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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-06-12
St. Patrick WOmen's
Club Plans Ranauet

The st. Patrick's Women's
Club will sponsor a banquet
at the Desert Inn at 7 pm.
Thursday, to honor all past,
present and newly elected Of
ficers, and all members.
The new officers will be
sworn in, but will not take
over their duties until Sep.
TENDER.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-06-12

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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-06-12
ST. Francis Circles
Set Meetings

ST. Francis School OF Nurs-
ing Circles schedule the fol-
lowing meetings:
Circle 3 June Is, IL noon
luncheon and canasta, Desh.
Ter. Mrs. f. A. Halton, hos
tess.
Circle 10 June Is, IL
noon luncheon and cards,
Seneca. Mrs. A. w. Under
wood, hostess.
Cilcle Ii ~ June 18, q pm.
Meeting and cards at the
home of Mrs. Raymond Fsch-
er.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-06-12
New Philadelphia
Group Names Officers

NEW PHILADELPHIA -
The Sacred Heart Altar Soci-
ETY. elected officers at the reg.
ular June meeting and made
arrangements for its annual
picnic.
The new officers are Mrs.
John Cihon, president; Mrs.
Rocco Pompey, vice-president;
Mrs. Tom Meechan, secretary,
and Mrs. Dominic Ferchill,
treasurer. They will take of
flee in September.
The covered dish picnic will
be held at $50 pm. at the
Russell farm. Members will
meet at the parish first.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-06-12
All Canton Shrine
Northern Cow Sets
Day of Prayer

NEW PHILADELPHIA Members of the North
ern Deanery Council of Catholic Women will take part
in a Day of Recollection beginning at 10 a m. Sun
day, June %, at the Shrine of Perpetual Alteration In
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-06-12
OF Interest To Women
Glover Leaf Clubs
Set June Meetings

June schedule of the St. Anthony Hospital Clover
leaf Club meetings was announced this week. Meetings
include:
Leaf z June 80, Mrs. Herman Kaiser, 1899
Evening star., 1959-10-17
To Foster Native Talent

The Ford Foundation is convinced
that a lot of American talent in the
field of operatic composition is going to
waste, or, rather, is not being properly
developed. It bases it's belief on the
successful outcome of an experimental
grant to the New York City Opera
Company for the purpose of producing
operas by American composers. 1t is
not surprising, therefore, and highly
gratifying withal, that the foundation
has decided to enlist the aid Of other
opera companies in the pursuit and
exploitation of native talent.
The foundation has appropriated
$95O,00O for the interesting talent quest.
The money will aid the Metropolitan,
Chicago Lyric, San Francisco and New
York City opera companies to stage
new productions authored by Ameri-
cans. The companies will negotiate with
composers and hbrettists for total Of
18 new operas, with the foundations pro-
viding fees to the successful contestants
as they may request them. The an
nounced aim of the foundation is to
establish native American opera as
continuing part of our national culture"
This is praiseworthy objective-one
that should attract the interest not only
of potential contestants but Of all opera
lovers.
Evening star., 1959-10-17
Courts Too Speedy?

I read your editorial favor
ing a SYSTEM to deprive driv-
ers of their licenses in all
States if they are barred in
one.
Certainly, we could all
agree to this for duly tried
and convicted hit-and-run
and drunken drivers.
But. with the growth OF
point systems, your editorial
suggestion presupposes a
standard Of justice not found
in traffic courts in general
and the D. c. Municipal
Court in particular. There,
the air is one Of unseemly
haste. Not once in several
days of observation did I see
a judge overrule an uncorrob-
rated police officers testi-
mony. The actual percentage
of times the judges do over
rule police officers might
make an interesting weekly
figure for you to publish.
1t is theoretically possible,
therefore, for a man to be
deprived of his license on the
basis of a police officers tes-
timony that he exceeded the
speed limit by 10 miles per
hour. This offense could oc-
cur at the same corner where
a police officer had waved
him to speed up just the day
before.
If an individual can afford
the legal fees and court costs,
a trial more in keeping with
the American heritage that
you are innocent until proven
guilty can be obtained upon
appeal.
Deprivation of his right to
drive-some will say a man
has no right, that it is a priv
ilege given him by the State
can be a cruel and unusual
punishment if a mans car is
mandatory in his business
and it costs him $4,000 or
more per year to hire a
chauffeur.
It is an interesting con-
stitutional speculation wheth-
er the courts and, more par
ticularly, an administrative
body can apply such a pen
atty to a man without the
trial by jury guaranteed by
the Constitution.
In a private meeting, one
Of the Municipal Court judges
expressed. to me that they
had to be more concerned
with safety than with justice.
To paraphrase Thomas JET
ferson: Beware when your
liberties are whitfield away in
the name of a good cause.
C. T. HelImuth,
Evening star., 1959-10-17
Union Dues for Politics

