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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-12-09

District Of Columbia
School Board announced
recently that a guide for
teaching sixth graders the
truth about Communism
and for acquainting them with
the difference between COM
munism and the American Sys-
tenn will be available to Dis
trict teachers for the first
time this year.
THE PURPOSE of this new
course, the District Superin-
tendent of Schools explained,
is to give children the facts
which an informed citizen
needs in order to understand
both systems and Ito engineer
enthusiasm for our own free
dom based on that informa-
ton and understanding"
This is a laudable purpose
and a course of studies de-
signed to carry it out at any
level of education would seem
to be a step in the right di-
rection.
The members of the District
School Board however, will
probably be subjected to a
certain amount of criticism for
adopting this course of stud
les. They may be told, for
example, that in offering such
a course to immature students
they are running the risk of
unwittingly indoctrin III G
some of them in Communism.
IN nay JUDGMENT, if there
Is any such risk involved. it
is of negligible proportions
and can easily be guarded
against with a minimum OF
care on the part of teachers
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-12-09

In last weeks column
we condemned a move on
the part of some leaders
of the Planned Parent
hooders to legalize abor-
ton. Although abortion is a
crime in every state with
some legal defenses) the num-
Der who practice it is a grow
ing concern.
Some years ago DR.. Frank
TausSig made a study in which
he indicated that there we're
more than 100000 abortions
annually in the United States
about 1000 a day. The ratio
is one abortion to every three
confinements.
OF THESE 7OO, 900 between
25 and 30 percent are thera-
peutic abortions, lie, induced
because of the possibility of
death of the mother resulting
if the fetuS is allowed to de-
velop to full time. This means
that 20 to IS per cent of the
abortions are criminal. Tauss-
ing indicated further that the
annual death rate in the Unit
ed States from criminal abor-
ton is close to 5000.
ABORTION JAIL KINDS is
the greatest single cause of
maternal death in the United
States. If incinerators and cess
pools could reveal their hor-
rors, what heart-rending cries
would come from their depths!
Hundreds of thousands of
voices shrieking: why were
We murdered before we were
BORN" why were we cut off
from the eternal happiness in
heayen?"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-12-09

Editors note: Many in-
f~eresfins and provocative
opinions must be omitted
each week because the
writer failed TO sign his
or her name and address.
Initials or a penname will
be used upon request bur
the sender's real name
and address must also be
included. Send your opin-
ions TO Letters 10 the
Editor, The Cath ic
Times, Box 636, Column
bus 10, Ohiol.
Editor;
| have been heartened
and enlightened by the
many letters concerning
the og Mass. |
know the S h 0 S and
clergy are trying to help the
laity to gain in sanctity by
vocal participation in the
Mass; however, | am one of
those who can only feel that
we have been robbed of one
of our most precious spirit
ual exercises.
THE CLERGY AND OTHER
religious are very fortunate in
that they are able TO visit Our
Lord in the Blessed Sacra-
ment several times through
out the day and spend many
moments in quiet prayer with
Him.
We of the laity are quite
often SO tied up with our ev-
eryday duties that 1t requires
real sacrifice or it is totally
impossible for us TO attend re.
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by FIR. John B. Sheerin, esp.
so THE FILM STAR must

so THE FILM STAR must
concentrate on self to keep up
his box-office appeal. 1t is this
self-centeredness which gives
him the drive and dynamism
that enables him to succeed
i'll a business that demands
that he project his ego. Like
wise it demands that the sexy
actress project her ego. The
result is that the more they
fall in love with themselves,
the more they unfit them
selves for loving other human
beings.
INSTEAD OF BEING great
lovers, the role they play on
the screen, they are actually
failures in love. They may be
box-office successes but they
are also tragic human fail
ures. They are incapable OF
loving in real life.
Coming from broken homes,
the film idols are often I'M
happy individuals who are on
ly too ready to play a part in
the world of make-believe. So
the sexy star, afraid of show
ing the world her real per-
sonality, puts on a mask. The
more unhappy she is, the
more she becomes devoted to
the mask. But her problem
Continued on Page 81
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inquiry Corner
Single Persons
Parish Duties?
by FIR. Heale,

