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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04
County Referendo

council members in case Of
war or disaster.
Another local referendum
question will allow the voters
of the Jamestown or, Sixth
lection District to decide
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04
4th District: Vote For One
Stella B. Werner
tDemocrutj

AGE: 81.
HOME: 1907
Forty-fifth street,
Chevy Chose.
ELECTED BY:
Entire county.
VOTING KEY:
2l-A.
BACKGROUNDS:
Council member
II yeors; house
wife; broodcoster,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04
StonIey B. Frosh
(Democrot)

AGE: -.
HO N E: 600
Brodley boule-
word, Bethesda.
ELECTED BY:
Entire County.
VOTING KEY:
23-A.
BACKGROUND:
Council member
since 1858; Of
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Vote for Seven
1st District: Vote For One
Jerry T. Williams

ACE. e

AGE: IS.
HOME: Domns-
Gus.
ELECTED BY:
Entire County.
VOTING KEY:
l8-A.
BACKGROUND:
County Council
m e m b er post
eiert years; doirY
Sz.nanr - a,asAAR
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To Serve on Montgomery County Council
Bird District: Vote For One
WiIIiom A. Linthicum, ir.

ACE. a

AGE: 50.
HOME: SO An
derson avenue,
Rockville.
ELECTED BY:
Entire County.
VOTING KEY:
20 A.
BACKGROUND:
Lowyer; Rockville
city attorney
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At Large: Vote For Two
WiIIiom Sher
Democrat

AGE: "a.
HO N E: 1916
lockwood roo d,
Silver Spring.
ELECTED BY:
Entire County.
VOTING KEY:
24-.A.
BACKGROUND:
Business monoeer
for Potomac De-
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John A. Floyd
[ RepubIiconl

Age: 81.
HOME: l4605
Currolton road
Manor Club.
ELECTED BY:
Entire County.
VOTING KEY:
22-B.
BACKGROUND:
President q n d
founder, 10 h n
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Mory A. Hepburn
(RepubIicun)

AGE: 81.
HOME: Glen
Mill rood, Rock
vile.
ELECTED BY:
Entire County.
VOTING KEY:
20-B.
BACKGROUND:
Housewife; mem
Der D. c. Dor; ex-
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5th District: Vote For One
Rose c. Kroner
iDemncrntl
lDemocrotl

AGE: 50.
HO N {: 1850
Harvey rood. Sill
yer Spring.
ELECTED BY:
Entire County.
VOTING KEY:
IA.
BACKGROUND:
Housewife; for
mer D. c. school
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-02-23
EDITORIALS
Going Steady

Spring is approaching. 1t is a time for romance,
or at least a young mans fancy often turns that way.
Nothing is more attractive than young love. Only
a confirmed misanthrope would fail to delight in the
happiness that emanateS from the faces of young
lovers.
U LOVE HAS A LOGICAL goal or fulfillment.
1t is found in marriage. And so the "happy ending at
the altar is not just the romantic climax of love, it
is the one designed by God as well.
Many times however, we have a problem with the
young. 1t is with %teenagerS going steady. Now We mean
here the exclusive, frequent, and continuous dating
between a young fellow and a girl who have no in
tention of marriage, nor any hope of marriage in the
near future.
THIS KIN OF RELATIONSHIP is dangerous, be-
cause 1t generally becomes an occasion of serious temp
tation and often of serious sin. 1t is, in the words of
Father Roger Sullivan Qet's Go Steady, Ave Maria
Press "unintelligent because it really is indulgence
in conduct which is proximate preparation for mar
riage - for which most ~teenagers are not prepared
Most high-schoolers give as their reasons for 60
ing steady that they find in it: psychological security,
self-respect, understanding companionShip, and the
feeling of being wanted.
But at what price? Besides the prospect of mortal
sins against purity, here are the facts:
Each year, 100000 teenaee girls bear iIlegiti-
mate children.
!" Each year another Toe, 900 abortions are per.
formed on girls in the same age group.
" Half of all girls who marry are in their teens
and this in the face of statistics that show that the d.
Vorce rate for teenage brides is 2oo% more than for
girls who marry in their twenties.
Now most of these things occur because of steady
company-keeping by ~teenagers.
Parents should make sure they know the dating
naDltS OF their children. They should cooperate with
church and school in controlling such situations.
Teenagers themselves should face up to the reali-
ty of this situation. If they are old enough to think
about going steady, they are old enough to be con-
fronted with the dangers that are present in this
custom. CAT
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-02-23
GUEST EDITORIAL
Goodbye

