "educationa l" pornogra phy, homosexua lity a nd free love. By cause-effect logic, bad ideas

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depicted favorably will cause bad effects upon the receptive child. The problem is, then, a matter of criteria. Unfortunately, in an era where only nuclear weapons are immoral, adjectives Âˇ like "Christian," "good," "wholesome" and "clean" have little effect on open-minded educators. However even the most ardent defenders of academic freedom are seeing the effects of an everything-goes education upon today's youth. The matter is then

hotly debated and has even gone to the Supreme Court. In a sharply divided June 25 decision, five Supreme Court Judges ruled that school boards touched upon students' First Amendment rights in removing books from the libraries. Four held the contrary. The justices were so divided on the issue that they failed to establish any clear guidelines. The Island Trees case before the Court is expected to return to the lower court. The ruling states that school boards have broad dfscretion in managing

school affairs and determining the contents of their libraries but that they cannot arbitrarily and " in a narrowly partisan manner" remove books from the library shelves. The decision, which was to have ended the debate, has, according to some educators, only added fuel to it. Nearly 900 cases are before the courts asking for guidelines for one of the important aspects of the future of any nation - the education of its youth. A fragmented and ambiguosuly worded ruling has done little to solve the problem.

MASQUERADE IN RED CHINA

St. Peter's Basilica in Rome: An unacceptable symbol in Red China Many people in the West have been tricked into believing that the comÂˇ munist Chinese government has become more lenient toward Catholic worship. They point to the claim that 200 churches have been reopened and that Chinese are flocking to them for the first time in years. But the "Billy-Grahamish" reports of religious renewa l are premature. Realizing that it could not kill the Church through persecution, the Chinese government has decided to use the Church as an instrument. Later this year, the government w ill formally adopt a constitution that w ill

forbid Catholics to recognize the Pope as head of the Church. The c lause states that "no religious affairs may be dominated by any foreign country" (Long Island Catholic, 6-3-82). The measure effectively puts an end to any possibility of "freedom" for anyone but the schismatic Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, a puppet church of the government.

being urged to cut all ties with th e government-sanctioned church. Ft them, persecution continues as th e government has branded them "counterrevolutionaries in religious c lothing" (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5-29-82).

To combat the real Church, the government has released several priests from their concentration camps to serve time in another type of Meanwhile, there are reports of a bit- prison - the government church. ter rivalry between loyal Catholics and Priests are given to understand that "patriotic Catholics." Catholics loyal their "freedom" is contingent upon to the Papacy are retreating into an their support of the patriotic church underground network of c landestine and their observance of the rules set liturgies and hidden altars. They are by the government.

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NOTHING LEARNED, NOTHING FORGOTTEN by Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira The French Revolution caused a large number of people, disgruntled with the concessionist policies of Louis XVI and the violence of the republicans, to emigrate to other countries. When the Bourbons were restored in 1814, these emigrees returned to their country with exactly the same mentality they had left 25 years earlier. Talleyrand said of them: "They learned nothing and forgot nothing." This thought came to mind because of a not-so-small number of our compatriots who judge today's events with exactly the same criteria as those in vogue 25 years ago. One could also say of them, "Nothing learned, nothing forgotten" (N-L-N-F). What are the symptoms of someone who belongs to the morose class of the N-L-N-F? I'll give one as an example. Someone who is shocked with this statement: today, the two poles of the thought and action of men are, on one hand, the Catholic Religion (understood without smatterings of or mixtures with progressivism or leftism), and on the other, commu nism. Everything else is nothing but a middle, ephemeral, transitory position. Now, two immense ideological crises - and not without mutual affinities - labor inside each of these poles. As a consequence, there is nothing that can influence t he course of current events as deeply as the unfolding of these crises. It is above all in this point, that is, in the internal battles between Catholics on one hand a nd communists on the other, tha t the future of the world will be decided. This double crisis will decide, among other things, if there really should be a fight between Catholics a nd communists. This perspective will either persuade a man who is up-to-date, or it won't. In either case, it won't shock him that someone thinks this way. But it is shocking to a N-L-N-F, who sees the issue through the prism of 25 years ago and who considers the breach between Catholics a sacristy quarrel, and the breach between communists some petty political quarrel. A N-L-N-F will, a fortiori, not understand if I state that the internal crisis of the Church is incomparably more important than that in the communist camp. Nevertheless, this is how it is. The health a nd light of the world is in the Church. All the forces of evil are conquerable as long as the C hurch is in full vigor. But on the contrary, to the degree that errors, corruption and infidelity

undermine the ranks of the Church, the forces of evil grow strong, advance and drag the world toward an apocalyptic catastrophe. Now, this has corollaries . If both the Ch urch and communism are blossoming, the latter is necessarily already defeated. It is just matter of time. If both the Church and communism are weak, communism will become powerful, or the human race will generate some new monster that will turn on it. The N-L-N-F denies all this. How do we demonstrate tha t the N-L-N-F is wrong? The perfect code of human conduct is in the Ten Commandments of the Law of God. If all men were to follow this Law fully, all of man's ideological and moral problems would be resolved. If, on the contrary, all men fully violate this Law, humanity will not be long in destroying itself. These principles have a powerful effeet on the technical plane. A men who full y observes the Law of God employs, ipso facto, all of its aid in the work he accomplishes. And if this man is a technician, the more faithful he is to the Law of God, the more he will produce - in his field. From this follows that fidelity to this Law brings a plenitude of suecess in the technical field, as well as in all the other fields of human endeavor. Be he a genius or not, the more faithful he is to the Law of God, the more any man will reap from his abilities. There is much more reason to fear than hope in geniuses who depart from the Law of God. Now, a word about grace and the Chu rch. According to Catholic doctrine , man is not able to stably practice all the Commandments wit h me rely hi s own strength. To do this a created and supernatural gift of God is necessary : grace. It is through his union with the Church that man should receive this gift. Because of its misery, humanity is not capable, merely with its own strength, of always interpreting a nd applying to concrete cases the Law of God. For this reason Jesus Christ instituted an infallible Mistress to teach this to humanity. The source of sanctification through grace and infallible Mistress, the Church is also a Shepherd. It is for Her to govern and direct men in the full filling of the Law in order for them to win eternal life. Thus, it is in the degree that the Church is faithful to Herself, and ac-

complishes more perfectly or less perfectly Her mission, that humanity ascends or descends in the practice of the Commandments and men ascend or descend in everything they do, and in any field. The decisive ground of what happens in the world is therefore the internal life of the Church. A N-L-N-F is someone who, reading this article, disagrees with it because he takes part in the laicism that has been in vogue for the last 25 years and which has systematically attributed only secondary importance to religious matters. Plinio Correa de Oliveira was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1908. He received his doctorate in Law from the Law School of the University of Sao Paulo. He is Professor of the History of Civilization at the University College of the University of Sao Paulo and Professor of Modern and Contemporary History in the Colleges of Sao Bento and Sedes Sapientiae of the Pontifical Catho lic University of Sao Paulo. He has distinguished himself since his youth as an orator, lecturer and Catholic journalist. He wrote regularly for the Catholic weekly Legionario and now writes for the monthly Catolicismo and the large daily newspaper Falha de S. Paulo. In 1960 he founded the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) and has been President of its National Council ever since. TFPs and similar autonomous organizations were later founded in twelve other countries in the Americas and Europe, inspired by the book Revolution and Counter-Revolurion and other works of Prof. Plinio Correa de Oliveira.

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PIPELINE AND SLAVERY According to testimony before the Senate Finance Subcommittee, the proposed natural gas pipeline from Soviet Russia to Western Europe is more than just a $10 billion economic lifeline to a faltering and bankrupt communist system. It is an occasion that the Soviets will use to conscript hundreds of thousands of prisoners to work as slave laborers on the huge project. Michail Markarenko, himself a former inmate of Soviet concentration camps, told the Senate subcommittee that much of labor used to build the pipeline will come from the infamous Soviet Gulag composed of nearly 2,000 concentration camps. One hundred and fifty of these camps are for women and children under two years of age. Hundreds of others are for children from 11 to 18 years of age. Makarenko estimates that the pipeline will cost the lives of one mill.ion prisoners (Republican Study Committee Bulletin, 7-9-82). Also testifying were Le Thi Anh, director of the Vietnamese Information Bureau and Doan Van Toai, a former official of the National Liberation Front in South Vietnam. They confirmed the reports that as many as 500,000 Vietnamese workers between the ages of 17 and 35 are being deported from Vietnam to Soviet Russia in order to help pay off Hanoi's massive national debt. It is unlikely that workers accustomed to tropical climates will survive long under the conditions in frozen Siberia. The worst aspect of the .entire project is that not only the communist tyrants are engineering it, but also the West. The pipeline is possible only beca use of th e massive transfer of Western technology and credit. Its completion will gua rantee the Soviets billions of dollars in income each year. Thus, the Free World will have to share the bla me for the death of thousands forced to labor in the frozen tundra of Siberia. As a commendable step toward lessening this misery, President Reagan at first announced an embargo on further tra nsfer of American technological or economic aid for the pipeline project. Lately, however, news reports indicate that the Administration is wavering in its resolve because of pressures from its Western European allies. T he foreign press is accusing the United Sta tes of hyprocrisy on the matter saying that the U .S. is taking a hard line on the p roject raising the possibility of the loss of millions of dollars in contracts and thousands o f jobs while at the same time continuing to ship grain to the Soviets.

Soviet slave laborers. Is the pipeline worth the human cost?

But, in view of the broader question of human rights and the "enslavement" of Western Europe, the stakes involved are more than just commercial ones . If the rest of Western Europe follows

Reagan's example, it may avoid the spectacle of yet another chapter of massive human rights violation in Russia and the frightening specter of the construction of the largest " gas chamber" in history.

Castro's Cuba Broken Promises When Fidel Castro took power in 1959, he promised the Cuba n people a new society, a new prosperity and new life. The follo wing years say the progressive decay of the economy and a mass exodus o f C ubans who preferred to leave everything than to live miserably in Communist Cuba . After years of disillusionment and broken promises, Castro is finally making a promise that he can be expected to fulfill - more misery. On July 27, Cubans "celebrate" the abortive 1953 assault by Castro 's communist troops against a government barracks. On the occasion of this fiasco, Castro gave a speech giving his perspective of the nation 's future. " We a re going to have difficulties in the coming years and the difficulties could be major," Castro told the crowd in Bayamo , Cuba . T ra nsla tion: Don't hope for a better future. " It may be necessary in some cases to reduce hours or days of work, affecting as little as possible the income of

wo rk e r s ." Tra ns la tion: Expec t unemployment. " It could be that our economy in the coming months could grow onl~Âˇ ~ litt le, or not grow at all. " TranslatiL ur econom y is in sha mbles . " .. . We may lac k the prima ry ma terials fo r industry a nd co nstruction. " Translation: We do lack the prima ry ma teria ls fo r industry a nd construction . Cuba n troops, the C uban dicta tor emp hasized, will remain in Angola until " all South African troops are removed " from South-West A frica and "all danger o f external aggression toward Angola ceases" and "all imperialist aid to the puppet organizations" of Angola is ended. Like their Soviet compatriots in Afgha nista n, Cuba n troops will stay in Angola until all local oppositio n to the Communist government is crushed. The Communist tyrant fu rther con demned the U .S . for supporting the "genocidal government of El Salvador." The two hour a nd twenty minu te tirade was the C uban equivalent of a sta te of the nation address.

