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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-15
By PHIL YEAGER and
JOHN STARK

Are you a middle-inc family
living in the greater Washington
area? Has your annual income in
creased by 1000 in the past 10
months? If not, your income-rel-
atively Speaking-iS tagging behind
the rate of tax increase for the
District and nearby Maryland and
Virginia.
Or to put it another way
The cumulative total Of taxes
levied by the various jurisdictions
Of the Washington area is now. or
shortly will be. between IL and IA
per cent greater for middle-income
residents than it was on January
l, 1855. So if you were earning
$500 year in 1855, theoretically
you should make about $500 In
1856 to stay abreast Of the tax rate
rise
In addition, the District. which
has generally been a lower tax area
than Maryland at low and middle
income levels, or Virginia at high
income levels. is about to become
generally the highest tax jurisdic-
ton of the three.
Here's a thumbnail sketch of
scheduled area tax increases as
they apply to middle income, home
owning families:
The District-up 27.6 per cent.
MontqomeY-up 1853 per cent.
Foirfox-up 1874 per cent.
Arlineton-up 9.5 per cent.
FolIs Church-up 8 per cent.
AIexondrio-up 7.8 per cent.
Prince Georoes-up Al per cent.
These percentages are based on
a comparison with a survey of rela-
tive taxes made by the Sunday
Star in January. 1855. The taxes
considered include most Of the big
State and local taxes which hit the
individual directly. Income, real
property. personal property, sales,
automobile and gasoline.
The comparison shows that:
. Whereas a $7,500-a-year wage
Garner with two children paid taxes
averaging $346 in the Washington
area last year. he will be averaging
1889 this year.
. A S7.500-a-year married wage
Garner, without children, paid an
average 1856 in the area last year.
but will be paying S4l0 this year.
. The same wage-earner, unmar-
ried and renting an apartment. paid
an aversg. $2l6 last year and will
pay $241 this year.
. At a $15,000-a-year pay scale,
the average taxes paid in the first
case have increased from 1885 to
1899; in the second case from $840
to 1920; in the third case from $507
to 1927. This works out to an in
crease for married couples of be-
tween rs and 9.5 per cent, and
for single taxpayers of about per
cent.
DiffeFentiol Grows
The survey also shows that there
Is now fair-sized tax differential
between the highest tax jurisdiction
1.-THE District and the lowest tax
Jurisdictions prince Georges and
Alexandria, for middle income
families.
That difference amounts to $81 a
year-or 22.5 per cent--for the
first assumed $500 situation Cease
/ on the table,. Sixteen months
ago there was only a $32-or 9.5
per cent - difference between the
highest tax area Montgomery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-15

Virginia has no sales tax. The
District taxes general sales at 2
per cent ana groceries at l per
cents. Maryland's tax is 2 per cent
with food exempt. Figures in the
tables are based on the assumption
that the taxpayer buys where he
lives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-15
The Auto Tax

Tag rates in the District are s22
for cars lighter than $500 pounds,
$32 for those heavier. Maryland
rates are SIS and $23 with 3.7OO
pounds the dividing line. Virginia
has a fiat $40 tag rate, but Arling-
ton and Fairfax impose a SIS addi-
tional fee and Alexandria q 81 one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-15
The Gasoline Tax

The tax on gasoline is the same
for the District, Maryland and Vir-
ginia, 6 cents per gallon.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-05-11

A solemn requiem mass was
offered Saturday in St Mary's
church, Springfield, for Edwin z.
Hopping. father of Chaplain
Thomas E. Hopping, a former
priest of the diocese Of Columbus
now stationed at Okinowa with
the United States Air Force.
Father Hopping was commits
stoned a Captain in the Chaplains
Corps on Nov. 5, 1948. His pre-
vious assignments were at Holy
Rosary, Columbus; st. Rose par
ish, New Lexington and St. Pet
er's church, Chillicothe.
Captain Hopping was original
ly ordained for the Cincinnati
Archdiocese and came to Column
bus when that territory was an
nexed to Columbus in November
of 1914.
Besides Captain Hopping, sur
vivors include three other broth
ers, James, Kenneth and Elwood
and two daughters, Marguerite
Hopping and Catherine Brewer,
at whose home Mr.. Hopping died
on May 1. Burial was in Calvary
cemetery, Springfield.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-05-11
Censorship Law
Seen No Threat
To Press Freedom

