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The frontiersman., 1955-10-06
NOTES FROM YOUR
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By Lew Hanks. District Agent
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Many farm operators and agri- cultural workers are still un- certain about how changes made last year in the social security law affect them, says Lew Hanks, Extension Service district agri- cultural agent.
 Self employed farmers and many farm employees are cov- cred by social security for the firat time this year, Hanks re- minds farm families and farm workers in the MatanuSka Val ley.
 If you have not already done so," says Hanks, it will be to your benefit to find out exactly how the law now affects you and your family. Social security may offer you the benefit of re- tirement income after age 65, or an income to your widow and minor children, or dependent parent in the event of your death.
 If you own a farm and are Self-employed, you must obtain the proper tax forms from your district of Internal Revenue, fill out the necessary information about your farm operation and income, and pay the required 3 percent tax to earn credit toward the benefits provided by the law.
 If you farm another persons land under an ordinary crop sharing arrangement, you are a self-employed person rather than an employee. If your net earn ings from self employment amount to $400 or more a year, either from farming or in com bination with earnings from some other business covered by social security, your earnings can be credited for social secur- ity and are subject to the per cent tax for this purpose. (The
 
 crop sharing arrangement is con- sidered as receiving rentals from neal estate. His share is thus ex- cluded from social security cred its or liabilities. But if the two have a legal partnership and share in the profits, the income of both may be creditable to- ward social security).
 "A member of a farmers fam fly even a minor may qualify as self-e1nployed person under the law if he, or she, runs sep arate enterprise such as poultry raising, keeps his own accounts and pays the expenses, and his net earnings amount to $400 or more in a calendar year.
 If you are employed as an agricultural worker, and you earn $10O or more in cash (not goods or board) in a calendar year from any one employer, you are covered by the law" says Hanks. Your employer is res ponsible for obtaining and fill ing the proper forms, and paying the tax. He should withhold 2 percent of your wages for this purpose, and send this amount, together with an equal amount to be paid by him, to the district director of Internal Revenue at the end of each quarter"
 Farm operators and workers who have any question about their status under the social se- curity Law, as amended, should
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write to their district director of Internal Revenue for informa- tion, or get in touch with one of the 530 district social security of fees located in cities and towns throughout the nation, suggests Hanks.
The frontiersman., 1955-10-06

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You can have the brilliant go-power of the new 202-h.p. Thunderbird Y-S engine in any of the Fordomatic Fairlane or Station Wagon models for '56. Tn Fordomatic Mainline and Customline models, you can have the mighty 176-h.p. Y-8. The new 137-h.p. Six is available in all new Ford models. And in every '56 Ford model you get the exciting styling of the fabulous Thunderbird.
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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-02-04
Seventy Days Before Easter

septuagesma Sunday ushers IN the Easter Cycle
in the Churchs liturgea calendar Roughly speak
ing there seventy days in this pre- Easter period
which begins with Septuagesima Sunday. Septua-
gesima means seventy The Christmas cycle ends
and the devOut Christian soul turns in conempla
tion TO Christ IN His passion DEATH resurrection
and eternal glorilcation The Easter cycle in other
words, Is not Just the penitential struggle Of the
Seventy days before the feast OF Christ's Resur
reetion. II includes the yictery and glorification
that follows Through struggle to victory is the
universal law Applying this TO himself, the Chris
han understands that through suffering ribulation
and death he achieves sef-mastery, resurrection,
and lie The struggle against evil waged eour
aeeously in this life will brine the soul to tho
resurrection and eternal life in heaven
In The early Church il was the custom on Sep
tuagesima Sunday TO select The candidates who were
TO receive Baptism at Caster. Baptism means dying
TO sin that we might rise 10 unity with Christ The
penitentia season Of pre-Lent and Lent serve the
soul 10 renew It's efforts TO accompany Christ on
His sorowful journey TO accompany Him through
His struggles TO victory Having acquitted ourselves
maniullg in the struggle for the glory o. God we
cannot help but come eventually TO glorious vic
torv and to blessed Easter just as Septuagesima
and Lent lead through penante to the victory Of
Easter and the elorihcation Of Christ the struggle
Of life spent for God of necessity leads 10 resur-
rection with Him eternity of glory.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-02-04
Readers of the Catholic Press

