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lation finally is likely to be
written on the floor OF the
Senate and by that process
they're apt to get the very
thing they oppose most and
not a considered bill at all. |
hope they will cooperate
Senator Ives added that la
Dor leaders had been asked
for cooperation when the Con-
gross was writing the Taft
Hartley Act in 1947, but that
they had refused. "Now if
that action hasn't taught them
a~lesson," he concluded, Il am
very sorry, because they'll get
a very extreme bill if they
don't at least try to work with
u.s."
In our opinion, the Sena-
tors point is well taken. Let
us hope that it will not fall
on deaf ears in the councils
of organized labor,
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The Yardstick
Labor Should Cooperate
For Needed Legislation
By Msgr. George G. Higgins

IL was = year ago. A few weeks
ago, for example. the ALL
Clio General Board support
ed properly drafted. proper.
" considered necessary and
adequate legislation in the
area Of Isbor.msnasemsnt i'm.
proper practices"
BY the time this column ap-
pears in print, this general
statement of AFLCIO policy
will probably have been re-
duced to a set of particulars
in testimony before the Ken
nedy Subcommittee.
1t is our hope that in this
set of particulars the lAFL
CIO will meet the moderates
of both political parties at
least half way.
Otherwise, as Republican
Senator Ives of New York has
warned, organized labor will
have only itself to blame il
and when the Congress enacts
repressive legislation that
would be harmful to the en-
tire labor movement.
WILL LABOR LISTEN?
In a recent radio broadcast
the Senator urged the leaders
of organized labor to cooper.
ate with the Kennedy Sub
committee, of which he is a
member, in drafting a rea.
sonable bill. If they refuse to
do this, he said, "the legis.
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Since the OnlO CdLhO-
lie Welfare Conference
issued its statement, after
serious study, on the
right-to-w legislation
proposed in the State of
Ohio, the Observer has heard
repeatedly the question,
BY what right does the
Catholic Church in Ohio speak
out on economic and social
matters?"
Curiously the question is
never asked, Isn't it the duty
of the Church to speak out on
such matters?"
Those who would like the
Church to remain silent state
that the Pope and the Bishops
are the spiritual heads Of a
spiritual institution, and that
such matters as economics and
social problems fall outside
their competence.
At the risk of being repeti-
ious, since the objection has
been answered many times, it
might be we'll to quote what
Plus XI says on the matter in
his encyclical letter on the
social questions written 40
years after Leo XIII in 1891
wrote his famous encyclical
entitled Rerum Novarum:
"There resides in us the
right and duty to pronounce
with supreme authority upon
social and economic matters.
Certainly the Church was not
given the commission to guide
men to only a fleeing and per-
ishable happiness, but to that
which is eternal.
Indeed the Church holds
that it is unlawful for her to
mix without cause in these
temporal concerns; however,
she can in no wise renounce
the duty God entrusted to her
to interpose her authority, not
of course in matters of tech
nique for which she is neither
suitably equipped nor endow-
ed by office, but in all things
that are connected with the
moral law.
For as to these the deposit
of truth that God commit
ted to us and gave the grave
duty of disseminating and in
terpreting the whole moral
law, and of urging it in sea-
son and out of season, bring
under and subject to our SUI
preme jurisdiction not only
the social order but economic
activities themselves"
1t seems to the Observer
that any man of normal intel
ligence and average good
will should be able to recog-
nize Immediately that econom-
ic activity and industrial rels
tons and legislation do in
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definitely, however. unless
the labor movement is willing
and able to discipline the ex-
tremists within its own ranks
who are blindly opposing le-
gislation OF any kind in the
field of labor-management re-
lations.
The labor movement might
Just as well reconcile itself TO
the fact that some legislation
is inevitable no later than the
next session Of the Congress
and that the only possible way
10 f~orestsll the enactment Of
repressive legislation Is to
cooperate with the moderafes
of both political parties in the
drafting and enactment Of
good legislation.
A year ago il looked as
though the labor movement
had fully reconciled itself to
this fact. Statements were
made at that time which
clearly indicated that labor
was prepared to support con-
structive legislation. In recent
months, however. there has
been a tendency, even on the
part OF some of the most re-
sponsible elements in the la
Dor movement. to welsh on
these commitments.
