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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-04-27
EUerynan's Family
But Can Be
A Nasty Word
By FIR. John C. Knott

butts are usually perfectly
reasonable and can be justi-
fled. They go something like
this:
A wife will say-"Sure, l
love my husband, but"-And
off she goes = ''But why
doesn't he show some leader
ship around the house? But
why doesn't he take some in
terest and responsibility with
the children? Why doesn't he
make some of the decisions
on his own?
WHY DOES he plank him
self, like an animated vege-
table, in front of that one
eyed monster and watch foot
ball, and golf, and boxing,
and b a S b |, and-and-any-
thing at all? He has as much
life in him as a puppet and
/ am tired of pulling the
strings.
"Sure, | love him but"
Or the husband will say,
or at least think, to himself
"Sure, l love my wife. I mar
ried her, didn't l? I am sup
porting her and the kids to
the best of my ability, al
though she may not think so,
and she keeps a nice house
and-Certainly, l love her,
but why isn't she ever salts
fled with what | do anG the
money | make? You might be
a little slow starting a paint
job around the house, but you
no sooner finish it than she
begins to act like the Inspec-
tor General. showing the spots
you missed, the cracks in the
wall you haven't finished
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-04-27

organized labor and agricul-
lures other friends look for
some reciprocity and are dis
turbed that there was none
on the Urban Affairs issue.
With farmers becoming an
ever-decreasing proportion of
our population they cannot
afford to fail friends to
whom they are obligated for
past support and whom they
are going to need perhaps
even more in the future.
This development becomes
even more acute in the light
of recent Supreme Court &C.
ton. In a decision which al
most surely will have as pro-
found a political impact as
any other court action of this
century, by a 6 to 2 vote the
Court determined that voters
can call on Federal courts to
require State reappor o
ment which will give equita-
BILE representation to the ur.
ban population c~enters.
IT HAS BEEN one of the
accepted facts of political life
in the United States that ur-
ban representation in State
legislatures has been grossly
deficient. Rural districts of
10000 might have greater
representation than a city of
100000. The result, of course,
has been rural-dominated leg1
Continued on page 10) ]
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amount to give. Ten per cent
(including all charities, etc.)
may seem high, but many
Christians have done 1t and
apart from unusual circum-
stances) it seems that almost
anyone can do it. Where thy
treasure is, there is thy heart
also. Love of God can be
shown or disclaimed by our
attitude toward church sup
port.
@. A Protestant told me she
went into q Catholic Church
and lii a candle for a cafho.
lie friend. Is this permissi.
BILE?
A. Yes. Anyone can enter a
Catholic Church and pray.
The lighting of a votive can
die is a form of prayer. 1t is
of no value unless it is ac-
companied by a prayerful in
tention - we might compare
ii to sending someone flow
ers. The little light burning
in church is a token of our
love for God and our regret
that we must interrupt our
prayer and return to the
world. In general, sacrament
ais are available to people
who are not Catholic, so long
as they use them with under
standing and respect. Many
Protestants pray the rosary,
use St. Christopher medals,
receive the blessing with ash
es on Ash Wednesday and the
blessed palms on Second Pas
sion Sunday palm Sunday.
Send questions to Father
EdWard F. Hedley, Inquiry
Corner, The Catholic Times,
Boz $50, Columbus Is, Ohio.
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Editor.
Some years ago | quit
the Times because its
morGanatic marriage with
the far left was foreign to
my convictions.
And sorrowfully I find you
are still travelling that subter-
ranean path first dug by
Marx. AS if to consummate
the marriage" the Times
seems to be vying with the
Daily Worker in viperish at
tacks against anti-communist
organizations.
SOCIAL JUSTICE is not
synonymous with socialism,
or any Of the other leftist
leaning philosophers.
For 30 years crimes have
been perpet against
freedom loving peoples in the
name of liberalism, and We
have been marching toward
national suicide; the record
is clear, tragic and indeed
traitoriouS.
WE KNOW of the sellout Of
China to the "agrarian' re-
formers; we know the United
Nations was stacked against
our Republic by Alger Hiss
and his cronies; we know mil
lions in eastern Europe were
sacrificed to Russia; we know
liberal laxness allowed insid-
ers to steal the atomic Sc
crets for the Reds; we know
las, 900 American casualties
and $40 billion were spilled
in Korea by leaders who
wouldn't let our men fight to
win "a little known fact is that
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-04-27

