davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1959-12-06
Borboric' MARYLAND

Though Maryland con-
tlnueS to apply a religious
test for public off1ce-at
least in the case of appli-
cantS for a notary's COM
mission-St. Mary's City
now has the effrontery to
hold another Of the ILL
founded, tiresome and boast
full celebrations paying trib-
ute to the States alleged
championship of religious
freedom. Under the circum-
stances, a review of the l649
act of so-called religious
liberation" is in order.
The act began by pro-
claiming the death penalty
and conf1scation of the of.
lenders estate for Bias
phemy against God, denying
our Saviour Jesus Christ to
be the Son of God, or deny
ing the Holy Trinity, or the
Godhead of any of the Three
Persons :" There followed
a catalogue Of other punish
ments for various kinds of
heresy, including heavy fines,
whipping, imprisonment and
forfeiture of lands and goods.
The third clause provided
similar punishments for per-
sons "reproaching any other
within the Province by the
name or denomination of
hereto, schismatic, idolater,
Puritan, Independent, Pres
byterian, Popish Priest" and
a long list of others, while
the fifth and last clause pro-
vided that no one profess
ing to believe in Jesus Christ,
shall from henceforth be any
ways troubled, molested, or
discountenanced, for, or in
respect of his or her reli-
gion :" In short, the act
took but one small step away
from the prevailing barbar-
ism by broadening the
States definition of accept
able Christianity. The only
religious freedom" it con-
templated was for Christians
only; by no stretch Of the
imagination did it grant
Evening star., 1959-12-06
Ministers Protest

The % members of the
Junior Village Study Com
mittee are to be commended
for the comprehensive report
they have submitted. 1t is
to the section on "the 1880
families" that we address
ourselves. The committee has
recommended adult educa-
tion to include courses in
homemaking, budgeting, city
living and child development,
and to motivate parents to
help children to make the
most of school," In these H.
500 families there are $4,000
children.
These $4,000 children are
the victims of poverty, alco-
holism and their attendant
evils, yet the section of the
report calling for instruction
in family planning as "a pub
lie function" in the District
was deleted, as one commit
tee member is reported to
have said, "in the interest of
united community action on
the problem" This means, in
essence, that because the Ro-
man Catholic Church is op-
posed to the teaching and the
use Of birth control aids,
everyone else is prevented
from having such informa-
ton made available as "a
public function"
We would not have our
convictions forced upon our
Roman Catholic brethren.
Rather, we would do every
thing in our power to assure
their right to hold and prac-
tice their beliefs. But when
those who desire to have such
information are unable to get
it as "a public function" then
the committee and the Dis
trict government are bowing
to the will of a minority
group whose interests should
be protected but not at the
expense of all other people.
Nelson C. Pierce,
President.
Woodrow A. Bartges.
Ralph E. Bennett.
Tracy X. Boyer.
DR.. Frederick E. Reissig.
DR.. John H. Satterwhite.
Executive Committee, WASH
ington Ministerial Union.
Evening star., 1959-12-06
Mans Best Friend

Congratulations to The
Star on Ann Cottrell Frees
November is article on the
care Of laboratory animals.
1t is a very timely piece Of
reporting in view of the
stepped-up use Of animals in
every field Of research from
space travel to lipstick dyes.
Ninety years ago Charles
Darwin said that the thought
Of painful experiments on
laboratory animals kept him
awake at night. The great
scientists sleeplessness led
to the passage Of Britain's
excellent law controlling live
animal experimentation.
Perhaps some Of your
readers have been made
sleepless by the plight Of the
hundred beagles described by
Mrs. Free, which are con-
fined in tiny cages in the
basement of the Agriculture
Building with no exercise
space.
1t is we'll known that dogs
so tightly confined end by
becoming virtually stir crazy,
revolving like automatons
within the cage. Some even
develop cage paralysis. In a
word they lose all normal
canine reactions if confined
long enough. 1t is only the
younger dogs which will still
try to lick the hand of a
visitor through the bars Of
the cage.
1t is now believed by many
authorities on the care Of
laboratory animals that,
apart from humane consider
ations, normal animals make
the best experimental sub
jects.
Let us hope that when the
Food and Drug Administra-
tion obtains its new test
animal quarters by act Of
Congress adequate runways
for the dogs will be provided.
Helena Huntington Smith.
Evening star., 1959-12-06

