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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-10-27
Our Opinion
EDITORIALS


Recently columnist Robert Ruark called attention
TO a situation that has bothered us for some months.
lT HAS TO DO WITH the reign of terror begun
last March IA in Portuguese Angola. It is accepted
that the terrorism was i~nStigated by Congolese and de-
nationalized Angolans who crossed the border to in
cite rebellion. ommunist influence has definitely
been in evidence.
Ruark states that more than 200 Europeans and
500 Africans were butchered according to a cold plan.
This organized bloodshed exceeds the horrors of the
Congo, and even the Mau Mau.
n COLUMNS POINT was that there has been
no cutlery over this. The left-wing liberals who defend
humanity at the drop of hat and the negative "anti-
communists" have been strangely silent.
Condemnation has been forthcoming, to be sure,
but it has been directed against the Portuguese for
'barbarous repressions, deliberate determination of
peoples and commission of atrocities and horrors"
The Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs indignant
ly denies the charges, claiming only such measures
as were necessary for defense we're taken.
WE DO o DEFEND the Portuguese colonial
policy because we do not know enough about ii, But
we agree with Ruark that an impartial UN. inspection
of Angola would be in order. CAT
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Sum and Substance:
Pacifists Not towards,
But irresponsible
by FIR. John 3. Sheerin, esp.

to assume no little war will
mushroom into a nuclear war.
The pacifist regards the
SAC program and missile bas-
es as provocationS to war. Yet
the thinking behind them is
that they will not provoke a
war. To understand our deter
renee policy one must study
all its angles.
THE US. is PAINFULLY
aware it is in a dangerous sit
uation. Its aim, therefore, is
to make the situation less
risky. In its SAC program it
demonstrates to Russia its
overwhelming striking power.
Our aim is to show the Sow
cts what will hit them if they
attack first. In a sense our
deterrence policy is a failure
if Russia attacks: it is true
that we can strike back but
our purpose is to deter the
Russians from attacking us.
Lefever, however. points
out that we are doing some
thing at present that might
prove self-defeating. The So
viets will not be deferred if
they think we will strike first
and We are doing something
that seems provocative. We
have a large supply of wea-
pons that can be used mainly
for a first-strike blow at Rus
STA. For instance, the air.
planes on the ground at SAC
bases are sitting ducks, easy
prey for a Soviet attack and
they could not be used for
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tests, and falling in this at
tempt, Christians were to
urge their governments to
cease tests unilaterally.
what would have happen
ed" said Lefever, "if Ameri-
can Christians had taken seri-
ously this statement and had
been successful in getting
their governments to adopt
this policy" It would have
amounted TO national suicide.
To know the facts on this
total problem means to know
the psychology cal, military
and political features of our
present problem. There are
many who take a tough"
line toward Russia who are
poorly informed but / believe
the pacifists are peculiarly
weighed down with weird no
tons in spite of their good
intentions. | might cite a few
pieces of misinfor m
which are current today and
which Mr.. Lefever dwelt upon
in his talk.
1T is assumed
that brushfire wars must in
evitably develop into fright
ful nuclear wars but Lefever
shows that about nuclear war
is the least likely c%ontingen-
cy. Local wars do not. neces-
sarily spiral into big ones. We
have had many provocations
since the end of World War
II which in earlier eras
would have been the occasion
for general war" II is as dan
gerous to assume all little
wars will become big wars as
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by Fir. Edward f. Healev

Matthew 9:10-13) The Church
is not made up of or for Spir-
itual aristocratS. II is the
Body of Christ but its men,
bers are being made worthy,
not excluded until they are
worthy. Beer and bingo may
represent less than the ideal.
Tithing is a fine ideal and is
advocated in many Catholic
parishes, but the Church does
not want to place a financial
condition for membership.
Please remember Christ's
words urging us not to judge
others Matthew 7:l-5).
@. Aren't we definitely ap.
preaching the end of the
world? All the signs are here:
wars and rumors of wars, etc.
A. From the beginning Of
Christianity people have been
convinced that their genera
ton was the last one. The
prophecies of Christ are di-
rected to all generations:
Watch, therefore, for you do
not know at what hour your
Lord is TO come" (Matthew
24:42) Wars and rumors Of
wars cannot be a sign Of the
end of the world for they
have always been in evidence.
In any case Christ said: but
all these things are the begin
nings of SORROWS" and He
goes on to speak of the devel-
opment of the Church through
persecution, etc. 1t is true
that He says: "And this Cos
pei of the kingdom shall be
preached in the whole world,
for a witness to all nations;
and then will come the end."
Matthew 24:8 and 1910 We
might say that the Gospel
has been preached around
the world but that has been
true 10 some extent for sew.
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Inquiry Corner
Home Is Main
Education Source

