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Evening star., 1962-08-27
u. S. 'BIunders'

The blundering conduct Of
our foreign policy by the ad-
miniStration was painfully
revealed again recently in
the posture of the State De-
partment toward West New
Guinea and Peru.
Those liberals who are
screaming. "giveaway," in the
Senate might look to Indo-
nesia's imminent takeover Of
West New Guinea for a true
example Of a giveaway. By
advising our ally, the Meth
erlands, that we favor Dicta-
tor Sukarno's position in
spite of the fact that Indo-
neSia had no legitimate claim
to this territory, we effec-
lively quelled the resistance
Of the Dutch to a bare-faced
aggression by a bush-league
Stain.
This is some foreign pol
icy: When confronted by an
enemy who will threaten ag-
gression against your ally,
yield and proclaim, as the
State Department did, that
such unmitigated concession
represents, "the resolution of
dispute through peaceful ne
gotiations." God save us from
such negotiations.
Next, we observe the silly
and patiently phony affair Of
the withdrawal of diplomatic
recognition Of the Peruvian
government. perhaps on the
basis that the military junta's
takeover, unlike Sukarno's,
was not proceeded by "nego-
tiations." Presumably If the
= junta had appealed to the
U. N. and said, "Give us con-
troll of this government or we
shall take it by force" then
the whole matter could have
been resolved peacefully"
as was the thorny problem Of
West New Guinea, by handing
Peru over to the more aggres-
Sive party.
The Administrators rec
ord for upholding the Vests
position with flyweights such
as Sukarno and Castro does
not suggest that a renewal of
pressure on Berlin, South
east Asia or any other trouble
spot, will result in anything
but more concessions on our
part. This is the real tragedy
OF such a weasel-like foreign
policy.
Jerry C. Davis
Evening star., 1962-08-27
PARIS.

PAfI10.
Each unsuccessful attempt
on the life Of President de
Gaulle-and there have been
four of them in the past year
has been followed by a
wave of spine-tingling specu-
lation about what could have
happened to the country If
the attempt had succeeded.
A few months ago, the an
swer to this question was
clear enuogh.
While the Algerian war
lasted and while the loyal
ties within the army and
within the country itself re-
manned bitterly divided over
the issues involved the danger
was real. In the opinion of
most observers here, the as
saSSination of Gen. de Gaulle
would have been quickly fol-
lowed by a military coup
d'etat in Algeria and France.
At one time, there was no
doubt a wide-ranging con-
spiracy aimed at the estab-
lishment of q right-wing gov
ernment in Paris, pledged to
the cause Of French Algeria.
Today. despite considerable
talk about "plunging France
into chaos" and the danger
Of civil war. such a result
seems almost unthinkable.
Situation Changed
AL evidence indicates that
the necessary ingredients for
a successful coup d'etat, to
say nothing of civil war, no
longer exist. Since the Alger-
ian issue has been finally
settled, there is no longer any
cause to which a significant
proportion of the military
could be rallied in an attempt
to overthrow the regime. And
with each new act of violence,
public reputation Of the
right wing extremists has
become firmer.
Most certainly Gen. de
Gaulle's would-be aSsaSsins
cannot hope to overthrow the
system simply by eliminating
its chief architect.
Although the problem Of
succession to the highly per-
sonalized rule Of Gen. de
Gaulle is one that worries
many Frenchmen, 1t does not
necessarily follow that the
country would be plunged
into anarchy by his death.
The constitutional machin-
cry for the orderly transfer
Of power is clearly spelled
out. with the President of the
Senate taking over temporar-
lily while the election Of a
new President is organized,
And once this machinery goes
into motion, the chance Of an
outcome favorable to the
right-wing extremist minority
would be very slim indeed.
Evening star., 1962-08-27

