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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-08-26
EDITORIALS
Time For Severity

Within the last two weeks two outrageous acts of
vandalism have occurred in the city of Columbus.
PUBLIC ELEMENTARY school which is under
construction was broken into over a weekend. Ten
rooms and a hallway were defaced by nails, hand
prints and Slashes in neWly-plaStered ceilings.
Estimated damage to the building $4,000.
An unoccupied home of 10 rooms was left a
shambles after vandals smashed their way in and
broke 20 windows, shattered several mirrors, ripped
window frames apart, pulled decorative knobs from
bannisters, cut and split sofa cushions and mattresses,
pulled down draperies, dismantled light fixtures, I'M
hinged doors, destroyed a China closet and pulled
woodwork from the walls.
PAINT WAS ~splattered on the walls of some
rooms and obscenitieS were ScraWled on walls in diff
ferent colored paints. Dining room chairs and other
pieces of furniture were found on the lawn where they
apparently had been hurled through windows.
The cost to the owners will run in the thousands
of dollars and this is in addition to previous thefts
of Chlnaware bedding, rugs and other items.
CITY POLICE have been urged to greater vigil
ance and school officials have considered hiring spec
ial custodians on a 24hour basis.
Young people were responsible for the school
damage and perhaps for the other.
THERE is ABSOLUTELY no excuse for this
kind of act. This type of crime cannot be dismissed as
a childish prank. Anyone, no matter what his back
ground, who is guilty of such vandalism should be
punished with full severity. If such people are emo
tionally disturbed or come from homes without proper
parental discipline, strict measures ought to be taken
to correct the situation. Moral principles must be inn
pressed upon these sick human beings.
WE AGREE WITH J. Edgar Hoover that some Of
us are too soft on this kind of criminal. 1t has not help
ed to be lenient. Anyone capable of such malicious
destruction cannot be dismissed as a mere juvenile
offender. Such persons must have a vicious streak
In them that must be treated or at least contained.
THE POINT WE would make is this: the parents
must be cited of course, but the young offenders must
be made to see that such acts will not go unpunished.
1t is a time for severity.
Society has guilt here too. The cult of violence
that has taken over our films, TV and radio shows,
and comic books must be combated. In many ways it
is even more dangerous to public morals than the sug-
gestive because it is based upon an unhealthy, I'M
natural sadistic strain that simply must be dealt with.
All of us should be moved to do something about
this at home and in the community. CAT
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-08-26
Joseph Breig
School Tax Relief And Justice

judgment by admitting that
he does not know ''hoW deep
and widespread is the feeling
of injustice" among parents
who pay school and income
taxes, but must educate their
children at their own expense
for reasons of conscience.
HE NOTED ALSO that aft
err the Maine legislature re-
fused to vote for bus rides
for parish school pupils, a par
emf movement persuaded both
the Democratic and the Re-
publican parties to include
planks promising such rides
in their state platforms.
Concerning. this matter,
there are some considerations
to which / would like to call
attention.
To begin with, school tax re-
lief is much more pressingly a
question of justice and of har-
mony among citizens than 1t
is a problem of money.
Neither from the point of
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-08-26

| noticed a story in the
Times a couple of weeks
ago which said that the
Councils of Men and Wo-
men are asking that peo-
pie write to their Congress
men against Federal Aid to
Education. Presumably we lay
men belong TO one of these
two great bodies, SO who ask
ed me for my opinion?
1t so happens that | agree
with their stand on Federal
Aid to education, though per-
haps for a different reason.
I'm against it because it
smacks too much of govern
mental control. / believe the
Councils are against it for the
same reason that Francis
Brown Uetters to Editor Al.
gust 49, is against 1.-THE in
EQUITIES involved for Catholic
parents.
BUT THIS is BESIDE the
point. | question the right OF
a Catholic Body to use the
multitude in their organiza-
tons without consulting them.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-08-26
Refugee Problem
Continues

