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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-01-09
Catholic
ErDIOrer
WASHINGTON

WASHlINIIO "A
memorial service honor
ing Joseph M. Nicolet,
Catholic Frenchborn ex-
plorer, biographer and
scientist, who explored the
headwaters of the Mississippi
and Missouri rivers in the
1905, was held here at his
grave in Congressional Gem
etery.
The brief ritual held in bit
ter cold was conducted in con-
junction with the centenary
celebration of MINI esota
statehood. Participants includ-
ed us. Sen. Hubert H. Hum
phrey of Minnesota; Herve AL
phand, French Ambassador to
tn U.S.; Secretary of War Will
Der M. Brucker, and Father
Jules A. Baisnee, SIS, of the
Theological College of the
Catholic University of Ameri-
ca conducted by the Sulpician
Fathers.
Commissioned by the ar
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man, tax consultant. or attor-
ney to explain how little il
would cost to make a real gift
to the Church.
The Church in the United
States and especially our own
Diocese Is living and planning
in anticipation OF tomorrow's
principal. Her physical build
ing program can never be &C.
compiished with inadequate
funds.
You can do your share by
s~upplementing your weekly
contributions with larger fl
nancial gifts. And you can do
this with an amazingly small
sacrifice to your budget.
Why not store up treasures
for yourself in heaven by in
vestigating the possibility of
helping the works of the
Church right now?
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dren, it is the usual practice
for the courts to wait two
years before declaring the
children free to be adopted.
The Bureau acts on the
principle thar infants should
be placed permanently with
their new parents as early as
experience shows it TO be
practical. To avoid heartsche
and distress that might arise
IL q sick, crippled or mental.
Iy afflicted child were placed,
the Bureau does not place
children who are younger
than 10 weeks old unless the
characteristics Of both natural
parents are very we'll known.
This is . reason also why
physical and psychological ex-
aminations are made before
The children are given to
adaptive parents.
According to Ohio law, a
child must be cared for in his
new home for at least six
months before the Probate
Court can declare the child
legally adopted, although the
trial period is usually longer.
Prior to the court hearing,
the Catholic Welfare Bureau
makes regular visits to the
child and his adaptive par
ents. The Bureau then pre-
sents a formal, detailed re-
port regarding the care the
child is receiving and his adj
justment to his new family to
help the Court make its de-
cision to make the adoption
permanent.
The agency has been re-
ceiving many apple ations
from families who want to
adopt infants, but is expert
encing a shortage of homes
for children IL to Is years old
and for Negro infants.
In addition to adaptive
placements, the Catholic We'll
fare Bureau cared for more
than 600 children in institu-
tions and temporary foster
homes during 1858. The Blu
reau receives partial support
from the United Appeal and
the United Community Coun-
Gil.
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my, Nicolet explored the head
waters of the nations two
great rivers from 1888 to 1843.
His report was accepted by
Congress and contsined the
first difinitive maps OF the
sources of the rivers.
Nicolet died here in Wash
ington in 1843 as a result of
the rigors of his explorations.
For years his grave in C~n-
gressional Cemetery was UNI
known and unattended. The
headstone of the grave had
been lost. During his lifetime
Nicolet was a frequent guest
at st. Mary's Seminary which
the Sulpician Fathers conduct
in Baltimore.
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Technical
Matter
BY FATHER
JAMES 4 TUCEK

VATICAN CITY L
Osservatore Romano has
declared that the failure
of the diplomatic repre-
Sentattions of the Polish
and Lithuanian governments
in exile to renew their Gre
dentials with the Holy See is
strictly a technical juridical
matter.
The Vatican City daily
newspaper said the matter
has nothing to do with the
attitude of the Holy See to-
ward the representatives of
these nations.
The notice was displayed
on the papers front page in
the manner of an editorial.
But its content and phrase
ology made it evident that it
originated in the Vatican Sec
retariat of State. Therefore,
although it could not in any
manner be called an official
statement, it could be clearly
interpreted as an authorita-
tive answer to the many
questions that had arisen
throughout the world since
the fate of the two ENJOYS to
the Holy See became known.
