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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-07-27

THE STRIKE Of the Astu-
rian miners, followed by the
workers in Bilbao, plus many
III the area of Catalonia pro-
duced an electric effect of
movement after a long slum-
Der.
There were many who
fastened to conclude that the
end was near and that the
Franco regime was on the
way out since it could not
prevent the working class
from expressing its dissatis-
faction with the conditions
of work.
Today the strikes have
ceased. The workers have re-
turned with guarantees of in
creased pay. What does all
this mean in the context of
the regime and the system
prevalent here in Spain? The
first consideration regarding
the strikes was that not one
single act of violence took
place anywhere in the coun-
try. This was vastly different
from the past when Spanish
labor controversies ended all
too frequently in riots and
deaths.
Neither the workers nor
the State took any action that
could be construed as direct
nor was the peace of the
country disturbed in the least.
1t has demonstrated that the
social climate of Spain today
bears no comparison to that
of the 1906. The new labor
ing class, whatever may be
their grievances, have not re-
sorted to violence nor re-
sponded to the Establishments
that poured in from the COM
munist radio in France or
Radio Prague, urging them
to make use of the situation
for political purposes.
IN FACT there is nothing
to indicate that there was any
particular political purpose
behind the whole thing. That
the communists, both the
underground locals in Spain
and, of course, the outside
left wing, tried to create an
atmosphere of civil war adj
mits of no doubt.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-07-27
EVERYMAN'S FAMILY
Man ought TO mind
his Own business

frank to state that they don't
want more people because it
will mean less for them.
We can admire their hon.
esty while disagreeing with
their philosophy, but We
ought to be careful too that
we are not infected by the
complete pessimism of their
outlook. This is the time for
heroism and too many fear
full Christians are asking for
compromise and adjustment,
but within moral limits. 1t is
time for a realistic Christian
optimism, but it seems as
though all we are doing is
allaying fears. 1t is time to
be different from the pagan
and yet, they say, not too diff
ferent. because we are all
Americans with the same
common goals. It is a time
to be a nonconformist, but
in a respectable sort of way.
THERE SEEMS to be a non
verbalized feeling on the part
Of many Christians that God
is not too respectable in His
choice of life. He will choose
to give life where the most
physical of physical reasons
are present, as He will choose
to deny life where apparent
ly the most spiritual of per-
sonal reasons are present.
The human response can be
let's get this organized. It
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-07-27
True Vincentian

The Society of st. Vincent de Paul has is it's primary
purpose the sanctification of its members accomplished by
the performance of the spiritual and corporal works of
Mercy.
LOVE OF GOD and love of neighbor because of God
motivate the men of the st. Vincent de Paul Society to
aid the needy, visit the sick and afflicted, bring the lap
sed Catholic back to the ~sacraments, assist the blind,
bury the dead, rehabilitate PAROLES, resettle refugees. To
sum up mo good work is foreign to the society"
In the Diocese of Columbus the Society is young in
years but they have been productive ones. The credit is
due to the energetic and apostolic work of the men who
make up the membership.
The first and only president of the Diocesan Society
OF st. Vincent de Paul, Lawrence T. Murnane, embodied
in his life all the dedication to service that makes up a
true Vincentian.
LAST THURSDAY evening, a good number of Vim
centians joined with the Bishops, clergy, religious and lay
people engaged in other charitable works in the Diocese
to honor their patron, st. Vincent de Paul, on his feast
day.
The Bishop offered a Pontifical Low Mass at st.
Vincent Orphanage and an appreciation dinner followed.
One of the committee in charge of the celebration
was Mr.. Murnane. During the dinner be began to feel i'll
SO he excused himself and went home. He died a short
time later.
Larry Murnane was the kind of Catholic man who
did not ask: What is the layman to do in the Church? He
was a man of action, not talk, and he was always ready
to give of his time and talent to the works of the Church.
He belonged to many organizations religious, patriotic
and social, but certainly his favorite was the st. Vincent
de Paul Society which he served so we'll for over 10 years.
HE WOULD NOT want a eulogy, but we have COM
mented upon his life and death because it serves to point
up the kind of men who make up the Society and the kind
of men the Society makes.
One of the spiritual benefits of the Society is that a
plenary indulgence may be gained by attending Mass and
receiving Holy Communion on the feast OF st. Vincent de
Paul.
Larry Murnane fulfilled those conditions at the 6
pm. Mass last Thursday and shortly after $50 pm, he
faced judgment. We know it is a consolation to his family
and friends, and most of all to the members of the So
ciety, that he was so well prepared for death because he
not only lived as a true Vincentian, he died as one-GAF
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-07-27