@. What is the duty of an
unmarried person toward his
parish? | have been arguing
with an unmarried friend of
mine that he is bound TO more
effort and more financial sup
port because he is single.
A. The old Roman law used
to place a penalty on bach
elors, arguing that they were
not contributing To the good
Of the state in proportion TO
the married men. There is a
certain logic in the argument.
1t would seem that works of
Catholic Action Through the
Council of Catholic Men or in
ST. Vincent de Paul, Legion of
Mary, Holy Name, etc. should
be greatly helped by unmar-
ried men and women, who
should have more time, more
available money and more
freedom of movement. 1t
would also be logical that I'M
married people (even under
21) should be generous in
church support, since they are
not involved in the financial
responsibilities of family life
cat least not to the same ex-
tent as their married friends).
Every man Cor woman must
form his conscience in this
matter. 1t will be necessary
to render an account of every
opportunity we have to do
good las seen in the parable
Of the talents, and a thought
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-12-09

with its older brothers and SIS
ters." No legal personality was
conceded to the unborn child.
MORE RECENTLY, howev-
er, one state at least, CALI
fornia, by legislation seems to
have adopted a doctrine that
the unborn child has a per-
sonality per Sc. Section % of
the Civil Code of that state
provides that: "A child con-
ceived but not yet born is to
be deemed as an existing per-
son SO far as may be neces-
Sary for its interests in the
event of its subsequent birth"
California has also permitted
a cause Of action to be filed
even before the child's birth
in the case of proceedings for
support of an Legitimate
child.
TN ALL STATES if a father
dies his posthumous child will
inherit on the same basis as
children living at his death.
When a will is made the I'M
born child of the testator is
protected in probably all
states by a statutory provi-
sion to the effect that a child
born subsequent to the making
of a will inherits the share
which he would have taken
under the law if no will had
been made.
The Church, of course, rec
ognizes the rights of an in.
dividual at conception. The
fetus is not merely an APP
pendage of the mother but has
individual rights. AS early as
the year 300 AID. the Coun-
Gil of Elvira decreed that
Continued on Page 81
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-12-09

| hasten to add, that | am
not at this point criticizing
American capitalism. | think
American capitalism with all
its imperfections. is probably
better than any other econom-
lie system in the contemporary
world.
The point is, however, that
communism is wrong not be-
cause it is opposed to Amer
lean capitalism but because it
is opposed to all of the funda-
mental rights of nah, which
rights can and do thrive in
countries whose economic sys-
TEN is different from our own.
JACQUES MARlTAlN, the
distinguished Catholic philos-
opher who lived in the United
States for most of the past
two decades but is now back
in his native city of Paris, is
only one of several pro-Ameri-
can European writer's who
have warned us, that we
would be very ill-advised to
try to sell Capitalism" as the
fundamental answer to COM
muniSm.
Even in this country, Mar
itain writes in his recent book,
Reflection on America, "the
average and official yocabul-
airy conveys the idea that
America has accepted the
challenge of Communism and
the very terms of Communist
propaganda itself: Commun-
ism versus Capitalism, Amer
lea being the stronghold OF
capitalism
in MARITAlN's OPINION,
Continued on Page 81
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by FIR. Healey

less or self-centered unmar-
ried person may have a diff
cult time on judgment day.
There are many individual sit
uatlons, however, and we dare
not Judge anyone-it is a mat
ter for a man and his con-
feSsor.
@. What do We know for
certain about The parents and
the early life Of the Blessed
Virgin Mary?
A. We have practically no
information in the Bible. Our
sources are traditional ac-
counts and except for some
particulars such as the Inn
maculate Conception not any
more certain than historical
research may Indicate. The
ancient acceptance of the
names Joachim and Anne and
the liturgical observance of
their feast days March Goth
and July 26th respectively
should incline US TO respect
that basic acceptance of the
parents of Our Lady. All bio
graphical details Of her life
before the Annunciation, how
ever, should be accepted only
as far as they conform to re
search in the apocryphal and
other early writings which
give the information.
Send questions to Father
Edward F. Healey. Inquiry
Corner, The Catholic Times,
Box 636, Columbus Is, Ohio.
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responses
Gift To God