The L'Osservatore article
was occasioned by a dispatch
of the Italian press agency
L'Italia, and by an article
appearing in the January 3
issue of the Paris daily, LIE
Figaro. The Vatican City
daily criticized these news or
gans for speculation and for
circulating "unfounded. ru-
mors."
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ehvmens, who attend IS mis-
sion stations operated by 81
missionaries.
The archbishop believes 1t
is hard to judge the RESPONSE
bility of those involved in the
schismatic movement of the
Catholic Church in China,
where the Communist govern
ment has attempted to set up
an Independent church.
He noted THAT The indoc-
t~rinsfion program Of The Reds
is 20 diaboliesI that he would
not say that The bishops who
conssersfed others without
authority were fully respon-
sible.
Some of the clergy, he point
ed out, are going along with
the Communist government
only in externals in an at
tempt TO save existing organ
ization of the Church in
China.
About the defense of Que
moy and Matsu, off the Chi
nese mainland, Archbi . h
Lacchio said:
"Tm not . military expert,
but I know that fhs National.
ist government considers the
defense Of the islands extrem-
ely important not only for
prestige but also for The de-
Tense Of Formoss itself"
He then added: "The sur
render of Formosa to the Com
munists would mark the be-
ginning of the surrender of
the whole Far East"
People Of Formoss and the
sxiled Chinese living off The
mainland are watching every
pronovnesmenf Of ths US.
State Department in The hope
THAT We will not fail Them, he
said. But II we do recognize
ths Red Chinese government
or back down on our present
policy, They are finished"
he noted.
Archbishop Lacchio will re-
turn to Formosa sometime
next month, after stops in the
United States including To-
ledo, Chicago, Omaha and
San Francisco.
Father Bernadine Bonan.
sea, O.F.M. Franciscan Mon
astery, Washington IL, DC, is
presently handling the arch
bishops correspondence.
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carrying out duties imposed
by law"
In the Everson case, MIR.
Corrigan recalled, Justice He
her said that the state has no
right to force children to at
tend a public school. He reas-
oned further that to deny bus
rides because children attend
a parish school would be sin
discreet compulsion to attend
a public school," and would
be unconstitutional.
Mr.. Corrigan also quoted
the st. Louis University Law
Journal as saying:
"The trend (of opinion) ap-
pears to be moving toward a
concept of such benefits as
free transportation for stu
dents as a form of social legis-
lation under the police pow
ers of the state and designed
for the health, welfare and
safety of all students, there
fore, to be extended to all 80.
The same principle has been
applied to the CT. Bill of
Rights and more particularly
to the National School Lunch
Act"
Mr.. Corrigan concluded his
statement by telling the
Strongsville School Board:
at is my opinion that your
board could legally provide
the transportation requested
for the children attending st.
Joseph School,"
Father Joseph J. McGraw,
pastor of st. Joseph parish,
said that if the request of the
parents is granted, most OF
the children would board the
public school buses at regular.
ly scheduled stops.
The request was maze by a
delegation of parents who
live and pay taxes in the
Strongsville school district. A
similar petition nine years ago
was turned down by the
school board.
At present the school trans
ports its pupils in two buses
paid for by the parish.
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Guinness
HOnOred

Alec GUM
ness, Britain's top film
star, who was received in
to the Catholic Church
three years ago, has been
awarded a knighthood by
Queen Elizabeth ii.
He thus takes his place with
Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir
John Gielgud as one of the
few actors of modern times to
receive this honor.
Guinness - to become Sir
Alec Guinness after the Queen
has given him the accolade of
knighthood, probably within
a month - starred in "The
Bridge on the River Kwai."
story of British prisoners of
war in Japanese hands, which
has won worldwide acclaim.
1t is the climax to a success
sion of box office hits, includ-
ing one in which he starred
as the innocent-looking priest
detective, Father Brown, fic-
ton character created by G.
X. Chesterton. In another he
played the role of a cardinal
held a captive of the Reds in
East Europe.