Family Forum II:

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Research and Education Foundation Inc. and the Moral Majority Foundation Inc., the underlying theme of the forulT'. was "Traditional Values Work!" Over 70 New Right theorists, economists, religious and political leaders representing a cross section of backgrounds and viewpoints, scrutinized every aspect of American public policy toward the family. In addition, Mr. John Spann, president of The

American Society for the Defense of -Tradition, Family and Property presented the topic: "The Family: How it Fares in Europe and Latin America." The first day of the Forum was devoted to "The Family and the Laws." Obscenity laws, anti-family legal trends and school prayer were discussed. Several speakers addressed the problem of government programs that discourage and penalize the development of the traditional family structure. "The Family and Society" was discussed on the second day, giving participants insight into the importance of the fami ly as the foundation of morality and stability in society. The speakers particularly stressed the role of some governmental aid to organizations or programs that promote permissiveness and abortion. The last day was dedicated to "The Family and Education." Lecturers spoke of the destructive influences of sex education, humanism and modern educational theories. Because of the importance of education in the development of children, alternative educational methods such as home education, Christian schools and family rights in education were brought to the attention of the participants. Family Forum II featured many wellknown political and public personalities such as Senators Jesse Helms and Roger Jepsen, Rep. Jack Kemp as well as several other senators and congressmen known for their outspoken views in defense of the family. The speakers also included Phyllis Sch la fly, President of The Eagle Forum, Connaught Marshner, Chairman of The National Pro-Family Coalition, Paul Weyrich, chairman of The Free Congress Foundation, and Howard P hillips of The Conservative

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~EWS FLAS18ICES A Deteriorating Symbol

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As it nears its first century, the Statue of Liberty is suffering the effects or years of high winds, salt air and acid rain . According to its superintendent, David Moffitt, it is "literally falling apart." Pieces of the head and torch section of the famous monument have washed up on a nearby beach. The statue is made of more than 300 individually molded sheets of thin copper attached by iron bands to a frame . Rusting iron bands have caused many of the cqpper sheets to shift. Seams have opened and water has entered in several places. Another problem is that some copper sheets have oxidized to a degree that there is no more copper left. According to Moffitt, the hand and torch have to be replaced. Although there is a commission looking into the repairing of the statue, the time is approaching when it will be unsaf e for visitors. " When I say approaching I mean within five years we may have very serious problems," Mof- author, Dr. Willard Cates Jr., data acfitt says. (Corpus Christi Caller, 7-4-82) cumulated since 1975 supports the early finding that abortion is safer for Pirates in the Park mother than childbirth in terms of risk of death. (Washington Post, 7-9-82) The Arnell and Rene Marlow and a family friend were boating on Lake Erie one study reports that deaths after aborSunday afternoon about five miles off tion fell from 3.2 per 100,000 abortions Sterling State Park in Monroe County, for the years 1972 to 1975 to .9 per Michigan, when they suddenly realiz- 100,000 for 1976 to 1978. The questionable findings of the ed that their boat was beginning to sink. Dismayed by the prospect, Mrs. CDC study which attempt to justify Marlow began to scream to nearby abortion fail to mention that the death rate for the infants is 100 percent and boaters to help them. Several boaters responded by the study merely shows that the aborrushing to the scene. But instead of tionists have refined a bit more the fine rescuing the couple, th ey swarmed art of killing. around th e s inking ship helping themselves to flotsam and jetsam. Th e Merchant Marine Needed shocked victims watched horrified as Battleships and aircraft carriers may people began looting articles like be the backbone of any navy, but fishing rods and reels, a fish net, a rub- without a backup fleet of cargo ships ber shoe, tackl e boxes and other the defense capacity of a nation is floatable it ems that were on board. significantly impaired. Only a cabin crui ser with four older U.S. military strategists have tradi men aboard came to their rescue. Astionally understood the significant role tounded by the fact that her fellow of th e merchant marine in the defense boaters were indifferent to her situacapacity of the nation. During the tion, Mrs. Marlow comment ed, "These Korean War, over 2,400 dry cargo ships people didn't care whether I lived or backed up the U.S. effort there. During died." (Corpus Chisti Caller, 7-28-82) the Vietnam War, 96 percent of all the

A company's image is often projected by its employees. Consequently, large number of firms have attached a great importance to the presentation of their workers. According to a study carried out by the Administrative Management Society, nearly 90 percent of the 366 small, medium and large firms surveyed in the U.S. and Canada enforce dress codes. For men the preferred style is business suits or sports coats whi le women employees are asked to wear suits or dresses. Casual attire is rejected by most companies. They see such items as tee shirts and sneakers as unacceptable for both men and women. Nearly 60 percent of those responding also enforce some kind of grooming code. Hair length and facial hair, such as beards, are part of these codes. Not only do the codes ex.isl, but most of the firms take them very seriously. Responding firms report that first-time offenders are usually verbally reprimanded. Thirty-five percent of the firms say they discharge repeat offenders while 20 percent suspend violators without pay for periods of up to three days. (St. Louis Post Dispatch, 7-6-82)

The Fine Art of Killing The Center for Disease Control in At lanta, Georgia, has released a study which is sure to be used as ammuniton by abortion advocates. According to their statistics, an expectant mother has a lower chance of dying after an abortion than after child birth. According to study's principal

eq uipment used was tran sported aboard the 1,100 ships in the Merchant Marine. Now, after years of neglect, the total number of U.S. vessels has dwindled down to just over 400. Meanwhile, the Soviets have increased heir merchant marine by 70 percen t in the last ten years, having at their service 2,500 sh ips. (Republican Study Committee, 7-16-82)

What's in a Name? It can be argued that Rhodesia was aptly renamed when Marxist Prime Minister Mugabe took power. Zimbabwe is the name of an African ruin. But " Zimbabwe" is only the beginning. Hundreds of name changes are being planned to "erase the nat ir,n's colonial inheritance." In Sali~ , now called Harare, Stanley Avenu e 1s to be called Vladimir Lenin Avenue. Victoria Street is to be changed to Karl Marx Street, and Rhodes Avenue wi ll become Marshal Tito Avenue. Since Lenin, Marx and Tito are hardly native Africans, Mugabe seems intent on erasing the English colonial past and replacing it with the most terrible colonial power in history Soviet Russia. (Rhodesia Christian Group, July 82)

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TERRORIST HOTEL It is hardly su rpri sing that such an When the U.N. held its wellpublicized disarmament session assembly would support terrorist recently, it was commented that there groups not yet among their number. was a concern for President Reagan's According to a study released by The security when he would address the He ritage Foundation, over $116 assembly. Oddly enough, the concern million, 25 percent of it from the U.S. was not for any of th e variety of ter- taxpayer, has found its way to terrorist rorist groups hidden in New York but groups through the U.N. for the terrorists inside the U.N. Des pite their reputation for killings, seated with their respective assassinations and abductions, delegations. groups like the Palestine Liberation Terrorists are hardly strangers to the Organization (PLO). the Southwest U.N. As an organization supposedly People's Organization (SWAPO), the dedicated to world peace, the body has African National Congress (ANC) and often lent prestige to many less-than- others have been recipients of U.N. peaceful groups and nations. Within support. Using official UN documents, the assembly, one can find Libyans of the study shows that gifts of food , " hit squad" fame, representatives of housing and health services as well as oppressive Communist countries, and radio c hannels for broadcas ting were Marxist terrorist groups. Even the given to these guerrilla " liberation" representative of the Khmer Rouge, movements. (The Wanderer, 7-8-82). guilty of the genocide of the Cambodian people has his seat there. DOD

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The ''Free Enterprise System'' in Red China The bicycle is the most popular type of transportation in the "People's" Republic of China . But in spite o f its popularity, buying one is not as easy as walking into yo ur local dealer and picking out your favorite model. Things are not so easy under a rad ically socialist regime. There one has to cope with ration coupons. Coupons for governmentmade bicycles sometimes require months or years of wa iting because low production doesn't satisfy the demand. Though quicker, black market coupons are usually so expensive that few people can scrape together the price. But there is one other way. An American studying in Peking described for R epublic of China News the wheelings and dea lings of a Peking policeman to obtain a bicycle for his daughter without having to go through the agony of ration coupons. Peking has something called "Friendship Stores" where foreigners can make purchases without the usual red tape. T he diffic ulties don't stop here, though, for the stores accept only choice foreign currency. T he policeman thus had to buy dollars a few at a time as his means permitted. But once the sum was completed his task was done except for the actual transaction. Easy enough for us here, but in the "People's" Republic one must take certain precautions - he now had to find a reliable agent.

Learning to ride a bicycle is a lot easier than buying one in China The opportunity finally came when the policeman arrested a young worker who was taking off on a motorcycle without a license plate. Seeing his chance, the policeman told t he worker he would let him off if he did him a favor, a solution which was readily accepted. The worker then left to find an American friend there

o n a visit, who promptly took up the cha llenge of the proposition. The American went to the "Friendship Store," bought the bicycle under a false name, and hastened to the rendez vouz with the policeman and the "agent" on a nearby corner, where the goods werF signed, sealed and delivered.

FARMING PHENOMENA American farmers were hardly surprised when the U.S. Department of Agriculture forcasted the Soviet Union's fourth consecutive poor grain ha(Vest. They have long been accustomed to hearing about the failures of the grossly inefficient agricultural system - and bailing it out with grain exports. This year some American farmers have run into a variety of surprises of their own that have disturbed their normal operations. * As a possible result Âˇ of the volcanic eruptions in Mexico, the weather this summer has been unu s ually cold and wet. The phenomenon has resulted in late plantings and has affected crop development in several areas of the country. * Wheat farmers in eastern Kansas and much of Missouri who usually produce bumper crops found that an uncommonly wet spring has resulted in a fungus disease that has cut harvests

RIVER PROJECT The Soviet Union may soon embark on another of its huge engineering fiascos. The project, reports Time magazine, may be the largest engineering project of all times - a plan to divert the flow of about a dozen rivers from the Artie Ocean (Time, 6-14-82). While a smaller U.S. project may be held up fo r years because of the snail darter, the Soviets have shown little concern for their project's environmental impact. If th e plan is actually carri ed out, it wil l take over 50 years to complete, di splace thousands of people from th eir homes and fl ood millions of acres of land. The diversion is also expected to drastically alter the climate of th e Northern Hemisphere. Soviet supporters of the plan believe that it wou ld boost the pitifully small grain harvest by 30 million metric ton s a year. What Time magazine failed to ment ion was that there may be another motive behind the projected move. According to environmentalist Robert Smith, th e water pollution problem is so bad in the Soviet Union that the Caspian and the Aral seas are little more than open sewers. The wat ers feeding the Aral are being used for irrigation and thu s the Aral may dry up altogether. Industrial was te in the country's rivers is so bad that the fi sh supply is shrinking. " The situation is so serious that there has been seri ous discussion of plans to reverse the flow of the major r ivers flow ing north into the Artie Ocean and send them south in an attempt to 'revitalize' t he Caspian and Aral" (Policy Review, Spring 1982).

An all-too-familiar sign of the times Âˇ by one third and infes ted some of the wheat with mycotoxins, a food poison. The fungus known as scab also threatens other crops. * According to New England Journal of Medicine , a hard-to-kill bacteria

has been discovered that has become resistant to antibiotics in farm animals and can attack humans as well. Such super germs are showing themselves highly resistant to the antibiotics currently available.

