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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-03-07
Opposition
To Free Books
Seen AS BigOtry

SALEM, Ore.-Gov. Robert d.
Holmes of Oregon said here that
opposition to a state law provid.
ing free textbooks to private
and parochial school children
is biased on religious preju.
dice"
Gov. Holmes declared that the
opponents are "taking a bigoted
view" He asserted that supply
ing free textbooks to students in
parochial and private schools
does not violate church-state
separation. He pointed out that
to deprive students of textbooks
would be to discriminate against
them.
State Sen. Monroe Sweetland
also spoke out in support of the
law. He said that DIRECTORS "are
doing a real disservice to educa.
ton at a time when we need to
make the most of all our facili.
ties.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-03-07
China Reds
Strike At
Bishop, Priests

HONG KONG - China's Reds
are continuing to strike out at
bishops and priests in their STEP
ped-up nationwide campaign
against the Church.
Father James Yang, admins
traitor of the Nancheng diocese,
has been sentenced to 10 years
in prison. The sees ordinary,
Bishop Patrick Cleary of the
Society of st. COLUMBIAN, was ex-
PEELED by the communists some
years ago.
In Canton mass meetings have
been staged by the Reds to
amass evidence against Jesuit
Bishop Dominic Tang, apostolic
administrator of Canton, who
was arrested on February 5.
The Bishop. however, stated
in a message received here be.
fore his arrest that he was de.
termincd to resist until death
any Red pressure to make him
accept their demands for a
schismatic national church"
| In Hopeh province the com.
munist press has attacked Bish.
OPP Peter Fan of Paoting fol-
Constructing" an indoctrination
meeting of the patriotic" group
The 1858 edition of the official
Vatican yearbook, Annuaric
Pontificio, reports the Bishop
as imprisoned.
At another indoctrination
meeting Archbishop Joseph
Chou of Nanchang, 66, a Vim.
centian, was reported ousted for
being "too old and obstinate
to take part in the discussions
The Archbishop is also reported
as in Jail by the Vatican year.
book.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-03-07
Erect Memorial
To Victims
OF Nasi Terror

BUELL., Germany NC) =
A plaque concentrating vic
Tins Of nazi persecution will be
dedicated this year at the Pax
Christi Crucifix which stands by
a highway near here close to the
French border.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-03-07

is quite cynical about the whole
business. It's very frock-coated
cynicism, or perhaps a tuxedo
cynicism. 1t isn't brutal like Mr..
Jones' is, but Mr.. Cozzens
doesn't think much Of the inst;-
tuition Of human love and mar
riage."
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-03-07
Works With Armed Forces

Sister IA. NoeIita, CSC, above, is on three months
leave of absence from Nj. Carmel Hospital here to
work with the Armed forces institute in Washington,
D. c. Sister NoeIita. who has been stationed at Nj.
Carmel since her profession more than 20 years ago,
is the first nun to work for the Institute. She is . lab
orafory teehnician at The diocesan hospital.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-03-07
CruveMurker
$4,000

Guaranteed granite, includes let.
tering, delivery, foundation cree.
ton in cemetery.
Also full line of monuments,
markers and bronze tablets.
DARDEN MEMORIALS
markers and monuments
POI N. Hague Ave. BIZ. 4-0688
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-03-07
Italian Bishop Connected
For Admonishing Couple
AROUND the WORLD

FLORENCE, ITALY Bishop Pietro FiordelIi Of
Prsfo, defending his right TO exercise spiritual govern
ment of the faithful, was convicted Of defaminq q
couple here, in . suif brought against him for public.
y crificisinq . marriage outside the Church. (See
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-03-07

The Easter Seals are being
sold until Easter Sunday, April
6, marking 38 years of contin-
ued service to the nations Grip
pied. You can join in the i'm
portant work of helping crippled
children become happy. produc-
tive, self-sustaining citizens of
society through your continued
support of the Easter Seal cam
paign.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-03-07

