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THE VOICE (301 Bittcayne Blvd.' Castro Shipping Miami 38. Fla. Return Postage ^VOICJB Guaranteed Reds New Cargo Weekly Publication of the Diocese of Miami Covering the 16 Counties of South Florida — Cuban Children TATVT 97 iQ^i Fidel Castro is shipping Cuban children to Russia in the VOL. II, NO. 45 Price $5 a year ... 15 cents a copy JAN. 27, 1961 same manner ihat he exports sacks of sugar under trade ~ agreements with the Soviet. u , . Many of the so-called Russian or Czechoslovak technicians, teachers and agrarian experts pouring into Cuba today are. J,O@0 Urged To Volunteer actually natives of Spain who as children were kidnaped dur- ing the civil .war there and brainwashed by the communists Four Hours For Our Faith over a period of many years. ' (Pictures, other stories Pages1 3, 13) These startling' facts were revealed to The Voice by an • unimpeachable authority who was an eyewitness to both viola- "Four Hours — For Our The 1961 Development Fund tions of human rights, first in Spain, later in Russia and, now Faith!" Campaign will have for its ob- many years afterward, in Cuba. • • That is the appeal which will jective the achievement of these Testimony of the informant, whose identity cannot be re- be made next Sunday to every three immediate goals: vealed for security reasons, was corroborated in effect on the adult Catholic at every Mass in • A permanent Dining Hall one charge this week by Castro himself. every Church and Mission in building with complete kitchen An Associated Press story from Havana said that Castro the Diocese of Miami. facilities for the young men had announced creation of "children's farms" within the cooperative "people's farms" where "children over the age It will be a call for volun- studying for the diocesan priest- hood at St. John Vianney Semi- of 10 will be eligible to work on the farms." The AP teers — at least 5,000 of them story then continued: — to play a vital part in the nary. 1961 Diocesan Development • A new and adequate home "Cuba and the Soviet Union will exchange a thousand youngsters who will work and learn on each other's farms, the Fund Campaign. They will be for dependent children. Cuban prime minister said:" . asked to spend four hours • A Diocesan Laymen's Re- calling at the homes of their 'Castro's Greatest Crime' treat House. neighbors and friends on Sun- The New York Times, in a dispatch from its Havana cor- For those who volunteer day, Feb. 19, which Has been respondent, quoted Castro as saying that 1,000 youths will come designated by Bishop Cole- next Sunday, a series of train- from the Soviet Union to work on the farms and that 1,000 man F. Carroll as "Stay-at- ing meetings will be held at Cuban youths, will be sent to the agricultural cooperatives of Home * Sunday." convenient locations through- . Russia to learn methods there. out the Diocese during the Branding this "subversion of the innocents" as Castro's On that day, the army of week of Feb. 6. They will be greatest crime to date, Mr. X told The Voice: 5,000 or more men and women , asked to attend only one will make personal visits to the meeting, at which time they "These children, many in their early 'teens but others homes of the more than 70,000 will be instructed in the new even younger, will not be returned to Cuba in months or even, Catholic families throughout the methods of fund solicita- in the next few years. They will be sent to Russia and 16 counties of the Diocese of other communist-controlled countries, and some even may Miami. They will explain the tion to be used for the first Voice Ph.no be assigned to Red China. They will be kept there for a purpose and the need of the time this year. RELIEF PROGRAM at Centro Hispano Catolico is aiding hun- long period of indoctrination in the communist ideology. Diocesan Development Fund in dreds of Cuban refugees daily. Scenes like this are typical as Their religious beliefs and practices will be destroyed and There will be no solicitation providing those essential facili- Cuban Catholics seek food, clothing, jobs and medical services. aside from retaining their native language, all traces of of funds next Sunday. Priests ties so necessary to enable the their Cuban ancestry and their Spanish' heritage will be will talk about the Diocesan De- wiped out. , ' Diocese to keep pace with the velopment Fund and ushers will swift growth of all South distribute volunteer worker Destitute Refugees Growing, "Those who show particular skills will be trained, in many Florida. cards. fields other than