Soviet Armed Forces - Marching to a Different Drummer High-ranking members of the Soviet military, such as Marshal Orgakov, Chief of the Armed Forces High Command, have publicly demonstrated their concern for the state o f mind of their troops. "It is necessary to act against a ll signs of passivity, indifference, and laissez/ aire" enphasized General Epichev, d irector of the political activities of the Armed Forces . Defense Minister Marshal Us tinov, in a meeting for the secretaries of the grassroots orga nizations of the Party, stated tha t " it would

be an unforgivable fau lt t o underestimate the real danger of the imperialist forces." He added that it would be necessary to always keep in mind this threat to youth which, according to Soviet military o fficials, seems to be overcome by a "psychology of insigni ficance" and is falling farther a nd farther away from the leadership of the Com munist Party . According to an article recently published in Le Monde, the troops a re not echo ing the militaristic propaganda of the Soviet Communist Party in spite of recent appeals for increased combativity.

Haydn: 250 Years of Harmony To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Joseph H ayd n ( 1732-1809) the composer's homeland gave hjm the title of Maestro of th e Year and filled its musical programs with his works. This summer in Vienna has been especially brilliant as the programs of the city's famo us musical groups, including the Vienna Boys' C hoir and the Vienna

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Symphony Orchestra, will include many works of the great master. One mav also visit the composer's residence, a museum restored to the way 1, ,, as around 1800. Joseph Haydn, born in 1732 in Rohrau , was a true genius in symphonic music. Though he wrote many beautiful religious composit ions, he devoted most of his effort to writing symphonies, of which there a re over I 00. Haydn often took the inspiration fo r his musical themes from Austrian, Ita lian and German folk tunes. His music is re-nowned for two main traits: construction, and sense of development, bot h in perfect equilibrium and harmony. Much of his music has remained popular to the present day, and he is credited with composing the melody of the German National Anthem. After a musical career that in his own time was recognized as brillia nt by a ll of Europe, which he knew and which knew him from one end to t he other, "Papa" Haydn died in Vienna at the age of 77.

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No. 11

1982

Self-managing Socialism Denounced Around the World Beginning in August and continuing through O ctober, one more step was taken to warn the entire West a bout the dangers of French self-managing socialism. The Summary of the six-page Message of the 13 TFPs, that had already been published in 46 newspapers around the world, app eared in 31 editions of Reader's Digest m agazine. With a total circulation close to thirteen million, the new six-page ad has been scheduled fo r Canada (French and English), Belgium (Flemish a nd French), Engla nd, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Switzerla nd (Fre nch and German), Denmark, Norway, Sweden, India, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and all of South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, P eru, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Venezuela. The Reader's Digest editions also include one in Spanish fo r the Hispa nic community in the United States and an English Asian edition that covers Malays ia, Singapore, Brunei , Korea, Philippines, Indonesia, Pakistan , Hong-Kong, Thailand, Japan , Taiwan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Macao. An Arabian ed ition for readers in the Middle East a nd North Africa has been temporarily delayed because o f the tragic conflict in that area. The Reader's Digesr ad, as previous publications, has resu lted in an enormous amount of correspondence and re percussions from all over the world. A few samples follow: From England: " In this country, Socialism, in the guise of the Labour Party is a frigh tening prospect, and to my mind is but one short step from Communism .. . I believe I have enough in common with your organization to want to know more about what you have to say on the subject. .. " From Michigan: " I read with en thusiasm, devotion a nd firmness your sensational article which warned about what is going to happen tomorrow .. .. For me, it

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MITTERRAND'S PRESTIGE IN DECLINE Paris - In a recent public opinion poll of a t housand people published in Le Matin, it was found t hat the popularity of Pres ident Fran9ois Mitterrand and Prime Minister Pierre Mau roy is precariously declin ing and becom ing pitifully paltry. Between May and J une of this year t he average fell six points, and in t he same period t he number of those who d isapproved of the French socialist government rose from 29 to 38%. Conf idence in Mauroy fell from 55 to 49 % .

Socrates, John XX/II, and Archbishop Bernardin The t itle of the art ic le in Time (9-6-82), " For the Windy City, Fresh Air", brings back memori es of John XXIII and the opening of Vati can Counc il II. As many recall, John XXIII was said to have opened t he windows of t he Vati can in order to let t he fres h air into an institutio n whose windows had ost ens ibly remained shut since t he Protestant Refo rm at io n. Th e Time art ic le im plies that Archbishop Bernardin 's arrival to Chicago is something like Vatican Council II fi nally reach ing th e Windy City ! Time may have ove rstated t he point a bit, but t he exaggeration leaves no doubt in th e minds of it s readers t hat Time beli eves Archbishop Bernard in will discharge his respons ib ilities in the Archd iocese of Chicago according to th e spirit of the Coun ci l which John XXIII called into being. What one wonders is whether or not Arc hbishop Bernard in will also be as fa it hful to Socrates as was John XXIII. Thomas Merton, in Conjectures of a Guilty Bys tander (1968), exp lains t his relat ionship: "One of the admirable t hings about Pope John is his simple f idelity to the Socratic principle w hich

is essential to our West ern cultural t radition. This is a very profound element in Pope John's thought and he has shown, in fact, th at t rue Christian renewal implies an understanding of and a commitment to Christ ian Socratism. This means respect for persons t o the point where t he person of t he adversary demands a hearing even when the authori ty of one's own ecclesiast ical inst itution m ight appear to be temporaril y q uestio ned. Ac tual ly, this Socratic confidence in d ialogue imp lies a deeper fait h in the Church t han you find in a merely rigid, defensive, and negative attitude which refuses all dialogue. The negative view really suggest s that t he Church has some thing to lose by engag ing in dialogue with her adversaries. This in turn is a reject ion of t he Chri st ian Socrati sm which sees that tru t h develops in conversatio n. And, after all , that is t he spirit of t he Gospel also. We see it everywhere in the New Testament. Those who were open to Christ and t he Apos tles, received t he truth. Those who refused dialogue, or who engaged in it only wit h political intentions, with pragmatic reservations and

tactical subtlety, ended by crucifying Christ and slaying the Apostles. "The Socratic princ iple, as Pope John XIII definitely sees it, means not only the willingness to discuss, but t he readiness to meet one 's adversary as a brother. The moment one does th is, he ceases to be an adversary. "Some seem to fear that in such encounters, meeting t he adversary on his own ground, we leave the protection of t he Churc h and Catholic truth . They forget that if we meet the non-Christian as a brother we meet hirn on ground that is Christian. If we fE: meet hi m on what is really our o wn ground, is t his not perhaps because we ourselves are not sufficient ly Christ ian" (pp. 217-218). John XXl ll's apparent fidelity to the Socratic principle, which Merton f inds so admirable and which he explains so lucid ly, could easi ly serve as t he context for Solidarity as well as t he Peace Movement. It will be interest ing t o see if t he Socratic princit- ,e as described by Merton also serves as the context orienting the past oral duties of Chicago's new Archbishop.

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The Social Function, the Club, and the Knife by Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira At first sight nothing is simpler or clearer: if A is the owner of his surplus goods, and the life of B is in danger because he lacks some of those goods and, moreover, if B has no way to pay A, a situation of conflict becomes established between A and B. The right to life of B clashes with the right to property of A. Which of the two rights should prevail? Obviously that of B, for the right of one to his life is notably greater than the right of another to his property. Such a simple solution, which is so linked to the social function of private property, was the subject of profound analyses - masterpieces of subtlety and good sense - of the old Catholic moralists. They argued whether the obligation of A to help B was a duty of charity or just ice. And in the latter case, which kind of justice: commutative or distributive? And if it were distributive, if the beneficiary were to later acquire surplus goods, was he obliged to reimburse the benefactor? In any case, would B owe gratitude to A, that is, affection, respect, and help when it were necessary? And so it goes on to other matters, some of which are not at all simple, but all of which are very impor tant not only fo r a Catholic's good moral formation but also for proper relationships among men. I'll give an example. If someone had no way to pay for his lodging and another had extra housing, the latter should freely grant housing to the former; or , if someone had no place to plant and another had land to spare, the latter should volunteer land to the former. "Grant," "volunteer'' - what exactly do t hese words mean? To lend freely during the period of need? To give outright? I think that when the situation of B can be resolved by a simple loan, to demand a donation constitutes real abuse. It is a little like a baker having to g ive his bakery to an indigent who only needs a loaf of bread. And, moreover , I think that as soon as the indigent obtains his needs, he should repay the one who gave him something or the use of something without charge as soon as he is able. And in any case the beneficiary is linked to the benefactor by the bonds of respect and gratitude. He owes him homage and help. Of course, the " Catholic left" doesn't think like t his. The needy should always consider everyone who is well off a thief, one who wrongly possesses something to which the needy have strict right. So, the needy have the right to simply march with cl ub and knife in hand, if necessary - on the well off and take from them whatever is necessary.

Who judges the quantity and quality of that necessity? The one who is needy, especially since the demagogic hoopla of the leftist press, and frequently the even more demagogic support of the local bishop, is on his side. Without that hoopla and support the needy would never dare to take knife or club in hand. The " Catholic left" says nothing, or practically nothing, about the role of Christian charity in peacefully resolving sit uations of this kind. The same goes for commutative justice, t hrough which someone must pay for what he has bought and furnish what he has sold, and the distinction between this and distributive justice. Even less is said about the duty of gratitude, homage and assistance to the beneficiary. The "Catholic left" attempts to wipe out all these noble obligations with one sole insult: "It smells like the Middle Ages." So, armed with an impoverished notion of what social justice is, the "Catholic left" assaults the whole existing socioeconomic order, obviously much to the joy of the CP, the CPB*, and all kinds of socialists, utopians and terrorists. The most curious thing is that the "Catholic left" does not hesitate to say that by acting in this way it is attempting to fully establish among men the principles of equality and fraternity which, considered from a certain angle, lose the subversive spirit given to them by t he French Revolution. Now, precisely the contrary actually happens. With its aggressive, impetuous social injustice without nuances, the "Catholic left" does nothing but introduce slavery among men. Let us proceed to the facts. Until now, the choice of a profession has been considered an essential attribute of a free man. So also the choice of the place and the conditions in which this profession is practiced. But let us consider a remote region to which many pioneers have gone. There is a lack of doctors, and sometimes someone dies for lack of treatment. Or perhaps there is a lack of decent homes since there are no engineers or master builders. Or , finally, perhaps the crime rate soars due to the lack of attorneys to take up the defense of genuine rights. Suppose that in neighboring regions there are plenty of doctors, lawyers and engineers. The consequence is that there is a clash between, on one hand, the right to life, decent housing, and the personal safety of the pioneers, and on the other, the right of doctors, lawyers and engineers to practice t heir profession where they choose. The state of conflict between

A and B described in the beginning of this article is repeated. Now, not only private property but all human rights have a social function. Therefore, with a simplistic and demagogic reasoning on the issue the pioneers could demand that the above-mentioned professionals move into their area. This would necessarily result in a right of t he State to requisition those professionals it pleased and send those poor intellectual muzhiks (Russian peasants) where it pleases. But, analyzing things well, it would not be difficult to discover a hundred other similar situations: dentists, people who own X-ray, laboratory, and hospital equipment, recreational equipment (is this not also indispensable to human life?), professors, etc. All this could be extracted with tweezers from the "privileged" parts of the great cities and redistributed in the outskirts, or be picked out of t here to be spread all over the immense hinterland of Brazil and be put on the trails of the pioneers wherever they go in their quest for riches... for themselves. But there is more. If the flow of candidates into a certain indispensable profession were to decrease, the State would have the right to make the appropriate inquiries in high schools to determine which of the poor children have aptitudes for it and oblige t hem to follow that career , even against their will or that of their parents: social function. Thus simplistically and demagogically understood, the social function promises liberty and equality, but creates a new class of muzhiks - the Russian communist type of slave. When I t hink of all this I feel like rrying out: "Social function, social L n1 How many injustices, and even l â&#x20AC;˘ .. ncs are threatening all Brazil in yowÂˇ name." (*) Translator's note: In Brazil there are two

communist parties: The Brazilian Communist Party and the Communist Party of Brazil, the latter a splinte r group more leftist than the former.