Dam above Johnstown, Pennsylvania,
when the death toll was placed finally
at a minimum of 2,142 persons. As
viii surely be the case with Malpasset,
charges of "shoddy engineering" were
directed at those responsible for this
80-foot-high earthen structure.
No of1cial inquiry ever was held,
however, on the Johnstown catastrophe.
Unfortunately, none which may be held
in France will restore what has been
lost below Malpasset.
Evening star., 1959-12-06
Drinking and Drivino

Each year our appalling
traffic statistics tell us the
sad, true story of the many
Washington area families
whose Christmas season was
destroyed by a holiday traffic
accident.
Isn't it ironic that the
Christmas season should have
become such a . time of
tragedy and death on our
streets and highways? And
often it is the flowing bowl
at the Office party which has
been responsible for getting
the Christmas traffic toll of
to a dizzy start.
I am, therefore, once again
calling on the Districts busi-
ness executives and profess
sional leaders to dry up"
the Christmas Office party.
Many employers ban alco-
hol from the Office party,
making it a nonalcoholic
family affair aimed at the
employees children. Others
take money that would ordi-
narily be spent on these
parties and make a donation
to a charitable institution.
Perhaps there are other pre-
cautions against sending a
drinking driver out into the
holiday trafflc after an Office
party.
Please believe that we are
not trying to dampen the
traditional Christmas spirit.
Just the opposite. We are try
ing to eliminate a definite
source Of traffic accidents
accidents which can COM
pletely ruin Christmas for
any they touch.
Drinking and driving are q
lethal combination-not only
at Christmas parties. but any
time, anywhere. The most
dangerous drink ever con-
cocted is the "one for the
road"
In true Christmas spirit, I
extend to all the joys OF a
safe and happy holiday sea-
son.
G. A. England,
Director Of Motor Vehicles,
D. c. Government.
Evening star., 1959-12-06
Isroel's Background

I've read William Harri-
sons articles on Israel with
great interest and would like
to concur with the views ex-
pressed by A. M. Savitt in
his letter of December /.
These articles, it is obvious,
are a result of an on-the-
spot investigation and I have
no reason to doubt, there
fore, their objectivity; it is
only too bad that Mr.. Bonne-
vale regards articles praising
Israel as sheer Zionist prop
aganda."
Vivian Dean.
Evening star., 1959-12-06

fundamental religious liberty
to all citizens.
Maryland had then, and
still has, a long way to go.
Stanley Lichtenstein.
Evening star., 1959-12-06

A Nation wide drive
against narcotics peddlers
was under way 25 years ago.
On December 10, 1884, The
Star reported: Arrests in
the Federal narcotics drive
today reached 791 and Harry
J. Anslinger, narcotics COM
missioner, predicted about 80
per cent would be convicted
in the courts. Arrests should
begin to taper off now,' An
Singer said. They will most
ly be follow-up cases. An
singer said there was no evi-
dence of one Nationwide
gang, though there was a
lot of interlocking and inter-
gang business between the
North and South and the
East and the West. :"
Evening star., 1959-12-06
Is Years AGO

A proposal to use East Po-
tomac Park as a municipal
airport was killed 25 years
ago. The Star, on Decem-
ber IL, 1884, reported: The
proposal to turn East Poto-
mac Park into a commercial
airport for Washington, ad-
vanced two days ago by
Ewing Y. Mitchell, Assistant
Secretary of Commerce, ap-
parently received its death
blow today at the hands of
President Roosevelt. The
President made it very clear
at his press conference to-
day he is against the Mitch
ell proposal. While refusing
outright the Mitchell plan,
the President gave the i'm
preston that he personally
favors the Gravelly Point
site, directly across the river
from Hams Point. -"
Evening star., 1959-12-06
100 Years AGO

The Star a century ago
chided the House for letting
lobbyists roam on the floor.
In a story December 6, 1859,
The Star said: Again, to-
day, the rule forbidding the
presence of others than
members of the present Con-
gresS on the floor of the
House Hall during the ses-
sions was grossly violated by
the appearance there of we'll
known lobbyists. The Door
keeper Of the last House, who
holds over at present, is re-
sponsible for this state of
things; and when the ques-
ton of the propriety of his
reelection comes up, the fact
that he apparently is incom-
petent to make his subordi-
mates respect the important
rule in this connection should
be sufficient to make his
party friends pause over the
policy of his denomination"
Northern conservatives 100
years ago were urging a mod
crate course in relations with
the South. The Star, on De-
cember 8, 1859, reported:
1.-THE conservative sentiment
of the northern cities at
length seems about to make
itself heard in condemnation
of the contrary sentiment
which would crown the horse
thief and murderer (John)
Brown with a martyrs glory.
Thus, meetings deprecatory
of the war on the South, in
which Browns invasion is a
leading feature, have been
or are being called at least
in Boston, New York and
Evening star., 1959-12-06

