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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-09
AdniruI's
Daughter
To Wed

Rear Admiral B. J. Semmes
jr., U. S. Naval Commander
of the Middle East Force,
and Mrs. Semmes announce
the engagement of their
daughter Walden to Mr..
John Randall, son of Mrs.
Samuel ]. Randall 3rd, and
the late Mr.. Randall of Phil
adelphia.
Miss Semmes attended
Holton Arms School, HollinS
College, and is a member of
the Glass of 1868 at Trinity
College here.
Mr.. Randall, a graduate of
Princeton University, is at
tending McGill University,
School of Medicine, in Mon
treal, Canada.
Miss Semmes is a grand
daughter OF Mrs. Walden Lee
Ainsworth and the late Vice
Admiral Ainsworth Of WASH
ington. and Of Mrs. B. j.
Semmes and the late Mr..
SemmeS Of Memphis, Tenn.
Mr.. Randall is a grandson
Of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
John Brock Lear, and the
great grandson of Mrs. Sam
uel ]. Randall of Philadel-
phia and the late Mr.. Ran
dali, Speaker of the House of
Representatives during the
Cleveland administration.
The wedding is planned
for next summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-09

Mrs Benonn E. Golden et president of University
tono Womens Clubs and Mrs Bernard Beron oroono
mons book oe look of the autographed books that
me highest bidder at benefit auction Tuesday, November
IN conjunction with the groups first annual
November 10 at 4400 Connecticut
VIII go to the support Of Bronde UnNesis broySo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-09
Holiday Mart

The annual Holiday Mart
of the South Arundel Club
will be held tomorrow at the
Galesville Memorial Hall,
beginning at pm. Mrs.
Taylor Leatherbury is over
all chairman.
In addition to a variety of
articles for sale, dinner will
be served and carry outs"
also will be available.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-09
Open House
Is Sunday

An open house for private
and public school seniors and
their parents will be held at
Dunbarton College from 3
to S pm. on Sunday at the
college.
Tours Of the campus will
be conducted by members of
the Dunbarton College stu
dent Council. Refreshments
will be served.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-03-30
Our Opinion
EDITORIALS
Morality OF War

Last weekend Dr.. Linus Pauling, Nobel prize-win-
ming chemist and disarmament crusader, told a Colum-
bus audience that 'war is immoral and that some,
like the Catholic Church will eventually have to join
'the forces of morality and reason against war as an
Institution.
WE u suggest that DR.. Pauling is not an
expert in theology and that his bold statement "war
is immoral is not valid. We would suggest further,
that his consistent leanngs toward causes also
espouSed by the Communists casts doubt on his OBJ
jectivity. This is confirmed by the incredible state
ment he is reported to have made that "The record
of the Soviet Union in adhering to treaties is an excel
lent one"
This gives us a good opportunity to review Catho-
lie doctrine on the morality of war.
BEFORE PROCEEDING, let us say that Dr.. Pauling
has some theological support from certain morallstS
who say that modern mUltiInegaton nuclear warfare
is not permissible. But we still challenge his lmpl-
cation that the Catholic Church is not az eourant on
on this question.
The traditional Catholic teaching is that a de-
fensive war against unjust aggression is Justified.
This requires that it be declared by legitimate authorl-
ty with the right intention and as a last resort. There
must also be a proper proportion between the de-
struction caused and the good achieved, just means
must always be employed, and we must have moral
certainty of a successful outcome.
No one will deny in the present context that even
the defensive use of 'open" bombs which would de-
stroy the entire human race or at least millions of in
nocent people would not be lawful. But the possession
and use of some atomic weapons, with the moral con
ditons verified, is justified by most responsible the
ologians especially against atheistic unprincpled I'M
just aggresSorS.
IN VIEW of the record Of the Red bloc, talk of
unilateral disarmament is nothing short of an invita-
ton to Communists conquest. And this would not be
merely military occupation, but craven surrender of
all the values we hold dear. This is 1862 not 1945.
1t is true that moralists have their work compli-
Gated by the fact that they do not have access to all
fhn dafa uhnuf nIIrln9r ~ and DXpn CrInnf1CtC
do not agree on the extent of destruction.
But at present, since the Church has not made
a decision as to which types of modern warfare are
illicit, we are free to support the opinion that would
permit the use OF some nuclear weapons.
WE DO NOT take consolation in this thought. We
flee from il. We pray God such a decision will never
have to be made.
This is evidently a very complex question and if
the statements attributed to DR.. Paulng reflect his
thinking, then we would suggest he has over-simpli-
fled this matter in its moral aspects.
But no matter which position we hold, we should
see in these new weapons of destruction a warning
from God that all men must use every effort to secure
universal peace or face the consequences. - GAF.
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Seeks Tax Relief
For Pensioners
Editor.

