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ing rapidly enough to the con-
stantly changing needs of the
times.
There is undoubtedly much
to be said for this opinion as
a general proposition. The diff
ficulty is, however, that when
they get down to specific cas-
es. the three authors do not
fully agree with one another
as to which are really the
crucial problems of the day.
Professor Fsrkiss, for exam.
pie. says that "our problems
are not primarily economic
but social in nature" and that
Elf Ameries could solve its So
eial problems our remaining
quasi-seonomie problsms
would solve themselves over.
night" On the other hand,
Professor Kennedy says that
"ths Keynssian diefvm Of the
1906 that the economic prob
lem Is JUST about solved Is
replaced by The idea that we
now have before Us . problem
that will take many years Of
hard work 10 crack"
Again, Professor Ferkiss
says that "the issue today is
not one Of gross production or
even of equitable distribu-
ton -. Father Brown, to
the contrary, says that main
tenance of present living stan.
dards as population grows de-
mands a continuing expansion
of output" and he suggests
that this will take a lot of
doing.
Finally to cite a third
example-Mr. Ferkiss seems
to make light Of what. he re-
fers to al 'sthe loose talk" in
dulged in in recent years by
American Catholics on the
subject of industry councils.
Professor Kennedy. on the
other hand, strongly recon-
mends that we experiment
with something that sounds
suspiciously like the Industry
Council Plan.
have cited these points Of
real or 1T least. apparent dis
agreement among the three
contributors to Father puff.s
symposium, not to beiittle the
Importance ef the symposium.
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The Yardstick
Magazine Tackles
Complex Problems
By Msgr. George G. Higgins

fribufors, Professors William
Y. Kennedy and Victor c. Fer.
kiss. Is we'll rs lis Director,
Father Leo G. Brown. ST., 10
set down their thoughts on fhe
contemporary role Of Catholic
social action in the United
States.
More specifically, they were
to try to determine whether
or not the Catholic social ac-
ton movement is adapting
rapidly enough to the con-
stantly changing needs Of the
times.
In my opinion, Father Duff
has performed a very useful
service in publishing this
symposium, which,, incidental
ly, he introduces to the read
ers of Social Order with some
Enthusiastically percept v e
predatory notes of his own.
| recommend the symposi-
UNI very highly to anyone seri-
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The September issue of
Social Order - monthly
publication of the nation
nj Jesuit social science
center in st. Louis, Mo-, is
devoted almost exclusively to
the future of Catholic social
action in the United States. 1t
was prepared especially for
and was timed to coincide
with the annual meeting of
the, National Catholic Social
Action Conference, which was
held on the hospitable campus
u Notre Dame University,
September 81.
The editor Of Social Order,
Father Edward Duff. Sd. was
Unabis 70 participate in ths
Metre Dame meeting bsesuse
~ preyioUs commitments in
Rurepe. But bsfere he left for
He Continent, BE- invited twe
~ Sseial Orders regular con.
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Inquiry Corner
May We Let
Off Steam?
by FIR. Henley

