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Cody,s First Year a Long Shakeup for City Churches in urging the civil rights lead- BY STANLEY PIEZA ers to postpone demonstrations Religion Editor in all-yaite Chicago neighbor- A year ago today a big man hoods/and suburbs. came to Chicago to take over Negroes Resented It a big job. He is the Most Rev. Cody's move caused some re- John Patrick Cody, archbishop sentment among Negroes. "Be- fore any more violence occurs, of the Chicago Roman Catholic I thought we could all settle archdiocese, largest in the Unit- the problems at a conference ed States. tableCody said. Since he put on his mitre He realizes that the racial problem in Chicago is/in many during his installation in Holy ways tougher than the situation Name cathedral, the 58-year-old he faced in New Oyleans. prelate has shaken up the local His strong stand on civil shaken before. letters from irate Catholics to on his hands here when he answered some. Last week he came from New Orleans. expressed public thanks to all "I Know I'm Right" writers--critics and admirers-- CHICAGO AMERICAN A few months ago this writer on the front page of the New was Cody's guest in the old World,t official Catholic publi- CHICAGO. ILLINOIS Chicago house in Rome. We cation bf Chicago. talked about the increasing ra- cial problems in Chicago and 'He Can Take It" 3 STAR FINAL the arrival of the Rev. Martin One thing in Cody's favor is Luther King Jr. to lead the "that he can take it," a priest! DATE: racial marches here. said. Some priests in'New "All I have to do is enforce Orleans called Cody the jet- the principles of Christ and. age prelate. PAGE: COL: the church regarding social jus- Cody's predecessor, the late tice," Cody said. "It's that Cardinal Meyer, worked quietly simple. I now I'm right, and and without fanfare. Cody I'll fight all the way." added a dimension of dynamism As Cody starts his second to the archdiocese. year in Chicago, Catholics who He has the build for his wondered what he would do in tremendous job. His 5 foot 11 a civil rights crisis now know. inch frame carries 225 pounds. Accused as Red He usually is up at 5 a. m. and 8o-7ry-y Across a coffee table one is at his chancery desk some- morning Cody told this writer, times before the rest of the help arrives. SEARCHED..... "I've been accused by some ...INDEXED.. SERIALIZED... segregation-minded Catholics of "My Brother Priests ..FILED. AJG C 4 1C0 being a Communist because of Soon after his accession to my fight for social justice. the archdiocese, with a Catholic FBI-CHICAGO "But they'll have to go much population of nearly 2.5 million, farther than that to rouse the members became aware that ire of this Irishman. Cody was a brilliant adminis- However, a few weeks ago trator with a plan for getting Cody showed caution when he at the heart of a situation. joined Mayor Daley and other During interviews with his civic leaders_.and_churchmen priests, whom he treats gently