davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1961-03-19

Gratis who expect to see party
margins increased.
He pointed out that not since
1884 has the party that con-
trolled the presidency gained
seats in off-year House voting.
In 1894, the Democrats gained
nine seats.
In 1888, however, they lost
10 seats; in 1912, so seats; in
1946, 81 seats, and in 1850, 20
seats.
When the Republicans won
the presidency with Mr.. Eisen-
hover, the pattern was the
same. The Republicans lost 18
seats in 1854 and At seats in
1858.
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that neither the statutes pur-
pose nor its effect is relig-
ious," he said.
Justice Douglas dissented.
In the Maryland case Two
Guys appealed the conviction
of seven employees of its Glen
Burnie, Md, store. They were
fined SIS each for violating an
Anne Arundel County Sunday
law.
Counsel for the firm said
the State can designate a
day of rest, but it cannot at
the expense of religious be-
lief or personal freedom deS-
ignate one special day"
JOHN MARTIN JONES, Jr.,
a special assistant to the
Maryland attorney general.
replied that the laws are not
religious statutes. q
Chief Justice Warren made
it clear in upholding the
Maryland law that the court
was not saying Sunday legis-
lation cannot violate the Con-
stitution.
If the demonstrated pur-
pose of such a law were re-
ligious, he said, it would be
unconstitutional, for such a
law would seek ito use the
states coercive power to aid
religion"
However, he added, the
Maryland law was not relig-
ious in purpose and was
hence constitutional.
The Supreme Courts action
in unfolding the constitution
atty of Sunday laws was in
line with its previous rulings
in this area.
1T HELD IN 1885 that the
state "has a right to protect
all persons from the physical
and moral dehaSempnt which
comes from uninterrupted la
boris"
In 1896 it again sustained
Sunday laws, when it declar-
ed that the legislation in
question at that time-a
Georgia law = was enacted to
promote the health, safety
and morals of the communi-
ty.
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Msgr. Leonard J.. Flick,
Dean Of the Pontifical Col
lege Josephinum, will deliver
the commencement address.
BEGINNING WITH the Hon
ors Luncheon today, the SEN
lors will experience their bus
lest and biggest weekend on
the campus. The traditional
class day exercises, with the
daisy chain, skits and the
crowning Of the statue Of the
Blessed Virgin Mary by the
senior class president, are
scheduled for 2 pm.
Saturday evening, the stu
dent body and the parents Of
the graduating seniors will
gather in Colonial Hall for
the College Sing.
BA~ccALAUREATE MASS
will be celebrated Sunday
morning at 9 am. in Christ
the King Chapel. FIR. Hugh ].
Murphy, st. Charles Semin-
airy procurator, viii give the
the Baccalaureate Sermon:
after which Ft. Joachim N.
Bauer, O.P., chaplain, will
confer the hoods upon the
senior women. The senior
breakfast will be served at II
am. in Hamilton Hall.
AT THE COMMENCEMENT
EXERCISES, Sister NJ. Ange-
lta, 0.P., president of the
college, will present the can
didates for degrees. Among
those presented will be IS
Diocesan women. Those re-
celving Bachelor of Arts de-
grees will be: jeanne Smith,
Danville, Resale Boucher
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sermon Tor the celebration
honoring Mother M. Emma
Gale on her golden anniver-
sary and Sister Mary Mein-
rad (Halter) on her silver an
niversary. Both are Sisters of
st. Francis of Penance and
Christian Charity.
MoTHER HAS
worked % years in the Do
cese of Columbus. She also
served as Provincial in the
west for the st. Francis Pro-
vince and has been stationed
at Stella Niagara, NY,
Havre, Montana, Denver, Colo
RADIO. and Charleston, W. Va.
She has a brother, Edward,
and sister, Margaret, living
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Dublin; Ann Geyer, Harbor
Hills: Mary Lee Fox, Lam
caster; Gretchen Schmidt,
Newark; Mary Constance
Ryan, Somerset: Beverly
Moore, Washington, CHI. and
Tonga Baroody, Kathleen
Fisher, Patricia Lacey and
Resale Medert. all Of Column
bus. Receiving Bachelor Of
Science in Education degrees
will be: Kathleen Gala
han, Thornville: Corrine Hall,
Columbus, Beverly Ann
Rhoades, Kenton and Betty
Schaeper, Delaware.
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Supreme Court Says:
Sunday Closing OK
For Social Reasons

