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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-20
The film that brought Maria

The MIN that brought Maria
Schell to the attention ofHolly-
wood movie makers opened yes
terday at the Apex theater.
"The Sins of Rose Bernd" is
its title and Miss Schell's per-
Torrance as its SHINING heroine
makes it understandable that
she should have attracted
Hollywood's attention.
THE fllm. q solid. sumptuous
German production in color. is
based upon a turn-of- the
century Gerhart Hauptmann
play. It's theme is that Of LIES
corruption Of innocence, which
life Is still doing but with
almost no attention on the
part Of playwrights. That Miss
Schell can make Rose interest,"
ing. then. in such q sugary
strudel of q narrative is all the
more tribute to her acting skin,
Roses story is that OF q
dewy, life-loving haIf-orphan
who has crossed adolescence
with arms open to life only to
ind herself In the grip Of a
series Of predatory males. One
Of these Is the, gentleman
farmer whose invalid wife is
Roses patient, another a mus
cular male animal who operates
Q steam shovel. and the third
3 pallid. shy tenant farmer who
really loves her.
That the script of this bitter
sirlish experience should be so
old-fashioned is a matter of
indifference to- Miss. Schell. 1t
Is German and so is she and
drama fashions change more
slowly there than in newer,
more effervescent countries.
Her Rose, therefore, is played
within its own national context
and as such Miss Schell makes
1t a portrait of unfailing in
terest. As a study in furnished
radiance, her heroine is a girl
Of dramatic dimensions that
can only leave the spectator
surprised that an actress can
make so much of such dated
material.
Italy's Raj Vallone as the
brutal lover. Leopold Riberti as
the over aggressive employer
and Hannes MESSENGER as the
shy. decent sutton are quite
subordinate assets to the Aim
as the men in Miss Schell's
tragic life.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-08-28
A Question of Life and Death

The August issue of "Redbook'
magazine carries an article on 1.-The
Law That Doctors Often Break by the
director of The Department Of Gene
cology at New Works Mount Sinai Hos
pital.
The point made by the author is
that there are SO many variations IN
the written law on abortion in I he
United States, and so many practices
that eircumvenf the law, doctors and
patients as we'll as all citizens are hypo-
critics in pretending TO uphold such laws.
He implements this by pointing out
that some women can have legal abor-
tons on an Interpretation OF the laws,
while others cannot because OF a technl-
cality. He laments the fact that most
women. and the majority of them are
married not unwed, submit themselves
TO the illegal abortionist who Is often
a ''quack" and a butcher who endangers
the life of the mother in terminating
pregnancy.
Finally he recommends the follow.
ina proqram: sound education in sex
and parenthood; raising the standard
of living for all Americans; development
of an effortless and completely effee-
tive contraceptive; AND separating
leealized therapeutic abortion from emo
tionsl, moraIisfie, and religious con-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-08-28
An American Beauty

This Sunday is the feast of st. Rose
of Lima, the first canonized saint of the
western hemisphere.
If she had lived in the twentieth
century however, she would doubtless
be a subject of study by phyehiafrists
because her way of life" was at vari-
ance with what we "eomforf-seekers"
would call normal.
She was SO obedient and studious as
a youngster, that she would arouse sus-
picion today. Then, she would spend
hours before the Blessed Sacrament and
receive Communion daily even though
that was not the custom at the time.
What would our apostles of conform
ity say about that? She tasted three
times a week and even dressed unbe-
comingly so she would not be attrac-
tive. She even looked for hard work so
she could practice modification
And, wonder of wonders, when her
parents approved a proposed marriage,
she declined and made a perpetual vow
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of virginity. All this happened by The
time she was 20. Today, many girls get
panic-sfrieken if they are not married
by that time, and here we have some
one actually turning down a proposal.
Don't you agree that nowadays we'd
definitely set this girl down as a psy-
chotic, or at least emotionally disturbed?
Was this young oma "crazY"? She
certainly was. Crazy" with love of
God, Who was her whole life. She died
at 81 and was canonized in 1877 as the
first flower of American sanetity, a real
American Beauty.
The lesson here is obviously not that
we should try to initiate her extreme
notifications. But we should place the
love of God above all else. We should
show how much we care for Him no
matter what others do or think.
The world may think us strange or
different, but as long as God is pleased,
nothing else really matters.-GAF
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eepfs!
His proposal then would be to take
this matter out of the hands of the
moralist and place it completely in the
hands of the physician and his col
legueS who would approach it strictly
from a medical viewpoint.
Many of tne statements made by
The Doctor are worth considering, but
as you can see, this last evsdes the
whole point. Induced abortion is the
taking Of = life. The fact that the child
is unborn is irrelevant. We may never
directly take a human life in these cir
eumstanees no matter what reason we
have. We may never do evil that good
may come of il. The end does not iusfi-
fy the means.
If there was ever a moral issue, this
is one. 1t is murder to kill an unborn
child directly even if done for medical,
general health, eugenic, or humanltar-
ian reasons proposed by this author.
And here we are not talking about those
proper medical practices which might
indirectly affect the child's life. The
article is subtitled " A Question of Life
and Death"
1t is an appropriate title, and ans
wers the illicit aspect of the proposal
God alone is the author of life and
death in such matters.-GAF
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-08-28
The Yardsiick
One-Way Bargaining
Invitation To Class War Fare
By Msgr. George G. Higgins

