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Final Welfare Report
For Duncan Due Soon

pendent Children which would
give relief to youngsters of I'M
employed parents as well as
to those whose fathers are dead,
absent or incapacitated. The
House has approved this ex-
tension for five years.
The Commissioners last week
asked the Senate District APP
preparations Subcommittee for
a supplemental appropriation
of more than 100000 to set
up this program if Federal leg
islation is passed. The House
cut out a request for aid to
families of the unemployed
from the District budget.
2. That the District maintain
responsibility for children of
families on relief while finding
ways to deal with the paramour
or "man-in-the- house" The
city rule forbids relief to chill
dren if their mother has a
continuing relationship with a
man on the grounds that he
is acting as a husband and
father in the home.
This is the most important
factor in a recent investigation
of a Sampling of Aid to De-
pendent Children cases that
found Sc per cent of those
checked either ineligible or rep
resenting cases already closed.
3. That the city not only pro-
vide relief to those without any
income, but also it should
bridge the gap between levels
of earning and the minimum
level of existence.
4. That all residence require
ments for public assistance be
removed "at the earliest prac-
ticable moment" The District
has a one-year residence rule.
S. That sufficient staff be
made available to help rehabil-
itate families.
6. That the city adopt a
training-for-work program for
the unemployed, and also in
sure a merit hiring program.
z. That the Welfare Depart
ment must provide the means
for day care for the children OF
women whom it expects to
work. AS a corollary, it is an
ticipated that there would al
ways be a judiciuos consider
alton Of individual cases in de-
termination of the better plan
work or Aid to Dependent
Children"
8. That day care centers be
provided only for youngsters
over three-years-old, with
younger children looked after in
day care programs in foster
homes.
8. That a Day Care Commits
sion be established here. If Fed
eral funds for day care becames
available, such a commission
must exist for the District to
qualify, the recommendation
states.
10. That existing programs
be strengthened in order to
control and reduce fraud.
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DFathH

THOMSON, THOMAS FLETCHER. On
Wednesday. July II, 1882. at subur-
ban Hospital, THOMAS FLETCHER
THOMSON Of 25O9 Weisman I'd,
sie l. s 4Som:on father o1 n Bernard Ss
Waugh and brother Of Mrs. Chris
tina Forester. Mr.. Thomson rests at
the Warner e. Humphrey Funeral
Home. S434 Georsia ave. Silver
held on Monday. July IS, at IL am.
inEton National Memorial Park.
is
THOMAS, WILLIAM MILES. Suddenly
on Wednesday, July II, 1862, WILL
LIAM M. THOMAS, Of 1921 4th st.
Sc, beloved son. Of Airline Lee and
devoted brother Of Barbara McMahan,
JJasGusline Taylor and Constance
father. Reverend James Lee; nieces
and nephews. other relatives and
many friends. Remains resting at
the John T. Rhines Co. Funeral
t home, 1913 18th 18th St; ne parking
after 4 pm. Sunday, July IS. And
where funeral services will be held
Monday, July 10. at IL am. Inter-
ment Lincoln Memorial Cemetery.
Is
THROCKMORTON, LESLIE P. On Sat-
urday, July "a, 1862, at Mt. Alto
M hesRIe he 5eiov.e bT TsR9cH 81
Elsie c. Throckmorton. father OF
Allen Throckmorton, son OF Nellie
Simmons and brother of Gladys
Stokes. Funeral services at the
Simmons Brothers Funeral Home,
1861 Good Hope I'd. sc. (parking
facilities) on Tuesday, July II, at
II am. Interment IT. Lincoln
Cemetery. l6
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DrathH

