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Evening star., 1961-12-18

as he hustled around the room.
There's the fire rope" said
the King. 1T hangs out the
window for escape in case of
fire" He opened the window
and pulled up the rope that
dangled five stories down.
Santa wound the rope over
his shoulder and the two wood
choppers stole out of the pal
ace. Dawn was just breaking
when they arrived at a narrow
plain between two hills just be-
yond the town.
Wherever the Ipswich steps
it will have to pass this way"
reasoned Santa. We'll stretch
this rope across the plain and
no matter how fast it goes or
how big it is it is bound to
trip over the rope"
They tied one end of the
rope to the top of a sycamore
and the other end to an oak
on the opposite isde of the
plain. Then they hid them
selves in some bushes and
waited.
They waited all that day and
all that night and by the next
morning they were not only
frozen they were starved. They
were just going to get food
when they heard a distant
thud.
Its coming!" cried the King
| In a moment there was an
Evening star., 1961-12-18

Santa looked about in be-
wilderment. The Kings room
appeared perfectly normal but
the King was missing. Stand
ing there, Santa heard a
strange rafting in the closet
on the far side Of the bed. He
tiptoed to the closet and put
his ear against the door. The
rattling was subdued but vio-
lent as If a cook in a hurry
was beating a dozen eggs into
an omelet.
Santa took a deep breath
and threw open the door. The
Kings clothes hamper was
jumping up and down on the
closet floor!
Reaching out gingerly, Santa
opened the hamper and setppec
quickly back. A pair of leg!
popped from the tangled
clothes and waved franticall!
in the air.
For goodness sake!" ex'
claimed Santa. "It's the King!'
And so it was. Santa fishec
him. sDuttering and euivering
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Wen stretch this rope the plain said Santa
BY Kenneth Simms

other thud, still far away but
shaking the ground around
them. Then another thud, this
one so close it upheaved the
bushes around the woodcutters
and buried them in dirt and
shrubbery.
The thudS receded and Santa
and the King unburied them
Evening star., 1961-12-18
CHAPTER XII
The Trap
THORN MeBRIDE
BEETLE BAILEY
BUCK ROGERS

SYNOPSIS: Santa and King Ferdi-
nand Of Polydora are puzzling over
the mysteries OF the monStrous Ip-
switch and the haunted palace. when
suddenly the lights go out and the
King disappears
Evening star., 1961-12-18

selves and rushed to the plain.
There was the footprint of the
Ipswich and right in front OF
it stretched the rope just as
they had left it.
The Ipswich had never even
touched it.
| AP Nowsfeatures
Evening star., 1961-12-18

Tomorrow: The MagicianS
Evening star., 1961-12-21
OTHER TV
HIGHLIGHTS

$3.50, WRC (4)-Dr. Kildare.
Season to Be jolly" Doc
tors Kildare and Gillespie
work on the case Of a side
walk Santa Claus who is
drunk and dangerously des-
pondent.
1890, WTOP (9) Editorial.
School Vandalism in Wash
ington." Jack Jurey narrates.
1900, WTTG (5)-P.M. East.
Success" Discussed by
David Susskind, Rod Serling,
Anthony Quinn, Mickey
Rooney and Barbara Strei-
sand.
11:2O, WTOP (9)-The Late
Show. "StreetS Of Laredo" p"
William Holden Q949).
1880, WMAL (7) First-Run
Movie. Spin a Dark Web"
A beautiful girl and her
brother enlist the aid of a
stranger and involve him in
murder and Kidnapping
Faith Domergue, Lee Patter-
son Q956).
1900, WTTG (5)-P.M. West.
Flower Drum Song" Co.
stars Miyoshi Umeki and
James Shigeta, produce
Ross Hunter, artist Don
Kingman and C. Y. Lee,
author Of the original story.
Evening star., 1961-12-21
(CHANNEL 26)
EDUCATIONAL V

800 Magic Lantern Christ
mas.
$50 Finders Christmas.
6:45-The Friendly Giant.
What's New. Children.
7:30- Spanish.
500 Survival in the Sea.
Science. Problem Solving"
S:3O-Japan: The Changing
Years. "The Occupation of
Japan"
9:OO-The Red Myth. Public
Affairs. THE Khrushchev
Era"
$3.50 - Age Of Overkill. M.
Lerner. "A Collective World
Will"
TOmOrrOw-AM
I'm SCHOOL,
9:15, Parlons Francois; $50,
High Choir; 10:15, Geography;
11:00, Parlons Francois; 1900,
Window on the Soviet; 1890,
Looking In; 1870, Art and
Music (first, second and third
grades: 2:05, Language Arts
(fourth, fifth and sixth gradesD
Evening star., 1961-12-21
TODAY'S GOOD
MUSIC DIAL

