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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

WASHINGTON-From
a variety of authoritative
sources renewed warnings
have been issued on the
menace of communism.
These seem to be very much
needed because of a hobbling
complacency which threatens
to overtake the West, and par
ticularly the United States.
One reason ascribed for this
complacency is an Ignorance
of what communism really is.
The kremIin and its confed.
crates had one of their great
est years of triumph" in 1857,
the US. House Of Representa-
tives Committee on Un-Amer-
lean Activities has reported.
The committee maintains that
n has come TO "the ineseaps-
BILE conclusion that the men,
ace Of the international COM
mvnisf appsratvs increases
each day."
Judge Harold r. Medina
said people nowadays are
getting so they think COM
munism is on the run and
they don't need to worry any
more" That's not So" he
added. "The hard core of COM
munists are working just as
hard as ever. There is more
reason now than ever before
to fear the communists. They
are more dangerous now than
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Again | ask, what types Of
personality are represented in
these 5,293 women? Were they
given any personality tests,
such as the Rorschach test, or
TAT (Thermatic Apperception
Test, or Wechsler-Bellevue
test, and SO on? Education in
itself does not exclude emo
tional instability or immature.
ity, sex perversions, nor psy-
chotic or sociophatic person
alities.
At the present time we have
in this country about 43 mil.
lion Catholics, and probably
so to so million devovf Prot.
estants. This figure constitutes
over half of the population Of
the United States and, there.
fore, This report seems incor-
rect, for the authors them.
selves agree that "devovt"
women are much less apt 10
have premarital sexual rels.
tions, and that fewer Of those
pmoderateIy" devouf become
pregnant than those religious.
ly inactive.
This book deals first with
Continued on Page 81
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and We Quote
Looking
Forward

The note of anxiety that
creeps into Catholic periodic
ais in February, Catholic Press
Month, is not a sign of weak
ness, but speaks well for the
honesty of the editors.
1t mirrors a self-critical at
titude that is unusual in pub
locations. Editors are not no,
toriously humble; their posi-
ton, additionally, demands an
Olympian assurance that most
of them are only too happy
to- assume.
But Catholic editors are
aware Of their role and are
anxious enough to fulfill that
role that they dare to examine
their consciences in print,
sometimes with unseemly rel
ish.
We don't intend to do that,
not this time. We would like
to offer some suggestions for
the Catholic press, stated
without too much embellish-
ment. They are for consider
alton. and, perhaps, for dis
cussion. We think, hopefully,
that they are constructive.
The suggestions:
A foundation that would
provide for further education
of Catholic Dewsmen, on the
order of the Nieman Fellow
ships (one-year study grants
at Harvard University.
A commission that would
study, and report with candor
on, the status of Catholic pub
locations in the US. This COM
mission might help to delin-
cate what role Catholic news
papers should be expected to
play in Church and commun-
ity life. Would this be a prop
err subject for a statement by
the Bishops of the U.s.?
a long, hard look at the
finances of Catholic newspa-
pers. Should the unique role
a Catholic paper plays be con-
sidered when its books are
balanced? Is it true that an
effective Catholic newspaper
is certain to make money-or
at least break even?
An effort by Catholic
newspapers to make themsel-
yes known to the communi-
ties that they serve; a con-
scious, long-term effort to
show members Of the commun-
ity not Of the faith that Cath
Ollie thought and activity are
present, living, aware of them.
Jack Heller, Kansas City
st, Joseph Register, Feb. %,
1859.
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ever"
The Judge rates as an au-
thority. He presided over the
10-month long trial of the IL
top us. communists in 1949.
Now comes Masters of De-
ceit," the new book by j. Ed
gar Hoover, director of the
Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton. Against a background of
some 40 years of close obser-
walton of communists and
their activities, he says what
he wrote in a report as AS
sistant Attorney General in
1919 is just as true today;
namely, that communist doc
trines threaten the happiness
of the community, the safe
ty of every individual, and
the contin ance of every
home and fireside."
Communism is more than
an economic, political, social.
or philosophical doefr me-"
according to the EBi head.
III is a way Of life; q false.
msteriaIisfic trelig ION. II
would strip man Of his be-
lief in God, his heritage Of
freedom, his trust in love,
Justice, and mercy. Under
communism, ell would be-
come, as SO many already
have, twentieth century
slaves"
Mr.. Hoover begins his book
with a careful study of how
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On March 4 the Social
LIST Labor Party of Amer
lea sponsored a full-page
political advertisement in
the New York Times
and possibly in other daily
newspapers calling for the
immediate abolition of capital
ism and the adoption of soc
ialism in the United States
as the only means of avoiding
/. war and depression.
The text OF this curious sd-
vsrsisement reads in part as
follows: Logic Of the situa-
tion is plain. The cause Of
war is inherent in capitalism.
II follows therefore that TO
end war we must abolish the
capitalist system. To proions
capitalism in this age Of miss.
lies and nuclesr weapons is to
invite catastrophe Social
ism is literally the hope Of
humanity"
There are so few Socialists
left in the United States
and these few are divided up
among so many mutually an
tagonistic splinter groups
that one can only marvel that
they were able to raise enough
money to pay for such a cost.
ly advertisement.
The advertisement itself,
which reads like Q musiy 70.
print Of something from the
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The Yardstick
Two New Books Show
Value OF Capitalism
By Msgr. George G.. Higgins