the position of hostility to
them (the Communists) and
cease the practice of moraliz-
ing and the practice of con-
tinual lectures to them by our
leaders" In other words, let
the Red secret police arrest
innocent peasants by the
truckload, let the interroga-
tors brain-waSh and torture
them, let the official butchers
kill or perhaps drag them of
to slave camps to be reformed
through labor; but let no
gentle Christian whose life is
cushioned in safety say a
rough or accusing word about
the diabolical Syste NIT
might disturb "the peace"
In his eloquently pulveriz-
ing statement to the United
Nations, Ambassador Lodge
in interpreting the peace of
good will declares nothing
happened at Camp David to
prevent us from acting like
human beings made in the
image of God when cruelty is
being practiced."
Quite recently a minister,
representing a well known
peace society, dared to stand
before $50 students in one of
our great Eastern colleges
and to badly advocate sur
render as the truly Christian
policy if we were to be at
tackled by the Soviets. He was
defending a peace which
knows nothing of good will.
1t is tragically apparent
that to a startling degree
there are church leaders in
the present crisis whose
thinking is affected by moral
flabbiness, an absence Of
burning indignation at ap-
palling crimes, a tendency to
forget, not as God forgets
when there is genuine re-
pentance but a forgetting
which indicates a sort Of
ethical blackout, a willing
ness to grasp unrepentant
blood-Stained hands in CO.
operation and partnership.
These are attitudes which
are not within celestial hail
ing distance of the peace
which was proclaimed at
ChriStmas-to men of good
will. A peace which is but
surrender on the INSTALL
ment-plan, has in it no more
good will than there is water
in the Sahara desert.
OF course, we must ever
remember that the flame Of
a peace of good will to all
men still burns on many an
altar in Russian sanctuaries
and in the friendly hearts of
people of that land, even
though the church there is
cowed, captive and subser-
Went. In the undefled faith
of a host of Russians is hope.
But the peace of regimenta-
tion which repudiates Deity
has no place for good will to
others. 1t becomes but an
other name for the victory
of the vileSt conspiracy Of
the ages against the SOW
ereignty Of God and the dig
nifty of man. But the De-
cember bells proclaim the
sure prophecy that the good
will of the Christmastide
peace will at last bind all
mankind in the bonds of the
love that came down at
Bethlehem,
For, 10, the days are fastening
on,
By prophet bdrdS toretold,
When tDith the eUer-circling
years
Comes round the age OF
gold;
When peace shall over all the
earth
Its ancient SplendorS fling,
And the Uhole lUorld send
back the song
Which notD the angels sing.
And it's theme-Peace-to
men of good will!
Evening star., 1959-12-06
Mr.. Eisenhower Lowers the Boom!
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry iDrtters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
Evening star., 1959-12-06
so Years Ago

Carrie Nation was at it
again so years ego. The Star,
on December 8, 1909, re-
ported: Carrie Nation, the
strenuous temperance advo-
cate, went on the warpath
late this afternoon. Armed
with a hatchet, she entered
the Union railway station
and made a beeline for the
saloon. With a rush that
would have done credit to
a football player she got
behind the bar and began
her work of destruction. Bot
ties of rare wine and old
whisky were smashed; glasses,
decanters and other things
fell victim to her fury, until
the place was piled with 6e-
bris :" Carrie was arrested
and carted off to Jail.
Books were piling up at the
Library of Congress so years
ago. The Star, on December
10, 1909, reported: Books Of
almost priceless value have
been added to the collection
in the Library of Congress
during the past year. .
During the year 167,677
volumes have been added,
making the total number in
the Library 1,703,68 The
collection of maps and charts
now numbers 111,343, the
music collection comprises
501,293 volumes and pieces
and the statistics Of the print
division show 3O3,036 pieces.
Evening star., 1959-12-06
FROM THE STARS FILES. =.