which want to remain open
on Sunday.
The law had been upheld
by a special three-judge fed.
eral court in December 1859.
Chief Justice Warren de-
clared that the law does not
make the religious practices
of the five Jewish merchants
unlawful.
1.-THE SUNDAY LAW sim
ply regulates a secular activi-
ty and, as applied to appel
lants, operates SO as to make
the practice of their religious
beliefs more expensive" he
said.
Though the Jewish mer-
chants may have to make fl
nancial sacrifices, "still the
option is wholly different
than when the legislation at
temptS to make a religious
practice itself unlawful" he
stated.
The Chief Justice said the
court cannot find that a state
is without power to provide
a weekly respite for all la
Dor and, at the same time, to
set one day of the week
apart from the others as a
day of rest. repoSe, recrea-
ton and tranquility"
DISSENTING IN THIS case
were Justices Douglas, Bren-
nan, Stewart and Felix Frank
furter. Justice Frankfurter's
dissent was on a procedural
ground and held that the
case should be sent back to
the state courts.
Justice Douglas said that
applying criminal sanctions
against persons involved in
the litigation duplicates the
state in religious matters con-
trary to the constitutional
mandate"
Justice Stewart held that
pennsylvania has passed a
law which compelS an Ortho-
dox Jew to choose between
his religious faith and his &C.
onomic survival"
THAT is A CRUEL choice.
1t is a choice which no state
can constitutionally demand"
he said.
The second Pennsylvania
case and the Maryland case
both revolved about the ac-
tivities of an east coast dis
count chain known as Two
Guys from Harrison-Allen-
town, Inc.
Counsel for Two Guys said
OF the Pennsylvania law that
the state has a right to de-
care a mandatory day of rest,
but not to choose one which
conflicts with the religious
beliefs of some persons"
But Harry j. Rubin Of the
Pennsylvania Department of
Justice questioned the firms
right to attack the law on re-
ligious grounds.
This plaintiff simply wants
to remain open seven days a
week." he commented.
Chief Justice Warren said
the court had concluded that
the Pennsylvania law does not
have a religious purpose.
"HAVING CAREFULLY ex-
amined the entirety of the
present legislation, the rele-
want judicial characterize
tons and particularly the leg
islative history leading to the
passage Of the 1859 act i'm
mediately before us, we hold
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&S&A 00gSA ~
some other day Of the week
as the Sabbath.
VARIOUS JEWISH organi-
cations and the American
Civil Liberties Union SUBJ
mitted amicus curiae friend
of the COURT briefs attacking
the laws.
They were defended in an.
other amicus curiae brief by
the National Retail Merchants
Association, which said max
ing Sunday "just another bus
mess day. would increase
business expenses TO such an
extent that some retailers
might be put out of business.
FOUR OTHER SUN
sales cases = two from Ohio
and one each from Pennsyl-
vania and South Carolina
were pending before the high
court at the time of its rul-
ing.
Presum y its action
means these cases will be de-
cided in favor of the Sunday
laws.
Only in the Massachusetts
case, of the four decided by
the court, had the Sunday
law been struck down by a
lower court. The laws involv-
ed in the Maryland and Penn
sylvania cases were all upheld
by lower courts.
WHEN THE Massachusetts
law was ruled unconstitution-
al, Richard Cardinal Cushing,
Archbishop of Boston. deplor-
ed the decision. He said it
was completely at variance
with the traditions of the past
and inconsistent with the pur-
poses of the Sunday observ.
ance
The Massachusetts case CEN
tered on a challenge to the
state law lodged by the
Crown Kosher S~upermarket
of Springfield. A Federal
Court ruled in favor of the SUI
permarket, an Orthodox Jew
ish establishment, and struck
down the law in May, 1859.
Counsel for the supermar-
ket argued before the SUI
preme Court last November
that the Massachusetts Sum
day law was religious in ORR
gin and remains so today.
But Assistant State Attor-
ney General Joseph H. Elcock
replied that the laws purpose
is to preserve Sunday as a
day of rest and recreation.
HE SAID STATES have the
power to do this, just as they
have the power to set mini
mum wages.
Chief Justice Warren, in
his decision, said the high
court decided that the Mas
sachusetts law is not religious
in its purpose and effect.
Justices William o. Doug
las, William j. Brennan, Jr.,
and Potter Stewart dissented.
Justices Brennan and Stew
art said they believe the law