OF all human love mar
riage shares most COM
pletely in the creative love
we attribute to the First
Person of the Blessed
Trinity whom Plus XII has
called the Mother God.
THROUGH MARRIAGE the
couple is called to return to
God better lovers of Him in
each other and more lovers
of Him in their children.
All marriages are called to
achieve the former goal. Most
marriages are blessed by God
with the fruit of their love
and of His in their children.
This last blesSing-the gift
of life-is the gift of God.
There are certain corollaries
to this point. One is that all
life is good because it comes
from God, Who are we to put
limits in a cold, calculating
way on the gift of life and
the generating of a person?
II is better to be born than
not to be born.
Whether a person grows
to adulthood, whether he
achieves maturity in his own
living, at least he has been
given the start in life, which
is existence. This is the
conditio-sine-qua-non for any
living-the gift of life. With
this he can be redeemed
and this really is the most
anyone of us can expect.
THE too
often is that life is a matter
of human choice, that we can
create at will or shut off at
will. This strikes me as a
modern expression of the sin
of Adam and Eve who wanted
to be like God. Only God can
give life, to quote the OBJ
vious Christian truth, but it
seems that too many people
are too willing TO limit too
strictly the conditions under
which God can make His gift.
It seems obvious to me that
there is an anti-life campaign
abroad in the land. Some of
the pagans are very frank
about their opposition to an
increasing population. Each
new human being is a threat
to them since there is a limit
to the things of the earth.
These pagans are looking not
just for existence but for
all the good things and the
luxuries Of life. They are very
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-07-27
Letters -.
Protests immOdest dress

ousIy should not be worn by adult women nor tight pants
as described above.
Neither kind of attire nor anything else of a casual
nature which might be permitted at the beach, should be
worn at school or offices, and of course is completely out
of place i'm church.
Modesty is also a relative matter. Some individuals
would feel uncomfortable because of age, condition or train
ing in attire that would be permissible for someone else.
This is a matter of individual choice, and no one should
allow herself to be pressured into wearing something she
does not wish to.
Priests do say something about such matters, but of
ten to no avail. Comments from other readers are invited.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-07-27
by Father John Knott

IS obvious from all human
standards that certain people
should not have children
they are, after all, rather
stupid and smelly, their chill.
dren are dirty and unmanner-
", they live in shacks and
they are disgustingly fertile.
There is really nothing nice
about them.
On the other hand, these
other couples-who are nice
and clean and respectable and
good neighbors, who use de-
odorants regularly and are
civic minded, who could give
their children everything -
these are the people who
should have children.
Why is life given? Is it be-
cause of the motives of the
people involved or is it be-
cause of the will of God?
And behind the will of God
in His Wisdom. Our challenge,
as human beings, lies bash
cally in this area-that once
life has been given by God.
we should see to it that the
good life has a chance to de.
velop. Our business is to i'm
prove and perfect the order
of creation, so that those who
are born have an opportunity
for a decent living. | really
do think we ought to mind
our own business a little more
strictly.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-07-27

