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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-12-15
Federal School Aid

This week the NCWC Legal Department released
a very thorough study on the constitutionality of this
question: May the federal government, as part of a
comprehensive program to promote educational ex-
cellence in the nation, provide secular educational
benefits to the public in %nonprofit schools, church
related as well as nondenominational
THE STUDY CAME to these conclusions: II Edu.
cation in church-related schools is a public function
which, by its nature is deserving of governmental sup
port. 2 There exists no constitutional bar to aid 10
education III church-related schools in such forms as
matching grants or long term loans to the institutions
themselves, or Of scholarships, tuition payments. or
lax benefits. 81 The parent and child have a consti-
tuuonal right to choose a church-related educational
institution meeting reasonable state standards. A The
US. government does not have the power to impose
a single educational system upon all its citizens.
THE NcWc POINTED OUT that if these four
conclusions are not admitted in a general federal aid
program many church-related schools would face
closing, many parents would send their children 10 tax
supported schools, and a government monopoly of
education would result In practice if not in law.
The whole school aid question has been an
emotional one on both sides. The NCWC study is a
real contribution to show that the US. Constitution is
one OF nationality, not of absolutes which paralvze
social action. II calls for practical determinations to be
made, not slogans, in guaranteeing the rights of
parents and children, the enlargement of freedom. and
preservation of the nation CAT.
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Editors note: Many in-
terce,i~- and provocative
opinions must be omitted
each week because the
writer fails TO sign his
or her name and address.
Initials or a penname will
be used upon request but
the sender's real name
and address must also be
included. Send your opin-
ions to Letters 10 the
Editor" The Catholic
Times, Box 636, Column
bus Is, Ohio. =
letter to the editor be-
fore but now / feel /
must. For the past 4 or 5
years | have read articles
on a proposal Of doing away
with the lower elementary
grades.
HOW COULD the Catholic
school system even entertain
such an idea? Many Catholic
children would get no relig-
ious education at all if this
were done. AS the mother of
seven children | believe | have
a right to vote on such a SER
ious question as this.
Even now many children
are sent to Catholic grade
school because the parents
feel il is their duty. so if they
were started elsewhere many
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Our opinion
EDITORIALS
King OF Kings

