Villanova University - Belle Air Yearbook (Villanova, PA)

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 ? [ LSO treasured by every true Ameri- can citizen are those other principles of American government, so dearly won and jealously guarded—freedom of vote and assembly, freedom of press and of speech. Under these same principles Communism thrives here in our midst. With the protec- tion of our laws, its diabolical propaganda is being spread throughout the country, from lecture platforms, in papers and pamphlets, over the air and on the screen, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, Canada to Mexico. Yet, given the opportunity, it would ruthless destroy them all. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness” becomes an inane slogan in a Communistic country. The menace of this catastrophe, opposed to everything American, every- thing democratic, is now everywhere about us. It must not overwhelm us. We cannot betray our God, our country, and ourselves. Communism is treason. Its agents are traitors. It must endure no longer! From the Capitol Building in Washington emanates legislation, passed by the freely elected representatives of the people, which protects the democratic principles of free government in the United States—government tinder the motto, In God we trust.

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 Tat (fod of our most cherished American heritages, a natural right protected in the fundamental law of the land, is freedom of religious worship, freedom to serve God as conscience dictates. But Communism eliminates free worship, denies the very existence of God, and destroys completely the structure of natural rights. Catholic or not, we can all be thankful that we have kept God in our midst. For if natural rights come from God, as the Declaration of Independence so staunchly asserts, then the best way to keep them is to keep Him. Under our form of government the American state has prospered; the Catholic Church has flourished. And where the Church flourishes, democracy need never fear, for She is ever the guardian of equal rights among men. Always She has spread the Peace of Christ, His benevolent Char- ity, and His universal Justice for the wel- fare of mankind—and from the first She has condemned Atheistic Communism! The Vatican in Rome during the coronation of Pius XII, «he 267th Pope. A Head of the Church, he is the leader of millions of Catholics and the defender of the rights of all men in all nations.

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Tat the The government in Russia has crushed all opposition, and abolished freedom with its mili tary might. Mass demonstra- tions, such as this in Moscow’s Red Square, cow the people into submission and typify Communism’s philosophy of fear and force.