a. Sometimes yeu hear tell
Of letting off steam 10 relieve
tension. Is that ever per.
mittsd7
A. We can never do any
thing evil that good may come.
No matter how good the re-
suit or the purpose We cannot
do something evil in order to
achieve it. If by blowing off
steam we mean yielding to sin
full anger (and) tori uncharit-
ableness we cannot take that
means for relieving tension.
Physical exercise or vigorous
activity of any kind can serve
the same purpose without the
use of sinful means. Anger
that is not controlled or in
diligence in uncharitable talk
is not good for mental health.
1t may be possible at times to
relieve tension without sin by
having a more or less explo-
sive discussion with the per-
son concerned, but a calm and
charitable approach would
seem to be more fruitful of
mental peace as well as moral
growth. 1t may also be of some
help at times to discuss a frus-
trating situation with 4 pru-
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ously interested in Catholic
social action. Whether or not
you agree with any or all of
its conclusions, / think you
will find them very thought
provoking.
You can purchase . copy Of
the symposium for only 40
cents - or. better still, you
can become regular sub.
seriber 10 Social Order. start.
ing with the September issue,
At the non-inflstionsry rate Of
only $500 per year 5000
Westminster Place. Saint Lou.
is 8, Missouri.
My own reaction to the
symposium is mixed. All three
contributors seem to be of the
opinion that Catholic social
action movement in the Unit
ed States is not coming to
grips adequately with the cru
cial problems of the day or,
in other words, is not adapt
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dent friend. This may be class
ed as letting off steam and
may be very useful but it can
not excuse an about condemn.
alton of someone we consider
to be the cause Of our frustra-
ton. The line between pru-
dent discussion an analytic
conversation, which can be
helpful, and plain uncharit-
able conversation is easily
crossed. Sinful activities never
relieve tension.
q. Can We prove from the
Bible the divine character Of
confession? .
A. 1t is unfortunate that we
use the name confession for
the sacrament of Penance. The
sacrament of Penance is of
divine institution and we can
show it from Tradition and the
Bible as taught by the Church
which Christ empowered to
teach in His name and with
His authority MattheH 26:18-
20 etc.. There is one outstand-
ing text: "When he had said
this. He breathed upon them,
and said to them, Receive the
Holy Spirit; whose sins you
shall forgive, they are forgiv-
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en- them; and whose sins you
shall retain, they are retain
ed John 2O:18-2O The sacra-
ment can be administered
without confession in extraor-
binary circumstances e.g. to an
accident victim or soldiers in
combat. Of course, it is UNI
derstood that sins so forgiven
will be confessed later if the
person survives. The require
ment Of c~onfessing privately
to thu priest follows from the
power given by Christ to the
Apostles and their successors,
the priests of the Catholic
Church, for there must be
knowledge or evidence submit
ted that the priest may decide
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time out to work, TO play, to
pray, to eat, TO sleep, to help
others, but do you take suf-
ficient time to keep in love?
1t is not so much the things
a married person does which
convince another that she is
no longer loved; it is rather
the things one fails TO do. All
of us, married or not, need
to be treasured repeatedly
that we are loved. We want
our friends to show that they
like us. We want the boss to
say We are appreciated.
These expressions, however,
must be honest, not just
tricks.
One of the most delightful
things ever said about mar
riage was said by that nota.
BILE philosopher, Humpty
Dumpty, in Through the Look
ing Glass. Alice was being re-
preached for growing old.
But" she said Indignantly,
lone cannot help growing
old"
Zone can't perhaps" said
Hvmpfy Dumpty. "bvt two
can" This is beautiful and
true. Have we NOT all seen
youngsters who have kept
each other from growing old
through generations Of mar.
rissel
Couple must continue to
have the will and desire to love
but they must first clear the
path so they can will freely
TO love. Sometimes this is not
easy. There may be a deep
seated obstacle TO love, maybe
an insecurity which goes back
as far as an early broken
home.
A child whose young at
tachments were broken off
because of divorce may re-
main ever afraid OF loving
anyone else for fear of losing
that love, of being hurt again.
So the old rule comes up
again, IF you can choose,
marry someone from a happy
home"
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Honor Christopher Columbus