Forfvnsteiy, however, fhs
pendulum now seems TO b
swinging back again 10 where
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seems certain that Russia's
veto of the Arctic inspection
proposal in the I'M Security
Council contributed to the
strong NATO stand on "sum-
nit conferences.
A reporter told Mr.. Allen
that Vice President Nixon had
been reported as saying he
was shocked by the lack of un-
derstanding of US. policies he
encountered in Latin America.
Mr.. Allen replied that the
US. Information Agency had
not been able TO make as great
an effort in Latin Americs as
is desirable. He indicated that
the importance Of Latin Amer
ice has never been fully vn-
dersfood in this country. and
that the USiA has not had
enough money TO do what il
wanted to do in that area. He
added, however, that there are
some good spots" there, so
far as USiA activities are con-
cerned.
But there is a feeling here
that we have lost ground in
Latin America not just
through a lack Of propaganda.
but because of broad general
policies. Some say Latin Amer
leans resent us. trade poll
cies and feel generally that
they are neglected in our
thinking and our action. While
the demonstrations against
our Vice President have prob
ably been communist directed
it is pointed out here that
communists are quick to ex-
plot every little opportunity,
and that we should reappraise
our Latin American policy TO
deprive the Reds of any ma.
terial to work with.
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On May 5 a SubcommN'
tee OF the Senate Labor
Committee unde r the
craftsmanship of Senator
Kennedy of Massachus-
etts, started public hear
ings on a wide range of pend
ing bills in the field of labor
legislation. Senator Kennedy
has announced that the Labor
Committee is clearly COM
mitted to report a bill by June
10 at the latest.
II remains to be seen whe-
Their the Committees bill will
be enacted during the current
session OF the Congress. In the
opinion of many observers, 1t
might be better to postpone
action on it until next year.
A year from now, with the
Congressional elections be-
hind us and with less political
"fall-out" in the atmosphere,
1t is argued that there will be
4 much better chance of con-
trolling the extremists in both
parties. Fortunately extrem-
lists were thwarted a few weeks
ago in their ill-advised at
tempt to rush through a num-
Der of questionable bills on
which had been no public
hearings at all.
LEGISLATION INEVITABLE
The extremists in the Con-
gress cannot be controlled in
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present during cur confession.
Some penitents become SO
nervous in the confessional
that thay can easily fail in adj
vertence to the meaning Of
the act of contrition they say
but at least imperfect contri-
ton must be present. Ordi-
narily a penitent can perform
the penance he usually ve.
ceives if he forgets the PEN
ance assigned. If there is rea-
son to believe this time was
exceptional he might well re-
turn to the confessional but
likely he would remember If
ii was unusual.
q. What are the names Of
The various sacred objects
used st Benedicfion e.s. the
things with The chains and
the incense?
A. The censor or the thur
ibie is the metal bowl carried
on a long chain in which the
charcoal is heated and the
incense placed. The mon
STRANGE is the gold vessel with
the circular glass center in
which the consecrated Host
is placed for the actual Bene-
diction. The priest wears the
cope, usual for professions
(since Benediction is connect
ed with Corpus Christi and its
procession), the long flowing
cape and for the actual bless
ing also assumes a long mar.
row ornamented cloth over
his shoulders called the hui
neral veil.
Send questions to Father
Edward F. Healey, Inquiry
Corner, The Catholic Times,
Box 636, Columbus (16) Ohio.
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-. And We Quote -. The Observer
Church Has Right and Duty
To Speak On Temporal Topics
The Observer

end Of the human being; it
cannot determine for us the
whole end and nature of So
ciety or specify for us how
the social, civic, political, and
spiritual activities of men fit
into Gods divine plan. In that
field, economics, in its turn,
has no right to intrude.
In the economic system of
communism, a man has no
rights. He is the slave of the
State, and his great duty is to
serve the State in whatever
way the State demands.
In a Christian civilization
we ask the question whether
man was made for the State or
the State for man, whether
man was made for the machine
or the machine for man.
From a Christian point of
view it is important first of
all to find out what a man is,
what he is meant to be, and
why he is on the earth at all,
and then to see where each of
the particular activities en-
gagged in by human beings fits
into the overall plan or order
originally designed by the
Creator.
When we have the correct
answers to such problems, we
understand where each par
ticular type of human activity
according to its purpose falls
into its proper place in the
jigsaw puzzle Of life.
