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Milford chronicle., 1957-02-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Peterson are
enjoying two weeks vacation at
Miami Beach, Fla.
Mrs. Amy Grauer of Philadelphia
was the guest last week of her bro
ther and sister-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Hopkins and Mr.. and
Mrs. Horace Riley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bailey, Jr.,
of FELTON, were the dinner guests
on Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred S.
Bailey.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Richardson
attended the funeral of her niece,
Mrs. Melvina Townsend of Smyrna
on Saturday.
Herbert Nichols of Newark,
spent Sunday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. Melvin Brobst.
The Harrington School Band is
sponsoring a magazine campaign
in order to secure more equip
ment
Miss Mary 10 Pitlick and Miss
Eleanor Wagner as representatives
from the Asbury Methodist Church
are among a group of young peo-
pie who will spend Thursday and
Friday in New York City, attending
the United Nations Sessions. This
trip is sponsored by the Conference
Youth Council of the Peninsula
Conference of Methodist Churches.
The group left on Thursday NOR
ming by chartered bus.
Miss Viola Clendaniel gave a
surprise birthday dinner on Sun
day in celebration of the birthday
of her father, w. S. Clendaniel. The
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Piddle and Albert, Jr., Mrs. Mil
dred Hurd and children, Betty
Jane, Clara, Jayson, Jimmie and
Sara, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Hurd
and daughters, jeanne and Sandy
James Hurley, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
ward ScanIon, III, and children
Patrick, Grace Elaine and Eddie
all of Dover, Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth
Ricter of Alexandria, Va, and Mr.
and Mrs. J. Millard Cooper of Har.
rington.
Dad Tho r1ocoiaoS Ado
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-15
LINGERING LIGHT

BECKLEY, w. Va. = up = 1t
would be hard to convince Mrs. E.
L. Ellison that modern production
methods turn out better materials
than the cid ones did.
Mrs. Ellison says she has used
one light bulb on her front porch
the last 40 years-and it still
works.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-02-08

Clear and important is the application of
the parable introduced in Sundays Gospel the
story of the man who sowed good seed in his
field so that he might have crop of wheat, but
who found, when the seed sprouted, that an
enemy had sown cookie amid the wheat while
men were asleep" His servants wanted to go
out and pull up the weeds Immediately, but he
told them not to do so. "lest in gathering the
weeds you root UP the wheat along with them
LET both grow together until the harvest"
he instructed "and at harvest time | will say
to the reapers, Gather up first the weeds, and
bind them in bundles to burn, but the wheat
gather into my barns" ##
The reference is plainly to the presence Of
evil in the world why does the all-good God
allow evil men to practice their evil deeds and
exercise their evil influence in the world he
created2 Why does He not have them rooted out
and destroyed as soon as they appear? The gos-
pei answers that He does not follow such a
course 'lest in gathering the weeds you root UP
the wheat along with them" That. lis, the cookie,
in its early stages, is not easily distinguishable
from the young wheat plant; later the roots of
the two become entwined, and to attempt to pull
up the weeds would mean pulling up the nearby
wheat as well Besides, il would be impossible 10
get at the weeds without trampling down some
Of the growing wheat, and the latter in the
divine economy revealed in this parable, must
have an opportunity to develop into the good
grain for which il was planted. God does not
have evil torn out OF the world because TO do SO
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-02-08
The Washington Letter
Tito Promoters Should Have
Learned Lesson By This Time
Observation-Disclosures DlNNNHI NN NHN IlNVH M Observation-Disclosures

misiudged so badly the tenn
per of the American public re
garding the proposal to have
Tito as a national guest.
Political writer's here have
said the invitation extended to
Tito from the President still
stands. Observers have added
that Administration officials
hope the visit can be arranged
later. This hope seems to be
based on belief that people
will become accustomed" to
the idea of the visit, and the
opposition will lessen.
II has been pointed out from
the very first that those behind
the Iron Curtain who are our
friends, and the friends of free
dom, would feel abandoned and
without hope il Marshal Tito
were to be brought to this
country and feted. This fact is
still true, but some people seem
to have lost sight of il in recent
weeks. On the other hand, some
Americans have not forgotten
this fact, and are not likely to
in the next few months. This is
one of the lessons proponents
of the Tito visit should have
learned.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-02-08
pat On The Back"