ALBANY, N.Y.-NC) - The
Court of Appeals here has ruled
that state law aimed at obscene
publications is not a threat to
freedom of the press.
The unanimous decision of the
six judges was that series of pa
per cover booklets which gave rise
to the case at hand are ''indisput-
ably pornographic, indisputably
obscene and filthy"
Defenders of the booklets ar.
gued that preventing distribution
of the publications under a 1941
state law is unconstitutional
prior restraint interfering with
freedom of speech and press"
However, Judge Stanley Fuld
pointed out in the opinion that,
while freedom of expression is
mot absolute or unqualified un-
der all circumstances" the broad
question of general censorship,
"even in the area of obscenity,"
was not involved in the case.
Where the publication is one
plainly obscene, serving no pur-
pose but to satisfy a market for
filth and smut, there could be no
harm to the public in completely
removing it from circulation fol-
lowing a judicial adjudication of
obscenity," Judge Fuld said.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-05-11
Requiem, Offered
For Sr. Myrd, O.P.

Solemn Requiem Mass for Sis.
ter M. Myra Lund, 0P., was of
fered Monday in the convent
Chapel of st. Mary of the Springs.
Father Urban Nagle, O.P., was
ceiebrant.
Sister Myra, who died at the
Springs May 3, had retired from
active work in last November be.
cause of-illness.
A native of New Haven, Conn.
she was born Oct. Il, 1890 and
entered the novitiate in 1918. Her
teaching assignments in Ohio in
cluded st. Mary, Marietta; st
Francis de Sales and Blessed Sac
rament, Newark; st. Thomas
Zanesyille; Holy Name, Steuben
vile; Sacred Heart, Coshocton
and Holy Name, Columbus.
Sister Myra is survived by three
sisters, Mrs. Anna King and Miss
Jean Lund of Connecticut, and
Miss Grace Lund of Washington
DC.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-05-11
Clergy Must
Realize Own
Need of God
Archbishop O'Hara
Reminds Priests
A
At Conservation

HARRISBURG. Pa.-To be in
any measure fitted for the work
of the priesthood, a man must
have a deep sense of his own
unworthiness and his complete
dependence upon God.
This was the theme of the SER
mon by Archbishop John F.
O'Hara, csc, of Philadelphia at
the conservation here of the Most
Rev. Lawrence F. Schott as Titu-
lar Bishop of Eluza and Auxiliary
Bishop of Harrisburg, Pa.
Bishop George L. Leech of Har-
risburg was the Consecrator of
the new bishop. Co-Consecrators
were Bishops Michael ]. Ready of
Columbus and James A. McNulty
of Paterson.
Bishop-elect Schott, who will be
49 in July, was consecrated in
st. Patrick's Cathedral by Bishop
George L. Leech of Harrisburg.
Four archbishops, % bishops,
an archabbot and two abbots at
tended the ceremony which was
televised in its entirety by a local
station.
Bishop Schott, pastor of Our
Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Mt.
Carmel, Pa, was ordained on
June Is, 1885. He was named a
domestic prelate, with the title
of Right Reverend Monsignor, on
November 18, 1852.
In his sermon, the Archbishop
of Philadelphia stressed the de-
pendence the bishop and the
priest must have on God. cit is
not enough that his (priest's)
strength for the harvest be from
God; he must know and recognize
and mediate on this fact in or
der to keep an even keel between
the crests of elation and the
trough of depression to which
human nature is Prone" the pfe-
late declared.
Dealing with the responsible
ties of the man doing Gods work,
Archbishop O'Hara said it is his
duty "to give spiritual life to his
children through the sacrament
of Baptism, to nourIsE them with
the Bread of Life, to cure them
of their infirmities through abso-
luton and Holy Amounting, to
bless them and pray for them.
-"The bishop feeds the sheep
as well as the lambs. He protects
faith and morals, he strengthens
the faithful through Confirma-
ton, he provides for works of
mercy and instruction, he sends
forth laborers into the harvest. !"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-05-11
Family Theater
HOnors Armed
Forces Week