Appropriately enough for the season. MGM has
released the movie King of Kings" for showing
nationally. This is not the old DeMille picture, but a
brand-new, multimilion dollar, star-studded epic on
the life of Christ.
IN DEALING WITH religious films Catholics often
appear ungrateful in the face of the presumed sim
cerity of producers who offer something different
from the sick sex, brutality and violence which mark
so many current movies.
But the customer need not approve a product
simply because the producer or exhibitor is sincere.
He has every right to reject that product on any
grounds he wishes.
THIS DECISION IS ORE important in a film
like king of Kings because it is not merely a fictional
story In which Christ serves as an influence on or
inspiration to others. 1t is a film about Jesus Himself
and Is identified as such by its very title.
What is to be said of the current production?
Some reviewers have been pleased with the attention to
detail, the beautiful photography, the reverence mani
tested in handling this theme. But the majority of re-
views have expressed serious dissatisfaction with the
picture.
SUCH MAGAZINES as TIME and THE NEW
yorker have blasted the film. Mora Walsh, film
critic of the Catholic weekly AMERICA, has condemn
ed 1t on artistic as well as doctrinal grounds.
Inc Legion OF Decency placed the Kings of
Kings" In a Separate Classification which means it
considers the film one of those which are mot
morally offensive" but require some analysis and ex-
PLANTATION as a protection TO the uniformed against
wrong interpretations and false conclusions" The
specific warning of the Legion on king of Kings" is
dS IolloWS. Wnlle acnnoWledglng the lnSplrdtlOnal
content of this motion picture, the poetic license
taken in the development of the life Of Christ renders
the film theologically, historically and scripturally in
accurate"
IN SUM THEN THE intention of the film-makers
was doubtless sincere and some viewers have been
moved by the movie. But "King of Kings is not a
true life of Christ; it does not stress His divinity, His
spirit, or His redemptiVe role. Since it distorts or
omits the facts of the Gospel it could have an in
sidious and harmful effect on faith.
The movie was not condemned by the Legion of
Decency because ii is not morally offensive, but it
does not appear that it would contribute ANYTHING TO
our faith in or love of Christ.
APPARENTLY producers have tried so hard
to appeal to everyone and offend no one that they
have fallen in the trap described by Ionesco: III
you wish to speak to everybody, you will really speak
to no one; the things which interest everybody in
general have very little interest for each man in
particular"
We must regretfully point out to our readers
therefore that while kings of Kings" is not prohibited.
1t will prove a disappointment to them. - a
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in Pope XI's encyclical on
Christian Marriage) there is no
\ change here whatever. The de-
liberate and unnatural use of
contraceptives remains forbid
den and always will. Real self
control remains the only Cath
Ole way to solve what may
sometimes be a serious fam
lily problem.
@. ! am always nervous about
confession and ! wonder if
tell the whole truth. Should
go back in such cases and try
TO make sure the priest under
stands the exact nature of my
sins?
A. Ordinarily not. Unless a
person deliberately conceals
or misrepresents a mortal sin
he should presume that the
dissolution takes care of all his
sins. If there is a mortal sin
which he forgot to confess or
inadvertently miSrepreSented
he should mention it in his
next confession. IF ii is a ven
ial sin or imperfection he
need not mention it,, but of
course it too can be presented
on the occasion of the next
confession. While no one en-
joys confession as such we
should think of confession as
made to Christ through the
priest. God knows all our sins
all the time. We should be con-
soled to have an opportunity
to present our moral problems
to Christ and to have assur-
ance of His forgiveness.
Send questions to Father
Edward F. Healey. Inquiry
Corner. The Catholic Times,
Box 636, Columbus Is, Ohio.
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Editor:

EuiLOf.
Mrs. w and |, as we'll
as many of our friends,
who assist al Mass daily
and work for a living,
dissent from the opinion
of Father Joseph Nolan of Ga
lena, Kansas. that a fast"
Mass hurts lay liturgy use.
Gimes, Page one, Dec. 8,
1861
WE AGREE THAT the eel
ebration Of Mass should be a
deliberate act. but not one
tnot drags out TO the point of
distraction. The action of the
Mas3 itself should have the
entire attention of those in
church and the ideal situa-
ton, we feel, is for the priest
to proceed just as fast as the
people follow in their missals.
THERE MUST BE many
more of the faithful who
would like TO hear Mass dai-
ly. We think they would do
SC, if they learned, as We
have, that there are churches
close to the center of the city
where one can go to an 3
O'Clock Mass and without
leaving early be at work
downtown by $50 or $40 am.
R.P.W.
Columbus
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Making Marriage Click
Discipline Child
By Reward, Punishment
by Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc

will eliminate many individ-
ual commands.
Try to be positive tell
them what to do. Avoid mega
tives-the dont's. One mother
hearing no sound from her lit
tie one, sent an older child
with the following injunction,
Find out what Jimmy is do
ing and tell him to stop!"
Discipline requires that your
orders be reasonable and not
merely whimsical. If you have
a reason for your command
and have time to give it to a
child who can understand,
take the time to explain why
this action is desirable. If
there is no time, give the
command, but make sure that
sooner or later the youngster
knows the reason behind it
since as an adult he will have
to have reasons for his action.
But whether you explain the
reason or not-always have a
reason, and a good reason.
TO BUILD INTERNAL dis
cipline in the child is the ulti-
mate objective of all your ex-
ternal directions. When a
child is mature, he must be
able to govern himself, When
your good reasons and motives
become his good reasons and
motives without any external
enforcement, your duty as par
ent is completed.
SUPPORT DISCIPLINE by
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Inquiry Corner
Are NOn-C tho
Marriages Valid?
by Err. Edward f. Healey

