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NEW YORK (NC)-The Catholic bishops of New York Statecalled on all people of good willto take part in an all-out campaign "to reverse the life-destroying trends of society whichabortion and euthanasia represent."
The bishops' statement wasreleased here by Cardinal Terence Cooke. It said July I, whenthe state's new regressive abortion law went into effect, marksthe beginning of a "tragic chapter" in the history of the state.
Meanwhile Robert A. Derzon,acting hospitals commissionerhere, emphasized Catholic hospitals and medical personnel willnot be required to participate inabortions under the law.
Derzon said as of June 26,Turn to Page Seventeen
be slow at approving appropriations.
If the House biJI becomes lawand Congressional funds are notforthcoming, public service mailers would have to pay higherrates to compensate. '
Despite this pitfall, the Housebill is said to be much less afinancial threat than the Senatebill. Both bills now go to a conference committee, composed ofmembers from each body, wheredifferences between the two billswill be ironed out and a finalproduct will be shaped.
Several attempts were madeto remove the phase-out provision from the McGee-Fong billbut were unsuccessful. Two efforts were made to substitute theentire House bill for the Senatebill. One of those motions lostby a narrow margin and one wastabled out of existence.
Four church-related groupsalso wrote letters to every senator proposing an amendment toretain a preferred rate for secondand third-class nonprofit mailersby phasing in over a 10 yearperiod a rate equal to one-halfthe normal rate for each class.
McGee admitted, however,that in light of the lowered ratespreviously allowed for publicservice mailers, it would be"grossl'y unfair to those mailers,and genuinely adverse to thepublic interest to 'throw them tothe wolves' in the first day of thePostal Service's operations."
This would "literally meanbal)kruptcy" in many cases, hesaid, and accounts for the bill'sproviding a phase-out period ofup to 10 years for public servicemailers to adjust to the higherrates. The phase-out would begin within two years after thebill became law.
A possible alternative to theMcGee-Fong bill is the postal reform biJI passed by the House,which says that Congress cancontinue setting lowered ratesfor public service mail and provide a yearly subsidy to make upthe difference.
House BmThe catch for public service
mailers, however, is that Congress must appropriate the fundsto pay for this subsidy everyyear, and it has been known to
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~frl1l [Nh~w E~g~cind CeD C@ngres~for the 24th annual New EnglandCongress of Religious Educationwhich is expected to draw morethan 5,000 New Englanders toProvidence College fro!ll August21 through 23.
The congress is sponsoredeach year by the Confraternityof Christian Doctrine (CCD) directors of the 11 New EnglandCatholic Diocese. This year'swhich will feature more than 50workshops, seminars, and specialsessions dealing with the futureof religious education-is beingsponsored by the Most ReverendRussell J. McVinney, D.O., Bishopof Providence.
Mr. McDple heads a ,committee of 26 CCD officials organizing this year's event. Theme ofthis year's congress is "The 70'sDecade of Hope." It will dealwith' every aspect of religiouseducation for the parents, religion teachers, CCD heads, andparish education committeemembers 'Who will attend.'
Mr. McDole who lives as 25Second Street, Pawtucket, ispresently co-chairman of, theeducation committee of St. Teresa's Parish. He is also a'memberof the executive committee of thenewly formed Regional SchoolBoard for Catholic Schools, Diocese of Providence.
Mr. McDole was appointed tothe 'Seekonk post in July, 1968.Before that he was Vice Principalof Pawtucket West 'Senior HighSchool, Pawtucket, from 1963through 1968. Before that heserved as an English, Journalism,and Economics teacher at West.
PC InstructorMr. McDole is also serving on
the faculty of the Adult Education program of Providence College. From 1950-1958 he taughtat Joseph Jenks Junior HighSchool.
Mr. McDole is a member ofthe Knights of Columbus. He isa former member of the Pawtucket Teachers Alliance.
The 1950 graduate of Providence College is married to the
.former Claire A. Audette. Theyhave seven children.
William J. McDole, a Pawtucket resident and AssistantSuperintendent of Schools inSeekonk, is serving as chairman
Senate Bill ThreatensNon-Profit Groups
WASHINGTON (NC) - TheSenate has passed its muchdebated postal reform bill, complete with a clause that spellstrouble for nonprofit mailers likediocesan newspapers and charitable groups:
The clause provides for thephasing out, of lower rates forall classes of mail over a 10-yearperiod. Religious, charitable andother nonprofit mailers have traditionally enjoyed reduced second-class and third-class mailrates because of their publicservice function.
Sen. Gale McGee (D-Wyo.),one of the authors of the reformbill, said the phase-out proposalwould "get the Congress out ofthe clutches of the lobbyist."
If the proposed new self-supporting post office system retains ratemaking powers, McGeesaid in introducing the bill, "our
. halls will be filled with the representatives of special interestgroups who will. as they alwayshave, attempt to convince themembers of Congress that theworld will come to an end if weraise the rate on their mail."
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lodge Consu~ts With' PopeOn Major World Problems
VATICAN CITY (NC)-Henry July 4, the anniversary of ,theCabot Lodge, President Nixon's American republic, only a dayenvoy to the Vatican, met pri- after the Portuguese ambassavately with Pope Paul VI on dol' to the Holy See left RomeJuly 4 to discuss and exchange because of his country's disviews on the major "hot spots" pleasure over a papal audienceof the world. The two also dis- for three African leaders concussed the menace of the world sidered revolutionaries in Portu-drug traffice. guese Africa.
It was the first time in 20 Lodge was accompanied byyears an American especially Robert Illing, who has beendesignated by the president of transferred to Rome from Yugothe United States as a represent- slavia by the U.S. state departative-although without any ment to assist Lodge in his newformal diplomatic status--came assignment.to the Vatican for such talks. The reception at the Vatican
Lodge went to the Vatican at was cordial but not on the pro-10:45 on Saturday morning, Turn to Page Six
grams and in working for theChurch. It hac.; provided 70 complete graduate Scholarships forMaster's Degrees in Social Service at Catholic University,Washington, D.C.
Other activities include workwith handicapped childrenthrough the Joseph P. KennedyFoundation, the ConfraternityHome Study Service, the SacredHeart Hour, the National Newman Foundation-and conductsan African Studies Program atthe Center for Applied Research,(CARA), Washington.
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book "The Geography of Hunger," said that Latin Americais underpopulated. "It is absurd and criminal to imposebirth control on us,,,· he said.
,BombsThe demographic explosion is
not as dangerous as the stockpiling of nuclear bombs "todestroy humanity," he said.There is "an explosion ofriches," he said, and at thesame time ,an intensification ofthe miseries of humanity because billion~ are being spentfor 'bombs rather than forpeople.
"No one has proved to datethat we are r.ungry because weare overpopulated," he continued. "No one can say what isthe optimum ,population for development."
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D of 'I Delegates To AttendInternational Convention
Five members of the Daughters of Isabella from varioussections of the diocese of FallRiver will be among the 1200members who will attend theorganization's' biennial international convention which will beheld in St. Louis July 25 throughJuly 31.
Representing the Circles- fromthe diocese will be: Mrs. Katherine Hesford of New Bedford,state guard and regent of Hyacinth Circle No. 71; Mrs..Antoinette Botelho of Somerset,state chancellor and regent ofSt. Patrick's Circle No. 335.
Also, Mrs. Cecile Cummingsof Fall River, regent of the Assumption Circle No. 74; Mrs.Gertrude De Costa of No. Attleboro, regent of Benedict Circle No. 61; Mrs. Harriet Martinof Taunton, regent of CardinalGibbons Circle No. 61.
Rev. Msgr. Joseph A. Beatty,pastor of Sacred Heart Church,Weymouth and state chaplainwill also attend.
Mrs. Anna C. Walsh, Supreme Regent, stated that delegates will represent Daughtersof Isabella circles in' 26 states, 4Canadian provinces and thePhilippines.
The Daughters of Isabella,incorporated in Connecticut in1904, is an organization of over120,000 Catholic women whounite their talents and effortsin behalf of local, national andinternational charitable pro-
Fall River, Mass., Thursday, JulyVol. 14, No. 2Sl
Reject PopulationAs Hunger Cause
THE HAGUE (NC)-In perhaps the most heated plenarysession of the Second WorldFood Congress here, Africanand Latin American speakersvoiced strong opposition to proposals that the United Nations'Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) be actively concerned in promoting progrfJms offamily planning and populationcontrol.
Their objections were basedmainly on social and economic,rather than religious, considerations.
In an impassioned speechfrom the floor, Dr. Jose de Castro, Brazilian scientist and veteran FAO leader, said the foodcongress, "must reserve somemovement for those who don'tagree with the panel.",The Brazilian, author of the
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Fordham DropsHired in Ecumenical
NEW YORK (NC) - A Luth- ate at the Unive~sity of Chicagoeran scholar who three years ago and became assistant professorbecame the first non-Catholic in at Fordham in 1967.the theology department at Ford- . 'Natural lPro~ess'.. ,ham University, will not be re- Smce then the univerSIty h~s
tained after the coming academic added two .other no~-Catholl~
year. . scholars, one of .",,:hom Is.a rabbi.The contract of the Rev. Rob- Fordham offiCials said they
ert L. Wilken, 33, will expire would continue to recognize thewithout renewal because the de- university's ecumenical endeavor'partment already ha3 enough ten- and was satis~ied ,,:i~~ Dr. Wilured personnel in Dr. Wilken's ken's academiC abilities. Th.eyfield of early church history, a said a decision wns made glvuniversity official said. ing priority to finding a Protes-
However, several faculty mem- tant scholar to teach contemporbers, including Dr. Wilken, said ary Protestant theology.that the university action reflect- "The department has the aued a retreat from the institution's thorization to find such a perpreviously expresse'';-ideal of ec- son,': s~id Pau.l J. Reiss, acaumenical cooperation in the field demlc vice-preSident of the Jes-of theology. . uit instit~tion. ..
"I came with th<l understand- He said that the· universitying that Fordham was ready to expects to hire more non-Cathoconfront Protestantism openly. lics "as a. natural process," butNow it's clear that most (faculty) that effor:ts would be made tomembers never intended this preserve the institution's traditkind of department" said 'Dr. ional strength-eatholic theolWilken. He receiven his doctor- ogy.
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lative initiative that would haveabolished any legal restraintagainst abortion in Californiafailed to get the required number of signatures.
The initiative obtained 168,010signatures, Secretary of StateH. P. Sullivan announced-farshort of the required 325,173.
Panel Asks New Goals and AttitudesIn Changing Nation's Health Care
WASHINGTON (NC) - Mil- tion of American representativeslions of American~ get health from industry, labor, consumers,care on a hit-or-miss basis and health and social sciences andmillions more lack access to care health institutional and serviceexcept in crisis, according to a groups.high level panel study released Minimum Benefitshere. Throughout the report, the'
The panel's 27 members, ap- group criticized the Medicaid~ointed a year ago to advise the program for the poor and othersSecretary of Health, Education for whom costs become over-and Welfare, . recommended whelming,sweeping changes in American It claimed that cnly an esti-health care, mated one-third of the 30 million
One recommended change was to 40 million potential beneficthat the federal government iaries of Medicaid actually reshould pay for all basic Medicare ceive its services.benefits. The federal share of the A key recommendation calledprogram now is about ~~.6 bil- for conversion of )vIe'dicaid to alion--on a federal-state match- pmgram with a' uniform miniing share basis. mum of health benefits financed
The panel's report also advised entirely by federal funds. Thereshifting emphasis from private, would be federal-state matchingindependent medical practice programs for certain supplementoward alternatives such as tary benefits and persons notgroup practice, pre-paid health covered under the minimum plan.care plans and ultimately some- The proposed plan would startthing akin to national health in- with a first priority on eligiblesurance. children and families with child-
"There isn't enough money ren and later phase in additionaland there aren't enough doctors groups until all poor or nearlyto provide the needed care just poor Americans would be covop a fee-far-service basis. Thus, ered - presumably expandingany solution will require new op- coverage to all eligible.tions new goals and new attitu-des," stated the report releasedat an HEW news conference.
"It is a central conclusion ofthe task force that money isneeded, but that money alonewill not guarantee either capacity or effectiveness to the system," said the report.
Chairman of the panel calledthe Task Force on Medicaid andRelated Programs is Walter J.McNerney," president of the BlueCross Association. The panel in-cludes a represenative cross-sec-
SECRETARY: Father William F. Graney, has beennamed full-time executivesecretary of the NationalFederation of Priests Councils. NC Photo.
Urges ChristiansTo Break CircleOf Poverty
VATICAN CITY (NC)-A papalletter has called upon Christiansto "rise up with their strength,in the name of the Gospel,"against an economic system thatmakes poverty a by-product ofgrowth.
Christians should stand "in thefirst rank of those who dare byevery means at their disposal, tobreak the .hellish Circle of poverty," declared a letter writtenin Pope Paul's name by CardinalJean Villot, papal secretary ofstate.
The cardinal was writing tothe 57th French Social Week,which met in Paris July 1-5. ,Subject of this year's social weekwas "The Poor in the -Society ofthe Rich."• "In the societies of plenty,"
the letter said, "poverty is notmeasured merely by the revenuesat one's disposal and the standard of living one enjoys ... Isnot the poor man in sum the manwho does not count, who isnever listened to, who is puthere or there without beingasked his opinion, and who sinksinto an isolation so painful thathe may resort to irreparabledeeds of despair?"
World Wide Question
Of the society of the rich, theletter said:
"In this world where everyliving person is our neighbor, theresearch and the struggle of societies of plenty against their islands of poverty cannot dispensethem from a resolute assault onthe great problems of our times,where 'the social question hasbecome worldwide' (PopulorumProgressio).
"That problem consists in thecrying disparities between therich countries and the poor countries, the growing distortion thatseparates the most deprived fromthe most favored."
Christians should thereforestrive to close the widening gapbetween rich and poor "on aworld scale as well as on that ofthe various groupings," the letterdeclared.
Victims of Cupidity
Recalling that preaching thegood news to the poor is the"sign par excellence of the kingdom of God," the letter stated:
. "An attentive reading of theBible shows in fact that the poor
. hold in it a considerable placeand that, if their state is sometimes the result of indolence orof disorder, the poor are notalways the children of lazinessbut very oiten the victims of fateor of men's cupi~ity."
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More· than a third of the Dominican Republic's labor forceis unemployed, and illegal im·migrants from neighboring Haitiadd to the unemployment problem by flooging the labo,r markets in many rural areas;,
Solution of this unemploymentproblem is high on the ,list ofpriorities of the Nation~l Development Commission, ;whichhas proposed a social development plan that it says will solve"the most serioys proble/ns ofthe nation." I
The plan includes changes inthe labor laws, establisrmentof a national wage commission,a medical assistance program forlow-income families and t~e creation of a commission to aid theunemployed.. '
In addition, it calls for federalsubsidies to fishermen, agricultural' schools for the children offarmworkers, more.... financialaid for agricultural programs,~ollege credits for students whoteach in adult basic educationprograms aimed at reducin'g thecountry's 35 per cent illiteracyrate, and experimental modelfarms and ranches,
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. ,THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. July 9, 1970
Day of Prayer
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JULY 14Rev. Nicholas Fett, SS.CC.,
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Rev. Edmund J. Neenan, 1949,Assistant, Sacred Heart, OakBluffs.
NecrologyJULY 10
Rev. Pie Marie Berard,1938, Dominican Priory,River.
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Prelate Emphasize$' U'nity DependsOn Keeping State of Israel AlDve
SOUTH ORANGE (NC)-The students "with the ori~inal sigstate of Israel must be kept alive nificance of each text," and dis'before Jews and Christians can cussed the treatment of the exconcentrate on unity, partici- presssion "the Jews" at Masspants at a 10-day institute were and in the classroom. 'told here. Explains Phrase
"We cannot talk abput our Using the example of the Gos-Jewish origins, about our kin- pel text which reports ,that theship with God's own people or Apostles were in hidipg afterour common hope for His uni- Christ's crucifixion "for fear ofversaI reign, and leave the Is- the Jews," Msgr. Osterreicherraelis to die a horrible death," suggested students and congresaid Msgr. John M. Oesterreicher, gations be told.the phrase meansreferring to Israel's struggle "the Jerusalem authorities" rathagainst the Arab states in the er than the entire Jewish nation.tense Middle East conflict. "I do not sugge-st that you
Msgr. Oesterreicher spoke at treat the sacred text to suit yourthe opening session of the sec- whim," he said. "On the conond' annual Menorah Institute. . trary, it is, as I see it, the reverFocusing on a study of Christian- ence that you owe to the textJewish relations, the institute that demands clarity of express-was held' here at Seton Hall Uni- ion." 'versity. Calling it "the duty <;>f every
The prelate heads Seton Hall's Am~rican citizen" to help shapeInstitute of Judaeo-Christian Israel's foreign policy,; Msgr.Studies and co-directed the Men- Oesterreicher told institute parorah Institute with Dr. Joseph L. ticipants not to hesitate to deLichten, national director of the mand that the Nixon AdminisB'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation tration give that country,. all theLeague's department of intercul- aid necessary "to keep its indetural affairs. pendence and play its role in'
Dr. Lichten, told participants preserving Judiaism, in: bringhe was concerned because the ing prosperity to the' Middleconcept of ecumenism "is being East, and making its cc;mtribuinterpreted more and more nar- tion to the commonwealth of allrowly, with emphasili on cooper- men everywhere." :
'ation among Christians only."Liturgy Changes
Goal of ' the Menorah Instituteis to foster a deeper understanding of the present day Jewswhile tracing Church roots inancient Judaism. More than 60religion and sociology teachers,Confraternity of Christian Doctrine directors, ecumenists andstudents took part in the institute. They studied scripture andJewish liturgy,' music, folk traditions and political struggles.
Msgr. Oesterreicher describedthe Jewish Origin of severalchanges in the Catholic Churchliturgy. He said new prayers atthe Offertory of the Mass "werepatterned after the Jewish wayof saying grace." He also citedthe "frequent use of the Old Testament 'or, as Jews say, theTenach" in newly designatedscriptural readings and responsesduring the Mass.
The institute director urgedparticipants to acquaint their
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Ce>uncil Asks FundsFor DrClffr Dodgers
GENEVA (NC) - Prefacingtheir appeal with the hope thattheir action would not be misunderstood, officials of the WorldCouncil of Churches here askedfor funds to .help U.S. draftdodgers and deserters living inCanada.
The Councils Division of Interchurch Aid approved a special appeal to all memberchurches and related agenciesafter the Canadian Council ofChurches asked for help in meeting the needs of Americans inCanada to avoid military service 'in the U.S.
In New York, a spokesman forthe National Council of Churchessaid that it had made no specific responses to the worldcouncil appeal. However, theAmerican church group has established its own program ofpastoral ministry for U.S. draftage emigrant.s to Canada.
Springfiehll Dio~ese
Te> Mark CentellllGlrySPRINGFIELD (NC) - Arch
bishop Luigi Raimondi, apostolicdelegate in the United States,will officiate at. the centenarycelebration of the Springfielddiocese here Sept. 26.
The papal envoy. Bishop Christopher J. Weldon of Springfield,and priests of the diocese willoffer a Mass of thanltsgiving inSt. Michael's cathedral. A banquet and civic celebration willfollow the Mass. The diocese hasa Catholic population of 400,000in 141 parishes.
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The assembly tabled a resolution calling for stepped-up efforts to achieve peace in Indochina and a "rearrangement ofnational priorities" to give greater support to urban renewal, education and other domestic problems.
A subsequent attempt to bringthe resolution back to the floorfor a vote failed to receive thenecessary two-thirds majority.Superiors who opposed the voteclaimed the resolution wouldharm troop morale and reflect alack of confidence in the Nixonadministration.
Superiors'. MeetingViews of Religious Life
nel sympathetic to modern developments in the world and modernviews of religious life."
The delegates adopted a resolution stating " .. '. we are bothsaddened and profoundly disturbed by the decree . . . .. The resolution noted that the decree'sprovisions are "considered offensive and discrimin&tory by ourAmerican religious."
The superiors asked that American religious men, through theconference, be consulted aboutpending decrees and instructionsand that the Sacred Congregation's decree be reconsidered.They also want a rescript granted 'which would "dispense religious communities in tlle U.S.from its restrictive norms."