of his flagship from Marigalante Gay
Nary to Santa Maria, he showed the
feelings which were in his heart.
Christopher Columbus opened up
the way for a harrassed people to fol-
low. He found for them a refuge from
persecution. He found for all a haven
of peace.
Christopher Columbus was not a
saint.
But he deserves homage as a man
who sought for others the Faith he be-
lieved in.
Remember Christopher Columbus
on October 12.-R.J.W.
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matters of individual conduct.
This is, of course, old-fash-
Toned secularism. Religion is
viewed as a matter of individ.
ual salvation and personal pi-
ETY. rather than as a force that
transforms society and the in
dividual.
THE cHURcH's MISSION
The Catholic concept of re-
ligion is that it is social as
we'll as private. The Bishops,
the successors of the Apostles.
have the duty to make moral
judgments in the social order.
They are not concerned
about purely political mat.
fers such as party machinery
and the choice Of candidates,
but they are concerned about
social injustice and vnwiss
legislation that endsnsers the
common good. For the law Of
God binds all men and the
Church must denovnee all in.
Justice whether in "right.te.
work" laws, national treaties
or in fhe use Of the H-bomh.
In an address to Cardinals
in February. 1916, Pope Plus
XII said: 1.-THE Church cannot
shut herself up, inactive in
the privacy of her churches
and thus neglect the mission
entrusted to her by divine
Providence, the mission to
form man in his fullness and
so ce~aselessly to collaborate
in building the solid basis of
society"
] feel sure that Mr.. Moley
has the best of intentions but
he will never persuade Catho-
lie bishops or Catholic priests
to stay in the sanctuary. It's
Gods world and they are the
custodians of the things of
God. 3
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for forgiveness or nonforgi~
eress. ALSO the sacra.
ment exists for spiritual
help and direction and
many modern psychiatrists
recognize its value and its
psychological fitness. The
details of administration Of
the sacraments was left to the
Church by Christ Himself in
this matter as in Baptism
(where, for example, the ear.
lier prevailing custom Of inn
mersion was modified.
Send questions to Father
Edward r. Healey, The Catho-
lie Times, Box $3.50, Columbus
10, Ohio.
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Some months ago six
Ohio bishops issued a
joint statement opposing
"right-to-work" laws. But
Raymond Moley in News
week Sept. ~ claimed they
should stay out of this smol-
dering controversy.
His article was entitled
met . Religious Issue" and
his argument was based on
fhs idea that "r~isht-fo-work"
laws are . political issue. His
general conclusion with re-
sard 10 clerical statements on
The morality Of such laws was
thst religion and politics
make . bad marriage"
Motley is no professional
troublemaker or anti-C catholic
agitator. There. is no sign of
rancor or resentment in his
criticism of the Bishops &C.
tions and what he says is said
In all sincerity and good will.
He believes he is offering TO
the Bishops a suggestion that
might help to save them a lot
of heartaches and trouble. He
Is afraid, for instance, that
Catholic official statements on
these laws might tend TO stir
mp the old fires of bigotry
that blazed when AL Smith
ran for President in 1923.
MORAL
One of his argum e n is
against clerical involvement
In this controversy is that
there are Catholic priests who
disagree with the Bishops.
This difference of opinion,
according to Moley, raises in
the public mind the question
whether that church has a
firm and unchanging doctrine
In matters of faith and NOR
ais"
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Cod Alone Suffices

affecting Carmelite friars as well as
nuns. Her spiritual children labor
throughout the world, as we in the
Diocese know with the Carmelite sis
tiers working and praying in our midst.
Do you want to know the secret
of TereSa's success?
She has left it to us in her WI
words:
"Lst nothing distrvb thee;
Let nothing dismay thee:
All things pass;
God never changes.
Patience atfains
All that il strives for.
He who has God
Finds he lacks nothing:
God alone svfficss."
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Observation-Disclosures
Sum and Substance: es.
-t~%
Should Bishops Oppose
Right To Work Laws?
BY Fr. John b. Sheerin, esp

am reminded Of Mr.. Doc
ley who was wearing old
clothes when he met a very
proper friend who ehided him
for his ssrforisl neglect. Doc
ley responded that his friends
knew he owned better clothes
and as for others - he didn't
care what they thought.
Catholics know the differ
ence between dogmatic teach
ing and moral judgments, and
as for mont Catholics - we are
not particularly conc e + n e d
whether they think the
Church's doctrine is unchang-
ing.
I'm sure that Archbishop
Rummel didn't worry about
non.c stholie reaction when he
made his pronouneemenf on
the morality OF segregation,
even though he knew some
Catholics would disagree with
him.
Moley's chief arg ument t,
however, is an old one and l
am surprised to find such
warmed-over scrapple in a col
umn written by an alert and
well-lnformed commentator.
He says that the balancing
Of the conflicting rights Of
employer and employe is .
practical matter demanding q
practical knowledge that on.
ly politicians possess. The
clergy should stay aIoof from
such mundane affairs.
THE professional training
of the clergy has involved
spiritual and psychol o & i.c a |
values of much greater inn
portance than those mundane
affairs with which statesmen
must deal" Then he goes on
to say that the vocation of the
clergy is to offer guidance in
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Making Marriage Click
You Have to Take
Time Out to Love
By Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc

Before marriage almost
every couple spends long
leisurely hours together.
They planned trips to
pleasant, exciting places,
and OF course they insisted on
going alone. In speaking TO
one another, they might have
said, IF your picture was on
a dollar bill everyone in the
country would become a mi
ser"
When n came 10 saying
good night" they each felt
ths sharp pain Of parting.
They then sighed w~istfvlIy
and said, But soon we'll be
married and then we'll be TO-
ssthsr ell the time"
After they married 1t was
wonderful for awhile, but
soon John became buster and
buster. Now when they do get
q chance TO sit down. il surely
isn't to hold hands. They have
10 decide how both can use
the car on Saturday or wheth-
or 1t is best 10 have the T.V.
repaired or face the cost Of
Z new one, and so on.
The long deep talks in
which they opened their
hearts 70 each other are now
emily . wistfvl memory. Some
couples are 20 Ear apart that
ths last time there was real
communication and sharing
between thsm was during
their eevrtship period. To re-
establish communication We
have 10 20 back thar far.
They talk about anything
under the sun but never the
things inside of them. If they
try To talk about their inner
secrets, something chokes off
and what comes out are cruel
things they never meant to
cay.
TIME NEEDED
To keep from drifting apart
demands constant ingenuity
and consideration but espe-
eially time, time, time.
Some counselors wisely sug-
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gest that some couples owe 1t
to themselves to 20 away to-
gether for three or four diff
ferent weekends a year. They
should even make reserva-
tons a long time ahead, and
pay the hotel bills in advance.
It's a way of burning the
bridges.
A married couples retreat
could take up one OF those
wsskends. What . treat! OF
course, some OF you will say
you cannot afford Ill Are you
surs7
Plenty of people who call
themselves poor" spend
more money on drinks. on
cigarettes, on patented medi-
cines, to settle their nerves
than they would on weekends
together as a couple. What a
palliative for the tensions of
modern life these weekends
together could bel
Okay, but what about the
children on those weekends?
II is possible that you can find
just the right couple who
would like to follow this same
recipe at different times. You
could arrange to take care of
each others family for occa-
slonal weekends if the chill
dren aren't too small.
But, mind, ! sm not saying
that one must run away from
home 10 keep affection grow
ing. nor am ! implying that
The children should be ne
gIsctsd. am only insisting
that . couple needs constant
~ 10 keep or rseaptvrs the
relaxed. cory intimacy which
every one Of them knew when
first married.
Too many are living in fine
houses and eating the best
food, but still starving for
love. Psychiatrists say that
one-half of their patients are
love.starved people. You who
are married may want to
pause and ask yourself, Am /
spending enough time to keep
in love-" You take plenty of
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makes it imperative for us to
re-examine our aims and OBJ
jectives periodically lest we
succumb to the eyer-present
danger, referred to by Profess
sor Kennedy, Of settling
down in the accustomed rou
tine and getting buried under
the day-to-day requirements of
the job" Father Duff and his
collaborators have started the
ball rolling. More power to
them.
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to bend our knees and call
upon our heavenly Father for
help during these trying days.
Will you please ask them
to pray all during the meet.
ings, and to offer up their
prayers in a spirit Of self
sacrifice? Our Lady of Fa-
time has promised that Rus
STA would be converted II we
prayed hard enough and made
sacrifices. It's not too late.
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but merely 70 indicate The
completely Of the question 10
which II addresses itself and
the difficulty Of coming up
with anything like . definitive
answer thereto.
That doesn't e n, of
course, that scholarly efforts
to find such an answer are flu
tile. On the contrary, the
sheer complexity of the prob
lens We are facing in the
field of Catholic social action
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MIR. Khruschev has Dragged
that the West would fall into
his hand like 4 ripe plum,
meaning that we are rotten
and dead. Let's prove him and
his ilk wrong. Thanks -
much.
Sincerely in Our Lady,
Mrs. Eileen L. Luhrs,
Levittown. NY.
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Letters to us.nA'l.
the Editor...DY
|U.s.MAlL.
Urges Summit Prayers

Will you please ask your readers to write to
President Eisenhower and request that the Summit
meetings be opened by a prayer for Divine Guidance?
We are a nation founded under God, let's show
the world that we are not too proud or too arrogant
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BY WILLIAM MORRIS

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BY Mort Walker and Dix Brown

He examined the third and
said:
And this. too. Is q fake"
But Pablo" interrupted the
other. pointing to the third
painting, II saw you paint this
one with my own eyes,"
you did?" Picasso re-exam-
ined the painting. WELL" he
said, Il was about TO add that
this Is the best Of the three"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-12

three paintings which were be-
ing offered as genuine Picassos,
Please examined the FIRST
canvas and said:
TITS a fake. Very poorly done. y
He examined the second and
said:
This is also q fake. Look at
the lines, the colors. How
could anyone mistake this mish-
mash for q Picasso?"
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market was suddenly flooded
with counterfeit PicasSos.
A friend asked the artist TO
check on the authenticity Of
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TV KEY PREVIEWS

Tonioht,s top siows as preuiewed BY ~ Keys stat.
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