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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-22
Ministers of 7 Nations
Draft Free rode Plan

STOCKHOLM July % (AP)-Minsers of seven European
countries last night in principle to
form q second West uropean free trade association
communque from the trade talks at the seaside resort
of Satsoebaden Stockholm said the ministers had
proved draft plan for the association.
Fifteen ministers 100 officials of Austria Britain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-22
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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-20

The Yardstick
Plight OF American
Migrant Farm Workers
BY Msgr. George C.. Higgins

An article in the No
yember issue of Fortune
magazine SAYS that Mexi-
can contract workers so
called 'braceros'l brought
in under Public Law 70 10
work on Us farms often live
far better than do American
migrant farm workers | won
der how many people are
aware Of this ironic situation.
Less than one in a thousand,
| would guess.
THERE CAN BE no obiec.
ton 10 the fact that the bracer-
os are guaranteed decent hous-
ing. free transportation, and
a minimum hourly wage of 30
cents for a guaranteed number
Of hours in each contract
period. In fact. anyone with
a social conscience would be
in favor Of giving them even
greater legal protection and
would insist that the minimal
terms of their contract be en-.
forced as vigorously as pos
sible.
It is, however, morally indie
feasible tn deny to our own
American migrants even the
admittedly substandard guar.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-20
Clothing for the Destitute

Thanksgiving is a time of graft
tude to God for u many blessings as
a nation and as individuals.
II is appropriate that for the
eleventh year 10000 Catholic parishes
in the United States will observe the
Thanksgiving season by collecting US
ed clothing, shoes and blankets for the
needy overseas regardless of race, color
or creed.
The clothing campaign. conducted
under the leadership of our Bishops,
made it possible last year to send 3D.
100, 600 pounds of clothing, bedding,
shoes, and other supplies to various
needy areas.
In dollars and cents this gift to the
destitute of other lands would total APP
proximately S18 million. Indeed the ten
appeals to American Catholics have
brought approximately one hundred
million pounds of materials with a value
in excess of SIPS million.
But the real value OF this gift 10
the needy cannot be truly measured in
material terms. First Of all. there is the
propaganda value. Each case of cloth
ing is marked "A gift of the Catholics
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-20
Church For Over-P Population?

II is openly in violation of the natural
law and Gods positive revelation. We
may not do evil even for a good pur-
pose. The end does not Justify the
means.
II is a question of approach to a
problem. Either God comes first In the
universe, or He does not. If He does,
then we may not disregard His explicit
prohibition even with good motive. The
trouble is that many look at the world
only from a material point of view and
this is certainly the warped one,
Anthony Zimmerman, S.V.D., an ex-
pert on population problems, has said
something which all Catholics would
do we'll to memorlZe:
Birth control is a clumsy, slow, met
f~eetive, uncertain, inhumane, unnatural,
and immoral method of solving over
population. whereas good business, good
politics and Christian virtue are su-
perior in every respect. National poPu-
lation problems must be taken up and
resolved by q more freely moving, in
fernational economy, by a greater
circulation of people by migration, by
more intelligent use of trade ard de-
velopement capital."-GAF
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antees which are provided for
the braeeros.
MOREOVER 1T is incum
bent upon us as a people, to
face up 10 the fact that the
wholesale importation of hrac-
eros almost 100000 last YEAR,
is steadily worsening the
plighf of the American mi
grants.
Thanks TO the initiative of
Secretary Of Labor James p.
Mitchell. the latter problem
is al long last beginning 10
receive the attention it de-
serves. In May of his year Sec
rotary Mitchell appointed a
committee of four consultants.
including this writer, to study
the bracero program and TO
make recommendations for
its Improvement. The commit.
tees final report was submit
ted to Mr.. Mitchell on Oct. %.
II is a rather important doc
ument and one which deserves
more attention than it has
thus received in the daily
press. Copies of the report
C'Consultants Report on the
Mexican Farm Labor Pro-
gram') can be secured BY writ.
ing to the Office of Informs.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-20