The Supreme Court, agreeing to
review Georgia labor case, has opened
up one of the TOUGHEST and most un-
settled areas of labor activity-the use
of union dues for political purposes.
The issues involved have wide national
Importance, and they should be resolved.
Directly at stake is the authority
of labor to enforce union shop" con-
tracts, under which all employees of firms
covered by such contracts must join
unions within specified periods. In the
case at issue, the Georgia Supreme
Court has ruled that one such contract
is not enforceable. The basis for its
action is that the use of union dues for
political purposes against the wishes OF
certain union members violates their
rights under the First Amendment of
the Constitution (the guarantee of free
Speech). The State suit was brought by
six members of the Southern Railway
System, who said they did not approve
of political activities engaged in by the
union, but that they had been forced to
join and pay dues by the union shop
pact. Fifteen unions have asked the
Supreme Court to overturn the State
decision.
Three years ago the Supreme Court
specifically upheld the legality OF union
shop contracts for railroads. In doing
so, however, the court seemed to antic1-
pate precisely the sort of challenge now
before it, The written opinion warned
that the court would withhold judgment
on the validity of specific union shop
contracts if they were used "as cover
for forcing theological conformity or
other action in contravention of the
First Amendment"
It is this theological question which
the Georgia case now apparently has
brought forward. The precise nature
of the political activities" engaged in
by the Georgia union, therefore, will
certainly be of critical Importance. The
courts finding, however, could draSti-
cally affect the operation Of union shop
agreements throughout the country.
Would such contracts, if the State rul-
ing is upheld, become unenforceable, as
the State court already has ruled IN
the Georgia case? Would the so-called
political education" campaigns engaged
in by many unions be curtailed?
These questions, of course, are vital
to labor, as they are to individual union
members who disapprove of the use OF
their dues for political activity. They
also bear upon extremely important
matters of public policy, concerning
which there is clear-cut need for more
specific ground rules to be laid down.
Evening star., 1959-10-17
On Her Own

In an article on October 7
regarding the Montgomery
County Democratic precinct
elections, it was stated that
Barbara Moran, running as
precinct chairman in Rock
ville's Fourth District, Third
Precinct, was "a member of
the Murphy faction"
I do not know and have
never met Mr.. Murphy, and
I would like to state that I
am not associated with the
Murphy or any other faction.
I am presenting myself to
serve as precinct chairman
as an individual. and would
prefer to be judged on my
own merits and my potential
ability to do the job.
Barbara Moran.
Evening star., 1959-10-17

chology in a good hickory
switch than in all the books
ever written. A good whipping
not only corrected the culprit
but improved the discipline
of the whole school for weeks.
I never heard of juvenile
delinquency until I came to
Washington where whipping
in school is prohibited.
X. d. v.
Evening star., 1959-10-17
Encourages Us

u6 MCIIOpOllOdll GOlblOlL
Of The Evening Star of Octo-
ber 8 struck me at once as
meriting some recognition
from your readers. Since none
such seems to have appeared
in Letters to The Star" I
want to mitigate my own
remiSSness by letting you have
my belated plaudits.
The distribution Of the
color work and the quality Of
it, especially on Page C-20,
are more nearly what might
be expected from a high
grade magazine with glossy
paper to enhance the print
ing. In back Of the publica-
ton of an edition such as
this I can visualize the study
and painstaking efforts of a
large number Of people on
the staff.
The appearance of color
from time to time in other
weekly editions, together with
the feature articles, makes
The Star a most attractive
and welcome evening visitor
to my home, as it has been
for more than As years. So I
feel like making this COM
mendation in the hope that
it may give a little encour-
agement to somebody down
the line who may not sus-
pect that at least one reader
is looking over his shoulder.
John T. SchrOtt.
Evening star., 1959-10-17