Father Cronin, Joseph Breig,
and others and take our in
dignation out on the few re.
naming patriotic organiza-
tons with CUTS enough to slug
it out in a last ditch stand
against communism and fell
low pinks or, just for sport,
we can always harass the
segregationists and stir up
more hatred in the name Of
Christian love.
This letter does not allow
me space to trace our ruin
Gus financial policies or ex-
pand further into internal
conspiracies, but there are
mlny and "by their fruits you
will know them"
LET'S FACE IT. a leftish
press can do no good for our
faith or country. In no coun-
try has Catholic liberty sur
vived when it completed a
swing left. A recent exam
pie in this nation was the
united liberal voice against
any aid to parochial schools.
Only Senator GOldWater and
other conservatives favored
parochial school aid if ii were
granted to public schools,
NATIONAL REVIEW, the
magazine edited by that great
American and Catholic, Will
liam F. Buckley, Jr., puts it
square on the head:
MANY critics of religion
charge that belief in the SUI
pernatural is the source of
authoritaria n ] S m. But with
the rise of modern liberalism,
religious conviction has de-
Continued on page ~
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Index Is A Guide
For Casual Reader

by Fir. Edward +. Healey

attacked the idea of giving
tithes. Several of my friends
gl~eefulIy supported him, but !
feel thar tithins is the best
way
A. Mr.. Breig had a later
column in which he explain
ed that he was not attacking
the idea of tithing. He was
criticizing the appeal to this
form of church support (the-
oretically 10 per cent of ones
income) based on exaggerated
claims of special blessings for
those who 1.-THE and of dis
astrous and shameful fates for
those who do not.
He tried to point out that
the Church does not sanction
any total objective system for
church support - there must
be room for hardship cases,
etc. Your friends have COM
pany, because many Catholics
are still contributing on a
1885 or 1945 scale. and seem
unaware of their responsible
ity to meet their share of the
expense of their parish. The
bills cannot be paid with
vague good intentions and it
would seem logical apart
from references to tithes in
the Bible, etc.) that a system
based on a persons income is
the most fair and reasonable.
Too many Catholics drop
what is left over into the bas-
ket, whereas the house of
God and the projects (espec-
tally schools) for Gods truth
should have top priority. Ev-
cry family (and single wage
earner) should consider in con-
science and establish the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-04-27
The Yardstick
Rural Interests Imprudent
In Urban Affairs Dispute
by Msgr. George C. Higgins

Rural-urban relations have
not always been the best and
this episode is bound to
sharpen the difference. Pro-
test has already come from
city Congressman and spokes-
men for organized labor. For
instance. last month in a ra-
dio broadcast Frank Fern
beck, economist for the Re-
search Department of the
AFLCIO, observed that cor
ganized labor could be made
a little more happy if they
felt that there was a little
more reciprocity on the part
of the rural legislators in an
effort to understand the
problems of city people"
Fernbeck rightly pointed
out the support given over
the years by the trade union
movement to farm legiSla-
ton, covering among other
things price supports, con-
servation measures, coopera-
tives, crop insurance and
rural electric enterprises"
THIS WRITER can testify
that some of the clearest and
soundest sense on farm poll
cy in recent years has been
found in AFL- CLIO policy
statements and in testimony
presented to Congress by Ia
Dor leaders, particularly Wal
ter Reuther.
1t is no wonder, then, that
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properly, the spots Of paint
on the floor, and the next ten
jobs she has lined up for you"
You need only two love-
butts to make a pair, but then
you have all the little love
butts running through the mar
riage, taking over the life of
the couple, chaperoning their
love for each other and re-
stricting the spontaneity OF
their giving to each other, be-
cause each has an eye on
what the other is giving in
return.
LET US FACE reality. You
are never loved to the same
extent that you love. No one
else ever pays the same price
of love that you pay. No one
has the same loneliness, the
same lack of appreciation for
things done, the same desire
for understanding, and the
same need for encouragement.
You can get so focused on
your own needs and your
ways of doing things - which
are very reasonable to you
that you can forget that you
are dealing with another per.
son who is more than slightly
different in needs and
methods.
The question-How am | be-
ing loved and appreciated? -
will never be answered to your
satisfaction. So why not try
another question = How am
/ loving and approaching?
If you don't ask that second
question, then the love-buts
will get you. It's a promise.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-04-27
The Yardstick

