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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-07-19
Bombs and Nationality

sion may never come, but that limited nuclear
war is a stern reality with which we must deal
as a more prominent likelihood" The people
must be shown that the use of a small tactical
nuclear weapon in a limited war does not mean
stepping on an e~scalator that will inexorably
carry us to the depths of total nuclear war.
This "crude belief" said Mr.. Murray, is not
warranted. If it remains fixed in the public mind,
it will in moments of crisis destroy public NOR
ale and hamper the freedom of our Government
to meet emergencies with force. An expanded
program of small weapons tests would provide
such public education.
To stop testing small weapons, even for a
time, or to stop the flow Of fashionable materials
into weapons manufacture would be worse than
irrational. 1t would be reckless in the extreme"
Such an approach to the question Of disarma-
ment would betray an appalling heedlessness
of the basic and imperative security interests
of the United States" Moreover, Commissioner
Murray said, fall-out hazards from mall weapons
tests have been greatly exaggerated"
Administration officials disagree with many
of Mr.. Murray's statements. They differ with
him on the comparative dangers of fall-out from
large and small bombs. They deny that budgetary
factors have determined weapons policy. The
Administration insists that the small weapons
program is in effective operation. This last mat
ter, at least, is a question of fact, not of opinion.
1t should therefore be able to be settled one
way or the other. Indeed, now that Thomas E.
Murray is to serve as official consultant to the
Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee,
a lot Of important questions are much more likely
to be thrashed out in the full light of publicity.
AMERICA.
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WASHINGTON = The prob
lem Of Tito is coming up again.
Next to Khrushchev, the Red
dictator of Yugoslavia was the
biggest winner in the recent
upheaval among communist
rulers of the Kremlin. This is
the firm conviction expressed
by many observers of interna-
tional affairs. They point out
that the Khrushchev clique, for
whatever reason, eliminated
most of Tito's important enc
mics in Moscow. They expect
that Khrushchev and company
will seek closer relations with
Tito as a result.
Observers also expect that
Tito will draw closer to Mos
COW once more.
The problem is, where does
this leave the United States?
Nine years ago Stain got
mad with Tito, and the Com
munist Cominform kicked him
out. The Red master of Yugo-
Eavia retaliate6 by beginning
T. accept" aid from the West,
meaning the United States
principally. This country has
poured out hundreds of mil
lions of dollars to Tito between
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MH~

Tons of newsprint have recently been devoted
to the knotted questions that entWine the massive
issue of the H-bomb. Should the tests stop?
Should they go on? How can we disarm?
What is the first step? How much strontium-
80 can the human organism tolerate? How
clean or dirty are the bombs in our stock
pile? Day after day this snaried debate continues.
Public opinion, inflamed but hardly enlightened.
tries desperately to cope with the gigantic prob
lens facing the Atomic Eenergy Commission,
the nation and the whole world.
Into this crowded forum of opinion there
came on June u a man who has earned the
right to make the comments and criticisms en-
bodied in his final report as Acc commissioner
to the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic
Energy. Thomas E. Murray, regrettably about to
be retired from his Acc post, called for "ra-
tional' ends and means in both armament and
disarmament. This provocative and controversial
statement, published in the New York times"
for June %, merits close study. In it Mr.. Murray
spelled out once again a comprehensive program
for both military and peaceful use of the atom.
AS regards atomic weapons, MIR. Murray charg-
ed that our policies are "upside-doWn." We have
enough big bombs, products of a policy and a
program dictated by technology fbig bombs are
easy to make) and the budget Chg bombs are
relatively cheap. What we need, in order to
achieve a balanced s~tockpile, is large-scale and
more costly production of small nuclear weapons.
Commissioner Murray dealt at length with
the crucial question of public information and
opinion. Public ignorance must be corrected, he
warned. The American people should be re-
minded that a big war of deterrence or agrees
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-07-19