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Keeping Misinformed on EI Salvador One of the many orchestrated pieces of propaganda in favor of the Marxist guerrillas in El Salvador appeared in the German newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau. Does the following article really say that the Catholic Church blames the military and the right for the killing of 3059 people? What the article actually says is that leftist groups speaking in the name of the Catholic Church and using their own undocumented sources blame their political opponents for the deaths. The Germans are not the only ones to be misinformed about El Salvador. Consider a recent series of articles that appeared in the New York Times in early January. The newspaper's Central American correspondent, Ray Bonner, ran a story charging that

powerful than guns - a strong international propaganda machine. In the U.S., a federation of nearly 300 local Marxist fronts has organized the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES). The official sounding organization is little more than a propaganda arm of the Salvadoran guerrillas. Its role has been to promote demonstrations and publications attacking U.S. policies in Central America. According to the American Sentinel, the committee openly champions the Farabundo Marti Liberation Front guerrillas, and the Marxist regimes in Nicaragua and Vietnam. With reports from such questionable sources, is it any wonder that people are confused about what's happening in El Salvador?

the Salvadoran Army was responsible for the massacre of an entire village of 700 people. A later check by the Washington-based Accuracy in Media showed that the State Department noted that the village in question never had more than 300 inhabitants and that these are alive and well. The same newsman cited a report of torture in El Salvador saying that it was backed by three Catholic organizations and hinted that it was supported by Bishop Damas. Investigation showed that despite their official sounding names, two of the groups had absolutely no connection with the Church and that Bishop Damas, distrustful of the third, severed all links with it (Human Events, 9-11-1982). How does this "misinformation" circulate? Through something much more

CHURCH PRESENTS BALANCE SHEET OF VICTIMS IN EL SALVADOR Washington/El Salvador AFP According to information given by the Church-Office, a total of 3059 people have lost their lives by political violence in the first half of 1982 in El Salvador.

News Agency: AFP Agence France Press

They became victims of regular military or paramilitary organizations. Their number ought to be added to the casualties from war between regular forces and the guerrillas, about which no official figures are available.

The Church-Office originates from the same "Socorro Juridico" which was repudiated by the official church under Bishop Rivera y Damas. It has no authorization to speak for the Catholic Church.

According to the Church-Office, between April and June 1982 the guerrillas can be charged with the responsibility for only 23 dead. The Salvadoran Human Rights Commission on its part claims that 31 persons, who were arrested by the security forces, are considered missing.

Notes: Dateline "Washington" referred to a speech made by Pres. Reagan about an aid program for the Caribbean area to the Organization of American States. The story gives the wrong place in its dateline and leaves the impression that the report is an official one.

The Salvadoran Human Rights Commission is a self-appointed leftist group and has no official or governmental status. Many terrorist groups use similar names to suggest official government status. Many such groups are located in Mexico City.

(From Politicum Bonn Museum, Bonn, West Germany).

The Vanishing ''Missing Link'' Generations have passed since the famous Scopes monkei trial. At that time, evolutionists across the nation rejoiced, thinking they had won a stunning victory and the only thing left for them to do was to dig up and document proofs for Darwin's enlightening theory. For decades now, they have proceeded to enlighten others by teaching the theory in public schools and institutions across the nation. Millions of Americans have grown up to believe that it was the "in" thing in academic circles to believe in the linkless monkey-to-man chain of evolution.

Americans would be completely convinced. But a recent Gallup poll pointed to the contrary. The American public is almost evenly divided between those who believe that God created man in his present form sometime in the past 10,000 years and those who believe in some kind of evolutionary process involving God (San Francisco Chron-

icle, 8-30-1982).

According to Gallup, forty-four percent of all those polled accepted the statement that ''God created man pretty much in his present form at one time within the last 10,000 years." Thirty-eight percent nationwide believed in some kind of evolution After years of such a public enlighten- under God's guidance. Poor Darwin! Onment campaign, one would think that ly nine percent adhered to the idea that the

monkey evolved naturally to the man without the help and guidance of God. Not only do eighty-two percent of Americans reject pure evolution (without God) but a large majority of those polled would like to see God presented in the explanation of the origin and development of man. Thirty-eight percent want creationism taught in public schools. Thirty-three percent want evolution with God taught. Is it any wonder that there is an uproar about evolution in the country? According to Darwin's own theory of natural selection, shouldn't the weak and unpopular theory of evolution give way for the strong, vigorous theory of creation?

The American TFP Holds North American Congress In a tremendous show of enthusiasm and support, a select group of some 250 people from all parts of the United States and Canada gathered in New York in August for the 1982 American TFP Congress. The two-day educational and cultural event was held jointly with the Foundation for a Christian Civilization, Inc. at the Foundation's spacious headquarters. A variety of speakers presented a global panorama of the historical causes that have brought about the current social, economic, moral and religious crises threatening the very survival of the West. In analyzing these causes, principles for corrective action and practical solutions were also presented in order to demonstrate the viability of the Free World in this ideological conflict. The theme of the Congress centered around the book Revolution and Counterrevolution by Plinio Correa de Oliveira, the founder a nd president of the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) and the advertising campaign of the 13 TFPs against French self-managing socialism. In one of the lectures which was accompanied by a slide presentation, it was demonstrated that secular authors of the most varied ideological currents confirm the thesis set fo rth in Professor Correa de Oliveira's book. Congress attendees a lso learned that the scope of the campaign against self-managing socialism had been extended to include 17 editions of Reader's Digest International. To emphasize the wide-spread effects of this publishing effort, a report was given on repercussions that have been received from all over the world. Inquiries have come from the high mountain kingdom of Nepal, from the desert sheikdoms of Arabia, from India and the Far East, Oceania, Australia and the deepes t parts 'of Africa as well as Europe, the United States and Canada. One of the most important accomplish- Participants at the 1982 American TFP Congress gathered in an atmosphere ofseriousness and ments of the Congress was to provide an conviviality. A hapsicord concert during the closing medieval-style banquet (top). A lively discusopportunity to show each individual who sion among youth at a breakfast session (bottom). attended how there exist many other people of like mind throughout the U.S. and Canada, and to encourage them to form a strong line of defense against these crises that seek to surround and isolate them.

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NEWS FLASIHCES ADULTERY IS LICIT IN ATHENS After having instituted civil marriage, which until recently was unheard of in Greece, the socialists have now approved a law establishing that men and women can no longer be prosecuted for adultery. Up until recently Greece's situation had been "anachronic." The dally papers were filled with news about the latest scandals, including reports of expeditions of family members to surprise and punish the adulterers.

BISHOP PROSECUTES KNEELERS NEW GLASGOW, Nova Scotia Six faithful who disobeyed their bishop by kneeling to receive Holy Communion were recently sentenced to six months probation. Judge Russel MacEwan imposed the sentence for an incident which took place on June 27 In the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes in Stellarton, Nova Scotia. Roseanne Skoke-Graham, Kathryn Doris Skoke, Christopher MacFarlane, Veronica MacFarlane, Rosalie Hafey and Margaret Martin, all of Stellarton, were found guilty of intentionally disturbing the peace at a religious service, a violation of section 172 (3) of the Penal Code. During the deposition, Msgr. William Power stated that the faithful in a Church could not choose to receive Communion kneeling as the six guilty persons did. Msgr. Power also referred to a directive on the matter that had been announced twice during the June 27 "celebration." The directive stated that it was obligatory to receive Communion standing. He went on to say that "those who disobey these instructions should suffer the consequences of their actions" (Le Soleil, 8-19-82)

RUSSIAN DEFEAT IN AFGHANISTAN Western diplomatic sources in New Delhi said that three trucks recently arrived from Kabul filled with Russian soldiers killed or wounded in the battles fought in the Panjshir valley, the main refuge of anticommunist Afghan soldiers. These statements confirm others made by members of the "Aide Medicale Internationale," among them the two French doctors, Laurence Laumonier and Capucine de Bretagne, who are working clandestinely in Afghan-

istan. According to Laumonier and de Bretagne, the Soviet and communist Afghan forces suffered thousands of dead and a great number of deserters during the May and later offensives against those resisting in the Panjshir valley, whose morale nevertheless remained high and casualties low. While Kabul proclaimed the success of this offensive, the two French doctors denied it saying that it ended in the defeat and retreat of the communist troops. Furthermore, there was confirmation of savage attacks by the Soviet air force on a field hospital for wounded resisters, even though an enormous red cross had been painted on its roof. Dost Hohamed Gorgech, one of the most respected chiefs of the Baluchi people, reports that the Russians have already exterminated a million Afghans. In addition, some 2.7 million Afghans have taken refuge in Pakistan and 1.5 million In Iran. "We have killed twenty thousand Soviets," the Afghan leader said. "It is already a lot, but (it is nothing) in comparison with the systematic liquidation of our people. Russia is a lean bear and it is you Westerners who feed it and encourage it to become dangerous. They are building a naval base in Tcha Bahar, on the Indian Ocean. They are hoarding an impressive quantity of heavy weapons for an attack against Pakistan."

EUROPE IN QUEST OF THE IDEAL TOOTHBRUSH The monstrous bureaucracy of the European Economic Community in Brussels is ever enlarging its humanitarian burden. Putting aside Its original objectives of coordinating foreign policy, defense policy, and the production or acquisition of raw materials, the Brussels bureaucrats are now making legal decisions concerning the most varied sectors of the economy. Their principal note has been the unification of all regulations, laws and organizational systems of the countries in the EEC. Everything which is egalitarian is good, according to the norms of Brussels bureaucracy; and everything which is contrary must be level led. Behold one of its most recent successes: After several years of debate, it has finally been decided to standardize the size of tubes for skin cream and toothpaste! From March 1982 on there were supposed to be only two sizes of these products available. The decision of Brussels is irreversible and obligatory, so producers and consumers are going to

have to conform to the new 25ml and 75ml sizes. (You wonder where the difference went when you brush your teeth with Brusseldent!l

SOVIET-STYLE SLAVERY The communist newspaper Izvestia has broken the silence about the thousands of Vietnamese which have been deported to Russia. Naturally, this step was taken in order to vituperate against the terrible "slanders" spread about the workers' paradise. Part of the Soviet aid program for Vietnam includes sending Vietnamese, at present reportedly near seven thousand, to the USSR for training. All of them (according to Izvestia) are "volunteers" and "enjoy all rights and liberties and (have) a situation similar to that of Soviet workers with identical salaries." These workers, the report goes on to say, receive free winter and summer clothes and are treated very cordially since they are comrades from a friendly country. Contra_ry to what the odious Westerners say about them being sent to Siberia, they all work in regions most suited to their climatic preferences: Donetz, Kursk, Ural, and Altai - "where the watermelons ripen." Izvestia further shows its indignation by saying: "the situation of these Vietnamese is completely different from immigrant workers in capitalist countries who, truly enslaved and oppressed, have no rights."

SEARCHING FOR LIBERTY Bonn - In Germany there has recently been noted a surge in the number of those attempting escape from eastern Europe to seek for freedom in West Germany. In one day alone, 14 Czechs and 5 East G - .. .,,:=ms made it across the border to so. Of these, two were laborers who picked their way through the barbed wire fences and mine fields that guard the frontier near Hambach, and two others did the same near Goslar. The fifth East German fugitive was a border guard who, while taking lunch to some of his comrades who were working in a deactivated mine field, ran across the border and hastily presented himself to West German police. For the 14 Czechs, most of them between 20 and 35, the chance came on a sight-seeing trip to Bavaria. The excursion started out with 40 tourists, but the number grew steadily smaller as the trip progressed. By the time the tour returned to the Czechoslovakian border there were only 26 tourists left. The last fugitive gained his freedom almost as the group came in sight of the Czech border police.