@, With all the Catholic
schools why are So many
Catholics iIl.informed about
their religion2 ! am a convert
and find few that know
much about fhe Mass. Why
do men go to fhe church
when dressed TO clean OUT the
garage? Why do they sell
beer ct their Bingo affairs
and why do not the people
observe the Biblical teaching
of tifhins SO that Bineo would
not be needed?
A. The main source of Chris
tlan education is the home.
The Catholic school cannot
form the perfect Christian,
nor can the Catholic Church
do so with all its best efforts.
The grace of God and the 20
operation Of home, school,
church can hope for great eff
fectiveness in bringing Christ
to children-and TO all Cath
olicS. Still there remains the
need of self-education. The
adult Catholic must want to
learn about his faith and use
the means available leg. the
Confraternity of Christian
Doctrine study programl. This
is a world always unbalanced
by original sin and the results
of abuse of Gods grace, even
in the Church. '"The kingdom
of heaven is like a net cast
into the sea and gathering in
fish of every kind and
lat the end of the world
the angels will 60 out and
separate the wicked from
among the just" Matthew
13:47-50l See also the criti-
cism of Jesus because he ate
with publicans and sinners
and His reply: 1T is not the
healthy who need a physician,
but they who are sick -"
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by Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc

multiplied by dividing. It
takes a long time to teach this
lesson.
The younger children, who
need so very much love, find
it difficult to see how anyone
else can be allowed to enter,
but it is a lesson that must
be learned. When Johnny
says, "You gave Jimmy a BIZ
cycle, why didn't / get one?"
you might answer:
ri GAVE JANICE A DOLL
should / give you a doll too?
! gave Joe a spanking, do you
want a piece of that? If | am
to treat you all alike, then
boys and girls must all get
dolls and girls and boys must
all join the Boy Scouts. If I
punish one of you for some
thing | must punish you all.
Would that show that / have
no favorites? Mary Ann needs
to be changed and given a bot
tie. Should / change you and
give YOU a bother [ love you
all specially but all differ.
emily. Thank God there is
more than enough love all
special and all different to go
around"
81 expect Jimmy to get 95
is most of his subjects, but,
Johnny, I am happy when you
get 30 in school. God gave
you each to me, each differ
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eral centuries and it may be
several more before such
preaching of Christ fulfills
the prophecy. Also the land
them does not indicate that
worldwide preaching will act
as a trigger, but that the end
of the world will not come
before universal preaching
of Christ. The point Of Christ's
prophecy is clear from verse
AZ quoted above): Be ready
at all timesl
@. What is the teaching OF
the Catholic Church regarding
eremafion7 Is cremation men-
toned in fhe Bible?
A. Catholic who has given
orders for cremation of his
body may not be given Chris
tan burial. This also excludes
funeral Mass, anniversary
Mass, or any other public
service. This penalty is to be
applied even if the relatives
after his death disregard his
orders. The penalty does not
apply if he has indicated a
change of heart lie. repented.
There are numerous refer
enceS to the tradition Of bur-
ial in the Bible, but usually
burning of the bodies of the
dead is referred to only as
punishment leg. Ezechiel
24:10). In modern times the
chief advocates of cremation
have favored it as hooking
resurrection of the body. AS
the Holy Office states: 1T is
furthered by atheists and ma
terialists to divert men from
the thought of death and be-
lief in the resurrection
Send questions to Father
Edward f. Healey, Inquiry
Corner, Box 636, Columbus
16, Ohio.
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Making Marriage Click
1t Is Parents Job
To Teach Children

