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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-05-09
labor than about what labor
can do for the churches.

labor than about what labor
can do for the churches.
But what, you may ask, can
labor be expected to do for
the churches? Labor, as an or
ganization or a federation Of
organizations, probably can
not be expected to do very
much. On the other hand, la
Dor, as a movement made up
of millions of individual men
and women, can, as Secretary
Mitchell has suggested, make
a tremendous contribution to
society by bearing witness
in everyday life to the unity
ing principles and ideals of
religion.
rWhile the chief purpose OF
every life." Mr. Mitchell re-
marks, "is the salvation Of the
individual soul, the commit.
ment Of the Christian to BET
Ter his world makes that SAL
walton more probable by pro-
vidins The opportunity for the
expression OF Christian
ideals"
To prepare themselves ade-
quately for this important
task, union members will need
to stay close to the Church
and acquaint themselves very
thoroughly with her teaching.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-05-09
: FIR. Healey's Inquiry Corner
Marriage Validity Should
BE Discussed With Pastor

e. As . convert am at
loss as TO my status in regard
TO remarriage. was married
before became . Catholic
but divorced shortly after
ward. He was not baptized
and life with him was infoIer-
able.
A. Any particular marriage
situation should be discussed
with the pastor of the parish
in which you live. In general
it might be noted that a mar
riage between non-C Catholics
should be considered a true,
valid and permanent marriage
unless there is definite rea-
son why it should be judged
otherwise. The fact that the
person was "intolerable" does
not affect the validity of a
previous marriage. All mar
riages presume the risk of
"better or worse" and bitter
disappointment afterward
does not make a marriage in
valid. The fact that in a non
Catholic marriage one party
was not baptized does not
prove anything either. Too
many Catholics oversimplify
the Pauline Privilege so that
it appears to make all nom
Catholic marriages in which
one or both pauline Privil-
ege) are not baptized an easy
matter to dispose of. That is
not the case. The Church is
interested in investigating
possible invalid marriages,
etc. and SO helping people to
return to the sacraments and
in making it possible for nom
Catholics involved in marriage
cases to enter the Church.
Still, this interest cannot al
low the pastor or the priests
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-05-09
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

might be born. True, emigra.
ton alone is not the answer.
Pakisfan, as an example,
has increased IFS food pro
dvction 20 per cent since
World War II, but the popvIs.
tion there has increased even
more rapidly and now 10 per
cent less food is available per
person than before the War.
Obviously more capital,
more skilled workers more
research, more education,
more cooperation are also
needed. The Missionaries ev-
erywhere in these countries
are being prepared to help
in every possible way. Their
contributions are inestimable
and virtually untapped.
These challenges are good
for man. II is a testing ground
for greatness. A challenge v.
vaIly gives US the capacity TO
meet it. II all our land here
in the States had been
prime" we may never have
invented the tools and fer.
filters that we so proudly
possess. n
We will have TO organize
and plan to prevent our good
farm land from being gob-
bled up by roads and factor
les; we will have to have soil
and water conservation; we
will have to develop vast sup
plies of nuclear energy at rea-
sonable cost and we may have
TO find another planet, but
birth control is not the answer
for a conjectured catastrophe
in the unforeseeable future.
This approach lacks scienti-
fic backing and betrays a lack
of faith In Divine Providence.
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on the marriage court to de-
clare invalid a marriage
which appears to be valid.
What God has joined together
let no man put asunder.
q. Is there any kind Of COM
pvlsion keeping . sister in .
convent If she wishes to leave?
Can she ever marry If she
does leave? Would she be con-
sidered . failure or could she
still be . good Catholic?
A. There is no compulSion
in converts. After the proba-
tionary period of postulancy
and the novitiate there is a
time in which vows are tenn
porary. That means that at the
end of the year they must be
renewed lie. if the person de-
cides to leave at the end Of
that year he is perfectly free.
Permission is required to
leave the convent before that
time is UP and after perman-
ent vows. OF course, a sister
may leave at any time without
permission so far as physical
freedom is concerned; to leave
in violation of her vows and
disregard to the community
she voluntarily joined -
gravely sinful. A dispensation
from solemn religious VOWS OF
chastity is reserved to the
Holy See but when an indult
of secularization is granted
the person is free to marry.
Such a person is under no
stigma as far as the Church
is concerned and can live Z
good holy Catholic life in the
world.
Send questions to Father
Edward F. Healey, Inquiry
Corner, The Catholic Times
Box 636, Columbus u6), Ohio.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-05-09
Making Marriage Click
'Over-P population Problem
Is Challenge to Mankind
By Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc

four pounds Of meat per per.
son per year rs %eonirssfed to
over l4o pounds in The U.S.A.
Yet India has over l55,000,0 900
about 5000. 900 in the US.
heads Of cattle compared to
A.
In India the slaughter of cat
tie is taboo. Cattle, monkeys
pigs are allowed to make per-
petual disastrous raids on gar
dens and crops. Superstitions
prohibit the shooting or re-
moval of these animals.
COOPERATION NEEDED
am still trying to say in
this last column on "Overpop-
ulation" that birth control is
not the answer. Several lead
ers propose emigration as one
of the many approaches nee
essary to solve this "crisis."
There would then, of course,
be problems in some countries
of competition for labor.
There would also be racial,
political. and cultural adjust
msnts TO make, II we are a
charitable people, we should
accept this.
Ii this issue is taken up by
all countries of the world in
one giant, about effort, ] am
sure it could be solved. II is
estimated for instance that if
the total expense of World
War ii had been used to build
new houses, every family in
the world could have been
given a six-room house.
True a million could be
moved from, let us say, Japan
to Africa, or Borneo, or New
Guinea, or Madagascar, or
Celibes, but during that same
year maybe 5000 600 more
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-05-09
The Washington Letter
Truman Says Stain
Intended To Violate Pacts

The President said he was
the only one who brought an
agenda with him, and that he
got everything he wanted.
Stain agreed to everything
/ asked" Mr.. Truman said,
adding that Churchill was in
clined to make speeches, and
that Stain would interrupt
him.
"The English were gentle
men," the former President
also said. They tried TO car
ry out everything agreed up
on. But Stain violated every
agreement he made. That's
why it was so easy to get
agreements. He had no inten-
ton Of keeping them"
That sounds like important
background information right
now. There is much talk here
about another summit" con-
ference. Some observers are
saying we are being gradual.
ly forced into one. Some au-
thorities are strong in the be-
lief that the President should
not attend any such confer
ence, if it is held. This would
reduce the meeting from a
summit" conference level,
but it is contended that the
President should have a de-
tached attitude and be in a
position to make decisions
more in perspective. The Pres
ident has expressed the be-
lief that there is something
to this contention, but has
also said he would attend a
Summit" conference il there
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-05-09
The Y0rdstick
Christian UniOnist Should
Carry Principles to Work
By Msgr. George G. Higgins

ways played it even-Stephen
with the Protestant churches
during recent decades.
l gather he thinks they have
not. Almost invariably, he
says, labor has asked what
the church can do for labor,
but rarely, he complains, was
the question raised as to what
labor can do for the church.
Often" he says. labor used
The church only IL fhe church
could secure for labor the
physical snds it desired. u
wss indifferent to The church
IS spiritual and moral
force" In this regard, he con-
clvdes rather poinfsdIN
"there are interesting psrsI-
lels between the attitude OF
The business community and
the attitude Of labor towards
the church."
AS a Catholic priest, / would
not presume to judge whether
or not this is a valid appraisal
Of labor's attitude with regard
to the various Protestant de-
nominations in the United
States. Suffice it to say that,
in my judgment, it would be
far too severe as an appraisal
of labor's attitude with regard
to the Catholic Church.
Professor Miller. however.
has given labor something to
think about. Surely there is
some measure Of truth in
what he says about the TEN.
dency on The part Of fhe labor
movement TO think about
what the churches esn do for
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-05-09