If they do not the marriage
is invalid. II would not be
right for the Church to for
bid another marriage in such
cases. Only God can judge the
consciences of such Catholics
but the marriage case is iudg-
ed on the evidence, not as a
personal favor. !.
@. The Church speaks of d.
vine law yet changes concern
ing marriage and birfhscontrol
etc. over fhe years have been
made!
A. In matters of divine law
as such there never has and
never will be any change.
There are certain areas you
refer in particular to marriage
cases such as declarations of
nullity etc.-in which there
have been minor changes. The
fact remains that the Church
still insists thtat a couple
whom God has Joined no man
can put asunder. The one
strange situation is that highly
involved land relatively rarel
situation known as the Paul
inc Privilege. It is too involv-
ed to discuss here but it is
based on st. Paul Il Corin-
thianS 7:12-16) and is certain
ly not new. In all cases there
is not and never has been a
change in the Church's stand
on the sacredness and perman-
ence of marriage. Scandal TAX
en- about one or the other half
understood marriage case US
ually can be cleared up in a
few minutes discussion with a
priest or any well-informed
Catholic. If changes regarding
blrth-control refer to the
rhythm mentioned in passing
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directly or by implication, as
socialized medicine serves on
ly to confuse the issue. There
is, incidentally, a kind of ir-
responsibility in the public ut
terances of some Of the oppon-
ends of the bill which
verges on dishonesty.
IN THE SECOND PLACE,
Catholics will want to remem-
Der that regardless of the mer-
its or dement's of any particu-
lar health insurance propos-
al the state does have the
right and may even have the
duty to establish a system of
public health insurance under
certain circumstances.
Again, individuals may or
may not agree that there is
any necessity for such legis-
lation at the present time.
But the legitimacy of state
intervention in the field of
health insurance is not invali-
dated by the weaknesses, real
or alleged, of any particular
proposal. The subject ought
to be discussed on its merits,
and those who oppose it ought
to make it very clear that they
are not denying to the state
The right to enact a program
of compulsory health insur-
ance.
POPE LEO XIII has left us
the classical summary of tradi-
tional Catholic teaching on the
ethics of governmental inter-
vention in economic and social
life"
IF, therefore, he says in
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Opposes Cut
In Grades
Editor.
| have never written a

@. In a recent marriage of a
we'll known personality (Mr.
Peglerl how could he be mar.
ried in q Catholic ceremony
right after a divorce? II a di.
Vorced non-cathoIic enters the
Church he must remain single
but q Catholic married by a
minister can renarrY. IT the
Protestant minister is q min
isfer of God in one case why
NOT in all?
A. Ordinarily the facts of
any particular marriage case
remain the confidential prop
erty Of the person involved
and the diocesan tribunal.
When the facts Tor some of
them) are printed in the press
we can attempt an eXplana-
ton on that basis. If a Cath
Ole attempts marriage out-
side the Church he is not val
idly married. He is disregard
ing the divine authority of
the Church in the matter of
the sacrament of matrimOnV,
If such a marriage endureS
he can have the marriage vail
dated by a priest, as often
happens. If ii ends in divorce
the invalid marriage can be
Investigated. If the evidence
indicates that it was not a
valid marriage a decree to
that effect can be issued and
the person is free to marry.
The non-C Catholics married by
a minister are validity married.
Is that an injustice? Would
you have the Church say that
all non-Catholic marriages are
invalid? Catholics must OBJ
serve Church laws, including
those regarding marriage in
the presence of the pastor, etc.
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The word discipline
comes the word disciple"
which means a learner
or a follower. In order
to make a learner or fol-
lower it is first necessary to
have a leader!
THE KEY THING in incul-
eating discipline in children is
the leadership of mother and
father. If mother and dad lead
the way to Church, to the sac
raments, to respect for the po-
lice officer on the corner, to
reverence for public officials,
then the children will easily
follow. Adult actions speak so
loudly that children. cannot
hear our wordsi
Good discipline requires
that leadership be consistent
but not rigid. Parents who OPP
pose each other on what is
expected by way of behavior
can hope for nothing but con-
fusion in the youngsters. Par
ents who at one time punish
and at another time smile in
diligently upon the same kind
of behavior will achieve moth
ing.
REDUCE YOUR commands
to as few as possible. Make
a suggestion instead. Try a re-
quest with an adult ''please"
attached to it. Be regular in
the order of the day. Habit
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The Yardstick
National Health Insurance
Not Socialistic Measure
by Msgr. George C. Higgins