Someone has humorously
commented that if there are
any people on Mars anG they
happen to have the right tele-
scope and equipment TO see
and hear what is going on in
our classr0oms they would
quickly conclude that our
youngsters are not being train
ed for marriage, but for per-
petual celibacy. Most of our
children learn more about the
strategy of being a Roman Gen
eral in a Gallo wal than the
science Of being a Christian
parent,
incidentally, it is a perpetual
lament of Catholic family coun-
sellers that a girl cannot 60 to
most Catholic colleges and
major in family life. She will
be told that the college can
accept her major in library
science, in secretarial science,
in accounting, in chemistry,
but not in family life. Yet
all will agree with the Holy
Father that the vocation Of
woman is motherhood. Our
airplanes are all perfectly
checked before taking off and
We insist on it, but why do so
many of our precious Catholic
marriages just blunder awayl!?
MARRIAGE AND SALVATION
Every marriage counseling
agency in Washington, d. c.,
unanimously agreed that the
lack Of marriage preparation
was the first factor in marriage
breakups. The Family Rela-
tons Institute of California fig
ured from 1927 and revealed
that of 10000 couples given
premarriage instructions less
than two dozen couples have
broken up in those % years.
And this even though there
was almost nothing to do with
religious preparation for mar
riage.
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New Books
For Catholics

BIESTEK, r. P. The Casework
Relationship. Uoyola University
Press. $50. Addressed to social
workers; stresses the dignity of
the human person.
B~URGHARDT, w. J. The Image
Of God In Man According To
Cyril Of Alexandria. Catholic
University of America Press. So.
Paper). A doctoral dissertation
in the Christian Antiquity Series.
CLEMENS, A. II. Marriage And
The Family. prentice Hall. $50.
IAN intergrated approach for
Catholics"
CLOUPEAU, j. In The Land of
Taboos. (St. Anthony Guild Press.
So A popular life of St. Peter
Chanel, first martyr of Oceanic.
CHINIGO, MICHAEL, Ed. The
Pope Speaks. pantheon. $3.50.
An integrated anthology Of the
teachings of Pope Plus XII.
COUTURIER. M. A. Wedding
Sermons. Catholic Distributors,
Washington II, DC. ST.. Paper).
A translation from the French.
DeLISLE, M. M. The Medical
Library. Catholic Hospital AS
ISOLATION, 1888 South Grand
Blvd, st. Louis 4, Missouri. 75c.
Paper.) Addressed to hospital
administrators and librarians.
HALEY, j. c. Accent On Pu-
r.ty. (Fides. $3.50. Paper. An
illustrated guide to sex educa-
ton.
HOEY, A. f., SISTER. A Com
parative Study Of The Problems
And Guidance Resources OF
Catholic College Women. (Catho.
lie University of America Press.
$3.50. Paper. A Ph.D. disserta-
ticn in Education.
LEARY, M. A. SISTER. The
History OF Catholic Education In
The Diocese Of Albany. (Catho-
lie University of America Press.
S4.75. Paper. A Ph.D. discretion
in Education.
MICHENFELDER, j. F. A Visit
to Maryknoll. Maryknoll, New
York, Maryknoll Fathers. $3.50.
A pictorial and textual descrip-
ton.
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The President of the United
States recently appealed to
labor and management to solve
the problem of initiation on
their own initiative. He called
upon the Two groups to coordi-
nate their economic decisions
in the field of wages, prices
and profits and TO relate these
decisions to the needs of the
economy as a whole, with a
view to stabilizing the cost Of
living.
This appeal for self-disci-
pine on the part of labor and
management and for voluntary
cooperation between the two
groups was probably doomed in
advance to be relatively inef-
fective for The reason that
there are no industry-wide or
CARNATIONS or industry.wide
councils Ito say nothing of a
national economic council)
through which labor and man
agement can jointly carry out
the Presidents recommends
tons. In the absence of such
industry.wide organizations or
industry-wide councils, the two
groups, even with the best in
tentions, are more or less in
capable Of cooperating with one
another effectively in the in
terest of the general welfare.
A DANGEROUS FALLAcY
The result is that. to a GER
tain extent, they both have a
tendency to wash their hands
of any direct responsibility for
the problem of initiation. With
notable exceptions, they are
inclined to drop the problem
in the lap of the government.
In other words, they seem to
expect the government. by
means of monetary and fiscal
policy, to correct the imbal-
ances which are at least par
tally caused by their own UNI
co0rdinated decisions in the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-07-19
Making Marriage Click
Preparation For Marriage
Pays Off History Shows
By Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc

The Diocese of st. Cloud,
which has been giving an
eleven chapter course of pre-
marriage instruction to 10000
couples in a period of Is years
reports knowledge of only one
attempted divorce during that
time. What convincing figures!!
II would be interesting to-
day to ask couples just when
do they think marriage is a
success. Burgess and Wallin Of
Chicago University asked thou
sands and this is what they
discovered: "A marriage is sue
cessful when there is love and
companionship, personal happi-
ness, agreement, sexual salts
faction and the absence of di-
vorce or separation" Not a
word was mentioned about
children, about Christian fam
lily life, about marriage as a
means of going to Heaven.
We know that Catholics are
taught great religious ideals
about marriage, but many are
still having a mighty hard
time living up to them. Some
times we seem to be failing as
badly as those who do not get
the sacramental concepts Of
marriage.
A recent study in Mary
land by II. M. Bell is no COM
fort. Among 1929 families,
Catholics had a divorce rate of
Ga; Protestants were about the
same at 6.8; Jews had a as
rate; mixed marriages jumped
to 1872 and those with no re-
ligion at all topped everything
with a 1877 percentage. | am
wondering, however. just how
Catholic were these Catholic
Divorces? 1t would be inter
esting, for instance, to know
whether they went to Com
munion often or not.
But, granted that non-Cath-
olics affect our children. Our
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-07-19

@ Did st. Peter hare a tpite
and family? If so, hoao can the
church sag that it is accessory
for priests to remain unnaar-
RED?
A. We have a reference to the
cure of st. Peters mother-in-
law Mark 1901 so he must have
been married. There is also an
ancient legend that st. Pet
ronilla was his daughter. We
do not know whether he had a
wife living when he left his
previous home and occupation
to follow Christ, At any rate
we know from the New Tesla
ment that all the Apostles were
called to leave father and
mother, wife and children.
tMatthew 19:27-29) We know
that st. Paul explains and en-
phasizes this mark of the priest
hood Il Corinthians 1880 and
that it was the prevailing tradi-
ton of the early Church and
was made a law as early as 300
AID. While it flows from the
words of Christ and His evid-
ent wishes it was not
absolutely required in the early
Church. 1t is a Church law and
could be changed, but the writ
ings of recent popes have en-
phasized the Importance of
clerical celibacy for an effec-
tive priestly apostolate (e.g.
Pope Plus Kills On Holy Vir-
ginity and On Promoting the
Sdnctity of the Priestly Life).
@. / haze been troubled NTH
scruples and | wonder If I
should pisit a psychiutrist? The
priest in confession seems to
misunderstood or miss the
point of my questions and he
seems to udnt me to rush
through and get finished.
A. When a person has scrup-
les he is unable to see his sins
as they really are. Certain sins
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-07-19