The Catholic Press depends upon reader sup
port TO be successful il must have readers.
What needs emphasis. however is the fact that
readers need the Catholic Press
That fact has been given such emphasis by
Bishop Thomas Il. German, episcopal chairman
Of The NcWC press department, in his statement
on the usual observance of Catholic Press Month
during February Bishop German an experienced
editor himself, said "0ur Catholic pr.ss needs
more dedicated reader support"
More dedicated reader support" according 10
the Bishops explanation more than increas.
I'd subscription Isis, though increase in circulation
Is necessary # our newspapers and magazines
are ever to have an adequate measure of impact
even on Catholic opinion" Ii means an increase
IN the number Of readers who understand their
own need Of Catholic reading means readers who
read the Catholic Press because they enjoy the read
ing, because they profit from il and because they
uant what only the Catholic Press has to offer
Every parish priest knows that too many homes
never have even The local diocesan paper inside
The door. He knows rs Bishop Gorman pointed out
that the Catholic Press has too many indifferent
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-02-04
LOUIS +. BUDENZ
From YaIta TO Yikiang'

the Unite d Nations" even
though such proposal might
rob Formosa of its defenses. For
1t IS the common practice of the
Reds to accept a truce" or even
propose one, only after they
have attained a set military OBJ
iective. Yet the Times solemnly
suggests that if the Nationalists
accept hobbling truce il WIN
then be up to the Communists
to show their colorS, and the
world will Judge them by what
they display not only in words
but also in deeds"
One would think that the en-
inent New York newspaper con-
siders its readers to be children,
that they are not aware that the
Communists have shown their
colors' all the way from Yalta
TO Yikiang.
All of this was done with the
assurance to the A erican
people that If Soviet Russia had
friendly nations on its borders."
there would be peace" ID t0dS
precisely by these dbject conceS-
sionS that expanded iuGrfare todS
assured. And so it is today, with
the continued surrender to the
kremlin's slogan of peaceful
coexistenee.
The Tactical Approach
The January issue of Political
Affairs, indicating that il is en-
heartened by our Presidents
peace talk" whips up the com
rades TO bring "the battle for
peaceful eoexistenee' into the
84th Congress.
Now, with our widespread
education, why is it that editors
OF newspapers. professors in uni
versities, and commentators on
the air waves fail in any great
measure to warn the American
people OF this tactical ap-
proaeh'? II would seem that
the White House and the mem
hers of The Congress would be
brlefed each month al least on
what our enemies arc proposing
for their deceit. For this "tacti-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-02-04

subscribers: people who take the diocesan paper
out of some sense Of duty. but rarely, if ever,
read it. And he readily agrees that the purpose
Of the Catholic Press is defeated by non-readng
subscribers we'll as by nonsubscribers.
The cultivation of reader interest in the Catholic
Press will result from good reading habits of Ca
thocS themS slveS Generally speaking. these hab-
its will not just grow up overnight They must be
developed, particularly among the young people,
by proper training in the home, in Catholic schools
and colleges and in all Catholic organizations The
necessity Of the formation of these habits iuSfies
continuous campaign, in the Catholic Press itself
and from the pulpit, stressng the individual Ca
tholic'S need of Catholic reading.
We consider, therefore, most practical the final
recommendation of Bishop Germans message Re.
solve this Press Month he concluded to make
yourself reader-supporer thirsty for the refresh
ing waters Of the truths Of Faith and ready with
the helping, cooperating word and deed. It's your
Catholic Press Learn to want it as you need il.
Begin TO support it you should and its needs.n-
The Tablet.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-02-04

@. When docs the loord "Ca.
tholic' first appear as applied
to the Church, Is it in the
Bible? Isn't Roman" and Ca.
tholic" contradiction?
A. The word itself is not used
in the Bible as applied to the
Church, but the idea of universal
mission and authority is every
where applied to it. ("Go into
the whole world and preach the
gospel to every creature" Mark
1915; Matthew 28:18-20; Luke
1915; Acts 1:8) st. Ignatius of
Antioch in about the year ITO
A. ID. first used the term as such.
but it is the commonly accepted
name for the Christian Church
from that time on. st. Augustine
uses the word as a synonym for
the Church two hundred and
forty times. Roman" does not
mean local or national, but SIM
ply refers to Rome as the center
of the world wide Catholic
Church. We use similar express
siens when we use Paris, Moscow
or London as symbols of the
respective countries.
Q. Wig did the Blessed Virgin
haze to be purified" (Feast of
the Purification)? Does the
Churching of Women haze the
same penitential meaning?
A. The Blessed Virgin did not
shave to be" purified. It was the
Jewish law and custom and she
conformed to it just as Christ
conformed to the observance of
the Jewish law. II was part of
Gods plan that the Holy Family
should observe all the ordinary
ways of their people, both as an
example of obedience to us and
to preserve the secret of Christ's
divinity. Until the "hour" es-
tablished by God should arrive
the Holy Family was to live in
ohscurity. The Churching of
Women, as anyone can see from
the text of the sacramental
blessing, is not penitential but is
beautiful blessing with prayers
of thanksgiving and of petition
for mother and child. 1t is a
misconception to regard the
ceremony as kind of reflection
on the bearing of children.
@. What should be done about
toedding ring aohich is damaged
and must be replated What if
it is lost and mast be replaced?
A. If the ring is simply re-
paired or replated the blessing
remains. A sacramental does
not lose its blessing so long as
no major or substantial change
in it is made. If If is replaced,
however, the new ring would
have to be blessed. The form
of this blessing is that taken
from the marriage ritual
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-02-04

