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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-11-03
Inquiry Corner

witness the careless habits we
sometimes fall into with
group Rosary or novena pray
ersi
When Christ corrected the
Apostles in regard TO their
stopping . man from casting
out devils because he was NOT
one of them did He not give
Us an example of necessary
tolerance?
A, Yes, Christ said; do
not forbid him; for he who is
not against you is for you"
duke 9:49-5O Recognizing
this basic law of tolerance
and charity is not the same
as saying that one Church is
as good as another. At this
time there was no Christian
Church for Christ was still
teaching his Apostles. Later
in the same Gospel Christ
spoke of His powerful enc
mics who attacked his mis-
sion and He said: "He who is
not with me is against me:
and he who does not gather
with me scatters." duke
1929 That would seem to
rule out neutrality in the mat
ter of Christ's mission. Also
His monumental statement
to His Apostles indicates His
imposition of authority: HE
who hears you, hears me; and
he who rejects you. rejects
me: and he who rejects me,
rejects him who sent me-"
luke 1910 (see also such
texts as Matthew 23:16-
20 It still remains true that
we should respect all who are
sincere in their religion and
their right to practice their
religion-and that we should
cooperate with them in all
that is, aimed at the common
good of souls.
@. Granted that Purgafery
is an ancient Christian fradi-
fion is IL possible TO show
that II is contained in the
Bible?
A. We know that purgatory
is the teaching of the Church
and that Christ established
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shadow over the world and it
should be made known that
the Pcntagon has already
made a study as to the best
time to surrender! On the 9th
err hand / think of Pope Leo
XIII who established the pray
ers after Mass and said pray
ers. sacrifices and good Chris
tan lives could offset the
power of the devil. Plus XII
specified these prayers were
to be offered for the CONVEX
sion Of Russia.
BELIEVE THAT Russia
will be converted and Com
munism destroyed if enough
people will pray, join the
Blue Army, and ask Our Lady
of Fatima for world peace.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
should take the time to study,
find out what communism is,
how it works, the evil con-
tanned, etc. Then with know
how and prayers we can de-
Stroy it and once again will
have the peaceful world Our
Lord has promised.
Betty L. Ewald
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@. I agree with your pre-
vious quesfioner about dia-
IogUe Mass and | think that
If the Mass could be said en-
firely in English there would
be so many converts that new
churches would be necessary!
A. The Mass has been call
ed the Mystical Body at pray
er. The liturgy calls for com
mon action in this greatest
act of our religion. The man.
ner Of participation varies
from time TO time and from
place TO place. II is possible
that the Church will allow the
use of more English in the
Mass (as evidenced in the
changes in Holy Week.. Still,
the first rule is to obey the
voice of Christ in the Church.
There are many sides to this
question and in the anxiety to
use our own language at Mass
we may be overlooking some
important reasons for contln-
uing Latin. The Mass is pri-
marily an act of love and ador-
alton directed by all OF us
united to Christ. We can fol-
low every word in an English
missal, but the sacrifice of the
Mass is God-directed. Stated
simply: God understands Lat
in as we'll as English, The
mystery of the Mass has al
ways been and should be sur
rounded by ritual (e.g, vest
ments, candles, incense) be-
cause we are not having a
prayer meeting. We are renew
ing the sublime and awesome
mystery Of Calvary. The sol
emnity of the Mass could be
reduced by overemphasis on
making it modern" Should
the priest, for example, come
out in his street-clothes? The
Latin can be translated but
would we not lose some of
the necessary sublimity Of the
sacrifice of the Mass be re-
moving the profound express
sion of that sacrifice in the
traditional Latin? Changing
language would not. guaran-
tee better particip ation as
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the second is to love our
neighbors as ourselves, we
can only show this love by
work. We produce goods and
services so that others may
be warm and healthy, mature
and intelligent. Only if we
produce goods and services
can we expect the rewards of
w~oFk-wageS, prestige, and
power.
Like Christ, we must will
ingly undertake the work that
God sends us. We must learn
to look through the dr1Idgery
the work may involve to the
service that it performs. Ev-
en- the medieval bod carrier
who was a thoughtful Chris
tan could say. Il am building
a Cathedral"
IN CHOOSING A LIFE work
we should not merely choose
the one which seems to pro-
duce the most rewards in
terms of money or success.
1t is most important for young
people to look about them
and discover the occupation
which will most clearly serve
the needs of the community.
Thirdly, once we can see
the value of our contribution
We will do our work well. So
many of us do sloppy work.
We try to get away with the
minimum of effort because
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Making Marriage CLick
Accept Work Which
God Gives You
by Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc

To most people work is
a necessary evil. They be-
lieve that Gods punish
ment of Adam "In the
sweat of your brow you
shall eat your bread Genesis
3:19) gives the whole meaning
of work. They cannot believe
that they would have to work
if only they had enough to
eat.
OTHER PEOPLE FEEL that
work is merely a hurdle
something to be gotten over
so they can have leisure and
fun. In the office or in the
shop all day long they watch
the clock as the hours tick
painfully away, looking for
ward to the moment when
they can go home and start to
live again.
Still others look upon work
as the necessary means to at
tain money. They judge their
work only by the amount of
return it brings in dollars and
cents. They do not care wheth-
er their product is cheap and
shoddy but only whether it
brings in a good return.
FINALLY, SOME WORK in
order to attain power or sue
cess. Prestige and the adula-
ton Of their neighbors and
community is their entire goal
in the work they do. People
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-11-03
The Yardstick
NAM Takes Isolationist
View Of Labor Group
by Msgr. George G. Higgins

Chamber, in announcing this
decision, said that as long as
the US. government elects to
participate in the annual HO
Conference, he felt American
business should continue to
attend in discharge of the
businessman's citizenship re.
SponSibilities to assist in VIM
ming acceptance of free en-
terprise principles in what
remains of the free world"
Mr.. GEORGE a pres
ident of the AFLCIO, who
takes second place to none in
his opposition to communism,
stated recently that the Cham
ber's decision to continue to
work with ILO is a "realis-
tic and statesmanlike posi-.
ton" ContrariwiSe. he said,
MANS position on this mat
ter is extremely unfortun-
ate. The way to propagate the
democratic faith, Mr.. Meany
a d d e d, lis to stand firm
a G al ms totalitarianism in
such world forums as the
10"
Mr.. Meany is dead right. We
have everything to lose and
nothing to gain by adopting
an isolationist policy with re-
gard to the UN and its special
lied agencies.
HAVE SAID THAT the
the MANS, unfortunate deci-
sion to boycott the ITO should
not be exaggerated. On the
other hand, the harmful eff
fects of this decision should
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who work only In order to
eat, to play, to have money,
success or power are almost
always unhappy and don't
know why. The reason? They
do not know what work is for.
Our Lord said, my Father
works even until now, and !
work" John SID In work
ing we initiate the creativity
of God. We put something of
ourselves into the work we
turn out on the lathe, the
order we give a room, a let
ter we write on a typewriter,
the child we bring UP for God.
AGAIN, WE REDEEM the
world by our work. BY the sin
of Adam the world has been
lost to God. Not only have Ad-
am and Eve and their chill
dren rebelled against God. but
the very earth itself has re-
fused to serve. By working
upon the world, by domesti-
eating animals, by tilling Land,
by building houses, and Weav-
ing clothing we are in the
process of extending Christ's
redemption to the world so
that all things will be restor-
ed to God in Christ.
Besides, by work we full
fill our purpose in being. We
are called into being in or
der to serve God and men. If
the first commandment is to
love God above all things and
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Wnat is the QlIIeTence
between vulgarity and OBJ
scenity? Does the reading
Of obscene magazines
lead to rape or other
ami-social conduct? Do Ger.
tain TV programs impel tele-
viewers to sex violence?
THESE WERE some Of the
questions discussed at a semi
mar held in New York City
on October 14th. Under the
sponsorship of The Catholic
World magazine, prominent
lawyers, psychiatrists, theo-
logians, theatre and movie
critics, editors, publishers
and other experts gathered to
study the general theme of
Freedom of Speech and OBJ
scenity Censorship" Among
the panelists and participants
we're Catholics, ProtestantS,
Jews and men of other faiths.
AT FIRST GLANCE, OBJ
scenity seems to present no
legal problem. The Supreme
Court in the Roth decision de-
fined obscenity. Justice Bren-
nan, reading the majority
opinion, said that the test of
obscenity is whether Ito the
average person, applying con-
temporary community stand
ards, the dominant theme of
the material taken as a whole
appeals to prurient interests"
1t would seem to be a
simple matter to apply this
test to a questionable book or
magazine, photograph or
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lrENE - NJ TINY SUP
stantially new about the Holy
Fathers generous endorse
ment of lilo. The Holy See
had consistently supported
this important international
agency since its very incep-
ton at the end Of World War
l.
So far as the United States
is concerned, however, Pope
Johns renewed support Of the
oldest of the specialized agen-
cies of the U.N. - the only
one that survived the demise
of the old League of Nations
comes at a very opportune
time. Let us hope that it will
help to neutralize the impact
of MANS about attack on
ILO.
IT. WOULD BE a mistake,
of course, to exaggerate the
significance Of MANS recent
decision to boycott the HO.
There is no danger today-as
there might have been in the
not too distant past - that
NAM will be able to force the
United States government to
withdraw from the LILO.
Even the US. Chamber of
Commerce, which has been
known to criticize the HO
very severely, recently split
with NAM on this issue. The
Chamber, less than two weeks
after the NAM decided to cut
its ties with the no, voted to
go along with the organization
at least for the time being.
a SPOKESMAN for the
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The Yardstick