THE SHROUD OF TURIN:

MOUNTING TESTIMONY For centuries, the faithful have regarded the famous Shroud of Turin as the actual burial cloth of Our Lord Jesus Christ. When the Age of Faith gave way to more "enlightened" eras, a sceptical Twentieth Century questioned the august relic's authenticity. The result of that scepticism has led to an exhaustive study of the Shroud. In 1978, a group of scientists from a variety of fields and fait hs formed the Shroud of Turin Research Project. The resulting study has done more to confirm than disprove its authenticity and has made the Shroud of Turin the most controversial piece of cloth in the world. On the periphery of the official investigations, a number of extra-official stud ies have appeared. One of these is the recent presentation of archeological chemist Giles Carter, Ph. D., a former Dupont chem ist who has specialized in X-ray flu orescence analysis at Eastern Michigan University for 15 years. Long fascinated by the S hroud, Dr. Carter presented his findings at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society in Kansas City. His investigation has apparently resulted in a satisfactory explanation of how the image was formed. Dr. Carter's theory is based on the fact that as a result of contact with radiation in food grown in soil containing radioactive elements, all humans and animals emit some natural radiation. In the case of the Shroud, these natural X-rays reacted with sweat and dirt on the body and with chemicals in the linen. These reactions triggered X-rays that changed the linen's cellulose and thus formed the image on the cloth. Based on an actual laboratory test, his calculations further show that X-rays absorbed in the air give a three-dimensional formation to the image. Dr. Carter claims this was an important element left unexplained by earlier theories. The findings are yet another testimony added to the impressive amount of scientific evidence pointing to the Shroud' s a uthenticity. Dr. Carter pointed o ut that to date, scientists have established that "the image is not man-made, that it is not painted,dyed, stained, or produced by rubbing or scorching. Another major find he said - is that the "bloodstains are really blood." Dr. Carter ended his presentation with the comment: "There is another possibility which I do not want to rule out - and here's where I differ from some scientists, I suppose: 1 sort of say facetiously that may be 800 million Christians are not wrong" ( The Detroit News, 9-I 5-82).

A 1000-year-o/d miracle still fascinating the scientists

Socialism ''Made in Italy' ' Rome - The Italian press is consecrating much space and effort to whow the stra its Mitterrand and his socialist government are passing through (devaluation of the franc, increased national deficit, soaring decline of the Bank of France's reserves, etc.). But in Florence, the city of Machiavelli , a "Machiavellian" meeting of wealthy businessmen was just held. Why "Machiavellian"? Because the topic of the meeting was the socialism "made in Italy," for which they paradoxically guarantee their support. This revelation was made by the Roman daily La Repubb/ica in an article entitled "Made in Italy in the Shade of the Carnation" (it should be remembered that in Italy, as in Portugal, the symbol of socialism is a carnation). The paper goes on to give the names of the Italian upper class, including some "monarchs" like Bruno Bui-

tone, "king" of pastas, and Marazzi, "king" of bricks. The Italian Socialist Party (PSI) thus chose a dish of the most pompous names in the country's industrial community. With such distinguished assistance, the Vice-Secretary of the PSI , in the presence of Secretary Craxi, declared: "As Westerners, we cannot divide the orientation of the conservative government; the West should begin an effort toward the new world and its political and economic necessities." What "new world" is this? What are those "political and economic necessities" alluded to by the Vice-Secretary of the PSI? With the failure of French self-managing socialism is it possible that some admirers of Machiavelli are trying to rehabilitate it and label it "Made in Italy"?

Vietnamese Refugees:

Still at Sea Dr. Rupert Neudeck, founder of the "German Emergency Committee" which operates on board the cargo ship Cap Anamur, a vessel outfitted to save the Vietnamese boat people in the China Sea, recently revealed his difficulties as a result of the German government's lack of interest in the operation. This indifference could close down the project which began in 1979 and is totally financed by the German public. By March 17, 1982 the ship was able to save 9,509 Vietnameses either lost at sea or in the hands of Thai pirates. On that same March 17 the number saved was 238. The last reported rescue was a six-hour operation to save 16 utterly exhausted fugitives who had been attacked three times by Thai pirates. But now the survival of the Cap Anamur's mission is itself threatened because the German government refuses to guarantee that the refugees will be received in German territory. Without this guarantee, countries in the area of the China Sea will not accept fugitives being transferred, a process which takes six months. In November 1981, the Bonn government declared that it had nothing to do with the rescue

operation because it didn't have enough room in the country. The individual states of the republic themselves were going to have to determine whether or not they had the conditions to cope with the Vietnamese refugees. Moreover, the government made a distinction between the commercial vessels sailing in the region, for which the Federal guarantee still holds, and the vessels for the specific purpose of carrying out rescue missions. The last rescue operation was offered by the States of Westphalia, Baden-Wiittemberg and Lower Saxony, but only for 600 refugees. At a certain moment the ship's crew was advised that the quota was nearly filled and that any extra were going to have to become the responsibility of the "Doctors' Committee." The article goes on to tell the tragic story of the rejection of two refugees out of a group of seven because they would push the total beyond the permitted 600. Thai pirates also do their damage by removing the women and children from the refugee boats. It is common knowledge in Bangkok that for those bandits a Viet-

namese woman is worth 10,000 bhat, or about $500. The European Economic Commission in Brussels has made one million marks available to keep the Cap Anamur's mission going for a while longer, but the money can be delivered only when some country will guarantee reception of the fugitives. Since 1979 the project of the "Doctors' Comission'' has been financed by the German people through national fund raising drives. Only two or three days after television appeals for donations in June 1979 and April 1981, 2 million and 4 million marks were collected respectively. The ship operates at a monthly cost of 400,000 marks. The commission has to confront even more problems from constant sabotage by the press and the envy of traditional charitable institutions. Around the middle of June a French organization, "Medecins du Monde" was scheduled to outfit a ship to work in the same area for the same reason as the Cap Anamur. Foreign Minister Cheysson gave assurances that the fugitives would be received in France.

Explaining Away the Devil Secular society has long had a problem with the Devil. In a technological and materialistic world, all traces of the supernatural and preternatural were to have been erased. But despite repeated attempts to deny his existence as mere superstition, the existence of intelligent and well-directed evil has convinced people that the Devil does in fact exist. Throughout the decade of the 70's, a large and popular wave of literature and movies on demonology hit the United States. Presently, belief in the Devil has increased with the rise of the religious new right and a growing charismatic movement. Cases of demonic possession have puzzled the courts. Theologians who have discouraged the negative and uncomfortable idea of the Devil and Hell have been surprised by the new interest in someone they thought had been buried by the preachings of a "God of Love." The problem has always existed and does persist. The existence of the Devil and Hell has long been a cornestone of the Catholic Faith. Catholic teaching holds that devils are not mere metaphors but angelic beings that rebelled against God and therefore merited Hell, and that these intelligent beings do act on earth to test and punish man. Great saints, theologians, and scholars have

produced volumes on the subject of Hell, devils and their actions upon men. The reaction of twentieth century scholars and sociologists has been fo explain the Devil away with elaborate theories. Northwestern University historian Josef Barton says: "The Devil is an ancient way to symbolize the existence of such (overwhelming) evil and people are groping about for that suppressed image." "The figure of Satan probably developed under the influence of Iranian dualism," says Mircea Eliade of the University of Chicago Divinity School. Satan, she claims, is a Judaized version of the figure of the Persian god Ahriman (Newsweek, 8-30-82). Other scholars hold that the Devil is an invention of the Jewish people to explain the difficult times they went through after the Babylonian captivity and that Âˇtoday's belief in Satan stems from similar difficult times. Others hold that the Devil as a being has Gnostic origin or comes from the medieval idea of the holy man as Christ's warrior against the Devil. A simpler explanation comes from Peter Williams of Miami University in Ohio. Although.he sees the Devil as a way of focu&ing anxiety about a diffuse threat, he finds "it's something you can get hold of that

explains everything" (Newsweek, 8-30-82). Perhaps that is why the belief in the Devil exists - it explains everything - something the far-fetched theories of Iranian dualism and national anxieties don't throw much light on.

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Vol. III

No. 14

1983

A Fable for Our Times

Swiss Nuclear Preparedness Once upon a time, there were an ant and a grasshopper who frequently conversed during the carefree days of summer. The ant resting from his arduous labor, would point out the folly of the grasshopper who whiled away his summer in relaxing pleasures. The gr asshopper in turn would criticize the hardworking industriousness of the ant who prepared himself for the coming winter stor ing food and building shelter. One day, the cold north wind started to blow and the ant sealed himself into his subterranean shelter to shield himself from the winter . Meanwhile the cold and exhausted g rasshopper knocked in vain upon the door of the ant. The moral of the simple child's story is that it is always better to be prepared for the worst than to trust in the winds of fortune. It would be easy enough to apply this story to the problem of nuclear war. But there are the objections of the so-called "peace" advocates who might argue, "Your application is too simplistic. The effects of nuclear war are so g reat that it is impossible for any people to prepare for it." To answer this, it is necessary t o tell another story - this one a modern tale of a people that have done the impossible and prepared themselves. After the devastation of World War II, the West faced the reality of an aggressive Communist menace that slowly expanded its empire and arsenal all over the world. While most of the Western nations saw the danger could eventually reach them, they preferred to while away the days of postwar prosperity enjoying the pleasures of life. But there was a nation that worked with ant-like industriousness to shield itself from the perils of the Cold War. Since 1951 , the ever-prudent Swiss have required by law that almost any new building must include a nuclear shelter. Thus, quietly and methodically, the Swiss have been building an underground world. Today beneath homes, churches, stores, hotels and factories there are government approved and fully provisioned nuclear shelters capable of holding 3.5 million people. By 1986, the Swiss hope

Zurich, Fraumiinster and Town Hall

to be well advanced on their project blast door and is equipped with an air toward having shelters for all of their 7.5 lock, decontamination chamber and simmillion people. ple yet sophisticated manual-electric venAlready completed are underground tilation and filtering systems. Each is prohospitals with a capacity of nearly 50,000 visioned with the necessities of life for a beds, 500 large 200-person community minimum of 15 days. shelters and 1000 command, communicaThe government-approved individual tions and medical aid posts-all complete shelter are impressively protective. With with diesel electric generators that are 70 percent of the cost of the regularly tested and maintained. $10,000-$15,000 shelter paid for by the In individual homes, massive concrete government, they are designed to withmodules have been constructed. Each one stand a 1-megaton nuclear blast at a is sealed airtight with a heavy-hinged distance of 1.5 miles. The larger communi-

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watch-like precision a nd are confident ted to leave their shelters, if only for that this effort will safeguard the nation short periods, in as few as two or three ty or apartment building shelters are built in any eventuality. "Our quite com- hours." The moral of the Swiss tale is much stronger with a capacity to resist prehensive studies convince us that given similar to the first. Given t he reality of a blast nine-tenths of a mile away. the ability to exist shel te red and the Soviet mena.ce and its string of To enforce the law, the government has underground for 15 days, the risks to our broken treaties, the best policy to pursue resorted to a simple strategy of no people in t he majority of areas will be is to be prepared in any disaster shelter, no building permit. Homeowners very limited." says Fritz Sager, vice natural, accidental or intentional. In so must use quality materials approved by director of the Swiss Federal Office of doing, the West would not be like the the government or face the possibility of Civil Defense (San Francisco Chronicle, grasshopper terrified by the least cool a government order to tear down the 11-23-82). breeze but like the prudent ant who condefective shelter, to be rebuilt at the '' Even in the case of very considerable fidently goes about his business knowing owner's expense. secondary radiation - heavy fallout - we that he is prepared regardless of the The Swiss have studied the matter with think some people can be safely permit- winds that may blow.

contd.