The possibility of world over-popu-
lation has been brought TO public at
tention very forcibly in the past few
weeks by a rash Of magazine articles
and the documentary TV programs pro-
duced last week by CHS. Even Arnold
Toynbee. the British historian, had
something to say on this matter at Food
and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations which met IN Rome
recently.
We refer our readers TO the two
part article we did last summer called
vii the Population Bomb E~xpiode?"
catholic Times, July 3 and lol and the
conclusions that we're set down there.
For the present however, may we
point out that it is a distorted and mis-
leading inference that the Church is
for over-population and the scientific
world is against it.
The Church is obviously concerned
with the population problem since 1t has
moral as we'll as social implications. 1t
would be folly for any thinking person
to close his eyes to this situation.
What the Church does oppose is The
solution proposed by many that srti-
ficial birth prevention is the answer
10 the population problem. II cannot be.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-20
Inquiry Corner
Run Parishes
Like Business?
by FIR. HenIey

@. Why cannot parishes be
run on q more businsss-like
bssis7 II seems TO me that
there is . lot of inefficieney
and inexeusable hlunder ing
by our pastor in taking esre
of things!
A. A parish is not a bust
ness. The priest is the APP
pointed shepherd of Christ's
flock. he is the father of his
people. His responsibilities
and his deties are as various,
as conflicting and more com
prehensive than those of the
father of a family. What ia
Their of a family Tor mother)
can claim IBM efficiency in
administering family affairs?
"A priest must be a good
preacher. a skilled counselor,
a lively socializer, a gifted or
ganizer, an accomplished dip
lomat. a shrewd coach or ath
letic director, q wise planner
and builder with a genius
with teen-agers." (Cf. THE
Church and the Suburbs by
Rev. Andrew NJ. Greeley 1t
may be noted in passing that
the Catholic Church was rat
ed very high in an objective
efficiency study a year OF two
ago, second only to Standard
Oil. II would be a good thing
if parishioners could be bet
ter acquainted with the mani
fold duties and the constant
demands upon the time of the
parish priest. While the priest
should try to administer the
parish with the utmost eff
cheney it should be the part of
good Catholics to be patient
and understanding with hui
man limitations and to avoid
carping criticisms Of the pas
tor.
@. Since the respect due 10
HE body Of a Christian calls
for burial of the body and
les far as possibIe) all its
parts leg. an amputaied limbl
is H. possible for a Catholic
10 leave his body or a part of
IL leg. eyes, for medical OF
scientific research
A. The principle requiring
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ton, Us Department of La,
Dor, Washington Is, nc.
The conSultanls found,
among other things, that.
MEXICAN contract work.
erS are being used increasing
ly in year-round and skilled
occupations, contrary to the
original intent of the legis-
latlon authorizing the pro.
gram, Public Law Is.
Wage rates in activities EN-.
ploying MexicanS have Jagged
behind the wage levels for
work generally. Employers of
MeXlcanS tend to pay less
than those who use only Amer
lean workers.
Many growers prefer Mexi-
cans because they represent
an assured work force. Thus in
some areas almost 100 per
cent of the seasonal work on
certain crop activities is per-
formed BY foreign workers.
The Consultants recon-
mended. that the Mexican
Farm Labor Program should
not be renewed even temper.
arily IN 1861 unless if is sub.
stantlally amended and unless
the Secretary of Labor, who
ls charged with tbs. responsi.
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bility Of administering it, is