decisions on the Meta recommends
tions in a manner which will not delay
either transit or essential highway con-
struction. And In the making Of these
decisions, the suburbs will have to be as
sured Of a full voice.
Evening star., 1962-04-26
CHICAGO
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, April 20 (APl. CUSDAl
-HOgs $500; active. butchers under
23O lbs fully steady; weights over 230
lbs steady to 25 lower, mostly steady
with Wednesdays close; Sows steady:
good shipping demand; mostly l-2
l9O-225 ID butchers 16.75-17. 90, nearly
250 head at 1900: "a head at l7.O5;
mixed l-3 1S0-23O lbs 16.25-16.75;
230-36O lbs i5.75-I625; 2-3 24O-2SO
lbs l5.35-15.S5; load 3s around $50
lbs 1850: load around 375 lbs 400;
mixed 1-3 350-450 ID sows 1850
1850; 2-3 45O-625 lbs I25O-I35O.
Cattle 700; calves none; slow, slaugh-
ter steers and heifers steady on lin
tied sales: COWS slow, steady; other
classes scarce, steady; load choice with
prime end 1,1O0 ID slaughter steers
$3.50; few good steers 23.75-26. 90:
short load utility and standard $50 ID
Holstein steers 1878; few good heifers
23.0O-25.O0; commercial cows 1900
1900; utility 15.50-17 90: Gamers and
cutters l350-l6.50: utility and COM
mercial bulls lS.50-21 90; utility veal
ers l6.OO-23. 90; Gull II 2O0,15. 90: me-
dium and good 941 1850 ID feeding
steers II 500 30: good and choice
S00-9GO ID feeding steers 24.OO-24 80.
Evening star., 1962-04-26
GIN Reports
Sales Record,
Top Earnings

DETROIT, April 26 (AP).-
General Motors. the worlds
largest automobile producer
set new corporation earning
and sales records in the first
three months of 1862.
GIN said yesterday its profit
of 1914 million in the January
March quarter equalled $1.31 a
share and was up SO million
over the previous record quar-
terly earnings of S365 million
or S1.28 a share set in the last
three months of 1861.
Sales for the first three
months of this year totaled
SO, 3,665 100000 compared with
S3.658,000,000 in the previous
record quarter on January
March, 1860.
In announcing the earnings
and sales figures, GIN President
John F. Gordon and Board
Chairman Frederic G. Donner
attributed the record level to
a high level of general eco
nomic activity and strong GUS
toner preference for GIN prod
ucts.
The GIN nounce m e n t
made no mention of the new
records in sales and earnings.
Mr.. Donner and Mr.. Gordon
noted that $28 million of the
first quarter profit came on 4
dividend from Ethyl Corp, paid
on earnings of previous years.
Both termed the dividend nom
recurring and said it amounted
to eight cents a share for GIN
stockholders.
The GIN officials said the
customer demand for pas
senger cars in the first three
months of this year continued
trends that had become evi-
dent in the last quarter of
1861"
Mr.. Donner and Mr.. Gordon
also attributed higher earnings
to the fact that hard top and
higher priced models in all
company lines have become hot
sellers of the year.
These. in turn, produce a
better return for the company,
they said.
Evening star., 1962-04-26
Subsidiary Formed
By Major Finance

Major Finance Corp. has
formed a new subsidiary, Major
Acceptance Corp, with offices
at 942 Bonifant street, Silver
Spring, it was announced by
President Morton Sturt.
Joel Williams of Baltimore
will manager the new firm,
which will handle the sales fl
nance business of the parent
company.
Receivables of Major Finance
Co. reached a new high of
S2.015,670 on March 81, gain
of 40 per cent from ST AL ,l68 a
year earlier. Mr.. Sturt reported.
First quarter loan volume of
S1,006,626 was up 10 per cent
from a year ago and net in
come after taxes totaled S10.-
044. a gain of 90 per cent.
Assets totaled S2,116,193 on
March 81, an increase of 35 per
cent from a year ago. Capital
funds of $1,164,676 were up 79
per cent.
Richard Shields has become
manager of the Arlington Of
flee of Major Finance, while
Robert Raley has been named
manager at Alexandria.
Evening star., 1962-04-26
HeovyDemondLi Lifts Bid
For Gas Light Shares

Institutional investors and
individuals scrambled for some
of the new cumulative serial
preferred stock, of Washington
Gas Light Co.. $3.50 series, and
raised the bid on the new
shares to a premium of SlOl.25
today.
The public offering of l5O.-
900 shares reached the market
yesterday at S100 a share and
was in special demand for PEN
sion funds, trust funds and
insurance companies as we'll as
individuals.
Proceeds from the offering
will be added to the companyS
general funds for use in paying
for the 1862 construction pro-
gram, which is estimated at
around $19.7 million.
Including the new preferred,
consolidated capitalization OF
the company and its subsidiary
is Sl65,779,OOO, including 44.2
per cent of long-term debt,
1875 per cent of serial prefer
red stock, of which 2.5 per
cent is convertible into COM
mon stock, and common stock
and surplus amounting to 1868
per cent.
Evening star., 1962-04-26
Employment