Parents S o etim e S
boast that they treat their
children all alike. This is
utter nonsense. I do not
believe that it is possible
to treat al children alike,
and if it were possible, ] feel
quite certain that it would not
be desirable.
Parents who have more
than one child know that each
one is unique. When the first
baby comes along, the young
mother attempts to make the
child follow some book she
has read about child care, but
the child is a complete in
dividualist land since he can
not read follows his own pat
ern despite all her efforts.
When the young mother dis
cards her book and decides to
raise the next children like
her first, she discovers that
each one has its own individ-
ual set Of needs. One child
can be corrected by a warning
look, punished by a depriva-
ton; another will need a
spanking. One will like ice
cream; another cake, a third,
pie. One will want a book for
a reward, another a movie,
a third a toy.
LOVE AND JUSTICE in the
family is not exercised in
treating all children alike, but
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the field of social action.
Actually there is a whole
some spirit of mutual under
standing and respect between
priests and laymen engaged
in the social apostolate.
BE THAT AS lT a Y,
there is need today for q
greater degree of lay initia-
tive and leadership not only
in the field of social action
which, by definition, be-
longs primarily to the laity
but also in the field of So
cial education.
In the latter field, the Holy
Father states in his new en-
cyclical: .. organizations
the lay apostolate must be ac-
corded an important role, es-
pecially those that have as
their purpose the Christian
ization of the economic and
social sectors of the temporal
order.
For members of these as
sociations can profit from
their daily experiences in or
der to prepare themselves
thoroughly for this apostolate
and then contribute to the
formation Of the younger gen.
Grafton.
1t hardly needs to be add
ed that the education of SEM
inarians and priests in the
social teaching of the Church
must 60 hand in hand with
the growth of lay initiative
and lay leadership in the So
cial apostolate. The two are
equally necessary.
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in treating them according to
their individual needs. A
mother was once asked,
Which one of your seven
children do you love most?"
She pointed to her third
youngster, a spastic child.
WHY" She replied, "Be-
cause he needs me most"
God Himself does not treat
us all alike. He gives to each
of us a unique combination of
gifts and graceS never before
given to anyone in the world.
To one he gives brains, to an
other Drawn, to another skill,
to a fourth will, to a fifth,
the aesthetic sense. to a sixth
the aScetic sense.
F~avoritism is something
quite different. Favoritlsm
means treating one child with
special consideration not ac-
cording to his needs or de-
serts but from the sheer whim
of choosing him above the
others.
CHILDREN SHOULD BE
taught that their parents have
a very special kind of love
for each of them which is diff
ferent from the love they give
to any of their other children.
They must learn further that
love is something which is not
lost because it is shared with
someone else. In fact, love is
the only commodity which is
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Says Message Of Fatima
Is Ignored BY World

our enemies and our friends.
What can we do?
We can and must answer
the plea of Our Lady. We
must pray the Rosary, deVout-
ly, daily. We must make sac
rifices and we must amend
our daily lives.
To convince yourself and
your friends that this is inn
perative please read the book
Russia Will Be Converted"
by John Hafford. A M J.,
Washington. Nj, 1856.
PAPER COPIES are avail
able at no charge at the of
flee of the Society for the
Propagation of Faith and
copies will be sent to any
school on request. II you wish
you may contribute a dollar
to any needy cause.
Please read this book. Then
you will be compelled to act,
with Gods help.
WIN.
Columbus,
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Pope John XXIII re-
minds us toward the end
of his new social encycli-
cal, Christianity and So
cial Progress Mater ct
MagiStra), that we are not
free to adopt a take-it-or-
leave-it attitude with regard
to Christian social doctrine.
I'VE reaffirm strongly" he
said, "that Christian social
doctrine is an integral part
of the Christian conception of
life and we ardently desire
that more and more attention
be given to the study of this
doctrine in Catholic schools
of every kind, particularly in
seminaries."
The Holy Fathers special
emphasis here on the impor-
fsnce of including Catholic
social doctrine in the curricu-
lum OF seminaries is not 70
be interpreted TO mean that
the role of the Iaity In the
social apostolate OF the
Church is any less important
than that of the clergy. On
the contrary, fhe role of the
laity. from one point Of view,
is even more imnortant than
that of the clergy.
The clergy are expected to
teach the social doctrine of
the Church and to train apos-
tolic laymen. Their role is pri-
marily one of education and
spiritual formation.
But the Holy Father has
tens to add that "from educa-
ton and instruction one must
pass to action" This, he says,
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Editor:

EulLOr.
In the History of Judeo-
Christian Cultures are
many instances in which
God has permitted the
people to bring upon
themselves terrible scoufges
ard almost insurmountable
problems. Each time when
things got so bad that human
efforts seemed hopeless He
sent a Prophet, a Saint, or
The Blessed Mother and even
His own Son to show the way
out.
THE MESSAGE HAS al.
ways been the same. For our
generation it was delivered to
the children near F'atima
when Our Lady told them
that unless enough people
made sacrifices, prayed the
Rosary daily and amended
their daily life, a terrible
scourge would sweep over the
entire world. On the contrary
she said that if the people
heed her message many athe-
istic Communists will be con.
yerted to Christ, much world.
wide suffering and persecu-
ton will be averted and an
era of peace will be conceded
to humanity. Like the warm
ing at Pearl Harbor, Gods
message has been ignored.
THE ScoURGE IS NOW at
our doorstep. The suffering
in Cuba is not perceived by
the comfortable North Amer
lean populace whose tax mon
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The Catholic pacifist is
not a coward but | fear
that, in many cases, he is
irresponsible. Not that he
adopts his position friv-
olously without a sense of
deep commitment or is con-
WINGED that "it's better to be
Red than dead
RATHER, He IS EARNEST
and sincere in his opinion
that love should be the force
by which we overcome evil,
not the force of arms. But it
seems to me that in opposing
all wars and in arguing for
total disarmament, he is
grossly negligent. He fails to
take into account all the rele-
want facts of the problem.
Ernest w. Lefever deliver
ed a talk on arms control at
a meeting of the Church
Peace Union in New York on
June %. He pointed out that
the general public is vastly
uniformed on the whole
problem of disarmament. He
singled out morally concern.
ed groups" Of Christians who
presume to speak about the
subject even though they
don't know and understand
all tire facets of this highly
complex problem.
he CITED THE INSTANCE
of the World Council of
Churches which, several years
ago, asked all Christians to
urge their governments to
enter into pacts for interna-
tional control of nuciear
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Letter EyOkes
A Poem

Editor:
Hope the following poem
will amuse you. 1t pleased me
to write it, SO half its work
is done. And, as / hope to
someday become a writer, l
needed the practice. The poem
was brougt to mind by your
Letters Column of last week,
Continued on Page 50
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ey has been used (wittingly
or unwittinglyl to lure the
the cream of Cuba's male
refugees 10 their death. This
betrayal and the betrayal Of
the Baltic Peoples, Ukrain-
ians, Poles. Czechs, Hungar-
ians, R~oumanians, Yugoslavs,
Chinese, Vietnamese and 9TH
ers cannot be undone. The
tenacles of the atheistic com
munist conspiracy have some
hold in every segment of our
society. No organization Of
any size or Importance has es-
capped.
ABOUT HALF of our people
are Indifferent OF neutral to-
ward this struggle for our
souls, Efforts to rouse them
are met with criticism much
of it unfair and untrue, from
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Editors note: Many i'm
teresting and provocative
opinions must be omitted
each week because the
writer fails TO sign his
or her name and address.
Initials or q 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
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Evening star., 1961-11-30
To Seek Solutions

If changes in employment
practices are deemed necessary
the agency will seel- to work
out solutions with the firms
concerned.
For any who refuse to COM
ply with the rules against
discrimination, the committee
has power to take away Gov
ernment contracts. 1t also may
grant exemptions to the rules
But so far, a committee
spokesman said, the committee
hasn't found it necessary to
cancel any contract. Nor, he
said, has the committee granted
any exemptions.
At the start of this week,
the spokesman said, the COM
mittee had received 464 COM
plants since it started operat-
ing last April and had disposed
of 173 of them. OF those cases
closed, corrective action was
taken in II, in IA the COM
plainants failed to follow up
the charges, 90 were dismissed
as without grounds and So
were dismissed because the
committee was without juris-
diction.
Most of the new complaints
submitted by the NAACP's la
Dor secretary, Herbert Hill,
centered primarily on charges
of discrimination involving
seniority rights and Negroes
kept in unSkilled and menial
jobs.
Evening star., 1961-11-30

accused are the AFL-CIO Metal
Trades Council; Oil, Chem
ical and Atomic Workers In
ternational Union, and the
Brotherhood of Railroad Car
men of America involving
workers in Lake Charles, At
lanta and Memphis, Tenn.
The two railroads are Illinois
Central and the St. Louis and
San Francisco lines. Carmen's
helpers in Memphis charge they
are being fired and displaced
by white workers with less
seniority.
The committee will determine
whether those charged operate
under Government contracts.
If so, the individual charges
will be sent to the Government
agency with the principal in
terest. Each agency will inves-
tigate the charges referred to
Evening star., 1961-11-30
Defense Firms
TOSign Pledge
Of No Job Bias
By the Associated Press

