Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1935, Page 7

CATHOLIG HONORS FOR PRESIDENT HIT Baltimore Editor “Regrets” Roosevelt Will Receive Notre Dame Degree. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, December 4—The | Catholic Review says in a front page editorial in a current issue that Cath- olics were expressing ‘“deep regrets” at the action of the University of Notre Dame in offering an honorary degree to President Roosevelt. Signed by Msgr. Albert E. Smith, editor in chief, the article said the degree was extended “for no other reason” than “in gratitude for the independence of the Philippine Islands, & Catholic country.” Msgr. Smith wrote there was “not the slightest reason” to interpret the conferring of the degree “as an in- dorsement by the University of Notre Dame of the President’s policy in re- spect to Mexico.” Ceremony on December 9. ‘The President accepted Notre Dame's offer of an honorary degree of doctor of laws, to be conferred December 9 at a special convocation at the Uni- versity at South Bend, Ind. The Review, the official organ of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, said that “on all sides deep regret is being ex- pressed” by Catholics here at the uni- versity’s action. Those who felt thus were characterized as among “Notre Dame's friends.” “The regret being expressed in the Archiocese of Baltimore have their counterpart in all parts of the United States,” the Review said. “The au- thorities of the University of Notre Dame realize the situation and under- atand the regrets.” Editor Is Well Known. Mgr. Smith is pastor of St. Mary, Star of the Sea Church, in Baltimore. He formerly was vice president of the Catholic Press Association of the United States and is well known in Catholic journalistic circles. He wrote: “I have just returned from a visit to the University of Notre Dame. I can say that the honorary degree was ex- tended by Notre Dame to President Roosevelt in gratitude for the inde- pendence of the Philippine Islands, a Catholic Country. It was extended for no other reason. The celebration at which President Roosevelt will receive the degree will be one essentially in honor of the Philippine Islands. The degree was extended to the President before he made his reply to the letter from the supreme officers of the Knights of Columbus, before he stated definitely that he would refuse to voice any protest against the persecution of the Catholic Church and religion in general in Mexico. * * * “I can say that there is not the slightest reason to interpret the con- ferring of the degree on President Roosevelt as an indorsement by the University of Notre Dame of the Presi- dent’s policy in respect to Mexico. The priests of the University of Notre Dame and all the priests in the Con- gregation of the Holy Cross, which conducts the University of Notre Dame, are heartily in sympathy with the per- secuted co-religionists in Mexico and ‘Washington. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER %, 1635. deplore the failure of the United States Government to voice its protest against the persecution.” 30-YEAR RETIREMENT BILLS TO BE PUSHED Optional Civil Service Backed by Conference at Meeting. The Joint Conference on Retirement of Civil Service Employes voted last night to make every effort to obtain action at the coming session of Con- gress on bills alreadyPending to allow Government workers the option of re- tiring after 30 years of service. The question of 30-year optional retirement has been under discussion for several years. Bills have been introduced in Con- gress by Representative Celler of New Plan ginia. The Neely bill also liberalizes some of the disability features of the retirement law. The joint conference is headed by Robert H. Alcorn. AUTHOR TO LECTURE Grace Livingston Hill, author of books and short stories, will give two lectures on religious themes at the | National Baptist Memorial Church to- morrow at 3 pm. and 8 pm. Both programs will be sponsored by the Bible Institute of Washington. The subject of Mrs. Hill's afternoon talk will be “The Old Guard,” a mis- sionary story. In the evening she will discuss “House Across the Hedge,” & tale of the first passover. A Convenient York and Senator Neely of West Vir- | Santa (Continued From First Page.) Santa Claus, welcomed him to tdwn officially. They have been working with him for the last five years and realize how busy the old gentleman is at this time of year. “It does my old heart good,” Santa Claus .told the women, “to see the way everybody in Washingten comes to the support of Santa Claus.” Pleased Santa Is Happy. ‘The women smiled, pleased to see Santa Claus 50 happy. “We are going to try and do better this year than we did last year,” Miss Louise A. Davidson, in charge of Toy Headquarters, told Santa Claus. “That will be fine,” he said. “I have just