agriculture; some will be educated in Soviet Seek Food, Clothes, Bedding institutions of higher learning. (Pictures, other stories Pages 10, 11) Converted Into Red Robots As the number of Cuban refu- who are already employed or "Then, when their communist education is complete and gees seeking aid at Centro His- seeking employment. They are they have been converted into Red robots, at the' proper time pano Catolico continues to soar, brought to the Centro at 8 they will be returned to Cuba and other countries to serve as elite shock-troops in the conquest of all Latin America which it was reported this week that a.m. and in many cases re- main there until 5 p.m. when the Soviet has been planning." large numbers of them are now parents return to take them The program follows the exact pattern, used by Russia seeking asylum in Broward home. County. during and after the devastating civil war in Spain from 1936 Hot lunch'es as well as mid- to 1939, according to Mr. X. Beginning in 1937, large num- According to the staff of the morning and mid-afternoon re- bers of children, estimated at well more than 4,000, were St. Vincent de Paul Store, lo- freshments are served and withdrawn from' Spain and sent to Russia, he said. cated at 18 NW Seventh Ave., small cots are provided for Some were sent willingly by families opposed to Generalis- in Fort Lauderdale, needy Cu- afternoon naps. simo Franco, Mr. X explained, in an effort to spare their ban families are becoming children the horrors of war. But many also, he said, were frequent callers at the salvage Donations of clothing received seized bodily from orphanages, schools and other institutions. center operated for the benefit from local parishes, individuals of poverty - stricken persons. (Continued on Page 10) Returned As Wild Rebels Many items of children's and Then, after 16 years, the International Red Cross was asked adults' clothings have already to conduct an investigation in 1953. Many of the former Spanish been distributed, they said, as New Orleans Protests children, then grown to young adults, were located, and four well as furniture for homes. ships were sent to Russia to return them to Spain. Some refused Most have visited the store at Castro Rule In Cuba to come back and of those who did, a large number soon the suggestion of Catholic returned to Russia and other satellite countries, married Russian iriends in the area. NEW ORLEANS (NO — The Cuban flag is flying a half-staff wives and worked or attended Soviet schools. NUMBER NOT KNOWN in front of City Hall to show "It was too late. The Soviet had done its work well Although the number of ref- that citizens here are not hapjjy and thoroughly," Mr. X recalled. "They were more commuri- - ugees in Broward County is not with the way things are going istic than the communists themselves. They were such wild known, estimates range as high under Fidel Castro. rebels that they even, caused trouble for their Red masters. as 10,000. Some 150 Cuban chil- Mayor deLesseps S. Morrison When first back in Spain and reunited with their families dren are attending Broward. I heard some of them denounce and villify their mother schools and many, it has been said the flag was not removed 1 from the row of flags at City and father in the worst language. And, of course, they de- reported , come from families spised Spain. nearly destitute. • , Hall because it is only Castro the people do not like — not "So, they returned to Russia. That was in 1953. Now, 24 Meanwhile at Centro His- Cuba in general. The Mayor al- Voice Photo years after they first were taken from Spain in 1937, they pano Catolico increased nurs- so said a Cuban flag has been are 35 to 45 years of age and many of them are the experts, CHICAGO ARCHBISHOP William D. O'Brien, president of the ery facilities have made possi- flying in New Orleans Since the technicians and scientists arriving in Cuba to carry out the Catholic Church Extension Society, is welcomed to Miami by ble the daytime care of some May 7, 1850, the date an expe- mission for which they have been so well-traine.d. , Bishop Coleman F. Carroll. The Archbishop will dedicate the 60 boys and girls ranging in dition sailed from the City to New Sacred Heart Church in Okeechobee at 4 p.m. on Sunday. age from one to three years. aid in liberating Cuba from "And in exchange, Castro is sending a new bumper crop (See story on Page 2) All are the children of parents Spain. of juvenile grist for the communist mills." Four Get Red Hats Bringing Archbishop Here TorBless College Of Cardinals To 85 New Church At Okeechobee By MSGR.