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Evening star., 1961-12-17
Christmas Tree Pinofore
Makes Special Party Fun
! k.~s . . 4.
BY PATRICIA SCOTT

over tab on front section, /
inch. Top stitch back tab to
front, stitching around curve
of tab over binding stitching.
S. Cover two buttons with
red fabric and sew one to
each shoulder at center of
tab.
6. To decorate the front:
Cut 8 strips of rickrack for
tree branches. The top of the
tree is one rickrack point, the
second is 2 points, and so on
downward to the last branch
at the bottom which is 8
points. Cut a strip of 3 points
for the trunk. Stitch the top
branch to the center front,
21a inches below the neck
line. Make one row of stitch
ing across the strip, folding
the two ends under so that
they are stitched down and
finished. Stitch on the next
6 branches in the same man.
ner. spacing them 11a inches
apart.
Now, stitch on the trunk
112 inches below the last row.
Then stitch on the eighth and
last branch so it covers the
trunks top. Tack a large gold
sequin to the pinafore just
above the top branch, and
then sew one red sequin over
it. Sew a red sequin halfway
between the first and second
branches, sew 2 between the
second and third branches
and so on until the tree is
completely decorated.
Now, just slip the pinafore
over the head and tie at each
side under the arms. Isn't she
sweet!
= = 4
Miss Scott is oIwoys glad to hear
from her reoders ond whenever pos
sible will use their questions in her
column. but because Of the greet
volume Of moil received dolly, she
connot answer individual letters.
For your copy OF "Fitteen
GIFTS You Can Make" urite
to Patricia Scott in care of
The Star, incloSing a long,
Selt-dddreSSed stamped en-
velope and 20 cents in coin
to coUer printing and han
ding costs. The subjects for
this fascinating booklet were
selected from among Miss
SCOTS most popular columns.
(copyright 1861, Field Enterprises. Inc }
Evening star., 1961-12-17
SEAMS
TO ME
BY PATRICIA SCOTT

There is no more endearing
sight than a little girl all
dressed up for a Christmas
party. She's probably wearing
a red> cotton or velveteen
dress touched off with a
starchy white collar. She
looks like a Dresden doll
before the food and candy
are served.
Instead Of spelling the fun
by repeatedly saying. Don't
get your dress dirty!" make
her a pinafore that ties un-
der the arms and is wash
able. The pattern is for a
size 6, but, because of its cut
and the way different chill
dren are built, it will fit three
or four sizes.
You'll need: / yard of white
cotton fabric; 6 yards of
double-fold. red bias tape; 2
yards Of emerald green jum-
bo rickrack; 29 large red
washable Sequins the size of
a nickel; 2 scraps Of red fab
ric to match binding, for
buttons.
To make:
/. Cut a piece of brown
paper 2lx21 inches. You will
work on just half the pat
tern. so draw a line down the
center of the paper and work
on one side of it. After the
pattern is drawn, fold the
paper on the line and cut it
out to make a complete pat
tern. Use the same piece for
front and back.
2. Spread a 36-inch square
Of fabric out flat on a sin
gle thickness, and cut the
front and the back separately.
Lay the pattern in one di-
rection for front and the op-
posite way for back. If you
try to cut it on the fold,
you'll need about one-third
yard more fabric and you'll
have a lot of waste.
3. Bind sides and lower
edges in one operation. start
ing and ending at underarm.
Bind the armhole, tabs. and
neck in one operation, start
ing and ending with a Il
inch tie at underarms.
4. To join front and back,
overlap tabs on one section
(this will be the back piece)
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'MuQxmzLQMh5qn
the 9kristmas Store

HOLIDAY BAKE SHOP ORDERS
Orders from the Boke Shop will be taken at
the Pick-lt-Up Counter on Friday, December
y, until 900. No orders will be taken on
Saturday, December %. Come in or call 783-
1900 now for our delicious holiday cakes, pies
puddines, pastries.
Pumpkin Pies: 8-inch, 75c 1o-inch, 1.35
Mince Pies: 8-inch, 100 lo-inch, LIS
Pound Cakes: !, 2, pounds, per pound, $50
Fruit Cakes: pound, LIS z pounds, $50
Plum Puddines pound, 100 2pounds. 1.95
Whiskey Cakes: pounds, 3.25
Cinnamon Buns: per dozen, 6Oc
Pecan Buns: per dozen, 100
RoIs: per dozen, 4Oc
All orders must be picked up no later
than $3.50 on Saturday, December 23.
W9L-The Boke Shop. Washington Store,
North Building
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Our Opinion
EDITORIALS
Resolutions