10Th century, is hardly worth
noticing except as q reminder
that within the past few
weeks. by coincidence. two in
~teresting books have been
published in defense Of the
American economic system.
The number of such books
published since the end of the
second World War is legion,
but these two are particularly
significant: Cd Reflections on
America Charles Scribner's
Sons. New York; by Jasques
Maritain, the distinguished
French Catholic philosopher.
who has lived in this country
since the early sos; and (2)
The Economy of the American
People: Progress, Problems.
prospects by Gerhard Colin
and Theodore Geiger Nation
al Planning Association, Wash.
ington, D.C)
Welcome Contrast
Maritain's highly flattering
reflections on the American
economic s%ystem-in Chapter
XIII of his new book-are in
welcome contrast to the doc
trinaire criticism of so many
European intellectuals, to say
nothing of the totally anach.
ronistic propaganda of the So
cialist Labor Party Of Amer
lea,
Lssnins heavily on the
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writings Of such pvblieists,
economists and government
administrators as the late
Frederick Allen, Adolf Berie.
Peter Drueker, and David Lii.
ienthsl, Msritsin emphasizes
fhe fact that the American
economy is something radical.
ly new and different in the
history Of msnkind--as diff
ferent from 10Th century Cap.
italism as II is from social.
ism.
THE industrial regime in
herited from Europe" he says
has now become unrecog-
nizable in this country. It has
been superseded by new eco
monte, structures which ARE
still in the making, and in a
state of fluidity, but which
render both capitalism and So
cialism things of the past.'
Geiger and Colin, in their
NPA report. arrive at SUBJ
stantially the same conclu-
sion. They point out that
from 10th century capitalism
there has evolved a new. dy-
manic American economy -
about as similar, they say, to
the capitalism of old rs a jet
airplane is to the Wright
Brothers original model.
Most Americans, they
continue, tend 10 regard fheir
economy ~ IL No substantial
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-03-14
Making Marriage Click
Home Management Can
Be Thrilling Experience
By Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc

not demand expensive up
keep. But always ask, do we
need this?" Money should
first be spent on survival
needs like food, clothing and
shelter. Get as little as pos
sible on the installment plan;
not only will the home financ.
es completely collapse if the
breadWinner gets sick, but
few appreciate anything that
comes so easy.
2. Next, money is spent on
vital religious needs.
3. Money is then placed on
developmental needs like ed
ucation, culture, recreation,
travel.
4. Only then are luxuries fl
nally chosen.
S. Each of the above pust
be subdivided into either inn
mediate needs or remote
needs, the life insurance Of
the breadwinner, for instance,
demands action now, provid-
ing for an old age pension
can wait.
6. Estimate the total in
come of the family for the
year; then divide il into II
months or So weeks and spend
accordingly.
7. Make a list of the fixed
expenses. Make a list also of
the daily expenses for several
months and study where your
money is going.
3. Allow a reasonable, not
an arbitrary, allowance to the
older children from which
they can even buy their own
clothes.
8. 1t is considered safe to
go into debt for 20 per cent
of your income; to 60 in be-
yond 40 per cent of your in
come is throwing precaution
to the wind. The one excep-
ton is borrowing for bust
ness Investments. Then mon
ey could be productive.
10. The father of a family
should. If possible, do some
of his business work at home.
The whole family try in some
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Observation-Disclosures

