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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-09-09

our pockets and our "undesir-
able viewpoint"
AND WHAT is THAT VIEW
PoINT7 Simply that morality
and religion are also subjects
that go to make up a school
curriculum. And since schol-
astic freedom is so important,
the door must be left open for
those subjects to be taught in
conjunction with other sub
jects as well as separated
from them.
WHY CAN'T THE LOCAL.
state and federal government
give us a reasonable portion
of our money so that | will not
have to send my children to
the public school and thus
save taxes? They will have to
pay the full cost Of educating
my children il / am forced to
give up my freedom to teach
my children. Why not pay
ments to parents for educa-
ton instead of institutions?
Can anyone deny we have the
right to the money? Can any
one deny we have the right to
educate our children? Can
anyone deny that We have the
right to freedom of religion?
TEACHING PARENT
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Monsignor Pagan

It has been said, and wisely So that the primary
quality of a pastor is kindness.
IN THIS a a priest in charge of a parish is ex-
pected to be many things, but if he is kind to those
who come to hin for the Sacramento, counsel, consoIa-
ton and inspiration it more than compensates for any
defects he might have in the area of administration.
MonSignor John J. Pagan, whom we buried last
Monday, was a good administrator but his quiet ma
ture was certainly not one to make him a dynamic
parsonage among the priests of the Diocese.
DESPITE THISr reserve however, he was universal
ly beloved by his people and by his priests. He was
truly man of eminence among the clergy because ne
was a pastor first, last, and always, and a man OF gra-
c~iousnesS and kindness to all who knew him.
The people of Immaculate Conception parish,
whom he served for 81 years, could document his
so much in his quiet way. He never talked money" to
his people but they responded nonetheless to paro-
chiai and Diocesan needs. He never acclaimed from the
about the wickedness and ingratitude Of Ca
tholics. He was a reaIist: he knew people were sim
ners, but he did not make himself out to be an aveng-
ing prophet.
MoNSIGNoR FAGAN was an unpretentious per-
son who treated everyone alike. He was kind to all.
He was unaffected in his manner. He was generous,
almdst to a fault. He was, in a word, a man approach
able-a good pastor of souls.
he SERVEa as a model to all priests. May he
inspire young men to heed the words Of the late Pope
Plus XII:
Grant that there may never be lacking devoted
servants of Thine own charity TO take Thy place day
and night at the cradle of the orphan, at the bedside
of The sick, near the old and infirm who otherwise
might not find on earth a helping hand stretched OUT
TO Them"
May he rest in peace.-GAF
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Editor:

Editor:
1t is amazing that some
inconsiderate, thoughtlegs
and sometimes extremely
selfish people in our So
ciety expect parents of
parochial school children TO
pay an additional federal tax
when their children are de-
MED a share of this educa-
tional money.
HOW WE CAN CARRY any
greater load, land some of us
have already given up trying
than we carry now is beyond
me. We pay fog our own
schools, bus rides, books,
sometimes tuition and other
odds and ends, which seem
necessary to make the schools
run efficiently.
In addition, we pay our
share of taxes for the public
school system, including buses
which pass by our children,
some Of the same books used
in the parochial system, a lit
tie better facilities usually
because we must cut out the
"frills," as well as the much
deserved salaries for the
school teachers.
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Corner
Kind of Body
In Heaven?
by FIR. Healey
by FIR. Healey

@. Who was the saint who
had 10 step over her sons re-
belliovs body 70 enter q re-
lisioUs community
A. There may be more than
one instance of this dramatic
scene but st. Jane Frances de
Chantal was involved in such
a situation. After her hus-
bands death she spent some
years rearing her children;
one daughter was married
and two in a convent but her
15-year-old son was not recon-
ciled to her departure. I'm
der the direction of st. Fran
els de Sales she established
the Visitation Order. She
died at the age of SO in 1643.
Her feast is Aug. 81.
Send questions to Father
Edward r. Healey, Inquiry
Corner, The Catholic Times,
Box 636, Columbus 16, o.
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Joseph Breig
Teach More Than Religion