Pope Cancels" page one).
The charges were brought
against Bishop Fiordelli by
Mario Bellandi, Prato butcher
and a militant communist. Mr..
Bellandi charged the Bishop
with running his business by
having a letter read from the
pulpit of his wife's parish de-
nouncing their being married at
a civil ceremony only as a pub
lie scandal" and by labelling the
couple scandal" and by label
ing the couple public sinners"
who were guilty of public con
cubinage."
In a letter addressed to the
president of the Florence court,
Bishop Fiordelli who did not APP
pear in court, said he could not
assist at the trial. He told the
jurist:
Il must prevent my attitude
from seeming or being inter.
preted as recognition that an
act which concerns the spirit
ual government of the faithful
the freedom of which is guar
anteed even by the Lateran Pacts
-. could be subjected to the
judgment of a civil magistrate
The Bishop said in his letter
that he is aware ''of the dignity
and very lofty offices" of the
civil court. But he said my
conscience as Bishop bars me
from presenting myself ir
court .."
The letter went on to recall
the history of the case, which
goes back to events leading uI
to the civil marriage of Mr.
Bellandi and Loriana Nunziati
a practicing Catholic, on August
IL, 1856. The Bishop said:
81 pointed out to her will
the heartfelt affection of
father what a grave sin it would
be for a Catholic to refuse re
ligious marriage -"
He said that since "no eaI
was given to my entreaties" ant
because of the widespread pub
licity which was being given
and "the grave scandal it wa
causing among the faithful" HI
found himself Obliged to de
clare in public the sad conse
quences of such an action in tn
face of the Church, and canon
ical sanctions they would incur.
The 42-year-old Bishop ado
ed in his letter to the court tina
concerning his conduct in tn
!, spiritual government of tn
faithful, II must answer to m.
conscience as Bishop, to the Soy
} ereign Pontiff, to Almight
God" Bishop Fiordelli then eli
ed the Italian Constitution an
the terms of Italy's concorda
: with the Holy See in support o
! his action concerning the Bel
andi marriage.
! Also absent from the cour
was the pastor of the church @
: Soccoro-Miss Nunziati's paris
lin which the pastoral lette
was read.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-03-07
Judge To Decide
Whether Girl
Leaves Convent

~ 0OAA III
HI1,LSBoRo, Ore. NC) -
Circuit Judge Glen HieDer has
been called upon to decide
whether a 1o-year-old Portland
girl must leave the Sisters of ST.
Mary Convent at Beaverton at
the insistence of her father.
Judge Hisber has under adj
visement a ruling on a writ of
habeas corpus action brought by
Ivan r. Miller against the Sis
ters Of St. Mary of Oregon and
Mother Collette, mother superb
or of the community.
Mr.. Miller's daughter, Alice
Miller, joined the Catholic
Church and a few weeks ago en-
tered the convent as a postu-
liant.
Judge Hieber ruled after
fwo-dsy hearing that there
was no evidence Of coercion,
undue influence, or restraint.
He held at the same time that
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller are fit
parents to have custody Of
their daughter, who is . mi
nor.
Alice was told by her father
she had to choose between the
Catholic Church and her home
She chose to remain a Catholic.
Mother coIiefte testified at
the hearing that Alice was
free to leave the convent Ut
any time and had taken no
vows.
Alice told the court she die
not want to leave the convent
and if forced to do so, would
return as soon as she could.
Her 20-year-old sister, Lois
also a convert to Catholicism
testified they left home wher
their father objected to their
joining the Church.
Both attended ST.. Agstha's
elementary school, Portland.
Father Urban keber, ST. Aga.
fhs's pastor, told newsnnen
that their mother had onee
appealed to him to let the
girls remain in the school.
The question arose. he said,
because the school was crowd
ed and they were nome afho-
lies. They remained in school.
Alice, Atty. Kemmer said, wor
two scholarships to Catholi,
schools. She attended st. Mary
Academy, Portland, for tw,
years, then completed higl
school in a public school ia
Milwaukee, Oregon. She at
tended Holy Names College a
Spokane, Wash, for one yea.
and there became a Catholic a
the age of Is.
William Hare, attorney for TIL,
Sisters of st. Mary and TO;
Mother Collette, argued that a
a result of her schooling it wa
only natural for Alice to turn t,
Catholicism.
Judgt Hieber agreed and com
mended Alice for displaying tn,
courage of her convictions
Though he found no evidenc,
of undue restraint in her entr,
into the convent, he said hi
would take the question O.
emancipation under advisemen'
because there is a good bit Of
law involved"
I'VE are not dealing with
religious concept here" the
Judge said. "onIy points Of,
Iaw.%s
William Boland, attorney fol
the father, contended that eman
cipation may be revoked by ;
parent at any time until a chile
reaches majority. r
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-03-07