y They are NOT allowed to work on Sunday except
where it is necessary.
81 They are NOT permitted to make purchases on
Sunday unless there is something in the nature of an
emergency.
This is not SO because of any human legislation. God
Himself set aside the Lords Day as one of worship and
rest. We observe Sunday by assisting at Mass and re-
framing from anything that is contrary to the spirit of
the day, and that certainly includes unnecessary Sum
day shopping.
OF ALL CITIZENS, Catholics should be in the fore.
front in preserving the character of the Lords Day by
example and by opposition to any movement to destroy
that character.
1t is true that the manner in which Sunday is OBJ
served is not as rigid as it once was because of changes in
our way of life. However, the obligation to keep Sunday
as the Lords Day is as serious as ever and we must OPP
pose any incursions in that area.
So, if you are approached, don't sign the current petit
ton unless you wish to make Sunday like any other day
in the week and contribute to the ever-increasing danger
of secularism in American life-GAF
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-07-27
Sunday shopping

sion, but the present proposal is not the answer and it
would only lead to increased Sunday selling, not less.
Changes in our laws are the duty of our legislators
and should not be effected in an emotion-charged high
pressure campaign engineered by business interests who
stand to profit directly by a relaxation in this matter.
Opponents of this referendum point out that passage
of such legislation would lead to a Worsening of working
conditions, destruction of Sunday as a day of rest and
family recreation, and a violation of the day set aside for
Christians as a day of worship.
We Catholics do not need to be reminded of any of
these objections, as has been outlined many times before in
these columns.
For us, the Sunday observance is not merely a So
cial. legal or economic matter, it is one of serious reli-
gious significance.
Al WE KNOW, commercial transactions, among
other things, cannot be carried out on Sunday because 1t
is the Lords Day, except in the case of those Industries
and services which contribute to the public good.
Catholics therefore:
u May NOT conduct business on Sunday except in
cases of necessity.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-07-27

This is not a matter Of
claiming that communists are
behind everything. The
amount of propaganda and
radio Indictment directed at
Spain were enormous. Once
again the extreme left began
its usual job of organizing
p%ressures and world opinion
attributing the strike of the
tyranny of the regime and
the hopeless slavery of the
masses.
HERE IN SPAIN, where. as
/ said, internal peace was
neither disturbed nor even
threatened, the Interpretation
is quite different. These pro-
tests spring precisely from
the rapidly improving condi-
tons of Spain. Now that the
country is launched On a pro.
gram of expansion, of eco
monte development, and of
technical progress of a kind
it has never known in its his
tory, it is inevitable that
there should be STRINGS of
this kind.
The Spanish people yearn
for full participation in the
good things of the world and
especially of the rest of Eu.
rope. The fault that they have
not had them is not in the
regime, but everything that
has occurred since 1899: the
aftermath of war, the world
blockade, the war that slap.
ped around its shores and the
absence until very recently
of anything in the way of
economic aid from abroad.
The stability and solidity
of the present regime made
possible the transition from
this period of extreme auster.
ity to the present upsurge.
The government itself exer-
cised great prudence and
moderation. AS has been said,
what really disappoints the
detractors of the Franco re-
gime is not that the strikes
took place Or that they ended
peacefully but that they we're
not drowned in blood. That
would have pleased the ex-
IRENE left no end.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-07-27
Advises laymen

FUILOT.
/ don't see why the person who wrote you LETTERS,
July 49, is confused about the place of the laity.
ALL HE HAS to do is read your paper to see what
laymen are doing. Your writer's, like Martin keenan,, Lucre-
tia Steiger, Martha Petrucci are excellent examples of the
type of layman we need.
And Mildred Cabrera in the Columbus Dispatch can
reach a very large audience.
The people at the Catholic Welfare Bureau are very
dedicated to helping their fellow men.
And the Inter-faith Committee for Better Entertain
ment is cleaning up Columbus. Just a few years ago, there
weren't any movies in town where | felt | could take my
children.
THIS is NO time to sit around and just think about
what the laity should do; it's time to get out and do
something.
SO to "a layman' I say come on in, the waters fine.
Catholic mother
Columbus
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-07-27

