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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes monday june 20, 1977 Little Bishop is 1st . Male Saint continued rom Page 1 Ardmore pa., who worked for 15 years on the congregation for the cause of Bishop Neumann. Neumann a 19lh Century Immi Grant who became the fourth Bishop of i Philadelphia was bom in 1811 in the Bohe Mian Village of Pra Chatica in what is now 23-year period claimed Czechoslovakia. A shy self effacing Man who stood Only s feet 2 inches tall Neu Mann travelled to the . Al the age of 25 to be ordained and serve As a missionary priest among German immigrants in up state new York. A firm believer in education Neumann established dozens of log Cabin schools along the Erie canal before the Pace of his work caused a physical collapse. Resign ing his Post As tone missionary pastor he joined the Redempto Rist order which sent him to Baltimore where he became a .citizen and helped save an order of Black feb infiltrated Acle paper says Chicago a the Fri infiltrated the american civil liberties Union from1920 to 194.1 and kept dossiers on leading members such As Clarence Darrow Helen Keller and supreme court Justice Felix Frankfurter the Chicago Dally news re ported saturday. The newspaper said in a copyright Story that the infiltration was personally super Vised by j. Edgar Hoover who was director of the Fri from 1924 until his death in 1972. A spokesman for the Fri said the Bureau would have no immediate com ment on the  s file according to the report said that As a Harvard professor hews considered a dangerous Man by . Government  he was appointed to the High court in 1939. Attorney Harrow s file said that through his defense of John Scopes in the celebrated Tennessee Monkey trial Radical groups were capitalizing. On evolution and gaining entree. To certain Cov eted , the famed Blind and deaf author and lecturer was said to be a writer on Radical  others on whom dossiers were kept according to the account included William Allen White nationally renowned author and journalist described As a member of the foreign policy association a Radical organization affiliated with the american civil liberties i  Nobel laureate Jane Addams founder of Chicago s Hull House who was viewed by the Fhi As a zealous and consistent supporter of Radical and  the newspaper said it obtained Fri file containing this information As a result of a Freedom of information suit filed in us District court in Washington. It said the files showed that Hoover per Beer cases. Continued rom Page i anything. So i complained to the distributor then the brewery in fort Worth the the regional sales manager and finally Miller s Headquarters in  brewery said it is operating under approval of the Federal alcohol. Tobacco and firearms division and has no control Over prices set by retailers it also said retailers have the right to display the Bee wherever they want including next to imported brands Andron said the puce of a six pack varies widely some fort Worth stores sell Domestic a Twe Brau for 52 50 a six pack but others sell the same six pack for Smuch As s3 25 customers Don t know the difference he  s spokesmen said that imported  Sells for about $3.75 a six Packard that the Domestic version is still a Good seller. They declined to comment on land rum or Christoffel s actions tonally supervised the surveillance Down to approving a $5 expenditure to take Rutan Acle membership in a fictitious name. Hoover authorized a confidential undercover inquiry involving a search of flies in the Acle s new York Headquarters because he had heard the Acle had published a pamphlet describing White slave and narcotic violations As minor of lenses the paper said. No pamphlet was  the 23-year period of Fri surveil Lance Hoover repeatedly denied to acl founder Roger n. Baldwin that the Organ arts noon r Lurt  uni Ltd Weto per blur u " a Europe waver to vlai1 and tue a i Patlon was being investigated the paper said. And although the Acle was describe Din Fri files As nothing More than a front for the communists Hoover also denied to Baldwin that the Acle was suspected of being subversive it , 93, was quoted in the article As saying i think it is a terrible waste of Effort and government funds to spy on an organization As open As the Acle. It just illustrates the stupidity of a police Agency that operates on the grounds of suspicion instead of  Spanish socialists seek debate on . Bases ii Ali inv p ii Aviano. U l u . I 41 by. R \ n cown Nairn a Pattle Cloud. Licia pans cd Horn p Madrid up the opposition socialist workers party a close second to Premier Adolfo Suarez s centrist bloc inthe general elections sunday demanded that the new parliament urgently take up the question of . Military bases in  charged that the bases treaty has converted Spain into a satellite of the United tales and was exposing it to the dangers of nuclear  socialists Are the Only major Politi Cal party advocating the liquidation of the four bases the Rota atomic submarine base and the airfields of Torrejon. Seville Moron and Zaragoza.  