A strange ally has re-
Gently appeared on the
!. battlefield.
Mrs. Bilai, representa-
. tive of the Ukrainian SOW
let Socialist Republic fiercely
denies that we have a forsee-
able oyerpopulation problem
In the underdeveloped coun-
tries.
She tells rather of the mex
haustible riches Of these coun-
tries and blames colonization
for all the trouble. True or
false, it is another opinion.
" 10 interesting 10 note
THAT The hungry half Of the
world covers most Of Asia. the
Middle East, Africa and large
parts Of South America.
But two out of every three
who live in these countries do
not know how to read and
write.
BY comparison the educated
Netherlands have $50 people
per square mile, the Africans
have II, the Russians have %,
the U.S.A. has 81. To equal
the Netherlands, we here
would have to have two and a
half billion people, or about
the worlds population.
Hollands standard of living
Is one of the highest among
all nations and il has an aver
age of 1914 acres per family.
II almost leads the world in
exporting eggs, condensed
milk, cheese butter, and
milk powder.
The strange practices Of In.
die should also be invesfigsi.
I'd. The average diet there.
for instance, contains only
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-05-09

is any chance progress could
be made at one.
The last summit confer
ence was convened with an
invitation from the three
Western Powers to meet, and
it is now explained that it was
not intended that any agree
ments would be reached at
that meeting itself. 1t was
thought that it might stake
out areas in which it could be
suggested that the foreign
ministers of the several coun-
tries try to seek agreement.
In the new proposals, So
. Wet Russia seems to be sug.
costing talks concerning mat
tiers regarding which the
known positions of the coun-
tries involved indicate a like
lihood of agreement at the
summit meeting itself:
This presents a dilemma.
In the light of general ex-
perience, what is to be gained
by a summit" conference,
like the one at Geneva, which
is not intended to produce
any agreements in itself, but
only to precede at lower-level
working meeting? Since Ge-
neva, many people in this
country believe nothing Is to
be gained.
In the light of former Pres
ident Truman's experience,
what is to be gained at a
summit" meeting which does
produce agreements" if the
communists have no intention
of keeping them?
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-05-09

Secretary of Labor
James P. Mitchell, wide
ly esteemed as one of the
ablest men in public life
at 1.-THE present time, re-
Gently delivered a brief but
significant speech in New
York on the timely subject,
"Tffe Role of the Catholic I'M
ion Members in the Modern
World"
Seldom, IL ever, have ! read
q better speech on this sub
ject by priest or layman.
was really . sermon rs-
thsr than . speech - . stir
ring appeal TO the Tsnk-and.
file Catholic union member 70
do his part ITO restore order
and purpose TO . society in
danger Of frasmentation."
American society, Mr.. Nit
ehell declared, is in danger of
augmentation because OF an
o~veremphasis on material. as
opposed to spiritual values.
e
Within the free world, he
said, but more particularly
within these United States,
there appears sometimes to be
an ambiguity of purpose that
makes us center much of our
society, around material goods
while all our instincts as
Christians demand a different
and opposite focus"
PROTESTANTiSM
II is the lot OF Catholic
union members, he concluded,
Ito instill purpose and give
direction to our society
They are to do this, not by
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-05-09