Behind the steel strike"
says the August issue of Me-
tons Business. published by
the u. S. Chamber of Com.
merce, is The business com.
munity's increasing concern
over union encroschmenf on
the responsibility 10 manage.
Basicslly, from business
standpoint. that is the big
issue which underlies the
strike"
That's one way OF putting
II. Needless TO say, however.
spokesman for the Steel
workers Union would state
the issue differently. They
would say that the basic issue
involved in the strike-over
and above the perennial
question OF Wages-ls labors
right to share, not in manage.
ment Of those managerial de-
clsions which directly or In.
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The Yardstick

am sure, but there is no doubt
that the collective gaining
atmosphere IS much less
healthy at the present time
than il was even as recently
as two OF three years ago and
II is steadily deteriorating all
the time.
SCOPE
The current crisis IN the
steel industry Is the most dra
matte case in point. This is
no ordinary bread-and-butter
strike over wages and work
ing conditions IN the usual
sense of the latter term. II
would seem TO have resulted,
in large measure, from a
deep-seated philosophical or
theological disagreement be.
tween labor and management
in big steel over the meaning
and the scope OF collective
bargaining
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directly affect the rights Of
the workers,
Nations Business is cor
rect when II says that this
argument over managerial
rights and prerogstives IS
neither new nor confined TO
the steel industry but has
been going on in every in
dustry ever since unions were
first established. What IL ne
elects to say, however, is that
the steel industry, TO the con-
trary Notwithstanding, there
is no way Of ending the srgu'
ment nee and for all, short
OF government control OF IN
dustry and or the abolition OF
unions.
The fact that the steel in
dustry. with the moral sup
port Of a large and influential
segment of the press, is APP
parently determined to end
the argument once and for all
with a theoretical formula is
a discouraging omen for the
future of labor-management
relations. Among other things,
il would seem TO indicate that
the industry has YET to learn
that collective bargaining Is
a tWo-way street and that any
attempt to convert it into a
one-way street for either man.
agement or labor is a clear in
vitation 10 class warfare.
1t would also seem to indi-
cate that the lndustrys cur
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-08-28
Inquiry Corner
l. Gambling
Sinful?
by FIR. HeaIey

