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...which one man sets himself up to decide what is in the public welfare." Esquire Editor Arnold Gingrich broadly hinted of group pressure on Catholic Mr. Walker. Said he: "[The Postmaster General] possibly had a commitment to carry out somebody else's wishes." From Catholic Bishop John Francis Noll (of Fort Wayne, Ind.), as chairman of the National Organization for Decent Literature, came a statement: "Esquire not even on our disapproved list for a year ... no collusion, no correspondence. ... As far as I know he doesn't think of me in connection with this Esquire business...
...Archbishops Edward Mooney of Detroit, Samuel A. Stritch of Chicago, Francis J. Spellman of New York, John T. McNicholas of Cincinnati, Joseph F. Rummel of New Orleans and John J. Mitty of San Francisco; Bishops John F. Noll of Fort Wayne, John Mark Gannon of Erie, Karl J. Alter of Toledo and John A. Duffy of Buffalo...
...Bishop Noll first went after the necessary funds, with the help of Our Sunday Visitor, which he founded in 1912 while a parish priest, and which now boasts the biggest circulation (510,000) of any Catholic paper in the world. His loyal readers chipped in $125,000 for the statue, with the same zeal they showed in backing Bishop Noll in drives against movie and magazine indecency. Next the Bishop discovered that sites for new statues in Washington are as rare as seats in a Washington restaurant. The few statueless sites are mostly public property...
Resourceful Bishop Noll got the N.C.W.C. to make the fagade of its new headquarters a windowless 90-foot Indiana limestone backdrop for his figure, with a sheer semicircular niche as the actual setting for the statue. Then he arranged for the sculptural competition, offered $3,000 for seven cash prizes, plus a contract with the winner for a 15-foot statue...
Even after the sculptor is selected and his final design approved, Bishop Noll will have to solve at least one more problem before he can see his statue completed: where to find enough bronze to cast it. But the Bishop is somewhat comforted by the thought that the plaster figure will not reach the casting stage until...