Editor:
We, in our finite way, have
difficulty understanding the
Latin but the omnipotent God
knows all languages. Our re-
sponses in the Dialogue Mass
consummate a precious gift
to God.
We fret in the ego, when
all that really matters is that
we have in our power, through
many tongues, that all per-
feet gift so pleasing to God
The Sacrifice of Mass.
HELEN q. KOEHLER,
Jackson
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-12-09

Marilyn Monroe's mar
riage to Arthur Miller has
now broken up after four
highly publicized years of
h e t-throbbing h e a d.
lines. 1t was a surprise that
it lasted so long, For the av-
erage Hollywood marriage is
we'll on the way to the rocks
after the first year.
WAY DO HOLLY w o O o
marriages break up so quick
ly? 1t seems to be generally
assumed that film idols are a
dissolute group and that
promiscuity and lechery are
the very climate of the film
capital.
| think, however, that the
answer to the question is
more complex than this. 1t is
probably nearer the truth to
say that broken Hollywood
marriages are caused by a
combination of factors, of
which sexual immortality is
perhaps only one of the minor
factors.
SOME OF THE most-mar-
ried actors and actresses have
been rather decent and nor
NAL human beings. Take for
instance, Clark Gable. As a
rough-and-tumble roughneck
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-12-09
Sun, and Substance:
Film Idols Can't
Stay Married

he was a pleasant change
from Rudolf Valentino. He
was well liked by friends and
acquaintance and had a dis
tinguished record in the Air
Force. Yet the fact is that this
manly and wholesome movie
idol was married five times.
There seem to be two main
reasons for the early crackup
of film idol marriages: brok-
EN- homes and self-centered-
ness. According to the New
York HersId-Tribune, Holly
wood columnist Joe Hyams
Nov. 15) a recent study of
one hundred random biogra-
phies of film stars revealed
that SO out of these 100 H0l-
lywood stars came from brok-
Ell HOlleS.
The second factor, self-cen-
teredness, seems to grow al
most inevitably out of the
very nature of a box-office
idols role. AS Hyman says,
movie idols "are doomed to
live in a private world sur
rounded by mirrors in which
they are compelled to stare at
their image until, like Mar
cissus, the boy in the fable,
they fall into the river and
drown while trying to en-
brace their own image"
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Why Not
ENGLISH?
Editor:

Editor:
| agree with Feb. relative
TO "parroting" Latin responses.
In my former parish in
Buffalo, NY, we recited the
English al Mass. These pray
ers are very inspiring.
The prayers after Mass
were recited for the Conver-
sion of Russia. Are these not
needed more today than ever
before?
Last week | assisted at Mass
In another Diocese and they
are also starting an English
Dialogue. | am confident that
the English recited Mass
would appeal to all DIRECTORS
to the Latin version.
e. A. n.
Columbus
Editors Note: In 1858 the
Sacred Congregation of Rites
with The approval of the Pope
clarified the use of Latin in
fhe Mass in . statement Sac
red Music and Sacred Lit
urgy." A story on fhe diree-
rive appeared in the Catholic
Times al that time. Here is
that part of the text dealing
with Latin in the Dialogue
Mass. II appears in Chapter
n General Norms under sec
tion 14b.l
I'm a read Mass, the priest
celebranf, his ministers, and
the faithful who participate
directly in The l~ifursieal serv-
ices with the celehrant must
pronounce in a clear voice
those parts of the Mass which
apply 70 them and may use
only the Latin language"
Then, If the faithful wish
TO add some popular prayers
or hymns TO this direct liz
urgicat participation, accord
ing 70 local custom. fhis may
be done in the vernaeulsr.."
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Convinced
By Dialogue

Editor:
My first impression of
the Dialogue Mass, was
that | could no longer
pray in silence as ! had
for 80 years.
Evening star., 1960-05-13
$o7OMiIIion
Approved for
Space Work
By the Associated Press

An authorization of 1910
million for civilian space ac-
tivities-some $55 million more
than President Eisenhower
asked-has been agreed to by
a Senate House conference
committee.
The legislation, still subject
to final House and Senate ap-
proval, also would provide a
pay increase from $4,000 to
$4,000 a year for DR.. Wernher
Won Braun. German-born mis-
Sile expert, who heads a team
of scientists working for the
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
The House passed an author
ization for $915 million for
the next fiscal year, which be-
gins July /, and included au-
thority for 80 more top-pay
jobs, including the increase for
DR.. Won Braun.
The Senate added $55 mil
lion to the bill with $50 mil
lion of this earmarked for pos
Sible scientific breakthroughs
during the next year and an
other SIS million for unforeseen
construction need.
Evening star., 1960-05-13
Buyer Of Bicycle
Stolen by Boys
Awaits Sentence

