The Bulletin., June 21, 1963, Page 5, Image 5

Personality spotlight
New Catholic Pope has record
of vigorous anti-communism
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The slight, dark-eyed Catholic
prelate shook the grimy hand of
the lathe operator, and then quiet
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work?" The man in the crimson
robes of a cardinal and the work-
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out his hand again, and almost
involuntarily the worker bent
quickly and kissed it.
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friends later. "It seemed wrong
not to do it, no matter what they
:lold us.M. : .
- "Thpv" were the leaders of the
large Italian Communist party.
The prelate was Giovanni Bat-
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man whom the Reds consider so
"dangerous" that they even tried
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' Cardinal Montini is now succes
sor tn Pnnp .Tnhn XXIII on the
throne of St. Peter.
Favorite Of John
A personal favorite of both Pope
Pius XII and Pope John, he has
intelligence and the experience
earned by 30 years with the Vati
can secretariat of state and nine
jeeua as ni iiiuiaui'jj m u uwm-
ing, industrial city of Milan.
Born Sept. 26, 1897, at Conccsio,
a small -hamlet five miles north
of Brescia and not far from the
little village of Sotto il Monte
where Pope John XXIII was born
to a peasant family, Montini is
one of three - brothers' all of
whom have "made good" despite
the varied paths they have taken.
. , .His father was Giorgio Montini,
a crusading lawyer and journalist
who for years was the leader of
the Catholic party in Brescia, a
member of the Italian Parliament,
and manager of Brescia's Catho
lic newspaper, II -Cittadino (The
Citizen). His mother was Giuditta
;AIghisi.'B6th have been dead for
several years.
The family was well off, and
the Montini brothers were allowed
to follow whatever calling in life
they wanted. Ludivico became a
lawyer, then a deputy in Parlia
ment and in this year's elections
a Christian .democratic senator.
Francesco became a doctor, and
is now a surgeon at the Brescia
hospital.
Chose Priesthood
Giovanni Battista chose the
priesthood.
His early schooling was with
Jesuit priests in Brescia, first at
the "Cesare Arici" College, then
at the "Cristo Re" (Christ the
King) Seminary. According to
what his teachers said later, he
was "a well balanced boy, de
termined, and very intelligent."
While in school he wrote arti
cles for "La Fionda," (The Sling)
a student newspaper.
" Giovanni Battista Montini was
ordained a priest on May 29, 1920,
at the Church of the Graces in
Brescia and later that year came
to Rome to study simultaneously
at the Gregorian University and
at the. University of Rome. '
He later studied at the Eccles
iastic Academy in preparation for
the Vatican diplomatic service
and in May 1923, when only 26
years old, he was sent to War
saw as secretary to the papal
nunciature.
Montini returned to Rome later
that year to continue his studies
at the Ecclesiastic Academy and
the following year began work in
the Vatican secretariat of stale,
where he was to spend the next
30 years. In 1925 he also was
nominated ecclesiastical assistant
to the Federation of University
Catholics and founded the move
ment of Catholic graduates.
Succeeded Tradino
He prospered in the atmosphere
of the secretariat of state and in
1937 succeeded Msgr. Donenico
Tardino as substitute of the sec
retary of state, a post he held
until. November of 1952 when Pope
Pius XII named him pro-secretary
of state for ordinary (inter
nal) affairs.
There was no doubt of his close
friendship with Pope Pius. When
Eugcnio Cardinal Pacelli W's
elected pontiff in 1939 Montini,
according to Vatican insiders,
was one of the firs', men he tele
phoned following the conclave.
And when Pius went Uirough the
streets of Rome to Inspect the
damage of the allied air raids in
1943. Msgr. Montini was the only
person to accompany him.
He soon earned the reputation
of being efficient and, on occa
sion, of being a stumbling block
for those who wished to take up
problems directly with the
pontiff.
Montini," as pro-secretary for
internal affairs, generally is
credited with being the man who
convinced Pius to throw the en
tire weight'of the church behind
the Christian Democratic party
and against the Italian Commu
nistsin Italy's crucial 1948 elec
tions. Met With Success
His forward-looking policies,
and his- never-ending battle
against communism both inside
and outside Italy, met with suc
cess. His only reverse came with
the "worker priest" movement in
France.
He agreed with Uie liberal
French clergy that the specially
trained priests who worked in
factories and mines in an effort
to bring the church to the labor
ers were headed in the right di
rection. Despite his protests, how'
ever, the number and function of
the worker priests was sharply
limited and later ended
completely.