prohibits the free exercise OF
religion. Justice Douglas dis
sented in all of the cases.
In one of the Pennsylvania
cases. five Jewish retailers in
Philad elphia attacked the
state Sunday law. The statute,
enacted in 1889 and amended
in 1859, spells out a number
of specific items whose sale
is banned on Sunday.
COUNCIL FOR THE mer-
chants declared that for jew
ish businessmen such a law
offers the alternatives of go
ing out of business or giving
up their religious faith"
Philadelphia City Solicitor
David Berger, however, ar
gued that the state law is no
more than a "day-off statute"
enacted for social and eco
nomic reasons that have no
connection with religion.
He said the law protects re-
tail employees, who by and
large are not unionized, from
unreasonable demands. He al
so said it retsores the balance
between downtown stores and
suburban shopping centerS,
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US. Supreme Court has
ruled that states may ban
business activity on Sun
day, if they do so for So
cial, not religious, reasons.
Chief Justice Earl Warren
held MAY 29) that the high
court cannot find that a state
is without power to provide a
weekly respite for all labor"
HE ALSO NOTED that Sun.
day is almost universally OBJ
served as a day Of rest in this
country. He said it would be
"unrealistic" and per h a
detrimental" to public well
fare to require states to make
some other day Of the week a
day of rest.
The Chief Justice wrote the
controlling opinions in four
cases from three e s.
Pennsylvania, Massachuse t S
and Maryland - where Sun
day sales laws were challeng-
ed.
The courts action will have
impact wherever such laws
are on the books. A measure
of the controversial nature Of
the issue is the fact that sew
eral justices dissented sharp
ly from the majority rulings,
while others, though agreeing
with the result, wrote sepa-
rate concurring opinions.
Chief Justice Warren was
at pains to make it clear that
the court was upholding Sum
day laws only if they are en-
acted for legitimate social
reasons.
HIS OPINIONS MADE it
clear that the court would not
sanction laws enacted for re-
ligious purposes - to favor
one groups Sabbath over an
others.
The Chief Justice said in
one of his opinions, involving
a Maryland Sunday law, that
it is common knowledge that
the first day of the week has
come to have special signifi-
canoe as a day of rest in this
country"
"PEoPLE OF ALL relig-
ions and people with no re-
ligion regard Sunday as a
time for family activity, for
visiting friends and relatives,
for late sleeping, for passive
and active entertainments, for
dining out and the like" he
said.
He added: Sunday is a day
apart from all others. The
cause is irrelevant. The fact
exists 1t would seem unreal
istic for enforcement purpos-
es and perhaps detrimental
to the general welfare to re-
quire a state to choose a com
mon-day-of-rest other than
that which most persons
would select of their own ac-
cord"
Specifically concerned in
the courts ruling were four
cases challenging Sunday
sales laws in the three states.
In the Massachusetts, case
and one of the two cases from
Pennsylvania, Sunday law S
were challenged by Jewish
merchants on grounds of re-
ligious discrimination. The
second Pennsylvania case and
the one from Maryland were
brought before the court by
an east coast discount chain.
THE COURT HEARD oral
arguments in the four cases
last Dec. 7 and s. The clash
of views then focused on the
question Of the laws basic
purpose - whether they are
social measures designed to
guarantee workers a weekly
day of rest and bar the evils
of seven-day-a-week business;
or whether they are essential
ly religious statutes intended
to protect and favor the Chris.
tian day Of worship.
The element of religious
controversy was pronounced
in the arguments of the jew
ish merchants. They asserted
that laws banning business ac-
tivity on Sunday discriminate
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in Columbus, and a brother,
John, in Sunland, Calf.
SISTER MARY MEiNRAD,
a native of Switzerland, has
served in the Columbus Dio-
cese for Is years. She has
also been assigned to Buffalo,
NY. and Atlantic Highlands,
NJ.
She has two brothers living
in California.
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Since it takes time and dis
lance in which to stop, a mo
torist always should maintain
a safe distance between his cal
and the one ahead. says the Co
lumbus Auto Club.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-06-02
GOLDEN. sILvFP
TWO Nuns Mark
Religious JubiIees