Rerum Novarum, "any injury
has been done to or threatens
either the common good or the
interests of individual groups,
which injury cannot in any
other way be repaired or pre-
vented, it is necessary for pub
lie authority to intervene"
THIS SIMPLE STATEMENT
of principle obviously does
not prove that public health
insurance is a necessity at
the present time, nor does it
imply that this or that specific
bill is satisfactory or desir-
able. But it does clearly inn
ply that the State has not on
ly the right, but the duty, to
intervent in the field of health
and welfare if circumstances
call for such intervention.
Pope Plus XI, building on
Leo's basic principle, refers
explicitly to public health in
Sdrance and gives it his .ap-
proval as a legitimate land,
under certain circumstances,
a necessary type of govern
mental action. His words are
to be found in the encyclical
on Atheistic Communism:
"But social justice cannot be
said to have been satisfied as
long as workingmen can
not make suitable provision
through public or private in
surance for old age, for peri
DDS of illness and unemploy-
ment."
EQUALLY DIRECT refer.
ences to the same subject can
Continued on page 81
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both reward and punishment.
Many parents shy away from
rewards because they feel that
they are bribery or payment.
No-payment flows from a
contract made beforehand: "K
you wash the floor. | shall
give you fifty cents" No child
should be paid for c0ntribu-
tons to the family since he is
a member who should feel
that a contribution is part Of
his membership.
Unfortunately punishment iS
also needed to keep us on the
straight and narrow. Just as
God threatens us with eternal
hellfire for serious offenses
and purgatory for our lesser
ones land we can be certain
that He carries out His
threat, so parents may need to
threaten and carry out large
or small p~unishments as the
case may be-" Nor should the
word punishment be prefac-
ed by physical" An OCCASION
al spanking for the younger
child may be Of help, but it
should be used as a last re-
sort.
IN ALL PUNISHMENT
make certain that the child
knows you are Furnishing not
out of mere pique or personal
upset, but that you are con.
cerned for the welfare of the
child. The only person who
Continued on page s.
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The YardStick