USE Easter Seals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-23
OVett, Itoys Renaissance Man, Steps Into Politics

resigned to corruption and mis-
MANAGEMENT in public life. Mr..
Olivetti is trying to educate them
out Of this state Of mind.
Artistic House Organ
The Pozzuoli monthly house.
organ. unique perhaps in Indus
trial circles. is tastefully printed
on glossy paper. The cover al
ways shows some worthy repre-
sentation of modern art; inside
a full-color reproduction OF some
Italian Renaissance master is
printed in full color
Mr.. Olivetti has instructed the
management OF the factory 10
adapt personnel policies TO the
locale. Southern Italians are the
most mercurial of mercurial
people Their bent is for artisan
ship not the assembly line. and
they become restless in its re-
lentleSs routine
Foremen and white collar work
ers are Uained to handle the
workers occasional tempermental
blow-ofts with sympathy and tact
The accepted method for soothing
the volatile one: Give him a
personally conducted tour OF the
plant. show him that his part OF
the job is absolutely essential.
All this pampering has not
affected the efficiency OF the
beautiful factory. which last year
turned out $40 million worth OF
business-53.0 900 calculating ma
chimes and $500 typewriters.
How much Mr.. Olivettis humani-
tarianism and ingenuity will mean
in the forthcoming political cam
paign, it's hard TO say. Supposedly
his fortunes will be improved BY
the addition TO the ranks Of
Communita OF two other groups,
the Workers Party OF the North
and the Action Party OF the South.
And almost surely. his elections
eerlng. II II partakes OF the orig
inality and imagination he has
always exhibited. will be some
thing 10 watch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-23

fits Of his employees. There is
cleaning clinic, fitted out with the
most modern equipment where
workers and their families can be
treated. There is a summer camp
for the children.
There is a superb little library.
which contains the latest and best
works Of contemporary literature
OF all countries as well as Italian
classics TRANSACTIONS OF works by
John O'Hara, John Dos Passes.
VILLA Gather and j. p. Marquand
circulate steadily, the visitor is as
sured
Mr.. Olivetti is a passionate be-
lever in self-education for his
workers AT his own expense. he
recently had The Federalist"
translated so that his employees
could become better acquainted
with the thinking OF our Found
ing Fathers. Most Italians are Gym
ical about their politicians and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-23
THE NEW F0RcEs-V
The Atom Is Dangerous Servant

mentioned. they include: Produce
ton of nuclear materials; alloca-
ton and pricing of such materials
and their by-products; licensing
producers and operators: dispens-
ing and circulating information:
administering patents and new
civil developments; regulating
health and safety.
A host of specific legal difi-
cultieS, each the product of tradi-
tionally strong rights in person
and property, are also encountered.
How. for example. do we handle
the personal injury cases which.
due to slow or unobServed effects
Of radiation, become evident after
our statutes Of limitation have
run? How will workmen's compen-
sation theories At in with radia-
ton damage? What is the extent
Of nuclear manufacturers liabil-
ity in regard to (al his operations.
DO his products? Where damage
spreads over number of juris-
dictions, whose laws do We apply?
How shall these be meshed with
Federal and international law?
How do we determine the accuracy
Of proof and the admissibility OF
evidence in such specialized fields?
How shall competition be pro-
NOTED consistent with our anti
trust concepts? When can limita-
tons on liability or on damage
suffered be squared with basic
legal requirements for fan restitu-
ton?
Another serious regulatory ques-
ton is the highly controversial one
Of ownership in fashionable ma
terialS. Traditional America
ideas Of property rights have been
Jared by Federal laws which give
the Government complete title to
all special nuclear materials"
Finally. one of the toughest Of
all policy considerations is the
question of keeping up" with
other nations in their quest for
atomic power. Sterling Cole. di-
rector general of the international
Atomic Energy Agency. has said:
1T is argued that the United
Kingdom and the Soviet Union
are progressing faster than the
United States. II the num-
Der of installed kilowattS of nu-
clear power capacity is to be used
as the yardStick for measuring
progress in the development Of
nuclear technology. then it is very
possible that Britain and Russia
may run ahead of us in such a
numbers game However. the
kilowatt race is not necessarily a
good yardstick for measuring the
relative progress of various coun-
tries. The overall objective
of the United States program is
to achieve. not propaganda kilo-
watts, but the practical utilization
of nuclear power on an economic
ally justifiable basis"
Such are a few Of the nom
scientific difficulties we face. And
there seems to be no reason. as
yet, for assuming We can forget
about any Of them regardless Of
whether this great new force
turns out to be predominantly
A-power or H-power. atomic fis-
sion or atomic fusion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-23