A 27-year-old refrigerator re-
pair shop owner was found
guilty yesterday of buying q
stolen bicycle from two boys.
Chief Municipal Court Judge
John Lewis Smith, jr., post
poned sentencing of James
Youman Eaton III of the 5lOO
block of Hanna place Sc. until
June 10 so that he can get q
report from the courts proba-
ton officer.
The youths, IL and IA years
old, testified they stole the
bicycle from a northwest ga
rage because Eaton had told
them he was in the market for
English bicycles, according to
Assistant United States Attor-
ney Tim Murphy.
Eaton was arrested Wednes-
day, shortly after the boys ad-
mitted to police they had stolen
two English bicycles from q
garage belonging to Mrs. Ju-
dith S. Blumenthal of 1911
Floral street NV.
The youths told Judge Smith
they sold one of the bicycles
to Eaton for 81, Mr.. Murphy
said. Eaton denied he had
bought stolen property inten-
tionally, Mr.. Murphy said.
Evening star., 1960-05-13

advertisement for "12 modern
reclining chairs with vibrators,
assorted. Orig. $59.95 to $685.
Now $29.99."
The FTC said these pur-
ported retail amounts were
Fictitious and higher than
regular prices, and purchasers
do not save the difference be-
tween the higher and lower
sums as represented"
Ralph Goldsmith, president
of Lansburgh's, said the COM
plant was a surprise, because
we are extremely careful to
carry out good business ethics
at all times"
I'VE are looking into the
cases brought to our attention
by the FTC, however," he said.
If something like this hap
pened, it certainly was acci-
dental because we are extreme
ly careful about what goes into
our advertisements"
The FTC gave City Stores
Co. 80 days to answer the COM
plant against its Lansburgh
division and a similar complaint
against its Lit Brothers division
in Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1960-05-13
EightStotes
To Meet on
Problems

ANNAPOLIS. May 13 (AP).-
Representatives Of seven State,
have agreed to meet with Gov
TaweS May 20 to talk over
mutual economic problems OF
the Appalachian region.
Gov. Tawes hopes the con.
ference, which he called at the
request of Maryland's new De-
partment Of Economic Devel-
opment, will produce some So
lutionS to problems, especially
in mountain areas where un-
employment is high, income
low and natural resources un-
derdeveloped.
States planning to send rep
resentativess are. . New York
Pennsylvania, Virginia, West
Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee
and North Carolina. OF those
Gov. TaweS invited, only Ala
bama, Georgia and South
Carolina could not make it.
George w. Hubley, director
Of the new department who
neld a similar job in Kentucky,
made it clear he had no short
term measures in mind.
He said the Appalachian re-
gion has lost more population
to migration than any other
comparable section of the
country, with is million persons
leaving during the past 10
years. But the highest birth
rate in the United States, he
said, made the net population
loss in 1950-59 only about
100000.
Evening star., 1960-05-13
Bomb on AirIiner
Checked for Clue

BOGOTA, Colombia, May l3
(AP).-The search for clues to
the person who put a bomb un-
der a seat of a Colombian
Avianca airliner from New
York continued today.
Wrapped in a newspaper, the
bomb was q homemade con-
traption Containing powder,
explosive missiles and a deto-
nator, police said.
Thirty-nine passengers and
a crew of six had arrived here
on the plane Wednesday night.
Yesterday morning an anony-
nous woman called firemen
several times. urging them to
search the plane, and the
bomb was found.
The caller, who had a for
eign accent, said a relative told
her the bomb was on the plane.
Evening star., 1960-05-13
Negro Electrocuted
For Attempted Rope

COLUMBIA, S. c., May IL
(AP) Robert CBozo) john
son died in the South Carolina
electric chair today for the
beating and attempted rape oi
a white woman.
The 29-year-old. Negro was
convicted last July Of attempt
ing to rape a 52-year-old spin
ster at her rural home. john
son admitted hitting the wom-
an but denied attempting rape
Bloodstained clothing was
found at Johnson's home when
he was arrested on the night
of the assault.
Evening star., 1960-05-13
By ANDREW w. BINGHAM
Star Stan Writer