However we might question any views in public
affairs, we should be very sorry to see the Republican
Party permanently disabled. With the Democratic
Party, it is a vital part of this great nation of ours.
1t is with real satisfaction, therefore, that we OBJ
serve a movement to diSentangle the Republican Par
ty and real concepts of political conservatism from the
support Of Robert Welch. We commend Senator
Barry Goldwater, as an instance, for having clarified
his views on extremists. We also commend DR..
Russell Kirk for saying in America last week that '"To
act intellgently, the conservative interest in this
country must r~epudiate political fantasy" We
might mention others, and with equal approval.
Much harm has been done by the extremists in
The John Birch Society and similar groups. Their
actions and utterances have been descriptive and con-
fusing. They have been using the word patriotism"
with as much effrontery and as little justification as
the Communists use the word peace"
Political life, whether among Republicans or De-
mocrats, will be all the healthier without them.
indianapolis Criterion
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-02-23
Red Or Dead?

II is an insult for a Christian to even consider the
alternative better Red than dead"
FOR A CHRISTIAN THERE can be no freedom
apart from freedom under God. If religion is an es-
sentlal part of life, as it must be for every Catholic,
then all life must be |premeated with Christian princi-
Piles and we must live only for God. If this is denied
us here on earth, we are better off dead.
But even more basic, the first principle of our
Faith is that the present life has no meaning apart
from life after death. They are both part of a contin-
Gus existence.
SO IF WE DIE? We have nothing to lose
but material life. And that is not the important thing,
salvation takes priority.
Those who panic uncontrollably at the prospect
of a nuclear war are un-Christian and lack the exercise
OF the vlrture OF hope. Those who go into a decline
over every reverse we have at home or abroad are
guilty of despair.
WE NUS LOOK AT the problems that confront
us with the eyes of Faith. This does not mean that we
will not expend every effort in finding solutions. But
1t does mean that even if disaster lies ahead the
human spirit redeemed by the Blood of Christ can
survive all disasters. -GAF
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-02-23
Inquiry Corner
Why Does Church
Oppose Cremation?
by Fir. Edward F. Healey

not possible" Visions and rev.
Citations such as those of st.
Margaret Mary (The Sacred
Heart), to st. Bernadette
Lourdes) and to the children
at Fatima are not part of the
official teaching of the
Church. They are carefully
investigated before approval
- as a slight acquaintance
with the records will show
but such approval simply per-
mitS and encourages the te-
votion involved. On the other
hand, it would be rash land
land possibly sinful for a
Catholic to question the au-
thenticity of such Church-ap.
proved events. There is legiti-
mate grounds for historical
and scientific study of some
such events leg. the check.
ing out of P%hilomena, which
simply indicated that popular
devotion did not have svffie.
lent eVidenee). For qualified
experts, critical studies in
Church history etc. is certain
ly legitimate and desirable.
The Catholic Church wants the
truth and cannot suffer from
1t, but anyone who yields to
scepticism or the desire to be
different to the extent of
questioning important events
as Fatima is confused. The
message of Fatima is prayer
and penance, scarcely new
doctrines. The details leg. Wis
ions of hell) never have been
considered of the essence of
the Fatima message, but those
who give scandal by wild at
tacks on Fatima can be guilty
of grave sin.
Send questions to Father
Edward F. Healy, Inquiry
Corner, The Catholic Times,
Box 656, Columbus Is. Ohio.
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Inquiry Corner

