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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-12-21
Should cigarettes be banned?
By John C. O'Brien

When he was asked recently II he
thought the Government should ban
cigarettes, Anthony J. Celebrezze, the
new Secretary of HEW, said he was
sold fashioned enough to believe that
1t is not the function of the Govern
ment to tell the American people
whether they should or should not
smoke"
81 believe" he said, cit is the duty
of the Government to tell the people
if smoking is harmful and let them
decide for themselves whether they
want to take the risks"
APPARENTLY, Celebrezze hopes
that an official judgment by the Gov.
eminent would carry more weight
than the professional but unofficial
judgment of the medical profession.
This may be an overly optimistic es-
innate of the trust the American peo-
pie put in Government pronounce
ments, but the Secretary undoubtedly
is right in concluding that the habits
of the people in a democracy cannot
be changed by Government i~nterven.
ton.
A dictatorship can impose a strait
jacket on its people. But the history
of sumptuary legislation in this coun.
try proves that it cannot be done in a
democracy.
The ban on narcotics has wide SUP.
port but only because a negligible per.
centage of the population use them.
The attempt to save the American
people from the evils of John Barley
cor was a dismal failure because a
majority of the population approved
of moderate drinking.
A much larger percentage of Amer
leans are addicted to smoking. and
any attempt to deprive them of TO-
bacco by legal force would prove as
unavoidable as the prohibition against
alcoholic beverages. Persuasion is the
only weapon open to the authorities
in the war against the cigarette.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-12-21
EVERYMAN'S FAMILY
Family Spiritual Treasury
is a repository of grace
by Father John Knott

to all families the Oneness of Your
Being, the Peace of Your Presence
and the Joy of Your Love. Amen"
Many of the participating dioceseS
are distributing these prayer cards at
all the parish Masses on Sunday, Jan.
ID, 1868, the Feast of the Holy Fami-
ly. 1t is expected that the parish
priest will briefly describe the Fami-
ly Spiritual Treasury and then lead
the people in a congregational recita.
ton of the prayer. The sound and
sight of thousands of American fami-
lies uniting their offerings with the
offering of the priests at Mass should
be a grand and glorious thing.
Since these Masses are so generous
ly offered for all families, participa-
ton in the Family Spiritual Treasury
is not restricted. Prayer cards are
available in any quantity for distribu-
ton by any parish, organization, FAM
lily group or on an individual basis.
Copies may be had by contracting the
Director of the Family Life Bureau
of a particular diocese or by writing
directly to the Family Life Bureau,
NCWC, 1912 Massachusetts, Avenue,
NV, Washington 5, DC.
FOR SOME TIME in Catholic FAM
lily life work there has been felt a
need for a stronger spiritual empha-
sis, sc as to bring to bear on modern
marriage and family life the infinite
graces of the sacramento life of the
Church. Our Catholic families operate
under constant pressures from the
religious environment in which they
live.
Grace is needed not only to avoid
sin, but especially to put into practice
the ideals which the Church proposes
to them in their vocation. Grace is all
so vital to the solution of personal
problems which affect the salvation
of the individual soul and the eternal
happiness of other members of the
family unit.
Here, in the Family Spiritual
Treasury, is a repository of grace,
which is the life of God. Here, too, is
the opportunity for all families to of
fer their sacrifices as well as to share
in the Sacrifice Of Christ, His priests
and His people.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-12-21
Interest in the Church grous
BY Father Andrew Greeley

have all found it advisable to try to
interpret recent developments in the
Church for their readers.
There are at least two major rea-
o n for this highly promising situa-
ton in which the Church suddenly
finds itself. The first, of course, is
the fact of a Catholic president.
In his Houston speech John
Kennedy played something of the role
of a doctor ~ecclesiae; he said nothing
about the Church-State relationship
that had not been said before many
times by members of the hierarchy.
But when he said it and no Catholic
spokesman accused him of being
wrong, non-Catholic Americans for
the first time began to believe that
the American Church did indeed be-
lieve in the First Amendment.
THE KENNEDY campaign was APP
parently a startling revelation to
many Americans.
The popularity and increasing sue
cess of the Kennedy administration
has reflected very ~favorably on Ameri-
a Catholicism. A few Catholic jour-
nails have been critical of the presi-
dents failure to support certain kinds
OF aid for Catholic schools.
What they fail to realize is that
the successful administration of the
presidency by a Catholic will do far
more in the long run for American
Catholicism than certain forms of
federal help - however necessary and
desirable this help might be.
The second reason for the improved
image of the Catholic Church is an
other man named John and the Coun-
Gil he has summoned. The Pope's
sincere efforts at religious unity and
his announced intention of modern
izing" the Church have a great ap-
peal to non-C Catholic Americans.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-12-21