Vice President Nixon got TO work little late
the morning after Washingtons first snow
storm--but so did about half million others.
In the Vice Presidents case, ii was because he
stopped his big limousine to pick up carful
of the stranded along the way, and departed
from the direct route to the Capitol to drop
them near their work
Mary Alice Mraz, one Of the Veeps guests,
told the Washington Post how it was. They
talked about "how snow like this buffaloes
Washington" and then about their work Miss
Mraz said she was writer for the Catholic
Standard, weekly newspaper of the Washing
ton archdiocese.
when he found this out. he commented on
the work done by the Catholic War Relief aid
ing Hungarian refugees" said Miss Mraz. He
gave them tremendous pat on the back"
And well he might For in addition to the
great task of feeding, sheltering, clothing and
rendering medical aid TO the escapees, which
Mr. Nixon witnessed personally in Austria, the
work of the Catholic Relief Services--National
Catholic Welfare Conference in this country has
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-02-08

cess of detailed development,
you might say, at this stage
A Washington columnist said in
January that the invitation to
Tito was extended two months
ago,
SO, in the Tito case, what
was sought was not TO see how
the public would react. but to
get the public accustomed to
the idea" of something that
was already in the works.
If there has been any EN-
barrassment to this Govern
ment because Of the way things
have developed, every Ameri-
can will regret that. But the
blame for the embarrassment
does not lie with those who ex-
ercised their right to protest
such an astonishing proposal,
but with those who failed TO
gauge how broad and deep pub
lie resentment would be.
With our polls and sampling,
Americans are supposed to be
pretty good at taking the public
pulse, Reports from Belgrade
said Yugoslav officials express
ed surprise that the United
States Government should have
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-02-08
Father Healey's
Enquiry Go,ss,
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lie nature of information"
about someone and the inftu-
ence OF this public nature on
the seriousness of the sin?
A. As the answer referred
to stated: often uncharitable
conversation consists in dis
cussing faults which are
known to everyone engaged in
the conversation. Such conver-
Sation is less serious but still
is a violation OF charity !"
When we reUedt a sin or fault
il is much more serious than
merely discussing, uncharitable
though that be, a known sin or
fault. A persons reputation
can be greatly injured by in
forming people about things
which this person said or did
which we're previously un-
known to the hearers. Discuss
ing known faults may stir up
uncharitable feelings and lead
to anger or quarrels but often
such gossip is not much more
than a foolish waste of time.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-02-08
Making Marriage Click
Know Your ChiIdren's Friends
Following Crowd Can Be Bad
By Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc
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is more caught than taught A
little grade.schooler was ask
ed il he knew how to dance.
mo- he said audaciousty, but
| surely know how to intermls-
sion" II is easy to see whom
he was intimating!
Playmates also involve the
power of human respect. There
are few forces more decisive
in life. Parents, then, must es-
tablish a relationship with their
children not of fear and Of vlo-
lence, but Of love and reason.
Obedience must be earned, not
imposed. This relationship is
more important than anything
you will ever tell them. What
is said is not as important as
who says it. That relationship
has to be established and re.
established at every period OF
child's life. @
Audience influences
Parents have failed most in
establishing that relationship
during the teenage and college
periods of their children's life.
Rarely do we find parents who
can exert true parental influ-
ence al this time. Once this re-
lationship is established, then
it is easy TO convince young
ster of the truth OF such prln-
eiples as freedom always has
limits"
Movies in themselves can be
fatally influential but the au-
dience itself is also influential.
Sometimes viclously sol The
noises, the snickering, the
laughter, the means of the au-
dicnce exert a tremendous
pressure
Following the Crowd
Parents must prepare their
youngsters with the spirit of
missionaries the idea that
they are out TO change and not
he changed for ChriSts sake.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-02-08

