Words & Works

P: Speaking at a symposium on "Man's Right to Knowledge" at Columbia University, the Very Rev. Francis J. Connell of the Catholic University of America defended Roman Catholic censorship and authority to decide what books are fit reading for Catholics. "Whatever advantages may accrue to one through the use of his personal freedom," he said, "they have no real value if they impede or imperil the attainment of his eternal destiny. Hence it is not an evil but a good when those in authority . . . regulate the use of liberty by those subject to their jurisdiction."

President Eisenhower gave permission to the Lions Foundation of Denver to name a Lions-sponsored nonsectarian chapel in downtown Denver "the Eisenhower Chapel"; at New York City's Idlewild Airport, ground-breaking ceremonies were held for a Roman Catholic chapel, to be known as "Our Lady of the Skies." P: Accepting a "Citizen of the Year" award from the Jewish War Veterans in Hartford, Conn., former Mayor Thomas J. Spellacy, 73, a leading Roman Catholic layman, called attention to a long-forgotten fact: in 1814 the Connecticut state legislature took over a $20,000 fund belonging to the Episcopal Church and never paid it back. The Episcopal bishop of Connecticut, the Rt. Rev. Walter Gray, thanked Spellacy for pointing out the possible .windfall, and promised that the Catholic Church would get a share of whatever the Episcopalians could collect from the state.

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