tian Marriage), the high ideals
upheld and the dignity Of the
sacrament of Matrimony
scarcely indicate a low opin-
ion of Christian marriage. In
fact, even non-sacramental
marriages are called sacred
and defended by the Church
AS many who expect easy
marriage eases have found
out! 1t is true that the Church
has always glorified the state
of dedicated virginity. In this
attitude she is following the
spirit of Christ and Christian
tradition. (See ! Corinthians
7:25-38) AS Pope Plus XII
stated in his encyclical on
Virginity the Church does not
want men and women to re-
nounce marriage "as though
it were something despicable
instead of seeking virginity
because it is something beau
tiful and holy" Many married
men and women are listed
among the saints and st. Paul
in the passage noted above
states tn general principle:
cit remains that those who
have wives be as if they had
none and those who buy,
as though not possessing; and
those who use this world. as
though not using it, for this
world as we see it is passing
away" (29-31).
@. | heard recently that
there is some question about
the truth OF the Fatima &C.
count. Would that affect the
infaliibility of the Church?
A. No. Even in reference to
Lourdes and other approved
revelations or visions Pope
Benedict XIV states: "the
assent of Catholic Faith to
revelations thus approved is
not only not obligatory but
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be a thing of beauty; but 1T
is such a wearing and ex-
hausting process - and eS-
pecially on an empty stom'
ach.
The fault lies not in the fact
that she is thinking about Ev-
eryman too much but in that
she is seeing him in quite a
different focus. AS the phil
osopher would say, knowledge
precedes love. The kind of
knowledge she has been re-
ceiving about him lately has
been concentrated on his hui
man foibles, weaknesses, and
eccentricities. Given suffic-
lent time and sufficient ma.
terial land certainly there is
enough material in any male)
she can build up an intense
dislike for the poor guy.
THE DAY SHE MARRIED
him, she was aware of the
fact that he was not perfect:
but his attractive and lovable
qualities so unbalanced the
imperfections that she wasn't
especially concerned. After
six months of intimate living.
she can, if she is not care
full, develop a pretty extensive
catalogue of his failings. In.
stead of the rose colored
glasses with which she viewed
him, she now sees him
through a glass darkly.
In either case, the picture
which she developed was not
a true one. Probably he was
not nearly SO wonderful then
Continued on page 81
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YOUR pinto [!s!2sss( o 1|22SE|9

ing of your religious views
with our tax dollars?"
- CAN'T HELP wondering
if the potential dollar savings
is worth furnishing the anti
Catholic element with a cause,
lie. a constant drive of harass-
ment, pointing out real or
manufactured violations of
the letter or spirit of the
law.
AS | see ii we Catholics
in the United States are en-
gagged in two great crusades.
We are called to the crusade
for national equality of oppor-
tunlty and treatment for the
education of our children. We
are also a part of a worldwide
crusade for Christian unity,
an endeavor that could mean
Continued on page 81
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@. Why does the Catholic
Church oppose cremation7
A. The ordinary tradition
of the Christian Faith has
been attacked in modern times
by nti-ChriStians with the
stated purpose of hooking Or
destroying belief in the inn
mortality of the soul and in
the resurrection of the body.
The beautiful prayers and Ger.
emonies of the Church have
accepted and hallowed the
traditional practice of burial.
In case of necessity, cremation
Is permitted, but it seems I'M
likely that there will be any
good reason for a general
change. Arguments about in
lection from cemeteries have
no scientific basis Cat least in
civilized areaS), JuristS, physic-
ians and insurance men can
show reasons against it be-
cause autopsies have often
been useful in uneovering
crime. The Judaeo-C Christian
tradition seems much more
consistent with the reverence
due to the body, which in
Christian tradition is shown
great respect as the temple
of the Holy Ghost, the baptiz-
ed and anointed tabernacle of
a member of the Mystical Body
of Christ. OF course, not all
modern followers of this prac-
tice have an Christian or
materialistic bias, but for
Catholics there is Church law
f%orbidding Christian burial to
those who order cremation.
@. Does the Church regard
marriage as a second.hesF vo-
cation. inferior TO the state of
virsinity?
A. The wealth of literature
dncluding such masterpieces
as Pope Plus XI's on Chris
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right term when he says the
film was "put together" 1t
was patched together from
film clips taken from local
television news camera reels.
Whoever put it together did
a bad job. Even the Chairman
of the House Committee,
Francis Walter, admits three
errors in the splicing of the
film but he claims they were
minor and "honest."
FOR A THE film
uses shots taken On a Satur.
day to represent events that
actually happened on the pre-
vious Thursday. The narrator
of the film says that the stu
dents sang a lyric taken from
the old Communist Peoples
Song Book" whereas the lyric
is an old religious spiritual
owe shall not be moved.")
The film S h III
Bridges, whom you see here
being escorted out of the City
Hall by the police, moments
before the G." MIR.
Hoover contradicts the film
on this point about the radical
labor leader. Bridges did not
get to City Hall until the riot
had been quelled and even
MIR. Walter admits this was
"a minor error"
THE cHETIcAL
GUILD of ST. Paul. Minnesota
has been producing a series
of responsible anti-C ommu-
Continued on page 81
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Education Fight May
Hurt Unity Increment