@. Some OF my Protestant
friends are scsndalized at the
acceptance OF gambling by the
Catholic Church s.s. in the
various church and school
benefits. When is gambling
considered sinful?
A. Particularly because of
the growing expenses of
building and malnta aiming
Catholic schools many parish
es and institutions use such
Embarrassing plans as you IN
dictate. Gambling in the sense
of professional operation OF
a game or operation of some
system (such as numbers IS
much more liable to abuse.
The word gambling has an
odious meaning in our socl-
ETY. but gambling is not wrong
in itself. 1t becomes wrong
when the operation is dlshon-
est or is connected with or
ganized crime. For the lndl-
vidual It is morally wrong IT
it is for him an occasion OF
anger, of neglect of other OBJ
legations or of passionate at
tachment to the practice. In
many areas of our society
(pari-mutuel betting) IT Is &C
cepted and there is certainly
nothing wrong with risking a
reasonable amount of money
so long as 1t remains a form
of recreation and risks an
amount proportionate to what
we might spend on any other
recreation. No doubt it would
be better if Catholic churches
could be entirely free Of any
special Embarrassing opera
tions but if the services
especially our schools) we
expect are to be realized it
seems to be practically neces-
sary in some places to rely
upon campaigns and festivals,
etc. They are forms of contri'
button to this good work in
q way but they do offer in
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Berlin on the soil Of East
Germany is a constant annoy
ance to him.
Why is East Germany 50 i'm.
pertant? Well, his hold on
Eastern Europe depends on
his hold on East Germany.
For il is East Germany that
is the main base for prodver
ing the heavy machinery that
is so necessary for Soviet eco
nomie projects. Then too. IL
East Germany is recognized
as a sovereign nation, it can
with q show of legality give
away parts Of its territory TO
Poland and this will help 10
paeify the rebeiIious Poles.
AT least that is what he
thinks. Moreover, we have 10
remember that il is the 22nd
Soviet Army divisions on East
German territory that are
largely responsible for pre-
venting the Poles from rebell'
ing.
AS for West Berlin, its
prosperity is a standing IN
dictment Of the bungllng eco
nomic system in communist
East Germany. One can easily
see why it is 50 important
for khrushchev TO have every
inch Of East German territory
under his thumb.
We hope that Khruschev
will learn something from his
trip. especially the strength
and cohesion Of the American
people. But as the old saying
goes. you can't teach an old
dog new tricks. KhrushcheV
is an old MarXist and IN true
p~arty-line he will try 10 do
his old tricks while here He
will smile and Joke and drink
vodka. These are tricks to get
the West out of Berlin, an
objective he hopes TO accom-
plish by means of any devices
short Of war.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-08-28
Making Marriage Click
Worrying More Dangerous
Than Their Mistakes
By Msgr. Irving A. DeBIanc

A child must eventually
create for himself an image
of the kind of person he
would like TO be. The greatest
single element influencing
this image are fhs parents
who give him affection.
These parents become his
ideal. II no such persons ex-
listed the child might become
hostile, aggressive, antssonis.
tic, and his heart rs hard as
the seed OF a peach.
Without this image he
would fail to sociallze with
others and could become an
enemy 10 society, Unlike
other children his tensions
and resentments would per-
slst on and on, In his hatred
he may attack what he has
most craVed-the love Of a
person he wanted 10 initiate.
This could be the beginning
OF delinquency.
We cannot possibly deny
that there are many children
in broken homes being emo
fionally starved and beaten.
Nor can we stand by and do
nothing simply because ii is
their natural parents who are
doing il. New laws are certain.
ly needed TO protect the
rights of children.
With so many unhappy
homes, Catholic schools are
also fulfilling in an extra
ordinary way this new need
OF our times. To take nice.
secure, healthy children and
10 educate them could be the
result Of love. But TO take R
child reared by fear, terror,
punishment. one who does not
trust life and living and to
nurse him back, to give him
a feeling of being liked and
wanted, Of being guided III
his conduct with interest and
confidence, all, that is Divine
Love. This is one Of the most
important services our Cath.
ollie schools can render. for
they must give these children,
not only roots, but wings.
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addition legitimate recreation
and induce some people to
contribute who would not do
so MISUNDERSTANDING many
non-Catholic friendsan
neighborS who would scarcely
contribute directly.
@. May a Catholic Girl whe
wants 70 keep her religion.
marry o boy who has fsthered
the child Of another siri7
Would they be permitted .
church wedding7
A. The question implies
that this boy was not married
to the other girl by whom he
had a child. Of course such
r situation is not ideal for
entering upon a Catholic mar
riage, but there Is no reason
why it could not be. One of
the greatest mistakes is for a
young couple In that situation
to rush into marriage when
they are not really suited to
each other. II the boy is not
a Catholic, however, it might
he another reason for the
Catholic girl to consider very
carefully the ACCESSIBILITY of
such a marriage. In all such
cases the advice of parents.
priest and confessor should be
sought. A tragic situation such
as you mention may simply
indicate one terrible fall or il
NAV indicate a selfish and
weak character. The pastor
might very well find no diff
Guilty in a church wedding, but
that would depend upon the
place and the circumstances.
Ii it is a small town, for ex-
ample, the whole story would
probably be known and a
quiet wedding in the early
morning might be advisable.
Send questions TO Father
Edward r. Healey, Inquiry
Corner. The Catholic Times,
Box 636, Columbus Is, Ohio
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Beneath the sugar
coating Of sweet phrases
concerning the partner
ship Of capital and labor,
there lies the bitter pill
of class war So writes the
well-known socialist labor
economist, Leo Hubermsu, IN
4 recent book entitled Amer.
can Labor in Midpasssse.
While the majority Of eco.
no~rnlsts, reporters and other
experts in the field Of indus.
trial relations are much less
pessimistie than Nj. Huber
man, q growing number Of
them have recently expressed
concern about the future of
Isbor.msnaaemenf q tions
In fhe United States.
Their point Is we'll taken.
To call 1t "class war" would
be putting IL too strongly,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-08-28
Sum and Substance:
What Khrushchey Wants
Is West Out OF Berlin
bY Fr. John B. Sheerin, esp.