cording to DR.. Glass. ''the only
Immediately obvious escape from
(the dangers of atomic fission)
may lie in the rapid development
Of the hydrogen fusion process as
a source of energy"
Few people doubt that H-power
will eventually arrive" that 1t
will become-in the absence OF
some atomic Holocaust practi-
cal source Of power.
But will it solve all the dangers
Of radioactivity?
When fusion occurs it produces
at least neutrons and X-rays.
Both of these can be highly dan
gerous-depending. the Acc says,
ION their initial energy and
hence the depth in the body to
which they can penetrate. 1t is
further significant that fusion
was first produced in laboratory
at Harwell. England. surrounded
by concrete walls three feet thick.
The walls. said Britain's H-power
director. Peter Thonemann. were
put there lin the piouS hope that
ZETA (the fusion appartus)
would produce so many neutrons
that 1t would be health hazard"
From such comments as these
it is apparent the fusion process.
though it produces no material
radioactive wastes to be disposed
Of. may eventually create prob
lens of its own.
The Control Problem
Many plans have been put for
ward on an international basis TO
assure that nuclear energy is not
employed as a war means TO an
initiate the human race.
But on a practical plane. regu-
lating nuclear energy remains pri-
marily q problem for each nation.
and for the United States it is
a particularly difficult one due to
American concepts of private en-
terpriSe.
Rarely, if ever, has this coun-
try been faced with a more diff
flcult economic-political riddle
than the one posed by the devel-
opfnent of nuclear power-for
power in America with a few
massive hydroelectric exceptions
falls baSically into the domain of
private enterprise. Yet the pros
poets and obstacles offered by the
atom are so immense that they
appear to be in some ways beyond
the reach of private endeavor.
One of the great conundrums
for Congress involves the extent
to which Uncle Sam should build
and operate nuclear power plants
at Government expense-and the
extent to which he should en-
courage private industry to do it.
Thus from the standpoint of Cd
risk, (2) development and 30 use,
the United States is faced with a
force the control of which de-
mands ,whole-hearted co-opera-
ton between private enterprise
and government.
Some Specific Problems
Small wonder that the specific
problems Of domestic regulation
and control are so numerous and
so thorny. Besides areas already
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-23
The Downfall
Of Dave Beck

Pride soeih before destruction oad
ohoushty spirit before . ioll--P,ovsrbi,
wi, IS.
Dave Beck. millionaire ex-
president OF the giant Transfers
Union. receives a $50. 900 annual
pension and lives in a rent free
mansion that cost his union slBS. =
600 He rides In nmousines and
he pays $500 for a suit OF clothes
II was not too many month
ago that Beck possessed much
more than mere wealth. He also
was a man OF importance. and a.
a civic leader IN Seattle, he en-.
joyed the respect OF respectable
people He was delegate 10 the
international Labor Organization
OF the United Nations. He was a
university trustee and the formef
head OF eminently successful war
bond drives and charity cam.
paigns. He had been praised b,
President Eisenhower and he had
shared a speakers platform with
Vice President Nixon (as an ar.
dent supporter Of the Eisenhower
Crusade).
But all Of that was before he
was accused by Senate commit
tee OF using his union Office for
immense personal gain at con-
siderable expense TO his members
Before the committee. Beck wa
voluble and arrogant. He assumed
a pose Of righteous indignation
Last week, Dave Beck was sen.
fenced up to Is years in prison 10
stealing from his union A paltry
$1,000. He received the sentencr
in Seattle Thursday morning with
out any show Of emotion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-23