MSgr. George G. Higgins
is in Europe in connection
NTH the Work of the forth
coming Vatican Council. In
has absence, this column is
mritten by Father Wizard, d.
rector of the Washington Of.
flee of the National Catholic
Rural Life Conference.
Two things have occurred
in recent weeks which are
going to profoundly af-
feet rural-urban relation
ships, almost certainly to
the detriment of the form
er.
THE FIRST episode was the
Congressional defeat for the
Administrations pro posse
Department of Urban AT
fairs. Those who are conyinc-
ed that such a cabinet-level
department is urgently need
ed are placing the blame for
the defeat squarely on the
shoulders of farm lobbyists
and rural minded Congress
men. There were other sourc-
es of effective opposition, not
the least of which was the
successful Republican maneu-
yer to deny President Ken
nedy a political victory. But
rural interests are being
chiefly credited with the
bills defeat.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-04-27

@. Where can | find q copy
of the Index OF Forbidden
Books and why should there
be such a blacklist?
A. The index is an appli-
cation of the law of God. II is
not a black list nor mere CEN
sorship. 1t is a small and Sc
lect list which serves as a
warning to the amateur or
casual reader that certain
books are dangerous.
When Christ said that we
should pluck out an eye or
cut off a hand to avoid scan
dial he laid down the principle
of the Index. The satisfaction
of a false freedom, which
tempts a man to read some
thing which is not necessary
and which he knows is (obiec-
lively dangerous to faith or
morals is human but foolish.
The Index is established for
the good of all who read. II is
a kind of pure food and drug
act which indicates books
which are dangerous poisons.
AS with poisons, the Church
does not deny their value, if
they are properly used leg.
by the trained specialist. The
Church is not afraid of these
books-they have been exam
ined by many competent crit
les and hey are available
with permission to the man
who has sufficient reason to
read them. The Bruce book
What Is the Index" dis
cusses it and lists publications
which are on the Index.
@. A few weeks ago s3csth.
Ollie Times eoiumnisf tBreig)
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Sum and Substance:
Is 1t A Dragon
Or An Angel OF Light?
by Fr. John B. Sheerin, esp.

following line: at is possible
that mankind is on the TIRES
hold of a golden age; but, if
so, it will be necessary first
to STAY the dragon that guards
the door. and this dragon is
religion" Why does he regard
religion as a dragon? Because
he feels that fear is the foun-
dation of all religion and that
religion perpetuates those in.
humanities the world should
outgrow.
But / found that Russell
has a mistaken concept of
religion, a concept rife in the
palmy days of Victorian ra.
tionalism. He sees the whole
idea of God as one borrowed
from Oriental despotisms and
he claims that religion teaches
men to fear the world and
be terrified by it.
THEREFORE HE would kill
the dragon that stands at the
door to progress. Yet it seems
to me that Bertrand Russell
is a Christian in spirit in
spite of his condemnation Of
religion. He is seeking for a
force that will induce men to
love each other. He asserts
that fear can be eradicated
from human life by means of
education and reform of eco
nomic and political institu-
tions. He really means that
love can remake the world.
Unconsciously he yearns for
the loving Christ he claims to
Continued on page 10)
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P re S dent Kennedy
painted a bright and
CHEEKY picture of the flu
ture in his talk at the
University of California.
He saw the power of Com
munism waning: mo one can
doubt that the wave of the
future is not the conquest of
the world by a single dog
matte creed but the liberation
of the diverse energies of free
nations and free men," He
went on to say that in spite
of the fact that the threat of
thermonuclear war will con-
tinue to hang over mankind,
I'VE can have a new conf
dence today in the direction
in which history is moving"
1T is GOOD to hear an OPP
timistic note at this time
when the Soviets are rafting
their rockets once again. But
| confess that the Presidents
talk left me cold. He rested
all his hopes for a better
future on the acquisition of
knowledge, citing our univer-
sites as reservoirs of creative
ideas and repositories of "the
long view of the shore dimly
seen"
| realize he was speaking
to a predominantly academic
audience and that he was eX-
pected to emphasize the intel
lectuals' contribution to flu
ture peace and progress. But
he need not have put all his
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Sum and Substance:

eggs in one basket. Mere
knowledge is no cure-all for
the worlds ills.
knowledge is one of Gods
greatest gifts but the true in
tellectual knows it is limited
in its scope. On the very day
on which the President was
giving his California talk,
President De Gaulle was an
nouncing that he intended to
"crush without pity the arm
ed inSurrection in Algeria.
The hate in the hearts of
those ruthless GAS terrorists
is not something that can be
cured by mere knowledge.
In fact, this most educated
century, is also the century
that has known more diabolic
nate than any otner, unless
mans heart melloWs as his
mind increases in knowledge,
he is only increasing his capa.
city for evil.
RELIGION is the force that
mellows the heart and dis
ciplines its unruly passions.
The word culture comes from
"%cultura," the tilling of the
soil, but in its profoundest
sense the word connotes a
narrowing of the heart. With
out religion, the educated bar
barian Qike the Nazi SCENT
ists) is only a few steps away
from the jungle.
Recently | was browsing
through a copy of Bertrand
Russell's Why / Am Not A
Christian. / came across the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-04-27

There is the phrase
from the old familiar
Song-"The Love-bug will
get you if you don't watch
out" Apparently, from
the continued rise in mar
riage statistics, not too many
people are paying too much
attention to this tunefuI bit
of warning.
In fact, one gets the sus-
picion that perhaps they want
ed to be bitten.
THERE is ANOTHER song
title which someone might
use-"The Love-buts will get
you if you don't watch out"
This could become the theme
song, not of young lovers, but
OF former lovers.
The title is not copyrighted,
so that if anyone would like
to work up a dirge on the
death Of love in marriage, he
may.
It is the love-buts that can
gradually take the joy from
a marriage, embezzIe the hap
pinesS of a couple, and make
the doing for each other an
unwelcome chore rather than
an anticipated privilege. Even
if the love-buts do not dis
solve a marriage in divorce,
they can cause a couple who
had been really trying to live
with each other, to compro-
mise on an existence together.
They end up tolerating each
other. They avoid disturbing
situations, not out of love, but
because they just don't want
to be bothered. These love-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-04-27

Says Liberalism Leading
To National Suicide

the head of the United Ma
tions military staff in New
York was a Russian who re-
viewed all orders going from
the Pentagon to General Mac
Arthur and gave them to our
enemy before Macarthur re-
ceived them. Source records
may be found in Representa-
tive James B. Utt's speech in
the House on Jan. Is, 1862.
YES, THE LIST is endless.
From initial attempts to pack
the Supreme Court (accom-
plished now for many years.,
to the tragedy Of Cuba, the
liberals have pulled us down
into the mire of a "no win"
policy, or at best, or worst,
atomic humiliation.
These men lost every OPP
portunity to make the world
a safe and sane place to live.
But, then again, we can read
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Editors note: Many in
feresting 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
Editor" The Catholic
Times, Box $50. Column
bus Is, Ohio.
Evening star., 1962-08-27
Peter Fechter Buried
In Non-ReIigious Rites