then ana now. Our Government
did so with the explanation
that it was in the interest of
this country's security.
Tito made no promises to
any one. He went on pro-
claiming he was a communist
and would always be one. He
didn't offer to side with, or
come to the aid of, the West
in any dispute with the Red
countries. All he did was to
"stay mad with the Kremlin.
Last May u, while marking
the completion Of the Vrutok
hydroelectric power station in
the Macedonia part of Yugo-
slavia, Tito said he wanted to
get along with both the East
and the West. But the East
seemed to get a shade the bet
ter of it, even there. He said
nobody in the East should re-
proach u.s. for enjoying the
kind of relations he was hav-
ing with the West. He said
these relations held no threat
to the socialist system he was
determined to keep in Yugo
slavia. Then he told the West
it SHOULD not reproach us"
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children actually are going to
school not with the Baptists
or the Lutherans or those with
no religion, but with other
Catholics. In other words, if
we are to preserve Christian
living what our fellow Catho-
lies are doing is our main on
Germ. If other Catholic chill
dren dress immodestly, go to
class "B" movies, go wild on
dates, tell immoral stories, and
so on, they are the ones who
torpedo our Christian culture,
not pagans.
May the day soon come when
many pastors of souls will in
sist on formal, extended courses
for parents on parenthood. 1t
must be something even more
than occasional Cana Confer
ences. This like-mindedness,
this education among parents
will be our main force in rout-
ing the going steady" problem
and others. But it will have to
be done throughout the whole
diocese to have real impact.
II not, our Catholic communi-
ties will become little Babels
of tongues.
This plan alone will tear off
the Catholic cloak which some
wear to hide a pagan life. 1t
alone will disillusion those par
ents who send their children
to a Catholic school and then
cozily wash their hands of all
moral and educational respon-
sibility. A child's education is
too important to be left to a
school alone.
More is expected now of
family life than ever before.
That is obvious. Formal Chris
tian family education can then
no longer be left to chance.
Diocesan family life directors
will have to become as indi-
spensable as the su%perinten-
dent of schools.
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Fir. Healey's Inquiry Corner
If St. Peter Had A Wife,
Why Can't Priests Marry!

at least tend to appear worse
than they are and things that
are not sins are felt to be sins.
In such cases the priest must
help the person arrive at the
peace of soul which Christ in
tended as the result of a proper
use of the sacrament of Pen
ance. Generally this demands
complete obedience on the part
OF the penitent, even to the
point by by-passing integral
confession. When the priest
seems to be rushing such a pen
itent he may simply be defect
ing the scrupulous person from
morbid concentration on sin.
The advice of the confessor
should be sought in regard to
consulting a phychiatrist; often
such consultation is needed in
severe cases of scrupleS but it
is important to consult one who
does not eliminate problems of
conscience by eliminating moral
conscience entirely. ,
@. | haze dl,Oays argued that
whateUer God commands us
to do is good for us and that
people ,oho obey Gods law eau
be sure of happiness aohile the
sinner is sure to suffer. My
experience in raising a large
icmily has shaken that con-
uiction as it seems that euery-
t h ng the birth-controller
argues has happened to me.
I'm physically and emotional
IN run-doWn and seem to haze
no time for my children etc.
A. There is no Christian
guarantee that virtue is its
own immediate reward. Obedi-
ence to Gods law may lead to
persecution and death as in
the life of the saints and
martyrs (and of Christ Him
self. While it is true that a
good conscience makes for
true happiness which the sim
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-07-19