The infighting between opposing
forces at the Council, while it may
give classification to some pious
American Catholics, also serves to
convince none Catholics that the
Church is not a monolithic structure
and that the democratic processes of
discussion and debate can indeed
thrive within the Church of Rome.
Bigotry is not dead. Most Ameri-
cans are probably convinced that the
Catholic hierarchy killed Federal aid
to education-certainly New Republic
columnist TRB and the editorial
writers of the New York Times seem
to be.
THE FACTS, of course, are that
such aid was killed in the house rules
committee by Republicans and South
ern Democratic Protestants with two
of the three Catholics on the commit
tee voting for such aid. 1t is still pos
sible to discuss the Catholic Church
without paying much attention to
facts.
Nevertheless, the opportunity Is
here. 1t will not automatically be
utilized to its fullest potential. There
was another opportunity many de-
cades ago in the time of Archbishops
Gibbons, Ireland, and Keane, which
vanished in the unfortunate (and ac-
cording to some recent historians,
tragically Unnecessary A~mericanism
controversy.
The internal condition of the Ameri-
can Church today is much more favor
able for a conformation between the
Church and American society, and
this condition will probably improve
even more rapidly after the Vatican
Council. If the possibilities of the pre-
sent situation are not seized, there
will be precious little excuse.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-12-21

u gift-giving to one another Is a
part of the Christmas exchange"
And this certainly applies to the Of
ferings that the people of the Diocese
of Columbus additionally give to the
orphaned and needy children under
the care of the Church.
The Christmas Collection is not just
another appeal. 1t is a lea where
by all of us can share some of our
bounty with those who are less for
tunate.
THE CHURCH of Columbus has
many demands on her to care for the
needy. She has always met those de-
mands in the past with the coopera-
ton of every parish in the Diocese.
We have no fear that she shall do so
again this year.
This reminder is simply offered to
our readers to bring home the fact
that there is something unique about
the Christmas Collection.
1t is also written in the hope that
when the word Christmas exchange"
comes to mind during this season, you
will not think only of rushing to the
department stores on December
twenty-sixth to replace an unwanted
gift, but rather you will think of the
exchanges that are part of the mystery
of Christ: A hundredfold in this life
and eternal happiness in the next.
-GAF
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-12-21

Although during the past decade a
mass of competent evidence has been
compiled pointing to cigarette smok-
ing as a cause of lung cancer, there
has been no diminution in the con-
sumption of cigarettes.
In fact, sales of cigarettes have
been rising steadily year after year.
Americans have refused to take Sc
riously warnings by the medical pro-
fession. Only a small percentage of
smokers have sworn off.
OF particular concern is the early
adoption of the cigarette habit by the
younger generation. A recent survey
showed that boys and girls are ac-
curing the habit earlier than their
parents did.
APPROXM lately one-third of
the high school students r regular
smokers, and one boy in five begins
smoking by the time he is in the
ninth grade.
Although the spokesman for the to-
bacco industry and a few doctors
challenge the validity of the medical
professions conclusions about the
harmfulness of cigarette smoking, the
evidence is impressive.
The American Cancer Society and
the British Medical Society agree that
the link between cigarette smoking
and lung cancer has been proved ''be-
yond a reasonable doubt" The Cancer
Society is SO gravely concerned about
smoking among teenagers that it re-
Gently started distributing a question
and-answer booklet among high
schools warning against the dangers
of cigarette smoking.
A jury in a Federal court in Pitts
burgh, after hearing medical testi-
mony for six weeks in a suit brought
by a victim of lung cancer against a
cigarette manufacturer, held that Gig
arctic smoking was a contributing
factor but denied damages IN the
ground that the plaintiff had assumed
the risk of injury by smoking.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-12-21

