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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12
WORD HAS REACHED our edito

WORD HAS REACHED our editor
ial desk that some Catholics are con.
fused about the Legion of Decency
ratings.
in THE INTERESTS of clarity,
may we recall that: Al Films are
Morally Unobjectionable for General
Patronage; Az Films are Morally I'm
Objectionable for Adults and Adele
scents; A-3 Films are Morally I'M
Objectionable for Adults; B-Films are
Morally Objectionable in Part for ALL;
C-Films are Condemned for All. There
is also a Separate Classification given
to certain films, which while not NOR
ally offensive according to the Legion
Code, require some analysis and ex-
PLANTATION as a protection to the uni
formed against wrong interpretations
and false conclusions.
THE FIRST THREE ratings are
evident, but the latter three seem to
need comment.
A CONDEMNED FILM is one
which has been judged to constitute
a definite moral danger to the average
Catholic. No sincere Catholic ought
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12
Dies In Native Village:
Cardinal ~Stepinac, Tito Foe, Worked For Poor

took place October Is, 1880.
After his ordination he was
named personal master of
ceremonies to the Archbishop
of Zagreb and was assigned
to do work in the chancery
office.
On May %, 1884, he was
named Titular Archbishop of
Nicopsi and Coadjutor with
the right Of succession TO
Archbishop Anton Bauer of
Zagreb. He was consecrated
on July "a, 1884. Archbishop
Bauer turned over to him
many of the official duties
and Archbishop Stepinac
travelled widely through the
diocese of over 1000, 600
faithful, making visitations
and administering the Sacra-
ments. He succeeded TO the
title Of Archbishop of Zagreb
on December Z, 1887
IMMEDIATELY UPON TAX
ing over the diocese, the Arch
bishop began to develop all
forms of Catholic Action. He
warned against the dangers
of both nazism and COM
Continued on Page p
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AERAM r. MYERS

directors of the Allied States
Association of Motion Picture
Exhibitors, conceded there
has been a ''letting-down of
standards" recently in movies.
Mr.. Myers made the state
ment (Feb. y in testimony be-
fore a House Postal Opera
tons subcommittee studying
self-policing decency pro-
grams in the movie and pub
fishing fields.
The subco m mi also
heard a representative of US,
importers of foreign films ar
que that it is impossible and
self-defeating to impose strin-
gent restrictions on their con.
tent"
RICHARD BRANDT. one of
three governors of the indie
pendent Film Importers and
Distributors of America, de-
clared FEB. 81 that "the very
fact that a film is foreign i'm.
mediately presupposes that it
will have a different moral
code than an American-pro-
duced film"
"What is normal in France
is not necessarily considered
normal here" he said. "What
may be considered immoral or
indecent in Sweden is accept
able here, and vice versa. For
example, in Sweden nudity is
not uncommon in films. but a
rock 'em, sock 'em fist fight
might be considered in less
than good taste"
MR.. MYERS identified the
Allied States Association, of
which he is also general coun-
sci, as a federation of region
al movie exhibitors groups.
It's members are chiefly own
Continued on Page 81
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part of Austria-H Hungary, on
May 8, 1893. After finishing
high school at the Bishops
School in Zagreb, he was
drafted into the Hungarian
army in 1916, during World
War |. He fought on the
Italian front. During the &C
ton he was wounded and
taken prisoner by the Italians.
Because Of his sympathies for
Croatian independence he
joined the Allied-sponsored
Yuogslav volunteer corps and
was finally discharged a sub
lieutenant in 1919.
PLANNING to take over
his fathers estate, he studied
agriculture and economics at
the University of Zagreb. He
returned to his home in
Krasic and worked on the
estate until 1924.
In the fall of that year he
enrolled in the German-Hun-
garian College at Rome to
study for the priesthood. He
received degrees in philoso-
ply and theology from the
Gregorian University in Rome
before his ordination, which
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12