Twelve major defense con-
tractors will sign pledges to-
day to provide equal employ
ment and advancement op-
portunity for workers of all
races and creeds.
Vice President johnson,
chairman of the Presidents
Committee on Equal Employ
ment Opportunities, will join
officials of the II companies
at the White House ceremony.
Nine others already have
signed such pledges.
Names of the companies will
not be revealed prior to the
signing.
Mr.. Johnson announced that
the Presidents committee, a
Remember group, will meet to-
morrow to consider proposed
changes in regulations for Gov
eminent contract employment
and other matters.
127 Complaints
Yesterday, the committee re-
ceived its biggest single batch
of complaints so far-127 af-
Gidavits charging racial
discrimination.
The National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People filed the charges against
eight major industrial corpora
tions, three trade unions and
two railroad companies-lo-
Gated in the North as we'll as
in the South.
The industrial plants are
General Motors Corp. in Cleve-
land and Atlanta; five firms
in Lake Charles, La. FireStone
Rubber Co., Petroleum Chemi-
cal Industries, Inc, Davidson
Chemical Co., Lone Star Ce-
ment Co.. and Cit-Con Oil
Co.; the Atlantic Steel Co. of
Atlanta, and the Republic Avi-
alton Co. at Farmingdale, Long
Island, N. Y.
The three AFL-CIO unions
Evening star., 1961-11-30

lunch counter. told the Negroes
they could use waiting room
facilities but would be served
food only at the counter desig-
mated for Negroes.
They started beating on the
counter and demanding serv-
ice," he said. Suddenly, the
place blew up"
Alex Clifford, managing editor
of New Orleans Television Sta
ton WDSU, said a group of
white persons rushed into the
bus station and began dragging
the Negroes out. He said a
white man poured a cup of hot
coffee down the back of one
Negro.
The Negroes fled in a taxicab.
Photographer Attacked
Tom Gather. field secretary
for CORE, said Jerome Smith,
%, was the most severely
beaten, receiving head lacera-
tions. The others were identi-
fled as George Raymond, 18;
Thomas Valentine, %; Alice
Thompson, %, and Dorotha
Smith, l8, all of New Orleans.
Mr.. Smith. president of the
New Orleans CORE unit, was
one of more than 300 Freedom
Riders arrested during the
summer at Jackson.
Earlier in the day, a crowd
of white persons attacked Free
Lance Photographer Johann
Rush, a 19-year-old JacksCH
resident, who said he was on
assignment from the Columbia
Broadcasting System.
Evening star., 1961-11-30

another outbreak OF violence
occurs.
The FBI already has been
asked to investigate the beat
ings.
McComb has become a center
of racial disturbances in
strongly pro-segregationist Mis-
siSSippi since the Freedom Rider
campaign waned in Jackson,
the State capital.
Riders Go to New Orleans
Nearly 100 Negro pupils were
dismissed from McComb's Berg
lund High School earlier this
fall after they repeatedly dem
onstrated against segregation
practices.
The five Negroes, all mem
berS Of the Congress of Racial
Equality, left McComb late last
night under heavy police pro-
lection. They arrived in New
Orleans without incident.
Their safe departure fulfilled
a promise Attorney General
Robert Kennedy said McComb
Mayor c. H. Douglas made to
the Justice Department after
the attack - to see that they
were fully protected while they
remained in McComb.
The CORE members visit to
the McComb bus station came
a day after the city said it
would comply with a Federal
court order that segregation
signs outside the station must
be removed.
The Negroes, three men and
two women, arrived at the bus
station shortly before 3 pm.
and attempted to get service at
a lunch counter in the white
waiting room.
II told them that the lunch
counter was a private business
and I couldn't serve them" said
A. P. McGehee, husband of the
bus station manager.
Mr.. McGehee, working at the