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FRAN CIS_JOSEPH-CARDIWAL-SPELLMAN | “ROMAN CATHOLIC CARDINAL 452 MADISON AVENUE WEW YORK CIIT BIOGRAPHICAL DATA [As Loop fry in f - foe Boe ‘ Cardinol—Spellaan was bora in Whitman, Massachusetts, on May 4, 1889. He récetved hte 2.5. degree from Fordham in” y 4921, and his 8.T.D. degree in Bone in 1916. He holda numerous | Aonorary degrees from vartous colleges throughout the country. ~ He wos Assiatant Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Boston from 1922 to 1925, and served ce aa Assistant at the Fatican tn Rome from 1925 te 1932. He was Auxiliary Bishop of Boston from 1932 to 1939, and he has been Archbishop of New York from 19839. He was appointed a Cardinal in February, 1946. Cardinal Spellucn ta the author of numerous booka and pamphlets. RELATIONS WiTH THE BUREAU: We have had long and cordial relations with Cardinal Spellman. Shortly after he was elevated to the rank of Cardinal, he published a pamphlet entitled "Communtem Is Un-American." In the back of the pamphlet ta set out a reprint of "Connuntsn Is 4 Menace™ under the Director's by-line. In the latter part ed tnuestigation concerning one was G Korean who allegediy made anti- n statements and showed Be Gn unusual interest in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He had entered the ~ United States in 1948, and one of his sponsors was Cardinal Spellaan. a tatervtewed @ wos acquainted with f the Asia Institute in Mew York City. a @e eubject of ao pending Bureau inves- tigation and one reliable sour described him as a member of the Comiuniet Party in 19438, atmed that a group of Catholics ta the United States led by Carciadl Jpellinzan was at odds with the — Yatican on various foreign tesues. eferred to the Spelinan h, ; followers as a “consptracy™ working undermine the Eisenhower " Adninistration and te eventually bring about the election of bfe McCarthy as President. . : INDEXED - 7 74 -4-27"7 € - 4d SivPp Rie = | 76 APA 18 85 —wan poe ee sl 6.9 APR 21.1999