1.-THE Devils Advo'
cate," by Morris e S t
will be reviewed at the
first session of the Critics
Forum at 8:15 pm, Feb
ruary Is at st. Charles The
atre.
M~onsignor Leonard ]. Flick,
editor of the Josephinum Re-
view and Professor of Litera.
ture at the Pontifical College,
will review the controversial
novel.
CRITICS FORUM is annual.
ly sponsored by the local
chapter of the International
Federation of Catholic Alum
nae.
Other speakers on the for
UNI series this year will be
Frank Sheed, noted publisher
and founder of d
and Ward, with his wife Mai
sic Ward, and Professor An
thony Nemetz of the Ohio
State University department
of Philosophy.
SEASON or individual tick
cts may be obtained from
members of the IFCA chapter.
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a communist country.
Archbishop Stepinac, who
firmly stated his own in
nocence to the charges, was
given neither the time nor
the means to answer point
by point the communist
charges which had been pre-
pared over a long period Of
time. At the end of his trial
Archbishop Stepinac made a
moving defense Of his work
among the poor, the soldiers
and all classes of clergy and
laity, showing that his aims
and concerns had been solely
for the welfare Of his people.
BUT HIS FATE had already
been decided and on October
IL he was sentenced to Is
years at forced labor. The
Catholic world continued to
pray and to seek his release.
After five years, the Cardinal
was conditionally released
and confined to his native
village.
Cardinal Stepinac was born
into a well-to-do farming
family in the village of Krasic,
Croatia, in what was then
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or at the CYC headquarters.
These affairs attracted 200
youths.
VAIN A for the
two-day conclave will be Miss
Elizabeth Reid, member of the
Grail Overseas Institute: Har-
ry J. O'Haire, executive Secre-
tary of the Sierra Information.
al; Donald Mcdonald, presi-
dent of the National Council
of Catholic Youth; and Rep.
Paul j. Lynch, Representative
to the Ohio Legislature. May
or w. Ralston Westlake of CO.
Iumbus will welcome the con-
ventioneers at the opening
session.
A complete con n
schedule is to be found on
Page z of this issue.
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Ratings On
TV Movies

Due to many requests
The Catholic Times will
list the Legion of De-
eeney rating for the NOV
les shown on feIevision,
in the Columbus area.
The movie log, found
on page 10 this week, will
be a handy reference
guide for films on TV.
The daily listing gives
you the time. channel,
name of the movie, stU.
dio which produced it,
the year the film was
made. and the Legion of
Deeeney rating.
Clip this handy ~
guide and keep IL avail.
able for quick reference.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12

chairman and Mrs. Don Her
ron, secretary.
Also named to the Board
we're: William G.. Barry, ST.,
Andrew E. Foster, Charles
Heck, Edward ]. Hemmer and
Harold J.. Ingram.
Other members of the
Board who will continue to
serve are: Father Joseph
Briggs, OPP, Father Linus
Dury, Father Edward Kessler,
James Charles, DR.. Mary
Brown Graham, James Miller,
Mrs. Thomas Montgomery, j.
j. Pfeifer, Lawrence Stare
and Hugh White.
Forty-nine families in the
Muskingum area were aided
during 1859 by the Bureau,
Monsignor William E. Kappes,
Diocesan director reported. In
addition aid was provided for
AZ children who live with
their families, and as children
who live in institutions and
foster homes. Care was also
provided for ID unmarried
mothers.
Monsignor Kappes noted
that the Bureaus work was
"an extension of the charit-
able work of the parish
priests and laity and is de-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12

idas Trujillo 80 years ago.
THE LETTER mentioned
neither Generalissimo Trujil-
10 nor his brother. President
Hector B. Trujillo, by name.
Nor did it mention reports
that hundreds of citizens of
the Dominican Republic are
under arrest for what govern
ment sources cal. "a simple
communist plot" against the
Trujillo regime.
BUT THE BISHOPS said
that they are praying that
none of the members of the
family of the authority re-
ferred to shall ever expert
ence, during their lifetime,
the sufferings that they af-
flict today the hearts Of so
many Dominican fathers of
families, of so many children,
so many mothers and so many
spouses."
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12
BY Defense Lawyer:
Go To NeWsdealer
Smut Fighters Told

don't, the wholesaler will
make them cooperate"
Seymour said that he was
not speaking of that which is
obviously pronographic, "be-
cause there are criminal sta
tutes to take care of those
items, and no reputable news
stand operator will handle
that stuff"
He SAID THERE is another
batch of magazines, which
carry copyrights, publishers
names and addresses and hold
a second class mailing per-
NIT but which are still con-
sidered to be obscene by a
segment of society.
Editors Note: Postmaster
General Arthur ~Summerfield
has stated that just because
Continued on Page -
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Show b Films
To Stay Open
Al Movies
Good Business
Theatre ShOlUs