Withdrawing from the world.
but by faithfully expressing
in their daily lives their relig-
ious principles and ideals,
which alone can keep man
kinds legitimate drive for ma
terial welfare. and prosperity
in proper focus or perspec-
tive.
Secretary Mitchells timely
emphasis on the duty Of Cath
ollie union members TO help
restore order and purpose to
economic society brings to
mind . rather pointed eriti-
eism which is leveiled at the
American labor movement in
. new book by Robert NJ. Mil
Ter entitled American Prot
ssfsntism and Social issues,
19l9.1s39" UNIV ersity Of
North Carolina Press, Chapel
Hill, NJ. c.. $6.00.)
DR.. Miller, who is present
,ly Assistant Professor of His
tory at the University G
North Carolina, mai n { a i n S
that the accusation which
is still occasionally made s.
that the Protestant churches
have betrayed" the Ameri-
can labor movement is a little
unfair.
ITO be sure" he comedies
Tin some communities, In
some denominations, in re-
gard 10 some parsons, the &C
eusstion must stand. But as sr
overall judgment II does no.
iibe with fhs record"
Professor Miller then rails
es the question as to whethel
or not the unions have al
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-05-09
by Msgr. Joseph Kiefer
Editor.in.Chief
The SteubenviIIe Register

Inc Sfeubenviite ke9i$reT
Perhaps the most con-
troversial issue ever re-
ported or analysed in
this newspaper is the So
called right-to-work law that
proponents of the measure
hope to place on the ballot
in Ohio this November.
The controversy has been
in progress for some time.
In all fairness we must say
that convincing arguments
have been advanced by both
sides. We have Catholic ex-
perts in the field of labor
management relations who
are at opposite poles on the
subject.
The controversy was
brought into the open more
than ever before by the re-
cent statement of the Cath
Ollie Bishops of Ohio oppos.
ing the enactment of such a
law in our state. To say that
this statement has stirred up
a "hornets' nest" is putting
it mildly.
On the one hand, the Ohio
Bishops have been praised for
their courageous stand on the
matter, even though they
knew that they would be step
ping on the toes of some OF
their most generous support
ers. On the other hand, the
Bishops have been loudly con-
demned for meddling in an at.
fair that does not concern the
Church.
Among the critics OF the
Ohio Hierarchy are some
prominent" Catholics who
feel that, in this instance, the
Bishops and clergy (and the
Catholic press are passing
judgment on matters out of
their jurisdiction. Somehow
they look upon the RTW law
as something purely political,
since neither a doctrine OF the
Church nor moral principles
are involved.
Even if justice or the COM
mon good were not involved
our Bishops, priests, and edi
tors would have a right, as cit
liens, to speak their mind or
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-05-09
And We Quote. - Echoes From the Valley
Newspaper Opposes Proposed
Right to Work Legislation
MnIE-

ing for IS cents an hour, that
he might be without all the
fringe benefits he now enjoys,
and that he could be deprived
of his job at any time at the
within of his employer.
To enact a RTW law just
because there have been abus-
es in the labor organization
would be to eradicate the dis
ease by killing the patient. We
recognize, as have the Ohio
Bishops, that corruption has
seeped into some of the high
offices of certain unions.
Communistic influences, too,
have been a strong factor. But
these unsalutary effects have
been brought about because
democratic processes have
been too often disregarded in
the selection of officials, or
because the rank and file Of
workingmen have been too in
different to what is going on.
We abhor these abuses.
They should be rooted out
before they create further
harm. AT the same time, we
see the need for management
to sweep its own doorstep and
eliminate some of the abuses
and injustices for which it
has been accountable.
Finally, there are those who
fear that the labor unions
have become too powerful
that the time will come when
labor will rule the country.
This we seriously doubt.
In spite of the apparent
strength of the labor move
ment in our nation, union
members still represent a min
ority among the working men
and women of America. Labor
it a vital factor at the polls.
We know of no state, howev.
err, in which members of labor
unions could, by their own
force of numbers, without the
support of others, influence
an election.
And so we shall continue to
oppose any right-to-work law
in our state, not because Cath
Ollie doctrine or moral princi-
pies are involved, but because
of the threat that faces the
common welfare of all.
To say that this newspaper
is onesided, that it is solely
for labor, is not true. We are
for the common good of So
ciety. We are opposed to a
right-to-work law because:
y 1t could sound a death
knell for labor unions, which
all of the Popes, from Leo
XIII to Plus XII, have held Q
essential to the achievement
for the workingman of a liv.
ing wage, of a decent exist.
ence for himself and his fam.
lily, of assistance in time Of
sickness, and Of security for
his old age.
q It could bring the labor.
err back to those dark ages
in our history when the labor
er was a captive of his EN-.
ployer and a virtual slave Of
the masters of industry. With.
out the union, 4 man would
have to be satisfied with any
wages the management would
deem satisfactory within it,
concept Of personal profit.
81 t would bring chaos into
the very heart of our econom
ic system and lead to a very
pronounced struggle between
management and labor thai
could spell doom for oul
American way of life.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-05-09

