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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-01-24

make contacts more readily
than a missionary coming from
another country"
BY catechists the Holy Fa-
Their meant lay apostles, men
and women, who teach rellg-
ion and prepare the converts
for instructions. Naturally, in
Africa, Asia and elsewhere ma
tives have to be trained in this
apostolate before they engage
in the actual work of CONVEX
sion. Asia and Africa together
have a population of 1900 ,000,-
600. There are only 25,000
priests in these areas. This
shortage of priests is made up
by $4,000 catechists who can
support themselves on as little
as $50 a month.
Why has the United States,
with its thousands and thou
sands of Catholic College grad
yates, so little organized Con-
fraternity of Christian Doc
trine movement to instruct the
lost sheep? Priests average less
than three converts per priest
per year. We may lose that
many through bad marriages,
pride, lust and avarice. The. Ia
ity could and should supply an
army of catechists to rescue re-
ligion in our land and secure
for it the Light of the World
and that Peace which the world
cannot give.
The laity. in gratitude for
their faith, should make sacri-
fees to bring the faith to pa
gans in foreign missions. Some
could send every month suffi-
cient to keep a catechist in Asia
or Africa. Others could sacri-
flee enough in a year to have a
. missionary of their own saving
souls. Judgment Day will not
be fearsome if now we make
friends with the Judge Who is
Christ the Lord.
Any sacrifice you make, large
or small, for catechists will be
sent directly to the Holy Father
who will make the distribution.
This always happens when you
give to his Society for the
Propagation of the Faith. Give
your soul a treat by denying
your body each day.
GOD LOVE YOU to A.C.
"Many times / have promised
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-01-24
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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-01-24

Mrs. Broderick, a member of
Corpus Christi parish. and her
young son, Robert, were both
stricken with polio in 1854. She
was hit harder than he was, and
for q time. II appeared that
she'd never be able to keep
house for her family again.
Now, through intensive treat
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-01-24
Bill Rausch

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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-01-24

m + goOd
than S e v e n
m i S S i o n
aries, because
the catechists
work arno n g
t h e own
people, know
t h Il a n
G u a 6 e a d
t h e Gus
t o S and
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-01-24
Mothers Will Aid
Polio Drive Here

Mrs. Kathleen Broderick, 1852 lakewood Ave, above,
and 11-year-old Pamela Rhoades, 1913 Parkwood Ave.
photo page p, are just two of the hundreds of local polio
victims who are counting on the success of the Mothers
March on Polio next Thursday, Jan. 30, to raise enough
Imoney to continue their rehabilitation programs.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-01-24

The Holy Father recently
made a most startling state
ment: Zone missionary accom-
panied by six catechists does
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-20
First Day of Spring, Ira Lo!

This may be the first day Of spring,
according to the HagerStowp Almanac
1.-THE vernal equinox arriving precisely
at 1906 o'clock tonight) but it might
more appropriately be called vernal
paradox. March, of course, is never
reliable from the weather standpoint.
1t has provided some major last-gasp
snowstormS, such as the blizzard Of
March 4, 1909, which snarled up the
Taft inauguration. Often, as with the
Taft inaugural storm, the fickleneSs Of
March has crossed up the weather fore
casters.
This latest demonstration of March'S
honlike propenSities also COMPOUNDED the
weather man. He has had a dif1cult
Job OF trying to keep up with the de-
Velopments. And others besides the me-
teorologists have suffered Illustrations
at the hands of dying winter-one
that IN some respects already has been
one for the record books. Particularly
frustrated are the thousands of students
and other Sightseers who have come to
Washington to enjoy the advent of
spring. And the cherry blossoms that
were supposed to bloom in time for the
big festival next week are equally. fruS-
tlAted. However, this sort of thing
cannot last forever. Spring is bound to
come IN fact as well as theory before
very long, And none too soon for any
Of us, either
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-20
Green Light for Bonds

