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The Christian Century, Chicagò, August 22.
Not sure this is a reply to the other one.
C O R R E S P O N D E N C E
What Vatican Embassy Does
Rome it has performed valuable tasks for the Allied cause.
Protestant and Catholic circles, military and diplomatic figures,
EDITOR THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY:
officials of Allied and Italian relief agencies and many who knew
SIR: It is to be hoped that no other Protestant voice will show
and loved them gathered at Rome's Ciampino airport to bid fare-
as much utter ignorance of facts as The Christian Century demon-
well to Mr. Taylor and his wife when they left for the United
strated in a recent editorial condemning the diplomatic mission
States.
of the President of the United States accredited to the Holy See.
To those of us who have been in a position to see for ourselves
To set the record right, I am an Episcopalian but because of my
the good work performed by Mr. Taylor and his mission, it is too
army work in Allied Military Government I have come to know
bad that one of our own Protestant journals takes the opportunity
personally Mr. Myron C. Taylor and to see the excellent work
to attack Roman Catholic policies through the man who has donc
performed by his office in connection with war relief, liaison be-
more to create good understanding than anyone else. Those of us
tween the army and the Vatican and the handling of diplomatic
who are here in Italy-and not in Chicago-hope that President
affairs which could have been done only through Vatican chan-
Truman will see the wisdom in keeping at least a quasi-diplomatic
nels.
representative accredited to the pope.
Aside from the fact which you neglected to mention-namely,
Allied Military Government,
RALPH H. MAJOR, JR.,
that both Mr. Taylor and his wife, as well as most of the members
Fifth Army,
ist Lieutenant, ADC.
of the office staff in Rome, are Protestants-you overlooked the
Lake Garda, Italy.
point that, by diplomatic usage and recognition, an ambassador
or minister is "the personal representative of the President of the
United States." He is personally appointed by the President and
Not a One-Way Street
his appointment is only concurred in by Congress. The title "Per-
EDITOR THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY:
sonal Representative of the President of the United States to His
SIR: The letter from Chaplain Stephen A. Sullivan regarding
Holiness the Pope" undoubtedly was chosen to dodge such purely
the Fey articles is typical of a certain "cocky" type of Roman
anti-Catholic sniping as was indulged in by The Christian
Catholic. Permit me to observe, however, that the shoe is by
Century.
no means all on one foot. Protestantism is receiving its quota
In your editorial you neglected to mention that the office of
of converts from Roman Catholicism. To be sure, a watery
the President's personal representative in Rome during several of
"liberalism" devoid of either theological or emotional content is
the war years was a valuable listening post surrounded by enemy
a fertile recruiting center for other faiths. But as a priest of
territory, that it gave assistance to Americans stranded in Italy,
the Roman communion told me recently, "We make very few
that it secured through Vatican channels information on American
converts among the Lutheran and Evangelical bodies of Protes-
prisoners of war in Germany, that it kept the pope informed on
tantism." As one who stems from that very background, I add,
the trends of public opinion in the United States during the war,
'Tis true!
that it represented the United States in delicate diplomatic dis-
First Congregational Church,
AARON N. MECKEL.
cussions leading toward peace and that since the liberation of
Braintree, Mass.
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