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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-11
J. B. Zdtmon

The Republicans deal largely in gener-
alitles and evasions. On those planks on which
they do venture firm opinion, they are OBJ.
vlously still shackled to the policies of the
Eisenhower administration.
Nixon's tie-breakng vote against Federal
AID to education legislation in the Senate il
pound TO haunt him, as is his sighting de.
scrption of the need for a much greater
rate OF national economic growth as growth
manship"
Also, his congressional career both in the
House and the Senate, was undistinguisbed
and marked by the absence of anv constr,,c.
i've or outstanding legislation bearing his
name. And his votes were generally mn N.
conservative side
henneoy has sponsored several major
s Including labor and wage and hour
ieslslauon' and his votes on domestic and
toreign issues have almost invariably been on
the liberal side
Inc 1893 congressional elections demon
slrateo conclusively that there is a liberal
democratic trend throughout the nation The
voters made 1t clear that they were dissatis.
lieu with the conservative beliefs and oh.
stluctionist tactics in the Congress by replac.
ing many of the members with those having
newer, fresher ideas
Inc recent election in North Dakota
r mneie one OF these new Democratic Congress
men, quentin Burdck, won a senate seat in
normahy Republican state, is further evi.
uence OF this continuing trend
II is true that President Eisenhower still
retains much of his popularity. 1t is equally
uue 'nat the people voted for him out of per.
S oOnai aIIecuon and because of his personal
affiation. - ms poitlcaI
a.; eisenhower cannot transfer these quail.
vs - NIXON Nixon must run as Republi.
can, not as person. This is why the Demo.
cratic trend will sweep Kennedy into office
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-11
County Low
Letter to Daughters
Sunny and Margaret
County Low

Misses Sunny and Margaret Welsh
Columbus, South Carolina
CO Irving McNayr
Dear Daughters:
AS you have not written since you left
Rockville for your vacation into the heart of
the Confederacy, l assume that you do not
need money, have avoided open warfare with
the local juvenile authorities, and have in
Cured no irreversible mistakes resulting from
a sudden burst of friendship.
During my excitement at the time that
you were going out of the house and the dogs
were coming in the house, forgot to give
you letters of reference to bondsman, the
truant officer and Columbus National Bank.
The bondsman to whom 1 refer you is a
member of a fine old distinguished family.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-11

me commendable, but hardly
consistent with the former.
hope you can clarity this diff
ficulty for us; for your rival ir
the campaign, Senator Ken
needy, seems to be involved ir
the same inconsistency mas
much as the Catholic Church
not without justification, essays
to tell us when our govern
ment is on Gods side-in the
Red Mass, for example.
On the Protestant side OF
political advice, that is, advice
as to the moral character oil
domestic legislation and foreign
policy, there is Bishop Oxnam's
National Council of Churches
of Christ in America which car
hardly be said to see eye-to-eye
with Papal opinion on cold OIL
hot war issues. The Vatican
seems to me far more on the
side of constitutional capitalism
such as would abjure any die
tatorship of the proletariat
paraded as "of the people, for
the people, by the people" but
really of, for, and by the mob
rule of majorities in pure
democracy.
Our government is not a
democracy; it is rule by law,
not by men. Our written Con,
stitution checks the uninhibited
discretion of any elected off,
cialdom, local, State, or ma.
tional. If our politicians
"muddle through" like the par.
liaments and premiers of most
of the free" world, they do SO
without the established consent
of the governed.
l. freedom to be defined as
rule by officials who are free to
use their own discretion in
guiding our destiny? I do not
understand this Fuehrerprinzip
to be your position as a candi-
date for President. But which
Of Gods guides should the
American electorate choose in a
national crisis unprecedented in
our history? As an elector I'd
be in less of a quandry if Mr..
K. mot Senator K) were run.
ming on his Iowa platform, that
the Lord helps those who help
themselves, intelligently.
l suggest that an intelligent
government, elected or not,
must be free in the sense of be.
ing cybernetic; and that you
help us into such intelligence
by telling the electorate what
the word means-after learning
yourself (see a French diction.
ary). 1t is a synonym for gov.
eminent; but with the added
idea of automation whic h
eliminates discretionary rule by
men, even those chosen in free
elections"
The rules of the contest must
themselves be intelligent in
design, just as a modern need
for the arbitrary, autocratic
decisions of administrative
law" that cannot afford
equality before the law" but
must result in tyranny, how.
ever gilded the party platforms
may be in trying to make poll.
tics bitter with high-minded
ends that are not effectively
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-11