A quiet, retiring man in pri-
vate life, the 44-year-old GUM
ness is a relative newcomer
to the ranks of show business
aristocracy. He lives in the
country at Petersfield, Hamp-
shire, in southern England,
with his wife, former actress
Merula Salaman. 1t was at st.
Laurence's church in Peters
field that Guinness entered
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the Church in March, 1856.
He revealed at the time that
his son, Matthew, then Is, had
become a Catholic about six
months earlier, and that he
himself had been attending
Mass in Petersfield regularly
for some months.
Guinness is made a Knight
Bachelor in the New Years
honors list.
Another Catholic to receive
a knighthood is a well-known
airman. Acting Air Marshal
William L. M. Macdonald,
who became a Knight Com
mander of the Bath (K.C.B.).
An outstanding British au-
thoritv on fine arts. John
Wyndham Pope H e e ssy,
head of the department of
architecture and sculpture at
London's Victoria and Albert
Museum, is another noted
Catholic to be honored. He
is named a Commander of the
Order of the British Empire
W.B.E.). Mr.. ~Pope-Hennessy,
IS, has written many books on
art, particularly that Of the
Italian Renaissance.
Father John A. .Coughlan,
Royal Navy chaplain from the
Archdiocese of Westminster,
is made an Officer of the
Order of the British Empire
(O.B.E.), and Sister Gabrielle,
a Verona Sister working at
the Alto Leper Settlement in
Uganda, British East Africa,
is named an honorary member
of the same order M.B.E.).
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students TO consider the mer.
Its OF fhe University Of De.
froit.
He also said that the quality
of our Catholic university
faculties would be even high
er if the top students would
consider teaching in these in
situations. This is all part, he
indicated, "of the RESPONSE
bility all Catholics must de-
velop in making Catholic phi.
losophy felt in the communi-
ty."
The retreat for local attor-
neys was held at the Shrine
of st. Therese and was attend.
ed by % men. II was the first
such session and plans have
been made for another retreat
next year.
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state law as now written does
not permit such additional
payments.
A State Labor Management
Act little Wagner Act) which
would govern labor and man.
agement and provide an equi-
table and orderly manner for
handling l~abor-manage m e t
disputes will be introduced at
an early date.
Other legislation to be in
troduced in the social field
will be:
Unemployment Compensa-
ton - Raise benefits to equal
1871 of average weekly wage.
Increase duration to 80 weeks
permanently.
Workmen's COmpensa-
ton - Revise benefits to 300
of weekly wage and other gen.
eral liberalizing of benefits.
A minimum wage law of
$1.25 per hour.
Removing the ceiling from
Old Age Assistance (similar
to HB446 introduced during
102nd General Assembly,.
LEGISLATION IN THE
FIELD OF
Almost certain to be intro
duced in the next session by
the school lobby will be a
measure to increase teacher
salaries by 1917 (the mini
mum for a teacher with a B.A.
is now $4,000. and the average
is $4,000 which would raise
the average pay Of a teacher
to $4070; raise the school
foundation program by 1919
from the minimum of $1,925,
for each unit of 80 students
to $2125; increase by SIPS
per year the states flat share
for overhead in each unit;
and increase the states con-
tribution for the retirement
fund from 1917 to 1870. If
these measures are success
fully passed by the legisla-
ture, it is estimated the cost
will run so million dollars for
the first year.
Other ! a ton in the
field Of education likely to be
introduced is as follows:
Legislation to permit ap-
proval of school bond issues
and building levies to be pass
ed by a majority vote at all
elections. AT the present time
they require $50 at a regular
and 500 at special elections
for approval. Permit school
operating Ievies on a continu-
ing basis, to be discontinued
only by a majority negative
vote upon referendum; legis.
lation to permit a uniform age
limit for children to enroll in
school. The present law states
that the entrance age is six
years, but the date on which
a child must attain the age
of six is left to the discretion
of the local school boards.
Some boards operate on the
basis that if a child reaches
the age of six years before
Dec. 81 he may enter the first
grade the previous Septem-
Der. The Congress this past
session passed the National
Defense Education Act. For
Ohio to take advantage of the
benefits of the act there must
be legislation in some areas.