Editor:
Because | have access
To all major Ohio news
paper publications, | see
much of the running com
mentary in the letters-tO-
the-editor columns concerning
federal aid to education, par
ticularly as is relates to pa
rochial and private schools.
DO NOT PROPOSE here
in to deal with either the NOR
al or legal questions involved.
/ am certainly not as well
prepared to debate the issue
as is President Kennedy, who
believes aid to church-relat-
ed and private school is I'M
constitutional. Nor am |
equipped to challenge Cardi-
nal Spellman, who believes
the opposite is true.
May submit however, that
We Catholics are in grave dan
ger of paying too high a price
for winning a minority"
opinion.
THIS PARTICULAR debate
involves fine points of both
the moral and legal law, and
also engenders a great deal
Of emotion. Because the mass
es have neither the time for,
nor easy access to all that is
prerequisite to an intelligent
decision, the question is being
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-02-23
The Yardstick
Challenge To North
American Catholics
by Msgr. George c. Higgins

for political and economic sta
bility. The people of these ma
tions are now fully aware of
the fact that other peoples
and other nations have found
a way to obtain better food,
clothing, housing and educa-
ton. They want these advan-
tages for themselves and they
want them now.
The urban areas, housing
and factories beckon to them.
The bare subsistence of an
outmoded agricultural econ
omy no longer has an appeal.
The resultant growth of slums
adjacent to the larger cities
is a challenge to the
government administrator and
sociologist. The social security
which was built into the tribe
disappears in the city and no
good substitute has been
found to replace it.
A FEW YEARS AGO, | was
in Accra, the capital of Ghana.
It was a city daily increasing
its population. Many of the
newcomers were Catholics. In
their native villages, they
were good Catholics. Now, in
the strangeness of city life.
they drifted away from their
religious practices.
Bishop Joseph Bowers,
S.V.D.. was vainly searching
for q method to gather these
wandering sheep into the fold.
He asked me if we could not
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Ed. Note; Father Mcclure
is guest eoIumnist for Msgr.
George G.. Higgins who is az
tending . meeting in Rome
of the preparatory commits
sion of the Lay Aposiolate for
the forthcoming EeUmenieaI
Council.
Comparatively few of
our Catholic people here
in the United States are
aware of the tremendous
changes which have taken
place during the last Is years
in the so-called missionary"
areas of the world.
These changes have been
both social and economic. The
whole structure of society In
China, for example, is differ
ent today as a result of COM
munist domination. This holds
true for North Korea and
North Vietnam as well. Under
a communist regime the
Church is shacklad and mis-
sionary work is at a stand
still. And these countries
contain one-fourth the popula-
ton of the world!
THERE ARE other changes,
however, which are just as
dramatic even though less
we'll known. The colonial pow
ers have relinquished their
holdings in Africa and Asia
with the result that we have
new nations striving nightly
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provide Catholic sociologists
to study the problem and sug.
gest solutions. Old methods
do not meet the new prob
lens.
IN LATIN AMERICA, where
there is a critical shortage Of
priests, urbanization is going
forward at an alarming rate.
There is a high concentration
of people in a few cities, us
ually the national capitals; 80
per cent of the total popula-
ton of Uruguay lives in Mon
tevideo; 80 per cent of all
Argentines live in Buenos
Aires; % per cent of the
people of Chile living in San
tiago.
Whatever Church facilities
which already exist in Latin
American cities will be made
quate in the face of the sheer
numbers of baptized Catholics
who should be using them.
Whatever visible tie with the
Church the masses of the peo-
pie from rural areas may have
had is likely to be lost in
the city.
THIS RAPIDLY growing
urban proletariat is poor in
a way no rural dweller was.
The urban migrant has lest
his identity, lost the COM
munity which kept alive for
him his Christian heritage
and has broken the tie which
Continued on page 81.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-02-23
Sum and Substance:
Radical Rights
Wrong Reasons
by Fir. John B. Sheerin, esp.