20, the Daily Worker-referring
to the Red capture of Yikiang--
boldly comments: THE wrestling
of Yikiang from Chang means
owing one more world
trouble spot" In that one SEN
tence. there flashes out the Red
trickery involved in the whole
idea Of peaceful coexistence.
Ii is nothing other than the de-
Struction of the defenSes of the
United States on the inStullment
plan, leading TO the destruction
of the United States itself.
Every Yikiang captured by the
Reds, every conquest by them in
Indo-china, every manning OF
Korea by their forees-in other
words. every. act Of Soviet war
fsre--is an act OF peace" in the
Communist dictionary. Each new
Soviet advance removes another
Trouble spot" For. in commun.
ist eyes. ell non-Soviet areas are
trouble spots.
But the more that peaceful
coexistence' is thus demonstra-
ted TO be futile and fatal policy
for the United States, the more
do the majority of our outstand-
ing secular newspapers recon-.
mend it. The Nelp York Times
Of January 20 pursues this theme
in urging the Nationalist Govern
ment to enter into amy truce
proposal that may come before
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-02-04
WASHLNCTON LETTER
Pope's Bridge of Truth Recalled
WASHINGTON LETTER

WASHINGT0N-The proposal
of General OF the Army Douglas
Macarthur that the United
States should now proclaim our
readiness TO abolish war in con-
cert with the great powers of
the world" recalls a particular
point made by His Holiness Pope
Plus XII in his latest Christmas
Message.
Speaking at a dinner sponsor
ed by war veterans, the General
said the result of such a procla-
nation would be magical" AL
most at once, the great military
leader sought to dispose of one
Of the arguments used by those
who claim that peace won't
work he said the abolition of
war need not even rest on a
system for the international in-
spection of arms. He believes,
he said, that public opinion and
the impressive gains enjoyed by
a peaceful world would insure
it.
This comes back TO the point
that the people of the world, as
distinct from their leaders, offer
the most solid hope for peace in
our time
In his Christmas Message, Pope
Plus XII deplored the present
state of affairs, which is a mere
co-eXistence of various peoples
based on fear, a cold peace.
Pointing out that proper co-ex-
istence must be based on fear Of
God and rooted in truth, His
Holiness said.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-02-04

Not Unexpectedly, Mr.. Pegler's
diagnosis of the ills of American
trade unionism and his prescrip-
tion for their remedy were more
extreme than Miss Thompson'S.
He has little taste, and even less
facility, for making distinctions
between good, bad and indiffer-
ent unions and union leaders.
''Unionism," he says-in a gen.
eralization to which really good
reporter would have been asham-
ed TO sign his name-'is still a
predatory racket, absolutely hos
tile TO the constitutional guaran-
tees and to human dignity and
freedom"
"How Do You Mean 'Drasfically'7
On the other hand, it does
come as a mild surprise to find
Dorothy Thompson edging up,
however guardedly, to a conclu-
sion diSappointingly close to Mr..
Pegler'S thesis with regard TO un-
ions. Unlike Mr.. Pegler, Miss
Thompson is not opposed to un-
ions as matter of principle. On
the contrary, she believes that
when they were established, they
were a necessary and inevitable
means of defending the working
people of the United States
against the injustices then pre-
vailing in our economic system.
She makes this point very force
fully, indeed.
Presumably Miss Thompson is
still in favor of unions. But in
the second half of her column
she Unexpectedly suggests that
the function of unionS-all un-
ions, apparently, good, bad and
indifferent-ought to be drasti-
cally curtailed. How, she does
not say. Perhaps she will return
to this point in another column.
II SO, she ought TO ask herself
and tell her readers whether or
not and how we, the people of
free country, can drastically
curtail the functions of the
American labor movement with
out slipping into some form of
totalitarianism.
Two Reasons Given
Meanwhile Miss Thorn psUn
does tell us why" in her opin-
ion, the function of unions ought
to be drastically reduced. She
gives two reasons. One is that
union leaders at the present
time often exercise arbitrary
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-02-04
Inquiry Corner
Father Healey

