POLAND: Hand-Washing

August Cardinal Hlond, the stern-faced Roman Catholic primate of Poland, having been accused of doing nothing to prevent or discourage the Kielce massacre of Jews (TIME, July 15), last week washed his hands of the matter. After deploring the pogrom, he said: "The fact that this condition [anti-Jewish violence] is deteriorating, is to a great degree due to Jews who today occupy leading positions in Poland's Government and endeavor to introduce a governmental structure which the majority of the people do not desire. This is a harmful game, as it creates dangerous...