belief he will not be able to acquire a genuinely revolutionary
spirit."

In the May 10, 1902, edition of "Vorwaerts," a weekly supplement of the
"New Yorker Volkeszeitung," we read:

"New York, May 6.--Archbishop Corrigan died last night after a
protracted illness. Preparations are going on for a grand funeral
with the usual paraphernalia. The soul of the prelate whizzed out
of his mortal remains straight up into the seventh heaven, and now
the bishop is staying there with lovely little angels and other
beautiful beings hovering about him. Let him who is fool enough,
believe it."

We are informed by "The Call," April 5, 1911, that at Utica, New York,
on April 4, 1911, churches of all denominations were placed under the
ban of the Italian Socialist Federation of the United States at the
closing session of its National Congress, which had been in session for
the last three days in that city and that strongly worded resolutions
charging all churches with being against the emancipation of the working
class and for the protection and perpetuation of capitalism and moral
and economic slavery were unanimously adopted amid vociferous applause;
finally that by the adoption of these resolutions, all members of the
federation must sever their affiliations with any and all existing
churches and religious organizations and refrain from all religious
practices and rites.

Some information regarding the atheistic teachings of the New York "Il
Proletario," the official organ of the Italian Socialist Federation of
the United States, will be of interest to the reader. In the edition of
December 23, 1910, there are several attacks on Christianity. One of
these entitled "Christmas Is Here" is translated as follows:

"Christmas is a fib, Christmas is a fraud, Christmas is a crime
wanted and continued by the powerful to delude their servants and
to make them believe that there is really happiness, justice and
love on this earth.... There is no everlasting joy. How long, O
poor and exhausted workingmen of the world, will the shameful
comedy continue? When will you finally perceive that not from a
false and unexisting God, not from a mystical and epileptic
crucified man, who died without rebellion and without protest, will
come your redemption? When will you open your eyes to the truth of
Socialism, and realize that finally upon you alone depends