Virginia's Supreme Court of Appeals
has cleared the way for bond referenda
In Arlington that will decide the fate of
important public works, including school
construction. In outlawing the countys
never-uSed freeholders' law, the States
highest court has diSpelled the legal
clouds which had led to postponement of
the bond issue program. That delay has
added to the urgency of prompt settle
ment by the voters of the bond proposals.
Under the freeholders' legislation
now declared unconstitutional-property
owners in Arlington would have been
given veto power over any bond issue,
even though a majority of all eligible
voters were in favor of 1t. After passage
Of the law at the previous session Of the
General Assembly, doubt as to its con-
stitutionality was raised by former At
torney General Lindsay Almond, since
elected Governor. Until this question
was cleared up 1t would have been futile
to proceed with plans for bond issues
to finance school, street, storm sewer-and
other Improvements
Now the path has been cleared for a
referendum on a proposed $3.5 million
school bond issue for the Yorktown high
school and on separate issue for general
county construction, in an amount yet to
be determined Decision by the County
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-20

the Defense Departments decision
to abandon flight operations at Boiling
Air Force Base and the Anacostia Naval
Air Station is in line with recon1n1en-
dation by General Quesada in his report
on the proposal for a new civilian air
port at Chantilly, Virginia. General
QueSada, who is the Presidents special
aviation assistant, had urged the move
IN the interest Of public safety. He
said that the transfer of military air
operations from the Anacostia fields
would be "a major contribution" to
maximum safe utilization of the air
space and airports serving the National
Capital region" Others before General
QueSada had made similar suggestions
IN past years, but always the Air Force
and the Navy managed to kill the pro-
posals. This time, however, the Que
sada report had the wholehearted back
ing Of the President-and results were
forthcoming.
AS matter of fact, neither the Air
Force Base nor the Naval Air Station
on the AnacoStia fiatlands is of any
value any more for air defense purposes
here. Andrews Air Force Base long
since has taken over Bolling'S one-time
responsibilities in that respect. The
AnacoStia fields have been used chiefly
for training of reserves and as conven-
lent bases for periodic fight duty OPP
erations for chair-borne flyers of the
Washington area. Civilian pilots have
complained from time to time of the
proximity of military flight patterns to
commercial air operations at National
Airport. 1t is reaSsuring, therefore, to
know that the Pentagon will abandon
the Anacostia operations over three
year period, as facilities become avail
able at Andrews and at the Webster
Naval Auxiliary Field near the Patuxent
Air Base. Completion of the transfer
should materially reduce the hazards to
airline operations at Gravelly Point.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-20
Close This LoophoIe

If the law governing illegal carry
ing of knives is as futile as 1t has
proved to be in case decided by Munic-
ipal Judge Austin L. Tickling, then the
law ought to be changed.
Judge Tickling dismissed a con-
cealed-weapon charge against a man
with long police record, on the ground
that an amendment to the weapons law
covering knife-carrying requires proof
of intent to use the knife as weapon.
AS matter of fact, this amendment was
added to the law in 1858 for the purpose
of strengthening the basic concealed
weapon law. II know" Judge Tickling
said, that there are a lot of people
carrying knives who shouldn't. However,
believe the intent clause was put In
there for a purpose. Suppose a man
buys hunting knife and Is arrested
for traf1c charge on the way home.
He could be charged with illegal possess
sion of knife over three inches In
length under some interpretations"
OF course, the trainers Of the amend
ment had no intention of making such
transactions illegal. There should be a
loophole In the law to cover cases of
this kind. But the loophole ought not
be so large as to let known criminal
escape conviction-aS happened In the
case before Judge Tickling. For the de-
PENDANT before the court, Warren Baylor,
has police record dating back to 1890,
with convictions or forfeitures on
charges ranging from drunk and diSor-
derby conduct to robbery and house.
breaking. In his latest arreSt-for being
drunk-he was found to be carrying a
1O-inch dagger ina scabbard tucked In
side his belt. Congress ought to see to
1t that the public is not endangered by
a defect in the weapons law which per-
mits a hoodlum to carry such a formi-
dable weapon without fear of police
interference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-20