Philadelphia. 1t is to be pre-
sumed that similar meetings
will be held throughout the
Arizona tribune., 1959-08-07

FORA FOLEY competition
the IL Army
lis
moved O
him all
Foley suffeedane
Arizona tribune., 1959-08-07
Valley Bdnk
Rdnks 44th
In Nation

Valley National Bank has
entered the charmed circle of the
nations so largest banks.
In doing so, it broadjumped
over eight national competitors
landing in 44th place from the
Sind position it held a year ago
this time.
Word of Valley Banks new
ranking was flashed to president
Carl A. Bimson by American
Banker, daily newspaper of the
banking profession and compiler
of standings Of the country's|
1925 commercial savings banks.
The gain-regarded as one Of
the most impressive in modern
day banking annals - was made
possible by a record-breaking
$60.4 million increase in deposits
racked up by Valley Bank during
the past Il months.
This increase in deposits, both
time and demand, was the largest
by far of any bank of comparable
size in the United States.
VALLEY Banks June 30, 1883
statement of condition listed
$535 million in deposits, an all
time high in Rocky Mountain
banking circles.)
AS recently as five years ago,
Valley Bank ranked only 72nd in
deposit volume; three years ago
it advanced to 64th place; by the
end of 1858 it had edged up to
5lst position, just, outside the
select "top 5O'' banks.
|
internationally, Valley National
is now listed among the worlds
100 largest financial institutions.
eve are tremendously gratified
at our new ranking" Bimson said
today.
Actually, it is a direct reflec-
tion of Arizona's continually ex-
panding economy-and we share
our laurels with all who are help
ing to make this heartwarming
growth possible"
Valley Bank currently is operat-
ing ST offices throughout the
states IA counties. Two more
East Thomas Road in Phoenix,
and East Flagstaff-are slated to
open before the year end.
Being on time, but not buy
ing things that way, leads to
a better life. There's a 10
to be said for the fellow who
doesn't say it himself.
Arizona tribune., 1959-08-07

Zol Klinger says he was once
filthy rich. then got washed up.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-07-10
Maryland Law
Threatened
By Court

BALTIMORE NC) The
chairman of the Maryland
State Board of Motion Pic
ture Censors expressed con-
Germ here that a recent us.
Supreme Court ruling may
have invalidated part of the
state film licensing law.
C. Morton Goldstein, chair
man of the censorship board,
said he had asked the office
of the State Attorney Gen.
eral for a ruling on the con-
stitutionality of the state Ii
censing law.
Mr.. Goldstein said he had
acted because of a June %
ruling by the US. high court
in which it reversed a New
York State ban on showing
of the film Lady Chatterley's
Lover"
He said that sections of the
Maryland film licensing law
are similar to parts of the
New York law which the ma
jority of the Supreme Court
held to be unconstitutional.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-07-10

morality, and to enact legis-
lation with respect thereto,
shall not be abridged"
Support for the amend
ment came from Sen. Frank
J. LaUsehe of Ohio. In a
speech on the Senate Floor
he declared: ~ cannot ae-
eept as sound the declaration
that under the right of free
speech the showing of moving
pictures in public encourage
ing and implicitly approving
an adulferous life is lawful,
and that fhe government is
helpless TO do anything about
IT,"
Sen. Lausche said the Sup
RENE Court decision STATED
that the morality of adultery
is a matter upon which people
might have different opin-
ions"
However, he said, fhe peo-
pie of the United States "be.
Iieve in the Ten Command
menfs. We believe i'm the COM
mandmenf, Thou shalt not
commit adultery"
On June 20 the Supreme
Court struck down a New
York State ban on the film
Lady Chatterley's Lover"
Continued on Page -
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-07-10
Pope's First ~Encyclical Appeal Is For Unity
Courts 'ChatterIey' Ruling
BOmbsheU For Censorship

Justice William J. Brennan
did not write opinions or join
in those of other justices.
The heart of Justice Stew
arts ruling was that Lady
chatferley's Lover" was ban
ned because ii advocates anti
social ideas, not because il Is
itself obscene.
Declared Justice Stewart:
What New York has done $50.
is to prevent the exhibition
of a motion picture because
that picture advocates an
idea = that adultery under
certain circumstances may be
proper behavior. Yet the
First Amendments basic guar
antee is of freedom to advo-
cate ideas. The state, quite
simply, has thus struck at the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-07-10

reversed by the Supreme
Court.
The majority opinion was
written by State Supreme
Court by Justice Curtis Box.
Dissenting opinions were writ
ten by Justices Micael A. Mus
manno and John c. Bell, Jr.
Justice Musmanno charged
that the court "struck from
the hand of every district at
torney in Pennsylvania the
last remaining available weap-
on with which to fight the for
ces of indecency which, for a
long time, have been trying
to capture the moving pic
ture screens of the Common
wealth"
He stated that the ruling
reduced the states prosecution
machinery in obscene film
Continued on Page q
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-07-10