1905, WGMS AM.FM $50 Kc.
and 1885 Mc.-Stereo Show
case. Mozart's Symphony No.
35.
500, WMAL-FM (1O7.3 Mc.)-
Heritage Concert. King Lear
Overture by Berlioz.
S:O6, WASH-FM 1911 Mc.)-
Philadelphia Orchestra Con-
cert. L'Enfance du Christ by
Berlioz.
$3.50, WHFS-FM (102.3 Mc.)-
Stereo Concert Time. The
Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky.
10:O0, WAMU-FM 1855 Mc.)-
Postlude: Music of the SYM
phony. Cigars Falstaff.
1901, WWDC AM-FM (126O
Kc. and 1O1.1 Mc.)-Music
Til Dawn. The Magic Flute
by Mozart.
Evening star., 1961-12-21

OzZe Harriet-The Girl in the Emporium" Repeat)
Enjoyable outing Rcky and his chum Way go Christ
mas shopping and flip for chick in mems furnishings
The next day they both get ambitious and apply for Jobs
in her department. 7:30 pm, WMAL-7
The Real McCoys-"The Diamond Ring" Luke decides to
spring for fortune C75 dolars and buy Kate genuine
diamond ring for Christmas Complications set in to beset
the McCoys with problems including onstis operation
for Kate and paWnbroker who doesn't appreciate the
ring. $50 pm, WMAL-7.
My Three SOns-Robbes Band" Robbie organizes combo
and during the highly amusing opening scene they prac
tce at the Douglas household Before you know It,
bandsman Fred MacMurray takes the direction of
the group and they're good enough to fill paid
dance engagement at Mixes fraternity pm, WMAL-7
Reports-Walter Lppmann: Year End" Veteran poll
tca journalist Walter Lippmann only for half
hour this time, and as you listen to his thoughtful
rationale subjects ranging from Khrushchev's mis-
takes" to Kennedy's growth Berlin and the wall, the
Congo De Gaulle and reactionary radicals Of the
right and the left you'll wish he were on much longer
10 pm, WTOP-9.
Sing Along Mitch-An hour Of beautiful Christmas
songs against background Of elegant Christmas cards
enlarged to set sze with the Sing Along gang In fine
voice and good spirit. (Color) 10 pm, WRC4.
Jack ShowJack shows his Holy Land films, the
he took on trip fall and chats with columnist Jim
Bishop and actress Sally Ann HoweS. (Coor). 1l30 pm
WRC4
Evening star., 1961-12-21
TV KEY PREVIEWS

TontghtS top ShoDs as preUietDed by TV Keys staff,
nho attend rehearSdls match screenings and anayze
scripts In NeW York, Hollywood and elsewhere Their
opinions are offered as guide to area DieUerS
Evening star., 1961-05-07
l2;oo q SUNDAY PLAYHOUSE.

1E.UO OONIAI GHIIIOS)G
Movie ! Hour Million Dollar Pursuit"
1850 night club singer returns from
prison to find who framed her. Penny
Edwards, Grant Withers
9 BRIEFlNG SESSION.
Public Affairs. Premiere. The Economy
-l96l" Guests: Profs of Economics
Paul A. SamueIson Of Mi and Henry
c. WaIIich Of Yale Mr.. Samuelson is an
adviser TO the present administration and
Mr. Wach was an adviser to the
Eisenhower administration. Edward P.
Morgan, host
q MEET THE PROFESSOR.
Public Affairs Novelist Harvey Swados,
professor of language arts. San Fran
cisco State College.
q WASHGTON CONVERSATION.
Public Affairs Guest: Sir Charles Percy
Snow, British author and physicist.
1890 q GEORGETOWN UNIV. FORUM.
Public Affairs. "Non-lnterVention in
The Sunday Stor TV Moeozine,
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Pope John XXIIl's new
social encyclical, Mater
ct Magistra. as indicated
in the second last release
of this column, clarifies
and refines our understanding
of traditional Catholic social
teaching on a number of con-
troversial issues. inclu d n &
several in the field of trade
unioniSm and labor-manage-
ment relations.
NOT THE LEAST import
ant of the many examples that
might be cited is the issue
of so-called neutral unions
as opposed to so-called ICON.
fesSional" or Christian I'M
ions.
For many years this issue
has been a matter of contro-
versy in Western Europe and,
more recently, in Latin
America. Some European and
Latin American Catholics have
argued that Christian unions
are preferable as a matter of
principle and that neutral I'M
ions are merely to be tolerat-
ed as second-best or inferior
organizations. Others have ar.
gued that both types of I'M
ions are on an equal footing
so far as Catholic social teach
ing is concerned.
THIS ISSUE is NOT only
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Religious Education