governments judge that pupils
need In order to be good citi-
ZenS.
They perform for future
citizens the same government
decreed functions as do public
schools. They give to a nation
the same service.
IN ADDITION, they stress
the two things that give sure
direction, purpose and aim to
both education and govern
ment.
Those two guiding and in
tegrating factors are religion
and morality.
Right here, we come face
to face with what might be
called a case of public am
nesia.
Millions seem to have for
gotten that what we proudly
call democracy was made pos
sible by the wide acceptance
of religious truth, and by the
public morality which relig-
ious truth fostered.
The origins of the democratic
for republican or parliament
tarian) system reach back
through centuries of Chris
tianity and Judaism.
Destroy religious truth and
Its effect upon people and in
stitutions, and you destroy de-
mocracy. The communists
know this: many in the free
world forget it.
THE NORTHWEST oRDl-
NANcE-as much a part of
Americas basic legal inspir-
alton as are the Declaration of
independence and the Con-
stitution - puts the matter
pointedly.
The ordinance asserts that
schools and the means of edu-
cation are to- be forever en-
couraged BECAUSE religion
and morality are necessary to
good government"
The Northwest Ordinance
thus views education as a
chief means of preserving re-
ligion and morality which it
sees as indispensable to sur
vival of democratic nations,
democratic freedoms, and in
alienable human rights.
In this light, not only should
religious schools be vigorous
~ encouraged; in addition,
everything possible should be
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@. What kind OF body will =
crippled person have in
heaven7
A, st. Paul hints at the quail
tiles of the risen body q Cor
inthians 15:24-44). II will re-
semble the risen Body OF
Christ and will be incorrupt-
ible, glorious, powerful and
spiritual. 1t will be incapable
of destruction. it will be sur
passingly beautiful, it will
have the ability TO do things
and go places undreamed of
and it will be beyond hunger.
pain or any of our accustomed
earthly limitations. Christ
spoke of His death and resur-
reetion in terms of the seed
dying that the plant might
live; our heavenly bodies will
be our own bodies similarly
transformed. Defects will be
modified or nullified some
how, but earthly defects will
have no meaning with glori-
fled bodies.
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At the time of the Pow
ers trial, American news
papers featured compari-
sons between American
and Soviet justice. They
showed the glazing differenc-
es between the conduct of the
trial of Russian spy Abel in
New York and the trial of
Francis Gary Powers in Mos
COW.
IN a SENSE it is rather
pointless to compare two such
utterly different judicial sys-
TENS. It is like comparing a
horse and a cow. In America
the courts aim to safeguard
the rights of individuals.
In Russia and the peoples
democracies" generally, the
courts function to protect and
advance the prestige and well
fare of the government. In
the Marxist philosophy all
that matters is the will of the
proletariat and in Russia the
good of the State is identical
with the will of the people.
This contrast between the
traditional concept of justice
and the Soviet concept be-
came picturesquely evident
when countries like Poland
suddenly went under Red
domination and the courts
took on the new Soviet look.
The leading communist paper
in Poland said in 1850: 1--WE
are not hiding the fact that
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-09-09

hopelessly on the defensive.
Al the present time, however,
organized labor is no longer
looked upon, even by its
friends and supporters, as an
oppressed and defenseless
minority, but rather as an
increasingly powerful and in
fluential segment of Ameri.
can society, fully accountable
for its own actions.
1T Is TO BE EXPECTED
then, that, increasingly as
time goes on, Labor Day SER
mons and Labor Day state"
ments in the Catholic press
will have less to say about
labor's rights and privileges
and more about the respor-
sibility of labor-and of man.
agement-to serve the public
interest. In all fairness, it
should be noted that this is
also the burden of many Of
the speeches and policy state
ments currently emanating
from the labor movement it.
self
Under the latter heading,
let me cite, for example, a
recent address by Arthur J.
Goldberg, General Counsel,
United Steelworkers of Amer
lea, and Special Counsel, AFL~
CLIO. Mr.. Goldberg expressed
regret that in terminating the
labor agencies which served
the country so well during
the critical days of World
War II, 1--WE too hastily
abandoned that sense of com.
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Sd, a very close decision.
BUT THERE WAS no de-
tense forthcoming from Pow
ers' defense attorney. He oc-
cupied himself in an effort to
Guido the prosecutor in prais-
ing the peoples democras
cies" and assailing the United
States. He said Powers was
guilty of a "perfidious and
aggressive action against the
Soviet Union" and that Allen
Dulles of C.I.A. and Ameri-
can militarists should be tried
along with him as well as "all
those sinister and aggressive
forces who are trying to touch
off another world war"
Moreover, he made a slash.
ing attack ON almost every
phase of American life, stat
ing that greed was the pri-
mary philosophy in the us.
and that it was greed that
had brought Powers to COM
init the crime.
THE MOSCOW RADIO en-
phasized the pro da
phase of the trial in these
words: "The trial Of the
American pilot-spy has shown
that the Soviet Union, guided
by the feminist peace-loving
foreign policy, is still strug-
Cling with all consistency and
resolution for peace through
out the planet"
Personally i don't think the
Soviets achieved much by
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Sum and Substance:
Due Process Of Law
In Powers Trial
by FIR. John b. Sheerin, esp.
J Trial