ines us . today a great light has
come down on our earth"
PEOPLES OF THE ancient world
often envisioned God as a binding
light. Indeed, when the Lord appeared
to His people in the Old Testament,
the light of His glory was the sign
of His overpowering majesty.
And the Messias who was to come
to to save the world would do so to
bring light to them who sit in dark
ness and the shadow of DEATH"
This connection with light was one
of the reasons this time of year was
chosen as the commemoration of the
Birth of Christ. What better time to
celebrate His coming than when the
sun begins again to rise in the heav-
ems and the days begin to lengthen
and darkness recedes?
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-12-21

1t was the week before Christmas.
In Everyman's Family all the crea-
lures were stirring, including the
mouse. He had appeared around the
feast of St. Martin de PORES and re-
manned as a sort of family pet, at
least of the children. Their mother
tolerated him and had more than a
suspicion that he was probably the
best fed mouse in the neighborhood.
He was out Of sight at the moment,
the kids were busy with homework or
other mysterious evening projects,
Everyman was checking the Christ
mas tree lights, and she was reading
the paper. Since a woman reading a
newspaper often figures that what
she is reading for the first time is
equally neWsworthy to anyone else,
she was doing an audio comment on
things and people.
She tsk, tsk'd in a couple of places,
said a few times, isn't it awful" and
then exclaimed, ooh, isn't this won
derful? What a nice thing to do"
1T DEVELOPED that she wa re-
acting to the news account of the
Christmas gift that many priests in
the United States were making joint
ly to all families. Under the SPONSOR
ship of the Family Life Bureau of the
National Catholic Welfare Confer
ence in Washington, the Archbishops,
Bishops and priests in 80 archdiocese
and dioceses throughout the country
have promised to offer more than
10000 Masses during 1868 for the
benefit of family life.
A special prayer card has been
printed describing the Family Spir-
itual Treasury and inviting all fami-
lies to participate. On the reverse
side, the card contains a brief Family
Prayer of intention. 1t reads:
God, Our Father, we as a family
come to You and with other families
we offer the worship of our minds, the
thanks of our hearts and the service
Of u persons.
accept us and our gifts through
the offering of Your priests at Mass
where they renew the sacrifice of Je-
sus Christ, Your Son.
THROUGH THESE Masses, grant
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-12-21
Christmas exchanges

In her book on the Missal, Mary
Perkins Ryan points out how the In
carnation is a mystery of EEK
changes"
God takes on our manhood so that
we may be lifted up to His divinity.
He takes on our life so that we may
share In His life through grace.
At Mass our gifts of bread and wine
r transformed into Christ's body
and blood offered in sacrifice to the
Father, SO that we may be transform
ed more completely into His likeness,
by taking part in the sacrifice and re-
ceiving His gift.
THIS LATTER Exchange has a
special meaning on Christmas Day.
The Secret of the Midnight Mass sums
up this aspect of the mystery of
Christ very beautifully: MAY the of
fering of today's feast be acceptable
to you, o Lord, so that by the abun-
dant outpouring of your grace,
through these holy exchanges, we
may be found in the likeness of Him
In whom our substance is now with
you"
Our Lord repeated this theme of
ten in His preaching: "He who loses
his life for my sake, shall find it,"
We know this is the principle of sacri-
flee.
1t Is not at all irrelevant to say that
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-12-21

The Christmas season is filled with
lights. Our stores and streets and
homes are adorned these DAYS with
multi-colored lights.
At Christmas masses the bright ar
ray of green trees and red p~oinsettias
are given new glow from the spark
ling candles on the altar.
But of course these lights are not
mere decorations. They are meant to
symbolic and reflect the Light of
which the Masses speak: 90 God, you
have made this holy night resplendent
with the radiance of the true light" as
we read in the Midnight Mass. And
again in the mass for Dawn: Light
has shone out today on the whole
world" Finally in the Day Mass the
theme is repeated "a holy day illum-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-12-21
THE BACKDROP