a good example of how Soviet
tactics can change even
though the underlying
strategy remains the same. He
will wear a big smile while
he is still working toward his
objective. His objective, as |
see ii. is to get the West out
of Berlin and to obtain recog-
milton of the puppet govern
ment in East Germany, That
is what he hopes TO wangle
out of our government.
The gullible like to imagine
Khrushchev is %impetuous and
emotional Vice President
Nixon. after his trip to Rus
STA. denied he was either
emotional or impetuous. He
described khrushcheV as A
shrew d, tough. aggressive
Marxist with a closed mind.
However, | suppose many Of
those who were captured by
Khrushchevs sweetness and
light at Geneva will be cap
tivated again by his protesta.
tons of love and affection.
In his press conference IN
Moscow on August 5th.
Khrushchey was the soul of
amlabillty and yet he "let the
cat out of the bag. He talked
on and on about mutual trust
and understanding and peace
but he erupted once, and only
-. once. and that was TO de-
nounce Chancellor Adenauer.
Moreover. he said that the
German question is "the
question of questions, the
problem Of problems" and that
Berlin is ''the Gordian knot
that must be cut"
He will work feyerishly in
the United States to cut the
Gordian knot. For East Ger
many is ~fearfully important
TO him. He wants to have
complete control Of it and the
presence Of capitalistlc West
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-08-28