Area employment in March totaed 300 persons
while payros aggregated S3 23 OOO compared with 746
800 persons and payros of 900 in March last
Federal payrolls up per cent from year ago,
while private payrols per cent Federal jobs in
creased per cent while private employment was up 23
per cent
Area unemployment in March off 65 per cent from
year ago. and the months obeSS payments in the District
Columbia II per cent behind the 1861 month
Latest totals compared as follows with a year ago:
Evening star., 1962-04-26
Financial indicators

Banks and savings and loan associations reflected
the faster business tempo in the first quarter
Deposits of 48 banks per cent above wear
ago on March 26 date of the spring bank call
The II District banks had deposit gain of SIS per cent
ana their net loans were up nearly cent The 81 sub
urban banks had deposit gain of g. per cent.
Washington bank debts for the three months were In
228 per cent from year ago. while clearings were 2
per cent higher.
Invested savings of q District savings and loan asso-
Citations were l6 per cent above year ago March 81
while mortgage loans 81 per higher than year
ago.
Ffrst-quarter totals are compared below with year
Evening star., 1962-04-26
PEOPLE
BUSINESS

Edward p. Snyder has been
elected treasurer of the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad Co. He
has been with the company
since 1923.
Douglas ID. Dahm has been
named area sales manager for
Burroughs Corp.
Dean Dinw0odey has been
reelected president and board
Evening star., 1962-04-26

earlier:
Sales

The late Easter in April shifted most of the holiday
buying to the second quarter but department stores in the
area showed per cent sales gain from the 1861
period.
The downtown portion the area sales total was even
with year the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
reported.
District collections of sales and gross receipts taxes
were 98 per cent above in the first quarter
dcatng that other branches of retail trade made better
showing than department stores.
New-car titles in the District rose 1877 per cent above
year in the three months, while usedcar titles were
per cent higher.
Area auto and truck sales 2S7 per cent above
ago in two months of this year. District gasoline
sumption was per cent above year ago in the two
months
However hotel sales in the quarter or per cent
lower, and electric appliance sales also behind
Latest totals and comparisons for year ago follow:
Evening star., 1962-04-26
Public Utilities

The area had 527508 electric customers 416,811 gas
meters and 134056 telephones at the end of March, all
records.
Sales of electricity in the first quarter 1O6 per
cent above year ago. while gas increased 79 per
cent The daily average of telephone calls in March was
l07 per cent ahead of March last year.
Comparisons with year ago are given below:
Evening star., 1962-04-26
.oWS with a year ago:
Construction

Private construction permits in the area scared to
$110451OO the first quarter, including SIT million of
new residential work and 1869 new dwelling units
Nonresdental work of S22 up 452 per cent
from year ago. Federal contracts in the declined to
Evening star., 1962-04-26
OVER COUNTER

Following prices furnished by the Ma
tional Association of Securities Dealers
in Washington represent the range within
which locally active securities could have
been bought or sold at pm. Thursday,
AnriI d lQh2.
Evening star., 1962-04-26
THE STARS BUSINESS BAROMETER
Area Buying Power Expanding;
Population Growth Indicated
BY DONALD B. HADLEY
Star Financial Editor

Area buying power is showing comfortable gains from
year ago, and survey of public utilities connections
indicates further population growth
PayrollS in March near 1858 million with a gain
Of Al per cent from year ago.
At the end of March the served by 3 per
electric and gas meters than year ago. while
Evening star., 1962-04-26
TREASURY BONDS

! NEW YORK CAP) Noon over the cOun-
ter U. S. Government Treasury bonds,
bid, asked, net change and yield for
Evening star., 1962-04-26

This is onother in q
series Of surveys Of the
Washington oreo economy.
By examining it quorterly
in terms Of O stondord set
Of criterio, The Stor hopes
TO give readers the iocol
business picture in full
perspective.
Evening star., 1962-04-26

IIIV NUIIIUtI UI ItItpIIUIIES IIICItdStu
Sc per cent.
In response to the growth, pri-
vate construction in the first quar-
ter scared SIS per cent above year
ago, including a $50 per cent rise
in residential volume and an so per
cent jump in new dwelling units.
Although most of the heavy
Easter buying was shifted to April
bV a late Easter this wear area
Evening star., 1962-04-26

chairman Of the Bureau Of Ma
tional Affairs, Inc. All other
officers were reelected.
Evening star., 1962-04-26

department sales in the first three months of 1862
per above the 1861 period, which in
cuded the bulk of the Easter shopping
Statistics of banks, savings and loans and other fl
nancal institutions showed sharp gains from year ago
and reflected higher rate of general business activity
Auto sales were we'll ahead of year ago.
Evening star., 1962-04-26
IlILa.EIaIL