gwen enough enforcement
power to protect the interests
OF A American agricultural
workers. More specifically.
the committee made the fol-
lowing recommendations.
The law should clearly con
fine the use of MeXlcanS 10
necessary crops IN temporary
labor shortage situations and
TO unskllled. nonmachlne loos.
THE SECRETARY OF LA.
Dor should be authorized to
insure active competition
among employers for Inc
available supply of L, 5. work
erS by being empowered to
refuse to certify the employ
ment Of Mexlcans unless the
employers can demonstrate
that they have made positive
and direct recruitment eff
forts. This means that they
would have TO offer conditions
equal to those provided by
other employers in the area
who successfully recruit and
retain L. S. workers and would
have to provide L, S. workers
benefits equivalent 10 those
given Mexican Nationals
The committee also recon-
mended that a tripartlte ad.
visory group composed Of
members from management,
labor and the public should
be established TO advise the
Secretary of Labor on the
Mexican Farm Labor Program.
I'M READING the commit
tees report, If is we'll to bear
in mind that its recommenda-
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of the United States" This does more
good for US overseas than many a diplo-
matte meeting.
Even more important, this cam
paign constitutes a real opportunity for
us to practice charity toward our
neighbors. The need is certainly there
revolutions. strife. floods, typhoons,
fires, hurricanes, %droughts, and the con-
s~equent restitution, take care of that.
Then. we still have the millions of
refugees who are a special concern
during this World Refugee Year.
All of the people of the Columbus
Diocese should go through their closets,
storerooms, or w~hat-you-wilI and look
for serviceabIe articles which we do not
need and will not use.
We should take them to our par
iSh church during the coming week
and place them in the containers pro-
vided Our volunteers will pack and
ship them to New York and in a short
time they will be alleviating the need
in some disaster-stricken area.
This is charity in the Twentieth
Century manner ,-GAF
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proper respect for the body
as the temple of the Holy
Ghost does not exclude excep-
tons which involve a serious
reason without intention of
denying or ridiculing the prin.
ciple (e.g. cremation if for
hidden as q regular burial
practice but it is morally per-
MISSILE in the case of an
epidemic). 1t would be an act
of charity to permit the corr
neal transplant las was done
a year or so ago by a priest
in italy, for the benefit of an
afflicted person. Similarly it
is permitted to have an
autopsy when there may be
some medical reason or other
proportionate advantage and.
extending permission for ones
body to be used for valid
scientific or medical research
would seem to be no denial
of the principle.
@. II seems an inpessibility
10 find a statue of ST. Stephen
or statues fpieturesl OF other
less publieized saints.
A. The Cathedral Bookshop,
The Church Goods Co. and
other shops which handle re-
ligious articles should be able
to order a statue or picture of
such less usual patron saints.
II may be that there are some
saints who are not so COM
memorated in any commercial
reproduction. There are ma
tional and local centers
where unusual or custom re-
productions can be obtained
sometimes such prod
are mentioned in Catholic
magazines. Why could not
Question mentioned wanting
them for children so-namedl
the children themselves profit
by coloring pictures of their
patron saints provided IN
Catholic coloring books (esg.
Grail) or by inventing their
own pictures?
-
Send questions to Father
Edward F. Healy, Inquiry Cor
ner, The Catholic Times, Box
636. Columbus 16, Ohio.
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Observation-Disclosures