BUFFALO, NY. - Buffa-
los Catholic Theater, in OPP
Grafton for the past two years.
is proof that a theater show
ing only Al general patron
age) movies can be success
full.
Described as the first thea
ter of its kind in the coun.
try, Catholic Theater provi.
des wholesome Sunday enter
tainment for adults and
youngsters.
The theater's original pur-
pose of showing mainly reli-
gious films was sidetracked
somewhat when these films
proved to be few in number.
AS the theater progressed,
ordinary Hollywood products
were scheduled - but only
Continued on Page 81
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Pastoral Urges Justice
Bishops Blast Trujillo

San Juan de la Maguana since
1856.
The Bishops said that the
pastoral was issued on the oc-
casion of the feast of Our
Lady of Altagracia, d r
which title the Blessed Vir-
gin Mary has been n m e d
Queen, Mother and protec-
tor of the Dominican Repub-
lie"
THE BISHOPS statement
came before the public just
after the regime announced
it had just suppressed a plot
by Catholic priests and SEM
inarians to overthrow the
Trujillo. regime.
The government radio sta
ton here in the capital quoted
the chief of the national in
telligence service, Juan Abbes
Garcia as saying that his in
Continued on Page p
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THE PASTORAL letter was
dated January Is. the feast
of the Conversion OF st. Paul.
1t was ordered read at the
Masses in all the churches of
the nations six Sees on Sum-
day, January 81.
IT WIS SIGNED by all six
of the nations bishops. Lead
ing the signers was Arch
bishop Ricardo Pittini, sob,
Of Santo Domingo-the form
er name of the capital which
was changed to Ciudad Tru-
jillo in 1886. Archbishop Pit
TIM signed himself as MET
ropolitan Archbishop" and
also used the ancient honor
airy title of "Primate of the
Americas" The five other
signers included Boston born
Bishop Thomas F. Reilly,
C.SS.R., Prelate Mullins of
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12

Archbishop Stepinac (for he
had not then been created a
CARDINAL went on trial for
alleged treason and crimes
committed against the state.
Some of the witnesses who
testified against him later
indicated that they had been
tortured and their families
had been threatened with m
mediate death if they did not
testify against the Arch
bishop.
THE TRIAL WHICH brought
worldwide attention to the
Zagreb courtroom gave clear
justice and the anti-religious
and anti-C Church sentiment of
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12
Book Men
Hit Self
Policing
tN.c.W.c. NEWS sERvicEl

tN.C.W.C. NEWS SERvicEl
WASHINGTON - Magazine
and book publishers repre-
sentatives have told a House
subcommittee that industry
wide decency programs in
their fields would be neither
practical nor desirable.
This was the substance of
testominy presented (Feb. 81
to the House Postal Opera
tons Subcommittee by Robert
Z. Kenyon, Jr., president of
the Magazine Publishers AS
ISOLATION, and Dan Lacy,
managing director of the
American Book Publishers
Council.
Mr.. Lacy told the subcom-
mittee, whose members had
expressed concern over "bor-
derline" Objectionable .publi-
Continued on Page q
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12
May Eat
Meat Today

BY virtue of faculties grant
ed to the Bishops of the Uni
ted States to dispense from
fast and abstinence on civil
holidays, a dispensation from
abstinence is hereby granted
to the Faithful of the Diocese
of Columbus on Friday, Feb
ruary, i2-Lincoln's Birthday.
Those who take advantage
of this dispensation are en-
couraged to offer special pray
ers in petition for peace or to
perform other works of morti.
fication,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12

1851 when he was released
from prison. He had been
charged by the Red regime
with collaborating with the
Nazis during the Second World
War and was sentenced to a
16-year prison term.
CARDINAL STEPINAc.
Archbishop of Zagreb and
Metropolitan of Croatia, was
the first ranking prelate out
side the Soviet Union to suf-
fer false trial and imprison-
ment after the war from a
communist-controlled govern
ment.
On September 30, 1916,
evidence of the perversion of
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12
CIUDAD TRU JILLO,