In the 1950's there also were
indications that Pope Pius him
self felt that some of Montini's
ideas were moving a little too
fast
In the consistory of Jan. 12,
1953. Pius offered Montini the
rank of cardinal, along - with
Msgr. Domenicd Tardini who was
then pro-secretary of state for ex
traordinary (external) affairs.
But both men turned down the
opportunity to become "princes
of the church", saying that they
could better remain solely dedi-
'Gef well'
messages
senf Hoover
NEW YORK (UPI) Former
President Herbert C. Hoover,
making an "almost miraculous"
recovery from a serious illness,
has received messages of concern
from three of his successors in
the White House. , '
A family spokesman Thursday
night said hundreds of "get well"
messages had been received since
it was revealed last Friday that
Hoover, 88, was in serious condi
tion with anemia and intestinal
bleeding.
' Among them, the spokesman
said, was one from President
Kennedy. In addition, he said for
mer President Dwight D. Eisen
hower had called daily at Hoov
er's suite in the Waldorf Towers
to inquire about his condition and
former President Harry S. Tru
man had asked to be kept in
formed. Early in the day, the physicians
attending Hoover in his suite said
his improvement was "almost mi
raculous" and that no further
medical bulletins would be issued
unless his condition warrants it.
CAB turns down
airline merger
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Rejec
tion by the Civil Aeronautics
Board (CAB) of a domestic mer
ger of Eastern and American Air
lines left the question today of
how it will affect other airline
mergers.
In a 3-2 decision Thursday, the
CAB supported hearing examiner
Ralph L. Wiser who recommend
ed against the Eastern-American
combination into the world's larg
est airline on the ground that it
would exert monopoly powers in
U.S. commercial aviation.
The decision came in the midst
of a merger trend in the airline
industry, and raised uncertainty
over whether the drift toward
less competition would continue.
United and Capital Airlines al
ready have merged. National and
Continental are seeking CAB ap
proval to combine. The nation's
two big transatlantic carriers
Pan American Airways and Trans
World Airlines also have merger
plans before the CAB.
The CAB gave no reason for its
disapproval, saying it would ex
plain the action in a formal deci
sion later.
TWO WOUNDED
SAIGON (UPI) - Communist
gunfire wounded the pilot and co
pilot of a U.S. Army helicopter
north of Saigon today, an Ameri
can military spokesman announced.
cated to the pontiff's personal
service in the positions they held
at that time.
Advanced In Rank
A year later. Pope Pius, in a
personal letter to the two men
informed them that henceforth in
all important Vatican ceremonies
the two monsignors would have
the right of precedence over
patriarchs, archbishops and bish
opsranking second only to
members of the Sacred College
of Cardinals.
Both later became cardinals
under Pope John and Tardini was
named secretary of state a posi
tion he held until his death.
On Nov. 3, 1954, the Vatican
city newspaper Osservatore Ro
mano carried the announcement
that Msgr. Montini had been ap
pointed Archbishop of Milan to
fill the vacancy created by the
death of Ildefonso Cardinal
Schuster earlier that year.
Cardinal Schuster had been a
pious man but inclined to let ad
ministrative duties slide. And Mi
lan, the heart of Italian indus
trialism, was booming not only
with new money but also with
Communist workers.
For Montini, it was almost an
open invitation to battle.
He was consecrated an arch
bishop in St. Peter's Basilica on
Dec. 12, 1954, and on Jan. 6, 1955,
he took a train to Milan.
He traveled alone in a com
partment, a black shawl over his
knees and his few personal be
longings in one piece of luggage
he had borrowed from his
brother, Ludovico.
When the train came to a halt
at Lodi, the first stop in his ne'v
archdiocese, Msgr. Montini
stepped down and boarded a wait
ing automobile. It was raining,
foggy and cold, but there were
several thousand people to greet
him.
Despite the weather, he insisted
that the top of the auto remain
down as he drove through the
outskirts and into the city, finally
ending the trip at the Duomo,
the famed gothic style cathedral
in the center of Milan.
Thousands of faithful cheered
his entry.
But the Communists, too, were
prepared. Pietro Secchia, a tough,
Russian-trained party leader who
headed the Milan workers unions,
made his decision.
"Let the little old man come
and he will see what we think of
him," he told his followers. "Show
Montini how we . can be cold to
him."