EXCELLENT FIRST QuARTER.s.
SALES REACH SOS MILLION,
NET INCOME s1e PER SHARE ..s
OUTLOOK CONTINUES Bright
Evening star., 1962-04-26

ds.
T-Partiallyt ak exempt.
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INQUIRY CORNER

@. If we take the Legion
of Deeeney pledge are we
bound in conscience 70 obey
the listing in the Catholic
Times?
A. The wording of the
pledge is revealing. II binds
us to avoid movies which are
dangerous TO our moral life.
The Legion of Decency list
represents the careful con-
sidered judgment of reputable
moral leaders in the Church.
II can be followed as a safe
moral guide. 1t might happen,
however, that some movies
approved are disturbing to
one person Or another.
Such persons must apply
the basic moral law about the
occasion of sin and stay away
from such pictures. On the
other hand a good Catholic
might well attend a movie
which is in Class B (morally
Objectionable in part for alb.
There might be a movie now
and then which is otherwise
well done and perhaps of
some literary or artistic signi-
ficance.
In general. however. a good
Catholic will observe the list
and act accordingly. 1t is
especially applicable to
movies which we permit chill
dren to attend, but no adult
can attend a movie which
he can foresee will be an oc-
casion of sin for him. If he
reads movie reviews in Catho-
lie magazines leg. America)
he may be able to make in
telligent and honest eXcep-
tons. Another factor is the
moral duty of opposing ques-
tionable movies and places
which show them as a matter
of policy.
1t is not just our personal
moral life that is involved.
We must avoid scandal; we
should patronize movies which
conform to the moral law.
@. Can further exploration
Of space prove Or disprove
the existence of heaven?
A. There are some proud
men who make God to their
own image and likeness. They
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New Books For Catholics

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itself from the world. He then
shows the meaningfulnesg Of
chastity, poverty and obedi-
ence not only to those in re-
ligious life, but to the world
al large.
His message is the Gospel
one Of love as applied to life
today.
The author is the Prior of
the monastery of the Great
Community of Taize in
France. Under his direction
live 40 religious and 10 nov
ices. A dozen brothers have
been sent from the monastery
to Marseilles as dock work
ers, to Algiers as bricklayers
among the Moslems, to Aidjan
and to the United States. A
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Q. Do we have an expIana-
zion for the text which speaks
OF Chrisf's brothers and SIS
fers tMsfthew 13:55-56)?
A. There are a number of
texts which refer to the
brethren of the Lord. The
first point is that the word
used for brethren does not
necessarily mean brothers
and sisters in the strict sense.
The same word is used for
relatives in general Job
19:13-14) for nephews Genesis
29:15) cousins 0eviticus 1910
and first cousins Il Par. 23:2l-
22).
The words of Mary luke
1:34) indicate that she had a
vow of virginity, because her
question asked of the angel
shows that she did not intend
to have children. The Gospels
are clear on the Virgin Birth
of Christ leg. Matthew 1:20).
The lack of mention of other
children when Christ was IL
(the finding in the temple),
the handing over of His moth
er to John Zebedee as He
hung On the cross indicate
that there were no younger
brothers Or sisters.
The fathers of the~first
four centuries all teach this
doctrine, showing the accept
ed Christian teaching that the
brethren were not children of
Mary.
@. Is The Church changing
her stand on birth-eontroi
with the new oral con-
traeeptives? | read somewhere
that Pope Plus XII said so!
A. No. Contraception is a
violation of the natural law,
of the law of God as imbedd-
ed in human nature. 1t can
not be accepted, no matter
what the reason Or the
method. Pope Plus XII did
speak of medical advances
which would help solve diff
cult situations based on
medical. eugenic, economic
and social" problems.
He 1t at e d later: "the
Church knows how to con-
slider with sympathy and UNI
derstanding the real Difficult
ties of the married state in
our day. Therefore, in Our
last allocution on conjugal
morality. We affirmed the
legitimacy and, at the same
time, the limits = in truth,
quite broad, of a regulation
of offspring, which, unlike
sc-called birth control, is COM
patible with the law of God.
One may even hope (but in
this matter the Church natur-
ally leaves the judgment to
medical science) that science
will succeed in providing this
licit method with a sufficient
ly secure basis, and the most
recent information seems to
confirm such a hope"
In other words, the Pope
said that the legitimate use
of rhythm can be aided by
medical science, so that peo-
pie with sufficient cause can
use if with near certainty.
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Book ReUieW
A Protestant in
a uniquerOle
LIVING TO-DAY FOR GOD by Roger Schultz
HeIicon Press, ($2.o5)