HOLLYWOOD-NC)-A spe-
cial broadcast calling attention to
Armed Forces Week, May Is to
10, will be presented by Family
Theater on its next radio broad
cast, May Is, over the Mutual
network (WTVN carries the pro-
gram in Columbus.
Entitled "Song for Long
Road" the broadcast will drama
tie an episode in the life of
Joyce Kilmer, poet and patriat.
Macdonald Carey will star as
Mr.. Kilmer. The program will
be heard from $50 to 10 p. m.
EDIT and from $3.50 to 8 pm,
PDT, according to a spokesman.
The Family Theater was found.
ed and is produced by Father
Patrick Peyton, csc. It's motto
is: "The Family That Prays To.
gether, Stays Together.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-05-11
Bishop German, Admiral
Burke Speak To Grads

NOTRE DAME, Ind. - Bishop
Thomas X. German of Dallas
Fort Worth will preach the bacca-
laureate sermon on June 3 at
the University of Notre Danes
111th annual commencement.
Admiral Arleigh A. Burke,
chief of naval operations, will
give the commencement address
on the same day. Both will re-
ceive honorary degrees. About
1,06O graduate, professional and
undergraduate degrees will be
awarded.
Among those due to receive
honorary degrees are Secretary
of the Treasury George M. Hum
phrey. Frank M. Folsom, presi-
dent of the Radio Corporation of
America, and DR.. Philip E. Mos
ely, professor on international re-
lations, Columbia University.
Celebrant of the outdoor Mass
at which Bishop German Will
speak is to be Bishop Leo A. Purs-
ley, Apostolic Administrator of
the Diocese of Fort Wayne, Ind.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-05-11
Religious Order
To Direct Basilica

ROME-(NC)-An agreement
giving the Redemptorist Fathers
direction and care of the serv-
ice" of the patriarchel basilica
of st. Mary Major here has es-
tablished unique arrangement
among the administrations of
this city's major churches.
AS its name implies, st. Mary
Major is the most Important of
the many churches of the world
built to give particular homage
to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Of the four major basilicas
here-St. John Lateran, st. Peter,
st. Mary Major and st. Paul
only one other until this time
has been entrusted to a religious
order. st. Paul Outside the Walls
and the adjacent monastery have
been directed by the Cassinese
Benedictines for many centuries.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-05-11
from isiIs by their govern

from iaiIs by their govern.
n1ents.
Among the Catholic leaders in
the list published in the news.
paper were seven Czechoslovaks
including Archbishop Joseph Be.
ran of Prague and his secretary
Monsignor John Boukal.
The newspaper said that many
other prominent Catholic church.
men were named in the various
countries but it did not give the
details.
The story caused q sensation
here as II was the first indiea-
zion that Prime Minister Eden
had moved TO keep his earlier
promises on the matter of re-
ligious victims. However, the
Foreign Office declined any
comment. obviously taking fhe
lead Of the Prime Minister who
ecrlier had requested Psrlis.
menf not 10 press him on the
matter, thereby suggesting that
something was being done un-
der a diplomatic cloak.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-05-11
KC Councils
Try To Top
Million Mark