Ohio now has about 100, 900
college students. BY 1870 it is
estimated that over zoo, 900
students will be enrolled. A
report of the Governors Com.
mission Beyond the High
School Level was recently re-
leased. From that report a bill
will probably be introduced
creating a five-year interim
commission of nine non-paid
members appointed by the
Governor with Senate confir-
nation. The Commission will
be charged with providing
higher quality edu c o n,
more college facilities and
state scholarships for superior
students who need financial
help to attend any Ohio col
lege they choose, public or
private.
MISCELLANEOUS
LEGISLATION
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John t. Corrigan asserteI
The prosecutor issued an
opinion at the request of the
Strongville school board,
which had been asked to pro-
vide bus rides for some 400
pupils in ST. Joseph's parish
school. Nothing in the US.
or Ohio constitutions or laws
forbids such action, Mr.. Cor
rigan told the board.
Mr.. Corrigan went counter
to a 31-year-old opinion of
the then Ohio Atty. Gen. Ed
ward c. Turner, who held
that only pupils attending
public schools were entitled
to transportation at public
expense.
Mr.. corrigan quoted sever.
al legal sources to show that
the trend Of opinion now is
that such benefits as bus
rides, textbooks, lunches and
medical and dental care are
Of fhe safety and protection
Of children, not for fha bene-
fit Of any particular school.
He cited the US. Supreme
Courts decision in the case
of Arch Everson VS.. the
Board of Education of Ewing
Township. NJ. in which the
court held that the due pro-
cess clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment is not violated
If public transportation is
provided for children in
Catholic parochial schools.
The Fourteenth m d.
ment, the court said, does
not strip the states Of their
power TO meet their special
problems. Laws helping chill.
dren TO get . secular educa-
zion, u continued, serve =
public purpose. Psroeh hal
tion according 10 stated stand
schools provide secular sdv.
cation according to state
standards in addition to re-
Iigiovs instruction.
A law providing buses for
Catholic school children does
not violate the First Amend
ment provision forbidding any
legisl ation respecting an
establishment of religion"
The purpose Of the bus law Is
simply to get children to
school safely, irrespective of
their religious faith" the
court said.
Similarly, said Mr.. Corri-
gan, the us. Supreme Court
in a Louisiana case held that
a state may provide text
books for children in parochi-
al and other private schools.
Mr.. Corrigan held that:
Parents have the eonstiiv-
fionsi right TO send their
children TO fhe school Of
their choice.
Bus rides are primarily for
the benefit Of the child
rather than In aid Of .
school.
He quoted the Maryland
Court of Appeals as uphold
ing such welfare benefits as
bus rides for parish school
children and referred to their
reasoning as follows:
The state passes a compul-
sorry school attendance law.
Under that law, children reg
istered in q parish school have
. duty to attend that school.
Therefore, the state has the
power to protect the children
from danger while they are
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the characteristic and clangor.
Gus custom Of throwing old
bottles, glasses, broken dish
es and pans out Of their win
dows into the streets. In
many of the city's churches.
however, special observances
welcomed the New Year In a
sober vein.
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against a growing tendency
toward public display of OBJ
scenity and immortality in
movies, movie posters and
newsstand publications.
II is almost certain that a
bill will be introduced in the
new legislature stiffening the
penalty for obscene book SELL
ing and classifying movies.
The Movie Classification
Bill will likely be one separat-
ing movies into the following
categories: "For A Adults"
family films" prohibiting ex-
hibition to those Is years of
age and younger. The onus
for prohibiting those under Is
from seeing films classified as
for Is years and older would
be on the owner of the motion
picture theater. The Jackson
and Greenfield (Ohio) boards
of education recently protest
ed the showing of immoral
movies.
Another bill sure to be in
troduced would siren 8 t h e n
the present Sunday selling
law.
A bill that Is gaining pub
lie support fast and will be
introduced early in the ses-
sion calls for a Commission of
Alcoholism to be made a part
of the State Health Depart
ment. 1t is reliably reported
that 1t has received bi-parti-
san support which will aid in
its passage.