In the class struggle that
exists in the world today, we
must be honest and not
blame Karl Marx for inventing
class conflict. Class conflict
has arisen. Glass conflict is the
offspring of the injustice and
exploitation spawned in ev-
cry city, town, and hamlet
where the spirit of individual.
ism spread the virus OF a
Goddess capitalism throughout
the world.
The very concept Of society
as an harmonious human re-
lation under law, which had
been a sustaining wall Of hui
man solidarity, was discredit-
ed and denied. We must face
the facts. THE Observer" in
the Catholic Telesrsph.Resis-
Ter, Cincinnati.
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Making Marriage Click
Reader Cant See Reason
Why Vows Are Taken
By Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc

Original Sin. Life became a
nightmare for the peoples of
the world.
Marriage became defiled
and sometimes vulgar, and de-
grading. God even tolerated
certain deviations such as po-
lygamy and divorce, because
of the hardness of their
hearts" Matthew 1879.
Now, up until the time Of
Christ, marriage and making
= living were victims Of the
law Of sin In man. Sanetity
IS we see II today tdoing the
will Of God according to ones
state of life) was exceptional,
even among the chosen peo-
pie. And virtually no one in
those days visvali1ed v~irsinity
rs a state of life.
Then the Redeemcr came.
Christ took upon Himself the
sins of the world. In his death
He conquered sin. In His
resurrection He gave us life
and love. Now virginity ap-
pears more as a great Chris
tian reality and symbol of
mans complete surrender to
God.
During His public life
Christ could have gone out
and made a living and could
have worked for earthly pos
sessions, but He chose not to.
Nor did He marry. Not that
He opposed either working or
marriage, for He had come TO
fulfill the law, not to abolish
it.
Both were laws. His mis-
sion. however, was to save the
world. And in order to do this
1t was fitting and wise to
draw away completely from
all earthly occupation.
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The Washington Letter
US. Policy Brought Sharply
To Fore By Nixon Incidents

we we're making this advance,
Vice President Nixon was re-
ported to have been greeted
with a shower of stones when
he attempted to visit San Mar
cos University in Lima Peru.
This was only one Of several
hostile demonstrations at
points along Vice President
kixon's Latin American route.
These demonstrations IN
dovbtedly were staged by min.
orify groups. and very prob.
ably inspired. That is the be-
ably were m vnist
inspired. That is the be-
ed by the report that, on the
same day he was stoned sf
San Marcos, Vice President
Nixon received . friendly re-
ception at the Catholic Univer.
SHY in Lima.
Nevertheless, these Incl
dents have not gone unnoticed
here.
George v. Allen, the man
who is in charge OF this coun.
try's pr OPP effort
emerged from a White House
visit with President Eisenhow-
err to tell reporters that the
United States has seized the
propaganda offensive from
Moscow. This had come about,
he said, largely because of
President Eisenhower's pro-
posals that an aerial inspec.
ton system be established in
the Arctic regions to prevent
sneak attacks, and that an
agreement be entered into to
use t he Antarctic area for
peaceful purposes only.
There is little doubt that
these proposals appealed" to
people in various parts of the
world. as Mr.. Allen said. IL
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II can't see one good
intelligent reason why
people take vows not to
marry. What's wrong with
marriage anyway? We
call it the Holy Sacra-
ment of Matrimony, don't
WEI" Helen.
Maybe / can best answer
your question, Helen, by re-
calling a little history.
God definitely wanted man
10 marry as He also wanted
him TO make his own living.
This was before Adam and
Eve fell into sin. He even
commanded man TO both mar
W and work. Both were GER
fsinly holy actions since God
Htmself wiiIed them. At that
time there was no place for
snd no talk Of virginity.
But after the fall Of man,
conflict and confusion took
over. Marriage and making a
living, as such, were still in
themselves holy but mans at
titude and disposition had
changed. He had reyolted
against God. He wanted TO be
independent.
He was constantly rebel
lious. He no longer totally low
ed his Creator. He actually be-
came a slave of sin Romans
T:i4-25). He got farther and
farther away from God. His
ego even attempted TO replace
God.
Marriage and making a liv-
Ing became associated with
this sin and misery Genesis
81. God was forced TO curse
man and woman. Family life
and making a living were in
volved and associated with
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He encouraged His disci-
pies to follow Him in His en-
phasis on working full time
for souls and His "virginity."