Q. What tndulgences can be
gained by wedrtng the BrotOt'
Scdpuldr?
A. BY tradition approved by
the Church the wearing of this
scapular entities a person who
has been properly invested to
the special protection of the
Blessed Mother, Ii is assumed
that ii is worn in spirit of
faith and that honest effort is
made TO live a good Christian
life te.g. a person who is de-
MED the Sacraments because of
of bad marriage) can wear it
and if he has real trust in the
power and goodness of Mary he
can hope to obtain the graces
of conversion and return to
grace. For details on the indul-
gences, etc. anyone interested
can write to the center for the
Scapular Apostolaie. 338 :.
29th ST., New York Q6) NY.
@. In the January 4th issue
whdt ipds meant by the state.
ment Of the more or less pub
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-02-08

been equally impressive.
AS of January 11th, when Francis Cardinal
Spelman visited the Joyce kilmer Reception
Center in New Brunswick, Nj. 248 aircraft and
two transports had brought total of 1854
refugees to the Center--and that day, the stork
brought another. OF this total Catholic Relief
Services had found homes and jobs for 1861 in
cities and towns throughout the United States.
Resettlement by the seven other agencies en-
gagged in this work totaled $3.50
Since then, as the figures indicate the pace
of this great humanitarian work under the di-
rection of the Presidents Committee for Hun
garian Refugee Relief, has been stepped up still
further and the total received at Kilmer had
risen to 22258 and 1876 had been resettled.
Catholic Relief services had established 10,388
in their new homes, and was in the process of
resettling 2790 more-for total of 500 of all
who had been brought TO our shores In single
day CRS dispatched 534 Of these prospective
Americans from Kilmer to their new homes
The Vice Presidents well done" is richly
deserved.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-02-08

WASHINGTON-(NC) - The
proposal to bring Marshal Tito
here for an official visit has
been a sad affair from almost
any viewpoint II is to be hoped
that those responsible for it
will have learned lesson.
The idea was first put before
the American public in the ma
ture of the trial balloon, but
not exactly. The trial balloon
technique calls for dropping
hint TO the press that particu-
lar course of action is conten-
plated. II public reaction is
good, the policy is carried out.
If reaction is bad, the policy
is abandoned or postponed. and
sometimes the original hint is
denied.
But in the case OF the invi-
tation to Tito, it seems TO have
been pretty far advanced be
fore the public was let in on
the plan. When he first dis
closed, on December 18, that
the Administration was giving
aSympathetic consideration"
to the proposal TO bring Tito
here, Secretary Of State Dulles
said: "The visit is in the pro-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-02-08

Observation-Disclosures

Several weeks ago, IN THIS
column, IL was recommended
that the President and the
new Congress give serious con.
sideration to a proposal made
w JAW president Walter
Reuther - and by others IN
and out Of the labor movement
- for a fuil-scaie Congrcsston'
a, inquiry into the causes of
initiation. Such a study, IT was
suggested, would he of great
Assistance TO tabor and man
agement in relating their de
cisions on wages and prices to
the overall needs Of the econ
omy. II would also help the
general public to determine
more accurately than can be
done at the present time which
group in the economy, IL any,
Is primarily responsible for in
flation.
Are labor's wage demands
the cause or effect of lntia
ton? Is capital or labor tax
ing undue advantage of the
public? Or. are the two groups
acting in collusion against the
public interest?
For lack If adequate infor-
n alton from a neutral source,
the public is currently unable
to answer these and related
questions with any degree of
accuracy and objectisity. The
result. as might be expected, is
that many people including
a number of publishers. edi.
tors and commentators are
taking sides for or against
labor or management in The IN
flation controversy on the ha-
sis of opinion or prejudice
rather thar objective and yer
ifiable evidence.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-02-08
Weeds Amid the Wheat