Send juvenile delinquents
to Jail, but leave law-abiding
teen-agers alone! A curfew
law, if enacted, accomplishes
nothing that an anti-loitering
law does except disturb we'll
behaved teen-agers (and there
are some you know. Anti
lettering laws give police the
power to handle suspicious
looking" juveniles, and at the
same time respect the rights
of the remainder of our
younger citizens. Prohibition
didn't stop alcoholism, and a
curfew won't stop juvenile
delinquency!
Alan Refs,
Woodrow Wilson High School.
Evening star., 1959-10-17
Warning Signal Hoisted

A Maryland Legislative Council
committee on State finances has hoiSted
a warning signal against too much
spending by the State next year If the
taxpayers want to escape another tax
increase. The warning Of financial
perils ahead came as number of or
ganized groups, including teachers and
State employees organizations, are pre-
pairing to ask for salary boosts 1t also
followed presentation by departments
and agencies of budget estimates, far IN
excess of present revenue potentialities.
In a special report the committee
urged Governor Tawes to hold the line
against mounting preSsureS for heavy
new spending programs. To give in to
the presSureS, it was asserted, would
mean that the State would have to face
the unwelcome prospect of further tax
hikes to balance next years budget. The
committee was especially opposed to
such temporary expedient as dipping
into the States surplus to meet deficits
as has been done in the past.
With budget requests not completely
tabulated, the total already is running
$166 million above this years estimates.
Meanwhile, the State Teachers AsSocia-
ton has asked that minimum pay for
teachers be raised by $500, which would
cost about $14 million the first year and
SIS million the second year under a
proposed two-year program. The State
Classified Employees Association also is
seeking more money for its members
at an estimated cost of about 81 million.
But Maryland's taxpayers are still
trying to adjust themselves to the sub
stantial tax increases voted by the Leg
islature last year. These included a SO
Evening star., 1959-10-17
Fair for All

President Eisenhower has taken the
right approach toward settlement OF the
intercity contest for the 1864 Worlds
Fair. AS was suggested in the ill-fated
Fulbright resolution, he has appointed
an impartial commission to recommend
a site for the big xposition-provided,
of course, the International Bureau OF
Expositions approves the holding OF the
fair in the United States. An amicable
agreement on an American city as the
fair site is a prerequisite to such ap-
proval by the Paris agency. And a
successful American Worlds Fair would
be virtually impossible without the CO.
operation of the international group.
At present there are three main con-
tenders for the privilege of being host to
the Washington, New York City
and Los Angeles. The New York City
promoters succeeded at the recent con-
gressional session in killing Senator Full
bright's sensible proposal for a presi-
Dental commission to pick site. In
stead, they sought vainly to have their
own city designated by Congress as the
site for the show.
The Washington Board of Trade and
other local boosters, however, have ia
vored the commission plan from the
outset. They have voiced confidence
that, if National rather than State
and local interests are to govern the
choice of a city, the Nations Capital will
be selected for the fair. A majority of
Senators have said they favor Washing
ton over any other city. So do we. And
we believe the chances are good that the
Presidents advisers will feel the same
way about. it. In any event, we will sup
port their decision, whatever it may be-.
Evening star., 1959-10-17
Stake in Antarctic

For years, leading patriotic
organizations, including civic
and veterans groups, have
been urging that the United
States proclaim sovereignty
over her rightful Antarctic
territories. This has not been
done, although a measure in
Congress outlines possible
procedures. So today we own
not one inch of Antarctica.
The South Polar Continent
is a little smaller than South
America and no one knows
what it's potentialities may
be. Our New England sealerS
are believed to have been the
first human beings to land
there (182D. The United
States already has paid for
her proper Antarctic terri
tories in lives, splendid ex-
ploration, and tax monies.
Announcing United States
sovereignty over her proper
territories, therefore, would
not involve imperialism or
expansion because the Ant
arctic Continent already is
part of United States history,
as any almanac or encyclo-
pedia shows.
Seven Western nations have
laid formal claim to certain
Antarctic areas. Communists
first landed on the continent
proper in 1856 to set up bases
for International Geophysical
Year work. Since then the
Soviets have indicated they
intend to expand their opera
tionS there.
The Soviets not only are
keeping all their captive ma
tions, but are being allowed
to occupy the Antarctic.
Evening star., 1959-10-17
Never Spared Rod

