Does history not teach us that such an attitude is the forerunner of the decline of civilization? And is it not significant that precisely in the big cities the alarm is sounded to return to the land and raise a healthy. vigorous Christian peasantry. a farmers stock which may form a strong dam against which will break the everhigher rising tidal wave of physical and moral decay? With respect to immigration. Pope Pius XII stated: Causes of world tensions are. among other things. limited national territory and lack of primary materials. Some countries are really overcrowded and instead of forcing these countries to import food at great costs. why are emigration and immigration not made easier. why are families which so desire not allowed to go to countries where it will be much easier for them to make a living? In a letter to former President Truman. on August 26. 1947. he stated with respect to civil rights: Social injustices. racial injustices. and religious animosities exist today among men and groups who boast of Christian civilization. And they are a very useful and often effective weapon in the hands of those who are bent on destroying all the good which that civilization has brought to men.
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