The Catholic school system has been In the spot
hight more than ever since Federal Aid to Education
has been considered in Congress.
OF the IS million students in private schools,
So million are in Catholic schools, SO aid for private
school students has religious implications.
MUCH HAS ALREADY been said about this. but
our school system and its contribution TO American
education has been recognized during these months
by many Americans almost for the first time.
The existence of the Catholic school system is
based upon the teaching missions of the Church, for
Christ said; Go, teach all nations. The Church
has not always established ~parochial schools for this
purpose, because our system in the United States is a
rare contribution to history, but she has always in
siructed her children in the truths of Christ and
urged parents TO carry out their role in this matter.
IN LETTER TO THE priests of the Diocese last
week. Bishop lssenmann recalled that the First Pro-
vlncial Council of Baltimore in 1929 stated that Catho-
lie youth must receive religious training together with
the learning of letters. Our purpose then, he wrote,
is Ito prepare children and youth as responsible
citizens of two worlds: earth and heaven"
Last Sunday priests in the parishes spoke on the
absolute necessity of religious training for our chill
dren.
LEARNING RELIGION is primary to education.
Everything else, important though it may be, must
take second place. That is why all the sacrifices asked
OF us to establish and maintain adequate programs of
religious Instructions are necessary and worthwhile.
1t was a happy coincidence that last SUNDAYS
Gospel gave parents, religious, and priests inspiration
as we face the problems of another school year: Seek
first the kingdom of God and His justice, and all these
things shall be added TO you" Gas
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The Yardstick
New E~ncycIical On
Trade UniOnism
by Msgr. George G. Higgins

clarified In the new encycll-
cal; it is definitively settled
once and for all.
The encyclic a warmly
praises associations of work
ers of Christian inspiration"
and underscores 1.-The fact that
their work is to be gagged
not only by direct results and
those Immediately observable
but also by the positive reac-
ton of an economic and social
order marked by justice and
humanity, effected throughout
the labor world, where it
spreads the principles of cor
rect orientation and supplies
the impulse of Christian reno
vation."
1t is very important to note,
however, that the encyclical
also warmly praises so-called
neutral unions. Ii the work
being carried on by Christian
unions is to be commended,
so too, the encyclical says, is
''the work performed with
true Christian spirit by our
beloved sons in other profess
sional groups and associations
of workers taking their in
spiration from the natural
principles of dealing with
each other and respectful of
the freedom of conscience"
THE TEACHING of the new
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Our Opinion
EDITORIALS
Labor Day 1901.

Ii is commonplace for editorial writer's to de-
scribe current problems as critical, present times as
Crucial" and contemporary announcements as mon
umental."
Perhaps such adiectives are over-Worked on occa-
sion. but we wish to suggest that they apply to Labor
Day 1861.
THE CRITICAL PROBLEMS facing labor and
management at this time, as so well outlined by the
NCWC Social Action Department Labor Day State
ment, are: increased employment in the face of an
expanding labor force and autOmation; a proper
balance of prices, wages, and profits; a more equitable
balance of incomes; growing competition from foreign
markets; prevention or reduction Of costly strikes and
~lockouts; rehabilitation of economically depressed
areas and the subsequent unemployed; elimination of
discrimination in industry.
The times are crucial in our ever-changing
economy in light of the recent recession and the fact
that freedom all over the world depends, as MSgr.
George Higgins has written, ito a considerable de-
gree on the health of the American economy.
THE CONTRIBUTION of Pope John XIII in his
e~ncyclical Mater ct Magistra' can truly be described
as
AS has been seen. this document calls for Justice
and charity on national and international levels to be
exercised by labor, management, and public and pri-
vate agencies.
Last week an event took place which carries out
the following words of the encyclical; 1--WE hold that the
workers should acquire shares in the firms in which
they are engaged, especially when they earn no more
than the minimum salary"
THIS MILESTONE in labor-management relations
was the agreement between American Motors Corpora
ton and the United Auto Workers Union TO a pro
gresS sharing plan" whereby union employees will be
given 10 per cent of profits before taxes, after de-
duction of 10 per cent of the investment of stock
holders. The ~three-year contract represents the first
employee profit sharing plan in the auto industry.
In view of all these considerations we feel iusti-
fled in terming Labor Day 1861 critical, crucial, and
monumental. ca
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Sum and Substance:
Riddle OF Red
China's Admission
bv FIR. John E. Sheerin, esp,