Animal Farm Updated The idea seems straight out of George Orwell's Animal Farm. In his work, militant swine lead a barnyard revolution to overthrow an oppressive farmer. The book was taken by the world to be an parody of Leni n's Russian Revolution. But it appears there a re some who have taken the book literally. Several groups in Britain have taken up the cause of animal "rights." Realizing that many of their compatriots haven't the intelligence to rise up out of their bondage, bands of militants have attacked laboratories, fu rriers, meat packers and hunters to " liberate" comrade rat, mouse, mink and dog. Over the past decade, militant g roups have been involved in over 500 acts of sabotage. They have become vocal to the point that The Times of London declared the animal rights issue to be "one of th e most controversial issues in Britain." The issue became much more se rious , however, when members of The Animal Rig hts Militia claimed responsibility for sending an incendiary bomb in a package that burst into flames at Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's No. 10 Downing St. office in early December. An office aide was burned in the incident which was the first time a nimal rights activists terrorists inflicted physical harm on a human. There are at least nine g roups that are known to be worki ng for animal welfare. They vary from groups against vivisection to vegetarians who oppose cattle, pig and chicken farms . Others are ded icated to stopping the fur trade and hu nting. They all agree on one th ing: It is licit to break the law to save animals. The most militant group is the so-called "Animal Liberation Front." More than 150 of its 1,000 members have been arrested for sabotaging and causing hun-

dreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage to facilities holding animals. The Front claims responsibility for damage to private research laboratories in Essex and Derbyshire where they " liberated" twelve rats and a beagle and caused $130,000 worth of damage. They have also carried out raids on Scottish mink farms, damaged fur selling boutiques and sacked the office of the British Field Sport Society. "A hundred years of peaceful campaigns didn't achieve anything," said Ron Lee, one of the Front's members. "The Animal Liberation Front is actually saving animals here a nd now" (Newsday, 10 Downing Street

12-6-82).

No Nonsense Nuclear Sense tion, "do you actually believe the communist world would follow?" Would this not be, on the contrary, "a recipe for communist agression? ... our free enterprise way of life would be endangered and our political freedoms put at risk." Mr. Bjelke-Peterse n pointed out the fact t hat "the ' spo ntaneous' disarmament 1 ing demonstrations simultaneously out in nations of the Western Alli. are well organized and coordinated. Indeed, the Soviet influenced World Peace Council plays a major part in this international campaig n by t he Soviets to mobilize its covert assets to advance its policy." He added, "The latest documented report is In a speech on a nother occasion, the that international front groups controlled Premier called to mind that "the nuclear by the Soviet Union are helping to steer freeze campaign was first proposed by unilateral disarmament movement in the Soviets to preserve its strategic the the West." The Premier e nded by saying, nuclear superiority. "We must have powerful allies and viable "If the Free World unila terally laid alliances, or we could be picked off like down its a rms and declared itself a Afghanistan, Angola, Tibet, Lithuania nuclear free zone," he asked his opposi- and a host of other once free na tions."

"MosL of the radical anti-nuclear campaigners in t he West are avid supporters of communism. They seek only t he disarmament of the free world to help build the strength of the Soviet empire and its ability to intimidate free nations" declared Mr. J oh Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of the State of Queensland, Australia, on th e occasion of the visit of the nuclear destroyer USS Truxton to Brisbane. "Nuc lear Free Zo ne" movements have pressured the government to deny allied vessels carrying nuclear arms, and even nuclear powered vessels, access to Australian ports.

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The Galliard of Don John of Austria by Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira To see, judge and act, according to St. Thomas Aquinas, is the right order of human action. Let us begin, then, by "seeing" the results of the recent Spanish elections. Let us see things exactly as they happened. I take the figures from the large, prestigious and moderate Madrid daily, ABC (October 9, 1982). a) In the previous Cortes the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) held 121 seats. It now holds 201, a net gain of 80 seats; b) The Union of the Democratic Center (UCD), with 168 seats, forme rly outnumbered the socialists. It lost 156 seats and is now reduced to only 12. This was a spectacular defeat for centrism. c) The Communist Party held 23 seats. Now it has only 5. Since the party's votes were already so few, the loss of 18 seats is really heavy. d) The rightist Popular Alliance (AP) was the par ty that gained the most, jumping from a mere 9 representatives to 106. The gain was 97 seats - more than 1000 percent. I abstain from analyzing the vote for some small factions that do not change the picture. Let us go on to "judge:" a) The socialist vote gave the PSOE the majority: 201 out of 350 seats. This entitles it to have the new cabinet chosen from its ranks. When this article comes out, King Juan Carlos - a qwntessential centrist, and therefore a veiled but active sympathizer of socia lism-will probably be in delicious negotiations with majority leader Felipe Gonzalez; b) The rightist opposition, with an aura of radiant dynamism as the party which made the most progress in the elections, can create serious obstacles for the government's majority. But I do not see how it can stably prevent the PSOE from having wide-ranging socialist legislation approved. In short, the advantage the socialists gained with their increase of seats is offset by t he harm they have suffered from the loss of prestige caused by the fact that the right grew more t han they did. Finally, let us go on to "act." From our easy chairs as Brazilian spectators, to act is to root for one of the contenders, which is important for us since rooting is one of our favorite activities. But it is also so because our rooting regarding foreign af. fairs conditions considerably our attitudes toward domestic affairs. So let us go on to our rooting: What is most likely to happen? As we have seen, the most important thing that happened was, in essence, the disbanding of the center, which split into two parts. One slid to the left and the other to the right. Of the formerly omnipotent center, nothing but a small hand-

ful of ashes was left. The significance of this fact goes beyond a mere redistribution of seats in the Parliament. lt indicates a change on a most profound level of the Spanish psychology, which tends toward Sancho Panza when centrist, toward Don Quixote when leftist (what was the Pasionaria but a sinister "Quixota" of the left?), or toward Lepanto, symbolized by Don John of Austria, the heroic victor of that celebrated naval battle (with whom I by no means compare, nor did the cream of the Spanish right ever compare, Francisco Franco Bahamonde). Now, the Spaniards who went from the center to the left or to the right were not exactly devotees of Sancho Panza. Wearied with tension in 1977 and 1979, when they voted for the center , they simply wanted a relaxation of tensions. And basically they still do. But when they foundout that the relaxed ambience imposed on them by Adolfo Suarez and subsequently by Calvo Sotelo was the peace of Sancho Pa nza in the kingdom of Sancho Panza, they became dissatisfied. So they began to look for relief elsewhere. Following instinctive preferences, some went to the left, others to the right. But, whether in the PSOE or the AP, they a re linked across party bo rders by invis ible but strong temperamental ties a nd continue to constitute one psychological bloc. If the centrists who fled from Sancho Panza to the PSOE were to be asked to support a decidedly socialist program, they would switch from the PSOE to the AP. Likewise, if the AP were in power and tried to carry out a very rightist program, its centrists would change over to the PSOE. Now, the PSOE happens to be t he party in power. It is the one that must carry out a program, and therefore the one which stands to lose its ex-centrists to the AP. 1f in order to preserve the adhesion of the neophytes who want a relaxation of tensions the PSOE fails to carry out its program, another unavoidable misfortune seems to await it: a stoning from its frustrated Quixotic majority. Therefore, it is easy to see why the ABC cartoon reproduced here pictures the majority party so fatigued and perplexed. The rightists are left with the joys of opposition, the salty Spanish delight of being "against." One perceives that the "pro-relaxationists" who left the center for the AP had, crackling deep down beneath their longings for a relaxation of tensions, a renewed gusto for bullfights and castanets. I once read that when Don John of Austria defeaded the Turks at

Plinio Corren de Oliveira was born in S:'io Paulo, Brazil, in 1908. He received his doctorate in Law from the Law School of the University of Sao Paulo. He is Professor of the History of Civilization at the University College of the University of Sao Paulo and Professor of Modern and Contemporary History in the Colleges of Sao Bento and Sedes Sapientiae of the Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo. He has distinguished himself since his youth as an orator, lecturer and Catholic journalist. He wrote regularly for the Catholic weekly Legio11ario and now writes for the monthly Catolicismo and the large daily newspaper Folha de S. Paulo. In 1960 he founded the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) and has been President of its National Council ever since. TFPs and similar autonomous organizations were later founded in twelve other countries in the Americas and Europe, inspired by the book Revolution and Counter-Revolution and other works of Prof. Plinio Correa de Oliveira.

Lepanto, he gave thanks to Our Lady, Help of Christians. But he also danced a galliard. Those former centrists are people who have longings for the galliard of Don John of Austria. They will cause less t rouble for the right than their counterparts of the left will cause for the PSOE. But now another question arises. Everything was done to innoculate postYa l ta Spain wi th t he optimistic, pragmatic, a-ideological, supin e ly bourgeois mentality void of chivalrous light that spread throughout the , ' This mentality, which reached its a. zenith in the Truman era, led a nticommunism all over the world to shipwreck and brought a t rembling and emasculated West to its knees before an irate, knoutin-fist Russia. Spain, Christendom's flame of courage, seems to have realized that this mentality disfigured its identity, distorted it and deviated it from its mission. So it rejected the center, the fulcrum of this ideology with neither Faith nor fiber. Enchanted, Spain turned once again to contemplate, in the golden spaces of its national memory, Don John of Austria, the knight of Lepanto, dancing forever his galliard over a sea teeming with the corpses of the vanqwshed. Will this spark of chivalry find other places in t he world to spread its brilliant and nimble flame? A subtle, dazzling subject... irritating to some. We leave it for another day. Perhaps.

Soviet Slavery and the Steel Cord by Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira At times circumstances have brought me to publicly disagree with Your Eminence Cardinal Eugenio Sales. However, I did so with sadness in my soul, because the heart of a faithful man normally leads him to agree, to submit, to obey. And only very grave reasons can make him decide to proceed in another way. So, I do not want to miss this occasion to applaud the lucid and nobly frank statement made by His Eminence: "If the Church in Brazil had fought like Cardinal Motta, divorce would not have been passed" (0 Globo, 9-21-82). This assessment, coming from such an authoritative source, exactly coincides with what I had observed in the Folha de S. Paulo concerning the insufficiency of almost all the bishops' declarations against divorce at a time when the burning issue was being debated in Congress (Cf. articles "But the CNBB did not want to ... ," 5-16-77, "Fireworks, Not Bombardment," 6-25-77, and "34-75-77," 7-27-77).