WASHINGTON-Dur-
ing his most recent visit
to this city former Pres
ident Harry S. Truman
made two statements
against the background
of his experience in the
White House. One statement
received a great deal more
publicity than the other, but
the latter could be every bit
rs important as the former,
and Just at this time.
Mr.. Truman came here to
tell a. Congressional commit
tee how he would deal with
the current economic recess
sion. This testimony made
headlines everywhere.
While here, Mr.. Truman
kept up his practice of early
morning walks. AS often hap
pens. he was accompanied by
. small guard of newspaper
men. After one morning walk
he had the accompanying
ne~spapermen as his guests
Ut breakfast at his hotel. It
vas at breakfast that he made
the statement related to his
experiences and this is the
one that seems not to have
been picked UP so widely.
The former President told
something of the summit"
conference he had at Potsdam
In 1e45. He even set the
scene, saying "Stalin was sit
ting where / am, | was across
the table and Churchill was
between u.s."
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-05-09

the subject. But because JUS
tice and the welfare of the
majority are concerned, we
have not only a right but a
duty to point out the dangers
that can result from the enact
ment of such a law.
The Ohio Bishops, In their
statement, made it very clear
ut the outset that certain
laws can be morally valid,
and yet unwise because the
common good would suffer.
These Bishops have studied
long and intensively the var
ious aspects of the RTW law.
They have balanced the good
that might be achieved
against the harm that might
result. 1t is their honest con-
viction that a RTW law in
such an industrialized state as
Ohio would do irreparable
harm to labor-management re-
lations, would increase the al.
ready existing tension between
the two and would nullify
many of the benefits that the
laboring man has been able
to achieve for himself and his
family since the advent of
unionism.
The Bishops uphold the
right of a man to work and
support his family. This is a
God-given right. But there
can be a restriction on the
conditions under which he
works. which restriction is
sometimes necessary for rea-
sons of social justice or the
achievement of the common
good.
A man is free to work in
any industry of his choice, de-
clare the Bishops, but on con-
dition that he abides by the
rules adopted by that particu-
lar industry as a requisite of
employment.
If, for example, in a certain
plant labor and management
have agreed that belonging
to a union is a condition of
employment, the worker must
accept the responsibilities
that 60 with such a union
membership, since he will be
partaking of the benefits that
accompany such membership.
If he does not wish to assume
these responsibilities, he is
free to seek employment in a
field where labor is not or
ganized.
The vast bulk of criticism
/. of the Bishops statement re-
ceived in our office comes
from men in the professions
or in the field of manage
ment. These individuals have
never been associated with q
union; they have never had t.
depend upon collective bar
gaining to obtain the necessi
ties of life or decent working
conditions; they have never
known what it means to be a
the mercy of unscrupulou'
employers. Consequently the.
are easily convinced by those
who propose the RTW law a
the panacea for all the I'LL
Of our modern industrializet
society.
Occasionally we hear from
union member who is in favot
of the proposed law. Usual.
he has an ak to grind becaus'
of something that has happen
ed in his own experience
Such a one should pause an,
reflect, that were it not TO
the union. he might be work