CIUDAD u JILLO,
Dominican R e public -
The Bishops of the Do
minican Republic declar-
ed that human rights
come before those of the
State and stated that the
Church is ready to suffer in
defense of individual rights.
THE BISHOPS told their
people they had written an
"official letter to the highest
authority of the country"
seeking avoidance of ex-
cesses which, in short, only
bring harm to those who COM
nit them -"
The Bishops declaration
came in the form of a pas
toral letter, the first joint
pastoral of a political nature
since the coming to power of
Generalissimo Rafael Leon
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12

by a top official of the Domin-
lean Republic and the retire
ment of the aged Archbish-
OPP of Cuidad Trujillo from
administrative duties in the
Dominican capital.
At the same time, it was re-
vealed that a papal diplomat
who has represented the Holy
See at many international
conferences has been named
Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti. 1t
was in Haiti-which shares
the historic island of Hispani-
ola with the Dominican Re-
public-that Church-State ten
sion recently reached a climax
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12
Inside News

READ TO KNOW Know to Love is Catholic
Book Week Theme - Page 5.
NEWARK CATHOLIC Eyes Gel Title Page 6
YOUTH CONVENTION SCHEDULE; CYC Mem
Der Attacks Obscenity Page 7.
PINE MISSION Guild Plans Mother-Daughter
Fete, Other Activities Page 8.
oHio COURT DECISION Affects Charitable
Groups Page 9.
nv MOVIE RATINGS, Legion of Decency List =
Page 10.
MOVIE "a Says Children Shouldn't See Some
Movies - Page IL.
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in which the government issu-
ed a warrant for the arrest
of the nations Catholic arch
bishop.
UNOFFICIAL VATICAN
sources reported that Domini-
can Foreign Minister Porfirio
Herrera Baez conferred with
His Holiness Pope John XIII
for a quarter-hour Feb. 81.
Competent Vatican officials
made no immediate comment
or confirmation of the re-
port, however.
Mr.. Herrera Baez had flown
Continued on Page p
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ties. Father Sweeney had said
the 6 am. Mass at the hospi-
tai chapel prior to his death.
He had served as chaplain
here since Jan. Is, 1855, and
was widely known througout
Southeastern ohio among
persons of all faiths. He was
popular with ministers of
various religious denomina-
tons and was a particular
favorite of children patients
at the hospital.
Father Sweeney spent many
years of his early priesthood
in prison work in Ohio and
New York.
A native of Lowell, Mass,
Father Sweeney was born
Jan. 6, 1908, the son of James
and Margaret Chadbourne
Sweeney His parents died
when he was Is and after
three years in high school he
quit to go to work in the Of
flee of the US. Cartridge
Company.
He decided to 60 in the
Order of Oblate of Mary I'M
maculate and entered Can't
sius High School and College
at Buffalo, NY, where he
received his diploma in 1921.
AFTER ADDITIONAL study
in Buffalo and Tewksbury,
Mass, he went to the OBJ
late Scholastic School in
Washington.
Father Sweeney was or
Continued on Page p
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12
BY DENNIS c. ZIMMERMAN,
Times Assistant Editor

GROUPS
Ed in keeping smutty ma
gaines out of the hands
of children were advised
to 60 direct to the news
dealer by a lawyer here
Wednesday (Feb. 10Y.
ATTORNEY James Sey-
mour, who successfully de-
Tended newsstand operator
Tony Cimino last year on a
charge Of selling obscene pub
LEGATIONS, told the Columbus
Bar Association that:
"Parent-Teacher A 0 cia-
ton members should not go
to the newstands to fight but
should request that these ma
gaines which they consider
detrimental to young people
be kept out Of the hands of
young people"
TWENTY-FIVE percent will
cooperate and those who
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12

signed to provide the profess
sional services now required
by the State of Ohio in the
care of children who are hav.
ing trouble at home or who
need care anyway from their
own homes.
Miss Mary Evelyn Ruetty
was praised by Monsignor
Kappes, for her work through
out the year as social case
worker for the agency.
Continued on Page 81
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12

Clarence G. Issenmann was
celebrant.
DEATH WAS ATTRlBUT-
Ed to a heart attack. He had
been in poor health for sew
eral year but had been able
to attend to his hospital du-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12
BELG DE, Yugo-

DE, Yugo-
slavia, r di-
nal Stepinac, S p tual
leader of seven million
Yugoslay Roman Catho.
lies and arch-foe Of the Tito
Regime died w e y,
Feb. 10 in his native village
of Krasic. He would have been
81 years old May 8.
TUESDAY, HIS personal
physician said the cardinal
had contracted a cold be-
cause he had insisted on pray
ing four hours per day in
the cold little village church.
The cardinal has been con-
fined to the village since
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12
Dominican, Haiti
Holy See Worries
Ouer Republics