In a sense they were the first
Religious for they gave up all
to be associated with Christ
in saving souls. 1t is mainly
in this context that the VOWS
of poverty, chastity and obedi-
ence make sense.
Being a Religious is, then.
not a means of pampering a
hobby for the purpose of per-
sonal sanctification or for the
selfish satisfaction of an elite
few.
No. love cannot be selfish.
A Religious is dispensed
from going out and making
a living in order to be free
to consecrate himself Or her.
self totally to the salvation
of souls. This is a major con-
cept and explanation of the
religious life.
One of the reasons why the
hands of a priest are kissed
after ordination is because he
is set apart, he is dedicated
to a uniquely holy life. No
priest ever feels worthy of
this priesthood, but rather the
awe in which he holds it
grows more day by day. If
priests were to understand
the priesthood, they would die
of fear; if the laity were ever
to understand it, they would
die of love.
So, Helen, there Is nothing
wrong with marriage; it is
just that the religious life is a
symbol of a value even great
er than marriage. 1t is one of
the greatest lessons Christ
taught us.
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WASHINGToN-Lead-
ers here have been
brought sharply back to
a consideration of this
country's position in Lat
In America.
Just at a time when we
seem to be wrestling the propa-
Ganda initiative away from So
Wet Russia in some parts of
the world, developments indi-
cate that our relations with
our good n~eighbors" to the
south have seriously deterior.
ated.
This has been brought fore
fbly TO attention by some Of
the things that happened to
Vice President Nixon on his
tour.
There was real satisfaction
felt here over the North At
Isntie Council statement
which neatly pinned on Mos
cow the blame for blocking
any worthwhile Summit" con-
ference. This eommvnique, is
bed by foreign ministers Of
ms NATo nations, said a
1ummit" meeting must be
HoperIy prepared and take
place in . favorable stmos-
phere," and that the Soviet
attitude did nothing TO pro.
mote these iwo requirements.
The unanimity shown in
issuing this statement was inn
portant, because it revealed a
heartening change of stand
by some Western nations
which previously had criticiz-
ed Secretary of State Dulles
for what they called undue
skepticism regarding sum-
init" talks.
But, at nearly the same time
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volve questions of justice and
injustice:
Wherever there is a ques.
ton of justice and injustice.
there is a moral issue. 1t is
on that basis alone that the
Pope claims both the right and
the duty to speak out clearly
and forcibly, particularly to
the members of his own flock,
on the vital issues that per-
tain to economic and industrial
society.
n MORAL LAW
The world needs an authen-
tic spokesman amid the social
and spiritual confusion that
exists today. If no such person
ality were in existence, a rea-
sonable man would see the
necessity of establishing such
a voice.
1t is only the moral law
that commands the Church to
seek directly in each kind of
activity of mankind those pur-
poses which God, the author
of nature, established for that
kind of action, and in orderly
relationship, to subordinate
such immediate purposes to
mans supreme and last end.
If men will faithfully observe
the moral law, then it will fol-
low that the particular pur-
poses, both individual and So
cial, that are sought in the
economic field will fall in
their proper place in the. uni.
versal order of things.
ECONOMICS
Economics certainly must
play its own part, and it is
within the competence of the
laws of economics to estimate
the possible areas of produc-
ton. what can or cannot be
produced by human effort in
the economic field, and by
what chronological means such
production can be attained.
In the truly scientific as
poets of such matters and their
applications, the Church does
not and will not intrude. Eco
nomic life, however, is not
some form of human activity
outside the range of complete
human living.
: Economics cannot tell US
what is the supreme and last
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-08-14
Hereford Tour Draws 800
From FOur-State Area

Over 300 Hereford breeders
from Maryland, Virginia, Penn
sylvania and New Jersey partici-
pated in the annual tour of the
Maryland Hereford Breeders AS
sociation to Hereford farms in
upper Montgomery County and
Howard County last week.
A. Leland Clark or Spring
Valley Hereford Farms of Pooles-
vile, Md, was chairman and Mrs.
Edna P. Jacobsen and Mrs. E.
Brooke Lee were on the commit
tee.
The tour started at Broad Run
Farm of Mrs. Edna Jacobsen
where a herd of horned Here
.fords was inspected with the
cattle mostly of Colorado breed
ing. The tour then visited the
East Oaks Farm of Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniel ]. Callahan, Jr., where a
commercial Hereford operation
was inspected.
