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Smyrna times., 1956-11-22

that car is easy to drive. You
begin to see what we mean by
smooth-cruising comfort :.
by nailed-to-the-road stability
by sweet-feeling sureness of
control by quicksilver
responsiveness.
We'd like you to get to know
this new Chevy. Stop in and
see how beautifully it does all
the things a car should do.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-07-06

Sundays Gospel might be called an appeal
to common sense as a protection against false
teachings and evil practices: mans reason and
intelligence can help keep him from being mis-
led, if he will but apply this simple test-"By
their fruits you shall know them" Unwhole-
some, poisonous fruit when it appears on the
trees we have been growing is sure sign that
we have been relying on the wrong kind of
trees; just so when we find our civilization
presenting us with crime disorder, bitterness,
we know that the fault is with the standards
and customs that have come to be accepted;
when our personal lives leave us dissatisfied,
unhappy, ashamed, we know that we are read
ing the only fruit that can be expected after
planting and fostering selfishness and material
ism in our hearts
Seriously alarmed by juvenile delinquency
and other evidences of immortality, society
tries to deal with these fruits of the wild trees
that have been flourishing in our midst, while
falling to trace them back to their source;
again, in the international field there is an en-
deavor to do away with war, as recognized,
intolerable evil, while its cause.-the evil trees
of misgovernment and injustice remain un-
disturbed
The great crop of evils in the world today
is unquestionably the fruit of SIM "false proph-
cts" speaking through the press, the films and
other means of communication, and even through
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-07-06

reading matter. 1t must be
known, too, from the court
cases reported in the daily
press, that the Post Office De-
partment is very unhappy be-
cause it cannot keep such ma
terial out of the mails.
The Post Office Department
does not indorse as acceptable
reading matter everything that
it transmits. On the contrary,
the department has complained
long and frequently that it is
compelled to carry great deal
of material that it strongly be-
lieves to be obscene.
Just recently, Federal Court
in this city held in a split deci-
sion that two nudist magazines
that the Post Office Department
banned from the mails were
not obscene, and therefore the
department had to carry them.
The majority decision held
that the department was wrong
to say the publications were OBJ
scene because of the pictures
they contained. The text was
not bad, the court said, and the
whole publication had to be
considered to judge its OBJ
scenity. The dissenting judge
pointed out that the pictures
dominated the books to a great
degree, but this argument did
not prevail.
The Post Office Department
felt very bad about this, and an
appeal has been inaugurated.
An official said the depart
ment is given a duty to do, and
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-07-06

churches have also been constructed by the
Church of Christ the Pentecostals, and the
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints
(Mormons). Twenty ministers representing Is
denominations are engaged time in Mexican
proselyting
The chief problem of the Mexican is not lack
of faith at ALL it is lack of funds, which also
means lack of education. Tens of thousands of
legitimately for seasonal WORK. Americans even
of the lowest income group cannot compete with
them, or with the wetback, who will work for
almost anything, even couple of dollars day.
In Mexico three dollars day is more than a
peon could make in a week. The result is that
other Mexicans many of them U. S. citizens
have to hit the road looking for work They
have no family ties, they have no roots, they
are the nomads of the 10th century. Religious
instruction so far has 5ecome practically i'm
possible; attendance at Sunday Mass disappears;
Confession and Communion are dropped along
the way.
II is sad undeniable fact that in places along
his migratory route the Mexican has been made
unwelcome in Catholic churches, has been ne
elected materially as well by his fellow Catho-
lies. And here is where the Protestants have
found their opportunity. Their ministers have
taken advantage of this chance to seek out the
derelict wandarer. Their charity has made a
lasting impression on men who have known only
troubles and trials. 1t was no small thing for
them to be treated as human beings. From this
initial step, the minister has moved on forward.
He Is no longer interested merely in the mi
grant on the road; he IS infiltrating the home
bases in the lower Rio Grande Valley.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-07-06
mking Ma,rags Click
BY Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc
Director, Family Lite Bureau, N.C.W.C)