EullOT.
Pensioners are worried
about real estate taxes.
They are worried because
taxes are constantly in
creasing and the pension
ers have no way Of increas-
ing their incomes to pay in
creased taxes.
Physical disabilities or en-
ployment age limits imposed
by employers bar pensioners
from obtaining add o |
funds to keep up with in
creasing tax and other costs.
CAN ANYTHING be done
to help in such circumstances
is the question asked us here
in the County Treasurer's of
flee.
1t is our suggestion that
present laws be amended to
provide for the following:
When taxes mot special i'm
provement assessments) are
increased above the taxes
charged in the tax year 1851
a credit or remission of such
increase be allowed not in ex-
cess of $50 per year.
Such credit should be is.
sued only to persons who are
receiving fixed incomes from
social security, annuisies or
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-03-30
Needy Overseas

We are much concerned with our welfare problems
at home. We seek to find ways and means to solve
them. But God has so blessed our country that it isn't
a question of funds so much, as how they are to be OBJ
tanned and how they are to be used.
SUCH IS NOT the case in many other countries of
the world. They not only do not have our resources
and funds, they have no immediate prospects of either.
There are nations in Asia and Africa that are the
victims of the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse.
Europe has made a remarkable economic recovery,
but there is still much to be done. Latin America is a
continent of poverty and disease.
Every year on Laetare Sunday the Bishops of the
United States call upon their people to help the needy
overseas. We have been doing this ever since World
War II and the record achieved is remarkable. The
Bishops Relief Program is the largest privately fin.
anced project of its kind. The good that it does for
the Church and for our nation is incalculable.
CATHOLIC PEOPLE are that program. Without
their prayers and financial support it cannot exist.
The Bishops are our leaders who call us to help and
point out the need, but we must carry the burden.
We will do so, as we have done in the past, not so
much for the good done the Church and the United
States, but because the need is there.
During Lent we are moved to the things of Christ.
And nothing is closer to the heart of Our Lord than
His needy ones. CAT
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mission represented and were
presumably recommended by
the principal Brotherhoods
and carriers respectively.
The Commissions inquiry
was probably the most exten.
sive and intensive study of
railroad Acknowledgment re-
lations in the history of the
nation. Its final report (of al
most 900 pages was based on
SO days of public hearings, a
score of expert studies pre-
pared by the Commissions
staff and outside experts. ex-
tensiye observation trips Gov
ering thousands of miles of
railroad facilities, and innum-
cradle private discussions
among the Commissions rep
resentatives and with key rep
resentatives of the carriers
and operating Brotherhoods.
THE REPORT reflects the
unanimous views of the five
public members. It also con-
tains the separate statements
or dissents submitted by the
labor and management men,
bers of the commission.
The report recommends
among other changes in work
rules and in methods of wage
payment-the gradual elimin-
alton of firemen on freight
trains, the retirement of old
er employees, separation pay
and retaining for displaced
workers, and some reduction
of the distinction between
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-03-30
The Yardstick
Railroad BrOtherhOods
React Rashly
by Msgr. George G. Higgins