Maybe we are old-fashioned but we rather like
the idea Of New Years Resolutions. If a man does not
constantly renew his resolutions to do good and avoid
evil, he will never progress.
THE SECRET OF SUCCESSFUL resolutions is
not to attempt too much all at once. The better thing
is TO make 4 few resolutions and stick to them. Obvious
ly it is the essence of folly to impose new obligations
on ourselves which we know we won't keep.
HERE ARE ONE SUGGESTIONS: y Make sure
you and your family hear an entire Mass on Sundays
and Holydays. Anyone who misses any part of the
Mass through his own fault always commits a sin. p
Why not make it a point to receive Holy Communion
frequently and go to Confession regularly? There is
no reason why most Catholics cannot receive Com
munion at least every Sunday. 81 Observe the spirit
of the regulations on fast and abstinence. We must
look on them as means of expressing love of God, not
restrictions to be borne. a Be informed on the doc
trines and practices of your Faith. So much harm is
done to ones own soul and to others through ignor-
ance or transformation. s. Show active interest by
participating in the life Of the Church, first in the
liturgy and then in Catholic societies. 81 Be conscious
of your obligation to make charity love of God and
love of ~neighbor the mark of your life. There is
no substitute for this.
Resolutions Of this kind will make 1862 a Happy
New Year. CAT.
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The Ydrdstick
Campaign To Bring
Unions Under Sherman Act
by Msgr. George G. Higgins

it would most certainly be
very harmful to the best in
terests of the American labor
force.
The reasonableness of la
boris position on this matter
was officially recognized by
the Congress of the United
States as long ago as 1914 in
Section VI of the Clayton
Act which specifically ex-
cludes from the scope of its
antitrust provisions such I'M
ion activities as collective
bargaining and the right to
take collective action in de-
tense of wages.
SHOULD fHIs SECTION of
the Clayton Act be repealed,
unions would be seriously
weakened and, in some cases,
might even be reduced to
complete ineffectiveness.
National or even company
wide collective barga i G
would presumably be elimi-
mated. Workers employed by
many of our multi-plant cor
porations would be prevented
from using their collective
strength to improve their
wages and working condi-
tons. Collective bargaining
would be limited to the plant
level as though each of the
many plants of the multi
plant corporation were a COM
pletely separate entity.
IT IS INTER { STING to
note that a study of the Com
mittee for Economic Develop.
ment, an Organization mode
up of forward.looking EN-
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ton on the crux of the whole
question of aid to such
schools: "Is Federal aid for
hidden by the Constitutions"
MANI CATHOLIC writer's
on the subject in recent
months have gone far afield.
They have Ii m e mt e d the
moral injustice of double
taxation" of Catholic parents
or they have extolled the
quality Of Catholic education
or cited its contribution to
the strengthening of public
morality and patriotic loyalty.
Ali these are important fac
tors but not quite relevant to
the central issue the inter-
probation of the Constitution.
Underlying the, unfaltering
judicial wisdom of the study
is an admirable respect for
the foes of Federal aid to re-
ligious schools. The preface
to the study modestly express
es the hope that the document
will at least have provided
a basis for a continuing pub
lie dialogue respecting these
problems"
ITS IRENIc TONE will GER
tainly invite none Catholics to
read it carefully and couFte-
ously. It's argume n t
sparkles with logic, but it is
a "sweet reasonableness' that
does not attempt to demolish
the opposition with sledge-
hammer blows but to per-
suade it by means of a gen.
Continued on page 81
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by Fr. Edward F. Healey