AS Mr.. Fechter's sister passed
the grave and took a handful Of
earth to throw on it. she broke
down, sobbing loudly. Many
others in the crowd also wept.
NewSmen Detained
Authorities made no attempts
to interfere with Western re-
porters and photographers at
the ceremony, but police de-
tained and questioned at least
five Western correspondents
and photographers who crossed
the wall to cover the funeral.
This reporter was kept in a
room at East Berlin police
headquarters with Eddie Worth,
Associated Press photographer.
and Robert Lackenbach, pho
tographer for Life magazine.
We were ordered not to talk
10 one anOtner.
1t was nearly three hours
before they were allowed to go,
after lectures on sensational
ism" by plainclothes policemen.
George Vine of the London
Daily Mail and Charles Wheeler
of the British Broadcasting Co.
said they were held 2l2 hours.
The East German police con-
fiscated photographers film.
saying the pictures could be
used in the West to stir up
trouble. as in the past"
Evening star., 1962-08-27

will to push. And there's the
rub.
On our aircraft carrier in
the Pacific during World
War II we were proud of
our basketball team which
practiced daily on the hangar
deck. For weeks q full
blooded Navajo from New
Mexico, who was also a COM
petent electricians mate Sec
ond class, sat on the sidelines
watching these practices. One
day the ball got away from
the players and bounded into
Chiefs" lap. He arose and
threw it 80 feet through the
basket. 1t turned out he was
one of the top Indian bas-
ketball players in America,
but he hadn't mentioned It..
He was waiting for someone
to ask him to play.
Seventy-two years since
the last battle. Seventy-two
years during which other
men have plowed up the
buffalo grass and created fat
farms and tall cities. Where
there is nothing wrong with
brain or muscle. the statute
Of limitations ought to run
out on the idea Of Indian
incompetency. Incompetency
Evening star., 1962-08-27
WILLIAM S. WHITE
Drama of Two Little Girls

This fact is that We have
hardened ourselves, nearly
all over this Nation. automa-
tically to accept the dread
full reality that the bare ply
sical safety of even women
and children can no longer
be assumed, whether in Gen.
tral Park in New York, in the
very shadow Of the Capitol
in Washington, or, as in this
case. in the quiet. SUM-
drenched streets of suburban
Alexandria, Va.
The wonderful fact that
the two little girls in this
case were unharmed was
treated with thankfulness, as
of course it should have been.
But it was also treated with
incredulity, so routine has
become the usual truth about
what happens to lost little
girls. If this is not the shame
of a Nation, what is it to be
called?
Evening star., 1962-08-27

A little later. during a con-
verSation with a Cabinet Of
ficer. his inter-office tele-
phone buzzed and after a
moment he spoke into it:
Thank God" He turred to
me and said, unbelievingly:
They have found them-and
they are all right"
Everywhere I went on that
day-and this is a precise
and literal and unadorned
fact-it was they" the little
girls. who occupied the real
attention Of Washington. Of
ficial and unofficial. This was
decent human feeling, but it
was much more than that. 1t
was also an unconsciously re-
vealing reflection. all over
Washington, OF a terrible fact
of our times.
Evening star., 1962-08-27
JENKIN LLOYD JONES
Time for Indians to Join u. S.

melon-s3oO per person. How
long will that last?
This month a small group
Of Delawares determined to
sue Uncle Sam for a million
dollars over some land the
tribe sold in Kansas in 1856.
That's l06 years ago. When
does a sale become final?
President Kennedy's new
Indian Commissioner, Philleo
Nash, says that in the past
too much was spent on custo-
dial programs, lie. to keep
Indians alive and clothed, and
not enough to make them ef-
fective and contributing citi-
zens.
I'VE can reach the goals we
all seek and accept-integra-
ton of American Indians into
American society - by con-
centrating on programs of
development" says Mr.. Nash.
Well, good luck. But schools
and training courses are not
the full answer. Beyond the
ability to do must lie the
Evening star., 1962-08-27

are 64,6S9 Indians" some of
whom have as little as one
eighth Indian blood. Yet ST.
1853 of these are wards OF the
Government. In the last 10
years more than $l00 million
has been spent for the well
fare Of this $4,000. When are
they going to be weaned?
There is now a new sport
which is currently exciting
the tribal leadership. That is
to calculate the amount of
money Indians were allegedly
cheated Of when they sold
their lands and to sue the
Government for it. This often
provides a bonanza for white
lawyers who specialize in such
cases. The Cherokees recently
were awarded $14 million. But
an effort by Cherokee leaders
to put it in a trust fund failed.
The tribe voted to cut the