IT makes for the various Chambers Of Commerce
in Montgomery County to get together in a council
type organization.
We're all for individual action where it is called for
but coordinatng body questions of countrywide in
terest would be than just another group to hold
meetings.
When the lives and activities of so many of us are
bound closely together, formation of council to
smooth the road to mutual understanding to provide
unified approach to problems to eliminate dup-
cation would be wise step for the groups involved
To turn down the proposal by the Montgomery Coun-
ty Chamber OF Commerce envsoned by vice presi-
dent F. E. WALL jr would give further credence to an
adage of sorts:
ing target
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-11
Montgomery County
S E N TIN E /

CY M. CAMPBELL, Publisher
Byron Sedgwick Editor
J. B. zatman. Associate Editor
W. H. Smith. Associate Editor
Established 1853 by Matthew Fields
MEMBER lARYLAND PRESS ASSDc.
AFFILIATE MEMBER NATIONAL.
EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION
SENTINEL PUBLISHING CO.. INC.
Published weekly. Thursdays Al 21s
East Montgomery Avenue. by the Senti-
nei Publishing Co.. Inc. Cy NJ. Camp
bell president.
Entered as second class matter al the
Post Office at Rockville. Maryland, un-
der Act OF Congress March 3. 1879.
4ssEss
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Mai in Maryland ana the District OF
Columbia
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Open Letter TO Nixon

Didn't l hear you say, in the
same acceptance speech, that
you seek to abjure religion in
politics" but that you are con-
cerned, not as to whether God
is on our side, but as to
whet' er we are on Gods side?
The latter position seems to
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-11
Wise Move

THE countys purchase of % compact is wise move
in the direction of greater economy both from an
operating and maintenance point of view
With governmental costs rising steadily to meet de-
mands for increased services it is essential that steps be
taken to reduce expenditures where possible.
Not only is the initial cost of compact less than
that of the larger automobiles but savings in gas tires
and repairs should be substantial It is encouraging, too
that the Park and Planning Commission and the School
Board also recognize the need for economy since five of
the smaller allocated for their use.
The countys action is in accord with the trend among
the general motoring public Approximately onethrd of
the cars being sold are in the compact class and the
proportion is steadily increasing.
News from Detroit centers around the automobile
manufacturers intention to devote of their facilities
to compact cars. And the larger being
duced in sze according plans for 1861 and subsequent
models
After trial period it should be possible to determine
just how much the county saving in operating and main
tenance COSTS the savings substantial is hoped
the county should concentrate its purchases in the
compact group wherever practicable.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-11
At Midnight

by Elizabeth Trip
Summer lightning dances
Wildly
Across the blue-bIack floor
OF night.
Tall trees stand stark.
In borrowed brightness.
A man is still
And feels strange Gt0e,
For here he is
Alone.
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URGE EFFORTS
FOR