ion seems to be that he really
wants China to stay out. For
as long as she remains out
side. KhruShcnev has a com
munist nation available TO
snub any disarmament agree
ment he may be shamed into
signing. In other words. Red
China outside the U.N. has
nuisance value" for Khrush-
chev.
Yet the move to seat Red
China is making progress.
Last year only 43 per cent of
the member nations voted
with the us. to bar discussion
of the question. The argument
usually advanced is that the
U.N. will not become a world
body in fact until it includes
Red China. That sounds like
the argument some fictitious
Congressman might advance
in favor of seating a few
gangsters in the House of Rep.
resentatives SO that the House
would truly represent all
Americans, criminal as well
as law-abiding.
FOR THERE is NO ques-
ton about Red Chlna's Grim
inal proclivities. We need not
go back to her laWless inter
vention in the Korean War.
She has not repented since
then. She has since meddled
in Vietnam, India and In
Burma but worst Of all she
has invaded Tibet and sup
pressed an uprising with a
brutality equal to that of
Khrushchev in Hungary.
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Need Aid
AT School

Editor.
May / make an appeal TO
your readers for aid to a
Catholic high school in the
Philippines?
We need
Physics laboratory equipment
Crucifixes for classrooms
Library books
so Bible histories
so us. and World History
books
100 Catechlsms
Brass instruments for school
band.
We want TO improve our
school for the sake of the
Catholic students who attend
st. Mary Of the Sea Academy.
We would be grateful for
any help we can get. Wish
ing your readers Gods bless
ing,
Rev. RaYmundo Garcia,
ST. Mary of the Sea Academy
Sto. Thomas. La Union,
Philippines,
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The riddle of Red China's
admission has been rendered
more mystifying by the US.
stand on outer Mongolia. /
suppose most Of us know of
Mongolia only as a place that
was once ruled by the ruthless
Genghis Khan, every bit the
equal of Mao tSe-Tung in cold
butchery.
Or perhaps we remember
the columnistS' stories about
Henry Wallace as Secretary
of Agriculture. AS | remem-
Der them, Wallace went to
Mongolia in search of certain
grasses but his secret purpose
was to find evidence of
Christ'S second coming.
OR THE NAME MONGOLIA
may remind us that Owen Lat
timore is there at the present
time and as George Sokolsky
remarks in a recent column,
nobody knows why he is there
and how he got there. AT any
rate he is providing more of
the mystery element - this
architect of our Far Eastern
policy who led us down the
road to disaster in China.
The American policy was to
abstain from voting against
the admission of outer Mon
golia to the U.N. on condition
that Russia would vote for the
admission of Mauritania, an
African republic, whose adj
mission Russia had vetoed last
year. The idea seemed to be
that we should abstain from
Continued on page 81
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by Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc

men and women are no long,
er interesting when they
reach middle age?
BUT IT is PRECISELY at
this time Of life that a per-
sons responsibilities are most
important not only in the FAM
lily but in their social milieu
and professional life. Their
personalities have fully devel-
Oped and they are more In
teresting than ever. If they
falter now it is not they alone
who suffer but a whole little
world around them - a world
which depends upon them not
only materially but even more
for wisdom, knowledge and
example which comes only
from experience.
It is still, however, a peri
cd of crisis, especially for
women. Their problems of
ten start with the physical
changes which take place.
These, however, are much
less disturbing than emotion
al problems which cannot be
reached by any medicine. An
attitude involving information
and emotions must be acquir-
ed long before middle age
starts.
ONE SURE RULE is that
people successfully adjust to
middle age in proportion to
their previous happ iness.
Where they have had good
religious training, Illustrations
they could digest, family love,
they will have few if any
problems with middle age. In
any event, the physical chang
Continued on page 81
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encyclical on this issue will
be of primary interest in Eu-
rope and Latin America and
of only secondary interest in
the United States.
There was a time when neu.
trail unions were under seris
Gus fire in the United States.
but ever since the end of the
10Th century, when Cardinal
Gibbons successfully defend
ed the Knights of Labor in
Rome. the question of wheth-
er or not we ought to have
Christian unions in this coun-
try has been purely academic.
We have never had such UNI
ions in the United States, and
We are not likely to have them
in the future.
IN RECENT YEARS, how
ever, the controversy over
Christian versus neutral un.
ions, hitherto confined for the
most part to Europe and
Latin America, has unexpect-
edly spilled over into the
United States in connection
with the continuing dispute
over the union shop. A hand
full of vocal Catholic writer's
have been arguing that, while
the union shop might be le-
ultimate in the case of Chris
tan unions, it cannot be toll
Continued on Page 50
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There is a battling air
of m ystery about the
whole question of the ad-
mission of Red China to
the U.N. AS the time for
the opening session of the
General Assembly approaches,
the mystery deepens and takes
on almost the flavor of an Or
iental fairy tale. In the first
place, it is a mystery why any
U.N. members would want to
admit Red China and yet the
pro-Peking sentiment is grow
ing.
THE MEMBER NATIONS
have a Charter that restricts
membership to peace-loving
nations and the nations pay
dues for the support of this
world body which is pledged
to stop aggression, For these
nations to invite Red China
into the U.N. is like a fire in
surance company that would
ask an unrepentant arsonist
to become a member of the
Board.
Another strange angle to
the question is that while the
number of free nations favor
ing admission continues to
increase, there is no reason
for thinking that Red China
herself wants TO become a
member. She has never shown
any indication of such a de-
sire.
TO coMPLIcATE matters
still further, khrushchev has
said Red China should be adj
mitted but the general opln-
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Making Marriage Click
People More Interesting
In Their Fifties