The statement of the Cardinal of Rio de Janeiro deserves to go down in history. Once this has been said, I would ask the reader to allow me, contrary to the principle of unity of subject - essential to all newspaper articles, to resolutely change the subject and head for quite a different topic. Everyone understands that "preferential option for the poor," so flaunted by the "Catholic left" was supposed to cause an increase in the country's already existing charitable works, as well as the establishment of so many others. To opt for the poor either means to help them, or it means nothing. But much to the contrary, a survey made by the CNBB reveals that since 1974 the number of Catholic works of charity has been declining. At that time there were 12,487 in the country, and now there are 10,236 (Cf. Jornal do Brasil, 10-15-82). Apalling, is it not? Undoubtedly, the "Catholic left" has a ready answer for this. It consists in say-

ing that the drive for the poor changed in style and focus. In style: less and less emphasis is being placed on works of social assistance and charity, and more and more emphasis is being placed on the "conscientization" of the discontented, on their grouping together, and on the subsequent movements of mass agitation. In focus: This consists of the gradual abandonment of charity in favor of incitement to tension and struggle. What struggle? Class struggle, obviously ... which is quite the style of the Basic Christian Communities (Cf. PCO, Gustavo Antonio Solimeo-Luiz Sergio Solimeo, The BCCs: Much Talked About But Little Known - The TFP Describes Them As They Are, Ed. Vera Cruz, Sao Paulo, 1982, 258 pp.). Their style only? Obviously not. Also that of Karl Marx, the implacable detractor of Christian charity and doctor of class struggle. My God, how obvious all this is. Painfully, tragically obvious. Let us once again change the subject. Journalistic style should not be a straightjacket into which all the newspapers of the world are necessarily forced. They are made for the public, the great reality perennially interesting, ceaselessly variable and, in each country, overflowing with peculiarities - to which the journalist must adapt his service. Now, there is a Brazilian custom that has taken root from the extreme north of Para to the extreme south of Rio Grande - that of the chat about current events that so frequently precedes meetings of the utmost seriousness and formality. I am pleased by the fact that many Brazilians feel catered to when, in an article, one or two subjects are dealt with in passing before the main essential theme. So, let us make a fourth - and last - change of subject. Many of my compatriots consider capitalism a more or less enslaving regime. Then they infer that the farther one goes away from it, the more one approaches the sunny and utopian region of total liberty. That is, it is on the beaches

The Donkey's Shadow Once when the famous Athenian orator, Demosthenes was speaking against Philip of Macedonia who was threatening to invade the city, he noticed that the audience wasn't paying attention to the grave matter at hand. The orator suddenly stopped his discourse and began to tel1 this story: There was once a man who rented a donkey. Since the summer sun was beating down mercilessly, he laid down in the shade of the donkey's shadow. The donkey's owner

protested and the hot and tired man exclaimed, "But I rented the animal from you." The owner retorted, "Yes you rented the donkey but not his shadow." At this point, Demosthenes tried to continue his talk against Philip but the audience's curiosity was piqued, and they asked for the rest of the story. Instead, he gave them its moral: How difficult it is to interest a people in the grave issues of the day when their attention is fixed on a donkey's shadow.

of socialism or on the firm ground of communism that our utopia hunter thinks he will find the realization of his myth. Everything that is said to the contrary to clarify the vacillating electorate is especially important in these days when the choice will be made - a choice which, if wrong, could easily become the most tragic ever made in the life of this country. I am going to avail myself of the lavish documentation compiled by the American political analyst Juliana G. Pilon, Ph.D. which was recently published (9-16-82) by the well deserving Heritage Foundation of Washington. The matter concerns a study of the construction of the Yamal pipeline, an immense cord of steel with which Moscow intends to strangle both Eastern and Western Europe, since it will make both dependent on Soviet gas to face the rigors of winter. The Yamal project will be one of Russia's greatest undertakings. It will cost nearly $45 billion, financed mostly by Western low-interest loans. Some of the loans are being made at .an interest rate of only 7.5% (Cf. testimony of specialist Roger W. Robinson, of the Chase Manhattan Bank, in the Congressional Record, vol. 128, n. 65, 5-25-82). Since the temperature in Siberia sometimes drops to 58 Â° below zero, it is understandable that the Kremlin has not been able to fill a large part of the jobs that the project requires with free laborers. Russian official statistics calculate that nearly two million jobs in Siberia are unfilled. Considering that there are even more slots to fill in the other branches of heavy construction in Soviet territory, it becomes necessary to use slave labor for the work in Siberia. This brought about the meeting between Brezhnev and the Vietnamese communist chief Le Duan, which resulted in y: ,+-n1m paying its debts to the Soviet bl1 ,t with money, but with slave labor t~f. "Foreign Report" in The Economist, 9-17-82).

The denunciation of The Economist was confirmed by qualified and important anticommunist organizations of the Free World. And in this regard, the work of Dr. Pilon cites many other overpowering statements. To these must be added an important article of the American Senator Bill Armstrong of September 1982, and the report of the Human Rights Association of Frankfurt (Germany) of June 1982. But unfortunately there is no time to deal with these latter now because the two earlier commentaries invaded the required space, which would evoke the indignation of the readers in any country of the northern hemisphere. Not, however, the indignation of Hispano-Americans, or Brazilians ...

MODERN MYTHMAKERS Many contemporary historians write in such a way as to obscure the ruthlessness of their favorite revolutionaries to the point where it is difficult to distinguish myth from reality. To these modern mythmakers, revolutionaries are idealists who supported by the rural population fight in the mountains and the jungles and await the moment when they may triumphantly enter into the capital to overthrow a corrupt dictatorship. Such a myth has not set we ll wit h some Tucson, Arizona residents. Many of them are quarreling with this slanted view of history because of a statue of Pancho Villa that was erected in the downtown area of the city. Pancho Villa is honored in history texts as a Mexican peasant leader who played a vital role in bringing about the Mexican socialist revolution that despite several episodes of heroic resistance has remained in power since the early part of the century. Residents of the tiny Arizona border tow n of San Pedro de la Cueva remember him differently. On December 2, 1915, Villa and his men swept over the border and demanded 3,000 pesos fo r the lives of each man and boy he had taken hostage. The poor villagers (that he supposedly defended) had no way to come up with the money and so seventy-seven men and boys were taken to the local church and massacred. Three months later , a similar incident took place in Columbus, New Mexico where 17 persons suffered the same fate. When the Mexican government presented the 14-foot 7-ton statue of the Mexican peasant leader astride a bronze horse as a gift to the city and the state, the residents protested. " Erecting a statue to Pancho Villa is like erecting a statue to t he man responsible for the recent massacre in Beiru t," said Bernard Fontana, a historian at the University of Arizona and one of those determined to remove the statue. By ron Ivan covich, a Tucson businessman with family roots in the area has filed a suit to have the statue taken down. "Statues are put up to honor worthy recipients," he noted, " In this case, we have a statue to a murderer and a bandit" (Newsday, 11-1-82). Bernardo Acedo, 36, a descendent of one of those who suffered in the raid, thinks the statue should be melted down and sent back. The people of the village, he contends, have never forgotten the cold-blooded murders by Villa and his . men. A small monument stands in San Pedro de la Cueva inscribed with the names of the 77 victims. Villa's liberal apologists are not lacking and are only too willing to overlook a ''few" murders to glorify their revolu. tionary hero.

Pancho Villa (left) and Emiliano Zapata (right) -

In the dedication ceremony, Luis Danton Rodriguez, representing then Mexica n President Jose Lopez Portillo admitted that Villa is a controversial figure but defended the socialist predecessor saying: "Villa now has been afforded a prominent place in the history of Mexico. And it is the desi re of the Mexican people to share this piece of history and spirit of good will between two countries." Tucson's vice mayor Rudy Bejareno has no doubt that San Pedro was sacked but rationalizes: "Sure, Gen. Francisco Villa was and still is a controversial figure in history. There is no denying that. But for all of his weaknesses, he was a positive force for social change in Mexico" (Newsday, 11-1-82). Unfortunately the number of glorified "Villas" has only grown. Figures like Che Gueverra, Fidel Castro, Arafat, Mao TseTung, Ho Ch i Minh a nd so many others acclaimed by the liberal press as "positive forces for social change" are being made heroes despite their dark and brutal deeds. Strangely enough, the history of counte r-revolutionary heroes is ignored by the same historians. Rarely does one hear of the assassinated Ecuadorian President Garcia Moreno, who instituted a series of Christian refo rms that revitalized 19th century Ecuador. Nor does one hea r about the Cristeros of Mexico, who like Pancho Villa, fought in the countryside only they fought against the socialist government of Calles when he persecuted re ligion. Modern myths are made and true heroes, it seems, are forgotten.

"heroes" of the downtrodden

A CHINESE NIGHTMARE At the recent National " People's" Co ngress, Chinese Communist Premier Zhao Xiayang outlined a series of gu idelines to red uce t he nat ional birthrate. Suffering from its stagnant planned economy, the government has already l imited the number of chi ldren to one per couple. Under t he present policy, family subsidies are not given if a s ond ch i ld is born, and the family heavily fined for the t hird child. But in t he countryside where most of the population lives, the ban is often violated espec ially in the areas where the governmen t has al lowed peasants to pro fit from their own labor. There peasants have more children t o increase those profits. Now, Zhao is promising pay increases of 4.5 per cent for everyone on the national payroll if the Chi nese get the birthrate under contro l. If such reductions are not fort hcoming, sources say, standby " legislation" is ready to subject the violators to mandatory abort i ons and forced steri lization after the second c hild (Newsday, 12-1-82).

Hum an rights advocates are strang e ly s il ent about the rea l nightmare taking place in Red China.

NEWS FLASlHCES Now, Hear This! Lieutenant General Daniel Graham (Ret.) has joined a growing number of Catholics who are protesting the contents of the Bishops' draft pastoral letter on peace. In a letter sent to every American bishop, the West Point graduate and former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, criticized the letter saying that it overstates the effects of nuclear war to the point of being "a lie." He further stated that it provides "strong support" to those who ally themselves with the leadership of the Soviet Union which he described as "history's most implacable foes of God Himself, His Church and mankind." Speaking with knowledge of nuclear weapons capacity, the General challenged their statement that the weapons "threaten the created order." "No one doubts the awesome destructiveness of nuclear weapons. But to imply (as the bishops do) that creation itself can be destroyed is to lie. And to state that nuclear weapons threaten the 'sovereignty of God over the world' approaches blasphemy. God will be sovereign no matter what the destruction perpetrated by man" (The Remnant, 11-15-82).

The Dazzling Dutch Army In the 60's, the Dutch Armed Forces were the first to take a daring step toward degradation and absurdity when they allowed servicemen to wear long hair. However, it did provide hair nets to keep the flowing locks from becoming entangled in weapons and other gear. Then, of course, women were allowed to enlist. But it has taken until now for the Dutch Military to authorize the use of earrings. In a letter sent to the Army, Navy, and Air Force Chiefs of Staff, Vice Minister of Defense Jan van Houwelingen stated that both male and female troops can now use earrings.

Electronic Leash Under to a new plan proposed by San Jose, California law enforcement officers, criminals could be allowed to live outside of prison on the condition that they agree to wear homing devices which will allow police to monitor them. The devices, similar to those used to monitor the movements of bears and deer, would be implanted in the brain or attached permanently on the wrist of the prisoner.

According to Robert Weigle, probation officer for Santa Clara County, the plan would only include non-violent offenders. During the first year with his "electronic leash," the criminal would be restricted to a relatively narrow corridor between his home and his place of work. After the first year, the area would be widened to include visit to family and friends. Should the criminal leave his assigned area, an alarm would alert the central office and police could be dispatched to pick him up. Weigle admits that his idea may be terrifying to some. "It smacks of Big Brother, but what are the alternatives?" (San Francisco Chronicle, 10-27-82).

Recruited Or Kidnapped?