SllIlPPort ChavezCesar Chavez, leader of the
AFL-CIO United Farm Workers'organizing committee, receivedunanimous backing from the assembly which hailed "the moraljustification and necessity of anongoing boycott of non-unionCalifornia grapes:'
The resolution recognized "thetruly Christ-like approach . . .so consistently championed andbolstered by Chavez's leadership." The delegates instructedFather Paul Boyle, C.P., conference president, to publicly commend the grape workers' organizer "for outstanding Christianleadership in his advocacy ofnon-violence:'
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SAN JUAN (NC)-Dr. RafaelGarcia Bottari was installed as.the first layman president of the34-year-Old College onhe SacredHeart here. He is the formerdirector of the Regional University of Puerto Rico College inCayey.
The 500-student college, founded in 1936 by the Sisters of theSacred Heart exclusively forgirls, has announced nightcourses for men will be held forthe first time beginning inSeptember.
DAYTON (NC)-Superiors ofAmerica's religious communitiesof men found an unexpected unity of purpose and convictionhere as they sought "A NewVision of American ReligiousLife in the '70s."
Meeting. at the University ofDayton, some 200 religious superiors, representing more than35,000 priests and brothers inthe U.S., labored through theweek-long 13th annual assemblyof the Conference of Major Superiors of Men.
The conference's vision forthe coming decade was expressed in a renewed concern for thecommunity of' the world. Theconference also found a newstrength in its growing unity.
One of the most significantactions of the assembly was thenearly unanimous agreement ofthe delegates to tell Rome theydid not like the decree issued lastFall by the Sacred Congregationfor Religious which bars lay brothers from being superiors ofcommuni~ies that include priests.
Ask ConsultationAnd it asked that new blood
be added to the congregation'sstaff so it will include "person-
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BENEIIJ>KCTHON: Bishop FultonJ. Sheen gives the benediction to the crowd attendingHonor America Day ceremonies 9n the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Washington.
Neme S()c:refi'G1ryCHICAGO (NC)-Father Wil
liam F. Graney, former assistanteditor of the New World, Chicago's archdiocesan newspaper, hasbeen named full-time executivesecretary of the National Federation of Priests' Councils.Selected by the federation'sofficers, Father Graney is thegroup's first full-time secretary.
British NursesRefuse Ro~'e
~n Aboft~(D!rnLONDON (NC}-A revolt by
hospital nurses against takingpart in legalized abortions wasreported this week to be spreading through Britian.
Senior operating room' nursesat Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, Cheshire, refused to takepart in any further such operations, claiming their right under the conscience clause in theAbortion Act.
Their action, which stemsfrom the ever-increasing number of abortion cases, was expected to be followed by snmilaraction at other hospitals.
The nurses at Stepping Hill,only four of whom are Catholics, have individually expressed a growing distaste at whatthey have described as the practice of "throwing human beingsinto the dustbin." Some nursesare known to have resigned.
"Religion does not really enter into this, although there areCatholics among us," one ofthem said. "We are repelled bywhat we have to do."
They also resent the fact thatabortions are leap-frogging overa two-year wait for other gynecological operations.
bne hospital official said theabortion operation "is repellentto most trained nurses. Thishas been brewing for sometime."
Among AU NursesA London spokesman for the
Royal College of Nursing said:"There is a growing concern
about the increase in these operations. There are hardly enoughnurses to be able to staff hospitals adequately to deal withother complaints. This placesan additional burden on an already overworked nursing staff."
Miss Evelyn Coulson, president of the Catholic Nurses'Guild, said: "
"There is· quite definitely agrowing revolt among allnurses-not only Catholic ones."
And other· spokesmen fornurses, hospitals and gynecologists have admitted increasingunrest.
Gynecologists OpposeThe National Association of
Theater (Operating) RoomNurses reported worry and concern among a number of itsmembers.
Several eminent gynecologistshave spoken out strongly againstabortions.
One, Prof. Ian Morris of St.Mary's Hospital, Manchester,said:
"The whole operation is ahorrible distasteful duty. If Iwere beginning my medicalcareer knowing what I knownow about abortions I wouldnever choose gynecology. I detest the operation. It is a complete reversal of all my medicaltraining.
"The whole aim is to savelife not perform this particularform of homicide. I can neverlook at the tissues I have removed during the terminationof a pregnancy wnthout revulsion.It may be a jelly but it is afterall a human life that I am destroying."
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WASHINGTON (NC)-Forcedpassage of a $2.7 billion hospitalconstruction bill has been called "most for.tunate" by Msgr.Harrold A. Murray, director ofthe United States Catholic Conference department of health af-fairs. -
On behalf of that departmentand the Catholic Hospital Association's 900 health care facilities, the monsignor had sent letters urging members of Congressto pass the ,legislation supportingnew hospital construction, modernization and corollary seryice. •
Congress did that when a totalof 76 senators-53 Democratsand 23 Republicans-voted toextend the Hill-Burton Act foranother three years. Only 19 Republicans voted to uphold President Nixon's veto that the legislation was too expensive .
The House had voted earlier279 to 98 override the veto.
Important to People..It would have been most un
fortunate for the Hill-Burtonprogram to be terminated without something to take its place,"said Msgr. Murray.
He added that the legislation,which has helped build healthcare facilities in 4,000 communities since its inception in 1946,"has meant a great deal not onlyto al! types of hospitals in thecountry, but more importantlyto the people they serve."
Although Msgr. Murray expected the veto, it has been 10years since Congress last overrode one by passing into lawa fe~teral pay raise protested bythe late President Eisenhower.
Primary ObjectionThe veto could have been
thwarted, the priest said, hadthe White House alerted Republi·cans about its objections at anearlier date. The primary objection was the section requiringthat all appropriations for majorhealth programs next year bespen~
'1 ile President also wanted t.~
:;witch the act's financial assistance program from outrightgrants tO'loan guarantees. Thepopular Hill-Burton program authorizes direct grants more than5:350 million in excess of thePresident's proposed budget forfiscal year 1971.
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Tenant leagues have beenformed at other projects operated by the housing authority,but other rent strikes have not'met with the same success. Conditions at the housing projecthave been called to the attentionof city. officials, the police department and representatives ofthe U.S. Department of Housingand Urban Development.
Rent StrikeHousong Project Tenants Withold Funds
To Pay for Repairs
CONVERSATION IN BETHLEHEM: Sister ElizabethMary, Superior at Our Lady of the Apostles in Bethlehem,
. playfully talks with a young Arab in the street. NC Photo.
NEWARK (NC) - Withoutfanfare or publicity, a tenantleague organized through an interfaith group at a municipalhousing project here has carriedon a successful three-month rentstrike.
A spokesman for the tenantleague claimed 60 perecnt ,of1,200 families in the 14-buildinghousing project have been turning over rent payments to theleague instead ,of the NewarkHousing Authority.
The tenants have served notice on the housing authority thatif conditions and repairs are notsoon corrected by the authority,the league will make them outof the withheld rent fund., The league was launched by
Father Thomas C. Comerford ofQueen of Angels parish, who hasbeen residing at the project sinceDecember, and Sister' MaureenMcDonough of nearby St. Vincent's convent, who has .beenworking at the projec~ ,
The league has been assistedby the Newark Legal Services,
. an anti-poverty program to aid,the poor with legal problems.The league has been advised ofa recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, which held a tenant forced to make repairs because a'landlord failed to provide suitable living conditions, could deduct cost of repairs from rentalpayment.
The league has complajned thehousing authority has litteredbasements and hallways; failed
. to provide adequate police pro. tection to combat open traffic innarcotics and mounting crime;failed to maintain premises andplay areas properly, 'and hasbeen lax in its attitude towardtenants who litter hallways anddamage property.
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medical and dental schools herehave given warning that withoutan annual government subsidythey cannot afford to continueoperation., :
Representatives of GeorgeWashington University Medical'Center and Georgetown University Medical and Dental SchOblshave urged passage of a billgiving the schools $6.2 million f,orthe fiscal year which began July1 and $6.7 million for the ne~tyear. . i
They made this request beforea Senate District subcommittee,r-aying they needed help fr~m'Congress in its capacity of thestate government for the Districtof Columbia. ,
"The meager operational funasthat do exist," at the schools"are not sufficient. to meet thecnst of. operation f-or the comirtgfiscal years," said Matthew :F.McNulty Jr., vice president ofthe GU Medical Center. :.
The proposed bill calls for I afederal grant of $5,000 for eathmedical student and $3,000 foreach dental student. :
George Washington expects iadeficit of $2.2 million for its 445medical students this Fall.Georgetown expects a $2.6 million for its medical schooL with523 students and a $1.3 millidndeficit for the dental school with441 students. I,
National Problem
Dr. John Parks, dean 6fGeorge Washington MedicalSchool, said the school has spethits reserve funds and expects tohave used up its private endowment by 1972. Faced with iIicreased costs' 'and rising enrollments, the school "will be at themercy of the federal governmentor will have to close," he said.
Considering that 29 states no~support schools and six other'sgive money to private medicalschools, "our request is for thestate funds 'the District of Columbia has not been receiving,:"said Dr. Seymour Alpert, ~George Washington vice pres!-den~ I
. He added that fund-raising ef- ,forts among private sources continue, but have failed to meetrising costs of medical education.
Similar problems face. medidland den'tal schools throughou'tthe nation, Dr. Alpert said. Th~
,National Fund for Medical Education has reported th.at manyof the nation'!! 109 medicalschools are having financialproblems. I
THE ANCHOR:....:.Diocese.of Fall River-Thurs~.'.:.July 9i·1~70. - ~ _." .... "4
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CLEVELAND (NC)-A groupof parents critical of new religion texts being used in parish schools is considering establishing a private Catholic academy here... The group., known as theConcerned Catholic Parents, hasadvertised in Cleveland dailynewspapers seeking teachers"for a private traditional Catholic academy," including grades1 through 8.
The classified ads were placedin the dailies by Paul H. Hentemann.. an active member of Concerned Catholic Parents. Thetradionalist group has complained that religion texts are tooliberal and deviate from whatthey. claim are Catholic orthodox teachings on faith and morals.
Cath.olic C~(LIrch Pr~lI1(~[pal OplPQnent·..Of Calfo~ll1ia-'8Be~~~nson PackageD.
SACRAMENTO (NC) - Six door for abortion-on-demand: bybills, criticized by opponents as abolishing the state's therapeuan invasion of family and human tic abortion act.rights, currently are pending be- Senate Bill 545: would limitfore California lawmakers at the the size of families through taxcapitol here. penalties. ' . . ' .
Involving birth control, steril- Senate Bill 546: provides forization, giving contraceptives to support of a state agency: tominors, limiting sizes of families oversee compliance with prqviand abolition of the state abor- sions of the preceding five bills.tion restrictions, the bills are Another' bill. (S.B. 322) wO\Jldknown as the "Beilenson pack- authorize sale of prophylactics' toage." . minors. It has been passed 'by
The measures are sponsored the Senate.. :.by State Sen. Anthony Beilenson Pro-abortion . activity in thisof Beverly Hill.s. Two of the bills area haS' reached a degree of ~calready have passed the Senate. ceptance. Los Angeles County
At a hearing on a bill to repeal General Hospital spokesmen teabortion restrictions (June 30) port the hospital has a full-timeJoseph T. Noonan, law professor physician for its abortion' ward,at the University of California, where some 80 abortions a weekBerkley, and the Rev. Charles are performed. The figure wasCarroll, an Episcopal priest who reported much higher in piivl1-tedirects the Center for Huinan hospitals in the more affluentValues, opposed the measure. San Fernando Valley.
Pro-abortionists have singledout the Catholic Church as the 1ftchief opponent of the Beilenson Ir lI'ivatepackage. They have resorted topicketing one parish church inSanta Ana, which has promotedactivities against the abortion Needmeasure.
'The Beilenson package consists of:
Senate Bill 541: provides thatthe state support- birth controlcenters.
Senate Bill 542: provides .that. children may. be sterilized without knowledge and consent oftheir parents. The Senate passedthat bill June 24. It n~w goes tothe Assembly.
Tax PenaltiesSenate Bill 543: gives to a hus
band or wife the right. to besterilized without consent of thespouse. This bill also passed theSenate June 24.
Senate Bill 544: will open the
Revoke CitizenshipOf Two Religious
- SANTO DQMINGO (NC)-Thecitizenship of two ChristianBrothers has been revoked byPresident Joaquin Balaguer, whocharged that they were agitatingfor land reform here.
Brother Jose Antonio Cabeza~
has been detained by the policeand Brother Miguel Efrain Dominguez has been granted political asylum in the Costa RicanEmbassy. Both men were bornin Cuba.
Forty-five members of theircommunity have called an emergency meeting to draft a protest.
They said they fear~d reprisalsagainst other Brothers workingin . the social apostolate. Thecommunity has been working inthe Dominican Republic for morethan 30 years.
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5THE ANCHOR-Thurs., July 9, 1970
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House, the study group warnedthat the government's continuedattention to 'poverty-level families. spawns resentment-andeven racial and ethnic hostility-among the blue collar workersstruggling to survive on annualincomes between $5,000-$10,000.
'Dead-End Job.s'"As taxpayers they help pay
the freight for 'free riders' andget none of the apparent help,"the report stated, adding that 40percent of the nation's workforce fall in this lower-middleclass group.
Most of these people, it said,are locked into dead-end jobswith little opportunity to increase their earnings because oflack of formal education and jobupgrading programs. In addition,this group 0 has been hit hardestby the inflationary squeeze anda tax structure that "offerslittle relief."
The report, drafted by Assistant Labor Secretary Jerome M.Rosow, was spurred by the President who last summer gave administration officials a magazinearticle. about blue-collar problems with a hand-written notesaying "This is very disturbing.What can we do about it."
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Vatican AssertsPope ReceivedLeaders Openly,
VATICAN CITY (NC) - TheVatican has denied reports thatPope Paul VI held a secret meeting with three leaders of a national liberation movement inPortuguese Africa.
At a meeting of the rebelleaders in Rome, Portugal wasdenounced as a colonial powerthat holds onto its African territories with "repression andterror."
The charge was made by Marcelino dos Santos, head of thecoordinating committee for therebel groups fighting Portugueseforces in Angola, Mozambiqueand Portuguese Guinea.
Some rebel leaders have accused the Portuguese bishops'in the African territories of supporting the repressive measuresagainst the liberation movements.
The Vatican said that thethree rebel leaders-Marcelinodos Santos of Mazambique,Amilcar Cabral of Guinea andAgostino Neto of Angola-hadbeen received openly by PopePaul "within the strictly religious framework of the weeklygeneral' audience."
Spoke BrieflyThe Vatican City daily, L'
Osservatore Romano, said thatthe Pope, "because of his mission, receives everybody whoasks to have the comfort ofhis blessing."
The paper said that Pope Paul"addressed to them words ofgreeting and of exhortation to befaithful to the Christian principles in which they were educated."
One Italian newspaper hadclaimed that the audience was"s~cret" and "was not registered" or published in L'Osservatore Romano.
HelpWASHINGTON (NC)-An esti
mated 70 million Americans arefed. up with being trapped in thelower - middle socio - economicclass while their taxes pay forprograms to upgrade the poor.
This was the message receivedby the President in a special report which concluded that bluecollar frustrations could eruptsoon into "militancy at the bargaining table" if major politicalparties continue neglecting workers' needs.
The group which prepared thereport under leadership of outgoing Labor Secretary George P.Shultz, offered 11 ways to improve the lot of the blue collarworker which it said is "eludedand forgotten."
The proposals, which took ayear to compile, fall into tnreecategories: improving earningcapacity, improving social statusand assistance from federal social programs. They range fromcalling for new t.ax advantagesto issuance of postage stampshonoring craftsmen.
Child Care CostsThe improved earnin~ pro
posals call for broadened training programs now limited to thepoor. greatly enlarged adult education for enhancement of, jobskills and tax subsidies of daycare for children of workingmothers.
The suggested solution is toallow families earning up to $10,000 to deduct child care costsfrom federal taxes. The presenteligibility ceiling for care is $6,900. The charted change wouldinvolve an additional estimated$60 million expenditure by thegovernment.
In a recent memo to the White
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Upholds ConvictionOf Interru~ter
ST. PAU;L (NC)-The Minnesota Supreme Court has upheldthe conviction of a man chargedwith interrupting a Sunday'Mass at a church in Minneapolisin 1968.
The high court held the man'sactions went beyond the reason
. a~le limits of constitutionalfree speech.
Convicted was Donald Olson,who' stood up during a MassOct. 27, 1968 in Resurrectionchurch and attempted to engagethe priest celebrating the Massin a dialogue. Olson was amongsome 30 non-parishioners whowere spread through the congregation . during the Mass.
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tocol level that the V.atican accords to fully accredited diplomats.
Nevertheless, Lodge was given at least 45 minutes alonewith the POpe in his private library. The meeting was described as warm and cordial.
Conversed in lFrenchThe Pope and Lodge, who has
twice been ambassador to Saigon and also the president's special ambassador to the Vietnampeace talks in Paris, talked pri-'vately in French.
A Lodge aide said that theconservation covered the entire range of the world's hotspots. The two spoke, he said,particularly of the fate of U.S.prisoners in North Vietnam andalso of the menace of drug traffic throughout the world.
As always, there were few details about the specific conversation of the Pope and an important visitor. However, afterthe audience Lodge said that"much time was given to considering the outlook for peacein the world" and that he andthe Pope had discussed "variousways and means of advancingthe cause of world peace."
Peace in Middle EastAmong the problems touched
on during the first visit of"Lodge, according to an informed source, was the particularlydelicate problem of peace in theMiddle East.
Lodge arrived in Rome JulyI to take up his new assignmentas special envoy of PresidentNixon to the Vatican. The president named Lodge to the postJune 5.
Although termed a special envoy of the president, Lodgeholds no formal title or diplomatic accreditation.
On his arrival in Rome, Lodge. took rooms at the Grand Hotel
where he will also maintain anoffice.
Lodge will remain in Romefor the month of July. Accordingto his office, he is not scheduled to see Pope Paul again thistime, since the Pope is due togo to his summer residence inmid-July at CastelgandoIfo.
Lodge's assignment calls for, him to visit the Vatican two or
three times a year to familiarizePope Paul with the views ofPresident Nixon and to learnthe Pope's thinking on a numberof world problems.
CardinDI VillotOn July 3, Lodge visited the
papal secretary of state, Cardinal Jean Villot, and Archbishop Giovanni Benelli, the undersecretary of state.
During Lodge's current visitin Rome he will see a number ofVatican officials.
Lodge is the first representative on an oHicial level at theVatican since Myron Taylor ended his special World War II assignment to Pope Pius XII in1950.
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too ill to do so themselves."Many of those who are ill
find prayer to be one .of thehighest forms of, reassurance,"Father Niklas declared. He sugRested that a Sister-visitor mighthelp the sick person by recitin~
acts of faith, hope and love, read-.ing formal prayers from a book,or "offer a spontaneous prayersuited to the individual needsof the person."
'Good Listening'"Such a prayer is very effec
tive if the Sister mentions thefears' and worries the sick person has expressed," he said.
Some Sister-Visitors, who areretired· teachers or nurses,"should never pass up an opportunity" to visit the aged ina hospital, Father Niklas said,adding that "the geriatric flooris at times the loneliest area ofthe hospital."
He urged Sister-visitors to cultivate the art of listening, totest themselves ,after visits byasking themselves whether thevisitor or the patient had donemost of the talking,
"Good listening means aboveall trying to understand what' thespeakeJ: is saying and .why he is 'saying it," Father Niklas said.
all local Methodist congregationsdivided along racial lines..
The Calvary Methodist Church,which accepted its new minister with congratulations but reservation by some, stands in aquiet lower-middle class sectionof southwest Atlanta.
In the last few years the areahas changed rapidly from an all-
,white neighborhood to a predominantly black one. As whitefamilies fled to the' suburbs, thecongregation was reduced frommore than 1,000 members to fewer than 500.
Negroes were not barred fromchurch services, but little wasdone to encourage their attendance until the congregation decided that only a black ministercould restore vitality to thechurch, according to CarrollBarfield, the lay reader.
READING (NC) - A hospitalchaplain said there is a sort ofenigma inherent in the Iole ofnun-visitors seeking to performthe corporal work of mercy byvisiting the sick in hospitals.
Father Gerald Niklas, chaplain at Mercy Hospital, Springfield, Ohio, speaking at an institute, on aging sponsored by theSisters of Notre Dame de Namurhere, emphasized there is no fixed pattern for a Sister-visitor tofollow.