On Nov. l, 1860 Presi-
dent Eisenhower appoint
ed a 15-man tripartite
Presidential road
Commission under Exec
tive Order No. 10891.
He did this pursuant to a
voluntary agreement of Oct.
IT, 1860, between the princi-
pal railroad companies or
carriers and the five operat-
ing Brotherhoods five unions
representing some 211,000 OPP
Grating employees out of an
industry total of $4,000 rail
road workers).
BY AGREEMENT of the
parties certain specific dis
putes over work and compen-
sation rules were submitted
to the Commission for study
but not for binding arbitra-
ton.
The public members of the
Commission included a for
mer Federal Judge, a distin-
guished law professor with
extensive experience as an ar
bitrator, two well known labor
economists, and a nationally
known attorney and arbitra-
tor who has served as a ref
cree on National Railroad AID
.iustment Board cases and as
a member of Presidential
Emergency Boards in railway
labor disputes.
The five labor and five man
agement members of the Com
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-03-30
Sum and Substance:
Sum and Substance:
Radical Left
Does Exist
by Fir. John b. Sheerin, esp.

two, three, four - we don't
want another war - five, six,
seven. eight - we don't want
a fascist state" What rough
neckS!
ENGAGED a bystander
next to me in conversation.
He turned out to be a North
Korean student who had
been connected with student
movements in Japan. His Eng
lish was not too good but he
did convey to me his surprise
that students could be so
bland when staging a political
demonstration. In short, these
young liberals were the soul
of propriety. They wouldn't
say boo" to a policeman's
horse.
On the other hand, a group
of liberal extremists did put
on a violent demonstration at
Times Square March 30. They
deserved the label of radical
leftists." Protesting President
Kennedy's decision to resume
atmospheric tests, they got
themselves involved in a
brawl with the police. They
boldly sat down in Broadway.
The police arrested AZ of
them for obstructing justice
and causing a nuisance.
An article entitled New
Styles in Fellow-Traveling' in
Dissent, Autumn, 1861, says
that the rise of the Radical
Left has been encouraging
for the communists.
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There is a great hue
and cry all over the coun-
try about the Radical
Right but what about the
Radical Left? 1t does
exist. 1t is hard to distinguish
a radical leftist from a gen.
uine liberal just as it is diff
ficult to draw the line be-
tween a real conservative and
a radical rightist. One of the
surest signs of leftist radical
ism, however, is a readiness
to resort to violence.
MARCH 7, the Young Amer
leans for Freedom staged a
rally at Madison Square Gar
den in New York City. Before
the rally | was standing out
side the Garden watching
some 1900 young liberals pick
citing the conservative rally.
They carried signs protesting
everything under the sun
from racism to the John Birch
Society to uncle Tshombe."
But they we're as well-be-
haved as a tea party in a con-
vent. One young ADA leader
said, "We don't think the
Young Americans for Freedom
are fascists. We think they
are conservatives. Calling
them fascists would be like
calling me a communist.
The most boisterous group
seemed to be the Young Or
ganizing Committee who
chanted chemically, Zone,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-03-30
E~Ueryman's Family
Love Grows Only
With Understanding
By FIR. John c. Knott

