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Cardinal Francis Spellman — Part 5
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Pe er ee ee ee ee
the avowed purpose ef d-
wididg their underworlé em-
pire thus imperiling tbe very
security of America’s family
ure‘l, ;
Tie letter from the team-
r's wife read by Cardinal,
Spellman said that “Y fear for
3 children’s future.” Because,
of “strong arm methods, yes
even murder” in gangster-ruied
ions, “most of the men art:
afraid to talk,” she wrote. |
The woman appealed to the
Cardinal: “Help us. Qur men
may lose their jobs or even get
. . Ze <till want ta do all
ies waa WE Bl WERE oe
we can to carry on the fight for
justice and decency and the
right to be free. ..+ The ganc-
gters who mun mY husband's
union have made slaves of our
men.”
Carding] Spellman ctom-
mented: “It is my conviction
that, regardiess of any court
decisions, dishonest union
jeaders ave already cone
demned themselves by their de-
fiance of God and disloyalty
to America, ss well as by their
contemptuous treatment and
wiclous acts of violence in-
flicted upon their fellow-
werkers,fand upon the “nost
innocent | victims of all, their
tn ee FTG eT
inal, whe frequently
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presides, Sut rarely speaks, at
10 a. m. mass. apparently:
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[made s late decision to
‘dress the congregation. ag
[Saturday the aries =~ i
TSS aes, we lacks WOO f
scheduled to
the Rev, Gece Lynch of
clergy staff, was notified
the Cardinal's decision. Cople:
of the sermon text were not:
RY!
pernable to reporters until just
On only three previous occa:
bere & member of the staff
tent Cardinal Spellman
oO th the pulpit to preach
ton dans 2,000 persons in at-
ce. Once he attacked
Hungary and tast Dec
exhorted Catholics te say owen
Tom the movie “Baby Doll
under the “pain of sin.”
‘ardinal Spellman sajd
next Monday he would start bis
at ual Christmas visit to mili-
. ry Personnel in Korea and at
ott ar Dosts around the world
ae ed that if these men
“ Women in service “returned
ome today,” they would be
confronted with “a very
American way of life.” “a
ag zhey Would find,” i
otha & segment of thet eh we
ou had fallen undert the
a5 domination af atiecy
fod eangeters and mur.
th e to become ‘twin slaves of
¢ underworld'.”
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