The World Refugee Year ended on June 80 of
this year.
fT GOES WITHOUT saying however, that the
refugee problem is far from solved.
The Ohio COMMITTEES for Refugee Relief recently
reminded us that this important task of aiding the
refugee will not be finished for many years to come.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations is beginning a five-year Freedom from
Hunger Campaign. In this time of alarm about cover
population" it is well to remember that this situation
is primarily one of food distribution not population
limitation. We should support governmental plans to
feed those in need.
THE OHIO COMMITTEE points out toe that volun-
tary agencies have much to contribute through a per-
son to person approach.
What can we Catholics do?
/. Give generously to the Laetare Sunday col
lection for the Catholic Bishops Relief Fund.
2. Donate disable clothing to the Thanksgiving
Clothing Collection.
3. Send a donation, if possible, for aid to refugees
through our Catholic Welfare Bureau.
4. Offer to sponsor a refugee or refugee family
through our Diocesan Resettlement Director, Mon
signor Lawrence Corcoran.
5. Participate in the refugee aid program held
under the auspices of the Councils of Catholic Men
and Women. CAT
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-08-26

A personal friend who
is editor of a Protestant
magazine recently wrote
me to inquire about a
piece of literature now
circulating in the United
States. He said: "Here is a
photocopy of a piece of litera-
ture that makes me wonder.
Is there any way to find out
whether this was done by
some anti Catholic OUTFIT"
MANY OF MY READERS
have undoubtedly come across
this particular brochure. It is
entitled "America Is a Catho-
lie Country" and purports to
be the work of ''The Catho-
lie Committee for Historical
Truth" ]. J. O'Connor, Chair
man. It is a fulsome, ex-
travagant tribute to the Catho-
lie Church's role in American
history and urges Catholics
to help the Catholic Church
take over America. The punch
line is the conclusion: "And
we must do it at the ballot
box"
The NCWC News Service in
forms us that the publication
was apparently mailed to
newspaper offices in various
parts Of the country about
the time of the Democratic
Convention. There is every
reason to think it is a spurious
document. After careful in
vestigation, no Catholic Conn
rniffee for Historical Truth
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-08-26

Last week we stressed
that a Cana Conference
helps couples achieve a
successful family life on
earth while family re-
treats help them go to God
together.
The need for family re-
treats is a new demand from
couples. Many of us believe
that the most effective way
to give the vocational retreat
on marriage is to give 1t to
couples--not to individuals.
THE COUPLES THEM
SELVES also generally agree
that this is best. Those who
have made this retreat are
always the best statesmen Of
the movement. Where they
had only superficialities to
discuss, they now have an OPP
portunity to deepen their
relationship on the more solid
foundation of basic Christian
family truths which together
they have learned and ex-
perienced.
To hear and experience the
same things separately has
never the same effect. What
is involved here is not mere
ly a matter of knowledge,
but of Inspiration and of a
change Of attitude. These last
two can be better achieved
if couples make a family re-
treat together and share the
atmosphere of the retreat TO-
sether. Sometimes this at
mosphere says more and
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-08-26
The Y0rdStick
Why No Neutral
Unions In France?
by Msgr. George G.. Higgins