Every five minutes MIR.
Brown asked for his wife. "She
is upstairs" one of the chill
dren always volunteered. After
being asked the fourth time,
one of the little daughters fin
ally commented, Seems, Dad,
you can't get along five min
utes without Momp "That's
why | married her, honey" he
promptly responded.
Love is really not like Cupid.
II does grow up! 1t becomes ma
ture and strong. Real love gets
stronger day by day. II is a
wonderful endless adventure.
In Love With Love
The jokesters are saying that
the honeymoon is over when
he comes late for supper, and
she has a note all ready--tell-
ing him he can find IL in the
icebox. But real love is a
permanent pattern, not a mere
episode.
Psychologists agree that love
Is habit and must be culti-
waited like any other desirable
habit. Just as no one Is "born
musician" or "born worker"
no one is a born lover. No one
but God can slip a habit into
our souls as a handkerchief is
slipped into a pocket. There is
only one way to get a habit
and that is by our own per-
sonal repeated acts.
Why do so many people fall
out of love? Maybe because
they we're only in love with
love. which really means they
we're only in love with them
selves. Or maybe there was
nothing back of this "love"--
he was "just another nice guy"
Three Suggestions
Psychologist William James
set down three laws which still
apply:
|. Get a good start, Have the
right motives for a marriage.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-07-06
BY Father Patrick o'connor
Society OF 81. Columbian

S0&tWAY W @Fs &Vlguf6aH
NGAP0RE -- Malaga,
with Its great port city of Sing
apore, ranks high among the
prizes on which communist
hearts are set.
Mslays 10 . treasury OF nat.
ural wealth, especially rubber
and hin.
It's exports earn more Amer
lean dollars for Great Britain
than the exports from any 9TH
er part of the British Common
wealth.
Strategically, Malaga is one
of the best vantage spots in
southeast Asia. Singapore, on
an island below the Malay pen
insula, is busy port for all
Malaga and one of the "cross-
roads" cities of the world.
Hence, almost since the end
OF World War ii, the commun-
lists have been fighting a ''hot
war" for control of Malaga.
They use the pretext of fight
ing colonialism, though a COM
munist victory would only put
Malaga in the iron grip of
Soviet colonialism.
The Federation of Malaga,
that is the group of Malay
states on the mainland, has
won selfrule Ito come into eff.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-07-06
Father Healey's
Qag4ii,y Go,ne,


must be adopted only as q
last resort, when all other
means have failed. 1t must be
conducted with due care to
observance of natural and in-
ternationaI law, and it cannot,
be continued after due satis-
faction has been offered or
given by the aggressor.
@. Someone recently refer.
red to Blesse d John Bugs
brock. Who ipds he?
A. He was a Flemish dioce-
san or secular priest who re-
tired after years of active SER
vice to a hermitage. He found
ed monastery of Canons
Regular and during his years
there was favored by mystical
gifts and is especially noted
for his mystical and ascetical
writings. He died on December
2, 1881 at the age of eight.
eight. His feast day is Decem-
Der End.
Send questions to Father
Edward f. Healey, Inquiry
Corner, The Catholic Times,
Box 636. Columbus (16) Ohio.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-07-06

@, What is m cant by a
"closed" retreat?
A. A closed retreat means
one that is made in secluded
surroundings, apart from or
dinary surroundings and acti-
vities. A retreat is a spiritual
withdrawal from the world, a
renewal of our understanding
of ourselves and of Gods place
in our lives. School retreats
are not closed retreats as a rule
for usually they cannot keep
the silence of closed retreat
nor the exclusion of activities
and or binary environment.
Throughout the world retreat
houses, or the special quarters
in religious houses set aside
for retreats, offer men and
women a spiritual oasis. A
closed retreat is generally pre-
sumed to last at least forty
eight hours and they may last
much longer.
@. What are the conditions
for O just pdr?
A. II must be necessary in
order to defend the rights of
the state in a grave matter. It
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-07-06
Revealed by Their Fruits

the schools, have zealously taught the doctrines
of worldly success at all costs, of acquisitive-
ness, of disregard for the rights of others, of
material pleasure, of business first" AS re-
suit, men have come to believe that these poll
cieS are desirable and valuable, and have made
themselves slaves to them, blind, apparently to
the fruit they are bearing
That is the very condition to which ST. Paul
refers in Sundays Epistle when he speaks of
his followers as having been Slaves of sim" so
that they had no regard for the dictates of JUS
tice. "But what fruit had you then from those
things?" he asks. For the end of these things
is DEATH" Instead, we warns, we must become
Slaves of justice" for this is the will of God.
1t is from the tree of justice that good fruit will
inevitably come.
For if we have overwhelming evidence that
the evil tree produces evil fruit we can also see
inescapable proof that the good tree brings forth
good fruit The good tree planted by Christ Him.
self, His Church, continues to demonstrate its
holiness by the fruit it yields-the extraordn-
airy sanctity that fills SO many lives, the faith
strong enough to withstand all adversely, the
patient courage that sustains those exposed
to temptation, the joy that fills hearts keeping
close to God and doing His will. From the good
tree which is the Church there comes indeed the
good fruit-the grace of God, to be our guild
ance, our inspiration, our protection.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-07-06