But, he declared, the nun-visitors can accomplish a tremendousamount of good in carrying ontheir works. In the person-to-person relationship, the chaplainsaid, the nun-visitors can help ahospital patient just by listeningto his Rripes, talking with himabout "his fears and anxieties,or 'offering a prayer with him."
Father Niklas said there are noset qualifications for a Sister-visitors but the role they fill is"becoming ever more importantin the field of modern medicine."He warned them against tryingto become a "pseudo-physician"by offering medical opinions,counseling them to perform
'little acts like reading get-wellcards and other mail to patients
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ATLANTA' (NC)-Many members of an all-white church herehad never shaken the hand of aNegro before their new ministerextended his and greeted themas "brothers and sisters inChrist."
The Rev. Mr. Henry Joyer,Jr., who became pastor of Cal
. vary Methodist Church hereJune 28', is the first black min
. ister- to talte the pulpit of an,all-white Southern'congregation
of the United Methodist Cb.!Jrch.His mission is to fofge a bi-
, racial congregation. in a churchthat has never hai:l a Negromember in its 86-year history.. Similar missions are expectedto begin as his denomination, aProtestant giant second only insi7e to the Southern Baptist Convention, prepares for its 1972merger of blacks and whites in
6 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. July 9, 1970
Sharing'The vacation areas of the Diocese of Fall River are
always a source of edification with the great numbers ofpersons participating at Mass not only on Sundays but onweekdays as well. .
. It is good to know that people do not all vacationfrom God. It is good to see that the worship of God is'a part of their very lives. And it is a wonderful expressiopof the community of the Church to see vacationing Catholics and those who live in an area permanently joiningtogether in a body to strengthen each and to strengthenall by sharing in the riches and the worship that the faithhas to offer.
@rbeANCHOROFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF fAILL RIVER
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PUBLISHER .Most Rev. James L. Connolly, D.O., PhD.
GENERAL MANAGER ASST. GENERAL MANAGERRev. Msgr. Daniel F. Sholloo, M:A. . Rev. John P. Driscoll
Charity in PeruIt takes faith to contribute money to most causes.
Usually the donor gives a sum of money and rarely doeshe know 'right away where it has gone and specificallywhat good it has done to what person or group. .
The recent Latin-American Collection is a case wherethere was a direct seeing of where the money went. Thebulk of it has been earmarked for the victim's of Peru'searthquake.
People saw pictures in newspapers of the.damage doneand the hundreds of thousands left homeless.' T~en·theysaw the representatives 'of Catholic Relief Services in receiving, areas of Peru taking charge of tons of food andclothing and medicine sent by the Catholics of the United.States. They read letters from Bishops and priests andSisters right in the damaged area telling of receiving thesesupplies. And they know that their contributions of twoSundays ago helped pay for these and guarantee their con-tined coming. ..
Here was charity in action-charity asked and char-'ity given and charity seen.
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First DutyPope Paul has r~minded men that in the midst of the
,wars and rumors of· wars their first duty is to pray. Hepoints out that perhaps God allows many of the presentsorrows to engulf the world to drive men back to theirfirst work of paying attention to Him. This.. does not absolveman from the task of striving for peace and using everybit of reasoning and ingenuity and diplomacy to bring' itabout.
But it does emphasize the fact that religion isbasically the relation of man to God and God to man. And
, once man accepts the fact of God he can never again be thesame or act the same. He must make a significant effortto include God in his daily life and acts and in the conduct of world.ly affairs.
Ever since Vatican II there has been-happily-a renewed interest in commitment. There has been a revitalization in the desire of Catholics to serve their fellow men.But they must also be a equally renewed interest in spirituality, an equally revitalized desire for holiness of life.
Pope John insisted when he called the Council thatit was to let the holiness of the Church shine before men.Its basic renewal was to be 'not merely in externals butin the hearts of men.
Unless there is this kind of renewal-a renewal inholiness-then the Vatican Council has not even been understood, much less gotten off the ground.
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Legislator to Seek'New Abortion Law
LOS ANGELES (NC)-A California legislator, co-author of a1967 state law whicil eased abortion restrictions, said he wouldsponsor legislation to make thekilling of a viable fetus an act ofhomicide.
Assembly Majority LeaderCraig Biddle of Riverside said heplans to introduce the legislationunder Assembly emergency procedures as a result of a ruling bythe California Supreme Court,which held an unborn fetus isnot a "human being" within themeaning of California's 98-yearold homicide statutes.
The high court ruling was madein the case of a man accused ofdeliberately causing the death ofan unborn fetus car'ried by hisformer wife.
THE ANCHOR-Thurs., July 9, 1970
S~gnFH,ESNO (NC) - Eight more
grape grUWElI's, including one ofthe world's tor. three grape producers, have signed contractswith Cesar Chavez's AFt-CIOUnited Farm Workers Oragnizing Committee.
Agreements in the San Joaquin Valley IClst weekend withthe world giant Tenneco Corp.and S.A. Camp Farms extendedlI~ion coverag(~ to 11,lGO moreacres of grape production in California and Arizona.
following the settlementscame contract signing by sixmore growers which togetherproduce an estimated 2,125,000boxes of t£ble grapes annually.Growers in the Arvin-Lamontarea included Elmoc Vineyards,TIne., and its subsidiary Leo Gagosian William Mosesian, Elm'lcho Farms and Eugene Nalbandian Inc.
The union was also the victorin a re-run of an election whic..'1it lost earlier last week withworkers on 33 small farms inthe Coachella Valley. The workers voted 168 to 4 to ratify anagr6!ement between the union andthe Coachella·Imperial distributors signed the previous Sunday.
When the election was conducted June 23, the union lost152-to-46. However, the electionwas voided when both growersand the union agreed there hadbeen irregularities. Both sides also said opponents of the agreement had falsely stated thatsigning with the union wouldmean a loss of jobs on otherfarms.
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Msgr. Baroni believes "the hopelies not in intellectualizing, butin a real, live problem-solvingagenda." ,He said he hopes tofind and support with otherclergy, 'young' people who wantto do something for their working class through the democraticprocess.
Msgr. Baroni pointed out he isalso interested ih finding a newreligious ministry to the policeprofession, to which he said theclergy has related "in the worstpossible way."
The monsignor, who has servedin working class parishes, thinks"that priests have a decisive roleto play in the years ahead. Theurban crisis occurs at a timewhen many of us are wonderingwho we are and what we cando.
"Here, it seems to me, is precisely the opportunity that wehave been searching for. Whatthe nation is facing is primarilya spiritual crisis, a failure of will.As a nation we lack commitment,not technology or material resources," he said.
"In the neighborhoods I amspeaking of, the parish churchis the major cohesive force,sometimes the only cohesiveforce," he added. Perhaps thechurches can lead the workingclass away from guilt and feartoward a reordering of our national priorities. Perhaps we canhelp the nation develop a commitment to justice."
the working class from anyagenda for the nation. Out of 90million people in the northernindustrial states, 40 million areCatholics, and most are workingclass," he said.
"Like the blacks, they are burdened by the lion's share oftaxes. They are dissatisfied withgovernment services, fearfUl ofjob security and worried aboutraising money to send their kidsto college.
"We have to form coalitionsaround these problems," he added. "I see this as a better routethan talking about brotherhood.You can't talk brotherhood tobarbers, mailmen and factoryworkers."
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MONSYGNOR GENO BARONI
SAN JUAN (NC)-Bishops ofPuerto Rico's four dioceses announced here that they supportthe safety of residents of Culebra, an island on the U.S. Navy'sgunnery practice range.
The five prelates, ArchbishopLuis Aponte of San Juan andBishops Alfredo Mendez of Arecibo, Fremiot Torres of Ponce,Rafael Grovas of Caguas andJuan de Dios Lopez, auxiliarybishop of San Juan, commentedafter an extraordinary meetinghere that they resolved:
"To share the legitimate concern of the people of Culebra fortheir safety and tranquility, endangered by the use of ·thatsmall island as a base for maneuvers and target ·practice."
The' bishops urged authoritiesto' "listen to the just outcry of·the inhabitants of that PuertoRican soil requesting permanentrespect for their rights and thefirm recognition of the ,superiority of the value of human, lifeover any other material value."
Culebra's residents are underfrequent fire from Navy longrange guns that periodicali>; shellthe 10-square-mile island. Islanders claim that shells, occasionallyland in playgrounds, backya~ds
and other pORulated areas.
Stress· Saf'etyOf Culebrans
come to believe it. Now they arenot so sure. They have becomefearful, and the competition fromthe blacks scares them. Theyhave become .resentful of theblacks and the students.
Re21der's Digest MentalityThe priest thinks "the real
problem is lack of social conscience on' everyones part. America is pervaded with !i 'Reader'sDigest mentality.' People are interested in learning how to makeit rather than how to be a person.
"On the spiritual end, thistranslates into individualism:Save your own soul, and to hellwith anyone else's.
A clergyman has to resist justbeing a, handout service to thepoor and instead must work forsocial change, said Msgr. Baroniwho as a teenager was fired fortrying to start a union as heworked a 16-hour day in aJamestown, N.Y. plywood fac-tory. .
,"Blacks used a different language' and different words, butthey don't want handouts either.I believe that as the ethnicgroups become more and moreself-confident, they will recognize that they have a lot in common with the blacks. Maybethey will start telling Spiro Agnew, what you're saying aboutpseudo-intellectuals is fine, butwhat are you doing for me?
"By virtue of its size and strategic location, you can't exclude
Ethn~c Groups Can'~mm~gr(IDntQs SonStre!)!)f)S SOCID@~
CCm1!coelmceWASHINGTON (NC)-"Those
of us' in the ethnic bag~' can,learn from blacks "about the importance Of cultural identity,"said a priest here who lias takena good hard look-in print noless-at how he came to thisopinion.
In the July issue of Washingtonian, a monthly magazine published here, Msgr. Geno Baroniwrote that working class whiteethnics have not yet realized themany problems they have incommon with the blacks they're"so hung up on." He said he believes there is an "untapped energy in the .working class thatcould eventually ,lead to coalitions with the blacks. '
Immigran~'s SonHe based this opinion on his
experiences as an Italian immigrant's son growing up in Pennslvania mining towns, in latercivil rights endeavors and in hiscurrent involvement with ethnicrelated struggles as director ofprogram development for theUnited States Catholic Conference's Task Force on UrbanProblems.
Msgr. Baroni was responsiblerecently for the first Catholicsponsored workshop on urbanand ethnic development.
In the magazine article he emphasized many of the points hemade to nearly 100 communityleaders who attended the workshop here. He blamed the eagerness of ethnic groups "to makeit," for cutting off their European roots too fast.
"Now we are discovering thatwe aren't all making it, and weare learning just how importantthose, roots are. We are beginning to celebrate our differencesinstead of insisting that everybody has to be the same."
However, Msgr. Baroni admitted that he's "scared to death"that accentuating the differencesmay lead to regression "like Hitler's Germany, trying to recapture the past by persecutingminorities and dissenters. ,
"That speech of Hitler's in1932 calling for 'law and order'gives me the willies. The fear isthere in the working class alongwith the independence' and theindividualism. Somehow we haveto transplant that ethic of working hard and making it into the1970s," he added.
Discusses Ethnic BackgroundThe 39-year-old priest reminis
ced about his ethnic backgroundby describing the food his familyate by necessity, but which symbolized their togetherness. Thefood was purchased at a company owned store.
Now a constant dieter who haslost more than 40 pounds in' pasteight months, Msgr. Baroni remembered how his family ate"mushrooms, snails, gizzard,tripe, brains, and dandelions Italian soul food.' We raised rab-'bits and caught squirrels. Rabbit was my favorite meat. I ateit because that's what poor people ate."
However, he insisted, "althoughwe were materially poor, psychologically and culturally we werevery rich."
:rhe monsignor said his familycame to this country "with astrong family set up, a strongwork ethnic, fantastic cultureand a hope for life in America."Black families were different because they "were scattered andtheir culture was ripped apart,"he added.
"Working class people havebeen taught they are making iteconomically, and they have
Father Carr HeadsJesuits' Mission
BOSTON (NC)-Father RobertJ. Carr, S.J., 59, a native of Cambridge, has been named superiorof the Jesuit Mission in Jamaica,West Indies.
He has 102 Jesuit missionariesunder his jurisdiction.
The appointment was made byFather Pedro Arrupe, S.J., Jesuitsuperior general in Rome.
Father Carr who joined theJesuits in 1929 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1941,served as administrator at Weston Colle'ge, Weston, Mass.,and as a pastor here before joining the Jamaica mission in 1964.
Ohio StrengthensAnti-Smut Laws
COLUMBUS (NC)-Gov. JamesA. Rhodes has signed into lawa measure designed to bolsterOhio's laws against obscenity.
The law separately defines materials and performances classedas obscene and harmful to minors, and also brings the laws inline with recent rulings by theU.S. Supreme Court.
The new law provides a maximum penalty of $10,000 fin..and from four to seven years inprison for violators of the obscenity section of the bill. Italso provides a maximum fineof $5,000 and a year in prisonif the material or performance isharmful to minors rather thanoffensive.
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Ago ~n$t WCmerllWASHINGTON (NC) -The
president of the National Organization for Women has askedthe secretary of labor not toaward contracts to the morethan 1,300 major U.S. corporations she cited for not providingequal job opportunities for women.
Aileen Hernandez, the president, demanded that SecretaryJames D. Hodgson investigatethose corporations and strengthen sex discrimination Buidelines.She also asked him to refuse program proposals from companiesdiscriminating against women.
In her complaint, she accusedthe Defense Department, whichdeals with companies employinghalf of the Ii!: million workerscovered by anti-discriminationlaws, of telling companies theydo not have to obey the law asfar as sex discrimination is concerned.
The complaint from the grouppushing women's liberation asked for compliance reviews offcdt'ral contractors among the1,000 larftest industrials, 50transportation companies, 50utilities and 47 other companies.
At a press conference hereMrs. Hernandez said hell" organization "is outrafted that the U.S.Department of Labor Office ofFederal Contract Compliance isaccepting affirmative action pr~
grams that do not contain equalopportunity for women."
She added that the offic~ "1"0
r.ot requiring that federal contractors analyze categories todetermine' if under-utilization ofwomen exists. Consequently, nogoals and timetables nre beingset to correct deficiencies on thebasis of sex."
She, asked that "top staffs ofcompliance agencies and allcompliance teams" include women "in numbers equal to their1'E'!m,entation in the population."
In addition, she called for the[qual Employment OpportunityCommission to hold hearings toinvestigate "discrimination inpublic and private employment inWashington, D.C."
8. THE ANCHOR:""Oiocese of Fall River-Thurs. July 9, 1970
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Black Vice-PresidentDETROIT (NC)-Dr. James W.
Woodruff has been named vicepresident for academic servicesat the Jesuit conducted University of Detroit. the first black to'hoid that position.
Father Malcolm Carron, S.J.,university president, said Dr.Woodruffs' jurisdiction will ex-'tend to the admissions office, libraries, television-audio services,special projects office, placementand cooperative education officeand military sciences.
Dr. Woodruff formerly servedas head of the university's special projects office 'and has beena formulator of the university'snew urban commitment program.He personally designed educa7tional oppqrtunity programs forminority groups and disadvantaged students at the university.
Favors K·eepingSchools 'Open
BROOKLYN (NC)-A lopsided81 per cent majority, respondi!lgto a Brooklyn diocese "opinionaire," favored continued operation of the diocesan grade andhigh school system despite risingcosts.
Msgr. Eugene J. Molloy, diocesan secretary of education, saidhe was disappointed that only65,980 responded to the poll inwhich 580,000 forms were distributed. There are 206,000 students in the diocese's 241 schoolssystem.
Dr. Bernard E. Donovan, planning and research director forthe diocese and former superintendent of New York City publicschools, made' known results ofthe poll. Msgr. Molloy said. theschool system currently is operating at a $5 million deficit.
The majority said tuition aloneshould not be the major basis forsupport of the school system.More than half favored parishand diocesan subsidies; 55 percent held the diocese should collect special funds for education,particularly from more affluentparishes.
The 81 per cent voted againsta suggestion. of closing theschools, replacing them with
. Saturday or Sunday "education"centers for religious instructions.
Average tuition in a parishelementary school i~ $105 a year, .compared with $20 in 1966.Average high school tuition is$600 a year (double the rate ayear ago), which compares with$185 in 1966.
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Blue Army' Acquires Famed Russian IconOf Blessed Virgin Mary
WASHINGTON (NC) - A 500- According to Msgr. Harold V.year-old jeweled icon of the Vir- Colgan, president of the Bluegin Mary, taken from a Moscow Army, the icon of Kazan was aorthodox basilica and' sold by the center of Russian devotion forBolsheviks to help finance the centuries as the "Protectress of .Russian revolution, has been ac- Russia." The communists sold itqliired by the Blue Army of Our in 1917 through a London galleryLady of Fatima, a devotional or- together with other art objects~anization dedicated to the de- taken from the Orthodox basilifeat of atheism' and the conver- \ ca.,sion of Russia. Following its sale, Msgr. Col-
The icon, known as the Virgin gan said, it was identified byof Kazan, or the Black Virgin, Russian exiles and authorities, inaccording to Blue Army head- _cluding the archbishops of Parisquarters here in New Jersey, has and New York, both of whombeen valued at $500,000 by a had celebrated the liturgy withgemologist appraiser in Califor- the icon in Moscow before thenia. Some of the jewels which revolution. The Orthodox atadorn it were donated by Rus- tempted' to raise $1 million tosian crowned heads before the "redeem" it but failed.reVOlution. l\1sgr. Colgan said that "when
The Blue Army said that the there was danger of it being soldpurchase of the icon was made into hands which might havethrough its Ave Maria Institute prevented its retiJrn to thebut would not disclose the price. Church forever," the Blue ArmyIt will be taken to the shrine redeemed it.of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal where it will be placed inthe Byzantine chapel of the BlueArmy.
Itwill be enthroned during anecumenical Byzantine seminarwhich will be held at Fatima July20-Aug. 2.
'Protectress of Russia'The Blue Army headquarters
said that the icon will remainthe property of the Ave MariaInstitute but will be located atFatima until the "conversion ofRussia," or the removal of its"atheistic communist government," at which time the iconwill be restored to the Orthodoxbasilica in Moscow, which is nowan atheist museum.
Friends of Dighton InsNtuNon SponsorCountry Fair on SahJrday, July 11
The Friends of the Novitiate of for a life of service at St. Anne'sDominican Sisters of Charity of Hospital, Fall River and thethe Presentation of the Blessed Homes for the Aged in TauntonVirgin Mary of Tours will spon- 'and No. Attleboro, known assor a country fair from 9 in the Marion Manor and Madonnamorning to 9 at night on Satur- Manor respectively.day, July 11' on the grounds ofSt. Anne's Hospital, corner ofMiddle and So. Main Sts.· FallRiver. '
The novices studying at theDighton novitiate are preparing
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Theoiogy· of IEco~ogy
EDMONTON (NC)-The Canadian Council of Churches saidit was planning a national symposium in October on "The Theology of Ecology." Rev. 'FloydHoney, council general secretary,said the symposium would betied in with Thanksgiving Dayto develop "radicalreorientation of our thinking about nature."
There must be a special spotin heaven for mothers who survive rainy days. This thoughtkept flicking through my mind asI tried to come through anotherrainy Summer day with mynerves' (and my home) intact.Certainly it doesn't sound diffi-'cult to have three children in thehouse on a rainy day but whenyou realize that each. has acouple of friends, then you havea veritable nursery on yourhands.