In mid-September the
board of directors of the
National Association of
Manufacturers voted to
cut MANS ties to the In
ternational Labor Organlza-
ton, a tripartite specialized
agency of the United Nations
dealing with international la
Dor problems.
This decision, which came
as no great surprise in view
of MANS long-standing opposi-
ton to ILO, was made On the
alleged grounds that no is
dominated by communists and
socialists.
AMERICAN CATHOLICS
who might otherwise be in
clined to take the word of
the NAM on this matter and
to follow its lead in boycott
ting Ito will hesitate to do
so. / should think, in view
of what Pope John XIII has
to say about lilo in his new
social encyclical Christianity
and Social Progress.
I'VE are happy" His Holt
ness writes, ito express our
heartfelt appreciation of the
international Labor Organiza-
ton (L0) which for decades
has been making its effective
and precious contribution to
the establishment in the
world of a socio-economic or
der marked by justice and
humanity and one in which
the lawful demands of the
workers are recognized and
defended."
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Committee which have been
SO attacked by the Commun-
lists, proof of their value.
THE REDS ARE working to
assume control of communi-
cations, public utilities, our
whole beautiful country given
to US by our Lord, and even
our children.
The evil legacy of Karl
Marx has east a d%arkening
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Evening star., 1961-12-06
Chinese Here First?

With the Reds claiming prior dis
covery of almost everything, it should
occasion no surprise that the Commu-
mist Chinese are now asserting that their
ancestors" landed in America a full
1000 years" before Christopher Columbus
spotted our shores. And this time they
may be right-although the prior arrival
of AsiaticS should not detract in any
way from Columbus feat. For it was
not until the doughty Italian landed
here in 1892 that America came into
it's own as a new" continent.
Most anthropologists now agree that
Americas first settlers came here from
Asia, either by boat or by way of the
Aleutian Islands probably the latter.
They have noted the resemblance
between many of our aborigines and
some orientals. It was this similarity
of appearance, says Peiping's China
Youth Daily, that led Columbus to believe
he had landed in Eastern Asia.
All of which may be true-just as
it may be true that the Norsemen landed
in New England some 500 years before
Columbus. But Columbus fame as the
real diScoverer - or rediscoverer - of
America will remain secure, the China
Youth Daily to the contrary nctwith-
standing.
Evening star., 1961-12-06
Commission for Statues