the prosecuting authorities in
the Peoples Poland, like the
judiciary, like the peoples
army, are an important tool of
class struggle in the hands
of the working masses"
THE COMMUNISTS claim,
according to Anna Ayars in
Catholic World april, 1851,
that the traditional Western
concept of guilt is reaction
airy since it is based on spir-
itual principles and injurious
to the cause of the workers
in the class struggle.
The communist regards as
guilty only a person who has
committed offense
against the class struggle. The
root of Soviet justice then is
that the courts should protect
and defend the structure of
the peoples democracies"
and should advance the cause
of the world revolution in ev-
cry possible way.
The propaganda phase of
the Powers trial was conspicu-
ously evident. The defense at
torney did not challenge a sim
gle one of the prosecutors
charges. In the Abel case, the
American defense attorney,
James B. Donovan, not only
objected vigorously to many
of the prosecutors charges
but almost succeeded in hav-
ing the case against Abel
thrown out on a technicality.
The Supreme Court divided
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-09-09

In this third article in
my series about education
and religion, my hope is
to say something helpful
about separation of church
and state as it relates to
schools.
CONCERN OVER "separa-
ton" is the only factor that
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-09-09
WIDOWS ARE AWARE,

WIDOWS ARE AWARE,
too, of the dangers of q
fixation between a mother
and child who become mutual
ly dependent. often a duel
results. They fight each 9th
er, hurt each other, say mean
things to each other, and yet
depend upon each other so
much that they cannot part.
A male teacher, a relative, q
priest can perhaps help to
balance this situation, but it
is still only a substitute.
Widowhood, of course, Is
often the occasion of great
achievements, not only for a
heroic wife, but also for the
children. The wife may be-
come a stronger, deeper.
holier, more beautiful than
ever. The children acquire
greater social responsibility
and stronger personalities in
general. Many widows keep
alive in the children's hearts
and minds a good image OF
their father. His picture is
prominently displayed. His hui
man failings are mentioned.
surely, but a Christian image
of his maleness is always
present.
The problem is vastly more
difficult when a couple is
divorced or separated. 1t is
then extremely hard to pre-
sent a good image of a father.
Or, again, the father who
works long hours and plays
s'hide and seek" with the chill
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can reason
ably explain,
for instance,
the Ameri-
can civil
Liberty I'm
ions hostil-
ity to any
tax consider
Grafton for
parents of
pupils in re-
.r.usn.x- rohanT
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Making Marriage Click
Neighbors Must Be
Willing To Help Widow
by Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc

my husband died several
years ago. am still paying
bills and trying TO make ends
meet. have to rear the chill
dren myself now. This is very
difficult. have TO face prob
lens constantly that | cannot
solve. To whom on earth can
turn?" Mrs. w. Nc.
am sure, Mrs. w. Nc,
that you are not minimiz-
ing the need for deep, in-
ternal, spiritual strengths.
In previous columns I
have dwelt on this need and
will do so again and again,
but today / will point to other
factors which can help to
solve your problem.
YOUR GENERAL PROB
LEM is a widespread one: of
the So million adult women
in the U.S.A., over 81 million
or about one-third are with
out male partners. There are
over 8 million widows and
is million divorces. There
are about IL million adult
women, incidentally, who have
never married. About one out
of every 10 families in the
United States is headed by a
woman. 1t is good for you to
first realize some of the prob
lens.
Many a new widow has eco
nomic problems. She may have
to seek a LITTLE home now, a
little employment, a LITTLE pen
sion, a LITTLE life. This is all
different from what she ex-
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The YGrdstick
Sermons Should Awaken
Desire To Fulfill Duty
by Msgr. George G.. Higgins