Finally about 1:30 I decidedthat something just had to be
.By Marilyn and Joseph Roderick
. Through ·the years we have dealt with a number ofmail order houses in' ordering our garden supplies. Mostof these orders are made through catalogs and anyone whborde~s this way knows that there are problems involved.For one thing many of the iitems pictured or list,ed may done so I packed up said chil-
dren, and said friends, andbe unknown to the purchaser packed them off with me to theand, as everyone knows, local public library. Fortunatelypictures can be deceiving and our library has' the children'swords are a poor substitute for division on a lower level thanthe real thing. ' the adults: so I deposited everY-
one downstairs and beat a fa~tWith this in mind we made upour minds to visit White Flower exit up to the absolute bliss of ,aFarms in Litchfield, Conn. last quiet tour through the shelves. :
Now some women demandweekend. It was our anniversary trips to the ISle of Capri but fQrand the thought of getting away most of us with small childrenfrom the kids for one day was .enough to push us into the rather (and limited incomes) a quietlong trip to Litchfield. afternoon in the library is all woe
ask. iAdditionally, we had received .1
a notice that White Flower Story lHIourFarms was conducting its annual Needless to say it wasn't lonkclearance sale and we felt this before my four-year-old and hiswould give us an added· incen- five-year-old friend (who suppo~tive. edly were being minded down-
The trip was well worth while. stairs by two older sisters andLitchfield is a beautiful old New an older cousin) found their wayEngland town which .was worth' up to the adult department an~seeing in itself so we were given my quiet quickly departed. A~
added pleasure the two hours or well! it was fun while it lastedso of touring we were able to and it did give me a chance tosqueeze into the trip. catch my breath. . :
When we finally arr-ived homethe older children did settledown with their books. Jason of'course demanded that someoneread his choice to him and thisresulted ina few arguments butI must admit that things werea bit calmer with some newbooks, around the house. I
I also noticed a sign in thelibrary that said tl1at during th~
Summer a story heur would beheld on Fridays for the smallfry. Here's a perfect solution tothe problem of where to enteri.tain the children while yousearch for your own books. '
Who knows? We may belucky enough to have rain onl~on Fridays and then we woul~
have both problems solved. iVery often we have a recipe
in a book on our cookbook shelfand never bother to try it untilwe taste it at someone else',shouse. That's exactly what hap-!pened with the following recipe,!rIt wasn't until my cousin Mary;made it for a shower that I reaHized what a tasty tidbit it made.;The original recipe was printed;in St. Christopher's Parish Cookbook and it came from the:kitchen of Mrs. Joseph DiBasio'i.
Date and Nut Bon Bon Cookies:
evergreens which are ratherunique. Of course, it goes without saying that these were noton sale, but I was able to seemost of the ones we were interested in, in varIous stages ofdevelopment.
Aside from that we were ableto get a first hand look 'at manyof the plants we have been curious about and were also able toget a few tips on reproducingsome of the plants we have or
.dered in the past.
Most of the things on salewere perennials but I did manage to buy an Exbury azalea, asmall one, for $2, five fuchsiafor a total of $2, a number ofrock garden plants and severalodds and ends. The sale was agood one, but as far as I wasconcerned it was secondary tothe opportunity of classifyingtheir catalog for future reference.
What I was particularly interested in seeing was White
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clergyman has been named president of Catholic Social Servicesof the Fresno diocese for thecoming year.·
The Rev. Phillip D. Kimble,minister of the First ChristianChurch here, was elected to theCatholic Charities board threeyear" ago and has served on thefinance, personnel, publicity andfood appeals committees.
He was chairman of the InterFaith Appeal held last Thanksgiving in which 66 Catholic,Protestant and Jewish groupsparticipated.
Condemns DriveFor Schoof Aid
CLEVELAND (NC)-The National Jewish CommuniLy Relations Advisory Council has condemned what it called a "wellorganized driv~" and "increasin~
demands" for government fundsto assist church-related schools.
Sale dissenter from the courtcil's adoption of a policy affirming the principle of separation ofchurch and state was the Unionof Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, which alongwith Catholic gro'ups and others,seeks public funds to finance certaiJ:!' aspects of secular programsin church-reiated schools.
The council, a coordinatingbody of nine major national Jewish organization!>, condemned"purchase of secular service" as"indistinguishable in fact and effect from state financing of religious education." Such servicesusually involve the state's paying part of the salaries of ,parochial school teachers.
Demands for secular servicesare "manifestly incompatiblewith the oft-repeated argumentsof parochial school advocates insupport of the:r refusal to sendtheir children to public schools,"the council upheld.
Before the delegates endedtheir annual meeting here, theyagreed that "equally lacking inmerit" was the argument that ifdenied public funds religiousschools would 'have to close,thus adding to the public taxburden.
The council also specificallycriticized a proposed "vouchersystem" which would permitstate grflnts to parents who coulduse them for children in publicor private schools.
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Michigan Bill Establishes EligibilityTo Pay Alimony, Support Children
DETROIT (NC) - Michigan left to the discretion of thewomen will gain equality in the judge, but the law always specidivorce courts--eligibility to pay fled that the husband must makealimony' and child support costs payments to the wife. That may-if a bill passed by the state on very rare occasions haveHouse becomes law. caused injustice," Allen said.
The legislation, which strikes He added "when the wife isall references to husband and the dominant person in the famwife in the state's divorce' law, i1y and when she is the breadleaves it up to the judge to de- winner, then she should be thecide which spouse should make one to pay the support."payments'. AIJen said he ,is happily mar-
"It's a little step toward equal ried, the father of two childrenrights for women," said Rep. "and anyway, my wife isn'tRichard Allen, sponsor of the wealthy.",bill. "It passed (60-23), but with-out as strong support from theladies as I might have hoped."
Five of the six female members of the House voted against'the bill. The sixth was absent.
The proposed constitutionalamendment, now before theSenate Judiciary Committee, forbids discrimination on the basisof age or sex.
"It simply eliminates thosesexual references, which' women's rights leaders find so offensive in the old law. Custody ofthe children has always been
CUBAN REFUGEE: Perpetua Uriarte Urristi, 96 yearsof age awaits processing by refugee program officials afterher arrival in Miami on Cubans airlift.Nurs'es' ,Oufiing
Set for July 18Fall River Diocesan Council
of Catholic Nurses will holdtheir annual Summer party onSaturday, July 18 at the homeof Mrs. M,ary McCabe, 23 PiI·grim Terrace, Rexhame Beach,Marshfield. .
Proceeds from the affair willbe used for the ScholarshipFund.
ing them because the public isrefusing to buy them.
"Personally I don't like them,"said Ethel. "I love the freedomand appearance of the shortskirts. The longer look is finefor hostess wear but for daytimedresses I feel that it's aging."
However, after Ethel and I haddiscussed this she did return tothe Newbury Street section ofBoston where she took note ofthe fact that everything, buteverything, that was coming infor Fall is heading downward.her own opinion, howeverI hasremained the same.
Coming !DownAnother women who always
looks quite elegant is Mrs. HenryFeitelberg of Holy Name Parishin Fall River. Mrs. Feitelbergfeels that skirts will lengthenbeginning in the Fall. "Coatsespecially will come down andthey will be worn with boots.Dresses will at least cover theknees. I plan to have most ofmy hems let down a little."
"Wear what looks good on youand what you feel comfortablein." This was the astute comment made by Mrs. Gilbert Oliveira of St. Michael's Parish inFall River. Leah, who alwayslooks quite smart and certainlyknows what looks good on herfeels that a smart woman shouldknow herself (better than anyoneelse does) and for this reason sheshould be the one to know whenshe looks and feels well. LikeEthel, Leah feels that the midiskirts are aging. She ,went on tosav that the midi does look wellwith boots, but who wants towear boots all the time.
Confusion reigns but the consensus is that skirts are comingdown, gradually at least, and,that any new outfits that youbuy will be longer. Women whoreally are concerned with theirfashion image are still not' surethat this look is the look forthem. Only time will tell.
Change Superior'sTitle to President
ROCHESTER (NC) - SisterGretchen Berg, O.S.~., has begun her term as the first president of the Sisters of St. Fran-
\ cis here in Minnesota.Head of the order 'was form
erly called mother general. Sister Gretchen told NC News thenew title of president was "morein accord with the time thanany other title we've been ableto find."
She was elected in June bya 74-member religious chapter,but she and four· others werenominated by the entire 900members in the order. The election was one of the order's attempts to work "toward a muchmore collegial form of government," she said. Term of officewill be three years.
MARILYN
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Lutherans ApproveWomen .in Ministry
MINNEAPOLIS (NC) - Approval of women in the ministryhas been granted by a tradition~
shattering voice vote of delegates to the Lutheran Church inAmerica Convention here.
The action by the largest ofthree major Lutheran denominations marked the first time aLutheran church body in thiscountry has voted to permit female ordination on par with men.
Delegates, representing nearly3.3 million members, directedthat bylaws and constitutions ofthe 3 synods and 6,186 congregations be amended so that theword "person" be substituted for"man" in qualifications for ordination.
After 25 minutes of brisk debate the measure received aroar of approval amid a fewbarely audible "no"votes. Delegates had turned down a moveto postpone the action until 1972.
There's little doubt in the minds of those people directly involved with the fashion industry about the fashionoutlook for Fall. However, there does appear to be doubtin the mind of the consumer and this uncertainty has ledto a stunning decrease inthe purchase of clothes. Nowoman on a tight budgetwants to be caught payinga couple of hundred dollars fora good outfit only to find thatwhen Spring of 1971 rolls aroundthat she has to put it in the backof the closet because it suddenlyhas become outdated.
Most of liS are scared silly tobe the first to appear in the new
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longer lengths, especially in thisconservative pocket of fashionwe call New England, and because of this women are playingit as safe as possible and purchasing more and more pantoutfits. It does appear that thisparticular fashion will remain onthe scene for a year or so more.
I find it quite ironic that justas we enter a period of recessionin our country, the designersshould foist a fashion change onus that is going to require acomplete wardrobe change and'no possibility of doing anythingwith what we already have.Anyone for a ruffle on the bottom .of ' your . favorite mini?(Sorry, this doesn't work either.)
Refuse to Buy
Reports from buyers in thearea reveal that there is some"confusion" on Seventh Avenueboth in the buying houses andwith the individual buyers. Storesare drastically reducing thestock they have on hand and theconsumer can p,ick up some marvelous savings-"if you want toinvest your money in a fashionthat will in all probability fadeinto oblivion."
Mrs. William Kalif of Our Ladyof Fatima Church in Swansea reported that just recently shewent to the designer's shop inone of Boston's leading storesand that the sales girl couldn'tshow her anything in the longerlengths. They hadn't been stock-
Anti-Abortion StandMILWAUKEE (NC)-Delegates
at the South Wisconsin Districtof the' Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod -convention . hereadopted a resolution opposingless restrictive laws in someabortion cases. A resolutionadopted asserted "all abortionto be contrary to God's will" except emergency action "to saveat least one life 'in the process.
Orthodox PrelateUrges Autonomy,English Liturgy
NEW YORK (NC)-Archbishop lakovos, head of the 1.8 million member Greek Orthodoxarchdiocese of North and SouthAmerica, ·has urged his denomination to reverse a half centuryof tradition and switch to anEnglish liturgy in this country.
He also declared that hischurch must be granted moreautonomy by the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (Istanbul) if it is to thrivein an American context.
The 58 - year - old primate,'speaking at his church's biennial Clergy-Laity Congress here,said both efforts would recognize"the American reality" for GreekOrthodoxy, the largest EasternOrthodox body in the Americas.
In an address to 1,000 lawmaking delegates Archbishoplakovos said the concept of dualloya1ties preserving both aGreek and American indentity"cannot be continued idefiniteIy."
It is fact, he said, "that weare embracing new ideas andnew traditions. Our church isslowly but surely becoming anindigenous church."
Two ProposalsThe archbishop predicted "a
total alienation from our worship" .and "a spiritual death ofOrthodox in America" unlessthere is reform of the fifth ,century Divine Liturgy to alI-English ceremonies.
He informed delegates that heis submitting to appropriate committees two proposals designedto make the church more' relevant to its American surroundings.
The first would grant more"de facto autonomy" to the archdiocese . This would free thechurch to speak on current issues. Its official positions nowmust be cleared by the archbishop's immediate superior, Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constatinople.
The proposal assumed addeddimension because of actionlast April when the Russian Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscowgranted autonomy to a new Russian Orthodox Church of America. The Russians had expressedhope that this step would pro'Vide the basis for a single autonomous church of all Orthodox Christians in this country.
Archbishop lakovos has expressed hope that such a unifiedchurch will" develop out of theStanding Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in theAmericas, which he heads.
Presumably, more autonomyfor the Greek Orthodox archdiocese would facilitate eventualunion with other Orthodoxchurches.
In other sections of his .stateof-the-church address, Archbishop lakoyos described prospectsof parishes al)d institutions ofGreek Orthodoxy in the westernhemisphere as "good" but needing upgrading in religious education, social involvements andideological identification. ELECTRICAL
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NEW YORK (NC) - CatholicRelief Services (CRS), the overseas relief agency of U. S. Catholics, and the Catholic Near E;astWelfare Association are providing $20,000 worth of aid to morethan 40,000 Lebanese villagersuprooted by artillery warfare.
CRS has also shipped 50 tonsof clothing and three tons ofantibiotics from the UnitedStates to Beirut, and has ~r
ranged for the shipment there of170 tons of powdered milk frompeople in the Netherlands.
The Lebanese villagers weredisplaced by extension of ArabIsraeli shooting also southernLebanon along Israel's nothernfrontier.
Msgr. John G. Nolan, presidentof the Pontifical Mission for Palestine, sister agency of the NewYork-based Catholic Near EastWelfare Association, said the relief effort was urgent "becauseinternational agencies such asthe hard-pressed United NationsRelief and Works Agency(UNRWA) are permitted onlymarginal assistance to war victims who are not Palestinianrefugees."
"It's becoming increasinglyevident," Msgr. Nolan said, "thatthe prospects of a wider war inthe Holy Land grow in direct relation to the expansion of thecrisis of displaced persons."
He said Pope Paul VI has madea personal donation to the Pontifical Missions' relief effort insouthern Lebanon.
Church SupportsDraft Resistance
LINCOLN (NC)-Delegates tothe Church of the Brethren's184th annual conference herein Nebraska voted 754 to 103to give equal support to conscientious objectors and nonviolent draft resisters.
Historically one of the nation's "peace churches,". theBrethren have always backedconscientious objectors who haverefused military combat servicebut accepted alternative noncombat or civilian service. The newconference statement "commends" in addition "open nonviolent cooperation with the system of conscription."
An amendment to the statement added that military recruiting on the church's six liberalarts campuses was inconisistentwith the traditional Brethren opposition to war.
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Harassment H.altsTable Grape Sales
WASHINGTON (NC)-A vicepresident of a large Midwesternsupermarket chain testified herethat his chain halted sales ofCalifornia table grapes May 4because of what he described asharassment and pressure fromsupporters of a grape boycottmovement.
Grant C. Gentry of Chicagotold a House subcommittee investigating the California grapecontroversy that the chain stopped selling table grapes pendinga settlement of the dispute between growers and laborers.
In an interview with NC News,Gentry said that his descriptionof the harassment-praY-ins, 'sitins and picketing-that forcedthe grape sale halt was meant toapply to retailers in general andnot just to his chain.
He added that the companyhad made no decision to stopselling other California farm products threatened with boycottaction by farm union organizers. .
is of possibie interest to historians. In addition there are anumber of autographed booksgiven to the Congressman bypeople with whom he was. associated in public life.
The room also features a display of news magazine coversfeaturing Martin's photographwhich emphasize ~he significantrole that Martin played in the'politics of our nation during hisspeakership and as nationalchairman for his party.
DISCUSS DISPLAY ITEMS: Edward A. Martin of Wellesley Hills, brother of the late congressman discusses thebackground of one of the gavels with Dr. James J. Kenneally, Stonehill historian.
ter" written by General MacArthur to Congressman Martinoutlining the General's views onthe Korean War which startedthe chain of events which ·led tohis dismissal by President Truman.
About 2400 letters, 104 scrapbooks and numerous speechescomprise the bulk of the documentary material, much of which
Government Su:spends S'egregatedMississippi SchQols Tax Exemptio'n
WASHINGTON (NC) - Ad- draw'n up for Richmond, Va., byministration officials here an- the Nixon administration.nounced suspension of tax ex- Charging that the plan hademptions for 43 segregated Mis- been designed "without regardsissippi schools just six we~ks to law" and allowed continuedafter defending the schools' ex- existence of all-black sc~ools;
emption as a form of "benevo- Judge Robert R. Merhige orderedlent neutrality." ! the city's school board to come
The Mississippi schools, all back to court July 27 with aprivate academies apparently ~s- new plan.tablished to. avoid integratiqn, Test in Septemberface. suspensIOn of the tax ~x- Warning that he would notemption until they demonstra,te let the city school') open "untilthat they are' no longer operatiag . a plan acceptable to ,the court"as an alte.rnative for. white s~u- is devised, "Merhige added: "Itdents seekmg to aVOId desegr;-e- may be traumatic, but you mightgated public schools."· 'as well face it. It's got to be
White House aides said tl1at done."President Nixon is consideripg . Federal officials' stepped upan across-the-board tax exemp- efforts to enforce desegregationtion ban for segregated schools are part of an effort to head offNorth and Sout~. Suspension lof confrontation crises when schoolsthe tax exemptIOn means t~,at reopen in September. Horacecontributors to the schools 1,n- Bohanon, -acting civil rights divolved will not be able to wri,te rector for the Department ofoff their donations as tax deduc- Health, Education and Welfare,tions. I said that only strong, convinc-
Orders New Plan I ing pressure by the Justice De-At the same time, justice de- partment would guarantee order
partment civil rights chief J~r- Iy desegregation in September;ris Leonard renewed his promi~e "The real test will come," Boto sue Southern school distric'ts hanon commented, "when schoolthat fail to desegregate. "Ti~e opens and some of these districtshas run out," Leonard said here. try to get away. The administra"We've gone to great lengths to tion is morally bound to takebring about voluntary compli- these guys into court. Everybodyance, but the end is finally her~. is going to be looking over hisWe are going to be disinterest~d shoulder to make sure the other .in discussing it after next weeki" guy is desegregating too, and if
In another get-tough action,[a he isn't, what the federal governU. S. district court judge reject- ment is doing about. it."ed a school desegregation plan.
Collection. ;of Martinorabu..lia i.lflL Stonehill,
iibrary Becoming a Mecca for Visi.torsA center featuring 'papers: and
memorabilia of the late SpeakerJoseph W. Martin is being developed in the Cushing-Martin Libra,ry at Stonehill College, NorthEaston. .
The library, erected in 1.962,was co-named for Richard ~ar
dinal Cushing who donated: thelibrary to the college, and inhonor of Congressman Martin,marking the anniversary of~ his50th year of public service. ,
Since the Congressman's death,his brother, Edward E. Martin ofWellesley, has been turning Overto the library papers and mementos of his more than halfcentury of public service. Mrs.Carol Fraser, Library Director,and Dr. James J. Keimeally ofthe History Department of .thecollege, have been collating, I indexing and preparing the m~te
rial for display.As a result of their labors 'the
Martin Center, a large. room~ onthe library's ground f1oor,hasbecome available as a historicsite and as a resource for students of the era during whichMartin served in public life.:
Washington DeskA striking feature of the room
is the large desk and chair personally used by Martin in: hisCongressional Office. : .
Several display cases exh,ibitmedals, awards and other signsof recognition of Martin's work.The famous ceramic elephantwhich visitors to Martin's of~ice
always remembered so well ~nd
which was highlighted in: somany news photographs, I isprominent. . I
The gavels used in his roles' aschairman of various Republicanconventions and"'as Speaker andminority leader;"and other ~ersonal items, are on display. '
Arranged on shelves in boundreference forms are the Mar,tinpapers. i
Probably the best-known paperis the famous "MacArthur Let-
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Maryknoll NamesEditor, Director
NEW YORK (NC) - Philip. Scharper, prominent editor,
writer and teacher, has beenappointed edito!-in-chief of Orbis Books, pub:ishing house ofthe Maryknoll Fathers.
William A. Coleman, formerassistant vice-president of KingFeatures, was named director ofmedia relations of Maryknoll'srecently reorganized departmentof social communications.
Scharper until recently waseditor-in-chief of the Catholicpublishing firm of Sheed andWara. He was also assistantprofessor of English at FordhamUniversity and associate editorof the weekly Commonweal. Hehas written many articles forthe Catholic press and lecturedfrequently at Catholic universities.
Coleman had served as associate editor of the AmericanWeekly, cational Sunday newspaper magazine. He foundedand headed Fordham's radio andTV division, directed the annualradio and TV institute of theColumbia Broadcasting System,and was a radio and TV consultant of the New York archdio-cese. •
The appointments were announced by Father Miguel d'Escoto, M.M., director of theMaryknoll social communications departmer-t. who also citedthe reasons for its reorganization.