looked over the city and see there are 20,000 little boys and girls who | would have a very unhappy Christmas unless all hands help.” Santa Claus then told the woman what he hopes to do: “I want to see that each one of these little boys and girls gets a new toy—and in some cases new clothes, too. For some of them are very poor. They need new shoes and new stock- ings and new knickers and new dresses. things, if we work hard.” It was arranged to have everybody bring new toys and new clothes to the 11 Warner Bros' Theaters between now and Saturday, December 14. Every person who brings a new toy or a new La Falce, director of the Warner Bros.” Holiday Package of 12 Bottles p HE same beer that has cap- tured the taste of discriminating lovers of good beer . . . 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Here is the list of plays and the players who will be starred: Ambassador—Shirley Temple in the Fox production, “Little Colonel.” Tivoli—Freddie Bartholomew in M.- G.-M.’s “David Copperfield.” Savoy—Virginia Weldler in R-K- O's “Laddie.” Avalon—Anne Shirley in R-K-O's “Anne of Green Gables.” Colony—Shirley Temple in the Fox production, “Curley Top.” York—Richard Dix in R-K-Os “East of the Pecos.” Avenue Grand—Jackie Cooper in Warner Bros.' “Dinkey.” Apollo—Joe E. Brown in Warner Bros.’ “Six Day Bike Rider.” Home—Richard Dix “East of the Pecos.” Earle—Joe E. Brown in Warner | Bros.” “Alibi Ike,” Metropolitan—Virginia Weidler in Paramocunt’s production, “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch.” These pictures will be shown on the morning of December 14, Saturday. The show begins at 10 o'clock in the neighborhood houses, theaters like the | Ambassador, the Avalon and the STEAMSHIPS. thern Route. the smooth Souf ITALIAN LINE, 631 5th Ave., New York. RESORTS. ‘MIAMI, FLA. *SINC in R-K-O's| Savoy. In the downtown theaters— the Earle and the Metropolitan—the doors will open at 9 a.m. on Saturday, December 14. More Gifis' Hoped For. While Santa Claus has not said just how many toys he would like to have for his little boys and girls, it is known that he hopes the people of Washington will give more this year than they did last year. Then 40,000 toys were collected. It would not také much more "trouble to get 50,000 toys this year. “If every little boy who wants a new toy for himself would ask his father to get a new toy for some other little boy,” Santa said, “we would have lots of toys. “And if every liftle gicl who hopes to have a new doll baby would ask her mother to buy & new toy and give it to some poor little girl, we would have lots of toys—and lots of fun, For it is a mighty nice feeling to know you have made some heart happy.” Santa Claus is going on the air again tonight at 6:05 over Station WMAL to have a heart-to-heart talk Effective today, TWA an- nounces substantial reduc- tions in fares between most cities* on its route be- tween New York and Cali- fornia *Fares reduced from WASH. ‘INI.'TON 10 Columbus, Indianapos Winsiow. IN WINTER tomp ol TRANSCONTINENTAL & WESTERN AR, INC. 3070 and Travel Bureass, Hoteis s8¢ ‘elearash Offices " FASTEST - SHORTEST COAST TO COAST co. E 18 7:3 with his little friends of Washington, the boys and girls he hopes will be his little helpers, Interest Payment. ‘The finder of an ancient gold Persian coin of great rarity offered it for sale to the British Museum, which was eager to get it at a reasonable price. How much would the finder take for 1t? “How much was its original value?” the finder asked. He was told. “When Bo many thousands of years ago. they told him, “Then, will you give me its original value plus 5 per cent interest was it struck?” he asked further. from that time? Movie Censors. India is to have provincial motion ADVERTISING CRITICS SCORNED AS UNFAIR National Better Business Bureau Reports Correction of 180 Mis- leading Practices. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 4—In its annual report, the National Better Business Bureau attacked “unfair critics” who “seek to discredit adver- tising without regard to the truth,” and stated that in the last year the bureau obtained the correction of un- fair or misleading advertising or scll- ing practices in some 180 cases. The report declared that reputable publishers sacrifice millions of dollars A7 in rejected advertising which fails to measure’ up to the standards set for the protection of their readers. The bureau called upon publishers to continue to exercise vigilance in censoring advertising, and said: “Advertising, in common with all business, is under attack. “Censumers’ organizations, educate ors, authors and other purporting to act as spokesmen for the public have been subjecting advertising to severe criticism. Some of the critics are fair and friendly and with them adver- tising can have no quarrel. 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