way to share what he does.
IL. Our Holy Father insists
that the family should not de-
pend solely on the fathers
income. The children should
help produce the means of
, living; little part-time jobs by,
the youngsters can sometimes
contribute very much and
more than money is gained.
For the woman who is affec-
tionate only when she wants
money land does she need
money! may become an ever
loving wife.
II. Wives should know the
income of their husbands.
Older trustworthy children
can be brought into this fam
lily council. Secrecy on the
part OF the husband can lead
to overspending, to suspicion,
to diStrust. Nor should wives
be shielded from financial
concern unless they are in
fantile or sick.
Is. Nom as we'll as Pop
should acquire little mechani-
cal skills. Both should know
at least what to do when a
fuse blows, or when the toast
er begins to smell, or when
the iron doesn't heat, or, the
sweeper cord flashes. Vank-
ing a cord from across the
room saves steps, not cords.)
Ia. Control all waste. Don't
waste paper, food, electricity,
gas. There is at least a Is
per cent waste of food on our
plates alone.
Charles H. Coleman sug-
gests that all start a. home
management file. Under "a"
list appliances. "B" is for
bank statements. IF" is for
family records of baptisms,
marriages, and so on. &c" is
for guarantees. III" for health
and visits to the doctor. II"
for insurance policies. 81" for
the legal file. IS" is for school
reports. "W" is for work, So
cial security, union meetings,
income tax. Clean it out once
a year. Easy does it.
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II is estimated that 90
percent of the everyday
household purchases are
made by women, but so
few women are actually
trained to do this job. They
are more often schooled in
secretarial work, in nursing,
In teaching.
Even after becoming moth
ers many yearn to do the old
jobs for which they were
trained. II is no mystery that
many find no thrill al all in
managing a home.
In boredom they complain
"iust how much coffee can |
keep on drinking every day"
Visiting those same neigh
bors is driving me crazy"
Those schooled in cultural
stratospheres often see home
making as grubbing in a dirty
kitchen. The following story
has some relevancy.
A tourist was beIiftling q
very famous painting and ii.
nslly concluded, ~ see moth
Ing wonderful about this"
The guide looked away and
tried to say kindly: Don't
you wish you eouId!" Don't
you who see no excitement
and thrills in running q homs
wish you could?
Going up ands down the
United States one can gener-
ally tell whose values pre-
vail; the mans or the wom-
ans. II the barn is more inn
pressive looking than the
house, then the man is dom
inant. II the house appears
to be more important than
the barn, then the wife has
won out. This value, however,
Just doesn't happen.
INCOME STRETCHING
Before giving you practical
hints on stretching the family
income, here is a series of
principles.
|. In the general use of
money buy the best you can
afford. Buy the things that do
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-03-14

author of the book, "Psy-
chiatry And Catholicism"
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chiatry And Catholicism"
BY
Robert p. Odenwald, IA. D..
The findings in the new
Kinsey Institute Report
Pregnancy, Birth and
Abortion" based on re-
plies of 5,293 women who
consented to be inter-
viewed, are too small and
selective a sampling and
cannot be accepted as a
criteria in judging the av-
erage American white Wo-
man.
The article in the March is
sue of McCall's magazine,
based on the book which will
be published on May IA, is
controversial. unscientific and
not objective in regard to alb
ortions. 1t seems, rather, TO
suggest that abortions are the
rule and not the exception.
In addition, one cannot es-
cape the feeling that this re-
port tried to suggest legisla.
ton to make abortions legal.
As This article is written
for Americans, about Ameri"
can women, why mention how
other countries treat the alb.
ortion problem? This book
will appear at a time when our
generation has an average OF
at least three to five children
per family. " is also a time
when people marry young and
when motherhood is more hon.
ored than ever before.
AS with all books from the
Kinsey Institute, this one is
preceded by the propaganda
article in McCall's. The
magazine designates this as
a report of uncommon
literary and scientific
importance" Again, the SER
ious, educated American citi-
zen asks if a popular women's
magazine is the proper place
for an objective evaluation of
. such a report.
''Of all the white American
girls and women alive today,
around 1900. 900 will be preg-
nant before marriage" OF
women of childbearing age,
one of seven will have an abor
ton before marriage. Of wom-
en- more than 80 years of age
who marry, 80 per cent have
had abortions. These state
ments are made in the new
Kinsey report, as stated In
McCall's magazine.
This latest report of the
Kinsey Institute deals with
deliberate attempts to get rid
of unborn babies, and presents
figures indicating how many
women have undergone abor-
tions, and how many became
pregnant outside of marriage.
The statistics arrived at are
from interviews with 5,239
white women of the upper 30
percent of the population in
terms of education and social
standing. This group is part
of the group of 1900 women
who contributed to the sensa-
tionaliSm of the previous Kin
sey Institute book, Sexual be-
havior in the Human Female"
published in 1859 in which it
was stated that about so per
cent of all women have had
%premarital relations. and that
% per cent of women are
guilty of adultery.
Who are these 5.2Ss white
women from whom these sta
tisfics were derived. II is stat
cd that this group contained ;
large proportion Of college
girls, college graduates. Prot
esfsnfs, city women. and resi-
dents Of the northeastern part
Of The United States. The r..
port frankly admits II is short
on working-elsss women, WON.
en- who have nsver gone past
grade school, farm women,
Older women, Catholics and
.ovfherners.
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Kinsey Report SamPling Too
Small to be Taken as Typical