socialist. The official Organ of the socialists said the bases treaty with the . Was concluded by dictator Francisco Franco without asking the Spanish people causing serious damage to Spanish inter est. The new democratic parliament work ing for the recovery of our sovereignty must give priority to the . Military presence in Spain Al socialist  must do so in the context of a new democratic foreign policy which reflect the interests of the whole people. It is we. The spaniards who have to decide on issues which Are so vital and fundamental for our future the party Organ  though the party s platform adopted in its Congress last december asked outright for the liquidation of the bases Al socialist Only asked for parliamentary debate on the treaty without i Black sues Norman Lear for racial discrimination los Angeles up Norman Lear producer of All in the family and other Liberal message television shows has be ensued by a Black writer who charged Lear with racial  Monte accused Lear and his production company of violating his civil rights by conspiring to prevent Black writ ers or producers from marketing primetime television series. Monte in a $250 Mil lion suit alleged Lear had turned Over toothed writers ideas for shows that Monte said he originated about Blacks such As Good  the Jeffersons and what s  he charged Lear and his company re fused to Deal with Black producers and also thwarted their efforts to Deal directly wit the networks restly demanding that the bases be scrapped. It criticized the . By saying that the conclusion of the first bases treaty in 19s3 practically assured the survival of the Franco regime until the dictator s  return it said Spain became a Satel Lite of the United  the treaty gave the . Military and economic control Over Spain Al socialist charged. It added that the Only losers were the Spanish  sports in Brief Noblesville ind. A Judy Rankin overcame a double bogey on her first Bole sunday to win the 23rd ladies professional Golf association Champion ship tournament of bar is year career witha tour under  212 at the 6,044-Yard Harbor Trees Golf club Here. Earlier Story on Page 23. 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Same to Mclawchlin 111 and Harry Ann. Swan and St Varna is an. A. A Andujar l4.hr-Ntw Fork. Bott air l3i.siarrt� la. Cincinnati 000 in 001 4 r e Montreal out Joa Goa 110 0 for Rutan. Huma 14. Capinia i Murray u and Banch twin Hill Stann outa Ftp and Cartar. W two Llenell t s a Furman. 31 or Montreal Cartar 111. Daun it hmm mall. Tit Gama Pitt Burn 000 000 000 0 s t in Frai Kimico Toi rat m 12 0 Hook to and d or. Kit Patr and Alau Ixer a Krop a 11 a Hoo a. So or san Francisco Thomat nuns the oblate Sisters of Providence from threatened extinction. Neumann s reputation As a hard work ing and beloved pastor came to the Atten Tion of Pope Pius in who ordered him to Philadelphia to take Over the vacant Post of Bishop. Fears seconded Neumann s fears about his own unworthiness were seconded by the Philadel phia aristocrats horror at their new Bishop s peasant style of dress his Lack of social graces and his broken English. But the Little Bishop quickly won a devoted following among the poor to whom he habitually gave All his Money and Mostof his food and clothing. During his eight years As Bishop be kept up an exhausting schedule visiting to poor the sick and the imprisoned. He also built nearly 40 schools. Increasing parochial school enrolment from 500 to 1,000 Chil Dren and built nearly 89 churches. On january s. 1860, a few weeks before his 49th birthday he dropped dead of exhaustion on an icy Philadelphia Street in a homily delivered in halting barely audible English the 79-year-old pontiff called Neumann the Honor of All Immi Grants and praised him for promoting with relentless Energy the Catholic school system in the United  the Gold. Of Charity we have a new citizen of heaven open ing up to us a new line of communication Between this world and the eternal King Dom of  the Pope told a Small gather ing in the Square later. The Man we celebrate today was an Emigrant not forthe Conquest of earthly Gold but to spread throughout an America fabled for ill wealth the Gold that is Worth More that of  sitting quietly among the purple Cas socked and lace surplice dignitaries was Michael Flanigan shy West Philadel phia cabinetmaker who recovered from what was believed to be terminal Bon cancer at the age of six. Flanigan s recovery considered medically impossible by doctors came after his parents took him to the Neumann shrine to Pray for help. The recover was declared a Mira Cle by the Vatican Clearing the Way for Neumann s canonization. Offerings presented As the ceremony came to an end Chil Dren dressed in Bohemian Folk costumes carried the communion hosts for the Pope s Blessing at the head of a colourful gifts offertory procession. The offerings included cages of ruffed grouse the stat Bird of Pennsylvania baskets of bread and Flowers and a porcelain Rice bowl Symbol of Neumann s concern for the poor Pope Paul co celebrated the canonization mass with cardinals John Joseph in a of Philadelphia John Patrick Cody of Chica go Terence Cooke of new York and Jose Clemente Maurer of Bolivia. Nearly 200 priests 110 of them from the Philadelphia area distributed communion to the crowd. Saint John Neumann is the . Third Saint joining Frances Xavier Cabrini canonized in 1946. And America s Only native bom Saint Elizabeth Ann Bay toy Solon canonized in 1975. Bess Truman remains in Hospital after fall Kansas City up Bess Truman remained in satisfactory condition sunday at research medical Center where she i being treated for a fall. The 92-year-old widow of prese Harry s Truman entered the Hospital Friday after she slipped and fell thursday night in a downstairs bathroom at her Home in Independence to. She was Ait fitted for Observance and tests. A Hospital spokesman sunday said it was not known How Long she would be inthe Hospital. She has lived alone in the Home Stow Truman s death in december h7j a though secret service agents Are on duty tithe Home at All times. "  
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