Years ago when I was. a
teacher in West Virginia. I
was expected ITO control my
pupils. I whipped girls big
enough to court, and boys
big enough to whip me. I
had the authority to admin
lister corporal punishment
and the moral support of the
community.
There is more child pSy-
Evening star., 1959-10-17
General Marshall

III Cne story OF the man could De
summed up in one sentence 1t would
run like this-a fine gentleman, dis
tinguished soldier and great American.
But, of course, it is not possible in one
sentence, or in one volume, to present
an adequate estimate of George Catlett
Marshall, General of the Army.
~ Ten years before Pearl Harbor, the
Marshall career seemed to have reached
dead end BY orders from Washington,
orders which must have been inspired
by something other than consideration
for the best interests of the Army, he
was yanked out of regimental COM
mand and assigned as National Guard
instructor in Chicago. George Marshall
protested in vain.
The pressure of great and ominous
events, however, was soon to force a
correction of this laundering injustice.
BY 1886 the shape of the Nazi menace
was becoming clearer, and George Mar
shall was given his brigadier's star and
brought to Washington as chief of Army
war plans. There, his genius for organ
ization came into play, and on Septem-
Der /, 1899, the day that Hitler marched
into Poland, George Marshall was sworn
in as Army Chief of Staff with four-star
rank. When war came to America, our
armed forces, thanks to General Mar
shall's triumph over public apathy and
an ignorant and often hostile Congress,
we're better prepared for the test than
had seemed possible two years earlier.
The rest is well-remembered his
tory-the defeat of the Axis powers with
George Marshall as chief strategiSt, his
emergence from retirement to elaborate
the Marshall Plan as Secretary of State,
and his further service to the country as
Secretary of Defense during the Korean
war.
George Marshall had his brushes
with the lunatic fringe, enduring quietly
and with dignity the outrageous abuse
that was heaped upon him. But, happily,
there were those who knew better. Pres
ident Truman called him "the greatest
living American" winston Churchill said
he was the "true organizer of victory"
The late Henry L. Stimson, Secretary OF
War, described him as the finest soldier
have ever known" In President Eisen-
hower's estimation, he was "the princi-
pal architect of our military strategy
and of the ultimate Allied victory"
George Marshall was not only soldier,
however. In 1858, he left sick bed
to accept the Nobel Peace Prize, and
no man has been more deserving of it.
Now, at 78, his career has come
to it's close. But the impact of this
mans personality and character will
not be lost upon those who knew him,
even slightly. With them, the real
monument to George Marshall will be
the cherished memory of a SelfleSs man
whose devotion to duty served both as
example and inspiration.
Evening star., 1959-10-17
Use ReoL Bullets in Westerns to Put " on Level?

opportunity to make his own
decisions in the area of choice
of entertainment. No one
seems to know just where the
costs would fall, or how large
the income from pay TV
would be. The viewer would
hope that large sums now
diverted to such things as
"programming" and "adver-
tising copy" would go to the
actual entertainers thus pro-
viding greater variety and
possibly higher quality. At
least some artists who ad-
mittedly have no mass appeal
might well find a profitable if
not extensive market for their
talents.
1t is my guess that pay
TV would not command as
many viewing hours per year
as is now the case with "free'
TV. I imagine that the sum
the average family could or
would budget for TV would
fall considerably below that
amount which the most OPP
timistic champions of pay
TV envision. Few if any pro-
grams could command the
substantial fees which some
promoters seem to expect.
Thus the World Series
might ego" well at so cents
a game but at 81 a game we
might have a Nation OF
largely unlighted screens.
Personally I would be willing
to pay higher fees for Broad
way plays or classical con-
certs; however, the charg-
ing of very large fees for the
viewing of such shows would
do nothing but reduce the
Evening star., 1959-10-17

1t appears TO me thaC our
distinguished legislators have
far more important things to
do than to concern them
selves with the conduct Of
quiz shows. Whether "21"
was on the level or not had
little to dc with its entertain
ment value. I think it was far
superior to the group of
Westerns that infest the
channels. I take this stand
with the thought that many
people were exposed to
worthy facts, some of which
were retained to the enrich
ment of their minds. True,
no one likes deceit, but who
raised the hue and cry?
No movement has been
started to run the wrestling
matches OIL the air lanes.
If it is authenticity that is
desired, then I insist on live
ammunition for our Westerns.
Channel WraStler.
Ralph McGill might have
been echoing the thoughts of
many of his readers when he
said that the public was in
part responsible for the fakery
and dishonesty of TV quiz
shows.
One rather surprising ele-
ment in the conversations
growing out of the quiz show
scandals has been the absence
of any suggestion that pay
TV may be one way out Of the
moraSS.
1t could be hoped that pay
TV would return to the in
dividual some right and some
Evening star., 1959-10-17
"Takoma Park.