Several years ago a
Catholic publishing house
in Ireland published a
small volume of essays by
a group of laymen on the
art of preaching. The several
contributors to this SYM
postum unanimously agreed
on the overriding importance
of one point in particular,
namely, the futility, not to
say the harmfulness, of ex-
cessively negative criticism
from the pulpit.
HERE is THE WAY one of
the writer's put it, respect
fully but very frankly--"I am
afraid that too often our
preachers entirely ignore what
we, the silent faithful, ex-
pect to hear in a sermon.
They address us as rebels
whom they must subdue; as
idlers whom they must shake
up; as hardened sinners whom
they must needs terrify; as
the proud that require to be
Inundated; as the self-satiS-
fled who need to be disquiet-
ed. -.
"But if you come to ex-
anime it, there is really moth
ing easier than to put for
ward a persons duty; and to
hand out reproaches costs
nothing either. The thing
which is really difficult =. is
to give us a taste for our
duties, and to awaken in us
a wish to do them and to be
generous in the doing"
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There is certainly much to
be said for this point of view
with regard to the matter and
form of preaching. 1t is UNI
doubtedly easier-and, gener-
ally speaking, less effective
to criticize people negative
ly for the neglect of their
duties than it is to accentuate
the positive and to awaken
in the faithful a burning de-
sire to practice virtue for the
sheer love of God and neigh
Dor.
BUT WHAT ABOUT the
sermons which are delivered
in so many of the parish and
cathedral churches of the
United States on Labor Day?
And what about the Labor
Day statements, columns and
editorials which are published
every year in the Catholic
press? Are they open to the
criticism of being too mega.
tive? Frankly, I think not.
1t is my impression, that
during the past Is or 20 years
there has been much more
emphasis from the pulpit as
well as in the Catholic press,
on labor's rights and priv
leges than on labor's duties
and responsibilities, much
more praise of labor's accom-
plishments than criticism Of
its mistakes and of its faults
and imperfections.
This was fully warranted
and amply justified by the
fact that until very recently
organized labor was rather
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pected in her early life. She
may not be ready for widow
hood. She often feels socially
inferior. She has a sense of
solitude, of bad luck, of
Illustration.
She does not want to be-
come mediocre but feels that
she is destined to become so.
She must defend herself
against herself. Though less
dependent on the physiologi-
cal aspects Of marriage than
men, women are more de-
pendent on the emotional and
affectional aspects of married
life.
SHE NEEDS SOMEONE to
whom she can give herself
but also some adult who will
give himself to her. Children
cannot fulfill this latter need.
She is afraid that she will
later give a love to her chill
dren which is too exclusive
and too excessive, and thus
may make them cruel, de-
handing, capricious.
Two parents are generally
needed to educate a child
well. Discipline and authority
are best exerted in an at
mosphere of calmness; it is
especially difficult for a sole
parent to be this calm discip-
linarian all the time. When
two parents are there a child
can expect at least one to be
calm. Then, too, discipline is
worked more through affec-
ton than authority and that
Is still more effective.
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Those who oppose sharing
by such parents in the school
taxes they pay argue as fol
lows:
Such taxes should go to the
Evening star., 1960-10-07
CoIorie Clause Makes
Actress Measure Up

