The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-21

measures rom 8 legal SCanupOlH' and John P. Kinney of the Crosby High School faculty discussed Character Building of Youths asserting that our children today ere wholesome in 8 world that does not want their wholesomeness Dr John Freney, master of ceremonies in brief prelude to the introduc- tion of the first speaker told of his work examining Selective Service inductees. He claimed the Italians are always in the majority proving that they're not sons of the birth control movement.
 {, If Birth Preventers have their way" commented Father Sugrue principal of St. Joseph's School in South Norwalk," the world will be truly uside down. The young will be fewer and fewer: the oldsters will be more and more. There will be fewer and fewer to pay more and morei But, in Birth Prevention isins upside-down world that will be all right, for, in that fantastic fascisrn, the lesser will exceed the greater. And thus all will be happy Yes, ndeedl-Slap-happy!
 Father Sugrue's address in full follows:
 The Blind Would Lead the Blind
 At a moment when national unity of mind and heart Is most needed, 1t is truly regrettable that any group should propose legislative change of such nature as to divide our people deeply and bitterly. Such a proposal Is that of the Birth Con- trol League.
 It Is, perhaps, an evidence of the ineptaess and reckless irresponsible ity oI most of the Birth Control propagandists that they have nei- ther Q thought for such possible dis- unity, nor a concern for the future strength of the nation, in world threatened by international gang sterlsanl.
 Ths Birth Preventers' utter lack of concern for the future man power of America Is pe- cuuliarly reminiscent of the yellow pacifism of Q few years ago, which was concerned about disarm- ing America totally, but which had little energy to accomplish disarm- ament equally elsewhere in the world. It parallels, too, the whine of those who screech for the preser. vation of social gains" when any sane person knows that, just at this moment, the first and greatest task befors us all is the preservation of this very nation, in which alone such gains may be enjoyed.
 address you as a citizen of this great state whose welfare desire to continue, not alone for the pres ent, but far into the unseen future. I remind you that no device for the present, which makes greater prob- lens for the future, will promote the general welfare. I ask you, therefore, to take note of the fact that the efforts of the Birth Pre- yention propagandists have pro- duced many false and totally un- scientific impressions in thousands of minds; that these people lack a sense of social and civic responsi- bility; and that they are unsafe In fact, blind guides, unwor- thy to inspire legislation for the general body of our citizenry.
 Among many false impressions made--sometime by unbluShing mis-statement, sometimes by silence, but more often by inuendo-the Birth PrevertioniSts have been able to get many thousands of American people (so they claim) to accept the following:
 Wrong Notions:
 D That Birth Prevention is a cure-all for every i'll, from unem- ployment and poverty to dandruff and the seventeen year locust.
 9 That the oply objection to Birth Preventionism Is on religious grounds, and that only from the Catholic Church.
 3 That sex relations are not matters of the Natural Moral Law, but are exempt from 1t, and, there- fore, not accountable to God. GA kind of c. l. o. versus A. F. of l.. jurisdictional dispute as to who Is the boss of our actions: God or "der Tuhrer", or any other Ftihrer).
 A That maternity is unusually dangerous, with It's dangers increas- ing. That, therefore, the expected child is practically an aggressor against the health of the mother and the welfare of the community. .5) That maternity is not nor nal, but rather an abnormal condi- tion comparable to disease. Corol- lary: that children, like disease germs, must be guarded against with uermicidal antiseDticS.
 s6 That each new pregnancy leaves the mother less able to bear the next, and that numerous preg- nancies are, of themselves. general clause of illness and death.
 ' D That contraceptives are en- tirely effective in preventing con- eeption in every case.
 8 That contraceptives are en- tirely harmless to body or mind, And that, therefore, they may be ased without fear of evil physical Affects.
 ( O That medical science and phy- Gicians in general practically unan- imously approve contraception.
 <, These. ladies and gentlemen, are Che false ideas that drive on most of those who seek to make contra eeption an easy, legal, and general practice. Even brief reflection re- veals that to follow the Birth Pre- tenters would be to follow the blind. May I take but few moments to give you brifely merely the high points. in the refutation of these very dangerous errors? .. .
 Catholic Church Alone
 To maintain, especially in the State of Connecticut, that objection t6 Birth Preventionism comes only from Catholics is obviously absurd