Mainly, he said, they are toimplement the Maryknoll Missioners' basic purpose of encouraging Catholics "to exercise their missionary responsibility of sharing actively in mak~ng the Church an effective signof salvation in mission regions"and to "disseminate knowledgeof the peoples of mission lands,their problems and aspirationsfor truth, freedom, justice andpeace."
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pleted as "Martha Logan's SixFoot Shelf."Reared Near Perkins Institute
As a child, Martha lived opposite the renowned PerkinsInstitute, the MassachusettsSchool for the Blind, and sherecalls the hush tliat came ov.erthe playpaths when blind children came walking by. "Thoseare scenes which _are etchedinto my brain never to beerased," she comments.
Louis BrailleShe speaks with equal awe of
Louis . Braille, . who devised in1829 the Braille alphabet whichprovides a mode of expressionfor words, .music and mathematics.
"Look at this instrument," shesays, holding still for a momentthe tool which she had beenbusily plying. '!It looks like anawl, doesn't it? What irony! itwas an awl that Louis Braillewas playing with when he wasblinded at age three. God choosesstrange ways to bequeath Hislessons to us, doesn't He?"
Martha likes to recite the history which is so familiar to her."That poor man was never ableto realize that he had given tothe human race one of its greatest benefactions and one of itsdeepest lessons. He didn't liveto see his' system, one of manysystems, catch on because of itsinherent advantages. He died inpoverty.
In fact, he got the idea froma French army officer who had
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Sister Completes
i,n Brail·le
MISS MARTHA T. LOGAN
Logan.'s
Transcri.ption
"To Kill a Mockingbird," andHenry Van Dyke's "The Other.Wise Man."
Encyclicals in BrailleMoreover, she has rendered in
to Braille most of the importantPapal .encyciicals of the last 50years, which, she confesses, require concentrated effort, in contrast to such beloved but lighthearted works as Myles Con-,nolly's "Mr. Blue," and PaulGallico's "The Snow.Goose."
As she s'its in good light, plinking away with the stylus,her eyesare as steady as her hands arebusy, and if she looks up to answer a question, she first carefully marks her place so that inan instant she can get back to .her industry again.
How does she program herwork? Sometimes the TrinityCollege depositary sends her special requests, but, as likely asnot, requests come also fromstudents who have heard of her.A Connecticut student wantedthe chapter of a difficult book onscience, a New Orleans studentwanted a transcription of a bookof prose and poetry, and a blindchild in Vermont needed a portion of a textbook that was a"must," if the child was to keepup' with the rest of his class.
Inspired by Others' Needs"To the uninitiated," Miss
Logan confides, almost in awhisper, "this work ~ight seemlike drudgery, but drudgery ithas never been. In fact, therewould be many books, that !might never have attempted ifsome other person hadn't neededthem."
Then she adds: "Who couldnot feel young again doing thepages of a history book for ablind girl in the ~hird grade ofa school at Rome, Georgia, orfeel meditative doing The Essaysof Alice Meynell or Gardeii's"Introduction to the Philosophyof Saint Thomas Aquinas."
Along with Father Peyton's"All For Her," Miss Logan hasrecently completed Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man andthe Sea," and she confesses tha';her spirits were specially gay,though full of old-time thoughts,while she completed MarkTwain's classic, "Hucklebe: ryFinn." She refers jovially to (belibrary of things she has c%-
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No "Sally-sit-by-the-fire" isMiss Martha T. Logan of Cohasset, Mass. In what she humblycalls the "dedication of her eyes"she has completed in Braille her54th book for the blind. Herlatest accomplishment is the reduction to Braille of Father Patrick J. Peyton's best-selli.ng biogaphy: "All fcr Her".
What makes the feat evenmore remarkable is that MissLogan, sister of the' late andfamous Yankee Division leader,General Edward L. Logan,. forwhom the International Airportat Boston is named, was 84 onher last birthday, August 28. Shedescribes her age, and her friendsconfirm it, as "a spry 84."
Praising her, Father Peytonsays: "Martha. Martha .. like theBiblical Martha ... is busy aboutmany blessed things. What alovely part she plays! I don'tknow anyone, I think, who illuminates the years of her seniority with such a blessed light andwith such copious radiance. Yes,and courage."
Trinity AlumnaWorking assiduously with her
stylus and Braile board, MissLogan, over. the years has completed more than 18,000 Braillepages, most of which repose inthe library of Trinity College,Washington, from which she wasgraduated in 1909.
As she tells it, 1909 was awonderfullP'aduation year. TeddyRoosevelt was about to relinquish the White House to William Howard Taft, who had defeated William Jennings Bryan.Commander Peary. had discovered the North Pole, and Bleriothad flown the English Channel.
Tiny Miss Logan, who liveson the Logan estate, "TheRidges," at 50 Jerusalem Road,Cohasset, chooses carefully thebooks she will reduce to Braille,and a survey of the sizablelibrary she has completed showsthe wide range of her interestsand the sensitivity of her tastes.
"I loved doing Father Peyton'sbook, 'All for Her,' all 612Brailled pages," she said. "It's allabout the priest who wants theworld .to pray the Rosary forpeace."
Special Insight to Rosary"A person who knows Braille,
and specially one who does it,gets a special insight to theRosary of Our Blessed Mother.In a way, the six dots of theBraille alphabet, from which theletters and numbers are formed;are a kind of Rosary. The raiseddots are certainly 'beads for'touching and holding,' she adds;"don't you think so?" and shelets you run your fingertips overa beautiful page she has justcompleted.
Continuing, she muses, "Thereis quite a program throughoutthe country asking people to donate their corneas, after death,for medical purposes. That is allvery wonderful, but while we areliving we can dedicate our eyesto those who have no sight. Ina way, this is what I am tryingto do.
"Helen Keller said years ago:'Without a language a person isnot a human being. And withoutspeech he is not a complete human being.' By completing booksfor the blind, we give both language and speech. We let ourGod-given light stream into theminds of the less fortunate."
Among the Braille transcriptions accomplished by Miss'Logan are works such as PopePaul's "The Progress of Peoples,"John Fitzgerald Kennedy's "Profiles in Courage," Harper Lee's
Faith and ReasonHuman reason is weak, and
may be deceived, but true faithcannot be deceived.
-Thomas a Kempis
Favor ContinuationOf Catholic Schools
RIVERDALE (NC) - Resolutions calling for continuation ofthe Catholic· school system, aworldwide .study of problemsfacing youth and efforts to stemthe growing spread of relaxedabortion laws were adopted at ameeting of the Salesians of St.John Bosco here in New York.
Convoked by Father John J.Molloy, S.D.B., superior of theSalesians' Eastern province, thechapter meeting was attended by58 priests and Brothers, delegates representing Salesian institutions in eight states andCanada.
The resolution on Catholicschools stressed the emphasis onspiritual values within the framework of the educational system.It emphasized that the systemshould continue as a healthycompetitor to the public schoolsystem.
Another resolution urged thatBrothers be made eligible formajor offices at every level inthe Salesian community. It recommended that such action beconsidered at the next generalchapter meeting of the community.
Prelate StressesLiturgy Prayerf'or Catholics
ST. PAUL (NC)-"To incorporate all things in Christ," Catholics must turn to the liturgy,prayer and public service, Cardinal John Carberry of St. Louisdeclared here.
As keynote speaker at thesixth Wanderer Forum. the cardinal said that all three elements,not one or two, are necessaryto overcome a growing secularism ;n the world.
Along with these efforts, optimism is also necessary to overcome the existential thinking ofHeidegger, Camus and Sartrethat has taken its hold on modern society, he declared.
fo reach. God, the Mass isstill the best prayer, said the
. cardinal who has celebratedmore than 15,000 Masses.
He advised the group, the majority of whom oppose modernchanges in the liturgy to acceptthe new changes in the Mass because the Pope "has reviewedand studied them."
'Desecration' of Liturgy
"Everyone must work to builda better world and to correctthe imbalance of wealth and theexploration of people," CardinalCarberry said. And the hierarchyare doing their part to bring thelove of God to the people andto defend the faith, he added.
All the bishops "want to enterinto a dialogue with the modernworld," to work on commonproblems, he said, but warnedthat without God there could beno lasting brotherhood of man.
In his sermon at a Latin dialogue Mass, Bishop Albert L.Fletcher of Little Rock, Ark.,said the virtue of fortitude isneeded now "to pull us througha time when the Church is beingattacked from within and without."
The bishop said many sincereCatholics have been hurt by the"desecration" of the liturgy-byradical theologians and even bysome "authorized changes."
Ag,rees, Wit'h' Critici,m, of' AdvertisingTrouble Looms': for Madi'so~ Avenue I Mindbenders l
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Continued from Page Elevendescribed to him a method usedto send messages when lightwould have betrayed the positions of deployed troops.
"But the method Louis haddevised of embossing coded relief points on paper by use of astylus was distinctly better thanValentin Hauy's raised printingand Charles Barbier's sonographic point system, althoughLouis was admittedly indebtedto both. Braille kept Barbier'spoint system and devised a wayof arbitrarily indicating lettersan<;l other signs by various ar-
, rangements of six dots, placedin an oblong, which permits 63varying combinations," she says.
Martha is glad that modernimprovements have made it possible to produce press runs ofpopular works by multicopyBraille machinery. "The thingswe do now," she explains, "arereally called custom-Brailling.They are things that will nevercall for big press runs but whichwill always be in demand by ablind person somewhere, thePapal encyclicals, for example."
The Brailled books which Martha has completed, all handbound, along with the. repositoryof other Brailled-books of theTrinity College library, are listedat the Library of Congress, atthe Xavier Library for the Blindin New Yopk, and at the American Printing House for the Blind,in Louisville. Each book is animpressive, ' formidable thing."Someone 'will know that someone has been working," Martha'jokes, "even if he's blind."
With the introduction of talking books on records and tapes,and particularly the recent introduction of cassettes, Marthais frequently asked if the Braillesystem is not being out-dated,She has a ready answer. Sheexplains that many blind personsalso have impaired hearing.
Braille System Allows Meditation
"A book in Braille permits aperson to read or study at hisown speed and to review easily.Blind persons like to browse,too, and to meditate. This iswhere the books in Braille arean advantage," she adds, blessingat the same time all advanceswhich have made life ea~ier forthe blind. Older people also aredisinclined to change from asystem they have spent longhours mastering.
And so the bright-eyed, nimble-fingered little lady sits inher rooms at Cohasset, and whenshe lifts her gaze to rest hereyes or to meditate for _a moment she can look far out ontothe broad, surging Atlantic,which is part, of her daily"heavenscape," (to use her descriptive word). The morningpapers set aside, a Benningtonteapot close by, she quietlyplinks away at the Braille pageswith almost never an error.
Perhaps the morning mail hasbrought her a school child'sscribbled request that she willtreat as "Urgent," and when thesun goes down. bringing withthe shadows of long memoriesof a bright and fruitful past" apacket of pocket pages, will already be on their way with ared-splotched "Special Delivery"liberally sprinkled on strategicplaces of the envelope, so thatthe Postmaster cannot miss it.He won't.
And, later, as she prepares toretire, she probably hears theLord's loving words...... "Martha,Martha, you are careful aboutmany things . . . " and she murmurs "Yes," knowing the promise that to him who is faithfulin little things great things will -,be given.
Eldridge Cleaver, Minister ofInformation of the Black PantherParty and currently a fugitiyein Algeria from what. heright\yor wrongly cOl)siders to be t~e
injustice of California courts,is a much more serious-mindedsocial reformer than the gener!llpublic tends to give him cred,itfor being. '
, He is widely,- but mistakenly,thought of as being a militant,not to say a violent, racial sep
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aratist-period. In point of fact,he is not in favor violence, ex-'cept in self defense. Moreover heis opposed to black separatismas a matter of principle.
As Rosemary Reuther pointsout in her latest book, "The Radical Kingdom," he believes th~t
the world has become too smallfor any kind of ultimate separatism.
"His ultimate vision ... " sh~says, "is some kind of new sdcialist revolution that will solvenot only the racial but the h~man problem of man towardman, and usher in an era ofcooperation based on huma~
rather than alienated values," :My own reading, of Cleaver's
writings leads me-to concludethat this is an accurate summaryof his overall social philosoph~.
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Pursuit of Gadgets
Cleaver's commitment to "anew kind of society and a newkind of economic system . ::.',a new form of socialism," derives, in part, from his convic~tion that under our present econ,omic system, a system of "competition rather than co~peraL
tion," the American people arecaught up in a mindiess rat race',"a dreadful and all-consumingurge" for material possessions.:
Like many non-socialists, heputs much of the blame for thison the advertising profession. Hewants to see "a society purgedof Madison Avenue mindbenderswho propagandize people into amad pursuit of gadgets" andhave "conned people into believ.ing 'that their lives depend onhaving ,an electric toothbrush;two cars and a color televisionin every room."
Rosemary Reuther thoroughlyagrees with Mr, Cleuver in thisregard and, if anything, is even 'more critical than he is of mod~
ern advertising, which she describes as 'an octopus virtuallysurrounding the consciousness:of American society. She is particularly critical of the constan~use of eroticism in advertising;selling, and personnel. In herjudgment, this is all part andparcel of the growing tendencyin the United States to "harness"men's instincts to a consume[\society, "thereby eliminating their:dissenting power."
Irreverent, Book
I must confess that, over the!years, I have always tended to',take this kind qf criticism of:modern advertising with a grain'or two of salt,not because I,disagree with the criticism as:such, but simply because I have:the instinctive feeling thattolp~t so much of the blame for!
our national ills on the boys inthe gray flannel suits, the socalled Madison Avenue crowd, isto oversimpylify an enormouslycomplicated problem.
By the same token, however,I must also confess that, havingjust finished reading a spirited
,defense, of modern advertising byone of its more successful andmore colorful practitioners, Jer
°ry Della Femina, I am now muchmore inclined than i used to be _to go along with the kind of criticism directed at "Madison Avenue mindbenders" by people likeI;ldridge Cleaver and RosemaryReuther.
Mr. Della Femina, who, at thetender age of 34, heads up asuccessful Madison Avenue advertising firm, is the author of
. one of the funniest and most delightfully irreverent -books everwritten about the advertisingprofession or any other profession, so far as that is concerned.
It's entitled, for a very zanyreason explained in the book itself: "From The Wonderful FolksWho Gave You Pearl Harbor"(Simon and Shuster, New York,$6.50).
Tasteless Vulgarity
Mr. Della Femina is a: highlysophisticated dead-end kid, a refugee, if you will, from a streetcorner gang in good old Brooklyn-which just has to be themost unlikely place in the worldto have done his boot trainingfor the non-stop rat race inwhich he is now involved in thegaping canyons of' mid-townManhattan.
He demythologizes dozens' ofsacred cows, gives away hundreds of hitherto carefully guarded trade secret!>, names all sortsof names, with obvious maliceaforethought, analyzes the employment practices and the economics of his own profession'with the expertise of a trainedsocial scientist, and, in general,has himself a grand and glorioustime tellling almost incredibletales out of school.
He does all this, and more, ina spirit of hilarious and highlycontagious good humor, mixed,unfortunately, with a -certainamount of rather tasteless andtotally unnecessary vulgarity.
'Terrific Business'
In the end, however, when hisreaders are worn out laughing at
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his satirical impertinence aboutthe fads and foibles of his ownpeers, Mr. Della F.::mina moves infor the kill and strongly defendsthe advertising profession againstthe likes of Eldridge Cleaver andRosemary Reuther, although,needless to add, he doesn't referto them by name and, for thatmatter" may not even be aware.of what they have written abouthis chosen profession.
"It's very hip," he says, "toattack advertising right now andwe're vulnerable because we areso segmented." For·his own part,however, he will have none ofthis stuff about advertising beingresponsible for luring people into /'a mad pursuit of gadgets."
Cynical Role
He doesn't go so far as to saythat advertising is an integralpait of the great American wayof life, but, on balance, he doesfind it to be a "terrific business."
The trouble is, however, thathe unwittingly provides the Eldridge Cleavers and RosemaryReuthers of this world with awealth of evidence to supporttheir over-all criticism of the
. ,advertising profession.He demonstrates, for example,
that the unscrupulous use of eroticism in advertising-includingsome of his own-is even morewidespread than Rosemary Reuther makes it out to be.
He also laughs (ha-ha) aboutthe fact that innocent customers-including, in one of his ownmore unscrupulous ventures, anumber of illiterate peons fromPeru' - have been conned intopurchasing gadgets that theydidn't need, couldn't afford, and,in the case of the Peruvian Indians, couldn't even ·use "--' forlack of the necessary electricaloutlets - after they had beentricked into making their firstdown payment, thereby puttingthemselves in permanent hock.
It pains' me to say this aboutsuch a marvelously humorousand attractive 'human being asMr. Della Femina, but, in describing his own role in this Peruvian escapade, he comes perilously close to being downrightcynical, although he obviously,and rather pathetically, thinksthat he is being very funny., Ditto for his repeated references to his own equally cynicalrole in promoting the sale of newand completely unnecessaryproducts in the field of physical'hygiene.
Ask for Trouble
The crowning irony of all thisis that Mr. Della Femina repeatedly says that the future, includbig the future of advertising, belongs to the younger generation,whose outright disdain for manyof the most cherished values ofthe present generation of adUltshe obviously admires. He predictsthat -they will inevitably takeover the a~vertising professionand ,remake it in their own modimage.
If he is right about that, theprofession is probably in for avery bad time indeed. And ifhis own highly amusing, butsomewhat cynical anthropological study of the profession isreasonably accurate, I can onlyconclude that what is in storefor the Madison Avenue crowdcouldn't happen to a nicer bunchof "mindbenders."
They have been asking for it,10 these many years-so let there
,be no moaning at their favoritebars in mid-town Gotham if andwhen the roof eventually cavesin on them.
Oppose. Changing,Mexico/s Laws
MEXICO CITY (NC) - Twoold-time Mexican politicians, including a former president, havevoiced opposition to changingMexico's existing anti-,Churchlaws.
Bishop Sergio Mendez Arceoof Cuernavaca had suggested adialogue on the laws with thecandidates in this year's presid~ntial elections.
Bishop Mendez had said thatthe anti-Church laws, which stemfrom the 1917 Constitution, arenot enforced and are largely ignored. (The Church, for example,cannot own property or runschools, but Ca~holic schoolsexist because they are registeredin the names of parent groups.)
This evasion of the law, BishopMendez said, is wrong because"we, the very -people who oughtto obey the laws, because theyare instrumehts of service, arethe ones who disobey those pertaining to religion."
Former President Emilio PortesGil (1928-30) called the suggestion for a dialogue on the laws"out of order," and Ignacio Ramos Praslov, one of the fewsurviving writers of the 1917Mexican Constitution, said that"bishops and priests should becontent with the present stateof affairs."
Release of F'riestsEases Tensions
BILBAO (NC)-Eight of thenine Basque priests arrested inJune for speaking out on social and politicial issues havebeen released through a legaltechnicality and returned totheir parishes here in Spain. Theother, Father Jose Antonio Calzada, chose to qmtin,ue" serv.i~g
his one-month sentence.Following the advice of Arch
bishop' Jose Ciraraa Lachiondo,bishop o.f Santander' and administrator of the Bilbao diocese, the nine petitioned the minister of defense, Juan Castenonde Mena, for their release.
Castenon said he agreed tofree the prisoners because theyhad been arrested more thansix months after the commission of their alleged misdemeanors. This violated a statute oflimitations, for such charges hesaid.
The freeing of the priests inthis manner avoided furtherconfrontation between theChurch and the government onmost of the issues surroundingthe arrests. '
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Confraternity members includelaymen whose professional background in business education,pUblic relations and other fieldsenables them to develop parishspiritual and administrative programs, Gery said.
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Professionals Aid Parish CouncilsDETROIT (Nq-A group of
professionally-trained I a y menhere has formed an organization.to assist pastors and parishcouncil officials in the Detroitarchdiocese to carry out theirspiritual and administrative programs.
The group, known as the Confraternity of St. Stephen, isheaded by program directorJames J. Gery.
He explained the programwould, among other things, offerin-service training sessions forchoral directors, liturgists, lectors, commentators and otherlaymen who assist in parish worship programs.
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By Fellow AfricanMASERU (Nq-An African
bishop was consecrated hereby an6ther African bishop forthe first time in Southern Africa.