THE REFUSAL of the American
people to heed the many warnings
that have been given raises the ques-
ton whether the Government has a
duty to protect its citizens against a
grave risk to their health and longevi-
ty.
The Federal Government has enact
ed strong legislation against the sale
and use of narcotics. Should it enact
similar legislation outlawing the sale
and use of cigarettes?
There is no evidence that the United
States Public Health Service is con-
sidering proposing such a drastic step
and there is even less evidence that
Congress would legislate if it were
asked to do SO.
British authorities likewise have
shown reluctance to invoke legislation
to curb smoking. But they have per-
suaded British cigarette manufacture
ers to keep their advertising off tele-
vision at hours when teenagers custo-
marily view it.
THE PUBLIC Health Service has
appointed an advisory committee of
10 scientists and doctors to review all
available information on smoking and
other environmental factors that may
affect health. The committee will
weigh the conclusions of the medical
profession against those of the skep-
tics. Upon completion of their study,
which is expected to take eight or 10
months, the committee will make its
final report and recommendations.
1t remains to be e whether the
committee will go SO far as to recon-
mend positive action by the Govern
ment to ban the sale and use of Gig
arettes. But it can be said such a rec
ommendation would not accord with
the present thinking of the Depart
ment of Health, Education and Well
fare which has jurisdiction over the
Public Health Service.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-12-21

that two religions can meet with such
warmth and understanding.
My husband and / will never forget
the feeling we shared and will con-
tinue to share with the many friends
we made during "Say 1t With Music"
in 1861 and King Kapers" in 1862.
1t is a memory we will always
treasure and we wish to thank Mrs.
Edmund Portische, past president,
and Mrs. Louis Resch, present presi-
dent of the Parish Council, for afford
ing us the opportunity to serve.
Mrs. Robert Levy
Columbus
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-12-21
THE YARDSTICK

In his new book 1.-THE Catholic
Church in a Changing America
Msgr. Francis Lally makes the very
interesting point that the current
time Is one of golden opportunity for
the American Church. One a de-
tect all kinds of new interest in and
sympathy for the Church since Jan.
20, 1861.
In certain parts of the secular AGA
demic world, for example, people are
falling all over themselves to be
friendly to the Church, Clergy and Re-
ligious on some campuses find them
selves almost embarrassed by the at
tention showered on them by their
professors and fellow students.
AS n scholar put it, Having a
Catholic priest around here is kind of
a status symbol for U.s."
Again, at the recent convention of
the Religious Education Association,
Catholic delegates found themselves
being treated with tremendous respect
and admiration, part Of which at least
was earned by the superlative per-
Torrance of the teaching Sisters at
the convention. Zone rabbi summed
I'D what many of US felt when he said,
'Good heavens, the nuns are the best
people here!').
THE ELECTION of a Catholic lay
man (Philip Scharper, the gifted edi-
tor of Sheed and Ward) as president
of the REA was surely some kind of
milestone.
Another sign of the new interest,
one might almost say new curiosity,
about Catholicism Is the large num-
Der of magazine articles on the con-
temporary church. The Saturday
Evening Post, The New Yorker, Har-
per's, Time, The Atlantic, The Chris
tian Century and The New Republic
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-12-21

fly the Light of the World. It is that
they draw our attention to the mean
ing of the Feast we celebrate on De-
cember twenty-fifth.
All of us are warmed by the glow
of these artificial lights, but we have
a greater warmth that comes from
the realization that on our affairs on
Christmas the Light of the World is
in a sense "born again. at the Conse-
Grafton of the Mass. And we are privi-
legged on that day, too, to receive that
very same Light in Jul hearts and
souls in Holy Communion.
No normal person needs any extra
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-12-21

incentive to be thrilled by the Feast
of Christmas. But sometimes, after
wards, there is a let-down. Not that
we expect to remain at a high pitch,
but that we would retain the SUBJ
stance of the season at least through
the Twelve Days.
LET US PRAY that it will be so.
We can move toward that goal by say.
ing with real fervor the prayer at the
Mass for Dawn: "Let us who are
permeated with the new light of your
I~ncarnate Word, have this light re-
splendent in our work which shines
by faith in our minds. "-GAF
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-12-21
LETTERS