QUINCY, ILL, A resolu-
ton requesting Franciscans
to increase their efforts
among migrant workers in
this country was adopted at
the three-day 4lst annual
Franciscan Educational Con-
ference at Quincy College.
The resolution said that
migrant workers are 'among
the most neglected groups
In this country" and urged
"that every effort be made
to secure for them protective
legislation"
Another resolution stated
that "affectional relations
within the home: build a
child's "originial attitudes
and values" and urged
members of the conference
to "do all in their power to
instill into parents the neces-
sity of rearing their children
In the spirit Of love and gentle
affection"
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mere, Win the dLlClGLI liUSlS
retained they were often
times reprinted without refer
ence to the Emancipation Act.
Over ind above Tie pamph-
lets were about 80 newspapers
whole sole or principal topic
was the "Church of Rome"
MOST INFAMOUS AMONG,
them was The Protestant,
started in New York in the
first month of 1880. The mi
tial article commented on the
revival Of the Jesuits. It con-
tinued:
"The sleepless and willy ex-
ertions of the devotees of The
Man of Sin (appellation levi
ed at the Pope constitute a
serious topic of scrutiny to
all persons 1t is therefore
intended to issue a weekly
paper which shall be eXclu-
sively devoted to a portraiture
of Popery."
The previous year the first
council or official meeting of
the bishops of the United
States was held in Baltimore.
This convocation had been
urged in order to counterfeit
this simmering cauldron of
abuse. An official council let
ter to the laity pleaded for
charity and affection among
the adherents of all denomi-
nations.
THIS SENTENCE was wor.
thy of bordering by all: ITO
God and not to you, nor to
us, do they stand or fail; to
Him and not to us is reserv-
ed the judgement of indivi-
duals." In the opinion of the
same Northwestern Univer-
sity Professor Ellington the
exhortation was vain. He be-
lieved that this council Of
bishops stimulated anti-Catho-
licism in the national atten-
ton it called to the growth
and progress of the Catholic
Church.
CATHOLICS WERE STILL
sparse in New England when
a journal to present the Faith
was first published in 1929.
Most of the enthusiasm and
the financing came from the
convert-family of the Taylors
of Connecticut. The first is
sue prompted a Protestant or
gan of Hartford to publish a
caustic editorial on Roman
ism in Connecticut which
ended with the query: "How
would it read in history that
in 1929, Hartford, in the
State of Connecticut, was
made the center of a Roman
Catholic Mission?"
In an unruffled manner the
Catholic Press ventured "it
would read exceedingly we'll"
The second Bishop of Bos-
ton was a Jesuit, Benedict
Joseph Fenwick. On his first
visitation to Maine he found
Catholics at Belfast afraid to
confess their religion because
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be my duty to prefer instan-
taneous death or any temper
al misfortune, rather than
disclose the name of the peni-
tent in question"
WHILE ALL THE judges
were Protestant, spe a
through Dewitt Clinton, the
New York tribunal ruled the
priest could not be forced to
testify.
This legal recognition of the
seal of the confessional rolled
some who were intensely anti
Catholic. A serie" of pamph-
lets and writings spewed
forth, flaying the Church and
her members. No doubt saner
heads would have prevailed
and the vituperation gradual
ly subsidized had not a new
weight been added which
temporary unbala n C d the
scales of traditional Ameri-
can justice.
EUROPE HAD BEEN in
voIved in war almost from
the time of the American Rev
olution. The United States
had been drawn into the
struggle in 1912. After peace
came in 1915 there was an
upsurge in immigration to the
United States. Though it was
a trickle compared with the
torrent of mid-century and
thereafter, the influx of peo-
pie inevitably melted HOSTILE
ty. Some were unable to see
the need for additional labor
for the new factories, for
opening the West, and for in
ternal improvements, Sucn as
national roads.
Most Of the newcomers
were poor and few were edu-
Gated. Yet Professor Ray AL
len Ellington holds that these
and other objections were mi
nor. Fundamentally" he has
emphasized, 1.-THE aliens we're
opposed because they were
Catholics Hostility did
not become inordinate and
widespread at once, but the
rancor grew as steadily as an
untreated ulcer.
NOTWITHSTANDING, dur
ing these years it appeared
that an improved understand
ing was being reached be-
tween American Catholics and
those not Of the Faith. Several
positive advances came from
Irish-born John England, first
Bishop of Charleston. Mass
had not been offered in South
Carolina until 1876, and then
by a priest from a ship which
had halted in Charleston's
harbor.
1t was from this same "Pal-
metto State" that the first
Catholic newspaper, The Unit
ed States Catholic Miscellany,
was commenced by Bishop
England two years after his
arrival. Never of large circu-
lation, the journal neverthe-
less circulated throughout the
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Nevspapers Established To Combat Printed Abuse