would interfere with mans free will.
But this certainly does not indicate any con-
donation of evil: on the contrary the weeds
of evil will inevitably be bound in bundles and
burned Divine justice is patient, but it is GER
tain, time will be allowed to see if the young
plant develops into noxious weed or into
wholesome grain. Ii the former, it will be de.
stroyed: the latter will be gathered into the
place prepared for it, Since the good seed,
which brings forth the good grain, represents
the children of the kingdom, created to know
and serve God, and to be happy with Him in
all eternity it would be manifestly unjust
that single sprout should be uprooted or tramp
led upon in an effort to tear out the roots of
evil; each soul is infinitely previous in the sight
Of God.
Nor is the growing wheat obliged to succumb
to the erowding of the weeds or to their pois
onous qualities God gives the good grain the
strength and grace to resist its environment
and 10 triumph over it, The presence of weeds,
meaning evil men and evil conditions in our
midst is all the more reason why we should be
true to the destiny God has shaped for us and
why we should make use of all the means He
has provided to help us reach that destiny AS
st. Paul counsels in Sundays Epistle: "Bear
with one another and forgive one another. even
as the Lord has forgiven you so also do you
forgive =. Whatever you do in word or in
work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus
Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through
Him"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-02-08

without any malicious intention
or effect.
Q, If q person (e.g. husband
goes TO Mass lUith the family
but mds neUer odptued would
1t be better TO urge HIM TO be
bdpt,zed in his charch or 10
i0dit until he decides (,oitk the
chance that he ,uiil not TO
become a Catholic2
A. Such a decision would be
a matter of prayer and pru-
dence, depending on the charac.
ter of the person and the like
lihood of his entry into the
Church. Under these circum-
stances especially his attend
ance at Mass il would not seem
proper to recommend in any
way that he turn to the church
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-02-08
[HNNHINIIINNNl!g

One youngster, whose parents
had taught him well, used to
encourage those around him
at a movie or TV TO count when
long, lustful kisses we're pre-
sented, Zone, two, three, four,
five. six" and all laughed. The
tension was off, the distraction
good, the outlaws a relief.
Following the crowd is
great pressure of our times. !
remember years ago pleading
and pleading in the pulpit for
modesty in dress and to very,
very little avail Then Vogue
magazine, or some such appear
ed, the dresses they suggested
were long and, incidentally,
modest. Bingo The dresses
went down 1t was humbling
realization OF the power of re.
ligion in contrast to the power
of human respect,
My salute to the mother who
answered her daughters pro
test, But Mr.. and Mrs Brown
lei Sue 60 out on dates even
If she is only fourteenl" But,
my darling" the mother re-
sponded, Mr.. and Mrs. Brown
are not rearing youl'
Let's Get Practical
Maybe soon the old time hat
pin will again come into vogue.
II will be young girls de-
fense, her weapon on movie
dates, when the male octopus
is on the loose and by her side.
These kissing games at par
ties that are so cute, so hilar.
ious, so blissful should be so
taboo. Why should they be so
innocent one day and so wrong
the next? Why an occasion of
fun for one age and overnight
an occasion of sin for another?
There are reasonable, sacred
principles involved. Let's get
practical.
More TO follow -,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-02-08

BE sure you do not super
wise your children's recreation
they lose initiative. "
wonder how many parents
would agree?
Many good parents are be
coming quite alarmed, They
facetiously, innocently send
their children TO safe" Class A
movies-and 'Ahl Alas! Peace
for a few hours!' But some
times what a treacherous
"peace" it becomes. Many are
discovering that even Tiny
grade-school youngsters are
using the movies as a rendez-
vous for petting, kissing, cheat
ing on Gods Commandments.
Little twosomes even at early
ages fast become little WOO
somes and IL may not be just
cute. innocent fun Spiritual
directors know that these little
childish affairs may later cause
deep spiritual anguish, IL is A
curiosity to see how consclent-
i0us some are concerning the
purity and nutrient content of
the food their children eat, yet
how adventuresome and reck-
less they are with the soul diet
OF these same youngsters -
spiritual bottle glass is perfect
ly okay.
Playmates two years older
than your children are general
ty the ones who influence them
most. Parents learn that they
often influence their children
best through these playmates
Children naturally tend to be
weaned from their parents, to
be independent They crave
that type of security. That is
good, but parents should con
troll this tendency,
More Caught Than Taught
II is vital that parents know
and approve the playmates OF
their children. Good example
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-02-08