TRoUP, FREDERICK W. on Friday,
FREEpEss1ck " Se0!TF RoUP a q 9asss
Reservoir I'd. NV, husband Of the
late Doris z. Troup, father Of Mrs.
and Mrs. Evelyn 81. Amand Of Enid.
colt, N. Y, brother Of Mrs. George
Poole Of Mclean, Va, and Mrs.
Emma Walker. Of Cumberland, Nd;
also survived by two grandchilSEenS;
Funeral Home. 3O34 M st. NV. after
4 pm. Saturday, July IA, where
services will be held on Sunday at /
Pm Pm; lnteTment private. In lieu Of
Fund would be appreciated.
TROUP, FREDERICK W. Members Of
SN Assoc. Washington, D. c..
t1AM at Birch's Funeral Home,
WZV 1884 M st. NV, on Sunday.
NNsA~ July 10, at 1890 pm. to
attend the funeral Of our
late brither FREDERICK w. TROUP.
XTEng R +E FRYE; PSesi ssdr.,.v
TROUP, FREDERICK. Officers and
\ II members of Miriam Chap
. Nh ter No. % o. E. s. are
NA hereby notified of the
.ZN~ death of Brother FRED
" neral from Birch's Funeral
" Home, 3034 M st. NV,
Sunday, July Is, at l pm.
CORlNNE BROOKS, Worthy Matron
MARIE LINTHICUM. Secretary. Is
WALKER, MARTEE CAMPBELL. Sud
denly on Friday, July 10. 1862,
MARTEE CAMPBELL WALKER Of
1905 18th st. NV, beloved mother
of Mrs. Virginia Price, George,
Henry, Frank and William Walker,
she is also survived by four sisters,
many grandchildren, other relatives
and a host Of friends. After pm.
Monday. July 16. friends are in
vited to call at the Jarvis Chapel,
1432 You st. NV, funeral services
will be held at the Vermont Avenue
Baptist Church on Tuesday, July
II, at ] pm. Interment Harmony
Memorial Park 10
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HIT arntnriant

ALLEN. RAYMOND A. GUS. In low
som, RAYMOND "a A. Gus ALLEN, on
his birthday in Heaven, July 10.
Your birthday. dear. has come again.
The day we love so well:
But you are not with US today,
Our love for you to tell.
No presents now, Just flowers. dear,
Upon your grave today;
In tears we pray to meet you
In Heaven above some day.
HIS DEVOTED MOTHER ESTHER
BLAND, WILLIAM A. To honor the
memory Of our beloved husband and
father, WILLIAM A. BLAND, who left
u fG 1s5sy. years ago on this date July
Nit left US. Pa. since you've been
gone;
His passing. too. seemed hard.
YOUR DEVOTED WIFE, BEATRICE
LOVED CHILDREN. CHESTER A.
RhAND AND LILLIAN BLAND
Of my brother. HENRY FARMER,
who passed away July Is. 1857.
But But the he Lord i viii take Sa' car. of His
SISTER. HENRIETTA o. FARMER.
LARE, JOSEPH r. In loving mem
DRY of my dear husband, JOSEPH
r. LARE' who passed away July
4 token of love and remembrance
His memory to me Is treasure,
His LOVING WIFE, BEss.
sNoWDEN, JOSEPH d. We will again
Snsband ta and ms satSer os SeF 0en
years ago todss july ss' 49, IS 1915 a5'een
Rest in peace. your work is ended,
=. Sweetly sleep. your race is run;
You have gone where those who
loved you.
Soon are sominE one By one; =.
CEPHAs. ELIZABETH A., BECKwITH.
DELEPHINE T. In loving memory
SL1S 2 Hfnsr c faf is' Who psssed
Is. 1872. and sister. bELEPHINE +.
BECKW1TH. nine year ago. June
We do not need these special days
To bring you; Mother and Sister
The days we do not think Of you both
Are very hard to find.
HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCH1L-
s BEE s aNp bK AafhE oN NIHeE
AND NEPHEWs.
GORDON, IDA r. In memory Of our
mother, IDA GORDON, who passed
away eleven years ago today, July
Is, 1851.
Never a day goes by, dear Mother,
We do not think of you;
Each tiny thing that you touched
Is treasured by US, too.
HER CHILDREN, RUTH AND WILL
BUR r. THOMAS.
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DrathH