of fear of their neighbors.
IMPLIED TO STRENG-
THEN these faithful as well
as to counteract the assaults,
in the same year 1929 Bishop
Fenwick founded in Boston
a Catholic journal. It's antece-
dents are indicated in the
title, The Jesuit, which was
not so happy a name for re-
straining hostile pens and
voices. This paper was a pred
ecessor of the Boston Pilot
of today.
An 1882 quotation from the
hostile Rochester Observer
will demonstrate the need for
enlightment about the true
teachings of the Church. It
read:
"A PERSON WHO is con-
demned to purgatory for
5000, 900 900 years can have
the time shortened, and the
sufferings diminished, by pro-
curing the Pope's order upon
the devil, who is the jailor;
and so intimate are these two
mighty potentates, that it is
affirmed Satan never yet re-
fused his friends draft and
order for the release of a
soul thus favored by the
Pope"
1T WAS THROUGH these
Taylors of Connecticut that a
Catholic publication began in
far distant st. Louis. In 1882,
when Deodat Taylor offered
to undertake the venture
Bishop Joseph Rosati wrote in
his diary: II will assist him
with all my power"
AT THE MOMENT the bish-
OPP could have given no finan-
cial aid, but soon Pope Gre
CORY XVI sent him $4,000 to
help complete the cathedral
commenced the previous year.
From this money Bishop Ro-
sati diverted two hundred dol
lars to establish the newspa-
per Shepherd of fhe Valley.
The magnitude of the bishops
appropriation can be better
understood when it is noted
that the Easter collection that
year in the cathedral parish
was $4,000.
The lowering clouds of
anti-C Catholicism were not to
be dispersed until a terrific
storm had been endured. If
the attack was not repealed,
the defenders of the Faith I'M
doubtedly were strengthened
by the dozen Catholic news
papers commenced during
these years. With Jesus Christ
the Light Of the World, these
journals may be regarded as
IL candles burning in the
darkness. All the blackness
was not dispelled, but the
little flames betokened the
determined survival of the
Faith.
Next Week: iNELAMMA-
TORY DlATRIBES IGNITE
CHARLESTON CONVENT.
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BY PETER j. RAHILL, PHI. o.

In the early years of the
18th century a Catholic
could have viewed life in
these United States with
great satisfaction. The
number of the faithful had
grown steadily, with natural
increase and conversions aid
ed slightly by immigrants
from the Old World.
The first bishop of the
Church in the United States,
John Carroll, had the respect
of all who knew him. In 1903
he became the first archbiSh-
OPP Of the country, with four
new dioceses coming into be-
ing at the same time. The
spirit John Cotton had ex-
pressed in saying that "it was
liberation that made the
world anti-Chr istian" $50
years before in Massachu-
sets Bay Colony apparently
was fast waning.
IN MANY PLACES today
expressways and toll roads
are provided to allow trans
portation accelerated above
that Of ordinary streets and
highways. The United States
of Jefferson's administration
would be intolerable in this
respect, for even the
large cities we're hardly con-
nected with a passable road.
Likewise, modern Americans
would be appalled, at the on
erous restrictions against
Catholics which some states
then retained.
IN GENERAL, however, the
magnanimity expressed by
the Founding Fathers in the
Constitution had been infec-
tious. Sometimes through a
single individual a whole state
benefited. The Test Oath was
rescinded in New York, for
instance, because the compe-
tence of Catholic Francis
Cooper prompted his fellow
citizens to remove the pro-
hibition on a Catholic holding
public office. Perhaps the
"Land of the Free" might
soon to be realized on the state
level as well as in the guaran-
tees of the federal constitu-
ton.
Occasional ALLY the i'm
provement in the position OF
the faithful prompted a re-
action by those who were in
censed at any recognition of
the "Church of Rome"
During the War of 1872
stolen property was returned
by a New York resident who
was a penitent of Father An
thony Kohlmann. When the
priest refused TO testify In
court the cry went up that
the confessional was a shield
for thieves, and Father Kohl
mann was indicted. The court
demanding that he answer,
the priest replied: 1T would
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This is fhe ninth in a Sc
ries OF articles reviewing the
position and experience of fhe
praeficins Catholic in the life
OF The American community
from Colonial times. The au-
thor holds q d~ocforafe in
American Church History, has
taught in various universities,
and is presently Archivist and
Historian of the Archdiocese
of ST. Louis.
country. It continued to pre-
sent Catholic teaching from
1922 until it was added to the
casualties of the War between
the States.
IN ADDITION to the news
paper England used the spok-
en- word to make the Church
better known. Recognition of
his eloquence and sincerity
came in an invitation to adj
dress the United States Con-
gress. On Jan. 8, 1926, Presi-
dent John Quincy Adams, the
Senate, and the House of Rep
resentatives listened to the
bishop for two and one-half
hours.
With his gifted tongue
Bishop England expi j n d
Catholic doctrine to this as
sembIage of distingui S h d
Protestants. Only in conclud-
ing did he refer to the in
creasing tension and then it
was to plead that "our har-
mony and union here below
may produce that peace and
good will that may be emble-
matte of our enjoyment of
more lasting happiness in a
better world"
PARTLY TO ANSWER the
taunts and calumnies which
had commenced with the jul
dicial upholding Of the seal of
the confessional, publication
of the Truth Teller was com
menced in New York in 1925.
In the next few years more
and more bishops followed
the example of John England
in using newspapers to answer
critics of the Church. How
these adversaries did multi
ply! In addition to the irritant
of immigration two other hap
penings engendered opposi-
ton and even hatred of the
Church.
ONE WAS FROM the first
font Of anti-C Catholicism in
America, England. The rigor
of many penal laws was re-
Taxed or removed by Parlia-
ment's passage of the 1929
Catholic Emancipation Act.
BY no means was this be-
lated justice unopposed in the
British Isles. Hundreds of
pamphlets were printed in
England and made their way
to the United States.
These viIifications of the
Church were distributed
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NAMED EDITOR