During the next Ses-
sion of the Congress there
will almost certainly be a
full-dreSs debate on the
subject of national in
surance. It is none too early
to start examining the issues
involved in this debate.
We have a duty. as respon-
sible citizens, to look at the
problem calmly, and, as Cath
olics, we have a further duty
to base our conclusions on
the social teaching of the
Church. The following discus
sion of the problem is intend
ed only as a stimulant to
further thought. It's conclu-
sions are tentative and are
advanced merely as an invita-
ton TO enlightened-as OPP
posed to emotional - debate
and discussion.
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
Catholics will want to make
a clear distinction in their
own mind and in their public
utterances on the subject, be-
tween "socialized medicine"
and public health insurance.
National Health Insurance is
not a socialist measure. It's a
measure designed, wisely or
unwisely, to establish a system
of prepaid medical and hos
pital care through the medium
of the Social Security Act.
individuals may or may not
admit the wisdom of the pro-
posal. They may differ about
its necessity or its feasabil-
ity. But to refer to it, either
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Why all the excitement
about the radical right?"
A few weeks ago Presi-
dent Kennedy at Los An
geles attacked the dis
cordant voices Of ex-
tremism" who engage in "cru-
sades of suspicion" and dis
tract the American people
from the task of battling
world communism. A few days
later, ex-President Eisenhow-
er deplored extremists who
ATTACK people of good repute
who are proved patriots"
In view of the traditional
American custom of criticiz-
ing our national leaders, we
might wonder why there is
such concern about extremists
like Robert WEIGH of the John
Birch Society. The criticism
of such men, however, is radi-
cally different from old-fash-
Toned politician-baiting
THERE IS NOTHING to
worry about when an Amer
can citizen attacks the man he
elected to the White House
but there is reason to worry
when citizens organize in a
large scale movement to black
en- the regulations of other
Americans. And it is especial
.ly troublesome when this
movement spaWns suspicion,
dissent and disunity at a time
when the nation needs unity
in the cold war against COM
muniSm.
DO NOT AGREE that COM
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munists are in back of this
radical right movement ev-
en- though l must admit it is
serving their purposes. | be-
lieve there is a deep psyche
logical unrest among the
American people that is lead
ing our people to join the
movement
We have been receiving
blow after blow to our pres
tige in recent years. We lost
at Yalta, we had a hand in the
inglorious loss of China, we
were Inundated by the Red
Chinese in Korea, we suffered
a public disgrace in the de-
bacle in Cuba. Now there are
rumors that our government
may make concessions to ap-
pease the Russians over Ber-
lin.
SOME OF OUR PEOPLE are
getting panicky and in their
desperation they are prone to
listen to extremists who claim
that a vile conspiracy engi-
neered these setbacks of the
recent past. These extremists
have gone so far as to say
that the former President Of
the United States was "a dedi-
Gated, conscious agent of the
communist conspiracy"
At the recent meeting of
the American bishops, Arch
bishop Cousins presented a re-
port condemning the radical
right extremists, He said,
among other things, these ex-
tremists divert attention from
the real gains being made by
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Sum and Substance:
Catholic Extremists
OF The Right
by FIR. John B. Sheerin, esp.

communism in other parts Of
the world. That a bishop
should submit such a report
to the American bishops inn
plies that many Catholics are
being attracted by the move
ment.
ARE THERE MANY Cath
olics in the radical right"
Robert WEIGH of the John
Birchers boasts that his So
ciety has an immense Catho-
lie membership. OF course no
statistics of this type are avail
able but / would think that
Catholics have to be on their
guard against the temptation
to join up with the '"super-
patriots"
Due to the fact that our
american Catholic ancestors
were mostly immigrants, the
Protestant majority in Amer.
lea looked upon them with
suspicion as foreigners who
still retained their loyalty to
a foreign power, the Vatican.
The result was that our ances-
tors made extraordinary eff
forts to prove that they were
100 per cent Americans. They
showed their patriotism in a
thousand ways. It became
their preoccupation.
WE ARE EMERGING from
that frame of mind today. Nc
sane American questions our
loyalty, But there are still
among us certain individual
Catholics who have a habit of
shouting their patriotism from
Continued on page 81
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High Schools
Worth Sacrifice

Editor:
Contributors to the Diocesan
Development Fund must have
experienced a keen sense of
qualification if they listened
recently to the Bishop Hart
Continued on page 81
Evening star., 1961-03-10

came from one Of Senator
Kenneth Keating's consti-
tuents. This request was II
would like TO- see Eisenhower,
the Attorney General and ].
Edgar Hoover-I would also
like to see you but I know
how busy you are"
Mr.. Galloway also touched
on the congressional senior
ity practice as causing prob
lens in the legisla tive
branch. He said II have
been advocating for some
time selection of committee
chairmen by the party lead
erShip and not seniority"
He added, however, that
he felt this was a vain hope.
Mrs. Cooper said that the
group would next meet in
April II at the National Gal
lery Of Art and that Gallery
Director John Walker would
be the speaker.