The author, a critic OF
the sensafionaIism and
patent Inaccuracies Of the
Kinsey Institute b o o k
Sexual Behavior in the
Human Female" publish
ed in 1883, has released
a new barrage of critic
ism against the institutes
forthcoming book, "Preg-
nancy. Birth And Abor-
tion." The author is a
Washington D. c., PSYCHE
artist; former professor
of psychiatry at the Cath
Ollie University OF Ameri-
ca; an authority on PSYCHE
atrie, child and sex edu-
cation problems, and CO.
change had taken place in re-
cent decades - perhaps be-
cause they have been TOO
busy living and working amid
these chances to think about
their significance or their m.
portant effect on the develop.
ment OF civilization"
Maritain approaches the lat
ter point from a slightly diff
ferent angle. He says, with
characteristic affection for
his adopted country and its
people. that we are too mod
est to philosophize about our
accomplishments in the eco.
monte order. As an ardent ad-
mirer of the United States, he
would like to see us overcome
our modesty in this regard,
for he thinks it is seriously
hurting our cause in the rest
of the world.
Because Of our failure TO
formulate an explicit eeonon-
ie philosophy which adequate
ly reflects our current eco.
nomie practice. the impression
is left, he says, THAT Amer.
ies has accepted the challenge
Of communism In the very
terms Of communist props.
ganda: Communism versus
Capitalism, America being
the stronghold Of Capitalism"
THAT is a great misfor.
tune" he concludes, with
respect to the rest of the
worlds peoples, for whom cap
italism has kept its classical
meaning. who loathe the very
word, and who are not ready
to die for it--nobody is ready
to die for capitalism in Asia,
Africa, or Europe"
HIDDEN LIGHTS
of the many European in
tellectuals who have made this
point in recent years, Mari
tain is probably the most SYM
pathetic in his general atti-
tude with regard to the Unit
ed States, its people and its
institutions. He deserves to be
listened to very carefully
therefore, when he tells us.
for our good, that because of
our lack of an adequate ideol-
ogy, "our lights cannot be
seen" by the ordinary people
in the other countries of the
free world.
II should be pointed out
that Msritsin. whose sffee.
tion for the United States and
all II stands for Is almost en-
barrassins at time, Is not
naive enough to think our eco
homie system is perfect. He
mentions certain improve.
ments that he confidently
hopes TO see accomplished in
the fvture-nofsbIy . change
for the better in the role and
function Of organized labor
and some way Of giving labor
. more effective share ir
management.
1t will not be surprising, ne
observes, if 1.-The creative
American imagination brings
about these improvements
within the reasonably near flu
ture. Let us hope that his
gratifying confidence in III
will not prove to be un
founded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-22
Bethesda Service
Draws Ex-Pustors