PITTSBURGH, MC)-Father
William F. Crowley, C,S.Sp.,
English instructor at Du-
quesne University, has been
appointed editor of the Para
clete, publication of the Holy
Ghost Fathers.
He succeeds Father Nor
man r. Lord, C.S.Sp., who has
been assigned to st. Joseph's
parish, Conway, Ark. Father
Crowley recently completed
two years of graduate work
at Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge.
Evening star., 1960-06-30
Fire Destroys
Old Opero House
In New York

NEW YORK, June 80 (AP) .
The 92-year-old Grand Opera
House, where such stage i'm
mortals as Lillian Russell per-
formed, went up in flames
yesterday in a spectacular five-
alarm blaze.
For an hour and rs minutes
the fire ragged out of control in
the abandoned structure, once
termed "the most elegant
theater in the world"
About 300 residents of the
modern 400-room Cornish Arms
Hotel, adjoining the theater at
Twentythird street and Eighth
avenue, were evacuated. The
blaze ignited parts of surround
ing buildings before being
brought under control by 1870
f1remen and eight fire COM
panies. One firefighter suffered
minor injuries.
So much water was poured
into the burning theater that
southbound service of the
Eighth avenue Independent sub
way system at Twentythird
street was halted temporarily by
flooding.
The cause of the fire was
not Immediately determined.
The Opera House, slated for
demolition to make way for a
housing project, had been a
movie house for a number of
years. 1t had its last show, a
double feature, on June l6.
Evening star., 1960-06-30
Blair Smith Leads
MARYLAND UGF

Blair H. Smith, Mount Raj
nier attorney and chairman OF
the Washington Surburan San
itary Commission, has been
named chairman Of the Mary
land unit for this falls United
Givers Fund campaign.
Mr.. Smith is a member of
the Board of Directors of the
Prince Georges County Chapter
of the Salvation Army, and has
been active in the work of the
Girl Scouts in Prince Georges.
He is married and lives at
1903 Calverton drive, Hyatts-
vile.
Mr.. Smith will appoint two
chairmen to work with him
in Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties. The total
volunteer force in nearby
Maryland for the fifth annual
united drive will number more
than 1000 men and women.
Evening star., 1960-06-30

member of st. Paul's Episcopal
Church in Alexandra for many
years.
Funeral Tomorrow
She leaves three sons, Robert
P. T. Barrett Of Paris, France,
c. Waller Barrett of New York
City and retired Navy Rear
Admiral John P. B. Barrett Of
Mount Vernon, Va; and q
daughter, Mrs. Viola B. Green
land of 106 West Rosemont
avenue, Alexandria.
She also leaves a sister, Mrs.
Charles c. Blacknall of Nash
vile. Tenn: three brothers,
holland Tupper of Atlanta, Wv
ian Upper of Nashville, and
Lamonte Tupper of San Fran
cisco; is grandchildren and
four great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the
Everly Wheatley Funeral
Home, 1900 West Braddock
road, Alexandria.
Services will be held at 10
am. tomorrow in st. Paul's
Church, Pitt and Duke streets.
Burial will be in the family plot
at Aqua Church, Stafford
County, Va.