direction. We wait till the
Russians act, then we re
spond.
WE ARE PERPETUALLY
on the defensive. We watch
the skies for new sputniks,
then our scientists scramble
to catch up with Russian sci
ence. The Russians strike in
Korea or the Far East and we
strike back. We fight but they
have chosen the battlefield.
They call the tune and we
dance.
| suppose there are a great
many Americans who think
We should not necessarily be-
lieve in anything except the
freedom to do as We please.
But there is a hard core Of
thoughtful Ameri c who
are convinced We must have
some beliefs. some purpose as
a nation. They believe we will
never beat copfnu"
ply by being against commun-
ism. We must be for some
thing.
We have sadgets and quiz
programs and Lady Chatter
ly's Lover" but is that what we
are for? Do they represent
fhe purpose and direction of
our national existence? Will
they inspire Us TO conquer .
triumphant communism that
now numbers one-third OF the
worlds population and can
boast of tremendous teehno.
logical. scientific and eco
nomie successes?
Thinking Americans know
we must get together and de-
eide what we do believe in.
For, if We don't have any goal
10 strive and fight for, we had
better throw in the sponge.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-20
Sum and Substance:
Can't Be Just Against;
Must Also Be For
BY FIR. John B. Sheerin, esp.

Khrushchey and his eommun-
ist confreres that they know
where they're going. They
have a goal and they are work
ing and sacrificing TO attain
the goal.
When he was here, khrush-
chev was the perfect picture
of the dedicated communist.
He didn't hesitate to acknoWl-
edge his aim. While denying
he wanted to bury us under
bombs, he did say that com
munism would bury capital.
ism and that worldwide com
munism is his dream.
James Postan in the New
York Times OF Oct. 4 said nj
khrushchey in America, He
never travelled a mile or made
a speech or kissed a baby or
talked to a worker or even
made a toast that did not fur
ther his central purpose
Reston referred to Khrush.
cheV's trip as this astonish-
ing exhibition of single-mind-
ed purpose"
THOU G HTFUL MEN in
Washington realize We will
have to develop a sense of
purpose if we hope 10 com
pete with the SoViets. AT the
beginning Of this year. Presi.
dent Eisenhower announced
he would appoint a committee
to study this matter of a ma
tlonal purpose but as yet no
committee has been appoint
ed.
Is it that the President
fears Americans would never
agree on a common purpose,
a common set Of beliefs. a ma
tional goal? Meanwhile we
drift in foreign policy. Having
no goal, we have no sense Of
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-20
Making Marriage Click
Be Holy And Wipe
Away Your Troubles
By Msgr. Irving A. DeBIanc

All Of us share the work Of
God, the Holy Spirit, the Sane
tifler. Parents cooperate with
God when they help TO ere
ate" human beings. Because
they are giving birth TO a
creature with free will intel
llgence, marriage is not to be
entered into by instinct. The
flesh alone is not involved.
That would not be human %.
operation with God. that
would animal instinct and pas
sions would dominate instead
OF reason.
TO DEFINE c o NJ G A /
holiness we must distinguish
between false love and true
love. False love reduces the
loved one to an instrument of
pleasure. That is why a boy
and girl on a date who do not
restrain their passions and
show mutual respect do not
have love. but only instinct.
Marriage requires a capacity
for love. No one is born with
that capacity ~ ii has to be
learned.
To love is to forget oneself
for another. il is to sincerely
wish him or her we'll, it is to
sacrifice oneself for his or her
growth.
To love and seek no return
Is a sign Of maturity. This
love has no undue posSeSslVe-
ness, no jealousy, no rivalry.
II exertS no power over an
other. ii does not consist OF an
Unsuitable need for affection.
If one in love is slightly re-
jected. this does not create
anxiety. Holiness is the high
est degree OF this maturity be
cause then one goes outside Of
self. One must be able to love
and vet take rejection Our
Lord is an example OF this.
GOD THE FATHER did not
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-20

want 10 possess us but instead
gave us free will. God is love.
True love wants others 10 be
free and to grow into perfec-
ton. A couple who loves nee
essarily wants to share life
and goodness with children.
Conjugal love is at the root Of
family holiness. Having chill
dren is an essential desire Of
a Christian couple and God
has guaranteed the help You
need to perform all the duties
of the vocation.
To fulfill their vocation OF
saying Mass, Of pardonlng
sins. priests receive certain
powers from God so also
do parents receive the sup
port and graces necessary TO
educate and rear children.
Parents are also close TO the
Creator in that they remind
children of Gods Providence.
They put al their chlldren's
disposal what God has made
possible for them. This is
even more true of spiritual
goods than material we'll be
ing.
PARENTS REPRESENT the
authority Of God the Creator
and all authority comes from
Him, so they must use it as
God Himself would use it
for the good Of the child, for
the common good.
And finally, the Holy Spirit
is the expression OF love and
it is mainly through Him that
a family learns TO love God
and neighbor. Left to itself,
human love would waste
away. Without the Holy Spirit.
Encouragement would surely
overcome YOU. What then,
MI, is more basic TO your
question than coniugal holl.
ness,
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Amos every day |
see more worries in fsmi-
ly life. Juvenile delin-
queneY is sky high, aleo-
holism is growing, inf
deity Us ~inked al. Many hus-
bands need two Jobs TO make
ends meet. Two out OF every
10 children will be treated as
mentally i'll. and so on. We try
hard, but il is more and more
trovble TO be parents. How
can | avoid being thoroughly
discouraged" M.u.
There is one thing sure,
MI, what you worry about
will almost surely never hap
pen. this is a universal eX-
perience Of mankind, Family
holiness IS not the answer 10
all family problems but ii is a
basic answer, one that is
most neglected.
There is only one kind OF
holiness Our Lord SUMMARY
ed holiness and defined IT in
one sentence II is love OF God
and love of nelghbor. There
are, however, different paths
To holiness. The path OF a
priest is certainly different
from that OF 4 husband, the
path Of a Carmelite nun diff
fers from that OF a mother.
GOD EXPECTS US 10 com
plete His work. In a sense, He
depends upon our free will
cooperation. Remember. how
ever. that God the Father was
specifically The Creator, God
the Son specifically the Re
deemer, God the Holy Spirit,
the Sanctlfier Parents have
been asked specifically TO co
operate with God the Creator
just as priests have been Civ
en- the task of cooperating in
a special way with God the
Redeemer.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-20