WHITE, BERTHA FLORENCE. on
Wednesday. July IL, 1862, BERTHA
F. WHITE Of 400 Upshur St., Bla::
Charles White. devoted daughter o.
Viola Green She ,, y sis9 . survived ,,s1
sisters, Alberta: Dorothy, Frances
Green, Mary Moore and Kathleen
johnson. other relatives and friends
also survive After 4 pm, Sunday;
July rI 5 friends a nss invited Hen. to s ss
Rhode Island ave. NV, where sery-
ices will be held on Monday. July
10 at II noon: The Rev. Kenneth
White, officiating. Interment Ar
lington National Cemetery. Is Is
WHITE, WILLIE. On Thursday. July
-, 1862, WILLIE WHITE Of 1901
EVELYN White, father Of Mary White.
survived BY five sisters, six brothers.
other relatives and host Of friends.
After IL noon Sunday. July Is,
friends are invited to call at the
Jarvis Chapel. 1432 You st. NV.
Tenth Street Baptist Church. 10th
and r SITS. NV, on Monday, July
10. at 10 am. Interment Harmony
Memorial Cemetery. Is
WILLIAMS, VERNON. On Friday, July
10. 1862. at his residence, 45O9
Douglas St, ne. VERNON WILL
LIAMs, infant son Of Catherine will
lams, brother of Veronica. Christ
opher and Michael Williams, grand
son Of Christine Williams, nephew
Of Mary Williams, Anna Queen and
Harold Williams. step-grandson OF
Stanley johnson. Baby williams may
be viewed at the above residence
after 2 pm. Monday. Graveside
prayers will be said Tuesday. July
II, 1862, at 10 am. Interment Mt.
Olivet Cemetery. Services by
Stewart. 10
WOLF, RONALD W. OF 1915 18th st.
NV, on July ID, 1869, son OF Her
man and Emma Wolf, brother of
Pauline Fittery: employed by the
National Security Agency. Services at
the Stanley L. Strauss Funeral Home,
Jamestown, Pa, on Monday, July 10,
at 2 pm. Sunday viewing. 10 pm.
Services BY Chambers.)
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-12-14
That it should
come to this

fit to bring more children into the
world.
NOW SO FAR this Is not manda-
tory, but it is just a step away from
manipulation of human beings and
usurpation of individual rights. Such
a procedure can even be carried out
by economic threat: IF you want
welfare relief, you will practice con
%traception, etc" 1t has not come to
this, but it very well might.
The other Chicago suggestion IS
eve more amazing, Someone propos-
ed that when people are living to-
gether in sinful unions public. funds
be alIocated to assist them in obtain
ing divorces 20 they would be free
from the encumbrances of the first
Tor second or third marriage and the
present union could be regularized.
Doubtless this suggestion was we'll
meant, but it is distressing to contem-
plate. Again the threat of pressure
would hang v e such procedures.
We assure some of our past critics
that we are just as disturbed as they
are that welfare programs SHOULD
come to this"
However, on the positive side, we
urge local citizens and individual COM
munities to exercise their responsible
ties and not just talk about them.
-GAF
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-12-14
THE X
Domestic Peace Corps lacks appeal

General, the domestic service corps
would be modelled after the Peace
Corps. Enlistment would be open to all
ages from high school to retired per-
sons. The term of enlistment might
be shorter, one year instead of two.
Pay would be low, sufficient to owe
living expenses with a modest sepa-
ration allowance.
The Peace Corps, directed by the
Presidents brother-in-law, Sargent
Shriver, has COMPOUNDED all the skep-
tics by turning out to be an unquali-
fled success.
Even those congressman who scott
ed at the program as a massive boom
doggle'' have had to admit that their
fears have been proved groundless.
Presumably the President and his
brother have concluded that if the
Peace Corps works SO well abroad, a
similar corps would be a success in
the United States. But this may be an
unwise assumption.
Sargent Shriver's Peace Corps, it
is true, received more applicants than
it had the funds to employ. But can
it be assumed that those who were de-
MED enlistment in the Peace Corps
would rush to join a service corps for
work in the United States?
Working among natives in far-away
lands has a glamorous appeal, a sug-
gestion of high adventure, that work.
ing in a Harlem Stun or a migrant
workers camp in Southern California
lacks. How many of the peace corps
volunteers Joined up to see the world?
The nearest precedent for a corps
such as the President is considering
was the Civilian Conservation Corps
formed in the depression years by the
Roosevelt administration.
The state of the economy then was
quite different from that of today.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-12-14

Some of our readers have been dis
turbed over the past years by our
espousal of public welfare programs,
fearing that we do not see the posi-
bic danger Of socialistic inroads.
We are not unaware of such posi-
bility and, with the Popes, follow the
principle of s~ubsidiarity.
However, there is real danger of the
state stepping in and taking over
when it need not, or even should not,
where local responsibility is lacking.
A LETTER-WRITER to n of the
Columbus dailies made this point very
well. we think, this past week when
ne stated that citizens of this area
clamor for the exercise of local re-
sponsibility and then defeat welfare
levies or other measures to care for
our own problems.
He warned, and rightly so, that II
the local citizenry defaults, the State
and the Federal Government will nee
e~ssarily step in because certain needs
must be met.
He cited the high incidence Of crime
In this area as a consequence of local
failure.
At the other end Of the spectrum,
we must comment on the lamentable
situation in Chicago where the civil
officials wish to dispense contracep-
tives to those whom they judge as UNI
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-12-14