Most of the trouble In
the life of a middle-aged
person is due to a lack
of information. This stage
of life is often the most
difficult.
Women struggle to preserve
their femininity and prevent a
sudden decline of their whole
being. They say that having
ended their exis ence as bear
erS of future life they feel
their service to mankind is
over. Physical beauty has
waned and often the warm,
vital flow of feminine emo
tional life has faded notice
ably.
MANY BECOME embarras-
singIy selfish, suddenly start
Dragging about their per
sonality and act like insecure
adolescents. Many no longer
care to stay at home, take
refuge in fantasy, change
their attitude towards the
family.
Mother was an old lady at
my age" some say, "but times
have changed. Besides, with
modern fashions and cos
metics no one has an excuse
to let herself get old" The
middle-aged need to be warn
ed what to expect.
Information concerns not SO
much the physical as the emo
tional changes. Those who live
with middle-aged folks also
need to be alerted to the
problems. If this is done cor
rectly many knocks and bruis-
es will be avoided. When men
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by Father Edward r. Healey

he noted that addiction to
smoking can be a spiritual
problem leg. the addict who
must have a smoke, no mat
ter what the time or circum-
Stance).
@. am q stranger in town
but would like 10 Join q
study club; how can | find out
where there is one TO join?
A. There are. a number of
ways. Ordinarily the pastor of
any parish knows of a number
of study clubs active in his
parish, or of others who would
like to start one. The Dioce-
san Council of Catholic Wom-
Ell promotes such activities
and attending parish meetings
of the Council would open up
avenues to study club member
ship and to other important
apostolic works. The Council
Of Catholic Men. organizations
for Cana and CFM Catholic
Family Movement and the
Holy Name Society often spon-
sor study clubs. There is a
well-developed Confraternity
of Christian Doctrine program
for study clubs. You will like
ly hear about it in your par
ish announcements and in the
Catholic Times. Failing all
these call or write the Con-
fraternity office, 246 East
Town Street, Columbus Is,
Ohio.
Send questions to Father
Edward F. Healey, Inquiry
Corner, The Catholic Times,
Box 636, Columbus 16, Ohio.
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and women are intelligently
informed they will be more
Self-confident, better able to
adjust.
NOVELS AND FILMS de-
scribe the discovery OF SELF
that takes place during ado
lescence and even of old age
but rarely is middle age intel
ligently explained. Moreover,
when psychiatristS tell us
about middle age they are
generally reporting on patho-
logical cases.
Many specialists in this
field join Freud and, regard.
less Of a mans present age,
emphasize his infancy as fhe
great influence of his life.
They tie up the "libido" of
an infant to the passions of a
man of fifty. They see more
power in the passion than in
the will, in sex than in Gods
grace.
JUNG GIVES US a much
better analysis of the prob
lens of middle age, stressing
the present instead of the
past. the interpersonal rela-
tionship rather than the libi-
do. Today, with many millions
reaching middle age, there
are still few studies dedicated
to this period.
Simone de Beauvoir wrote
two volumes on "The Second
Sex" She reserves only 20
pages, however, to this period
of woman's life. Helene
Deutsch wrote the "Psycholo-
gy of Women" but gives only
a brief epilogue to this sub
ject. Are they implying that