DR.. John Lemback. in max
ing a defense Of modern art,
starts from the wrong prem
Use when he says: IF one
wishes to have pictures Of
recognizable ducks, why
doesn't he photograph a
duck?"
The purpose Of art is not
to copy nature, but to en-
phasize that which is beauti-
full or interesting and suggest
that which is less beautiful.
For example: An artist goes
to the country looking for
something to paint. Sudden
ly his attention is drawn to
a dogwood tree reflected in a
brook. He becomes excited.
walks around the point Of in
terest to select the best angle
to portray what he feels is
beautiful. Then he decides
that the scrubby pine. next
to the dogwood, disturbs the
composition and he omits 1t.
The trunk Of the dogwood is
too short, 80 he lengthens 1t.
In short. uninteresting OBJ
jects are left out. Tireless
details are omitted. Beautiful
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-20
Soldering Reminder

1t was not many months ago that
the graveSt economic concern of the
Nation was imitation. Almost steadily
since early in the Korean War the value
of the dollar had been dropping and the
pace of this depreciation even quickened
in late 1856 and early 1857. Even now it
has not halted completely, showing q
drop of another third of a cent in Feb
ruary.
The number one economic concern,
however, is different one-the business
recession and its accompanying unem-
ploynent. And many of the remedies
for this condition are based on the
theory of increasing Government spend
ing.
In this background, Chairman Byrd
Of the Senate Finance Committee has
issued a sober reminder of the dangers
involved in going too far, too fast, with
such devices as pump printing. Those
who would resort to tremendous deficit
spending as temporary expedient in
recession" he warned, disregard the
long-run evil they do In terms Of the
value Of our money, cost Of living, well
fare of fixed-income people, and our.
fiscal soundneSs" The Virginia Senator
now estimates 1859 deficit of 81 billion
resulting from spending increases Of
SIS billion over original budget recon-
mendations and 50 billion drop in
revenues below budget estimates. With
a general tax cut, II enacted, he predicts
a further loss of 81 billion to bring SIS
billion deficit. The end result, he con-
cludes, could be disastrous imitation"
Senator Byrd is not alone in his
conservative financial philosophy, even
though it may be minority view at the
moment. Writing in The Star, Federal
Reserve Board Chairman Martin has
pointed out that prosperity is not
brought about merely by more and more
spending" and he Identifies imitation as
the "fountainhead of today'S troubles"
These are views from thoughtful and
informed men. And, along with the
Presidents own precaution against
panic, they should be kept in mind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-20
He's Going Places

I would like to commend
the little boy who sold me
the subscription to The Star.
I don't know who he was but
he was trying to earn q trip
to Norfolk, Va. This was not
his territory, he said. but he
was going to 60 all over until
he had the required number
Of subscriptions.
I think he deserves q trip
to Norfolk, to Hawaii and
even the moon. He was a
very, very courteous. we'll
hammered. good-looking little
salesman. / am sure he sold
his required quota.
Helen Nikka,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-20
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E.. TRACEWELL

Templeton Jones. despite
his common sense nature, Ii
at heart q romantic soul.
When he saw q beautiful
music teacher on his bus the
other morning. complete with
O volume on Modern Har-
mony," he was tempted to
rise from his seat. make a
low bow, and say:
Madam, accept my seat.
II have wanted to know q
music teacher for a lifetime
but never met one before.
Music teachers are a dedi-
Gated set.
They spring from the sea
of life fullblown, just as. ah.
Venus did from the sea of
Italy.
1T gives me great pleasure
to overcome the reluctance
of age and the customs of
years to surrender to you this
seat.
"You deserve it."
With q flourish Of his big
hat, Temp Jones stood to one
side, made a grab for hand
hold that was not there, and
nearly crushed a stenogra-
pher.
All this. of course, only in
Jones mind.
AS a matter Of fact. he sat
as stolidly as all men today
in the face of the workers
of the world.
The soft hair and intense
face of the little lady before
him made a certain appeal.
but it was not quite enough
to cause him to spring to
attention.
You don't spring up, in
today's world.
Like the endmen Of the
minstrels, you remain seated,
gentlemen. And no gentle
man moves-not even for a
fragile looking music teacher.
In the elder days, q music
teacher was an important
guy. or. rather, lady.
Most of them the average
boy or girl ran into we're
ladies. Women. in those days
didn't like to be called
women" Somehow. accord
ing to the queer ethics Of the
era, there was something al
most crude in the word.
Lady" was the accepted
word. and a good word 1t
was, too, connecting silver and
old lace with maybe a touch
Of arsenic. now and then.
Old Mrs. Jamiday put
poison on her husbands
cornbread, and everybody in
town said 1t served the old
so-and-so right, except the
sheriff.
The sheriff said it was
murder. and the jury finally
agreed with him. so Mrs. J.
was sent away.
Mrs. j. was not q music
teacher. She was just q
woman.
Music teachers, according
TO the Jonesian memory, were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-20