he was broupht up in, aside
from question of a Catholic ap-
pearing to subscribe to the
the idea that lone church is as
good as another" It would seem
better TO concentrate on pray
er and on readiness to supply
information Catholic pamph-
lets, etc. or to explain matters
of Faith. Sometimes people
like that are only waiting for
a suggestion or an invitation
to join the Church; have you
tried any hints in that direc.
tion?
Send questions to Father Ed
ward r. Healey. Inquiry Cor
ner. The Catholic Times, Box.
636, Columbus (16) Ohio.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-02-08
The Yardstick
Management and Labor Must
Get Together on Prices, Wage
By Msgr. George G. Higgins

part Of labor and Enlargement
ia determining wages and pric-
es.
Freedom" the President
said in his State o the Union
message, "has oeen defined as
the opportunity for self-disci-
pline, This definition has
special application TO the areas
of wage ard price policy in a
free economy. Should we per.
sistently fail to discipline our
selves, eventually there will
be lncreasil.t pressure on
Government 10 redress the
failure. By that process free
dom will. step by step, dis
appear No subject on the
domestic scene should more
attract the concern of the
friends of American working
men and women and of free
business enterprise than the
forces, latent and active, that
threaten a steady depreciation
of the value OF our money"
In the opinion of the Presi.
dent, this means that business
should avoid unnecessary price
increases. that ahor, in turn,
should relate its wage de
mands TO improvements in
productivity.
The President made sub
stantially the same point in
his Economic Report TO the
Congress on January %. In
summary. he said in the latter
document, THE successful ex-
tension of prosperity with
price stability calls for a CO
operative effort in which the
policies of individuals and &c.
onomic groups and of all lev.
els of government are consis-
tent with one another and mu.
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tually reinforced"
The Presidents emphasis on
the necessity of economic self
discipline and his eloquent
plea for cooperative labor
management approach to the
problem of initiation are very
timely. etfl
In theory, both labor and
management undoubte dly
agree with the Presidents
point of view. They lack neces-
sary information about the re-
lationship between prices and
wages and about the impact of
their myriad price and wage
decisions ~ the economy as
whole. And worse than that
as the Jesuit weekly America
has already pointed out -
they have no organized meth
cd of getting together even to
discuss the Internationally
between wages and prices,
much less to do anything
about il,
Two things are needed, then,
il the Presidents appeal for a
cooperative labor manage
ment effort to stabilize our
economy IS TO have any effect
in the practical order. We
need more information about
the relationship between wag-
es and prices, and we also
need a system of committees
or councils in which the two
groups can Jointly appraise
this information and make
their plans accordingly in the
light of the general welfare.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-02-08
So There YOU Are

For example, the publisher
of us. News and World Re
port states in the January Ia
issue that the biggest ques-
tion Of the present era is
whether big unionism can ap-
ply self-restraint, or whether
government must inevitably
control both wages and prices
TO save the nation from an
economic collapse and wide
spread unemployment" The
obvious implication of this
statement is that organized
labor is primarily responsible
for initiation.
The same opinion Is regular
ly expressed in many other
publications on the manage
ment side of the fehce. II will
come as no surprise to any.
body that the opposite opin-
ion is Just as stoutly defended,
and inst as frequently express
ed, in the labor press and in
many of the so-called liberal
weeklles.
So there you are. as George
Gobel would say Which op.
inion is closer 10 the truth?
Who really knows, and how
will we ever find out, unless
and until non.partisan Con.
gressional inquiry impartially
and effectively complies the
necessary facts2
The reed for such a Con-
greSsional study has been dra.
matically higalighted by the
Presidents eloquent appeal
in his State of the Union mes
sage and, more recently, in his
annual Economic Report to the
Congress - for a greater de-
gree Of self-discipline on the