CARDINAL CALLS CONFLICT IN VIETNAM A WAR FOR CIVILIZATION
Saigon (JFK+50)
On December 23, 1966 Francis Cardinal Spellman*, Catholic Archbishop of New York, said the conflict in Southeast Asia was a war for civilization.
The Cardinal, visiting American military personnel here in Saigon, said...
"It is a war thrust upon us--we cannot yield to tyranny."
*Francis
Joseph Spellman (1889-1967) was born in Whitman, Massachusetts to
parents who immigrated from Ireland.
FJS graduated from Fordham
University in 1911 & earned his doctorate at the Pontifical
North American College in Rome. Ordained in 1916, he became Archbishop of New York in 1939.
JFK, Cardinal Spellman, RMN
Alfred Smith Memorial Dinner
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
New York City
October 19, 1960
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JFK+50: Volume 5, No. 1706
GERMANS UNLEASHED BLITZ ON LONDON 75 YEARS AGO
London, England (JFK+50) Seventy-five years ago today, September 7, 1940, German bombers unleashed a "blitz" on the city of London. Three hundred Nazi aircraft dropped 337 tons of bombs on the city causing more than 400 civilian deaths. A state of emergency was declared as fifty-seven consecutive nights of bombing began.
According to Eyewitness to History, the German bombing campaign marked a turning point in Adolf Hitler's attempt to subdue the British as his plan to invade the island gave way to the idea to force surrender from the air.
Correspondent Ernie Pyle described the scene in London on the first night of bombing...
"The streets...were semi-illuminated from the glow (of fires started by exploding bombs) and the sky was red and angry...a cloud of smoke all in pink..."
Brits withstood the barrage by seeking shelter in underground shelters. The campaign finally ended on May 11, 1941 when Hitler shifted his bombers to the Russian front.
SOURCE
"The London Blitz, 1940," Eyewitness to History, www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/
Heinkel Over Wapping
London's East End
September 7, 1940
SECURITY COUNCIL DEFEATS SOVIET CONDEMNATION OF US BOMBING OF NK
New York City (JFK+50) Sixty-five years ago today, September 7, 1950, the United Nations Security Council defeated by a vote of 9 to 1 a resolution proposed by representatives of the Soviet Union to condemn the bombing of North Korea by the United States.
The vote followed by 2 months the UN's approval for the use of force to stop communist aggression against South Korea. The Soviets referred to the bombing by the United States as "Hitlerian and inhuman".
SPELLMAN ANNOUNCED $2.5 MILLION DONATION BY JOSEPH P. KENNEDY,SR.
New York City (JFK+50) Francis Cardinal Spellman announced 65 years ago today, September 7, 1950, that Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., former US ambassador to Great Britain, had donated $2.5 million for the building of a home for neglected children in the Bronx at 1170 Stillwell Avenue.
The donation was made in the name of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. who was killed in World War II.
Cardinal Spellman
Archbishop of New York
December 23, 1966
CARDINAL SPELLMAN SAYS VIETNAM WAR IS "A WAR FOR CIVILIZATION"
Saigon, South Vietnam (JFK+50) The Catholic Archbishop of New York, Francis Cardinal Spellman*, while visiting American military personnel in South Vietnam today said that the war in Vietnam is "a war for civilization (although)...it is not a war of our seeking."
Cardinal Spellman, speaking at a mass given here in Saigon, continued...
"It is a war thrust upon us--we cannot yield to tyranny."
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Harris & Ewing Photo
*Francis Joseph Spellman (1889-1967) was born in Whitman, Massachusetts to parents who immigrated from Ireland. He graduated from Fordham University in 1911 & earned his doctorate at the Pontifical North American College in Rome.
Ordained in 1916, he became Archbishop of New York in 1939.
In 1945, Cardinal Spellman started the annual Alfred Smith Memorial Dinner as a fundraiser for Catholic charities & featuring notable politicians & presidential nominees.
Although Spellman presided over the weddings of Bob & Ted Kennedy, he supported Nixon in 1960.
JFK took this in stride, however, when he spoke at the dinner with Cardinal Spellman, & Republicans Richard Nixon & Nelson Rockefeller in attendance.
JFK said:
"Cardinal Spellman is the only man so widely respected in American politics that he could bring together, amicably, at the same banquet table, for the first time in this campaign; two political leaders who are increasingly apprehensive about the November election, who have long eyed each other suspiciously & who have disagreed so strongly....Vice-President Nixon and Governor Rockefeller."
JFK, Cardinal Spellman, RMN
Alfred Smith Memorial Dinner
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
New York City
October 19, 1960
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