Five councils of In G
Knights of Columbus have
announced plans for a joint
drive to enlist the one mill.
ionth member of their organ.
iZation.
The local drive, conducted by
the five Columbus councils OF
the Knights of Columbus is part
of a nationwide concerted effort
to raise the total membership OF
the fraternal organization to one
million, by May 90
Grand Knight Joseph Reis,
Of Santa Maria Council 1888,
2596h w. Broad ST.. is gen.
ersl chairman Of fhe Joint conr-
n1itfee which is formulating
plans for the drive.
The representatives from the
other Councils are: Crane d
knights, John Quint, Rosary
Council 4180 Tri-village; William
Downey, Assumption Council
1927, northside; George Arnold
Council 400, central; and David
McNerney, Marian Council 1854
on the eastside.
District Deputy Paul J. Lynch
announced that the combined
membership of these councils IL
more than two thousand.
All practical Catholic men.
l8 or older, are eligible for
membership in the Knights OF
Columbus and all prospective
members of the order should
contact fhe Grand Knight OF
their area council.
The First Degree will be giveI
at $3.50 p. m. Thursday, May II
at $3.50 p. m. in the Santa Mari;
Council on the Hilltop. The sec
ond degree will be given at 8:3I
pm, May 18, in the same council
Sunday, May 10th, all Knights
OF Columbus and their esndi-
dates will meet al $3.50 a. m. in
Council 400 at Sixth and
Oak streets, and march TO Holy
Cross Church for Mass and Holy
Communion.
After Mass a breakfast will b,
served at the Seneca Hotel. I'm
mediately following the breakfas
the Third Degree will be con
ferred on the new members a
the Council 400 home.
| A dinner-social to celebrate th'
conclusion of the membership
drive will be served at z p. m. il
| the Seneca Hotel.
Deputy Grand Knight Thoma
D. O'Brien of Santa Maria Coun
Gil is in charge of the breakfas
and dinner arrangements.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-05-11
Bishop Confers
Dominican Habit
On 2l Postulants

Five young women from the Co
lumbus diocese were among q
postulants receiving the -Domin
ican habit from Bishop Ready ir
ceremonies conducted yesterday
at st. Mary of the Springs.
The Very Reverend Philip Mul
hern, O.P., is preaching the re
ception retreat.
The diocesan posfulsnfs, with
religious names are: Helen
Groom, daughter of Mr. and
MRS. T. A. Groom, St. Leo par
ish, Sister Marie Gregory; Ter
ese SehiIder, daughter of Mr..
! and Mrs. w. n. Schilder, ST.
Mary parish, chiIlieothe, Sis
ter Cecilia Marie; Ruth casPar,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George caspsr, Immaculate
Conception parish, Sister George
Marie; Judy Gordon, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Cor
don, ST. Leo parish, Sister Mary
carIs; and Carolyn ThUrn.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. AIois
Thurn, ST. Mary parish, Sister
Mary Susan.
Other postuIants were Mary
Naughton, Pittsburgh, Pa; Car
roll Grimes, Flushing, NY; Mar
tina Grady, Milford, Mass; Bar
bara Brennan, Shelton, Conn.
Joan Carpenter, Hamden, Conn.
Anne Rutledge, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Frances Charley, Wilmerding
Pa; Elizabeth Mersch, Washing
ton, D. c.;
Patricia Orris, Braddock Pa.
Nancy Ciamacco, Toronto, o..
Winifred Watson, Brooklyn, NY.
Genevieve Charlesville, Ne !,
York, NY; Elaine Franks, Miam
Fla; Mary Geelan, New Haven
Conn; Joan Campbell, Pitts
burgh, Pa, and Mercedes Rod
gers, Braddock, Pa.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-05-11
Portsmouth Man Puts Psalm $50 to Music
Congregational
Singing Urged
BY Composer