Montini accepted the challenge
and within days after he arrived
in Milan he began visits which
became a habit visits to auto
factories, steel works, rubber
plants, any place where workers
were to be found.
Used Plain Words
The thin, frail archbishop did
not look nor speak like a crusa
der or a politician. His plain
words and he never used the
word communism were not
aimed at men's hearts, but at
their brains.
Apparently, though, they struck
home, echoing louder than any
party propaganda slogan.
Within a year results were to be
seen. Montini's quiet and father
ly manners caught the workers
somewhat off guard. Even those
who held party cards and had
been prepared not even to shake
the archbishop's hand somehow
found themselves smiling, nodding
agreement and kissing his ring as
he bid them goodby.
When Pope Pius XII died on
Oct. 9, 1958, he flew to Rome and
drove straight to the summer
papal residence of Castelgandolfo,
where the pontiff's body lay. He
knelt briefly before the body,
tears in his eyes, and then just
as quickly returned to Milan.
During the conclave that elect
ed Angelo Giuseppe Cardinal Ron
calli as Pope Jjhn XXIII he was
termed by Italian newspapers as
"the great absent." He was con
sidered by many as one of the
leading candidates for the throne
of St. Peter, although he was not
a cardinal. But whether there was
any consideration of Montini as a
possible Pope during the conclave
probably will never be known,
since what happened there is secret.
Rights fight
could hamper
other measures
WASHINGTON (UPI) Presi
dent Kennedy's civil rights pro
posals appeared certain today to
endanger other parts of his legis
lative program.
Some lawmakers said privately
they would not support some of
Kennedy's economic and social
measures if they were to be
coupled with such proposals as a
Fair Employment Practices Com
mission (FEPC).
These civil rights opponents
said no strategy had been devel
oped yet for opposing other bills.
None is likely to be agreed upon
until such Southern leaders as
Sen. Richard B. Russell, D-Ga.,
return to Washington next week
from their home states.
But it seemed clear that South
ern legislators would not go along
with many of the President's gen
eral legislative proposals if they
felt unduo pressure was being
exerted to force through civil
rights measures.
Congressional strategists on
both sides of the civil rights is
sue were busy mapping plans for
the forthcoming legislative battle
that promises to continue for
months.
Would Avoid Eastland
In (he Senate a move was
shaping up to keep at least part
of the President's civil rights
legislation out of the hands of
the Judiciary Committee headed
by hostile Sen. James 0. East
land, D-Miss.
Democrats hoped to steer as
many of the controversial rights
proposals as possible to friendlier
committees for hearings. This
would prevent Eastland from sit
ting on the bill in his Southern
dominated group.
In this way, said Assistant Sen
ate Democratic Leader Hubert
H. Humphrey, Minn., "we will at
least have hearings on as much
of the program as possible."
Humphrey predicted the full
civil rights bill would have more
than SO co-sponsors. That is a
majority of t h e Senate enough
for passage. But Southerners
have vowed to filibuster night
and day, and there also will be
bitter battles in committees, long
the strongholds of Southern Dem
ocrats. Attorney General Testifies
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy
will testify on the administra
tion's civil rights bill Wednesday
before a House judiciary sub
committee headed by Rep.
Emanuel Celler, D-N.Y.
Celler is a long-time battler for
civil rights bills. Rep. William M.
McCuIIoch, R-Ohio, ranking GOP
member, has a similar record.
The other nine subcommit
tee members, with two excep
tions, are from northern states.
Celler already has said he ex
pects his group to approve a
strong civil rights bill with bipar
tisan support.
In other developments:
Kennedy planned to meet at
4 p.m. EDT at the White House
with some 250 lawyers from
throughout the nation to discuss
legal aspects of his civil rights
program.
The President sent Congress
proposed legislation to carry out
his proposal for expanded job
training and vocational education
opportunities for Negroes. It
would cost $400 million.
NAMED TO BOARD
ATLANTIC CITY (UPI) Dr.
Raymond M. McKeown of Coos
Bay, Ore, was named to the
board of trustees of the American
Medical Association Thursday. Dr.
Norman Welch, Boston, was
named president-elect.
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The Bulletin, Friday, June 21, 1963
Black Muslims fell Negro
he is 'the original man'
By H.D. Quigg
UPI Staff Writer
America will pay.
The crimes of the white man
will be avenged. The black man
is the original man, the father of
civilization: "The bourgeois Negro
leaders don t know this, and they
don't want us to tell you."