Secretary of the Interior Udall has
been caught off. base more than once
during the last few months on the
general question of statues and memoir
ials in Washington. However, his sug-
gestion that Congress establish COM
mission of some sort to develop more
orderly procedures for the authorization
and location of memorials is a good one.
Historically, there has been virtually
no formal procedure at all. AS general
rule private sponsoring group proposes
a memorial, usually on a prime park
site, gets bill introduced in Congress
and, if the legislation passes, attains its
objective. At present there are SO
statues, memorials and monuments
within the National Capital Park Sys-
tenn. Some 16 memorials more have been
authorized, for which sites are being
sought. Twenty-four other proposals
are pending before Congress.
This is chaotic situation for which
some ground rules obviously need to be
set A commission formed for that
purpose could advise Congress not only
on whether proposed memorializations
are fitting, but on the availability and
the appropriateness of specific sites.
Evening star., 1961-12-06
Check on Teachers, Too

Two conclusions arise from the
disclosure of another -molestation
case in the Montgomery County schools:
CD The present system for checking on
the fitness of applicants for teaching,
custodial or other school jobs is seriously
defective. (2) More effective screening
procedures must be adopted in the
county not only for the protection of
children but to safeguard the good name
of the teaching profession.
After a school custodian with a
police record was indicted last year on
narcotics charges, county grand jury
and the States Attorney urged that all
school employees be checked at least for
possible criminal records. A full check
would involve fingerprinting of en-
ployes. But the proposal was opposed
by school officials at that time on the
ground that fingerprinting carried with
it an implied stigma" on all teachers.
This attitude overlooks the implied
stigma resulting from the arrest of
school employees for sexual or other
offenses against children. There have
been several such cases reported in the
county schools in recent years, the
latest involving a teacher with record
of sex arrests in New Jersey and the
District. A second teacher resigned
during the investigation of the current
case, although no charges have been
made against him.
Now School Superintendent c. Taylor
Whittier, who had objected to finger
printing in the past, has decided to
support the requests of law enforce
ment authorities for better screening
Evening star., 1961-12-06
Cuba and the OAS

AlCIlOugn IL mas done so somewhat
heSitantly, and with much less than
unanimity, the 21-nation Organization
Of American States has at last decided
to pay serious attention to the menacing
potentialities of Communist Fidel Castro
and his Red tyranny in Cuba. The
action, which free men everywhere
should find encouraging, has come in
the form of a vote-14 to 2, with
abStentions-in favor of a Colombia
sponsored resolution calling for hemi-
Spheric foreign ministers meeting. The
prime purpose OF the meeting, scheduled
to begin January 10, will be to consider
what measures ought to be taken
to cope with "the threats that may
emerge from an intervention by extra
continental powers" against the peace,
independence and solidarity of the
Americas
These are rather generalized words,
and that is one reason why Mexico, as
expected, has voted with Cuba against
the resolution. And for the same rea-
son, among others, including legalistic
objections and doubts about the ur-
gency of the situation, Argentina,
Bolivia, Brazil, Chile and Ecuador have
abstained. But the abStentions have
come as no surprise; on the contrary,
there had been some expectation that
at least two of the five would vote
against the Colombian proposal, and
the fact that they did not suggests that
their views have hardened bit against
the Kremlin's man in Havana In any
case, the important thing is that IA
members of the OAS - a two-thirds
majority - have found the outlook
threatful enough to warrant the con-
vening of foreign ministers confer
ence next month.
This majority is likely to hold fast
together, and it may well be appreciably
enlarged, when the conference gets
down to the business (1) of weighing
the dangers of intervention by extra
continental powers" (the Sino-Soviet
bloc) working through the Red totalt-
tartan Castro regime, and (2) of
determining whether or when to impose
sanctions on that regime. Certainly the
dangers are regarded as being altogether
redl ana present py more tnan
few of our neighbors to the south, in
Guiding Venezuela, one of Fidels earliest
and strongest supporters - until he
showed his true face as a devotee and
eager servant of liberty destroying
communism,
In sum, what the inter American
foreign ministers will have to reckon
with and guard against is the fact that
Cuba now lends itself to Peiping and
Moscow as a sort of staging area for
Subversive activities and aggression in
various forms against all the free, non
Communist Americas. This is a sinister
new condition in our hemisphere, and
the OAS must respond accordingly, with
the greatest possible firmness and unity.
Evening star., 1961-12-06
Optimism on Laos Pact Unfounded
Foreign Correspondent Of The Sta