Eight former pastors and as
sociate ministers Of the Be-
thesda Methodist Church will
return for q Former Pastors
Night service at 8 pm. tomor-
row in the church. Huntington
parkway and Georgetown road
Bethesda.
The returning pastors are:
The Rev. Hartwell F. Chandler
Of Easton. Md; the Rev. Frank
Il. Cockrell Of Owings Mills,
Md; the Rev. John H. Blake
more Of Alexandria; the Rev,
John Knox Of New York, the
Rev. w. w. Beasley Of Palmer,
Va.
Also, the Rev. Clarence L.
Fossett Of Baltimore, the Rev.
DR.. Selwyn K. Cockrell, retired.
Of Bethesda. and the Rev. c. q.
Muradian OF Brookeville. Md.
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Bride okes Church Post
As Youth Counselor

petite young bride who youngsters everything
from love to ftba has been appointed youth director Of the
First Baptist Church of Alexandria.
Mrs Roger Hover a. describes her job as 1.-THE
citing in the world"
She is pioneer in new field of Christian education
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-22
Guest Pastor
|AtCuthedruI

The Rev. Harry w. Rankin,
minister Of the River Road
United Presbyterian Church,
will preach at the 4 pm. serv-
ice tomorrow In the Washing
ton Cathedral.
Special music at the service
will be presented by the Mus
kingum College Choir of New
Concord, Ohio, under the direc-
ton Of Woodrow Pickering.
The Rev. Canon Robert A,
George viii preach at the II
am. service.
Holy communion will be
celebrated in st. Mary's Chapel
at 8 am. by the Rev. Jones B,
Shannon, executive director OF
the Episcopal Church Society
| for College Work. and in Beth
|iehem Chapel at $50 am. by
Canon Luther d. Miller.
Rhode Island will be the
State remembered tomorrow in
Cathedral prayers and the
State nag will be carried in
the ecclesiastical professions.
Each weekday In the Cathe-
dral holy communion is cele-
brated at 1880 am. in Bethle-
hem Chapel. Intercessions are
|at noon in the Chapel Of the
Holy Spirit and evensong is
held at 4 pm. in the Great
Choir. Bethlehem Chapel is
open "a hours a day for medita-
ton and prayer.
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Rockville Unituriuns
Announce Speakers

Reducing World Tensions;
Three Approaches to Peace" a
panel discussion sponsored by
the Rockville Unitarian Center.
will take place at s:l5 pm. to-
morrow in the Rockville Civic
Center.
Speakers on the panel. and
their topics. are: Ray Cromley,
chairman Of the Republican
Party in the 10th District Of
Virginia. IAN Appreciation Of
the Eisenhower-Dulles Foreign
Policy; David C. williams, re-
search director Of Americans
for Democratic Action, "A
Critique of the Eisenhower
Dulles Policy and Some Alter
native Suggestions" and Ed
ward F. Snyder, legislative Sec
rotary Of the Friends Commit
tee on National Legislation, "A
Pacifist Approach: Some Views
on the Society of Friends"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-22
Jupon to Be Topic
AT Lutheran Dinner

The Women Of Keller Me-
mortal Lutheran Church will
sponsor q group of speakers or
Japan and eat a dinner Of
Japanese food during a pro-
gram at 4 pm. tomorrow In
the church, GOT Maryland ave-
nue. NE.
Speakers are Alan Smith Of
the Information Section Of the
Japanese Consulate, New York,
Mrs. Robert w. Strong, q
housewife who lived in Japan
for three years, and the Rev
John K. Linn, former mission
airy and professor in the
Tokyo Theological Seminary
Mrs. Taizo Yamada, wife of q
Japanese Embassy official, will
sing during the dinner.
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|CeremonyS Set
|AtGruhunn

The Graham Road Methodist
Church will break ground for q
new sanctuary and added edu-
cational facilities at 1890 pm.
tomorrow at the present build
ing, 1913 Graham road, Falls
Church.
The Rev. Roland P. Riddiek,
superintendent of the Alexan-
dria district of the Methodist
Church. will speak at the
ceremony.
Estimated to cost $l83, 900,
the new construction includes
o sanctuary seating 500, five
new classrooms. three multi
purpose rooms. each with q
Pullman kitchen, a choir re-
hearsal room and a pastors
study. The sanctuary will have
an altar with a communion rail
on all four sides.
The Rev. E. Cecil Gum Is
pastor of the church. Archi-
tects for the construction are
lWillgoos g. Chase.
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W1uCu - attempting 20 ORIENT
teen-agers and young adults to
lives anchored in Christianity
She puts it this way:
I'm very excited about the
work. The crying need of our
communities and Nation is the
young people. It's just not Sc
that the younger generation is
going to the dogs. They want
what is good. but very often
don't know which way to turn
for help.
TITS the church's response
bility to give them what they
need. It should be the first
place for them to turn"
Janean Hower's shoulders