no real conflict between the
healing of the mind and the
work of the Church in healing
souls. "The confeSsor'S pri-
mary work." Father LeFarge
says, lis to absolve from the
personal guilt and to aid
people by personal counsel
to avoid evil and practice vir-
tue When he meets with
genuine mental cases, he full
fills a great work of mercy
: by advising them to consult a
morally reputable and profess
sionally competent psychiat-
rist."
@. What Is the morality Of
office parties and the New
Year celebrations?
A. The Ten Command
ments! 1t is an unfortunate
fact of our human weakness
that we are more inclined to
excuse sins when everyone
else is SHINING. Overindul-
gence in drinking or improper
familiarities cannot be ex-
cused because it seems to be
the spirit of the holiday. Cath
olics are bound also by the
moral obligation land privil-
ege) of showing forth good
Christian example. If a party
is clearly and completely con.
trary to temperance or pur-
ity a Catholic should not at
tend or he should leave when
he realizes that it is going
wrong.
(Send questions to Father
Edward F. Healey, Inquiry
Corner, aCtholic Times, Box
636, Columbus 16, Ohio)
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YOUR 1I!39!l !s!!ssgSylI&Ss!B@
Objects To Editorial
On Internal SubuersiOn'

Editor:
In a recent editorial in
the Times on internal
Subversion" relative to
left wing speakers who
were to address a Catholic
group in San Diego, the fol-
lowing statement was made
more important, suspicion
and distrust of the motive Of
those who disagree with our
political or economic philos-
ophy is dangerous to unity and
a violation of Christian char
ity."
ARE WE TO BELIEVE that
II is Christian charity to agree
with the political and econom-
ic philosophy Of Karl Marx,
Lenin, Kru, Laske, Reuther or
some of those in high places
in our Government? My belief
is that it is not only our right,
but also our Christian duty
to oppose such philosophy.
raN
The fact that speakers are
sponsored by a Catholic group
is no reason why those who
do not agree should be sill
enced.
For example: two years ago
the Catholic News Service re-
leased an interview with FIR.
Angel Rivas Of Santiago de
Cuba. FIR. Rivas is or was the
archdiocesan director of the
Catholic Student Group. He
is also a graduate of the Greg
orian University in Rome. In
this interview concerning the
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workers - to observe the pre-
cepts of God and His Church.
We also remind each one of
his responsibilities before God
and society in this regard" 1t
seems that too many Catholics
find too many excuses for
violating this law. As non-re-
ligious men have pointed out
we need this time of rest. If
a Catholic buys on Sunday he
is encouraging business men
(perhapS almost forcing them)
to stay open. He is partly re-
SponSible for others working
unnecessarily on Sunday.
Why should there suddenly
be such need for Sunday bus
mess with a shorter work
week, refrigeration, stores
open evenings. etc?
@. Does the Church sp-
prove of modern treatment of
mental illness?
A. Yes. The addition of the
psychiatric wing at Mt. Car
mel Hospital CThe Holy Cross
Pavilion) is an indication of
this interest. Pope Plus XII
in an address to the fifth In
ternational Congress of Psy-
chotherapy april 1859 spoke
of the approval of the Church
for the work of the psychiat-
rist. There is no difference in
this illness the Church has
always been concerned to help
the sick, as indicated in the
corporal works of mercy and
and Christ'S own great heal
ing of the sick. AS Father Le-
Fargo points out in the fore
word to Faith, Reason and
Modern Psychiatry" there is
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ployers, is also opposed to in.
Guiding unions under the
terms of the Sherman Act.
. The CED, in a study report
on collective barg a | g
which was issued a week or
SO ago while the AFLCIO
convention was still in session
in Miami, proposed a modi-
fled antitrust restraint on la
Dor when prices and products
are affected and competition
is threatened.
The CED report opposed
the application of antitrust
Legislation to trade unions as
it applies to business but ac-
knowledged that unions were
permitted activities in product
markets as contrasted to labor
markets that are not allowed
to employers. The report urg-
ed that ''the law be changed
so that unions are not per-
mitted activities in product
markets that would be pro-
scribed if undertaken by EN-
ployers."
IT ADDED, HOW c r.
that the change should be In
national labor legis on
rather than in existing anti
trust law. 1t would be illegal
under the CED proposal for
a union to condition work by
its members on maintenance
by a firm of q given price list
or on the purchase of a firms
supplies from a given group
of employers.
Organized labor, 1t seems
to me, would be well advised
Continued on pege 81
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Making Marriage CLick
Dear Newly Weds'
Has Message For All
by Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc

During the first weeks
of his remarkable pontifi-
cate, Pope Plus XII of re-
cent and happy memory,
started the practice of re-
ceiving in periodic special
audiences n~ewly-married coup
les from all walks of life and
of many nationalities. They
had journeyed to Rome to seek
his Apostolic Benediction on
their marriages.
In spite of the personal dis
tress and deadly crises which
beset him before and after
the outbreak of World War
II, the Pope obviously enjoyed
meeting these young people
and devoted extraordinary
care TO the brlef talks ne pre-
pared for them.
AS TIME WENT ON, these
allocutions became longer and
better organized SO that by
1914, when he was forced to
discontinue them, the 79
talks of Plus XII to young
married couples constituted a
body of counsel, guidance,
and encouragement on mar
riage and family life unique
in papal history,
For several months now,
there has been available an
excellent English translation
of 81 of those conferences.
1t is published under the title
Dear Newlyweds"-by Far
rar. Straus & Cudahy, New
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The NCWC study cites
the famous Oregon
School case decision
pierce VS.. Society of Sis
ters) as rebutting the plea
for a single, compulsory
school system. And in refut-
ing the charge of "divisive-
ness" the study quotes not a
Catholic voice but the Ameri-
can Jewish Committee.
The hackers of the Oregon
law which the Supreme Court
had ruled unconstitut i o
had asserted that the state
should not tolerate religious
schools because they divide
the community into cliques
and cults that are taught a
narrow view of life. The
American Jewish Committee
brief replied that religious
schools actually serve to
eliminate divisive prejudices.
THEN THE BRIEF went on
to say that the description of
moral and religious teaching
as marrow" is quite incor-
rect. 1t denied that parents
who are anxious for the flu
ture welfare and happiness
of their children and who
dedicate them to moral, eth
ical and religious principles
are marrow"
The Jewish Committee as
serted that the advocates of
state monopoly of education
were sitting in judgment on
their fellow-citizens whose
ideals differed from theirs.
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York ($3.95), translated and
edited by James & Blanca
Murray.
THE TITLE DEAR NEW
LYWEDS" was chosen because
it was to this group over the
years that the Pope addressed
himself. His message, how
ever. is not restricted to the
young couple. 1t is for every
married couple and for any
one dealing with marriage
and family life. He Eliminates
with clarity and beauty the
whole tremendous vision Of
the Christian vocation of love
that is marriage.
Even a quick look at some
of the things he talks about
and what he says about them
raises a question. How could
one, whose whole priesthood
was spent in diplomatic and
Vatican affairs, have develop
ed such a deep insight into
the nature of marriage and
the challenges facing the av-
erage Catholic couple in that
lovely and difficult sacra-
ment?
1T IS A TRIBUTE, not only
to his own genius, but to the
guidance of the Holy Spirit,
that he was able to talk not
only from a deep doctrinal
background, but with such
tremendous sympathy for the
married couple.
The book is divided into
tire sections. Section One
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Inquiry Corner
Is 1t Right To Shop,
Work On Sundays?

@. In the controversy about
Blue Laws and Sunday bust.
ness ! have wondered If we
are justified in doing some
shopping on Sunday or in
keeping our business open in
order TO meet unfair COMPETE
fion?
A. Many of the regulations
of the so-called Blue Laws
were out of keeping with the
spirit Of the Commandments
and certainly not in the Chris
tian spirit leg. forbidding
games on Sunday. The observ-
ance of Sunday as the Lords
day and a day of rest is. how
ever, a serious obligation. For
Catholics the minimum for
the first is attendance at
Mass. Abstaining from unnec~l
eSsary Servile work or bust
ness is also an obligation bind
ing under pain of mortal sin.
In his recent encyclical
Mater at church, Pope John
XIII strongly notes this fact.
He emphasizes the need of
showing due respect to God
and drives home mans need
of a day of rest. AS our Holy
Father states: Thus, religion,
morality and hygiene , all
unite in proclaiming the law
of periodic rest It iS with
great sorrow that We note
and deplore the ever inrceas-
ing neglect of. if not down
right disrespect for, this sac
red law. In the name of God
and for the sake of the ma
terial and spiritual welfare of
man. We call upon all-public
authorities, employers and
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Should Study
Encyclicals

Editor:
| read with deep inter
est Joseph Breig's recent
column on the encyclicals
of Leo XIII and Plus XI
CTimes, 12/8/6D but still hope
writers would bring out one
of the most important state
ments of Rerum Novarum."
1t is that Leo XIII called OPP
preston of working people
and the poor ''usury in anoth-
err form"
BELIEVE POPE LEO
XIII would have condemned
as "usury in another form"
the restricted exchange value
of our us. dollar which has
Continued on Page 50
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our present day educators and
writer's.
WIN.
Ed. Note: Obviously the
editorial did not mean we
may agree with Marx or
Lenin. No Catholic group
could further diaIectieaI
materiaIism. We simply
said that in the areas of
free opinion all should
have an opportunity TO be
heard and opposition
which consists of harass-
ment is Uncharifahle.
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Sum and Substance:
Old Controversy
In A Lower Key?
by Fir. John B. Sheerin, esp.