This small book of just 1913 pages treats of the
characteristics of the world of today as compared with
the dominant values of the interior life.
THE AUTHOR makes the point that we must
live in the world and that the Church cannot isolate
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INQUIRY CORNER
Brethren does not necessarily
mean brothers and sisters
by Fr. Edward f. Healev

do not bother to read the
words of theologians in the
matter, nor even the cate
chism. We do not claim that
heaven is a floating island
a few miles up in the sky
with God seated on a cloud
for all to see who fly by.
That is a childish misunder-
standing of the Christian idea
of heaven.
We believe in the resurrec-
ton of the body. We there
fore believe that heaven in
cludes provision for the body
lie. it is a place.. Primarily
we believe that it is a place
for the soul which lived and
died in union with God. We
believe in the resurrection of
the body because it is clearly
taught by the New Testament
and by the Church leg. the
Apostles Creed. Our Lord
taught the doctrine Matthew
1920 as did st. Paul acts
26:8; Romans BID. We can
not prove or disprove it by
physical observation.
1t rests on the authority of
Christ, Who by His life, His
teachings and His miracles
proved that He spoke with
divine authority. His resur-
rection from the dead is the
basis for our belief and for
our hope.
Send questions to Father
F. Healey, Inquiry
Corner, The Catholic Times,
Boa $50, Columbus I6, Ohio
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tholics must take into ac-
count in the light Of charity
and Of hope. One name de-
notes them: Taize."
We concur in the testimon-
ial Of the French Catholic au-
thor and recommend this
book to any reader who is In
terested in the new horizons
that are opening up for work
ing toward the realization of
Cnrist's prayer: That they all
may be 0ne.-GAF
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Friday, July 20, 1862
As HENRI

AS HENRI Daniel-R Reps
says IN the preface whatever
the concrete and tangible re-
suits Of the Second Vatican)
Council, q new climate will be
established and ties restored
which only yesterday one
would have not have dared to
renew. In this story of the re-
sumption of fraternal ties
there is a group of men in
the forefront, and already as
ISOLATED with it, whom Ca
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community of women has also
recently been established as
a result of the work Of the
monastery.
This may not particularly
impress the Catholic reader
in itself. But the thing that
is noteworthy about Roger
Schultz is that he is a Protest
ant and that his is the unique
role of leading fhe only ceno-
5ific religious community in
the Reformed Churches.
One of the main concerns
of the community is ecumeni-
Cal relations and that makes
this book doubly interesting
for Catholics.
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NORRIS, A B. Gods
Own People. (Helicon. $2.95).
A synthesizing view of the
mystery of the Church.
PAPAL THE
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Paul, Cloth. S.; Paper, S4). A
collection of TRANSACTIONS of
papal documents selected by
the Benedictines Of Solesmes,
ranging from 1740 to 1860.
ROUKE, EVA. Never In a
Hurry. Golden. rs cents. A
reader for young Catholics at
the pre-sch DOL and early
grade level.
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Mass OrdO
Liturgy
of the
week
SUNDAY. JULY u

SSss@~ So
Sixth Sunday after Pente-
cost. Green vestments, Gloria,
Greed, Preface of the Holy
Trinity.
MONDAY, JULY 70
Saint Apollinaris. Red vest
ments, Gloria, Second and
Third Prayers lin Low Mass
of Saint Liborius and for the
Removal of Schism, Common
Preface.
TUESDAY, JULY "a
Ferial Tuesday. Green vest
ments, Mass of Sixth Sunday
after Pentecost, no Gloria,
Second and Third Prayers of
Saint Christina and for the
Removal of Schism, Common
Preface.
WEDNESDAY, JULY IS
Saint James. Red vest
ments, Gloria, Second Pray
err Tin Low Mass of Saint
Christopher, Creed, Preface
of the Apostles.
THURSDAY, JULY rs
Saint Anne. White vest
ments, Gloria, Common Pre-.
face.
FRIDAY, JULY ~
FeriaI Friday. Green vest
ments, Mass of Sixth Sunday
after Pentecost, no Gloria,
Second and Third Prayers of
Saint P~antaleon and for the
Removal of Schism, no Creed,
Common Preface.
SATURDAY, JULY 20
Saints Nazarius, CELSIUS, Vic
tor and Innocent. Red vest
ments, Gloria, Second Pray
er Tin Low Mass for the Re-
moval of Schism, Common
Preface.