very heart of constitutionally
protected liberties"
Mr.. Stewards fellow JUS
tees agreed that the film
should not have been banned.
However, among other things,
they disagreed on whether;
The New York State law
under which the movie was
denied an exhibition license
was itself Unconstitutional, or
had merely been applied un-
eonstitutionalIY in This case.
A state has or has not
the power to exercise censor
ship over films or any other
media of communication.
The supreme Court
should give q "case-by-casee
hearing TO controversial films,
or should steer clear OF be-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-07-10
Name Chaplain
For Marion
Institution

Bishop Issenmann an
nounced this week that Fa-
Their Cosmas Chaloner,
SS.CC., has been e
chaplain of the Correctional
Institution at Marion at the
designation of Father Will
liam Condor, SS.CC., Provin-
cial of the North American
Province of the Fathers of
the Sacred Hearts.
Father Chaloner, who has
been at the Sacred Hearts
Seminary in Washington,
DC, succeeds Father Bern
ard Clement, SIS, &C., and
will be in residence at st.
Matthew church in MI. Gil
cad.
The appointment was eff
fective July 6, 1859.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-07-10
Dayton U.
Names New
President

DAYTON - (NC) - Father
Raymond A. Roesch, SIN, has
been appointed president OF
the University of Dayton. He
will take office on August is,
succeeding Father Andrew L
Seebold, S.M., president
since 1853.
The selection of Father
Roesch, chairman of the de-
partment of psychology, as
the new president, was am
nounced by Father James M.
Darby, SIN, Provincial Super
ior of the Cincinnati Province
of the Society of Mary, Mar
ianists.
The outgoing president, Fa-
Their Seebold, has been assign
ed to the Catholic University
of Puerto Rico as dean of the
division Of education.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-07-10

Hartley High School, address
ed the First General Session
Wednesday morning on the
topic THE High School Prin-
cipal Looks at His job" Faith
er White represented the
parochial and private schools
at the session.
Other talks on the same SUBJ
ieet were given by Mr.. Don.
aid +. WeIever of Twinsburs
High School and Mr.. Oliver
J. Deck of Chenille High
School, Cleveland, represent
ing the public school system.
The session also featured
talks by Dean Donald P. Cot
trell of the Department of
Education at Ohio State Uni
versity and Mr.. John Parlette,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-07-10
Aid Given
Refugees
Moral Index

NEW YORK - A top
official of the u. S.
Bishops overseas relief
agency said here that in
ternational efforts to aid ref
ugees in the next year will
provide an index to the NOR
al climate OF the world"
Msgr. Edward E. Swan
strom, executive director of
Catholic Relief Services -
National Catholic Welfare
Conference, made the state
ment in an d dress at a
luncheon marking the start
of the World Refugee Year.
The luncheon was sponsor
ed by thes American Coun-
Gil of Voluntary Agencies for
Foreign Service, of W h C h
Msgr. Swanstrom is chair.
man.
The refugee problem is
enormous" he pointed out,
and it would be futile to ex-
pect the problem to be solv-
ed in one or two years. How
ever, he added, "The prog
gress that we are able to
achieve in the IL months to
come will provide a
telling guide to the health
and integrity of our free So
ciety."
Success in the refugee pro-
gram he said, would narrow
"the great chasm between
our professions of democracy
and brotherhood, and our
practice of those great con-
cepts."
Msgr. SWanstrom declared
that "the history of our time
has been written - and is
still being written - as the
refugees, mounting into mil
lions and tens of millions,
trace and retrace their paths
over the surface of the globe
Continued on Page .
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-07-10
The Population Bomb Explode?-Part Two
We Can Feed AZ Billion

of couples and their off
spring, the biologist, Julian
Huxley, has alleged that peo-
pie of lower 10. have more
children than those Of a high
er 10. so, he concludes, the
level of intelligence is decreas-
ing generation by generation.
And Henry Wallace, of agri-
cultural fame, says marriage
partners should be chosen so
as to avoid the problems of
hereditary disease, intellect
ual levels, a~bnormalities, etc"
It would be unwise to dis
count the influence of hered-
ity or danger to the mothers
life in bearing a child, but as
in so many other areas, the
conclusions stated above can
not be universally applied.
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