The gentleman who sets
down at the organ regularly
at st. Mary's Church in Ports
mouth not only plays good
music - he also composes it.
The latest contribution to
the musical world by 55-yesr.
old Charles Schirrmann, q con.
vert, is Psalm $50" which Is
about to roll off the presses Of
the ]. Fischer and Bros. pub
fishing house in New York
City.
The anthem providing the NIL
sic for the 150th Psalm is writ
ten for soprano, alto and bass
vocal parts, with organ accom-
paniment.
For Mr.. Schirrmann, the publ
cation of a composition is not at
all new. He wrote the new Marine
Corps hymn, Heavens Scenes" I"
which was played at the dedica-
tion of the new Marine Corps
statue in Washington in 1854,
and he also is the composer of
several snappy tunes, including
an Elks march, as well as three
unpublished Masses.
Mr.. Schirrmann's Mass In
Honor of st. Joseph" and Mass
! Honor Of ST.. Charles" have
been widely used In churches
In the Portsmouth area. Both
are fully approved for Fhe CO.
iumbus Diocese by Father
Thomas GaIIen, diocesan diree-
FOR Of Music. He also has writ.
fen Taetenfur caeIe," which
has been sung sf Midnight
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-05-11

OA6N0 A0OOA.
The plea for support of the
resolution came from Msgr.
George G. Higgins, director of the
Social Action Department of the
National CethoIic Welfare Con-
ference here. Msgr. Higgins gave
his views in a statement submit
ted to a subcommittee of the Sen
ate Committee on Labor and Pub
lie Welfare.
'Tn my judgment" he told the
legislators, ''the adootion of this
resolution is the minimum ex-
pected of us by the rest of the
free world and is morally and in
good conscience the least that
We can do to put an end to the
evil of forced labor"
Msgr. Higgins said Doth the HO
and the United Nations have is
sued studies proving the exist
ence of slave labor in communist
countries. The logical way" to do
something about these reports is
to proceed through an interna.
tional agency, he maintained.
The logical. and competent
international agency is fhe ILo,
one Of fhe most effective and
highly respected specialized
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-05-11

units OF fhe United Nations.
The logical instrument is an
ILo convention ovfIswins fore
ed labor for political and eco
nonie purposes" he declared.
TIE HO, with headquarters in
Geneva, was established in 1919.
1t includes delegations from II
member countries, including COM
munist nations. 1t describes its
purpose as an agency to work
for peace by promoting social jus
tice and to improve labor condi-
tons and living standards.
Msgr. Higgins said it seems cer-
tain the HO will adopt a convei-
ton and the US. will be in "a
most awkward and embarrassing
position before the world if it is
not in the vanguard of the move
pent.
He said that beyond this is the
question of whether or not this
nation can fail to support "all
peaceful means of fighting hui
man slavery wherever it might
exist"
"All human beings are children
of God, made in His image and
likeness" Mser Higgins deTlared-
in his statement. "We cannot as
a nation in clear conscience fail
to do everything possible to help
make them free, to help restore
to them the human dignity which
God intended them to possess"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-05-11

religious customs and practices,
he said.
The Roman Catholic Church
wouldn't insist on absolute Uni-
formifY by the Orthodox be-
. cause fhe unity of the Catholic
Church" he declared, Ts one
of tremendous variety.
''We have the biggest variety
of different peoples, languages,
customs and traditions in the
world in the Roman Catholic
Church, all brought together by
the true unity of faith and hier-
archy."
Because reunion with Orthodox
Continued on Page p
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many concert tours. Thousands
of others have come to know Mrs.
Trspp and her efforts at build
ing a model Christian home
through her book, "The Story of
the Trapp Family Singers.
One of her daughters said she
is called Mother" by more peo-
pie than | have ever known" The
reason, the girls, explained, is
the genuine interest Mrs. Trapp
shows to everyone she meets.
She said Ter mothers upper
most principle" in making deci-
lsions OF importance was the on
sideration: "What would God
wants us to do?"
1t was just such decision that
brought the celebrated family
to the United States. They left
Austria when the Nazis took over
their country. Their medieval
castle in the Austrian Tyrol and
all their possessions were con-
fiscated. They started life in the
United States penniless, but they
continued the singing that had al
ready given them fame in Aus
tria.
Baron Georg Trapp and Mrs.
Trapp were married November
26, 1927. Then 21 years old, Mrs.
Trapp took charge of the seven
children the Baron, wldower,
already had. She had three chill
dren of her own. Her husband
died a few years ago.
1t is the home life of the Trapp
family that has served as an in
spiration to so many people. The
family has attempted to live as
complete liturgical life as pos
sible. Mrs. Trapp described that
life in another book, "Around the
Year with the Trapp Family" a
book of religious customs in the
home.
She is also the author of ''Yes-
terday, Today and Forever" and
is currently writing a book en-
titled, Family on Wheels" which
tells of the experiences of a fam
lily of 10 children when it tours
the country in bus.
The choral group has taken
its last tour. Mrs. Trapp now
plans to continue the Trapp Fam
lily Music Camp in Stowe, VT,
and to intensity efforts to make
her home a school of joyful liv-
ing.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-05-11
Reunion of Russian Orthodox
With Church Believed Near