ture was blown sky high by the
warts meant to be psychology
cally as we'll as economically
heartening to the natives. 1t is
also further meant to advertise
Olivetti's faith in the workmen OF
the South. who have the name OF
being unemployable, mostly be-
cause they have never been
employed. The factory was partly
financed by the Casa per il Mez-
zogiorno, a huge postwar govern
ment development fund supposed
to alleviate the historical misery
Of the South.
Some 800 workmen recruited
from the surrounding countryside,
are indicating Olivetti's faith,
and, he hopes. doing their bit to
lure other Italian industrialists
into a region desperately in need
Of industry.
Pozzuoli is locally considered
workers paradise. An unskillcd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-23
WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE

hairbreadth Of defeating a Re-
publican in a district that has
been Republican since 1898.
Mr. Humans give 'em-hell jer-
emiad last night at a Democratic
dinner kicking off the campaign
sounded very familiar, even TO
those who enjoyed it most. Before
and after the main event there
were the usual confident predic-
tons Of party victory in the fall.
But this year. the confidence
seemed justified TO many Impair
tial observers. some OF whom
have predicted that the Demo-
Gratis will increase their hold on
the House by 60 seats.
In the dairy farming country
that is the First Congressional
District of Minnesota. a Republi-
can dairy farmer edged out a
small-town Democratic lawyer by
only SIS votes a recount has been
demanded by the Democrats In a
contest for the seat held by the
late August Andersen, Republican.
In 1856. Mr. Andersen won by ga
600 votes. in 1854 by $4,000. and
in 1852 by 57.700.
Both candidates attacked the
policies OF Agriculture Secretary
Benson, who only Friday told
angry congressional Republicans
that he plans to stay in his post
and continue his policies.
Democrats said that their mans
showing in the race increased their
hopes for holding the Senate seat
won by William Proxmire in the
neighboring dairy State OF Wis
consin last summer They also saw
they have a good chance to defeat
Republican Senator Thye in Min
neSOta this fall
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-23

Some teachers complained
about authorities failing to crack
down on teen-aged gang members
who parade about the schools in
silk jackets, embroidered with a
gang name and emblem, making
life miserable for nonmemberS.
Sometimes I think the only
thing they ever got out of my
class" said a Queens County his
tory teacher, WAS the name of
their gang. They called it the
Ostrogoths. We spent a lot of
time on the Romans that year."
Ingenious Horossment
Almost every teacher inter-
viewed cited cases of equipment
stolen or wantonly smashed, of
finding obscene drawings on the
blackboard or concealed in pull
down map, of lighted cigarettes
dropped into the vent of a locker
or stuffed in a roll of toilet tissue
to make a smoke bomb, of fire.
crackers tossed down a stair well,
of pencil marks and knife cuts
down the length of a corridor, of
dirty notes passed to girls and
sometimes by girls, of teen-aged
extortioners shaking down young
er pupils for their lunch money.
Some of these things may just .
be pranks," admitted a science
teacher, but let them go unpun-
ished day after day and see how
funny it gets"
And there were cases that no
stretch of even youthful imagina-
ton could fit into the prank cate
CORY: Plumbing fixtures yanked
out for sale to a junkman, girls
paved and manhandled by young
hoodlums. glass partitions kicked
out of stairways, teachers and
bus drivers punched and kicked,
discovery of a blackened, bent
spoon-the tell-tale sign of the
heroin user-in a desk or locker,
tires slashed on a teachers car,
good looking teachers brazenly
asked for dates by leather jack
eted Lotharios, filthy-m in de-
youths exposing themselves.
But despite their sometimes
nightmarish experiences, most of
the teachers interviewed shared
the determination of teacher
George Enrich of Long Island
City High School that Mr.. Gold
farb need not have died in vain.
Wrote Mr.. Ehrlich to a New
York newspaper:
I'VE have pledged our efforts
toward fitting memorial bet
ter school system where children
can learn in peace and security
and where teachers can walk with
dignity and pride in the pursuit
of their chosen profession"