Bishop Paul Khoarai was consecrated as the new bishop ofLeribe at St. Monica's missionby Archbishop Alphonse Morapeli, O.M.I., of Maseru in aceremony attended by hundredsof priests, Brothers, Sisters andthe laity as well as many Protestants.
is entirely admirable but no oneel~e in the country. is releasedfrom their principal employmentto engage in electioneering andanyone who knows anythingabout the world beyond the campus knows that the opening upof the colleges in late' Octoberwill be a political disaster.
Favor OrdinataonOf Marri·ed Men
YAOUNDE (NC)---The bishops of Central Africa have asked the Holy See for permissionto ordain married men to thepriesthood.
The request was made in aletter signed by ArchbishopPaul Damais, S.J., of Fort Lamy,Chad, president of the CentralAfrica Bishops' Conference, following a decision of the conference's plenary assembly here.
In the letter addressed toCardinal Jean Villot, papal secretary of state, the bishops declared their 'support of priestlycelibacy. But the decline in vocations for the priesthood intheir territories, they said, hadcaused them to ask for permission to ordain married menpriests in order to "answer themost elementary pastoralneeds."
The central African bishopssaid also that in their area "thevirtue of chastity is not yet understood by all." For this reason, they added, priests shouldbe able to exercise their ministry "in a .community life,which assures them of the spiritual support and human equilibrium they need so much."
Politncal Disaster
5: Of all me nutty ideas generated by the crisis the most nutty was probably the idea of closing down university campusesfor two weeks before the election. One can think of no notionmore likely to antagonize, if notterrify the silent majority, andto deliver a right wing, hawkishmajority to Congress.
A number of faculty memberswith whom I spoke are wellaware of this, but they arguethat they had to go along with'the plan in order to maintainpeace on the campus, and hopethat by autumn there will bemuch less interest in this kindof "red guard" political action.As one faculty member pointedout to me, by then most of thekids may only want to playbasketball. A foolish hope!
That young people wouldwant to be engaged in politics
so fragmented and so bereft ofcoherent philosophy .that it didnot seem capable of taking advantage of the opportunity thatthe administration offered it.
The new leftist leadership gaveits standard packaged speechesbut didn't seem to be able to takeany sort of active command ofthe direction or the nature ofthe protest.
2. The protesters this timearound were relatively differentkinds of students. The elite universities-Harvard, Berkley, University of Chicago-were relativelv quiet, and the state univerisities, peopled for the mostpart by students whom the radical New Left would view as"squares," that is to say, schoolslike Kent State and SouthernIIlinois-are institutions where,until recently, protesters and radicals were only a tiny handfulof students.
Much of the new lrreed of pro· .testers are very similar to theEagle Scout, ROTC leader whowas murdered by the nationalguard in Ohio.
Must Discipline Lunatics
3. Most of the protest wasastonishingly peaceful thoughthe media characteristically played up the violence and the disruption. There was, given thescope of the unrest and the intensity of feeling, a remarkableamount of self-restraint.
Indeed, in many instances thenew leftists were elbowed outo( the way. The University ofChicago student newspaper, forexample, chose to denounce the.SDS as vandals and to admonishits' readers that they might justas well face the fact that moststudents in the university wereliberals who have permittedthemselves to be paralyzed byliberal guilt feelin~s and nowought to get rid of those guiltfeelings and seek out means ofliberal political action.
4. Neither students nor facultyhave yet demonstrated the. capacity to restrain the more manic and violent of their membership. The philosophy which says"everybody does their ownthin~" mayor may not be tolerable on the university campusbut when members of the univ·sity community propose to engage in political action whichwill influence the larger society,then they must lean either todiscipline their lunatic fringe orhave their good efforts go towaste.
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in such an action is dangerouslyout of touch with what is goingon in substantial minorities within the country and is, be it noted,completely unaware of how nearexplosion college campuses havealways been during the monthof May.
2. The shooting of the students at Kent State and JacksonState was murder, committedperhaps in time of stress andstrain, but still the type of behavior that simply cannot be tolerated from the law enforcementofficers in any supposedly civilized country.
What is even more depressingabout it is that one can be quitesure that nobody is going to be'in any way punished for the murders. We now exist in a situation where students not only canbe beaten by law enforcementofficers without the officers fearing any legal reprisal, but theycan even be killed: tra~ic development for the Republic.
College Crisis
3. The polarization rhetoric inwhich various members of theadministration have from time totime engaged is inexcusable. Itmay be a way to win an electionor to keep one's rating high inthe public opinion polls but itis not a way to govern a nation.
The vice-president insists thathe will lower his voice when theleaders of the New Left lowertheirs. I hold no brief for suchloudmouthed new leftists asDavid -. Dellinger in his idioticspeech at the Ellipse protest, butthe point is that David Dellingeris not the Vice-President of theUnited States and is not responsible for holding a society together in a time of crisis.
With these observations asa framework, let me go on to anumber of comments about theCollege crisis itself.
Protesters Different
1. If, as I have said in previous columns, the peace movement has played into the handsof the administratiQn by engaging in activities which werebound to antagonize the majorityof the country, so the administration played right into thehands of the most lunatic of thecampus radicals and delivered upto these radicals - much likeJohn the Baptist's head on asilver platter-the sympathies ofa very substantial proportion ofthe youthful population.
The one redeeming aspect ofall this is that the New Left is
Says Pre-Election ClosingOf .Campuses 'Nutty Idea'
It is my intention in this and two subsequent columnsto comment, with the perspective that the passage of acouple of weeks provides, on the crisis on the college campuses which followed the Cambodian invasion and theshooting of students at KentS~ate and later at JacksonState. Before I embark uponmy comments, however, Iwish to set· a context by makingmy own postion clear:
1. However successful or unsuccessful it may have been militarily, the Cambodian venturewas monstrously unwise in termsof its domestic political impact.An administration which engages
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WASHINGTON (NC) - About bine both employr,nent and con3,000 teenagers would work in servation experience for youngnational parks and forests and people, some of them from urbanpick up paychecks from the fed· slums.eral government, if a proposed Administration support for theprogram becomes law. proposal remains in doubt. After
The House .has approved the officials of the Department ofprogra.m creat10g a ~outh Con· Labor testified against the. measervatlOn Corps which would sure in committee, the programemploy 16-18-years-old fo~ up to was removed from Labor Depart.three ~on!hs each year 10 con- ment jurisdiction, leaving onlyservatlOn jobs. . the Agriculture and Interior De·
The measure, howe~er, IS not partments concerned. Theyexpected to come up 10 the Sen· ~ould determine the pay ratesate soon enough to put the $3.5 for teens working in the parks.million annual program into ef· . ..fect this year. Backers of the Support1Og the leglsl.atlOn werecorps said if the proposed three· such groups as the SI~rra Club,year pilot project is passed and the Boy. Scouts. an? Girl Sco~ts,proved successful it will be ex· the National Wddhfe FederatIOn,panded. .' the National Rifle Association,
They also said the corps is the I~aak Walton League.. ~hepatterned after Civilian Conser- Amencan F~restry ASSOCIatIOnvation Camps of the 1930s. The a~d the NatIOnal Audubon Sogoal of the program is to com· clety.
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"'The Protein Gap"Steaming hot roast beef-done just the way you like it ...
mashed potatoes • • . gravy . . • golden corn . . . carrots . • .green salad smothered with your favorite dressing • • . chocolatelayer cake and coffee.
Delicious? Yes! But' even more important, it's nutritious! mostAmericans enjoy a 'nutritious meal at least 'onc~l a' 'daybec'ausewe have learned the importance of a balanced diet. We know
·that to stay healthy, certain foods should be eaten and other foodsare to be avoided. We have learned to' shun an excess of fatsand carbohydrates, while storing up on high 'protein foods.'
But have you heard about "the Protein Gap"? Did you knowthat almost two-thirds of the world are suffering from malnutrition-lack of protein foods? Did you know that it is possiblefor a person to look healthy and still be. undernourished? Didyou know that thousands of the world's poor are literally starvingto death, and that millions go to bed hungry every night? Didyou know that in some countries because of nutrition deficiencies,as many as 1/3 of the children die before reaching school age?
Lack of protein in one's diet has drastic effects. One's mind becomes dull; reflexes are slower; the susceptibility to disease in·creases drastically; and one becomes generally apathetic.
This, in turn, can affect the whole economy of a developingnation. There is a vicious circle: lack of food-to feed the peopDe-to work for the country-to better themselves.'
America is a rich country. In contrast to most of the developing nations,' we prodilce and consume tons and tons of foodeach year. Each American eats approximately 211 pounds of meateach year! In India the yearly average is only 4 Ibs. of meat perperson.
Yet, the great American Sin is not our superabundance ofnatural and economic resources. Rather, it is the fact that theindividual of our society refuses to believe' tl1at he can help,that· his single contribution can make a difference in the outcome of our world.
You can help! Your single sacrafice can change the world!Your offering can pave the way for missionaries who are tryingto feed the body as well as the soul. Your gift can begin to bridgethe "protein gap." Your donation can save a life! Please give now!
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'Co,rdinal AssertsCouncils ExpressAuthent~c Fa B.th
THE HAGUE (NC)-Together, the First and Second VaticanCouncils are the .expression ofthe authentic faith, CardinalBernard Alfrink of Utrecht ata Mass marking the seventhanniversary of Pope Paul's election as Pope, his 50th anniversary as a priest and the centenary of the Constitution DeEcclesia Christi of the First Vatican Council.
The Constitution De EcclesiaChristi defined papal primacyand infallibility.
Vatican I, Cardinal Alfrinksaid, gave the Bishop of Romehis unique place, in the com-
. munity of the faithful. VaticanII completes the First Councilby describing the role of thebishops in relation to the primacy of the Pope, the cardinalsaid.
Trusting Dialogue"No OI~e," Cardinal Alfrink
told those at the Mass, "has theright to force the Pope to makea decision that in conscien.cehe believes he cannot make. Noone will want to do so."
Cardinal Alfrink said that theproblems of the Church ,"canbe solved only in .a trusting andlovjng dialogue." ..
The apostolic nuncio to theNetherlands, Archbishop Angelofelici, attended the Mass.
Meanwhile, the Dutch bishopsissued a joint pastoral letterstressing the authority of theoffice of St. Peter.
The bishops urged DutchCatholics to support the Popeeven if they must include criticism. But· the bishops said thiscriticism must always be a positive contribution to the life ofthe Church.
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cept the spark. She had sp~nt solong a lifetime taking' care . ofthat fire; now she expected thefire to do something for i,tseIf.
She .dropped the heavy logson the' cold hearth. She wantedthem to burn of their own ac·cord, without her troubling herself to begin with the shavings.She expected the logs to ignite,They tried,. but they coul~ notburn.
In her weariness, she becamedejected. She had given so' muchin the past, why wouldn~t thefire burn of its own accordl now?She would not give in . . :. andher home grew cold.
She let the fire go out.And so it 'is with the fire of
love in a home: A motherl.mustbegin with the little slivers ofpraise and appreciation .;. . .every day. She must be so attuned to their importance thatshe never misses an opport"1Oity.The bunch of dandelions, thefirst drawings, thE efforts to"help," the· struggle to :do alittle better-each offers tl1e opportunity for a little' kindling.
Careful Tending
The cut finger, the lost toy"",":,or the lost friend~r the lostcontract-each. requires h~r in·terest. The need to be heard, tobe .accepted, to be understoodwith each sh~, must '~have· thetime."
She mu~t never weary offorming this kindling, this .[foun·dation that accepts the sparkand builds the fire. I
Massive indulgence at a ,spec'·ial occasion can noj:, of its Iown,
,light the fire of love. It wiN try, .but it cannot burn brightly Iwithout a strong 'foundation. '
Her ."fire" . must be given thelittle bits of constant recognition, careful tending .: . . day' afterday . . . year after year.
The kindling will burn ~ith
out the logs . . . but the. logscannot burn without the kind-ling. '
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BAY CITY (NC) - The Michigan Civil Rights Commission hasrejected a discrimination Icomplaint filed against a bishQp by .a priest who has been active incivil rights and antiwar ·move-ments. '
The priest, Father Jam~s D.Miller, 30, was disciplined byBishop Francis F. Reh of Saginawlast January on a charge he declined'to accept a parish assignment. His salary was stopped atthat time. Father Miller filed hiscomplaint ;with·' the state Icivilrights' group in February. i
The state commission disclosedit refused to intervene betausean internal Church problemi'wasinvolved. i
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Ne Birth ControlQUITO (NC)-President iJose
• Maria VelasCQ Ibarra has joinedthe President-elect of Columbiain saying he wants no birth 'con·trol program for this courttry.Misael Pastrano Borren.o, whowill assume Colombia's presidency in August, said. J)irthcontrol programs are "not .suitedto our national situation." 1
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CBvi~ Rig~ts PriestIn New Assugroment
ST, LOUIS (NC) - Msgr. Patrick J. Molloy, founder of theCatholic Interracial Council hereand active in race relations work,has been transferred from hisnorth St.. Louis predominantlyblack parish to a church in anall-white neighborhood in southSt. Louis.
A spokesman for the St. Louisarchdiocese said the monsignor'stransfe.r had "nothing whatsoever" to do with a recent racialincident at Blessed SacramentChurch, where the priest hadbeen pastor for 13 years. Massat. the church was interruptedJune 21 by a member of AC·TION, a militant _civil rightsgroup.
The monsignor's transfer toSt. Stephen Protomartyr parish,.made by Cardinal John J. Carberry, was included in a list of95 new assignments.
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L~SJ /Fore Recq]l\J]~re~ S)frlf@mJ:SJK~mld~D~g W@cd Fo~ru~@t~cn
Once upon a time a young woman set out on the roadof her married life. She had few conveniences as we knowthem today. But, she was filled with hope, determinationand love. She knew the importance of doing all in herpower to love and care forher family. Each morning shewould carefully, prepare thefire. It did not seem· a difficult chore, for her love made ita joy. She would shave tHe woodinto kindling; countless littleshavings she would heap ontothe hearth. It took time and effort, but she knew it was theonly way to begin the fire whichwould keep her family warm.
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When the kindling was sufficient, she touched it with .aspark. It glowed, flickered, thenblazed. Only when it was thoroughly ignited did she 'begin toadd the larger wood,. cautiously,
. carefully-selecting and placingeach to encourage the fire togrow-never risking smotheringit by adding too much too soon.
Again it took much of hertime and a great deal of carebut she understood the necessityof discretion and the importanceof a good solidly built fire-a fireto light, to warm, to draw herwhole family together.
Becomes BurdenOnly when the new fire was
burning well did she add theheavy logs which would burnlong and bright. It warmed herhome-her husband and herchildren ... and she was pleasedand blessed.
The years passed. She grewweary. She tired of the endless .chores. She lost sight of theirneed, felt she had given enough.
._ She had spent countless days, innumerable years, dedicated tocarefully lighting that fire. But,that was when her love wa'salive and growing.
Now her love' had becomestagnant. It was a constant burden to prepare the kindling. Itwas too much effort to troubleherself to build a fire properly.She would no longer bother withthe little slivers which could ac-
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Opposes AsylumFor Terll'oB'~sts
WASHINGTON (NC)-Brazil'sdelegate to the conference ofWestern hemisphere foreignministers here has circulated adraft resolution calling for anend to political asylum for terrorists.
The resolution, distributed byseveral Latin American representatives by Brazil's foreignminister Mario Gibson Barbosa,demands that: terrorists be treated as common criminals by allnations. The s~atement grew
.from increasing ects of terrorismagainst diplomats in several LatinAmerican countrEes.
A pattern has emerged of trerorists kidnapping diplomats andholding them for ransom, usuallythe freeing of prisoners held bythe diplomat's host country. Bydeclaring the prisoners commoncriminals and! barring them fromasylum, the Brazilian official saidthey hope to take away the motive for-and thereby preventfurther diplomatic kidnappings.
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Defends PriestsIn Politics
WORCESTER (NC) - Priestshave the same inalienable rightas any American citizer.. to runfor political office, the diocesanweekly here declared in an editorial.
The Catholic Fr~e Press called"disconcerting" a poll of Massachusetts' third congressional district indicating that 30 per centof the voters felt it was "notproper" for a priest to run forpolitical office. Father RobertF. Drinan, S.J., Boston Collegeeducator, hopes to oppose Rep.Philip J. Philbin for that districtseat.
"Whatever else might be saidabout the quauifications of eitherCongressman Philbin or FatherDrinan or ljny (lther candidate inthe current campaigning acrossAmerica," the Free Press said,"it should be admitted that anyCatholic priest, as any other minister of religion, has a basic,inalienable right as an Americancitizen to make himself availablefor election to public office."
But the editorial said thatthough Father Drinan had a"human right" to run for office,"now that he ns in the politicalarena, he must be judged-asmust any other candidate-as apolitician and state~man, not asa priest."
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one could endure it; if they always went well, everyone wouldbecome arrogant.
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struggle is between the Israeliand the Arab national movements.
"Both are relative newcomersto political consciousness; bothare internally problematical;both movements have sufferedfrom a series of historical traumas; both are terribly unsure ofthemselves and groping towardself identity.
"On top of' everything else,both the Jewish and the Arabnational movements lay claim tothe same piece of land, historicPalestine," he wrote in the magazine published here by theAmerican Jewish Committee.
"The conflict is between Israeland the Palestinians," not between Israel and Egypt OT between Israel and Syria, the p'rofessor emphasized.
He said that Israel must makeclear "its readiness to discusspeace terms not only with theArab states, but also with representatives of the Palestinians.He suggested "a discussion withthe Palestinians now underIsrael rule concerning the possibility of establishing a Palestinian Arab state on the WestBank and in Gaza."
While conceding inherent difficulties in such negotiations, hesaid "that any settlem~nt of theArab-Israel conflict that doesnot deal with the problem ofPalestinian self-identity wi!! fallshort of the requirements of atruly peaceful ·solution."
He added that Palestinianstatements that they wm. continue fighting. even if Arab"states" make peace with Hsrael,"should be taken seriouslY."
Professor Sees Key to Mideast CrisisIn Movements, Not States
Israeli vs Arab
Clarifies SupportOf Anti-War Effort
OKLAHOMA CITY (NC) Bishop Victor. J. Reed of Oaklahoma City-Tulsa has clarifiedhis financial support of a religious effort to end the war inVietnam.
News reports have left the"general impression that Churchfunds are involved" in the bishop's recent support of an antiwar drive and that is not true,said Father Charles H. Schettler, . chancellor of the diocese.He said he was directed byBishop Reed to clarify any misundersta~ding about the matter.
The 'bishop sent a pastoralletter to all Oklahoma parishesto explain that only his "personal funrls are involved, notthe funds of the diocese."
NEW YORK (NC) - Recognition that the Middle East conflict is between two movements,not states, "may perhaps become the key to a possible solution," according to Shlomo Avineri, chairman of the departmentof political' science at HebrewUniversity of Jerusalem.
Writing in the June issue of"Commentary" magazine, Prof.Avineri asserted that the present
Study Schools EthnicBalance, Racism
HOUSTON (NC)-A study ofethnic balance and alleged racism in Calveston-Houston diocesan schools is underway asa result of charges by theHouston Catholic InterracialCouncil.
Leonel Castillo, a man caughtin the middle as both diocesanemployees and council members,volunteered to conduct thestudy after the school systemcame under fire.
At the diocesan schoolboard's June meeting, the council accused it of operating adual system - one with veryIittlll racial-ethnic balance andone that is "both separate andunequal."
Castillo, executive director ofthe diocese's Catholic Councilon Community Relati<1ns, saidinterracial council objectionsmay result in reqrawing attendance zones and teacher crossover programs, if the studydeems necessary.
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temporary Vietnamese refugee center In the front courtyardof a Roman Catholic church in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.The South Vietnamese government now is trying to evacuate as many of the refugees as possible by ship, air and,soon, by road convoy. NC Photo.
Russia Unpopular
The answer to the first is,clearly: No. Civil wars requireenormous 'grievances and the despair and revolt of a sizeablesection of the people. Otherwise.what is there to assist?
Castro and Che Guevera foundthis out when they tried exporting revolution in Latin America.There may be civil wars onAmerica's Southern frontiers butonly if conditions are as intol·erable as they were under Battista. In that case, it is far betterto keep out.
The answer to the second isalso: "No'." Russia came intoEastern Europe under the bestpossible conditions, liberating thepeoples from Hitler's appallingoppression. Today, it is a safebet that Russia is more unpopular there than anywhere else. inthe world.