WASHINGTON - NC) = Re.
union of tens of millions of Or.
thodox Catholics in Russia with
the Roman Catholic Church may
be closer than most people real.
iZe.
This was emphasized by Father
Feodor Wilcox, English Jesuit
Priest, who is director of the
Russian Center at Fordham Uni.
versity and a leading expert on
Soviet Russia. He said that the
principal but not irreconcilable
obstacle to reunion was that the
Orthodox still refuse to acknowl-
edge the spiritual supremacy of
the Pope.
American Catholics, in par.
fieular, FIR. Wileock explained,
should know that the Orthodox
Catholics of Russia have fhe
apostolic succession Of their
hierarchy and priests, valid
saeraments and rites that are
derived from the Byzantine
Rite in fhe Roman Catholic
Church. Only a few minor fhe-
illogical differences exist, he
added, and these could be
quickly resolved.
To expedite reunion, he pre-
dicted, the Roman Catholic
Church would not ask the Ortho-
dox to follow the Roman Rite,
with which Orthodox Catholics
are unfamiliar. The Orthodox
would retain all of their present
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-05-11

Romans weren't built in a
day."
No, that isn't a typographical
error. It's just the way Monsig.
nor Irving A. Deblanc illustrates
another problem in family living,
on the Editorial Page of the
Catholic Times this week.
Monsignor DeBlanc, who ap.
pears in the Times for the first
time, is director of the Family
Life Bureau of the National Cath
oIic Welfare Conference.
His columns, unlike the Dear
John" letters often seen in the
secular newspapers, are guides to
daily living Catholic doctrine. Sc
why not turn to Page 4 and see
why Romans weren't built in q
day.?
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-05-11
Bishop Hettinger
COnfers Orders
At Josephinuln

Bishop Hettinger will confer
the Subdiaconate upon % semin-
arians at 900 am. tomorrow at
the Josephinum.
Twenty-eight other seminarians
will receive minor orders at the
same time and two will be grant
ed First Tonsure.
The 50 seminarians represent
81 dioceses across the United
States. None are from the Column
bus Diocese.
The Apostolic Delegate, the
Most Rev. Amleto G. Cigognani,
DID,, J.U.D. will be at the Pontifi-
cal College, Worthington, on May
26 to ordain candidates into the
priesthood.
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or its publication. He said that
Elf one wants to get results it is
better to treat things in a differ
ent way"
The list was said by the Man
chester newspaper to have been
given to Soviet Premier Nikolai
Bulganin and Communist Party
leader Nikita Khrushchev by Sir
Anthony during the Russians
state visit to Great Britain last
R-onth.
According TO fhe newspaper
q first list had been drawn UP
by the Foreign Office which in
eluded the names of 20 Bulgar.
ians, ~ czeehs, 81 Hunsarians,
81 Poles and 4s Romanians.
This LIST, fhe newspaper said,
was revised, IS certain of the
listed people had been released