Some years ago | saw a
fine motion picture called
II Know Where I'm Co
ing The heroine of this
British movie knew pre-
clsely where she was going
and how to get there. One of
the biggest problems facing
the United States is to de-
eide where We are going-as
a nation.
AT present. We have nc goal,
no purpose. no beliefs 10
which pe are committed As
AdlaI Stevenson said recently.
81 believe that We have con
fused the free With the free
and easy
George KEENAN,. in one Of
his rare public appearances.
called attention to this lack
OF purpose. Speaking in Wash
ington on Oct. %. he describ-
ed the Us. as a nation with
out any clearly developed
sense Of national purpose. IF
you ask me he said, "Wheth-
er such a country has in the
long ruin good chances Of com
peting with a purposefuI. Sc
rlous and disciplined society
such as that of the Soviet Tn
Ion, | must say that the an.
Swer is no
Instead Of a country that
knows where If is going. Ken
nan finds America a country
that loves personal comfort
and lacks social discipline. a
formless nation that is not
making progress towards any
special goal.
He POINTS OUT that the
contrast between the us. and
Soviet Russia is tragic in this
respect. II must be said for
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if adopted by the Congress,
substantially improve the sit
uation in the field Of agricul-
tural labor. They will not be
adopted by the Congress, how
ever. unless they receive
strong public support That's
why readers are urged to Sc
cure a copy of the committees
report and to study its recon-
mendations very fully,
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tons are minimal IN nature
and that they will not solve
the long-standIng and very
complicated manpower prob
lens OF American agriculture
and may not substantially inn
prove the wages and working
conditions of domestic farm
labor.
Nevertheless, the commit.
tees recommendations would,
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1959-09-17

at the home OF Sans parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Ray. who live or
Route 3, Hillsboro.
Miss Carolyn Dodson. daughte:
Of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Dodson
IS patient al Watts Hospital fol
loving an emergency appended
tony performed on Saturday.
Kelly 'Butch" Davis Jr. was
honored with birthday party
given by his mother and sister
Mrs Kelly Davis and Miss Betty
Anne on Saturday afternoon. Ine
party was held in me recreation
area Of New Hope Church. Betty
Anne directed the children il
playing games, and playing on the
SAND 10, After playing outside for
several hours the children were
invited into the social hall, which
Betty had decorated with balloons
and greenery The circus moIi;
was carried out This included the
tableclo:h, napkins. and plates
for the refreshments Betty serveo
to the % children present When
the children had finished eating
Butch opened his gifts that he
had received in celebrating MS
seventh birthday which was on
Tuesday September 9th but had
70 be delayed until Saturday be
cause o. school
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1959-09-17
Norwegian Dentist
Will Lecture Here

DR.. Kaare Langland, a noted
Norwegian dentist, will lecture on
Tissue Changes in the Dental
Pulp" at the UNC Dental School
at 7:3o pm. Tuesday, Sept. y.
The public is invited.
DR.. Langland will be the first
of a series of guest speakers who
will appear at the Dental School
during the academic year. He will
come here from New York, where
he is attending meetings in OBJ
servance of the Tooth anniversary
of the American Dental Associa-
ton and the Federation Dentaire
Nationale.