Small peoples emerging fromcolonialism simply do not wantWhite Western" domination,American or Russian.. SmallAsian States do not want to berun from Peking--or Tokyo. Theidea of being the world's policeman is, in a sense, another version of the white man's burden.America should put it down asquickly as possible.
Containment in Europe
The answer to the last question--do Communist takeoversharm America's interests - depends upon the place where thetakeover occurs. Anywhere inthe developing world, the answer is: No. Nothing is at stakeneither investment nor trade norproperty--equal to the damagedone by such a conflict in Vietnam.
Besides, trade is not interrupted and before long, the Communists are looking for jointventures and inviting Henry Fordto come and Inelp them buildtrucks and tractors.
No, the only place where aCommunist takeover would be athreat is the one place where acivil war would never bring itabout. That is Europe, and there,the policy of containment has' tocontinue because Russia is largeand unreliable and the whole integrity of free society dependsupon protecting its motherland.
For t.he rest, not an interest isat stake as vital as keeping outof other peoples' civil wars andnot repeating any more Vietnams.
skyism and every other kind ofway-out radicalism all round theworld, including the UnitedStates.
This point is c.losely connected with the second argument.Those who fear the result of negotiations claim that if Americawithdraws speedily enough to induce South Vietnam to make asettlement, no other threatenedgovernment will believe America's word again and civil wars,with Russian or Chinese backing, will break out all roundthe world and end with Communist takeovers.
To this somewhat involvedand exceedingly pessimistic prediction, three questions must beput. First, do nations have civilwars just because outside influences are at work? Second, dothey welcome and obey the outsiders, if victory is secured?Thirdly, does it matter to America if there are Communist takeovers?
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Whether the North wouldhave accepted its provisions. weshall never know. Still misledby America, the South refusedand opened the catastrophic rout~
to renewed civil war. whichrages on and now threatens toengulf the rest of South EastAsia.
Let us look at the argumentsagainst seeking a negotiated settlement-which would, presumably, imply enormously strongpressure on the government ofSouth Vietnam to accept bothnegotiations and the participation of other groups with realfollowing - liberals, Buddhists,Vietcong-in the shaping of thesettlement.
The first is that, however disguised, a negotiated settlementwhich brought Communists topower in the South-would pavethe way to a reunited Vietnamunder Communist control andthen, inevitably, to Communismin the neighboring states.
Russia, China Enemies
Is this so? Not necessarily.When the Communists took overChina in 1949, the "domino" theory was applied to their victory.With a quarter of the' humanrace now Communist and, in addition, allied to Russia, Communist advance would be irresistible-so the argument ran. .
What in fact has happened?Burma has gone its own confused way. Indonesia has massacred its Communsts' - largelybecause they were Chinese. Noteven appalling corruption andmisery have turned the Philippines towards Communism. Indiapreserves its democratic constitution. All this has gone on for20 years.
In the interval, Russia andChina have become bittter enemies. If this is a Communiststeamroller, it seems also to gosideways and backwards and todrop pieces of machinery as ittrundles about.
There is nothing in its behaviour to suggest that if Communism, closely identified with Vietnamese nationalism, won in Vietnam (largely because if its national. anti-colonial appeal) anyirreversible tides would go surging about anywhere else.
Pessimistic Prediction
It is worth a risk, anyway,especially when one considersthe degree to which Americaninvolvement in Vietnam encourages anarchism, Maoism, Trot-
Favors Vietnam SolutionBy Negotiated'. Settlement
The most constructive outcome of the Vietnam tragedy would be a return to the principles of the 1954 settlement which was devised and agreed by the Great Powerswith the unhappy exception of America, misled at thattime by Mr. John FosterDulles' global anti-communist crusade. This 'settlementallowed for popular consul-tation in the North and Southbefore the reunion of the dividedcountry. It guaranteed the existence and neutrality of the nonVietnam parts of IndochinaLaos and Cambodia-and introduced an international controlcommission.
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New Britain is located in theHartford archdiocese.
Parishioners Walk OutOf the estimated 5,000 persons
who heard the students, some150 reportely walked out in protest, and subsequently, a lectorof St. Mary's parish, also a Cen-
. tral Conllecticut State College.student, circulated a petitionseeking the dismissal of FatherGoode as pastor.
Mayor Paul J. Manafort ofNew Britain issued a publicstatement in which he was quot·ed as saying: "I think the clergyhave lost control of their congregations."
Following a visit to the parish,Hartford Archbishop John F.Whealon issued a statement inwhich he cited th~ right of Catholics "to hear at Mass only authorized preachers, giving God'sword and not their own," andcalled attention to his right asordinary of the archdioceSe tohave as preachers "only those
. the ordinary has approved forsoundness of doctrine and probity of life."
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Majority Favo,sU. S. of Europe
BRUSSELS (NC)-A majorityof persons in the six membercountries of the Common Marketfavors the development of aUnited States of Europe, with acommon parliament and president, according to a recent sur-vey. 0
Most Britons, however, areopposed to such a development,the survey indicated.
Six public opinion researchinstitutions and a group of news-,papers and magazines conductedthe poll in Great Britain and thesix Common Market countries:Belgium, France, West Germany,Italy, Luxembourg and the Netlf-erlands. .. The 12,OOO-person sampling
was representative of the votingage population in each of thecountries surveyed.
Only 19 per cent of Britishvoters in the Common Marketcountries, the, survey showed,favored the political formation ofthe United States of Europe, theelection of a European parliament by direct universal suffrAge,and the formation of a Europeangovernment.
The survey also showed thatyoung voters are decidedly moreenthusiastic about the unificationof Europe than older voters inevery country..
Connecticut State College in NewBritain Conn, conducted a dialogue on the war in SoutheastAsia at five Sunday Masses onMay 17 in St. Mary's Church,
Bishop Must Be NotifiedWorcester Priests' S'el1lote
RELIEF ClENTER: Average yearly income of these Paraguayans is $205 and little ofthe wealth amassed through privilege and smuggling by pro-Stroessner me~ reaches the
.countryside. This is a relief distributing center sponsored by the Church in a village nearAsuncion, the capital. NC Photo.
WORCESTER (NC) - Pastorsand their assistants have beenadvised by WorcE.ster BishopBernard F. Flanagan that theymust notify him before inviting"any other than a priest or deacon" to preach in a church inthe diocese.
Bishop Flanagan's letter advising the priests of the policy ,didnot mention. whether he mustapprove of preachers who are notpriests or deacons. A diocesanofficial said if the bisho'p questioned an invitation to a particular preacher, the policy ,wouldenable him to discuss the matterwith the pastor to reach a determination.
The bishop's letter stated thathis directive was being issued"in accordance with a resolutiontaken at a recent meeting of thesenate of priests."
New Britain IncidentCiting an incident in which
parishioners walked out duringan anti-war sermon deliveredfrom the pulpit by two collegestudents in a New Britain, Conn.,church, the djocesan priests' senate asked at the meeting thatBishop Flanagan adopt a policydealing with such situations "instead of waiting for a similarissue to arise in our diocese.'"
The students, members of a"peace committee" at Central
'Elllldlcllhusts ift KoreaDebate Celibacy
SEOUL (NC)-Celibacy hasbecome a controversial issueamong Buddhists in Korea.
Celibate Buddhist monks havecriticized and vowed to nullifythe government's recognition ofthe nation's married Buddhistmonks as a legal organization.The married sect is now registered with the ministry of culture and information.
Previosuly, only celibatemonks had been recognized, asa legal Buddhist group.
In 1954, after the late President Syngman Rhee ordered allmarried monks removed fromBuddhist temples as an illegaigroup, the sect carried its fightto the courts.
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a long sorrow. -Langland
"Outraged Comment
And finally, after an eightmonth struggle, they succeededin getting the pastor to allow akind of folk liturgy in the parishchurch. :
It drew some outraged comment, but 'was, much more popular than the nay-sayers sup-POSE;d it would be. :
Mrs. Glynn's experience hasbeen duplicated all over' thecountry, and, one imagines, inmany other 'parts of thewdrld,to'o. She tells it with good Ihu_mor and good sense.
ValleYQf the Mekong
Father Matt J. Menger, authorof In the Valley of the Mekong(St. Anthony Guild Press, Paterson, N.J. Cloth $5.50, paper $3.95), is an Oblate missionary whohas spent 13 years in Laos.
His book gives some accountof Laotian history and of 'thepresent ordeal of the country.
But mostly he addresses himself to describing his life andministry, both of them laboriousand beset with troubles, yet never overwhelmed by adversity.
He has many good stories' torelate, many personiilities and incidents to describe. Tigers andcobras make their chilling appearance, as do the engines ofwar which plunge ordinary folkinto misery.
C~rme~6te§' SiressApo>dGlate frG' Poor:
BARRINGTON (NC)-Membersof the Canadian-American province have decided to emphasizetheir apostolate to the poor andminority groups.
That's ·the consensus of Carmelites who participated :inthree.-d~y institutes, about fut~re
goals and priorities.More than 300 Carmelites out
of the 450 in ,the entire provinceattended the institutes, heldsimultaneously in West End, N:J.,Mundelein, Ill., and San LuisRey, Calif.
Father Thaddeus O'Brien, ,0.Carm., general coordinator of theprovince whose .headquarters arelocated here in Illinois, said theinstitutes were an effort to reacha consensus· on what Carmelitelife is and what it will be in theservice of all people. He told NCNews the gatherings set priorities for Carmelites in both Nor,thand South America.
the book which might pertainmore •to ·the .devices of fictionthary to those of· factual reporting.
Well, no need to fuss pverthat. Mrs. Glynn is writing aboutwhat happens in a parish in theBronx when a small group of
'parishioners decides to do something about Church renewal,specially about liturgy.
There was much agonizing, aswell as as discussion which wasendless and sometimes hot. Theparticipants carne to see that itis wrong tei suppose that theHoly Spirit is working onlywhen "something was happeningwith which we agreed." Theyhad, 'and came to delight in,home Masses. ~
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Analytical Work Mussing,From" 'Cushing" Biograp'hy,.
John Henry Cutler is the latest to have ago at writinga biography of Richard Cardinal Cushing, and what hecomes up with, Cardinal Cushing of Boston (HawthornBooks, 70 Fifth Ave., New York",N.Y., 10011. $8.95), isnot very good. CardinalCushing is an extraordinaryman, and an extraordinarychurchinan. He is a greatsubject for a first rate writerwho has access to what must bea' rich treasure of primarysources. But such sources are notnow available, and probably theywill not be so during the car·dinal's lifetime. Mr. Cutler, moreover, is a pedestrian performer.
The materials on which he hasdrawn are mostly newspaper and,magazine articles. These. affordsome chronology of the Cushingcareer, excerpts from speechesby' him, and the observations ofpeople often either meagerly informed or not astute.
Insig~t Lacking
A mere recital ,of certain pub·licly recorded facts about thecardinal can be profoundly impressive. The amounts of money/which he has raised for innumerable charities, for example,are probably unparalleled, andrare' is the, liberality withwhich he has assisted goodcauses of all kinds, especiallythe missions.
Again, there are the initiativeshe has taken in many fields, forexample that. of ecumenism.Others could be instanced, allevidencing his humanity ·and hiscourage, not to mention his indomitable' industry despite cruelill health.
Such facts Mr. Cutler plodsthrough on page after page, inchapter after chapter. But whatis lacking is the insight or theartistry to compose a portraitwhich is clear and incisive.
Wrong Facts
It may be pleaded that the cardinal says that he does not understand himself, and that hehas sometimes been self-contradictory. But that does not excuse the writer from the analytical work missing from this book.
Even in the realm of facts, Mr.Cutler is frequently wrong. Forexample, Cardinal Spellman wasnot the primate of the UnitedStates, as here stated. Knightsof St. Gergory do not wear vestments, at least so far as I know.
Something of the unique Cushing flavor does come through,but the unique genius is not dis·tilled or defined, and the truestature of the cardinal is not determined.
Chur~h's lFuturle
Into which category can wefit Jean Davis Glynn's book Answer Me, Answer Me," which issubtitled "What's the ChurchComing To?" (Bruce, 12 BarclaySt., New York, N.Y. 10008. $4.95)? She appears in it under herown name, and what she reciteswould seem to be something inwhich she was directly involved.But then there are aspects of
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The Catho:ic stutement wassigned by the heads of the state'seight dioceses, plus 22 otherCatholic bishops of the state.
The statement follows:·.God's Low Unchanged
"The implementation of theregressive abortion repeal lawon July I, I~70 begins a tragicchapter in the history of NewYork state.
"We strongly affirm that thechange of the civil law on abortion does not alter Goc1's law.The law of Goel and the law ofour Church remain unchanged.To take human life is gravelywrong: This taking of humanlife is particularly heinous because that me is innocent anddefenseless.
"In the Christian traditionand as human :Deings we totallyreject abortion. We endorse theaction of those hospitals whichwill not permit abortions to beperformed or advised. We supportthose doctors, nurses and otherhealth. professionals who will
. not participate in this grave evilof abortion. We unite with themultitudes of people of otherreligious beliefs in the defenseof human lift!.
Many itlstitutions and individuals, including our Catholichospitals and our Catholic people have given witness to thisrespect for human life by theirabsolute refusal to be involvedin any way in abortions. -
"We plead that all hospitalsand other employers maintainand develop policies to respectthe conscience of their employ·ees who refuse to participate inabortions.
"We are most concerned thatthe poor not be pressured intosubmitting to abortions for thesake of lower welfare costs.
"We call upon all people ofgood will to join with us in acampaign to reverse the lifedestroying trends in societywhich abortion and euthanasiarepresent.
"We live in a world filled withviolence, malice and selfishnessof which abortion is an example.In this hour of sadness we urgethe people of New York Stateto have the courage and strengthto reject abortion and upholdthe sanctity of human life."
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Jansenism come apart at theseams," she said.
God has been sold out beforebut never .at such discountprices, the representative continued.
"We must put the scandalright where it belongs--on thebishops," many of whom are following the yellow brick road,Mrs. Ickinger said.
!Enemies of FamilyThis widespread challenge to
orthodoxy has stemmed fromf:ontinued emphasis on secularsociety and the erosion of thefamily concept, several otherspeakers contended.
Dr. William A. Mara, philosophy professor at Rutgers University said he was sick of social scientists who had to reevaluate their theories on thefamily and marriage with everychange in contraceptive methods.
Enemies of the family arethose that attack the conceptsof love, marriage and decency,he said.
"Often the greatest enemy ofthe Christian family is education-unfortunately even supposedlyCahtolic education," he declared.
Dr. Ever Curtis, a Gloucester,Mass., general practitioner, called for "moral muscles" on the"part of parents to instill a Christian code of ethics in their children.
He advocated a return to"good, simple discipline" andwarned about "the devjj's threepronged fork-sex, drugs andsensitivity training."
World Hung·erContinued from Page One
He questioned "linear" population projections beca~se theydo not take into considerationthe fact that "growth is variable." This was the error ofThomas Malthus (English economist), Dr. De Castro declared.If Malthus was right in hisview of populatiop growth, thepeople of the world would nownumber 123 billion instead ofthe present 3.5 billion, he said.
"We have to find the meansto feed the children people wantto have," he added.
His presentation evoked prolonged applause. Applause also greeted a rebuttal by a panelmember, Dr Sripati Chandrasekhar of India, and the divisionamong participants immediatelybecame clear.
AfricaA speaker from Senegal said
that in Africa the people feel"that population growth makesfor development."
A participant from Ethiopiadeveloped the same point, citingthe necessity for sufficient population density to justify theopening of successful schools.
A speaker from Zambia recommended that "we use someof the money being spent 'on thePill and the Bomb on the children already born,"
Mrs. Agatha Orde. of Nigeriasaid it would be "imprudent"for the FAO to "encourage governments to interfere in the personal prerogatives of the human being, which could resultin violating the rights of manas specified in the United Nations' Declaration on HumanRights."
lunchbox attitude toward theEucharist."
Mrs. Ickinger deplored thosetheologians who try to make God"all things to all people," thosewho opt for a "rubber stampcreed" and those with a "bubblegum Christianity pumped upwith their own hot air,"
"The marshmal10w foundation" of theology laid down bymost modern catechisms is nothing more than the "flip side of
Speaker Stresses Sacredness of LifeS'ees Bishops a.s. Teachers, Defenders of FaDft~
Open New SeminaryIn New Mexico
GALLUP (NC)-Christo Rey(Christ the King) Seminary hasopened here to give primarilyNavajo and Spanish-Americanteen-age boys a chance to studyfor the priesthood without leaving the Southwest.
Bishop Leo Gomez, rector ofthe seminary adjacent to hisresidence, said need for it grewwhen youths who speak Englishas a second language wer-e rejected or dismissed from seminaries . in other parts of thecountry.
"The competition was so greatand the interests so foreign thatthey soon returned home," thebishop said.
The seminary, in the GallUpDiocese covering 60,000 squaremiles in Northern Arizona andNew Mexico, offers preparationfor the priesthood and for higher .education.
ST. PAUL (NC)-Strong criti- .cism of "heretical" textbooksand teachers, plus strong support for the sacredness of Hfp.were voiced by some 500 participants at the sixth Wanderer Forum meeting here.
Speakers at the three-day sessions, sponsored by The Wanderer, conservative national Catholicweekly newspaper, reaffirmedthe role of bishops as the primary teachers and defenders ofthe faith. but were 'skeptical ofsome bishops' success.
While not naming names, Mrs.Theresa Ickinger. of Parents forOrthodoxy in Parochial Educa·tion said "we must build bonfires under episcopal chairs" ofthose bishops who have allowedthe Catholic faitll to be en·dangered.
"All bishops are not protecting the truth and we must withall reverence tell them whentheir slip is showing," said thePennsburg, Pa., woman.
She hit heavily and repeatedlyat modern texts and teachersthat "relegate the Ten Commandments to household hints," atliberal theologians who expressembarrassment at the mentionof the devil and at those "with a
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_ili~ ..is aHAPPILY INVOLVED: Monsignor Victor Pavis, pastor of Holy Rosary Church i:n East
Harlem, N.Y., takes out a moment to jump rope with neighborhood children on his wayfrom church to the parish school. "If I had to face what these kids have to face here whenI was a kid," he says, "I wonder how I would have turned out." A pastor here for thepast 13 months, he says his main challenge is to reach the Spanish-speaking residents,who make up some 80 per cent of the parish. NC Photo.
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Majority OpposesBusing for Balance
ST. LOUIS (NC) - Nearlythree-fourths of all Americansoppose busing children from oneneighborhood to another toachieve racial balance in schools,a recent Louis Harris poll revealed.
It showed that while Americans oppose school segregationby law by a clear 58 to 19 percent, they condone segregationby about the same percentageswhen it results from neighborhood living patterns. An overwhelming 73 per cent said theyoppose busing school children,according to the Harris opinionpoll.
In a cross-section survey of 1,561 households, Harris foundthat only parents of black children favored busing by a relatively narrow 46 to 40 per centmargin.
He also found that a m.ajorityoutside the South condemnssegregation of schools by law.In the South 'Itself opposition tosegregation is expressed by a43 to 37 percent margin. Youngpeople are opposed to legislatedsegregation in every region, reported the survey.
MeritReward is what you receive,
merit what you do. The first isin the mind, the second in thewill through charity.
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D of I ConventionContinued from Page One
The Daughters of Isabellasponsors Papal Volunteers toLatin America, gives direct support to the Holy Father, furnishes burses for rehabilitation centers for priests who are ill, aidsin disaster relief and educational programs in Latin America,Biafra, Vietnam and the Philip.pines ¢ (l <:< and its membersserve in varied public institution~ and campaigns.
The seven-day meeting willopen with a Pontifical Concelebrated Mass 'at the St. LouisCathedral. His Eminence JohnJoseph Carberry will deliver thehomily. Bishop Joseph McNicholas, pastor of the St. Louis IXBasilica (Old Cathedral), will beone of the speakers at the convention.
Bishop Glennon P. Flavin ofLincoln, Nebraska and EpiscopalAdviser over all circles, will bein attendance throughout theconvention for advice and counsel.
Publicity chairmen 01 parish or·ganizations lire ashed to submitI1~WS items for this column to TheAnchor, P. O. BOK 7, Fall River02722.
5111'. AN1fIHONY OIF PADUA,IFAlLIL lRlIVlElR.