approach. Communion means
being one with; this means
sharing ideas, thoughts, and
feelings about oneself, above
the other. about children, and
about life in general.
This must have been one of
the more attractive aspects
about courtship-two people
being able to talk to each
other seriously, humorously,
quietly, about important peo-
pie - themselves. Each feels
a sense of growing confidence
and security since the other
understands, feels, and can
appreciate the dreams, the
hopes. the Illustrations of this
ones life.
Then comes the fusing of
two dreams, two hopes, two
goals into the oneness that
leads to marriage. What each
was striving for alone now
can be created together.
THIS SEEMS to be part of
Gods gift of love to the court
ing couple. He gives them the
gift of love that brings them
together. He asks them to
build a life together through
the sharing of mutual inter-
ests. He gives them the capac-
ity to love-and this is a ire.
mendous gift-and then. in a
sense, He says to each-"You
take care of the other in My
name"
But how can one take care
of the other unless each
knows the other? The preIim-
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work of church-related insti-
buttons.
@. When . priest doesn't
feel we'll or Is out OF sorts
why does he hear confess
sions? | had 10 leave Mass be-
cause became i'll and as
tried TO explain In confession
! was cut off impatientIy. II
seems TO me should have
explained why missed Mass
on Sunday and not been YER
balN slapped for trying to
make a good confession!
A. Strictly speaking, if you
were i'll and missed Mass
through no fault of your own
you had no sin to confess.
Sometimes people come to
confession at a busy time with
details that are not at all
necessary. A well-instructed
Catholic should make the
judgement if the facts are
clear (e.g. sickness excusing
from attending Mass). If there
is any doubt or if there is a
tendency to be too easy on
oneself or too lax in general,
the matter should be submit
ted to the priest in confession
at least as doubtful. Even If
there are other priests to hear
confessi n a priest feels
bound to fulfill this import
ant duty, if he is at all able.
On his part a priest should
strive manfully to be patient
at all times. The penitent,
however. should try to accept
an occasional outburst as a
reminder of the frailty of
man and a reminder to pray
for priests in general and that
one in particular. 1t can also
be accepted as a part Of our
penance; patience on the PEN
itent's part is certain to be
blessed.
Send questions to Father
EdWard r. Healey. Inquiry
Corner, The Catholic Times,
Bon $50, Columbus Is, Ohio.
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road service and yard service.
At the same time, it proposes
that wages and benefits be
increased for $4,000 of the
nations railroad workers.
The report is not an arbi-
tration award-it is not bind
ing on either party. But Pres
ident Kennedy has publicly
called upon the parties to
consider the commissioners
recommendations very care.
fully and, in line with their
agreement of October. 1860,
to enter into immediate col
lective bargaining over the
issues which remain in dis
pute. The President believes
that the report will be "use.
full in this task"
THE REACTION of the op-
Grating Brotherhoods to the
Commissions Report-and to
the Presidents appeal for i'm
mediate collective bargaining
over the issues that remain in
dispute = was extremely dis
appointing.
Spokesman for some of the
Brotherhoods, in public state
ments and in editorials pub.
lished in official journals Of
the Brotherhoods, not only
lambasted the contents of the
report but We'd with one an
other in heaping personal
abuse on its principal auth
ors, the public members of
the commission.
Continued on page 100
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Why? Because they have
been watching their party lose
strength year after year in
the United States but now
+'for the first time in some
years there is accessible to
to them a small milieu in
in which to function with at
least some freedom"
THESE RADICAL 1Ieftists
are a struggling, disorganized
group but they can seem to
get together and shout def
ance against nuclear tests
and our deterrence policy. In
their enthusiasm they carry
along with them a few naive
housewives and Christian
idealistS who oppose the H
bomb.
In the recent past. they al
so staged demonstrations in
favor of Lumumba and Castro.
The hard core of the Radical
Left seems to be former COM
munists who have been dis
illusioned about Stain, Khru-
Schev and Mao but who still
maintain a certain amount of
cynicism about American de-
mocracy. They are hopeful
that communism will event.
ually purge itself of its tyran-
ny and brutality and in the
meantime they busy them
selves attacking American for.
eign policy and American ma
terialiSm.
They claim that communism
Continued on page 100
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Inquiry Corner
Good Works, Penance
Both Necessary
by FIR. Edward f. Healey

lacking fax-exemption for
churches or at least attack.
ing tax exemptions which APP
ply 10 ehureh-condueted bus
iness ventures. Is the catho-
lie Church concerned about
This?
A. The report you enclose
indicates one regrettable note:
that tax exemptions are poor
ly concealed forms of tax sup
port for organized religion"
There is little hope for a
country where God and relig-
ion are to be treated as I'M
mentionable and to be dis
tinctly unfavored. While
there are, no doubt. abuses on
the part of some religious in
stitutions, it is not the threat
ening evil which the secular
list tried to picture. The tax
structure ordinarily does not
exempt church-conducted bus
mess affairs from taxes in the
Catholic institutions which
have such investments they
are not, as a rule, directed by
the institution itself. If the
general public or the state
had to meet the additional
costs Of supplying for the
work done by these organi.
nations leg. hospitals, schools)
it would be found to be poor
economy to impose impossible
burdens upon them. If the tax
exemption is a subsidy there
is good reason for continuing
it, as sound as there is for
any other government sub
sidy = and more. The import
ant difference is that church
projects are non-profit and
that they contribute to the
well-being of the nation apart
from religious affiliations.
For the few organizations
which abuse tax-exemption, ii
is a disservice to God and
country to challenge the ira
ditional and necessary help
indirectly given to the good
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YOUR 23As5: s||ss3 % ||aIsE|SI|

