A chick becomes a quack
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- A chick becomes a quack
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- 1952
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- MAY, 1952 Manila; Manuel Yap, Bishop of Boco'od; Peregrin de la Fuente, Prelate Nullius of Batanes-Babuyan; William Duschak, Vicar apostolic of Calapan; Lino Gonzarga, Bishop of Palo; Antonio Frondosa, Bishop-Elect of Capiz; Clovis Thibault, Apostolic Administrator of Davao; Leandro Nieto, Prefect Apostolic of Palawan; Flaano Ariola, Apostolic Administrator of Bacolod; and Patrick Cronin, Apostolic Administrator of Ozamiz. A CHICK BECOMES A QUACK Once upon a time, there was a little chick, a nice promising chick. Everybody hoped he would develop in a big way. But when he grew up, sad to relate, the little chick could do nothing but quack. Quack, quack! And once upon o' time, t^ere was a guerrilla and we all hoped that after the war he would become a fine ond helpful citizen. But alas, this promising Chick Parsons also seems able only to quack. One of his loudest quacks appeared in the April I Oth issue of the Manila "Evening News". This paper is controlled by Chick Parsons if not owned by him. On this quiet evening of April, the placid air of Manila was violently shattered by the horrendous quack of Chick's paper. "No priest", he said, "is permitted to interfere in labor affairs." And more of the same for two or three columns. We understand that Chick Parsons is a Catholic. But how Stalin and Marx would rejoice to hear him talk in thot vein. And how Pope Leo XIII, and the other great labor popes, must have turned in their graves, ond also St. Peter, if tqs heard about it. It is sad to find grown up chicks who can only quack. But let us hope that Chick Parsons was only quacking in his sleep and that, wher. he wakes up, he will talk differently. For he was a great and glorious guerrilla leader and we like to think thot he is really a gotid Catholic. QUE VALIENTE EL MANILA CHRONICLE! After thfee busy and zealous years in the Philippines, His Excellency, Mons. Egidio Vagnozzi, the Apostolic Nuncio, on April 14th, left Manila for a short visit to Vatican City, Europe and the United States. Eight days later, April 22, the Manila Chronicle erupted with a violent front-page Editorial against His Excellency, accus'ng him of being antiFilipino, arrogant, etc. How strange that the Chronicle should not have uttered one single word of criticism against His Excellency during his three years stay in our