LOS ANGELES, Oct. Z (AP).
Actress 10 Morrow went to
court 5 pounds over her con-
tract weight.
But nobody complained. She
had an inch of waist to spare.
JOS contract-approved by
Superior Court yesterday-con-
tains these unusual provisions:
Her weight must not exceed
1872 pounds, her hips 81 inches
and her waistline "a inches.
90 is 20, a red-haired beauty
who fits her press agents des-
cription of statueSque. She's
almost 5 feet 8 and weighed
at gavel-pounding time in Su-
perior Court-l37 pounds.
The court had to review her
contract because she's under
81. 1t did, taking no judicial
notice of the 5-pound excess.
"Oh. I can lose 5 pounds
without any trouble at all" 10
told newsmen. She cited her
dimensions to show she still had
midsection leeway: 36-23-37.
"Tll concentrate on my cal
orie counter while I study my
next script" she explained.
Her trouble: II dig candy and
all those sweets like there was
no tomorrow.
10, a former San Diego,
Calf, beauty queen who played
Evening star., 1960-10-07
Journal Predicts
Draft of Doctors
By the Associated Press

The Defense Department will
ask the drafting of up to 500
doctors during the next fiscal
year. the Army Navy Air Force
Journal predicted today.
The doctor draft has not
been used since February. 1857,
the unofficial but authoritative
service publication said, and
during this time not enough in
terms and resident physicians
have been volunteering to meet
requirements.
A decision of the exact size
of the doctor draft quota will
be made after next March /.
There are no present plans to
draft dentists, the Journal says,
Evening star., 1960-10-07
New York Youths
Sentenced to Die
For Murderino z

NEW YORK, Oct. z (AP) -
Society must pursue and con-
tinue to pursue the study of
basic and primary reasons for
youthful outbreaks of violence"
So said the judge during a
courtroom drama in which two
teenagers-"Dracula" and the
Umbrella Man" - were SEN
fenced to the electric chair for
the murder Of two youngsters
in a manhattan playground.
Four other members of a
marauding band of youths drew
prison terms ranging from 71a
to 26 years.
The victims were stabbed to
death in the playground as the
gang was looking for enemies
in a neighborhood feud. The
slain boys who had no part in
gang feuds in the area, We're
attacked as they talked with
friends after a movie.
Judge Gerald Culkin, who
imposed sentences yesterday,
had no choice in the cases of
two of the gang. A jury had
convicted them July 20 on first
degree murder charges with no
recommendation for mercy
which means the death chair.
Those doomed are Salvador
(Dracula) Agron, 16, who got
his nickname from a black cape
he wore as a symbol of gang
leadership; and Luis Umbrella
Nam Hernandez. IT, nick
named because of his affecta-
ton of carrying an umbrella.
Victims of the attack were
Robert Young and Anthony
Krzesinski, both 16. They were
killed August 80. 1859.
Evening star., 1960-10-07
JUDGE SUGGESTS
ISSUING LICENSES
TO ALL DRINKERS

DOVER, Del. (AP). -
Judge Ernest v. Keith of
the Court of Common Pleas
suggests that drinkers be
licensed and their licenses
be revoked when they abuse
the privilege.
why would it not be
possible" he asked, Ito es-
tablish a form of license for
persons who use liquor and,
when they use it to excess,
revoke the license just as
it is done in motor vehicle
cases?"
The suggestion ca me
when Judge Keith was try
ing a man on drunk-and-
disorderly charges. The
judge said 80 per cent Of
the cases he handles in
volve liquor law violations
or drunken driving.
Evening star., 1960-10-07
Akihito Returns
From U. S. Tour

TOKYO, Oct. 7 (AP) Grown
Prince Akihito and Crown
Princess Michiko arrived home
today with words of apprecia-
ton for President Eisenhower
and their reception on their To-
day tour of the United States.
THE very warm welcome and
hospitality accorded us in
a testimony of the sincere in
tereSt and friendship enter
Evening star., 1960-10-07

tanned by the American people
toward us japanese" the Prince
said in an airport statement.
He called it "the fireatest
pleasure" to be received and
entertained officially and cordi-
ally by the President in spite
of his many duties and to have
the opportunity of talking per-
sonally with him.
Akihito said he hoped the
visit would help promote United
States-Japan friendship.
Repeated "banzais" from a
thousand welcomers greeted the
royal pair.
Evening star., 1960-10-07

Alec Guinness daughter in
Our Man in Havana" said
she's glad the studio put a
calorie clause in her contract.
81 can lose weight when
there are dollars and cents in
volved," she told a reporter
II love candy like crazy, but
I'm crazier about money"
Evening star., 1960-10-07

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