THE LEAST THAT might
be done would be to try to
assure them that they would
not be put to added hardships
because of increased taxes
over which they have no con-
troll.
Newton A. Thatcher
Franklin County Treasurer
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-03-30

@. Is il not more In the
spirit of Lent 10 do something
positive rather than 10 give
up" fhis or fhaf7 The whole
idea OF pensnce and repara-
ton seems pretty negative 70
mel
A. Through its Liturgy the
Church advocates positive
good works for Lent and acts
of penance. The collect for
the First Sunday of Lent: 80
God -, grant that by good
works thy household may
achieve the grace their self.
denial seeks to win from thee
-" Christ said that unless
we do penance we shall per-
ish-not because we should
torture ourselves but because
we need to do penance. BY
the practice of self-denial we
show by action that we re-
cognlze our frailty and power
fully move Him to forgive us
and to help us. We also UNI
cover our weaknesses and our
attachment and make some
progress in overcoming them.
Let the man who says he
wants his love of God purely
spiritual, prove that he is not
merely honoring God with his
lips, by giving his money to
the poor, denying the (legiti-
mate) desires of his body for
food, candy, tobacco, etc. W.
must recognize the teaching
OF the Bible and the Church
(as we'll as the evidence of
history and psychology in re.
gard to original sin. We do
and Gas st. Paul says) the good
which we want to do and
the evil which we do
not want to do we commit.
Penance is a positive step to-
ward honest practical evil
dence-and d~evelopment-of
love of God. Without it we
live in a state of delusion, of
self-deception.
@. Enclosed is q rel orr at
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mary gift of knowledge and
love made in a courtship situa-
ton can and should develop
into a deep bond of union in
marriage. 1t develops, how
ever, to the extent that each
shares an individual reaction
to mutual interests.
The question in marriage is
not-"What do you and /
think about it" but-"What do
we think about it?" The dove
failing of thoughts, feelings,
and emotions about something
that in a sense is from both,
but beyond each one individ-
ually - as a child - is what
makes marriage.
DID YOU ever see, as you
must have. the unspoken COM
munication between a hus-
band and wife who really love
each other? They have had
verbal communication and
they have lived together long
enough to know each other,
but in public they commune.
cate by signs, signals, winks
of the eye. They oftentimes
seem to reach the same con-
clusion at the same time by
just being sympatico.
This type of mature love Is
not easily arrived at. Most
important is a certain sense Of
reverence, that this person
is worth knowing and loving.
Equally important is a sense
of humility-"Dear God, how
can I know him or her except
Continued on page 10)
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The fault of a wife is
that six months after the
wedding she figures that
she has her husband all
figured out. She then puts
him in his pigeon-hole and
there he stays all the rest of
his married life.
SHE STOPS growing in
knowledge of him and conse-
quently stops growing in
love. You can only love some
one according to the way
you know him and then only
to the extent you know him.
Sixty years later she loves
him the same way she did
when he was a six-months-old
bridegroom.
The fault of a husband is
that eight months after mar
riage (he's usually two months
slower in these things) he
gives up trying to figure her
out. He then puts her on the
shelf to admire her, get ir-
ritated by her, complain to
the boys about women" and
continue to love her from
memory. He, too, stops grow
ing in the knowledge of the
mystery that is another hui
man being.
OBVIOUSLY, what is need
ed in a marriage is more COM
munication. This is not the
same as talking at each other
over the children or complain
ing about each other, or even
adouting a "Why.dOn't-yOu"
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interest of not more than
$4,000 90 per year. The credit
should be granted only for
use or property owned or oe.
eupied by the person having
the fixed income.
Admittedly this suggestion
Is only an outline of the idea.
Ii will take study and more
exact language to accomplish
the idea. If the coming Legis-
lature could come up with an
answer to this problem it
would be a welcome move to
these pensioners.
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Editors note: Many in-
feresting and provocative
opinions must be omitted
each week because the
writer fails TO sign his
or her name and address.
Initials or a penname will
be used upon request but
the sender's real name
and address must also be
included. Send your opin.
ions TO Letters TO the
Editor" The Catholic
Times, Box $50, Column
bus Is, Ohio.