Two Sisters at the Shrine of St. Therese celebrat-
ed Jubilees of religious profession Sunday. May %, at
the Diocesan House of Retreats.
Father Edward F. Healey, Diocesan Retreat Di-
rector, was celebrant at the Mass and preached the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-06-02
Friday, June 2, 1861
SUNDAY AT 2 PM:
SUNDAY AT ? PM:
81 Seniors Receive
Degrees AtSprings

Thrty-four women will climax their careers at
the College of St. Mary Of the Springs this Sunday
when thew receive their bachelor degrees from Bishop
Clarence G. lssenmann at the 2 pm. commencement
exercises.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-06-02

How can you fail TO make
the kale? Get your money in
scsds by using want ads.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-10-06

BISHOP CLARENCE G. IssENMANN, center above, blessed ST Ce
ella school last Sunday. Father Francis Riehl pastor of 81. LadsIas, right,
assists the Bishop, and Father Patrick Sorohan, the Bishops secretary, left,
was Master of Ceremonies. The school opened for grades one to three in
1857 and the paor Father James Kimberly opened an additional grade each
year. The Sisters of 81. Francis of Johet staff the school.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-10-06
NEW GA CHIEF HAS
CHURCH HONORS

NEWPORT, RI, (NC)
John A. McCone, former
chairman of the Atomic Ener-
gy Commission and President
Kennedy's nominee, as Cen
trail Intelligence Agency di-
rector, holds high Church
honors.
McCone, a Los Angeles
businessman and engineer.
has been a knight of st.
Gregory since 1855, and in
March, 1855, was decorated
with the Grand Cross of the
Order of st. Sylvester by
Pope Plus XII.
He was in Rome in 1856
as President Eisenhower's
personal representative at
the celebration of Plus XIl's
Both birthday and the 18th
anniversary of his coronation
as pope.
McCone will succeed Allen
Dulles in November as head
of the super-secret intellig-
ence operation. President
Kennedy announced his ap-
pointment (Sept. 27) during
a press conference at the
Naval War College in New
port. where the Chief Exc
cutive was vacationing.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-10-06
CHARITIES CONFERENCE
Calls For More Thorough
Federal HEIR In Welfare

was said more than once, is
to support efforts of public
welfare planners to get ade.
quate funds to do the work
Public Welfare is already
doing, but inadequateiy. Some
directors urged their col
leagues TO take an active role
in advising the government
how and where it might pro-
perly extend its public well
fart activities.
EUGENE J..
MCCARTHY of Minnesota
buttressed many of the argu-
ments heard for strengthen
ing and even extending gov
eminent welfare work. He
said in a major speech that
the term welfare state" is
fine if it means a state that
helps its citizens in their eff
forts to secure what is need
ed for happiness.
He said Americas present
welfare program certainly
has not gone too far, and in
some ways has not gone far
enough. "The serious ques.
ton about the welfare state
program in the us. is that
of means and methods" he
observed.
Delegates poohrpoohed as
sertionS that a sizable proper
ton of welfare recipients re-
ceive unjust aid.
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BY FRANCINE RYAN
tDccW Communications

TOLEDO Directors
and case workers of the
nations widespread Cath
Ole Charities were quite
unanimous at their five-
day annual meeting here
that government should
not only stay in the well
fare field but do a more
thorough Job there.
THE CONSENSUS WAS
partly summed up by the re-
firing president of the Ma
tional Conference of Catho-
lie Charities in his keynote
address on the conventions
theme. personal responsible
ity,
Some people are urging
that the Federal government
step out of welfare and leave
it to the localities" said
Msgr. George Fl. Guilfoyle, di-
rector of Catholic Charities
in the New York archdiocese.
''If the help of the Federal
government we're unneces-
sary, that would be fine. But
its help is necessary"
MSCR. M J. CAL
LAGHER, newly elected Sec
rotary of the NCCC, deve-
Ioped this thought: "The
government has not gone to
the limit of what it might
appropriately do. It has Civ
en- lip service to its respon-
sibility to help people, but
has not done enough to full
fill this responsibility. Most
of the monetary help given
by the government is below
the necessary minimum"
Msgr. Gallagher asserted
that not only Federal funds
but the facilities of voluntary
welfare agencies are unable
10 cope with a rapidly grow
ing need for financial and
other help.
"PEoPLE TALK or pros
perity. but we should look
that prosperity in the mouth"
he said in an interview with
the NCWC News Service. He
said unemployment is grow
ing more stubborn. o.
nation is replacing workers,
or calling for workers with
better training.
This situation demands
both relief programs and re-
training programs, he said.
There has been a feeling
over the past few years that
the mounting costs of Catho-
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lie welfare activities. and the
expansion of their scope. are
not being met by a CORES
ponding rise in voluntary Civ
ing" he added.
YET DIRECTORS OF do
cesar Catholic Charities Wig
orously criticized a govern
ment report on welfare prob
lens because it seemed to be
pushing public welfare into
fields additionally held by
voluntary welfare agencies,
such as family counseling
and child welfare. This re-
port was presented Septem-
Der & by an ad hoe commit
tee appointed by Health and
Welfare Secretary Abraham
Ribicoff.
Another fear frequently
heard was: Once the Federal
government is in, how do you
expect it to get out when the
need for its help is over?
A frequently heard criti-
ciSm was that state welfare
programs are inadequate be-
cause many of those who need
help do not fulfill state resi-.
dence requirements. Many
directors held that this situa-
ton, which stems from great
err mobility of Tabor de-
mands Federal Intervention.
Part of the personal re-
sponsibility of directors. it
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worth Of board minutes, scrap
books, and clippings in order
to prepare First Decade and
Five" a history of the Co
lumbus Diocesan Council of
Catholic Women from 1945-60.
THE WRITTEN HISTORY
will be one of the highlights
of the Oct. 18th DCCW Con-
ventioD at the Neil House.
Each delegate will receive a
copy Of the SO page issue
which covers origin, pro-
grams, leadership, and high
lights of the first Is years of
the Columbus DCCW
Active in the Council since
its beginning, the vivacious
and talented Mary Martha,
served four years as Diocesan
chairman of public relations,
originated The Newsletter for
DCCW now called The Coun-
selor). She has worked on
radio and television script
writing for programs present
ed over local stations by The
Diocese of Columbus.
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MARY MARTHA FEELS