Parishioners and friends ofSt. Anthony of Padua will gother on' Sunday evening, July 28in White's Restaurant for a dinner-dance to commemorate thefirst anniversary of the newchurch.
Tickets may be obtained atthe rectory or from M.s. JohnSilvia, general chairman or any'member of her committee.
Rev. Joseph M. Ferreira isse:rving as chairman ex-officio.
ST. ELIZABETH,EDGARTOWN
Parishioners will sponsor anauction at 7:30 on Monday evening, July 13 in thp. parish hall,Pesase's Point Way. Edgartown.
Women's Participation
Another job of the LaityCouncil is to "bring to the surface" and study problem areasin the lay apostolate, Msgr.Uylenbroeck said. It might, forexample, transmit informationon how different lay groups arehelping former priests and Re-.ligious readjust to lay life.
Msgr. Uylenbroeck, who is also general chaplain of the international Young Christian Workers movement, said he is meeting regularly in Rome on hisown time with 10 ex-seminarians to try, to help them makethe transition to the lay apostolate.
Asked if the Laity Councilwas doing anything to furtherwomen's participation in theChurch, Msgr. Uylenbroeck' saidsix. women sit on the council,one of whom is vice-secretary.
Council of the' Laity alsojoined women's rights groups inprotesting the exclusion in January of Dr. Elizabeth Mueller ascounselor of the West GermanEmbassy to the Holy See. Msgr.
'. Uylenbroeck said the council relayed to Cardinal Jean Villot,papal secretary of state, its opinion "that a woman shouldn'thave been refused simply on thegrounds that she was a woman."
Advises; Laymt:"Assume ProperRo~e ~lm Church
WASHINGTON (NC) - Laymen' who exp~ct the clergy tospeak out on every world problem are not proud or awareenough of their own role in theChurch, Ii top Vatican officialsaid her~. '
Msgr. Marcel Uylenbroeck,head of the three-year-old Vatican Council of the Laity, admitted that previously the Churchin some countries had been toosilent "on the real problems ofcommunity life." But he saidlaymen who press for the otherextremes are encouraging a new"clericalism" - meddling ofclergy in matters not primarilytheir concern.
The Belgian-born monsignorsaid the Council of the Laitywould try to. make laymen"more aware of their presencein the world" as well as "morepresent in the different structures of the 'Church."
He visited here during acoast-to-coast U.S. tour to discuss with a cross section ofAmerican laymen their problems, goals and activities in thelight of Vatican II.
'lExperts of Life'
"We never will be an organization which tries to have everything under our direction," Msgr.Uylenbroeck said of the LayCouncil, which meets twiceyearly. The council will be "BI
clearinghouse of information onall aspects of lay life," he said,and promote lay activity in thediversified forms it takes fromcountry to country.
"You are my experts of life,".Pope Paul VI told the 30 members and consultors on theLaity Council at their Marchmeeting in Rome. He urged themto bring back to Rome the feelings and concerns of laymen allover the world, but stressed theyshould promote a two-way dia-logue. -
The council should also relayinformation to the laity about thefeelings and concerns of the hierarchy, said Pope Paul, who established the Council of Laity in1967.
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Dr. Johnson is director ofthe Donner Foundation. A number of experts in the fund-raising field, both in private andgovernment services,' will beamong speakers.
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PrBests Learnl'tueatre Arts
SANTA FE (NC) -' Priestshere are learning first handhow to enliven the liturgy with
. drama.The Santa Fe Center .for Pas
toral Liturgy, in associationwith the Santa Fe Opera, isteaching' priests at Summersessions how to. use .gesturesand style to celebrate the liturgy..
Among faculty members isVera Zorina, ballerina, actressand opera diJ'ector. She teachesstaging techniques and dramatics . so . the liturgy becomessomething alive rather thanstereotyped. Others teach theoretical, ritualistic and contemporary aspects of the liturgy.
The center's goal is "to educate the priest of today in theoryand practice of efficacious liturgy,'" said Father Blase Schauer,O.P., center director.
He has announced that thecenter plans seminars later forministers of non·Catholic denominations and for laymen takingnew roles in liturgy. celebration.
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If the preliminary investigations . are successful, the nextstep will be the official openingof }>adre Pio's cause by the Pope.After exhaustive and comprehensive investigations by manyimpartial commissions of laityand clergy, the final processtoward canonization--or declaration that he is' a saint-willbegin. Ordinarily these procedures take anywhere from twentyfive to more than a hundredyears. However, there is everyreason to believe that the processwill proceed rapidly in the caseof Padre Pio because of thegreat number of living witnessesto his life and work, and' hisapparent holiness. .
Fr. Dasseville, the Americandelegate for Padre Pio's cause,has already collected more than18,000 signatures in two monthsrequesting the furtherance ofthis cause.Only Two Men Bore Stigmata
In the history of the CatholicChurch, about 70 people haveborne the wounds of Christ intheir bodies. All but two werewomen. The only men with th~
stigmata have been Padre Pioand St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Order to which PadrePio belonged.
In recent years, Popes Pius XI,Pius XII, John XXIII, and PaulVI had carried on correspon-'ence with Padre .Pio. Pope PiusXII sent an official representative to the dedication of PadrePio's Hospital for the Poor(House for the Relief of Suffering, San Giovanni Rotondo) in1956. Pope Paul VI, prior to hiselevation to the Papacy, hadvisited Padre Pio.
All those having informationregarding Padre Pio, or who be~
lieve they have received somespecial favor through his ,Intercession, or who have receivedany personal communicationfrom him are asked to contactFr. Armand Dasseville, St. John'sCapuchin Church, 213 W. 30 St.,New York, N.Y. 10001.
.'PAJD>R.E J.»no SAYING MASS: The large bleeding wounds
on the' hands are clearly visible. Padre Pio wore gloves atall times, except for the Consecration and Communion ofthe Mass.
CGlrnf~ict BringsParade Changes
MONTREAL (NC) - Separatists who threw insults and garbage at Canadian Prime MinisterPierre" Trudeau during the St.Jean parade here. two years agodidn't win Quebec's independencefrom Canada, but they did manage to cut down the scope ofthe traditional parade.
This year, the parade markingthe feast day of the patron saintof French Canada will be limitedto the city's French quarter.There wili be no reviewing standand there will, be no prime minister watching the line of march.
The change indicates the levelof tension generated here by separatists working for a free Quebec..Within the structure, six ofthe seven legislative seats wonby separatists were won in Mon-treal voting. ,
At the same time, separatistterrorism-including bombingshas led to the formation of. ananti-terrorist police squad madeup .of experts drawn from theRoyal Canadian Mounted Police,Quebec's provincial 'police andthe Montreal police:
ProSJrGi~ to ASS8StScft~Core Addicts
MIAMI (NC)--A program designed to help teenage drugusers before they become hardcore addicts has begun on a $60,000 lot donated by the city ofHialeah.
The prograin, called OperationSelf-Help Inc:, will serve all ofDade County. It is the result ofan ecumencal effort headed byFather Sean O'Sullivan, who wasnamed Dade County Citizen ofthe Year in 1969.
At recent dedication cere-·monies for the project, FatherO'Sullivan said that there mustbe concerted effort to preventdrug abuse or thousands of youngpeople who are addicted or indanger of addiction "may fall tothe level of animals."
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p'adre Pio's Cau.se in Un.ited StatesPadre Pio, world-famou~ Ca
puchin Franciscan priest i andStigmatist, who died in 'ltaly,Sept. 23~ 1968, may be deClareda saint of the Catholic Churchwithin this decade. The long andsevere investigation into his lifeand works, required. befor~ theQ.eclaration of sainthood, 1 hasbeen officially opened bY; theBishop of Manfredonia, Italy thediocese in which Padre Pio lived.
It is rare in recent centuriesin the Church for a processtoward canonization to be openedin so short a time after the deathof any person known for 'h~roicvirtue and holiness. i
Appointed as the official·:delegate to supervise PadrePio'scause in the United States is Fr.Armand Dasseville, a 'CapJchinFranciscan priest of the ProvinceOf St. Mary of New York! andNew England. His office i,s atSt. John's Capuchin Church, :NewYork City. I
Fr. Dasseville has also beennamed official coordinatot ofall the Padre Pio Prayer Group yet to be investigated, were atin the country. A Prayer Group tributed to him.is an organization of laity: and- . . .clergy who pray daily for' the Prehmmary Investigationintentions of Padre Pio; na~eIY, Now that the initial processthe progress. of the Church: and . toward canonization .has begun,.the welfare of the Pope. Hence- rigid investigation will be madeforth, the intention will bel the of his life, works and writings.canonization of Padre Pio. Tpere Testimony will be sought fromare more than 700 of these anyone who had contact wi~h
Prayer Groups throughout Ithe him. The alleged miracles will beworld. : thoroughly stJldied and examined
i d f lP d Pi I to determine their authenticity.Fr en so a re 0
hi.In New York State t ere IS
also a non-profit corporationcalled the Friends of Padre 'Pio,which raises funds for the ~arious charities be'gun by the C~puchin Stigmatist. Among theqI isthe mental cliniC and dispensaryrecently oI=ened in San Giov~nni
.Rotondo, Itaiy, the town I inwhich Padre' Pio 'spent his! 59years as a friar-priest. Fr. Ij>asseville is moderator' of thisorganization which began in 1:960at a meeting presided over i bythe Most. Rev.. Joseph M. Pernicone, Auxiliary Bishop of ItheArchdioceses of New York.
Padre Pio was born FrancescoForgione, May 25, 1887, in :thefarming village of Pietrelc!na,Italy. His father, Orazio, workedas a laborer in Jamaica, N.Y.; atthe turn of the century to sec~re
sufficient funds to send his sonto the seminary. When France'scoentered the Capuchin Order,l hetook the name Pio (Pius). He wasordained a priest on Aug. !10,1910. He was assigned to theCapuchin Friary in San GiovaflDiRotondo,' in the diocese of Man-fredonia. I
On Friday, Sept. 20, 1918 w~ile
Padre Pio was praying aflterMass, the wounds of Christ,called the Stigmata, appeared Ionhis hands, feet and side. Fromthen, until his death in 1968, thewounds bled profusely, fteefrom any kind of healing or :infection. During the years, PadrePio was subjected to endl~ssexaminations by doctors of :allfaiths, who had no natural ;orphysical explanation for thisrare phenomenon. . IVisited by American Servicemen
Padre Pio was well knoWnthroughout Europe since he ~eceived the stigmata. Howev~r,
only when tens of thousands jofAmerican troops had the opp<?rtunity to visit him during tpeinvasion of Italy in World WarII, did his name become famohsthroughout the United States.. !
During the years Padre Plio'was said to have possessed manykinds of extraordinary powetssuch as bi-Iocation, the "reading"of hearts, etc. Many miracles,
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ROEBLING (NC) - F~therGeorge C. Muresan of East Chicago, Ind., was elected to a thirdconsecutive term as president atthe three-day 22nd annual Romanian Catholics of Americaconvention here in New Jersey.
Peter Barbulescu, Youngstown,Ohio, first. vice-president, andGeorge T. Stroia, Gary, Ind., second vice-president, were reelected to second terms. Others elected were Emil Breaz, Gary secretary; Charles Stroza, McKeesport, Pa., treasurer, and GusSilaghi and George Ardelean,Aurora, Ill., auditors.
A program of closer laitypriest relationships, expansion ofrelief assistance projects and anoverall review of the past year'saccomplishments were discussedat the three-day sessions.
Bishop George W. Ahr, ofTrenton was among the speakersat the convention banquet.
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NOTRE DAME (NC)-FatherHoward J. Kennu, C.S.C., 68, waselected to a third three-yearterm as provincial superior ofthe Indiana pr<JvincE\ of the Congregation of Holy Cross.
He has headed' the provincesince 1962. Previously the position was appointive but at thetriennial provincial chapter meeting at the University of NotreDame, he was elected by the 48ex-officio and elected priest andBrother delegates of the province.
The province covers the entire country with the exceptionof nine Eastern and 12' Southernstates and also has mission activities in East Pakistan, Ugandaand Chile. There are 430 priests,more than 50 Brothers and 90seminarians in the province.
Father Kenna, a native ofClontarf, Minn., joined the 'Congregation in 1921 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1930.He has served as superior ofMoreau Seminary here; presidentof Holy Cross Col1ege, Washington ,D. C., and of the Universityof Portland, Ore.
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dividuals and groups workingwith black people.
It will seek to bring aboutthe revitalization of black parishes, assist black people ingaining control over institutionsin the black community and develop new source') of leadership among black people. Inaddition, it will monitor programs originating from white institutions but designed to affect the lives of black people.
Plans for the future development of NOBC and a requestfor a one-year operating budgetallotment of $650,000 have beensubmitted to the nation's bishops. Approval of the budget request is expecteu at the bishops' November, 1970, meeting.
Although Brother Davis anticipated full $650,000 approval forfour months from now, the National Conference of CatholicBishops (NCCB) made clear in astatement that approval of bigger funds over a longer periodwould not automatically followfrom approval of the July-December 1970 interim budget.
"That funding of the interimbudget of $45,716 was approvedby the executive committee ofthe NCCB," explained BishopJoseph L. Bernardin, NCCB general secretary.
"This approval, however, doesnot commit the Conference tothe larger three-program andbudget as proposed by the National Office for Black Catholics.Only the entire conference (of allthe U. S. bishops) can decidewhat funding can be made available after January I for the proposed program.
"That decision, like all othersof this kind, will have to bemade within the context of overall obligations and limited resources."
In a letter ten days ago toFather Rollins E. Lambert ofChicago, board chairman of theNOBC, Bishop Bernardin said hisoffice would "do everything possible" to help in setting up thenew NOBC office.
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WASHINGTON (NC) - Thenation's Catholic bishops movedto bring new life to the Church'swork with America's blackswith the announcement of theirfunding of the National Officefor Black Catholics.
Launched with an interim budget allocation of $45,716 andheaded by Brother Joseph Davis,'S.M., the new office here isdevoted "to the liberation ofblack Catholics." It is the result of two years of planningand petitioning by members ofthe Black Catholic Clergy Conference, the National Black Sisters' Conference, and representatives of black Catholic laycaucuses. I
Impetus for the NOBC, Brother .Davis told NC News, camefrom a growing realizationamong black priests and blackCatholics generally that "theChurch was at a critical stagein the black community."
ConvertsFor example, he explained,
"there are only 800,000 blackCatholics in the United States.Black converts to Catholicismare rare today. There is a lackof black vocations. Both of thesefacts come from the Church's
'loss of credibility among blackpeople. We don't' see the message of Christ in operation inthe United States.
"The NOBC is an effort torevitalize the Church in theblack community, as an institution for and about black people.It will be devoted to the liberation of people, black and white ..In short, it will give black Catholics-especially black priestsand Religious-a chance to beabout our father's business."
HistoryNOBC can <J>trace its history
back to the first meeting ofthe Black Catholic Clergy Caucus in Detroit in April, 1968.Black priests and Religious discussing their role in the Churchand the Church's role in thelives of the nation's blackscame to thre'e conclusions:
A revolution was sweepingthe black community.
The Church seemed to be unaware of the revolution and itsimplications.
As a result, the Church wasin danger of losing what littleground it had won among thenation's blacks.
Headquarters
According to Brother Davis,the NOBC plans to open a national headquarters here andfour regional offices. Each office will provide technical assistance for black and white in-
sions with heavy bomber loads.Although it is capable of air-toair combat, its navigational andelectronic equipment are designed for attacking targets on theground.
"The MIG 21 supplied toEgypt by the Soviet Union isprimarily a fighter interceptor.Its range is significantly shorterand its armaments and fire control systems are designed forknocking down other aircraft inair-to-air combat."
Recently, United Nations Secretary General U Thant in effect asked the U.S. not to supply more Phantom and Skyhawkjets to Israel contending thatmore "offensive" arms can onlyimpede progress toward peace.
Father McDermott said that"recent escalation on the partof the Soviet Union" in the MidEast conflict "is a corollary toa prior escalation on the part ofIsraeL"
Invasion, DefenseThe Israelis "have looked up
on their invasion of the air overEgypt as a defensive move tokeep the Egyptians off guard sothat they could not build uptheir offensive forces."
What is problematical, Father McDermott aded, "is theconfusion as to what constitutesan invasion on the one handand legitimate defense on theother. I,
In view of that confusion, "ifarmaments are to be suppliedto Israel, it might be far moreadvantageous in the long runthat they be of a defensive nature if they are to offset the supposed advantages gained byEgypt in the recent Soviet buildup," he said,
He believes there should beincreased diplomatic' efforts toreestablish a: cease-'fire whichhas been violated repeatedly byboth sides.
"Escalation of offensive capabilities is to no one's advantage.As in Vietnam, a political ratherthan a military solution is ultimately the only answer," hesaid.
Public School AidAlso creating doubt is the ef
fect of arguments over pendingproposals to aid public schools.Assemblyman Ewing, MajorityLeader Barry T. Parker and Sen.William T. Hiering, head of theSenate education committee, allhave expressed the opinion thatfailure of the public school billwould wipe out the chances ofpassing the private school meas-
, ure.The public school bill is con
troversial in its own right. Ruraland suburban legislators are opposed to it as it stands becauseis is weighed in favor of urbandistricts. Further, there is dissatisfaction with the $30 millionprice tag since a legislative commission recommended pumping$180 million into the publicschool system.
Some legislators have expressed the view that the $9.5 millionproposed by the governor, forprivate schools ought to go topublic schools.
Uncertainty Clouds New JerseyNonpublic School Aid Measure
TRENTON (NC) - Uncertain- action until the U.S. Supremety exists among legislative lead- Court rules on a challenge to theers here over the fate of New Pennsylvania teacher - paymentJersey Gov. William T. Cahill's law. That law, which precededproposal to assist nonpublic the Rhode Island enactment, hasschools in the wake of a' public been upheld in the lower federalhearing during which a number courts. Since the Rhode Islandof Catnolic spokesmen <;alled the decision is being appealed, it isplan inadequate. expected that the cases might
Assemblyman John H. Ewing, be joined at the Supreme Courtof Somerset, chairman of the level.Assembly Education Committee,said he expects the measure tocome to a vote sometime afterthe legislature reconvenes Sept.14.
Other leaders believe the issuehas been clouded by the recenttax federal district court decisionupsetting the Rhode Island lawproviding assistance to parochialschools.
The pending New Jersey measure is similar to that law becauseit would provide funds for thepayment of part of the salariesof teachers giving instruction insecular subjects. Payments wouldrange from 20 to 60 percent,with higher amounts going toschools serving disadvantagedareas.
But the New Jersey proposalwould also give textbook assis- •tance, providing $10 per pupil onthe elementary level and $15 onthe secondary level for the purchase of texts being used in thepublic schools.
Some legislators have indicated they would prefer to delay
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in Senators'Vietnam, Middle East
WASHINGTON (NC)-UnitedStates senators should clarifytheir motives in urging jet salesto Israel while at the same timedecrying bombing of North Vietnam, a priest said here.
Many of the senators who recently voted 59-1 in favor of anamendment urging support forPresident Nixon in sendingarms to Israel are the same senators urging an end to the warin Vietnam in letters to Pre'sident Nixon and the Secretaryof State William Rogers, saidFather Patrick P. McDermott,S.J. in a personal statement.He is assistant director forpeace, United States CatholicConference Division of WorldJustice and Peace.
He said both the Vietnam andMiddle East situations are sufficiently complicated "that onecould take a position to decreasethe level of armaments in Vietnam and increase the level inIsraeL" However, the priest added, the senators' who have thissplit-position woqld be "more'consistent with the intention toresolve conflicts, if the UnitedStates were supplying defensiveweapons to Israel instead of offensive ones."
What should "bother some- ofthe anti-war senators who signed letters to the Nixon administration, is that the logic whichthey decried in the bombing ofNorth Vietnam and the invasionof Cambodia is the same logic'that is often used to justify thesale of jets to Israel-that is,the best defense is a good offense."
The priest explained there is"significant difference" in theF-4 Phantom jets supplied by theU.S. to Israel for use in groundattack and bombing and theMIG 21 supplied by the SovietUnion to Egypt "primarily fordefensive air-to-air combat."
!Bombers, llnterceptorsFathe'r McDermott stated:
"The F-4 Phantom jet suppliedby the U.S. to Israel is primarily a fighter bomber. It is capable of flying long range mis-
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