Thus spoke Malcolm X. East
Coast leader of the Black Mus
lims in a public address.
"The white man gave you
Jesus and Jesus is all you got.
"The white man killed us
culturally, killed us spiritually.
Official fears
maritime war
may get worse
WASHINGTON (UPI) A mari
time labor war that almost led
to a nationwide shipping tieup
may get worse before a lasting
truce is called, high government
officials said today.
One official said Teamsters'
President James R. Hoffa might
step into the inter-union water
front battling that threatens sur
vival of the American Merchant
Marine.
An armistice was arranged
Thursday by Labor Secretary W.
Wulard Wirti to allow delivery
of the final American ransom
payment to Cuba for invasion
prisoners and refugees.
Loading of 3,600 tons of Red
Cross medicine and food aboard
the Maximus in the port of Phil
adelphia was expected to get
started today.
A dispute over engine room
jobs between the National Mari
time Union (NMU) and the Ma
rine Engineers Beneficial Asso
ciation (MEBA) prevented the
Maximus from departing with the
last shipment of drugs and food
stuffs in the $53 million prisoner
exchange deal.
It started about two weeks ago
when MEBA members picketed
the vessel, recently transferred
from Grace Line ownership, be
cause the new owners decided to
hire engineers from an NMU af
filiate, Brotherhood of Marine Of
ficers. The picketing led to cancella
tion of the ship's charter by the
American Maritime Association.
Wilson calls
Profumo probe
plan inadequate
LONDON (UPI)-Prime Minis
ter Harold Macmillan today an
nounced a judicial inquiry into
the Profumo scandal. Labor lead
er Harold Wilson called the plan
"totally inadequate."
Macmillan, firmly in control of
his government again after quel
ling a revolt In the ranks of the
Conservative party over the af
fair, appointed Jurist Lord Den
ning to head the inquiry.
War Minister John Profumo re
signed June 4 after admitting that
21-year-old playgirl Christine
Kecler had been his mistress. She
had shared her favors with Capt.
Eugene Ivanov, Soviet naval at-1
tache and suspected intelligence
agent. Profumo was censured In j
Parliament Thursday for lying i
about the affair. j
Macmillan said the inquiry j
would "examine in the light of
the circumstances leading to the
resignation of Profumo, the oper-1
ation of the security services and
the adequacy of the cooperation
with the police in matters of security."
Twenty million people don't know
their names, don t know their cul
ture ....
"God will make their planes fall
out of the sky. Make their ships
sink. "
Threatens Whites
To the white man: "Your little
babies will get polio . . . Your
stock market plummets . . . God
is after you! God is repaying
you!"
Malcolm X knows well the vices
of the white man. In the Harlem
where he is making the streetslde
speech, he once was "Big Red,"
and he was well integrated with
the wliite man.
'No one," he says, "drank more
alcohol or smoked more reefers
than I did when I was a Christian.
'I sold dope In Harlem, You
can't get dope, prostitutes, in
Harlem without the consent of the
police department. And organized
crime is running rampant here.
Our school girls are becoming
prostitutes ... Our high school
boys are becoming fairies . . . Am
right or wrong?"
(A massed yell: "Right!")
Forego Vices
"The followers of the honorable
Elijah Muhammad don't drink
alcohol, engage in reefer smok
ing, or tobacco smoking.
'He stopped us from uslns pro
fanity, from being rude and loud.
He teaches us to obey the law,
and to respect the law officers as.
long as tney respect themselves. .
He teaches us to take a hot
bath ence every 24 hours ... to
keep a clean body, clean mind,
clean speech, clean behavior.
clean home, and clean community.
He teaches his followers to clean
up whatever community they are
in.
"First elevate the morals of our
people. Once that is done, we don't
have to wait for the white man
to elevate us we'll elevate our
selves.
'Our children never . see us
drinking, taking dope, arguing
and automatically juvenile delin
quency is eliminated."
Blasts Integration
You don't want integration?
"Mr. Muhammad teaches us
that Integration is only a trick on
the part of the white man today
to lull Negroes to sleep, to lull
them Into thinking that the white
man is changing and actually
trying to keep us here.
As lor the Rev. Martin Luther
King:
"Any Negro who teaches other
Negroes to turn the other cheek
in the face of attack is disarm
ing that Negro of his God-given
right, or his moral right, of his
natural right, of his intelligent
right to defend himself. Every
thing in nature can defend itself,
and Is right in defending itself,
except the American Negro."
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