HOUSING BILL
The State of Ohio insists
on a maximum income limita-
ton of $2400 for both admis-
sion and continued occupancy
of public housing projects.
Welfare officials contend that
the $2400 limit is unrealistic
and eliminates and forces out
of low cost housing units
many families who need that
type housing. A bill will prob
ably be introduced raising the
maximum to $500.
BOND ISSUES
Legislation prov | d & for
the placing of a bond issue for
highway construction will be
proposed. Out of the 500 mil
lion dollar bond issue for
highway building approved by
the voters in 1853, there re.
mains only SO million dollars.
That amount will not stretch
very far if Ohio Is to con,
tinue building highways al
the present pace. Highway ex.
perts say Ohio needs 1875 mil.
lion dollars a year to main.
tain the present pace, even
with the 9O-10 matching basis
of Federal funds.
There remains only Is mil.
lion dollars out of the $50
million dollar bond issue ap-
proved by the voters in 1855,
for mental hospitals and pris'
on construction. The Depart,
ment of Mental Hygiene and
Correction has already re,
quested 81 new institutions
and other construction cost,
ing $50 million dollars for the
next several years.
Editors Note: This news
paper will give q review peri
odically of the happenings oil
the 103rd General Assembly
and any proposed or enacted
legislation.)
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Navy Department
nursing school at the Amer
Iran TJVaivareif1, Il, nai,u,t

nursing school at the Amer
lean University in Beirut"
1t was at the 5Oth ami
versary Of the founding of
the Am erlcan University
School Of Nursing, in 1855,
that plans for the nursing
home were laid, Mrs. Shahla
said
The project is being Spon-
sored by the nursing chapter
of the American University
Alumni Association, with the
support of the dean of the
university medical school and
religious leaders of all faiths
in that part of the world.
In her travels in this coun-
try Mrs. Shahla is getting in
touch with nurses organiza-
lions, religious groups and
American University alumni,
all OF whom have expressed
interest in the home, she said.
Funds contributed in this
country are being handled
by the Church World Serv-
ice. 2l5 Fourth Avenue, New
York City, which will for
ward them to Beirut, Mrs.
Shahla said. is,
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A Lebanese nurse is in
Washington on a project
which she earnestly says
could have a profound effect
on the future we'll being of
the entire Middle East.
She is Mrs. George Shahla,
the wife of a professor of
education at the American
University in Beirut, Leb-
anon, and herself a pioneer
nurse and welfare worker
there.
Mrs. Shahla is here to tell
the story of a nurses home
which is planned for Beirut,
principally for i'll and desti-
tute former nurses from
throughout the Middle East.
Visiting graduate nurses
and paying convalescent pa
tients also would be accom-
modated. the latter providing
income for the home Sixty
rooms with so beds are
planned.
encouragement
The Importance of this
home, the first such project
ever planned for the Middle
East, is that it will give nurs-
ing a status it does not now
have. which will encourage
more young girls to enter the
profession in that part of the
world" Mrs. Shahla says.
This is very important in
order to improve the poor
health conditions in the Mid
die East, the visitor said.
More hospitals are being
built, and our medical serv-
ices are improving, but we
are badly handicapped by
lack Of enough nurses.
Raising the health level
could greatly influence the
future of the Middle East"
she added, but without the
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OF Plans for Hospital

nurses, all this would be
slowed down."
The home will help Undue,
young girls to enter nursing
in still another way, Mrs.
Shahla believes, because it
will convince them they will
have some security in their
old age"
I'VE do not have Social Sc
curity in many Mideast
countries" she said. ut
would be important to a girl
to feel she was entering a
profession where her future
was provided for"
AdheLlCdn support
Funds for an acre of land
for the home have already
been collected in Arab coun-
tries, Mrs. Shahla said, and
she now is seeking to collect
$300,n00 for construction of
the home. Her immediate
goal is 100000. The first
section of the home will be
built when that much has
been raised.
The first contribution came
from the Nurses Home of
Babylon. Long Island, which,
Mrs Shahla said, touched her
very much, because our
whole nursing program was
started by American nurses.
who stated and directed the