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...verbal confusion surrounding these proposals, an attempt has been made to cite, as having made "similar proposals," great world figures, even including His Holiness Pope Pius XII. All these men-like this Government, like all responsible and thoughtful leaders in the free world, statesmen or churchmen-are sincerely anxious for international agreement allowing effective control of all armaments...
While Harlow H. Curtice, 63, president of General Motors at $775,400 a year (take-home pay: $121,689), was being received in private audience by Pope Pius XII at Castel Gondolfo, Italy, his big brother LeRoy, 68, a G.M. paint and metal inspector, relaxed in his frame house in Lansing, Mich., happily anticipating his first $63 monthly company pension check after retirement. When kid brother Harlow retires in two years, his pension will come to about $68,000 a year. Said LeRoy: "I wouldn't want his job. Too many headaches. On that job your brain works...
Said Pope Pius XII to members of the Irish Pioneer Total Abstinence Association of the Sacred Heart: "Ireland is a land that combines the smile and the tear. Also, alas, what a flood of tears, drowning out the joy and laughter of home and hearth, has poured through when the dike of temperance has been shattered...
...affaires in Rome. Dmitry Pogidaev, had begged of the papal nuncio to Italy. Monsignor Giuseppe Fietta. During the meeting Pogidaev thrust upon Fietta two familiar "peace" propaganda documents, and Fietta read his caller a stiff lecture on the sad state of religious freedom in Russia. Then Pope Pius XII himself slapped down the reconciliation rumors. Before any agreement with "the enemy" could be considered, he reiterated, the church must have full freedom-not merely freedom of worship but freedom "to care for her faithful and freely to preach the message of Jesus Christ...
...shotters make their biggest mark with personalities as subjects (Elvis Presley, Pope Pius XII, Billy Graham, Marilyn Monroe). But the bulk of them do well on hobbies and special guidance. Sample: Your Hair-Do, How to Buy Air Conditioning, Fix-It Yourself, Complete Guide for Young Marrieds. The magazines sell from 15? to $1, take two months to produce in any quality, usually print at least 100,000 copies and live from three months to a year on the newsstands. Five publishers dominate the field, using small but expert editing and layout staffs and free-lance writers. Only the biggest...