tion of the channel of love is
shown either by the way a hus-
band gives his wife a dutiful
icebox peck on the cheek, the
cold tone of voice she uses, or
the constant consideration he
shows her and the sincere en-
couragement she gives him.
But whether you become
great typist, a great poet or
a great lover, you have to re-
peat and repeat the desired ac-
tions. Love is a habit.
3. Permit no exceptions to
occur until the process of love
is complete (Which is probably
not until DEATH. You may new
er fully succeed in this rule,
but you do strive to perfect it.
A lover never cold-bloodedly
offends- the beloved. His love
can never be questioned or TAX
en- for granted.
William James attached par
ticular Importance to this rule
and it is perhaps the most i'm
portant of the three mentioned:
Each lapse is like letting fall
a ball of string which one is
carefully winding up; single
slip undoes more than great
many turns will wind again"
Before the honeymoon is
over, husband and wife some
times begin to have moods, to
sulk or to snarl, or to nag, to
bawl each other out, to suspect
one another. One such excep-
tion to the habit of love can
change ones whole pattern of
life. One little fault can de-
stroy us.
To stay in love, never delay
making true love; never let a
chance go by. Don't wait for
him to take the first step;
don't hold off hoping that she
will be the first to apologize.
You can become as great a
Christian lover as you have
made up your mind to be.
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then is shorn of the power to
discharge it.
At present, the department
is hampered in several ways
from keeping pornographic ma
terial out of the mails, its rep
resentatives have told Congress
sional investigators. 1t is forbid
den by court rulings to judge
piece of literature obscene
before it is distributed. It can
take the distributor of obscene
literature to court, but only
after distribution of the article
and after the department has
taken several administrative
steps. All of these things in
volve delay. In that time, the
publisher has made about all
the money he is going to make
out of a particular piece of
pornographic material, and he
is off to another enterprise.
To cite as defense that pub
locations that can be bought in
PX's abroad are also available
on newtstands at home is no
argument at all. 1t must be
known to everyone that par
epts have appeared before Con-
gressional committees and civ.
ic officials and investigating
boards in great numbers to
plead for the cleaning up of
newsstands. And what kind of
an argument is to say that you
must sell poison because some
one else is selling it! Moreover,
the argument is not put for
ward for mere commercial
venture, but for an agency of
the Government.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-07-06

WASHINGTON "A Govern
ment agency has just come up
with a pretty weak argument
to explain away charge made
against it.
The agency in question is af-
fiiiated to the Department of
Defense. and some observers
here were unkind enough to
say it was playing "the old
Army game" meaning "buck-
passing"
Asked by Senators and Con-
gressmen to explain the charge
in the Catholic press that in
decent literature was being sold
to armed forces personnel at
post exchange stores overseas,
the Army and Air Force Ex.
change Service replied with a
two-prong defense.
1t said ID the material be-
ing sold was not indecent be-
cause it was sent overseas by
mail, and the Post Office De-
partment wouldn't carry it if
il wasn't all right, and (2) they
were only making available to
the young armed forces per-
sonnel what they could buy on
newsstands at home.
It would seem that the first
part "passed the buck" to the
Post Office Department and
that the second part beclouded
the issue.
II is unbelievable that any
one who is literate would not
know we'll today that there is
a very serious problem involv-
ing obscene and pornographic
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-07-06

Peoples Action Party, mostly
Chinese, is strongly leftist.
On the other hand, some of
the finest Chinese Catholic
parishes in the world are in
Singapore and in the Fedora
tion of Malaga. The majority
of boys and girls attending the
great Catholic schools of Ma
laya are Chinese. One of the
Malayan bishops. Bishop Fran
els Chan of Penang, is of Chi
nese blood.
Malaga is the name of the
area that includes the Fedora
ton, on the mainland, and Sing
apore island. Malayans are all
the residents of Malaga. Malays
are the original race of the
area.
Nearly all the Malays are
Mohammedans.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-07-06
Reds Would Like to Pocket
Malaya's Natural Wealth