Dear Sir:
Nov that cooler weather
has come I will begin to
suffer from colds, so I am
putting into effect my rule
No. / for cold avoidance.
1T is a very simple one:
"Avoid people with colds.
But the trouble is that
people laugh at me for this.
and so I thought I would
write to you and see if you
know any way to keep people
from laughing at one.
MY life would be a fairly
happy life if it were not for
people laughing at me. Any
thing I do, anything I say,
they laugh.
"I must be a born comedian,
or something.
THE Stralghter face l keep,
the more they laugh. I think
I will take to the stage and
make money at it.
Despite the smiles, I still
think my No. l rule is the
best of all. What do you say?
Sincerely, Ann G. H."
u y 4
Miss Ann should not mind
people laughing at her. Most
of them are laughing with
her, really. They are happy
when they see her. What
more can you ask?
1t is much better to have
people smile when you come
along than have them scowl.
There undoubtedly is
something in some faces that
makes people smile at some
people.
This should not worry
them.
1t is actually a gift, to be
able to make people smile
and laugh. AS long as they
are laughing, they are not
sticking a knife in your ribs,
at least.
y y +
AS for cold avoidance.
there are several things to
do.
Our correspondents No. /
rule is undoubtedly the No. /
rule; the only trouble is that
it is a rule of perfection.
In other words, it is good if
it can be carried out.
If you go around among
people, it can't be carried out
all the time.
Even if you stay home, in
a clean sanitary house. cold
germs may be brought right
to you where you live.
We know one excellent
woman who hadn't had a
Evening star., 1959-10-17
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES (. TRACEWELL

cold for five years, almost a
record, until the old egg man
came to the door.
This wonderful fellow was
80 years old and as spry az
the hens that laid his eggs
He was seldom i'll, but this
time he had a cold, and a bad
cold. 1t was a bitter, snowy
day, and the egg man came
in, of course, and was talka-
tive.
He sneezed, too, and under
the circumstances, there was
nothing to do about it.
Within "a hours, the lady
had a bad cold.
In many cases it is impos-
sible to say where a cold is
contracted, but this time
there was no doubt Of it.
y + +
What one can do. to avoid
a cold, is to keep the health
at peak performance, as far
as possible.
And move away from those
who sneeZe.
Sometimes this will take
real courage, because most
people are very sensitive on
this score.
They actually resent the
caution of the cautious
person.
If you move away from the
sneezer, think up a sudden
excuse for doing so. The best
plan is to have a few ready
excuses on hand, in the back
Of the mind, that is, and to
be able to trot out the ap-
propriate one on demand.
In this way, no one is
offended and you stand a
very good chance of not being
infected. Provided, of course.
you move away for at least
IS feet. Scientific tests have
shown that the average
sneeze carries up to IL feet.
Once outside the sneeze
zone, you are comparatively
safe. Germs, of course, have
an unfortunate way of laugh
ing at locksmiths and other
executives. They go their
way and a human being is
unfortunate who takes the
same road.
The parting Of the ways"
when it comes to germs, is
something devoutly to be
wished, but it cannot always
be accomplished, and when
it cannot, well. the thing to
do, if it is a cold germ, or
a virus. is to go to bed and
stay there. This. too, in a
busy world, is an advice Of
perfection.
Evening star., 1959-10-17
Cornered Pedestrians

If the Police Department
would like to know the real
reason why so many pedes-
trians are killed on the streets
Of Washington, I suggest that
a traffic officer be stationed
at the west side of the inter-
section at Fifteenth and G
streets NV. between 5 and
$50 pm. to observe (not to
stop and give tickets-Heav-
en- forbidD the number OF
automobiles that run through
the red light when the sign
says walk"
Perplexed Pedestrian.