MARY MARTHA FEELS
her work and background
knowledge of the Council
made it possible for her to
write this history. ''In fact"
she says, latter spending a
year and a half gathering
facts from scattered sources
and a hundred phone calls, |
feel like a walking encyclo-
pedia on the life and times of
the Columbus Diocesan Coun-
Gil of Catholic Women"
"AS l SAY IN THE PRE-.
FACE, This written history,
as all histories mirrors a
handful of major facts and a
multitude of minor memoir
les"
She feels those who read it
will be amazed and filled with
pride, at the programming
and accomplishment the Coun-
Gil has achieved in these first
IS years.
ITO THE BEST OF my
knowledge" she says, moth
ing significant has been omit
ted and | am truly sorry that
every person who has made
a contribution to the work of
the Council during the past
Is years could not be men
toned, but of course this
would be impossible But even
those of us who have done
the smaller things of the
group work can take personal
pride in the record of accom-
pliShment related in this his
tory"
Mary Martha feels. the
Council, touched for Is years
by many hundreds of person
alities, seems to have develop
ed a personality of its own"
THE AUTHOR OF THIS Is
year history is active in Par
iSh Council work of Christ
the King church and is a fea-
ture writer in the Public Re-
lations Department of Nation
wide Insurance Companies. A
graduate from st. Mary of the
Springs College, Mary Martha
does free lance writing. She
is now serving as National
Chairman of Public Relations
for Kappa Gamma Pi, Ma
tional Catholic College Wom-
ems Honor Society
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Rome's Church for American
Catholics ION Oct. A. three
days after Archbishop Brady's
death. The body was flown
home to st. Paul the same
day, accompanied by Msgr.
Gilligan, who is a priest of
the st, Paul Archdiocese
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-10-06
ABP. BRADY DIES In ROME

ROME - A Requiem Mass
for Archbishop William o.
Brady of st. Paul, who died
here on October /, was offer.
ed in Santa Susanna Church
by a lifelong friend, Msgr.
Francis j. Gilligan.
The Mass was celebrated in
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-10-06

DURING OCTOBER THE MONTH OF THE HOLY ROSARY,
PRAY THE ROSARY FOR OUR MISSIONARIES. Our priests,
Brothers and Sisters in. INDIA. JORDAN. EGYPT, SYRIA,
LEBANON. IRAQ. IRAN. and ETHIOPIA need your prayers
desperately.
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Writes History OF DCCW

Editors Of e: Mrs.
Richard Ryan, the author
cF This feature, is a form
er Columbus Citizen re-
porter. She graduated
from St. Mary High
School and The Ohio
State University and is
active in her professional
and social sorority affilia-
fions. She is a member Of
ST. Matthias parish where
she and her husband Dick
are raising their four chill
dren.l
BY FRANcINE RYAN
tDccW Communications
Chairman
For two years Mary
Martha Sitter Sheeran has
tackled a ten-year storage
of dusty calendar pads
from the Columbus DC
CIV office, read Is years