ers have had their own feder-
alton of labor since 1919?
Why has the labor move
ment in France been divided
along religious lines? Why
don't all of the non-communist
workers of France-like the
workers of the United States
belong to one and the same
neutral" organization, regard
less of their religious differ
ences?
THE ANSWER is that in
France and on the European
Continent in general, as con-
trasted with the United States,
there were no neutral
unions when men like Tessier
were coming along. The domi-
nant unions in almost every
country in Western Europe
were controlled by doctrinaire
socialists who prided them
selves, in varying degrees, on
being not only non-religi0uS
but anti-religious and, more
specifically, anti-C Catholic.
Consequently, Catholic and
other Christian workers in
France and several other
Western European nations
felt that they had no choice
but to establish separate
Christian unions. Their pur-
pose in doing so was not to
split" the ranks of labor, but
simply to make it possible for
workers to be good trade
unionists and good Christians
at one and the same time. In
cidentally, | like to think that
American Catholic workers
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would have done the same
thing under similar circum-
stances.
If THERE ARE any Ameri-
cans in or out of the labor
movement who think that the
foregoing justification of
Christian unions is partisan
Catholic propaganda, / would
recommend that they consult
a recent two-volume study en-
titled European Socialism by
a distinguished none Catholic
historian from the University
of California, Carl A. Land
auer.
Professor Landauer, who is
himself a moderate socialist,
flatly asserts that on the
European Continent, at the
turn of the century, most
socialists considered religion
opium for the people and
proudly protested their ma
teriaIistic creed" Under These
conditions, he continues, "peo-
pie who were loyal to their
church could not be expect
ed to remain in the Social
Democratic party or in the
labor unions which the social
lists dominated"
ANOTHER ~NoN-cATHoLIc
historian, Professor Alfred
Diamant of the University Of
Florida, throws additional
light on this problem in a
new book entitled austrian
Catholics and the First Re-
public" The pre-1933 socialist
unions of Austria, he says,
Continued on Page 81
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view of government budgets
nor of the average taxpaying
citizens are the sums involved
of tremendous importance.
INDEED, BY AND LARGE
they are not much more than
moderately important even for
parents Of children in non
tax aided schools.
This is particularly true in
the elementary grades. The
cost rises in high school. In
college, it is beginning to be-
come heavy.
OF much greater sigrific-
ance, however, is this fact: it
is bad for any nation to allow
a situation that causes many
people to feel, with good rea-
son, that they are unfairly
Disseminated against in dis
tribution of the taxes they
help to pay.
This is compounded when
the imposition is a violation of
freedom of conscience-when
parents are penalized in edu-
eating their children because
of their religious convictions.
RELIGIOUS PARENTS. al
ready feeling disseminated
against, naturally do not want
the precedent of discrimina-
tion to be widened by incor-
poration into a federal-aid-to-
education program.
AS an aside, LET it be noted
that many citizens have ser
ious doubts about federal aid
anyhow. They question its
necessity, and fear the open
ing of a new legislative pork
barrel.
But as a practical matter,
what can be done?
One easy immediate step
would be to grant income-tax
deductions to parents for tut
ton and other costs they pay
in educating their children
without expense to the tax
payers.
True, this would help leas
those in low income brackets.
Still, it would help some;
it would be a considerable re-
lief for large families, and it
would demonstrate a desire to
end discrimination.
IT WOULD Also REDUCE
the financial pressure which
Is tending toward crushing all
Continued on Page 81
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-08-26
Sum and Substance:
Anti Catholic Political
Literature Circulated
by FIR. John B. Sheerin, esp.

has been found nor is there
any J. ]. O'Connor known to
be connected with any such
Catholic group.
THE BROCHURE is ap-
parently an attempt to dis
credit the Catholic Church
by attributing to ii a desire
to get political control of the
American Government, and
it is at the same time a snide
attack on Senator Kennedy
even though it does not men
ton him by name.
There are many reasons to
believe that no Catholic wrote
this brochure which is really
so anti-C Catholic in its theme.
For instance it states: There
is one Shepherd for all man.
kind and all men are Catho-
lies whether they are willing
to admit it or not. ;" Certain
Iy no Catholic would ever say
that "all men are Catholics
whether they are willing to
admit it or not"
AGAIN, THE BROCHURE
says: ideally We should have
Catholic political parties in
all the free countries" 1t is
conceivable but altogether inn
probable that an educated
American Catholic would
want a Catholic party in the
us. Then too, the brochure
says that Pope Leo's Encycli-
Gals give us the solution ito
all our modern problems"
No informed Catholic would
on that far.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-08-26
Making Marriage Click
Family Retreats: Couples
Guarantee For Perseverance
by Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc

speaks more effectively than
the talks themselves. 1t must
also be emphasized that ones
marriage partner is possibly
going to be more instrumental
in ones salvation or dam
nation than any other single
person in a married persons
lifetime.
MOREOVER, IF A husband
made a retreat alone on one
weekend, he might return
duly inspired but during that
same time his wife has had
the same old chores, the same
monotonous routine. He is en-
raptured, she is perhaps en-
ragged.
And fruits of the retreat
are too quickly challenged.
There is, of course, a similar
reaction if she makes a re-
treat alone and is waited
heaVenward while he stays at
home with the children, pos
sibly wondering why the death
rate is so low.
This by no means indicates
that couples should make only
a retreat given for couples
and no other. There is need
for many types of retreats.
We only recommend that
where possible the three voca-
tional retreats Single, mar
ried, religious) become more
and more available.
MAY WE FURTHER en-
phasize: couples more and
more expect not only casuistry
cases and morals in marriage
but dogma. Spirituality must
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-08-26

be based on dogma or it be-
comes a fad. AS priests know,
many couples clamor for a
dogma of marriage as well as
for a dogma of sanctity.
Many couples know about
sacramental grace in marriage
but do not know how it is
applied to their state of life.
They may be unaware of the
graces they can receive from
washing dishes, changing
diapers, showing affection,
wearing old, shiny suits. Be-
cause of different times and
different problems, many
priests in the past have stress
ed morals in marriage.
WE NEED NOW to develop
more deeply the dogma of
sanctity and of asceticism in
family life. Couples need to
understand" sanctity before
they can live it. They need
to know how to acquire
sanctity, not only "in" family
life, but through" family
life. Hence, again those sacra-
mental graces.
We are certainly all inter-
ested in the couple-centered
or family-centered movements.
One of the greatest guarantees
for the perseverance and
success of this movement is
the family retreat. In a way
as an ordinary couple goes
to Mass every Sunday, this
extraordinary couple must"
make a closed retreat every
year. Couples learn that they
Continued on Page 81
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This brochure is only q
sample of the type of ltera-
ture that we will be seeing
in large quantities as the
election campaign wakes hot
ter. In the 1923 campaign the
country was deluged with
such anti-C Catholic publica-
tons. This time they will be
fewer but some will certain
ly make their appearance.
AM WRITING this column
from upper New York State
and in this vicinity a particu-
larly obnoxious anti-C Catholic
tract is circulating. 1t is aim
ed directly at Senator Ken
nedy but the ultimate target
is the Catholic Church.
In 1923 Catholics generally
felt that such vicious material
was beneath their notice.
They had confidence in their
fellow Americans and they
trusted that they would pay
no attention to these tracts.
This was a mistake. In many
cases, in the West and South
especially, the non-C Catholics
began to feel that there must
be some truth in these charges
if the Catholics did not at
tempt to answer them.
FOR THAT REASON I think
we ought to be ready and
willing to take issue with the
charges that will be leveled
against the Church in the
coming months. We must not
do anything to stir UP re-
Continued on Page 81
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Corner
Teach Children
About Sex?
by Fir. Healey

@. What il a student or pro.
lessor Is required TO read q
book which is listed or the H.
dex7 How can he find out
what il on the Iiss. I've never
seen q copy OF the Index.
A. First, it might be worth
while to mention that the
Index exists for the same rea-
son as the Legion of Decency
for movies although it has
the stronger sanction of
Church law, binding under
serious SIM. 1t is a fulfill.
ment of the Church's mission
to protect the faith and morals
of its members. The Index
does not list many of the pop
ular Objectionable books, but
we are still bound in con-
science to avoid any book that
might reasonably be judged
a danger to faith or morals.
The books it lists are a select
few which are considered to
be of international impor-
lance - and danger. Anyone
who has a good reason may
secure permission to read
books on the Index (from the
bishop Of the diocese or his
representative. what is the
Index?" by R. A. Burke has a
full explanation of the rea-
sons for the various listings
and has a table of authors in
cluded.
Send questions to Father
Edward F. Healey, Inquiry
Corner, The Catholic Times,
Box 500, Columbus Is, o.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-08-26