the Chinese threatening open
intervention, this Is no small
accomplishment.
How it will work out, how
ever, is another question. The
fate of Laos depends now on
the possibility of forming a
coalition government between
three princes-Loyalist Boun
Gum "NeutralisC' Souvanna
P houm a and Communist
Souphanouvong. With the
major powers agreeing to a
hands-off policy the prize
seems likely to go to the
strongest of the three. And
there is no question at all
that Prince Souvanavong as
head of rebel Pathet Lao
forces is for all practical pur-
poses in a position to dictate
the outcome.
Fall Of Laos to Reds Likely
This seems to be the real
meaning of the apparent
Communist show Of reason
ableness and goodwill in Ge-
neva. Almost certainly their
calculation is that under the
terms of the agreement. the
normal forces of the political
and military power on the
spot will be able to play un-
hindered by the great powers
and that in the end Laos will
fall surely into the Commu-
mist camp.
Even should their calcu-
lation be wrong, it would be
a mistake to put too much
faith in the effectiveness OF
the policing machinery that
has been set up. The con-
troll commission for Laos in
it's composition, its powers
and it's probable performance
differs very little from the
commission that has been
active in Wet Nam ever since
the end of the Indo-China
war in 1854.
Active" is perhaps the
wrong word. The record Of
this commission during the
whole period of renewed sub
versive warfare openly TO-
mented and supported from
North Wet Nam has been
exactly zero. From the be-
ginning, the three power
commission has been power
less to prevent fighting or
even to make up its collec-
tive mind that the fighting
is going on. And there is no
real reason to suppose that
its performance in Laos will
be much better.
On the whole, what has
happened in Geneva is that
a reasonable face-saving for
mula for the Western powers
has been found which will
permit them to stand by and
watch Laos go down the
drain. Under the circum-
stances it is perhaps the best
that could have been expect
ed. But it is both wrong and
foolish to pretend to find in
this either a victory or q
cause for celebration.
Evening star., 1961-12-06

@. When did the national
list movement start in In
donesia? e. r.
A. The Indonesian ma
tionalist movement (called
Budi Utomo, which means
Beautiful Striving) started
about 1908 among Javanese'
government officials and
other intellectuals. On Au-
gust II, 1945, following three
years Of Japanese occupation
of the islands, a group Of
nationalist leaders proclaimed
the independence of the Re-
public of Indonesia. Although
some recognition was ac-'
corded this authority in the
immediate postwar period, it
was December 81, 1949, be-
fore the new nation, the Re-
public Of the United States
Of Indonesia, was given full,
sovereignty.
Evening star., 1961-12-06
Aid for Vietnum

Let not the Government
nor the people Of the United
States ever think of running
out on our excellent allies,
the valiant people of South
Vietnam. They are on our
side. up to their necks fight
ing our common enemy, and
we should stand shoulder to
shoulder with them.
It was a Vietnamese maga-
zine of Saigon (Extreme
Asie) that made a correct
criticism of the movie 1.-THE
Last War" made by the Jap
anese company "T o h o
Movie" The magazine re-
produced spectacular shots
from the movie showing the
total destruction Of New York
and the humiliation of Paris
in the next nuclear war"
Our Vietnamese frien d s
wrote, knowing that the
Communist mentality is sus-
ceptible only to the argu-
ments Of force, we regret the
absence of a shot showing
the still more total atomiza-
ton of Moscow, Leningrad,
Stalingrad, Odessa and other
Smolensks, because we know
that the American nuclear
arsenal is twice as terrible as
the Russian.
Fortunately for us the
Russians know it too but
the Communists are prepar-
ing a conventional war
which they hope to win by
superiority in men and arma-
ments. Let the Free World
strengthen its guard"
And let us not let the val
liant Vietnamese people down.
L. G. Meeter.
Evening star., 1961-12-06

methods - including the fingerprinting
of all applicants for school positions.
This will not reveal any other undesir-
able employees who may be already on
the payrolls, Of course, but at least it
will insure that all new teachers and
other staff employees are qualified both
as to character in addition to education
al background. Assuming that the re-
naming teachers have nothing to hide,
we cannot see why they should object to
any screening methods that would ex-
clude from their respected ranks .un-
worthy persons of any kind.