The parents had their gripes, too.
They had taken their adolescents'
comments on parental eccentricities
in good fashion. Now it was their turn
to reply in kind.
To the interested observer, the re-
markable thing about this exchange
between the t%eenagers and their par
ents was not only the frankness of the
opinions expressed but the warm spir-
it of charity underlying them.
There was not bitterness or resent
ment, no questioning of authority or
arbitrary imposition of it. 1t was a
healthy discussion.
THE PARENTS major complaint
was the lack of consideration of 9TH
ers on the part of their adolescents.
A father gave one example of it when
he said, when you people go out of
an evening, we do hope you will have
a good time; but we are concerned
about your welfare.
II y HUl LIldL We uOI | lIuSl yOu, UuL
things can happen - like a drunken
driver or a speeder - something over
which you have no control. Therefore,
when it is time for you to be home
and you are not, we get worried"
$50, why not show a little consid-
Grafton? If you are delayed for one
reason or another, we don't want you
rushing across town. Stop and tele-
phone that you are delayed but that
you are all right and will be home
shortly. 1t will save your poor old
parents a lot of needless anxiety"
In a later discussion, one teenager
admitted that he and his contempo-
raries could be more c~onsiderate
about the concern of parents, but he
added, "You know, sometimes when
we do call that we will be a little late,
all we get over the telephone is a
bawling out. So maybe the next time
we don't call, because we get two
seedlings in the same evening for the
same thing So, perhaps considera-
ton is a two-Way street.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-12-14
By John C.. O'Brien

Although the pool of unemployed Is
large, the work force is the largest in
the history of the country. Jobs are
available for those with training and
skill.
The CCC force was put to work
planting trees in the national forests.
a job requiring no previous training
and little skill. 1t was made work"
But the proposed national service
corps would be seeking men and wom.
en- trained as teachers, welfare work.
ers, ~therapists, dieticians and the like,
for whom, it is admitted, there is a
short supply. Without the lure of for
eign travel, how many Americans are
so dedicated to serving their own
country that they would choose to
work for living expenses instead of
taking salaried positions?
The question also arises, would
such volunteers be welcomed by the
established agencies now working in
slums, recreation centers, Indian res
ervations, hospitals and correctional
institutions?
Governments of underdeve | o
countries received the Peace Corps
volunteers with open arms because
they had no natives capable of doing
what the volunteers could do. But 10.
cal authorities are prone to resent the
suggestion that they need help from
the Federal Government.
Congress, too, may be expected to
show o hostility to a domestic
service corps than it did to the Peace
Corps. Congress was induced to au-
thorize the Peace Corps by the argu-
ment that it might help win us friends
in the cold war among the underprivi-
legged countries. But the argument can
hardly be made that a service corps
is needed to keep underprivileged
Americans from going communist.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-12-14

President Kennedy Is considering
an appeal to Congress to authorize a
service program for the United States
patterned after the Peace Corps.
He has directed a committee of sew
en- top administration leaders to study
the feasibility of such a project and
to report to him by Jan. l of next
year. Presumably, if the report is ia
vorable, he will ask Congress for leg
islation authorizing a domestic serv-
ice corps.
The President was induced to initi-
ate the study by an encouraging pre-
liminary study compiled by Attorney
General Robert F. Kennedy. The At
torney General reported that many
Americans would like to accept the
Presidents Inaugural Address chal-
lenge TO ask what they could do for
their country but lacked visible ave.
nues for service"
The Attorney General suggested
that there is a wide field for service
by dedicated volunteers among the
$4,000, 900 Americans living 1t a very
low economic level.
Many of these persons, he noted,
are handicapped by poor health, diets
and housing rs well as inadequate ed
ucation. The majority, he said, are un-
able to remedy these conditions by
themselves.
Among the specific areas in which
the Attorney General suggested a ma
tional service corps could be useful
in slum schools, recreation centers
mental hospitals, Indian reservations,
migrant labor camps and correctional
institutions.
In all these fields, h noted, there
is a shortage of trained rkers. Vol
unters, working under o~fessionals,
he suggested, could tighten the load.
AS envisioned by the Attorney
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-12-14
By Father Andrew Greeley