CASTOR Tessier, one of
Frances most prominent
labor leaders, died in
Paris on August 8 at the
age of 70. (See Catholic
Times, Aug. 10, Page 81.
The New York Times, in
reporting his death, stated
that M. Tester had served
for almost 80 years as Secre-
tary General of the Roman
Catholic Labor Confedera-
tion," which is one of the
three most important in
France along with the Com
munist-led and socialist fed
erations.
THIS STATEMENT is not
completely accurate. The Con-
federation over which M.
Tessier presided from 1919
until his retirement in 1948
(the French Confederation of
Christian Workers. is not,
strictly speaking, a Roman
Catholic organization. That is
to say, it is not controlled
by the Church, nor is its mem
bership confined exclusively
to Catholics.
Be that as it may, the more
important question and the
one that probably occurred to
many of our fellow Americans
as they were reading M. Tes-
sier's obituary notice in the
Times is this: why is it that
in France, as contrasted with
the United States, Catholic
land other Christian work
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-08-26

@. Why do so many Cathe-
Ices neglect 10 inform their
children OF the facts Of life
taboua sexl7
A. Pope Plus XI in his en-
cycllcal on THE Christian Ed
ucation of Youth" stressed the
fact that il is the right and
duty of parents to explain
about sex according to the
age and temperament of the
child. Many parents are ne
glectful of this important du-
ty; perhaps Catholic parents
are less inclined to take care
of this instruction because
they somehow expect the
parochial school to take over
all the aspects of instruction
and education. Such is not the
case, of course, for the Cath
Ollie school exists for teach
ing Christian principles and
practices, not to replace par
ents in their obvious, natural
relationship to the children.
1t could be too that some
Catholics are misled by the
same Pope's further COM
ments that there is a modern
o~veremphasis on sex-knowl-
edge: Particularly in young
people, evil practices are the
effect not so much of ig-
norance of intellect as of
weakness of a will exposed to
dangerous occasions, and i'm.
supported by the means OF
grace" This warning is moi
an excuse for neglecting the
proper education of children
at home in this and other mat
ters.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-08-26

Father Drinan, in a talk to
the Detroit First Friday Club,
cited the opposition of the
National Council of. Church
es, the National Educational
Association, and the Civil Lib
critics Union.
Father Drinan qualified his
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-08-26
Joseph Breig

Not in this generation,
and m a yb e not in the
next, will there be tax re-
lief - state or federal -
for parents of pupils in
religious and other non-taX.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-08-26

supp orte d
schools.
So thinks
Father Rob-
ert F. Drin-
an, dean of
the Boston
College law
school and a
member o
the MaSsa-
chuspttc har
Evening star., 1960-12-06

attack other domestic animals
face banishment from the COM
munity.
Just in case anyone in Green
belt has a singing dog or q tap
dancing cat and thinks he's
going to make a killing OF it,
the ordinance has a provision
just for that, too.
"Overworking or overlooking
animals, mistreating, torment
ing, beating or abandoning
animals" is strictly prohibited,
Animals must also be pro-
vided good and wholesome
food and water, clean and SAN
itary surroundings, shelter and
protection from the weather
and veterinary care when
needed" !
Registration will cost 81 to
S. annually, depending upon
the type Of animal, and owners
have to prove that they can
keep the animal in the manner
which the council thinks ami
mails should become accustomed
to living.
Persons who violate the ordi-
nance may be fined IS to $40
for the first offense, $40 to $25
for the second, and $25 to $50
for others.
Evening star., 1960-12-06
EXCEPTIONS FEW
Pets in Greenbe|t
Must Be Registered

Canary, duck and alligator
owners are about the only per-
sons in Greenbelt, Md, who are
not directly affected by the
city's new "get-tough" pet
ordinance.
All animals over three e
months old, except "caged
birds, or aquatic and amphibian
animals kept as pets, must be
registered annually" states the
ordinance which was passed by
the city council last night.
Now that doesn't m e a n
Greenbelt citizens can let their
canaries, ducks and alligators
go roaming all over the place.
In fact. the ordinance rather
bluntly states: "All animals
must be confined to the own
ers' premises except when un-
der the immediate and effective
control Of a rsponsible person. p"
Pet owners are going to have
to teach their little beasts good
manners, too. In the future,
therell be no more excessive.
continuous or untimely bark
ing or bowling or making of
other noises in Greenbelt. the
ordinance says.
Animals that molest passers-
by, chase vehicles or habitually