"How does such a mental at
titude differ from that which
prevailed when governments
sought to enforce uniformity
of religious beliefs and pun
ished nonconformists as Grim
inals?"
IN THE NEW YEAR there
will be a resumption of the
controversy over aid to Catho-
lie schools. Last year this con-
troversy did conside r a b e
harm to the Church. The emo
tional quality of much of our
support for such aid did not
remove the suspicion Of many
non-C Catholics that the Church
was concerned about protect
ing its own selfish interests
and unconcerned about the
common good. Behind our
pleas for religious liberty
and "distributive jus tice,"
they imagined they could dis
Germ a grab for money and
power.
My hope is that this legal
study will set a new tone in
our public relations with our
fellow citizens. 1t should
serve to remind us that we
should keep cur eyes fixed on
the very core of the whole
controversy the legal va
lidity of Federal aid to
church schools under the Con-
stitution.
The NCWC study of the
constitutionality of Fed e r
aid to religious schools is a
masterpiece of legal scholar
ship. 1t concentrates atten-
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treats of the husband and
wife relation. Here are some
of the titles: Ministers of the
Sacrament; Marriage Gifts:
Hopes and Fears; Harmony of
Souls, Forgetting Offenses;
The Beauty of Christian Love;
Enlargement of Hearts.
THE SECOND SECTION is
concerned with home and fam
lily and includes such head
ings as: The Perfect Home;
The Role of the Wife; The
Role Of the Husband; The
Mystery Of Fatherhood; Gods
Portion.
The last section uses the
general title: The Family and
God and talks about Faith;
Holiness in the Family; Pa
iron Saints; The Family and
Prayer.
THE BOOK WOULD serve
as an ideal meditation book
for married couples. 1t is
meant to be read aloud by
husband or wife to each other.
1t seems to glow with the
whole glorious vision of Chris
tan marriage and in these
days of fears and threats and
small minds and petty hearts,
this is a grace.
To the professionals and
semi-professionals in the field,
it is more than an antidote to
an excessive sociological or
moral bias. In case there is
any doubt, the book is recon-
mended highly to all.
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The Ydrdstick

There is a campaign
afoot to bring unions UNI
der the provisions of the
Sherman Act and other
federal antitrust statutes.
The delegates to the recent
AFLrCIO convention in Mi
ami declared their aware
ness of the seriousness of this
campaign and directed the
Executive Council of the
Federation to respond with a
vigorous education and public
relations program desi G n e d
to acquaint the American peo-
pie with the nature and char
acter of the campaign and to
alert them to the harmful eff
fects to the entire labor force
which would flow from sub
jecting unions to the pro.
visions of our Federal anti
trust statutes.
The Miami AFLrCIO reso-
luton was based on the as
sumption that "the gains
which the American worker
has made through collective
bargaining would be COM
pletely and utterly halted if
unions were subjected to the
provisions of the antitrust
statutes"
THIS MIGHT be a slight
exaggeration. but there is no
doubt that laJor's position on
this matter is substantially
correct. To subject unions to
the provisions of our anti
trust statutes might not be
completely disastrous to the
cause Of organized labor, but
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Castro revolution FIR. Rivas
is quoted in part as follows:
"If this is Communism. then
Christ was a Communist"
raul a Communist Bahia
wild young man, yes. A rad
ical, yes. But not a Commun-
list"
MANY IN OUR COUNTRY
today are being brainwashed,
just as they were in Cuba, by
those whose humanitarian zeal
blinds them to the dangers of
socialism.
Please understand that | am
not inferring that FIR. Rivas
is a communist. | do believe
his zeal for a cause, if it can
be called that, warped his
judgment as it has the .judg-
ment of a large number of
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Editors note: Many in-
teresting 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 TO the
Editor" The Catholic
Times, Box $50, Column
bus 10, Ohio.