E. r. Hurt, owner of Shutdown
Farms near Unity, entertained
those making the tour at lunch.
Shutdown Farms specializes in
horned Herefords entirely of
Colorado breeding. A group of
herd bulls was exhibited and re-
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-08-14

la narbonnaise,," that possesses a
delicious and indescriba BILE flavor,
strong and spicy, which one finds
difficult to imagine can emanate
from such a lowly animal. In the
future / shall look at snails with
greater respect! But snails call
for wine, and we obliged them
with a full-bodied vintage bur-
gundy to match their robust flaw
or. 1t was princely meal and as
my host was trying to explain
to me how the Belgian Kings
had invented the International
Affairs" as an Instrument for
world cooperation more than one
hundred years ago, / began to
feel more and more sleepy, So
back to the Palace, for a good
rest. And my dreams were Wis
ions of shell-like whorls woven
into a beautiful teniers tapestry
representing a peasants kermess
Ito Be Continued)
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of the American Hereford Asso-
citation, described the breeding
program of the Sundown herd
and talked about Hefefords in
general.
In mid-afternoon the tour visit
ed Bushy Park Farm of Mr.. and
Mrs. John H. Roger at Glenwood
in Howard County where a group
of yearling bulls and heifers was
exhibited including the Bushy
Park show string.
A cattle judging contest was
held for everyone on the tour
for both group of cows and a
group of bulls. Roy Tompkins,
Eastern Representative of the
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-08-14

US JObOCOttY WuS UUUC6U
especially for this newspaper
and Gir-DlGiLed direct from
Brussels, Belgium by a lDeII-
kmotOm Montgomery County
resident.
By Marjabelle Young
Here l am in Brussels, another
of the more than 20 million visi-
tors who have poured into this
city since the Expo" started. l
flew in by Sabena Airlines, one
of the skys most gracious serv-
ices. Brussels is like huge bee
hive, the streets swarming with
people, restaurants crowded to
overflowing, cabs everywhere.
And, of course, there is the Fair
itself.
But i don't want to tell you
about the American Pavilion, and
those of the other countries,
right away. First, l should like
to say something about the city
and the people of Brussels. This
might be considered the capital
not only of the small country of
Belgium, but of the whole of
Western Europe. French and
Flemish are the official Ian
guages, but you can hear almost
as much English and German
being spoken in the streets. 1t is
truly international city, not a
small, narrow-minded metropolis.
The Belgians are universal in
their history and their back
ground. They were members of
the Holy Roman Empire, with its
German rulers. To the Spaniards
they gave their famous Emperor
Charles V, who spoke Flemish,
even while ruling his vast En-
pire from Madrid. They became
a part of the Austrian Kingdom,
part of Napoleon's Kingdom,
and at last an independent ma
ton, through their German-born
Coburg rulers. And so their
background is that of the whole
of Europe. Many different races
and dynasties have ruled and
fought mighty battles in the
plains around Brussels Waterloo
is only ten minutes away.
Musing on this subject, / took
the first sightseeing tour of my
trip. We went through the wide
boulevards and busy streets full
of people. trans and lights (what
beautiful shopsD to the Grand
Palace. Truly, there are few
things in Europe and in the world
so enchanting as this square, en-
tirely surrounded by the carved
and gilded facades of XIV and
XIV century houses, that We're
formerly guild-halls. The town
hall is superb building, with i'm,
mense gothic rooms, that glitter
with magnificent chandeliers.
admired the tapestries. the most
wonderful that the west can Of
fer, and the Maison du Roi, (The
Kings House), with its little mu.
scum.
II was late, and was hungry.
A short walk through the pictur.
esque streets led us to the re.
nowned L'Epaule de Mouton
Restaurant. Small and crowded,
but very gay; it enjoys a reputa.
ton of mastery amongst a popu.
lace noted for its epicurean pal
ate.
/ tried the celebrated snail a
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-08-14

ceived favorable comment. Wood
row Pruitt, cattle manager of
Shutdown Farms, gave a talk on
the care Of the herd bulls and
theacow herd.
u A. Watson, Jr., of the Sheri-
dan Point Farm and vice presi-
dent of the Maryland Association,
gave word of greeting. Kent
Mackey, Eastern Representative