The father of Ivy Baker
Priest. United States Treasur-
Ell. thought there we've only
four things a child needed:
IAN abundance OF love, plenty
OF good n0urIshlng food, lots
of soap and water and alter
that. some good healthy neg
lect.' We will 20 a little fur
Their and stress five emotion
al needs affection. seli-eX-
preston, recognition accept
snce and security. We do thus
with the warning that the
emotions have not exclusive
prlmacy in a child. Balance
must he kept with a chlld'S
intellect and will.
To develop into y normal
human being. a child needs
tenderness as a plant needs
sunshine. Nursing the baby at
her bosom and the smile that
she beams are among the first
marks of mothers love rec
ognlzed by a child. Even, how
ever. al that age a child
should be prepared not only
for momentary satisfaction
but for future happiness. The
very person the child begins
to love Is the first TO deny him
things, he is not fed the I'M
slant he cries. He is help
less and fearful and for
awhile he even seems to dis
like the person whose love he
Graves his mother. But her
dlscipllneS will pay off in the
future as he is better able TO
face the realities of life.
Surely. the rules which
exist IN child psychology +
very general, children are
not carbon copies each has
his own unique talent To he
developed. Each is, IN general,
a mixture of the creative and
The conforming. But parents
must not expect a child 10
conform exactly to the image
they have constructed in their
own minds. Each child has in
dlvidual personal needs as
important and urgent aS the
need for physical care.
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u am a college graduate
and know a child is not
like a cup TO be filled up.
Parents especially nova.
DAYS need skill | have
two small children but
have never heard of any
school offering a course IN
parenthood certainly none !
attended did. My poor, poor
grandchildren They are the
ones 0ho will catch 1t. What.
briefly. must | know 10 stay
above water Mrs. " o..
Emotional Needs
Dear Mrs W O. | would
be quite excited TO know il
there are schools IN this
country which offer courses
in parenthood, would like 10
know what such courses con
slst of II is my personal con
vietlon that parents do the
correct thing more often than
not. There is more danger from
the worrying than from mis-.
takes.
Parents have been bonn
harded by the experts for so
long II is easy to see why YOU
feel so inadequate as a parent
II should be remembered that
the mother and father who
love a child, enjoy the rela-
tlonshIp respect the child,
need never read a book OH
child psychology to become
good parents Contrarlwise,
the mother who reads a hun
dfed books on the subject
but rs Oter.anNlous and tllled
with worries is less able 70
do a good job as a parent than
the socalled ignorant mother
who never reads on child
guidance
As important as books and
ruleA are, they are less inn
poriant than love. under
standing, attitude. home at
mosphere, common sense. We
will describe in the next few
columns some needs OF
ehild-needs we all have eS.
perieneed.
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dustry ITSELF that the scope
of collective bargaining can
not be Realistically determin-
ed in a theoretical vacuum.
II must be flexible enough to
cope realistically with the
Continued on Page 81
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rent approach to collective
bargaining is excessively le-
gallstle. And that, too, is very
unfortunate. for experience
has more than amply demon
strated nowhere more drama
tically than in the steel IN.
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He that supS with the
devil must use a long
spoon. Ii is not Christian
charity to entertain any
Illusions about khrush-
cheys intentions in his visit
to America. From a diplo-
matte view point, Presidents
Eisenhower had to invite the
Red dictator. That, however,
is no reason why We should
have any illusions about the
Soviet chief He has shown
no sign of relaxing his cam
paign for world revolution.
The coming visit is simply q
continuation Of the cold war
in the form of personal dlplo-
macy.
WAR WITH A SMILE
Army Secretary WILDER
Brucker recently hit the nail
on the head A few days after
the announcement of the IN
vitatlon to KhrushcheY. Bruck-
ner denounced Khrushehev
for his blatant Soviet threats
Of nuclear devastation He
also predicted that the mis-.
slle armed Russians would be
increasingly aggressive IN
their future efforts to doml-
nate the world
Brucker's words are q eau
ton to those gullible souls
who might be taken in by
KhrushcheVs m a b lily IN
September. We ought 10 show
the Dictator the formallties
OF hospitality else he will win
q propaganda victory through
our bad manners. bat at the
same time we should look al
him with a cold eye.
lie says he will come here
without any rockets sticking
out OF his pockets-but we
can be sure he will he waging
war. nevertheless, in his
blusterv fashion. The trip is
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sored by the Blessed Sacra-
ment Parish in the parish
school building.
Scores of paintings, sculp-
lures and other objects of art
are on display at the school
through Tuesday. All are origi-
nal religious art works of pro-
fessionals and amateurs, in
Guiding high school and coll
lege students, representing all
religious faiths In the WASH
ington area.
Styles Range Wildly
Archbishop Vagnozzi was
given a quick glimpse Of the
exhibits before he addressed a
few remarks to the artists and
visitors in the school audito-
rum. The art creations he saw
ranged in style from the sub
dued to the expressionistic and
the garrishly abstract.
MY roots go to the Italian
Renaissance art in Rome" me
said. but ! appreciate the
modern trend among artists to
look for new ways to express
themselves as individuals"
The Apostolic Delegate
added: 81 congratulate these
artists, and although ! can't
say I appreciate everything ]
have seen. I certainly appreci-
ate the spiritual manifesto
tons"
Distinguishes Terms
The archbishop explained
the distinction that is made by
the Catholic Church between
religious and liturgical art,
The latter, he said. is accept
able for display in churches
because its Subdued and tradi-
tional nature brings people
closer together in the church.
The broad term, religious art,
with its implication Of greater
freedom of individual express
sion, is foreclosed from being
exhibited in Catholic places Of
worship because of the pos
sibility that much of 1t might
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the National Training School
for Boys in Washington. d. C..
or being turned over to juvenile
authorities in Michigan.
He picked the federal SEN
tence, The reason: He thought
the National Training School
offered a better vocational
training program than is avail
able in Michigan.