next dance would be a ladies' choice.
1t took almost as much as 30 seconds
for the $50 boys in the oom to get
out the door.
II II NOT this kind of communica-
ton that the current controversy is
about. The journalists who argue for
more communication are not trying to
take over the Church but they are
looking for some kind of institutional
modification which will enable them
to make their needs, insights and
abilities available to the decision MAX
ing elements in the Church.
Even though they may not think
Of it in quite these terms, they are
trying to break the monopoly on up
ward communication currently held
by the crackpots.
1t is my personal opinion that they
feel 50 strongly about this problem
that they have tended to give an UNI
balanced view of the American Church.
However, this does not mean that
their basic goal-more effective dia-
logue between the clergy and the laity
is rot extremely important. Nor
should these people be dismissed as
anti-clericals which. with some rare
occasions, they most certainly are not.
Father FIGHTERS recent lecture in
Oklahoma City reported that a ma
tional survey had revealed that there
was almost no nti-elericalism among
American Catholics and that what lit
tie existed was more of a traditional
ist' than a Liberal" phenomenon.
Those trying to break the commun-
ication monopoly of the m~alcontents
and the cranks are, as Father FIGHTER
puts it, 'the best friends the clergy
has" Indeed, neither side may yet
realize what good friends they really
are.
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the same day, about the ice on the
street a block away from the
church. about the distraction from
the active participation in the Mass,
about the mark Johnny got in social
adjustment. about the noise teenag-
ers make. about how long it took A
visiting priest 10 say Mass, about
favorable publicity for GIN C"only
a clique'), about the frankness Of the
talk about sex at Pre-Canas ('people
shouldn't discuss sex until after they
are MARKEDLY.
IN MY OWN experience the most
m%addening sort OF upward communi-
cation was from some of the chaper-
mes at teenage gatherings. Even
though they had no experience at this
sort of thing, there was always the
person who, after five minutes at such
an event, would have a detailed pro-
gram about what ought to be done.
1t did not matter, of course, that
his suggestions had been tried many
times before and would not work or
that they may be a violation of the
rights and the dignity of the young
people. Ii the priests or the other
c|haperones would not Immediately
enforce his plan, he would storm out
protesting that it was useless to try
TO help.
One priest know had a delightful
experience with such a character.
This upward communicating lay
man. was appalled, that the teenag-
ers were not dancing with each other.
No amount of explanation that it
vas perfectly normal and healthy for
the boys to be on one side of the
room and the girls on the other
would satisfy him.
Finally he seized control of the
microphone and announced that the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-12-14

For all who have made q sincere at
tempt to make a good preparation for
the Coming of the Christ, Gaudete
Sunday should be an occasion of spir-
itual joy. But we should be realistic
about the matter. Many have been so
busy or SO immersed in other arrange
ments for Christmas that there has
been no such preparation.
IF THEN, SOME have no cause for
Joy we are reminded that there is still
time to salvage this period of grace.
The Church asks us to enc our reso-
buttons or to make some for the first
time.
There is an opportunity to put this
concept into practice by a fervent OBJ
servance of the Ember Days next
week. We should be sure, too, that u
self-imposed practices are carried out
to the end of Advent.
Then, and only then, will Christ
bring special graces into Jul souls on
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-12-14
EVERYMAN'S FAMILY
Most parents haze
gripes of their o,on
by Father John Knott

A MOTHER SUGGESTED to the
adolescents that they might also prac-
tice a little consideration with young
er brothers and sisters. stop teasing
them SO much" she said. "You get
them all riled up and excited and then
you take off. Or you get crabby and
impatient with them.
Remember that they are young and
not nearly as smart as you. Give them
a little of your time and attention.
Help them out. Listen to them. Take
them with you once in a while. You
have no idea how impressed they are
by you and what an influence you can
be in their lives. Sometimes you can
do more for them than we parents
can"
A father stood up and said, "And
then there is the telephone" Caugh-
ter from both sides of the room)
How is it that you people who spend
all day together in school still find it
necessary to talk with each other half
the night on the telephone?"
Personally" he said, II find it
very frustrating to keep calling home
late in the afternoon and continually
hearing a busy signal. / also find it
embarrassing to have a friend or bus
mess associate tell me the next day
he tried to call me the previous eve
ming and couldn't get through.
I'VE now have a rule that converse
ton on the telephone is limited to a
certain amount of time. But there
should not be a need for a rule like
that. A little thoughtfulness about the
rights of others would be most help
full"
And" he added, 81 don't think the
solution to this problem is found in in-
s~talling a private line to the teen
ayers room. You are a member of a
family and, just as you share a COM
NOR table, living room and, may I
add, a bathroom, you also share a
common telephone"
To live the common life of a FAM
lily, the practical aspect of love most
needed is that of consideration.