these persons to realize that
Hitler was also against COM
munism." II is not enough to
be a-nti-communist. We must
be a"nti-communist for the
right reasons.
THE DEFENSE OF the
right of free speech is a laud-
able American custom. Should
we condemn anyone who de-
tends free speech simply be-
cause the communists also de-
fend the right in America?
That seems to be the assImp-
ton of the film Operation
Abolition" now touring the
auditoriums of many schools
and churches. The film very
definitely conveys the impress
sion that the students who
rioted in protest against the
methods of the House Com.
mittee On Un-American Ac-
tivities in San Francisco in
May, 1860 were dupes of pro-
fessional communist organic
erS.
THE BLUE BOOK of the
John Birch Society Up. 176)
says that the film was "put
together" by the House Com
mittee as "a deadly revelation
of the communists openly at
work, right here in America,
with the same ruthless tactics
through which they have
paralyzed their opposition in
other countries they have TAX
en- over"
WEIGH certainly uses the
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Hilaire Belloc used to
speak of the m o d e r
worlds m onum e n t a
ignorance of the most UNI
pleasant fact of modern
hiStory-the Catholic Church.
Today we can truly speak of
modern Americas monument
tai Ignorance of the most UNI
pleasant fact of modern his
tory-Soviet communism. The
average A American knows
more about pickle pickers in
Pakistan than he does about
the nature and goals of COM
munism.
HERE AND THERE we find
hysterical STRINGS Of interest
in the communist menace.
~Anti-communiSt meetings are
held but the speakers at these
meetings usually dish up such
a mishmash of misinforma-
ton that the last state of the
audience becomes worse than
the first.
In the FBI Law Enforce
ment Bulletin J. Edgar Hoov-
er frequently laments confus-
ion caused by reckless anti
communists. He notes that
communists often support de-
sirable goals as we'll as evil
ones and therefore anti-com-
munists must be sure to OPP
pose them for the right rea-
sons. In the October, 1861
issue of the Bulletin he points
out; at might be well for
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decided in their minds on the
basis Of emotion.
Let's not delude ourselves
on one point; at least on the
local level, all discussion has
revolved to a Catholic" VS..
protestant" point of view.
"The Catholic" viewpoint
says in effect: "We do not
want our children to attend
public schools because they
are Goddess. Look at the
money we're saving you by
paying a double tax" The
protestant" viewpoint count
ers with: Separation of
church and state" and why
should we support the teach
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able. attractive, huggable
male with a distorted sense of
masculine humor. She thinks
to herself: IF he makes one
more crack about hamburg
ers, I'll clobber him with the
frying pan. It's his house
we're saving for as well as
mine"
so ALL A LONG the
count-down goes on. In he
walks at six pm. clothed in
righteous male innocence, just
in time for the blast-off. He
gives a hello kiss to a cold
statue which looks like his
ever-loving wife and announ-
ces to her in an irritatingly
cheerful tone: "Well, it was
a great day, wasn't it, dear?"
He Is so happy with himself
that he isn't aware of a dam
gerous moment of silence. but
there cuts through his con-
seriousness a small, deadly
voice saying: "Well, it may
have been a great day for you,
but it wasn't for me. Here
I've been Shaving away over
a hot stove all day and you
down in your nice cool
sewer"
AND OFF SHE GOES into
the wild blue yonder, leaving
him standing o~pen-mouthed
at the sight of the first wom-
an launched into outer space
and without benefit of
rocket power. When the re-
turn from orbit is made and
two-way communication re.
stored, the reconciliation can
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-02-23
E~Ueryman's Family
Keep In Focus
All Day Long
By Fir. John C. Knott

Everyman had gone to
work. His wife of a few
months finished her
second cup of coffee, did
the breakfast dishes, and
began to pick up a bit. In the
bathroom she noticed that he
had left the top off the tooth
paste tube again and that he
was still squeezing from the
middle. This was no longer
funny. How many times did
she have to suggest to him?
You would think he could
just take a moment. So out
comes the mental score
card. Check one!
She went to make the bed
and noticed yesterdays socks
under the chair. A little
touch of irritation at the
thought of the brand new
hamper untouched by male,
human hands. Score card -
check two.
SHE PICKED UP THE ASH
tray near his favorite living
room chair and saw more ash
es on the floor than in the
tray. 81 bet he didn't get
away with that in the army,
and if he thinks he's going
to make a servant out of me
-well!" Score card - check
three.
And so it goes - all day
long she is thinking about
her darling; but without her
realizing it. the focus of her
thinking has changed. She
sees him now less as that low