Oceania's Soviet Gate After being under the simultaneous administration of England and France, the archipelago of the New Hebrides, east of Australia, gained its independence in 1981. The new state promptly changed its name to Vanuatu and set up a single-party system. Its president, though an Anglican priest, seems to be a fervent socialist. His most recent decrees are as radical as some of those in force in many communist countries. The socialist pastor nationalized all of the country's tourist agencies beginning January 1. Car rental agencies are being divested of 50% of their assets. And the government will refuse to grant new retail commerce permits to any but Vanuatu citizens. All private sea-going vessels operating in the budding state's territorial waters will now belong exclusively to the local inhabitants, who will be the only ones permitted to export goods. The obvious object of these measures is to discourage private enterprise and foreign investments, that is, except from very special types of foreigners: Russians. The Vanuatu government has opened its doors to Soviet Russia, thus offering it a valuable strategic and commercial base in Oceania.

The Communist government of Afghanistan is having such trouble finding native Afghans to defend the unpopular regime that it is now sending conscription patrols into Kabul to haul off any boy caught on the streets and drafting him into the army. Western diplomats report that even students with exemption cards are among the latest conscripts. Many of them are carried off without even being allowed to return home first. Even this move has failed to bolster the shrinking Afghan army. Since the China Aid Soviet invasion in 1979, the 90,000 member Army has gone down to Over the past two years, bankrupt 25,000-30,000 men as a result of desertions, defections and casualties (Cor- Communist China has been forced to beg money from Western banks to pus Christi Caller, 12-22-82). keep the country at loat. Over eight billion dollars have gone into the cofAbortion: fers of this "less developed" country. A Respectable Business? In such a situation, it is not surprising to note that not only c:, Âˇ tie ,8ir When United Telephone Co. issued Chinese managing to export telephone books for its 92,000 ideology but now Western dollars as customers in Lima, Ohio, indignant well. The Chinese are planning an overall residents began a wave of protest against a coupon in the directory's increase in aid and loans to twenty-two business section offering a $25 "fee African nations. Among the recipients reduction" on abortions performed at are Cong0, Tanzania, Zanzibar (local Abortion ACC in Dayton, Ohio 75 miles government), Uganda, Equatorial away. Guinea, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Kenya, One of the protests came from Prin- Somalia, Nigeria, Upper Volta, Liberia, cipal Dan Rupert and the students at Cameroun, Burundi, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Lima Central Catholic High School. Niger, Benin, Mauritania, Guinea They ripped the repulsive coupons Bissau, Zaire and Algeria (Globescan, from their own telephone books and 1545 New York Ave., N.E., Washington, began a door-to-door campaign to col- D.C., Dec. 9, 1982). 1ect them from their neighbors. Unlike the Western banks, Chinese Residents, hearing of the effort, soon loans and aid projects come with joined the students and after a week ideological strings. Chinese Comof collection, Rupert and student munist are spreading their antisenate officers delivered a stack of the capitalist and anti-Christian ideas and coupons to the offices of United influence in the volatile continent at Telephone's offices as a protest. the expense of the West.

Brezhnev, Franz Joseph and Eternity The recent burial of the late Soviet dictator, Leonid Brezhnev, a cold and grim ex-pression of atheist vanity and the mute despair of those who believe that death is the e nd of everything, calls to mind the funeral of another head of state seen when this century was still young. The object of these sober thoughts is none other that the last Hapsburg Emperor, Franz Joseph, who was buried in 1916 in the crypt of the Capuchin church in the Austrian capital. In the Vienna of the "belle epoque" the streets were filled with an afflicted multitude. Silence was absolute. The honor guard consisted of a sole regiment. Four monarchs were present, the kings of Bulgaria, Bavaria, Saxony, the Crown Prince of Germany, and in front of them all, the new Emperor Charles, the unfortunate successor of Franz Joseph. It was nine o'clock at night. The coffin was flanked by monks bearing torches and led by a hundred soldiers mounted on black steeds and another hundred soldiers on white. Then began the ancient ceremony, done at the burial of the Emperors for centuries, as a herald proclaimed at the door of the church: " Open! I am His Majesty the Emperor of Austria!" The door did not open, and the herald again shouted, "Open! I am the Emperor Fra nz J oseph, Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Bohemia, King of J erusalem, GrandPrince of Transylvania, Grand-Duke of Tuscany and Cracow, Duke of Lorraine!" The door did not open. "Open! ," the herald shouted, " I am Franz Joseph, a poor sinner who humbly begs the g race of God." "Enter!" responded the Prior.

The Imperial Crown of Austria

And the door opened to admit the body of Franz Joseph, who was laid to rest next to his ancestors. The Church points to the burial of the powerful Emperor to remind the faithful of the frailty and precariousness of earthly things, while as a Mother She

receives that son who now begins his eternal journey with the consolation of Her blessings. Brezhnev t he atheist was surrounded by the taciturn frowns of his cohorts. Here are expressive examples of t wo eras, two mentalities, two civilizations.

DEFUNDING THE LEFT One reason why the Left has gained radical feminism, artificial racial quotas ground over the last decades has been the and revolutions in the Third World. support it has received in the form of The examples are everywhere. The direct and indirect federal subsidies. With April edition of Conservative Digest lists funds aplenty, leftist groups are free to 175 left-leaning groups that have received spread their ideas and programs while tax dollars over the last five years. their rightist counterparts must spend The most notorious recipient is the precious time and energy appealing to Planned Parenthood organization. In grassroot supporters for help. It has been estimated that since the 1980, more than $70 million was given to seventies, hundreds of millions of dollars it by the Depart ment of Health and - perhaps more than $1 billion - in tax- Human Services. The listing is a veritable Who's Who in payers' money have been used each year to support and spread political views that Liberal American pressure groups: t he the American people have consistently American Civil Liberties Union, the leftist Hispanic organization National Counand overwhelming rejected. As a result of the well-funded efforts cil of La Raza, the National Education of a militant leftist minority, Americans Association, Americans for Democratic now are paying for tax-financed abortions Action, National Welfare Rights and abortion counseling. They are sup- Organization, Tom Hayden's Laurel porting advocates of forced "bussing," Springs Institute, Rockefeller's Council

on Foreign Relations, National Organization of Women, Cesar Chavez's Uni ted Farmworkers Association a nd the National Council of Churches. The logical reaction, New Right leaders point out, is to work to cut off the line of s upply - to "defund" the Left. Americans have been progressively paying for g roups that work toward the destruction of the family, of morals and the right of property. Ta ke away their federal funding, New Right strategists contend, and the left which has never had large grassroots support will be hardset to push their liberal reforms through. Of course, when it comes to funding, leftist group have little to say about the fairness , justice and legality. Sophistic talk of disarmament, human rights and political activism is more along t heir line.

Red China's Persecuted Catholics Fr. Spae, an old missionary who today is a Vatican councilor on relations with Communist China, reported that practically 90% of the Catholics who live under the Marxist Chinese regime avoid any contact with priests affiliated with the ''Association of Patriotic Catholics.'' As a missionary of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Fr. Spae worked in Mongolia and had been a prisoner in a Japanese concentration camp in World War II. The priest said that Catholics in Red China are being submitted to persecution which has increased in recent years. "Chinese Catholics are in the same situation the English were at the time of Henry VIII in the XVI century, when it was unconstitutional to be Catholic,'' he said in an interview published by The Catholic Leader of Melbourne (3-1-82).

In the interview, Fr. Spae also said that the Chinese communist government created the 11 Association of Patriotic Catholics" as a means of controlling the Church. Some 48 bishops, five of them recently appointed, are affiliated with the organization. Fr. Spae said that "fortysix were validly consecrated, although illicitly... The other two were already bishops when communism rose to power in 1949." He continued, "All the prelates who belong to the 'Patriotic Church' are free, those who do not are persecuted. Two bishops have been in prison for at least 25 years. One of them is Bishop Ignatius Kung Ping-Mei, of Shanghai, who has been imprisoned 28 years. The other is from Mongolia ... Many of the illegally consecrated bishops were forced to marry." Of 48 bishops, one who later

JUSTICE FOR ALL ''When Chief Justice Warren Burger said that the American system of justice "may literally break down" before the end of the century," it was a statement that was hardly made headline news (Newsday, 11-19-82). Most Americans have long been feeling the effects of our deteriorating court system. In many sectors, liberal court decisions are considered to be part of the reason why violence and disorder have reached such staggering proportions in our society. This general lawlessness has reached such a level that even the judges themselves are threatened. Ever since the murder of U.S. District Judge John H. Wood three years ago, threats against federal judges have increased so dramatically that the Justice Department has been forced to transform some courthouses into virtual fortresses. Over one hundred twenty such instances

have been investigated by the U.S. Marshal's Service in 1982 compared to only six five years ago. The result has been the installation of intricate alarms, closed circuit television cameras and metal detectors at federal courthouses. Some judges are proteded by armor-plated benches and bulletproof garments. Threats have come from drug traffickers and members of organized crime. O.thers have political motivations. What once was an occasional threatening phone call or letter is now real security problem. "It's not a direct response to the Wood killing," said William Dempsey, spokesman for the U.S. Marshal's Service. "The threats have increased and this made it necessary to intensify court security" (Victoria Advocate, 12-17-82). Evidently, while some members of the judiciary are lenient on criminals, the criminals are not too lenient on them.

THE CRUEL VOLCANO 'Oh, Galunggung, kau kejam," meaning, "O Galunggung, you are so cruel," is a familiar cry to the tens of thousands of villagers who live on the slopes of the 7,154 ft. volcano in East Java, Indonesia. Beginning on April 5, Galunggung after being dormant for more than a century - erupted violently, killing at least 60 people and destroying half a dozen villages. Since then the volcano has been erupting almost daily. More than 300 eruptions have been registered, and an estimated 80,000 people have been made homeless. According to Adjat Sudradat, Indonesia's director of vulcanology, more than 140 million cubic feet of debris now litters the upper slopes of the volcano.

Fears have arisen than when enough rain falls on the sixty degree incline the mixture of water and vulcanic ash may begin to slide and reach speeds of up to 70 mph. Because of its weight and velocity, the debris can jump barriers and crush almost anything in its path (China Post, 9-18-82). During a recent visit to the area, Vice President Adam Malik urged Indonesians to stop sinning and pray to appease God's wrath, which he blames for the eruptions. At a refugee camp near the volcano, Malik said that "the endless eruptions of Galunggung constituted a warning from the Almighty." He urged the nation's 150 million people to â&#x20AC;˘'realize their sins and return to the right path" (China Post, 11-24-1982).

repudiated the 11 Association of Patriotic Catholics" was jailed, tortured and murdered. Nevertheless, nearly 90% of the faithful remain loyal to Rome and refuse any relationship with the "patriotic" priests, although some do frequent their churches to obtain the sacraments.

Parents and their "Equals" One of the adverse effects of the revolution in social values was the turmoil it brought to the traditional family structure. Today, the family relationships are different because the child is molded in a society influenced by decayed values. The results are children with egalitarian principles and what one family counselor terms "an entire generation of confused parents." "Today's child sees himself as a social equal," said Oscar Christiansen, a family counselor and a Rrofessor of family counseling at the University of Arizona in Tucson. "He will not respond to traditional methods of child rearing. In a society of equals, young people assume that if you have the right to punish them, they have the right to punish you." Today's parents were raised in the remnants of tradition handed down by a society where the parents' role was to order and discipline their children according to Christian principles. That "autocratic" tradition, Mr. Christiansen notes, causes a clash with today's children. When a child inoculated with ideas of equality hears the parent's command, he answers in the spirit of equality - that is, he sasses back. Bewildered parents freque, _mter into a power struggle with their children and often lose. Parents who give in to the child, Christiansen believes, have "abdicated their role as leader." He suggests that offering children a type of "you eat your dinner or leave the table" choice often averts the power struggle and forces the child to face the consequences of his decisions and tantrums (Kansas City Times, 10-27-82).

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