inclined to be fat creatures.
with their hair pushed back
over the top Of their heads.
and their clothes a bit awry.
1t is strange, how children
notice such things.
Little pitchers have big
ears, the old saying said. but
actually what little pitchers
had were big eyes.
Those eyes never missed .
thing, even when the brain
behind them had no con-
scious recognition Of seeing
anything at all.
It must have been that the
seeing Jones saw something
wonderful in music teachers.
though he has no conscious
memory of them.
He never took q lesson in
his life, and he never even
gave the piano a glance. ex-
cept to play an elemental sort
of "chopsticks" on it. Actu-
ally, he was too far in ad-
vance of his age. His music
making was probably remark
ably close to boogiewoogie.
which strangely enough ac-
tually has in 1t some sound
of Bach, believe it or not.
4 4
Temp Jones watched with
interest the classical cameo
features Of the young music
teacher left standing alone.
There was a worried look
in her blue eyes, and she
clutched her Modern Har-
mony' book feverishly as the
bus rounded a curve and
headed into the curb.
This was the place she was
to get of, and so she did. but
not without giving old Jones
a last glance. one Of SYM
pathy, he thought.
Did she see in him some
thing Of the small boy in her
class struggling to understand
the ms and outs. especially
the ms. Of modern music?
Templeton Jones will never
know.
All he is sure Of Is that
music teachers are wonderful
people. especially when they
have nice blue eyes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-20
Unity on College Site

Willie dIlU/ JULIET IlCdIUy
jurisdictions have reason to be provoked
over Illustrations encountered in their
efforts to obtain permanent home for
the Northern Virginia branch of the
University of Virginia, it would be un-
fortunate If they lost interest in the
protector abandoned their united APP
proach to it.
The Arlington County Board wisely
has rejected proposal by one of its
members that the county pull out Of the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. control board which
had been set up to pick site for the
college This proposal followed the Veto
ing by the university'S Board of Visitors
of the Northern Virginia groups site
recommendation, In favor of site near
Herndon. The site controversy led to
failure Of the General Assembly to APP
propriate construction funds for the
branch. County Board Member David L.
Krupsaw had then suggested that Ar
lington go its own way and undertake "a
fresh attack on the problem"
However, Arlington State Senator
Fenwick convinced a majority Of the
board members that a unilateral APP
proach would be mistake. He is right.
If Arlington, Fairfax, Falls Church and
Alexandria should begin pulling in diff
ferent directions in. this matter, the
prospects Of getting permanent home
for the branch in the foreseeable future
are apt to go aglimmering. A strong,
united front, on the other hand, is more
likely to bring about q satisfactory Solu-
ton Of the site problem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-20
THE POLITICAL MIL
Lower Prices Would Make Sense
By GOULD LINCOLN