Q. Can one eper be forpipen
for the sin of birth-controL By
making a good confession and
hdu3ng true sorrow for the sins?
A. Certainly. True sorrow and
firm purpose of amendment
entities the penitant to forgive
ness for any sin whatsoever.
When Catholic approaches the
priest who acts for Christ in
confession he finds the same
forgiveness that Christ extended
to the sinner. 1t would be bad
confession if the person were
not truly sorry or had no inten-
ton of amending his life, but il
the person is truly sorry he will
include resolution to avoid the
sin in the future.
Q. What is the history of ca
non Loa02 HolU old is 1T?
A. 1t is as old as the Church,
for it is the application of
Christ's teachings to practical
and particular situations. ("He
who hears you, hears me; and
he who rejects me, rejects him
who sent me-" Luke 10:16) I'M
til the M | d d lie Ages it was
generally left in great part to
the bishops within the dioceses
and to particular councils, but
there were always general laws.
established by General Councils
and by the Popes. In 1850 Gfa-
tian, a monk and a professor at
the University of Bologna, made
a comprehensive collection Of
the many particular DEGREES of
dloceses and particular councils.
In 1904 st. Plus X appointed a
commission to make a new COM
prehensive and official edition
of Church Law. 1t was formally
issued in 1918 and in 2414 Ca
mons or rules and it states the
formal, official law of the
Church.
O. What is the origin of the
name Douag aohich is attached to
the Catholic Bible?
A. Because of the persecution
of the Church in England under
Queen Elizabeth the great Eng
lish translation was made in
Flanders. English priests in
exile brought out the New Testa-
ment translation in Rheims in
1882 and the Old Testament in
Douay, completing the work, in
1910. 1t was extensively revised
by hop Challoner in the
eighteenth century. In recent
years new translations have been
made directly from the Latin
Vulgate and from the original
languages, independent of the
Douay translation.
Send questions to Father Ed
ward f. Hesley, Inquiry Corner.
The Catholic Times, Box 636,
Columbus (16) Ohio.
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cal approach is being worked
out in the same cunning and
calculating way that peaceful
coeXistence" was foisted on us
and also "the battle against
McCarthyism."
Directives Spelled Out
What are the Communists
proposing to do with the 84th
ongress, in "the battle for
peaceful coexistence"? will
quote the exact words of their
directives:
Il. Direct heavy fire against
the immediate threat TO peace:
the knowland-Mcc arfhy-Radford
Clique" This means. il is added,
that the Reds must work with
those who have illusions about
Eisenhower" We know by This
time what that indicates. II is
new call for infiIfrsiion Of the
Government. and for influencing
the top eehelons TO retreat in the
Far East and on any strong,
Fortnight dealing with the Com.
munist menace at home.
u. Organize maximum pres
sure on Eisenhower TO impIe-
menf his peace talk on specific
issues" Under this heading they
demand halt on West German
rearmament, recognition of Red
China. expansion of Easf-West
trade. They also demand the
"ousfing of all wsr-now advo-
Gates from appoinsive posts. BY
"war-now advocates" they mean,
In their inverted iargon, those
who want a strong stand against
Soviet encirclement OF the Unit.
ed States.
Time For Rebutfal
These are the orders to the
Reds, and we shall see many
reflections of them in the cur
rent Congress and in Washing
ton. II is time for a patriotic
rebuttal. That can be made in
no better way than by insisting
on breaking off relations With
Sooiet Russia and, likewise, in
Urging the expansion of Con-
oresslonal Investigations into
subuerSion.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-02-04

The question arises. How to
reach the people when dictators
are actively engaged in prevent
ing them from knowing what
goes on In the outside world?
1t is not an easy assignment,
but the alternative of war or in
ternational paralysis should be
sufficient to spur the people to
strive against great odds.
In the field of international af-
fairs today there is a threaten
ing, pushing attitude on the one
hand and a yielding, eoming-to-
terms posture on the other.
Neither serves the cause Of peace
in the long run. There is a mid
die course, but the one that lies
before us today also is unSatis-
factory. Ii can lead to complete
international paralysis. But,
starting from a position that is
neither too offensive nor too
supine and building upon a spir-
itual foundation, it should be
possible to construct true and
durable peace
Pope Plus eXhorted statesmen
''in that camp where it is not a
crime to oppose error" to "have
greater confidence in themsel-
yes" He said "they shoulC give
proof to others of more firm
courage in foiling the maneuvers
of the obscure forces which are
still trying to establish power
hegemonies"
That would seem To be an out
standing challenge of our day.
But the rewards are great.