Editor:
Your editorial in the Catholic
Times of Nov. 80 on local talent
shows was most interesting to me. My
husband wrote and directed the show
presented by Christ the King PCCW.
WHILE III Is most pleasing to en-
Joy the compliments freely given by
those who attended the show, it is far
more rewarding to him to feel the
generous giving of themselves of the
cast and the cooperation with one not
of our Faith. 1t is a pleasure to know
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-12-21
TIMES EDITORIALS
Feast Of Light

with the light Of the Star to come to
Bethlehem and adore the newborn
King.
Next to the celestial light of the
first Christmas our candles and bulbs
are but weak reflections. But there is
something that gives our poor efforts
great effulgence. It is that they signi-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-12-21

Light not only illumines the world
for us, it warns us and brings hope
to us.
ALMIGHTY GOD used light to
clothe His angelic messengers when
they announced the good news of
great joy that a Savior had been born
to the Shepherds. He guided the Magi
, 1962-11-27

Brodhursfs rrintsrY offers
FINE GUILTY. PRINTING
, 1962-11-27
EDITORIAL
THU A FESTIVAL

WORK is PROGRESSING on the Christmas Festival
for 1925. The committee has already met on a number OF
occasions, subcommittee have been appointed, and the
broad outlines Of the Festival have been drawn. What remains
now is the tedious work of seeing that the countless details
the important ones--are taken care OF.
NOW IN ITS tenth year, the Festival this year ought to
be the most spectacular, the most colorful and the biggest
of all that preceded it. There is the experience, the know-how.
and the personnel to put it over as it should be.
IT HAS E the position taken here that the Festival
should incorporate, and the reasons are many, and logical II
would save time, money, and energy, and above all, provide
a continuous leadership and planning which would be super
ior to the y~eartoyear organizational effort
BUT lis YEAR the Festival owes it to all of US to
reocb into the mainland and seek to extend its influence. Some
years, ago a tour was organized, and a number OF Virgin IS
landers on the mainland headed for home, accompanied by
Fess Finlay's band. The idea was a good one, and those who
instituted it, headed by Ashley L. Totten, deserve commenda-
ton. However, as is usually the case in such situations, the
lack Of professional planning and execution left much to be
desired. Why, then, is not another effort made to organize
another pilgrimage to these shores? 1t would work well.
THIS YEAR the Festival Committee can take a number
Of steps looking toward the future. Newspapers on the main
land. for example, note winter events IN many parts OF the
world. The Christmas Festival of St. Crox might be nSeed
thus advising people on the mainland, and no doubt attracting
many who would then plan their trips to coincide with the
Festival. Airlines could be contacted with a view to arrang-
inc. snecial flights for the occasion. And these are but a few
Of The many steps that can be taken.
FOR THIS CHRISTMAS Festival, we look forward to
! grand and gala time. There is no reason why it should be
otherwise. The people Of this Island are prepared to cooperate
md do everything to make this Festival a memorable event.
The chronicle., 1962-03-27
Local Business
BY 3. ). rALBERr
Chairman. Dept OF Journarisn
Univssaity q Miss,sipsl

Before World War II. when
q consumer went to a large
grocery store she made a buy
ing choice from approximate.
ly 1000 items. Today the typi.
cal supermarket may carry
around 5000 different items.
The continuous increase In
new products Is a primary rea.
son for more extensive retail
advertising. Most Of the new
products deserve attention. Blu,
they can not get II unless they
are adequately advertised.
1t took a great deal of ad-
vertising to move the house
wife from soaps to detergents
for home laundries. A strong
advertising effort was needed
to convince the consumer that
frozen fruit juices were as
healthful as fresh fruits.
But in each case, when the
advertising was successful the
result was better satisfied con-
sumers and more profit for re-
tailers.
Most n e w products have
some justification for exist
ance. However, they are not
readily accepted. The Amer
ican consumer is conservative
and skeptical. He spends his
money only when he can see