Show lai llumi k it and archbishop uan now new york 7 henry george the late labor candidate for or mayor of this city lias has addressed an open letter to archbishop corrigan Cor ngan 0 ol 01 I 1 the catholic diocese of 0 ew cork in in reference terenca re to the recent pastoral letter by the latter I 1 in which lie ho took occa occasion alou to warn hn his vople against tile the lanil and theories of decree colw 6 I 1 nearly all ot of the letter in reply is ii devoted di voted to to a controversial discussion of georges Lie orges well known theories on the question fuestion of the private oli ownership of land iside artilo front from that ih it the significant part of tho the letter I 1 is as follows follow B that part ol of your pastoral pasto ial to which I 1 refer grefer ins fits been taken by tho the press as placing the catholic church in an a attitude t ti of the chain champion pion ol of private in tho und and and Is is certainly catel calculated ute to create the impression that the doctrine cc eliat all men haya have equal anil in alle nabi e rig rights tits to use uc tins this natural ale lemen Is id 0 opposed posed to anti and conde condemned 4 by the CA catholic t hp otic faith since I 1 am not a catholic it might faight hardly seem cera lit in me ina to den your right tie as an aich bl aboa to clotho clothe your political and economic opinions antho in the grab grabot of official religious teaching but I 1 I 1 ina maj perhaps lis b permitted to call your attention to ilia fact act that such a right has baa been expressly denied by high catholic authority ani and to the fact act that ali it the tha very opinions winch which you officially stigmatize as opposed to tile the catholic teachings are ara openly avowed not only by catholic laymen and nd priests eita but by pr prelates elates of official dignity n not c t inferior to your own Ier hips a I 1 alan 2 Is 0 I 1 may bo be permitted to obbe r lo 10 that lit to tha h quotation you make from tile the cri encyclical cyclical of 0 pope leo XIII in no ni way bears out the interpretation put upon it instead of 0 condemning as Juige rut ing rous erous the tha theory that human rights to the use of land are equal it on the contrary condemns condemn i only those who v ho assail tile tho right of property I 1 I 1 I 1 is sanctioned by its ita natural law and this restriction which excludes land lind is still further enforced by the ropes characterization of the property of which he speaks a characterization character izat on that clearly applies only to that species of broder property 17 which I 1 is alio right of human exertion |