It is now PROPOSED to cut
taxes in ordsr to permit more
people to pay high prices.
From an economic point Of
view, 1t would make far more
sense to cut prices. It is also
proposed 10 increase Gov
eminent SPEEDING by billions
OF dollars = deficit spending,
which can oflly add to the
tax burden on the people.
Simultaneous tax cutting and
deficit spending by the Gov
eminent car lead to only one
thing-more imitation, a COM
modify of which we have
enough.
Senator Harry F. Byrd,
chairman OF the important
Senate Finance Committee
which deals With taxes, has
warned both dis Democratic
and Republicah colleagues in
Congress that they will be
driving the country to a long
period Of deficit spending and
heavy taxation if they 60
forward now with massive
increases In Government
spending and with slashes in
the present taxes. The vir-
ginia Senator said he was
willing to expedite-and had
voted to expe0iue
lures from appropriations for
sound public works. but he
was strongly opposed to
deficit spending Tor "pump
printing" He pointed out that
such deficit spending had
been tried IS years ago, in
the great depression Of that
time. and that it had proved
Ineffective in bringing back
the country's economy.
Fears SIS Billion D4iIHlt
MY position" senator
Byrd said. "is that anything
done should be sound and
productive Of results and
done with the absolute mini
mum Of deficit spending.
limited to what is essential
to meet emergency require
ments." He estimated that
II the tax cut proposec in
some quarters and lncres sed
Govern m e n t expenditures
also proposed are carried into
effect, the Government def
cit at the close Of the 1859
fiscal year. which begins mex
July /. will be a staggering
SIS billion for that yeal
alone. He predicted. too
that this deficit spending
would merely lead to further
deficit spending in future
yearS-with q terrible infia-
ton.
What's the answer to the
recession problem? One thing
seems to be clear: 1t is not
to be found merely in Federal
Government spending. or in
a tax cut. This country has
been enjoying tremendous
prosperity. Wages have beer
at an all-time high, and il
has been the proud boasl
properly sol that our worker:
are the best paid workers in
the world. Profits, generally
speaking, have been at ar
all-time high. too. And price:
have not only been high. but
have constantly gone higher
as shown by the increased
cost of living indexes.
Americ a n industry, the
workers, the entire American
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-20

Board as to the size Of the general bond
issue is to be made shortly. Estimates Of
the general needs have ranged from
about So million to $40 million. However,
the board would be wise to keep the
proposal within reasonable bounds,
weighing urgent needs against total
cost. For Arlington's voters in the past
have shown an alertness age = st prof.
ects regarded as not essential or too
extravagant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-20

people have a responsibility
to do something about the re-
cession. They cannot rightly
expect the Federal Govern
ment-which after all gets
its money only from the
people in shape of taxes-to
take all the steps to bail
them out. Labor has been
the first to take a body blow
in these recession months
this year-not in reduced
wage rates. but in unemploy-
ment. The number of the
unemployed has risen to 81
per cent Of the labor force
more than 5 million. The
people with things to sell are
suffering. Their inventories
have been large. and buying
has fallen of. But prices
have been kept high. and
some have even increased.
1t is generally true that
when prices are high no one
will buy-certainly in a pc
Rod Of unemployment and
uncertainty. when many can
not buy and more are afraid
to buy, or just don't buy
because they expect lower
prices. Some potential pur-
chasers are sitting around
today waiting for the Gov
eminent excise taxes to be
eliminated or reduced, in the
thought that that will bring
lower prices on the articles
they desire.
Waiting for U. S. to Act
Too many people who
make the prices are waiting
for the Federal Government
to come to their assistance.
It would be much more en-
couraging II they took steps
themselves to stimulate buy
ing by cutting prices. Nor is
this any time for demands
for increased wages, except
in cases Of marked inequities.
No one can rightly expect
prices to come down II labor
costs continue to go UP. New
ertheless, demands are being
made for increased wages,
and will continue to be made
this spring. Strikes may fol-
low, leading to less employ
ment and greater army Of
unemployed. The garment
workers recent strike in New
York, which led TO higher
wages. is a forerunner to 9TH
erS, IL is Sal0.
President Eisenhower,
tlgged at from all sides. has
so far declined to be pam
licked into drastic increases
in Government planned
spending, although he has
speeded up work on impor-
tant Government projects
and contracts. Nor has he
given way to demands for a
quickie tax cut. One thing
is certain, however: He will
take all steps necessary to
prevent people from going
hungry in this country, when
they become necessary. With
a political campaign just
around the corner, however.
the demands for tax cutting
and Government spending
will continue to mount. un-
less industry and labor and
all the people take a grip on
this thing and help to work
it out.