CATHOLIC PRELATES CLASH ON CONSCRIPTION ISSUE
Eec.eived Fridav, 9 p.m. NEW YORIv, March 18. A conflict of opinion among Gatholic prelates 011 President Truman's req.uest to Congress for universal military training, which Cardinal Spellman of New York supported yesterday, was revealed today when Cardinal Douglierty of Phijatfelphia announeed that he was ir-revoCa'blyC' oppqke'd 'h'a. the prO'posal. ... - ' ■ , . , ' - ; , A. CaVdinaT" Doughert'y 'Jisted several objections to peacetime conscription, one of which was: " Where it is in existence is precisely where most wars have taken placo. " Otliers dealt with the menaee to Iiealth and morality oi youth which, he said, conscription would entail. "Experience sliows that even military officers are frequently corrupt and a bad example to those under them."
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Chronicle (Levin), 20 March 1948, Page 5
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