"Giving up or getting even"
can do great harm to the dis
couraged person and achieve
nothing constructive for any
one while patient persistence
in good will always win out.
O.. How can an innocent baby
be born apith sin on his soul?
Isn't sin an offense Against the
ldw of God? Isn't the doctrine
of original sin a kind of trdns.
ferring the sins of the father
to his child?
A. The most important thing
to remember is the loving gem
crosby of God in sharing His
divine life with us. That super
natural gift was rejected by
Adam. His children are born
without it. We have no right to
it. nor do we have any right to
the regaining made possible
for the human race by Christ
When we say that all children
of Adam-except the Blessed
Virgin--are born in the stats
of original sin we are not talk
ing about actual sin. BY actual
sin the individual deliberately
offends God and, if the sin il
mortal, loses the life of God
which Christ gained Tor him.
Inheriting original sin from
Adam follows our Inheritance
of good things God gave to tho
human race in Adam. We are
not unfairly treated in Inherit
ing jointly the fallen nature a
Adam and the redeemed ma
ture gained for us by Christ.
We have to accept both, and
the handicap of original sin is
nothing to the greatness of tn
gift of divine life offered to us
as members of the same uni
fled human race.
Send questions to Father
Edward F. Healey, Inquiry
Corner, The Catholic Times.
Box 636, Columbus (16) Ohio
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field of wages, prices and
profits.
This tendency to minimize
the role of private organiza-
tons and to exaggerate the
role of the government i'm pre-
venting or curbing initiation is
not confined exclusively to the
ranks of labor and manage
ment.
It is also rather common in
the ranks of professional econ
omists. One economist bluntly
asserted. for example, in a re-
cent public statement that ut
is not the job Of private citi-
zens, in their market place
capacities, to be concerned
with the effects of their eco
nomic decisions on initiation"
Rather. he concluded. "the re-
sponsibility for initiation con-
troll lies with the monetary and
fiscal authorities: i.e., with the
government.
This is a dangerous fallacy,
for it rationaiizes and makes a
virtue out of responsibility
on the part of private citizens
and their economic organiza-
tons and greatly exaggerates
the role of the government in
economic life. To say this Is
not to imply that labor and
management can solve the
problem Of initiation solely on
their own initiative and with
out the assistance of the gov
eminent.
The governments role is ex-
tremely important, but it should
not be overemphasized. In the
recent words OF another dis
tinguishcd but more enlighted
economist who served as first
Chairman of the Council Of
Economic Advisers, ii is not a
philosophy of despair" to ac-
cept the proposition that Wash
ington alone cannot solve the
problem of initiation. An ade-
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ner cannot know there need
not be contentment at all times
for us to believe in Gods pow
err and His providence. People
with small families have trou-
bles too even at best; If they
defy God by sinful birth-con-
troll they will suffer for that
disobedience. We do not serve
God with the expectation of
having our reward immediate
ly. In such spiritual troubles
it is we'll to seek counsel of
the priest in confession and
perhaps comfort and instruc-
ton in a study group for mar
ried people.
Q. Why is 1t that once q per-
son has done something wrong
that everybody remembers it
always? Euem good Catholics
seem to be determined to keep
q person down once he is
down. 1t makes a person feel
like giving up and getting euen
Nth them all.
A. 1t is natural for people
to remember some serious Of
Tense or sin. Even Catholics
may find it hard to forget
some serious incident in some
ones past, such persecution
should be accepted as penance
and patiently endured. A we'll
informed and devout Catholic,
however, ordinarily is quick
to forgive and forget; our re-
ligion should make us ready
to accept someone's conversion
from past sin br crime. As
Christians those who feel per-
secuted in this way-or in any
way-should realize that only
God judges with perfect JUS
tice and love. They should
keep in mind that it is Gods
approval which counts; to
grow discouraged or bitter be-
cause of misunderstanding or
injustice is to hurt ourselves.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-07-19
The Yardstick.
Appeal For Self-discipline
Probably Doomed in Advance
By Msgr. George G. Higgins

quate solution, he said, "re-
quires that we ourselves tackle
the problem at its source in
the voluntary wage-cost-price-
investment-credit relations Of
the enterprise market"
This is a valid conclusion,
but obviously it is easier for
an economist to put 1t into
words than it is for labor and
management to put it into prac-
tice. Nevertheless there is no
reason to throw up our hands
In despair or to settle COM
placently for the status quo.
The important thing is to keep
moving in the right direction
by gradually developing bet
ter methods of collective bar
gaining and -labor-management
cooperation on specific issues
or problems. The phenomenon
of %automation, which was re-
Gently analysed in considerable
detail by Pope Plus XII. is a
pertinent case in point. Auto
nation is fraught with bene-
ficient possibilities which can
not be fully realized and with
complicated problems which
cannot be adequately solved
without the greatest possible
degree of labor-management
cooperation,
Surely this is an added rea-
son for hoping and fervently
praying that the current ethical
crisis In the labor movement
will run its course as rapidly
as possible. Inevitably, and I'M
fortunately, this crisis is dis
tracing labor and management
by its very sensatiohalism. 1t
is using up time and energy
which ought to be applied as
soon as possible to the solu-
ton of initiation and other
complicated problems h ch
are of mutual interest and
concern to the two parties and
to the nation as a whole.
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