Although Supt. Carl F. Han
sen thought he had come up
with the solution. a two-year-
old controversy over the reor-
ganization of District school
health services is still very
much alive.
The superintendent presented
a new plan - involving the
creation of two new staff posi-
tions-to the Board of Educa-
ton yesterday. He called it
"signiflcant-a milestone"
Board members, however,
proceeded to criticize it for
about As minutes. The climax
came when Walter N. Tobriner,
board president, said: without
being personal, this plan seems
to me a bureaucrat's dream"
Shortly thereafter DR.. Han
sen observed that ''it occurs to
me that this is not a very pop
ular report" Withdrawing it
from consideration before board
members voted, he promised to
bring back a revised plan at
some future date.
Delicate Situation
Most of the trouble with the
health services stems from the
close Il but delicate relation
ship which must be maintained
between the public schools and
the Public Health Department.
The health department pro-
vides nurses for the elementary
Evening star., 1960-05-13
House to Get
School Bill
Wednesday
BY the Associated Press

The House Education Com
mittee plans to bring its contro-
versial school construction bill
to the House floor for action
next Wednesday.
The committee voted IT,
yesterday to bypass the Rules
Committee, where the measure
has been begged down, and
bring it up through the seldom
used calendar Wednesday
process.
This process takes advantage
of a weekly hour in which a
committee chairman can call
up without rules clearance a
bill his own group has approved
Legislative action must be COM
pleted that same day, or the
measure is dead for the session
Evening star., 1960-05-13

oSdAAoO CANAAoAAeC oRCkAhAAOOos
make a market in specific Sc
curities by matching buy and
sell orders.
The SEC announced yester-
day it will hold a hearing later
to determine whether the Spe-
cialist firm involved in this
case, Re, Re 81 Sagarese, and
its members. Jerry and Gerard
Re, Of New York City. should be
suspended or expelled from
membership in the American
Stock Exchange.
According to the agency's
order for the proceedings, the
two Res. father and son, have
since July /, 1854, illegally dis
tributed thousands of shares OF
common stock of the following
companies.
Skiatron Electronics and
Television Corp. Swan-Finch
Oil Corp, Highway Trailer In
dustrieS, Inc; I. Rokeach &
Sons, Servo Corp. of America
Silver Greek Precision Corp,
Thompson-Starrett Co., Inc.
Evening star., 1960-05-13

Trans Continental Industries
Inc, and United Pacific Alumi-
mum Corp.
In addition, the Res were &C.
cused of illegally distributing
preferred stock Of Thompson
Starrett.
The SEC contended that the
shares sold by the two special.
lists should have been registered
with the agency so that in
vestorS would have the benefit
Of a full disclosure Of the A.
nancial affairs of the compan-
les involved.
In bringing the charges, the
SEC issued a statement which
said its staff has reported nc
information to it refiectine
upon the present market fol
the securities referred to-"
The Res were described by
Mr.. Loomis as among the larg-
est specialists on the American
exchange.
Evening star., 1960-05-13
London ParIey
Warns Africa

LONDON. May l3 (AP). -
British Commonwealth leaders
formally refused today to guar
antee South Africa will be al
lowed to stay in the Common
wealth if it becomes a repub-
lie.
Thus the leaders of the multi
racial Commonwealth posed
before South Africa the threat
of expulsion unless its strict
racial segregation policies are
modified.
A communique winding up
the Commonwealth conference
suggested that South Africa ask
for the consent of its partners
IL, after becoming a republic,
it still wants to remain within
the commonwealth.
South Africa now recognizes
Queen Elizabeth as its monarch.
But if it becomes a republic
like India and Pakistan, its
president would be the actual
chief of state. South Africa
plans a referendum on the
question among its three mil
hon white citizens, with 10 mil
lion Negroes excluded.
The prime ministers, who
have been meeting since May 3,
side-Stepped a direct expression
for or against South Africa s
apartheid (segregation) system
as such. But they made clear
that the prime ministers had
told South African Foreign
Minister Eric Louw, who rep
resented his country at the
meeting. just what they thought
about his governments contro-
versial policies.