for Merdeka. In Singapore the
population is so per cent Chi
nese. In the Federation of Ma
laya, the Malays are still a lit
tie more than so per cent. The
Malays in the Federation fear
that Chinese vote might one
day swamp them. They know
that the Chinese of Malaga are
under terrific pressure to fol-
low the communist line.
The hard-working Chinese of
Malaga, most of whom are peace
loving and inwardly dread
Communism, are threatened
nd cajoled by the agents of
Red China, and suspected by
their Malay neighbors.
In Singapore / attended a
merdeka meeting that ended
in an ominous riot. The crowd
was much smaller than the pre-
liminary publicity had promis-
ed. 1t was nearly all Chinese
and mostly students. The Malay
who drove me to the meeting
ground said that he and his
friends were afraid of merdeka
for Singapore at this stage. II
would only result in handing
Singapore over to the Chinese
communists, he said.
There is no legal communist
party in Singapore. But the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-07-06

fec; next AugusD within the
British Commonwealth. Already
1t has a Malay Chief Minister
and cabinet. But the communist
forces, under Chin Peng, a Chi
nese, keep on fighting their
guerrilla war.
The island city of Singapore
is separate politically as we'll
as geographically from the
Federation, with which ii is
linked by a bridge, common
economic interests and many
family ties. Singapore is still
British crown colony but it has
a legislative council headed by
Chief Minister David Marshall,
born in Singapore of Indian an
eestry.
Singapore Is one possession
that Britain did not acquire by
force of arms. II was a low
useless looking island when the
British East India Company
bargained for il 100 years ago.
Headed by Mr.. Marshall, the
various political groups in Sing
apore are united in demanding
"merdeka" independence from
Britain. They would like to join
up with their neighbors in the
Federation and enjoy the same
measure of merdeka with them.
But the Federation does not
want Singapore in its family
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-07-06
We Let Mexicans Lose Faith

1T is somehow lronlc rnat while we catnoncs
in North America have, under God, every rea-
son to be proud of our accomplishments, we can
also have blind spots that prevent our vision
from being Catholic. We quote this remark
because we think it is of interest not merely to
priests themselves, to whom it was originally di-
rected, but to the Catholic laity who are also
involved in the salvation Of the souls of our
Mexican brethren.
We doubt too very much that many of them
have ever given this thought. Only too preva-
lent is the idea that the salvation of souls is the
work of the clergy; that tht Church is the
clergy. This is a comfortable attitude indeed
and 1t may actually excuse many of our Law
people from any formal sin when they have
neglected their duty to preach the Gospel to all
peoples But o b jectively il is wrong and it
should not be allowed to continue
To get back to the editorial, the author was
lamenting the fact that, though Protestants are
active and Jealous in evangelizing Mexicans
whose faith has been Catholic and only Catholic
for centuries we fellow Catholics are tolerating
actually intolerable abuses We are letting our
Mexcans lose that precious faith!
Though our Catholic priests working in the
field find themselves partially paralyzed by.
lack OF adequate funds" Protestant missioners
on the contary are very we'll heeled Last fall
the Baptist General Convention in Texas, for
example, ear-ma arked 100000 for mission
work in Texas. In one small city where the pas
tor could not build church for the Mexicans
the Baptists have built two new churches which
cost more than $4,000. In the same town new
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-07-06

To get one another to Heav-
en- is one motive hard to beat.
AT first you may rightly be
ever so physically attracted.
But il we limit our acts to
the animal level, our habits
also will be limited to that
level. And as our acts are the
steps by which we approach
our goal, our goal itself will be-
come an animal goal. And that
is the finish for the creature
formerly known as man. Not to
fall out of love, we must abso-
lutely enter the intellectual
level.
Start with bang! Start your
career of marital love roller
coaster style. Make a public
announcement of your engage
ment six to nine months be-
fore the wedding. Have as
formal and spiritual and mag
nificent wedding as the
Church will permit-never con-
sent to clandestine, shame
faced, smuggled affair. Never
even dream of the possibility
of divorce. Divorce should be
as repugnant and impossible as
is the idea of a priest chang
ing his mind after ordination.
Put into this love everything
you possess.
Repeat, Repeat, Repeat
2, Repeat the desired actions
until they become automatic. A
habit increases as it cuts its
groove deeper and deeper. A
groove becomes a trail, a trail
road, eventually it becomes a
four-lane highway.
Our habits are the channels
of our activity. One habit de-
stroys the other. Love will de-
stroy selfishness. Love doesn't
just happen. The channel of a
river cannot carry that river
in opposite directions at the
same time. We cannot have con-
Trajectory habits. The direc-
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