VATICAN CTTY-The Holy Sees concern for the
troubled Dominican Republic and her sister republic
of Haiti was revealed in a series of separate develop
mentS.
THEY INCLUDED reports of a visit to the Pope
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12
At Youth Center:
More Than 400
Register For Meet

MORE THAN 400 youth are expected to attend
the first Diocesan Council of Catholic Youth Conven-
ton this weekend at the Youth Center on the Ohio
State Fairgrounds. The theme of the meet will be
"Unity, Sanctity and knowledge"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12
Mattingly Named:
GAINESVILLE Board
Gets New Head

ZANESVILLE-William Mattingly will head the
Advisory Board of the GAINESVILLE and Muskingum
County Catholic Welfare Bureau.
Mattingly elected chairman Monday, Feb. 81,
will be assisted by Mrs. Robert Ebersbach, vice
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12
Good Samaritan Hospital:
Fr. Sweeney Dies
Serving His Parish

GAINESVILLE A Solemn Pontifical Requiem
Mass was offered Monday, for Father Eugene F.
Sweeney, O.MI, ST, chaplain of Good Samaritan Hos
pital, who died February 4, while making his rounds,
distributing Holy Communion to the patients. Bishop
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12
Not Enough Good
Films, Owners Say

WASHINGTON, - The economics of the movie
industry force many theater owners to show films they
personally regard as Objectionable, according to an ex-
hibitors' representative.
ABRAM r. MYERS, chairman of the board of
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12

In previous years, confer
ences have been scheduled at
either st. Mary of the Springs
Milford chronicle., 1960-11-04

Mr.. and Mrs. F. Brown Smith
entertained group of friends at
bridge at their home on Saturday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Kemp
were the guests last weekend of
Mrs. George Abbott of Pottstown,
Pa.
Mrs. Harry L. Boyer entertained
at a surprise birthday dinner
for her husband, Harry L. Boyer,
on Sunday, October 30, the follow
ing: Mr.. and Mrs. Warren E. Bo-
yer, Sr., and son Harry l. Boyer
3rd, of Roslyn. Pa; Miss Mary
Sauerwald, Phila., Mr. and Mrs.
Warren Z. Boyer, Jr., Phila. Mrs.
Ethel Boyer, Mr.. and Mrs. Finley
Brown and daughter Faye of Will
Jamestown, Nj, Mrs. Mary E.
Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Butts, Marydel, Del. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Hinderer and son
Teddy of Wilmington, Del. -
Milford chronicle., 1960-11-04
Plans Being Made For
The Return Day.
Continued from page one)

Too many changes could not be
made this year but the biggest ad-
vance was in the parade arrange
ments. Mrs. Nell r. Barr announ-
ced that she had secured the CO.
operation of several groups not
heretofore cooperating. Added to
her "Old Timers" were Mayor and
Mrs. William r. Ringler, Selby-
Vile; Mrs. William r. Money, Lau-
rel; Mrs. James g. Birney, Sea-
ford, and Mrs. George V. Ruos,
Bridgeville. Miss Frances Shoffner,
Sussex County Home Demonstra-
ton Agent, said that many of her
clubs would join the parade
Already assisting Mrs. Barr were
Mrs. Grace ,Hilty and DIR. Eliza
beth Phillips.
Raymond V. West, Sussex Coun-
ty Democratic chairman, introduce
ed most of the county candidates.
Mrs. Edna Brasure, state vice
chairwoman, introduced Mrs. Belle
Everett, candidate for reelection as
state treasurer, and Mrs. Gertrude
Hdi pi CdHuludte IOI pIOtilOuOLdIy .
Speeches were kept to mini
mum length to carry out the spirit
of the day devoted mostly to good
fellowship and getting acquainted.
Mr.. Carvel said that what the
state needs most is good leader
ship. He set forth that most of the
ills in the state today, including
an unbalanced budget, could be
solved by good leadership and the
cutting of unnecessary items from
appropriations.
"We have a man as governor to-
day who likes to be liked" he COM
mented. He's the man who can't
say mo-. He doesn't want ito deny
any department anything for fear
they won't like him."
He concluded by stating that if
elected he will do as he did when
he was governor before-really
study the appropriations requested.
Charles E. (Boots) Wilkins, DEM
ocratic committeeman from the
ninth district, was general chair
man for Caryel Day.