There is a possibility that some in our Diocese will be
approached this month to sign a petition for a sensible
solution" to Ohio's misnamed Blue Laws" and the prob
lem Sunday shopping.
IF THIS happens, the solicitor will undoubtedly be
working for commercial business interests who are trying
to compel Sunday operation in the retail food industry.
One such company is seeking to place on the ballot
this November a statewide referendum on d proposal to
permit the unrestricted sale of food on Sundays. The ref
erendum will be authorized if 100000 or more valid sigma
lures can be obtained by the eighth of August.
This proposal has been opposed by many individuals
and groups and especially those who work in the retail
food industry itself. The Ohio State Branch of the Anal
gamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen is deep
ly concerned by this matter and strongly opposes Sunday
operation in their industry.
The unions stand has been confirmed by a resolu-
ton passed by the Ohio AFI-CIO who feel such legisla-
ton would destroy desirable living and working condi-
tons in our State.
THE SUNDAY law in Ohio may well need some revi-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-07-27

primarily to the civil service
in the technical sense of the
term, but his emphasis on
the need for restoring the
civil service, as a noble voca-
ton. to its rightful place of
honor and esteem in society
can properly be extended to
cover all forms of govern
ment service, including cleo
tive office.
To conclude with another
citation from Mr.. Oberdorf-
er's article, this is rather
serious business, for "the
health and the prosperity,
even the life of every citizen,
depend on the governments
skill in meeting national chal-
lenges -. and if the govern
ment cannot do its best be-
cause it does not have enough
top-quality workers, the re-
suits can be appalling. -"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-07-27
THE YARDSTICK
THE YARDSTICK
Cynicism is dangerous
to government prestige
hv Msor Ceoroe e. H;oo;rs
by Msgr. George G.. Higgins

by cynical articles and jokes
about Washington politics is
illustrated by the difficulty
which the Federal Govern
ment is encountering in re-
cruiting competent people for
public service. This problem
was analysed recently by Mr..
Donald 0berdorfer in an
article in The Saturday Eve
ming Post entitled Help
Wanted In Washington"
MR.. o~BERDoRFER says
that starting with President
Kennedy himself, many gov
eminent officials are having
difficulty meeting and keep
ing highly skilled people"
The result is, he points out,
that important public tasks
have been hampered because
key jobs had 10 be filled on
a stopgap basis or not at all"
Perhaps the principal rea.
son why the government is
having this difficulty is the
inadequacy of government
salaries in comparison with
those for similar posts in pri-
vate industry.
There is reason to believe,
however, that cynicism about
politics is at least partially
to blame for the shortage. To
some extent at least the gov
eminent has been sold short
by the wise guys.
We shall have to find a
way of undoing their mischief
snd of making government
service at least as attractive
as employment in private in
dustry. Christopher Dawson,
the British scholar who re-
Gently completed a three-year
profess rship at Harvard
University, says that govern
ment service must be held
in even higher esteem than
private employment.
DAWSON Is convinced that
unless the free nations of the
world can restore a sense of
vocation in all walks of life
but particularly in the field
of public service, we are not
going to be able to meet the
challenge Of totalitarianism.
Vocation and profit, Mr..
Dawson says, "are opposite
motives, since the former in.
wolves a certain disinterested-
ness which subordinates the
Profit motive to a non
economic end" The great evil
of the old capitalist culture
of the 10Th century, he con.
tlnues, was that it weakened
the spirit of vocation and sub
stituted the profit motive anC
the power of money as the
supreme standards of socia
life. TO reverse this trend, hi
concludes, and to restore the
ethics Of vocation has become
"the central problem of so
ciety."
Dawson is referring here
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-07-27

The movie version of
Allen Drury's best-selling
novel, "Advise and Con-
sent" has stirred up a
controversy a m pro-
f%essional movie reviewers.
BosLEY cRoWTHER of
The New York Times, for in.
stance, finds il startling and
disturbing" He regards il as
a "crass and cynical" carica-
ture of Washington politics,
"a harshly deliberate endeav-
or to belittle and smear
everyone who comes within
the framework of its refer
ence and TO make scandal and
deception appear profuse."
On the other hand, Richard
l.. Coe of the Washington Post
says that negative criticism
of the movie version of "Ad-
wise and Consent" is just a
lot Of bosh. Here Is a story,
he writes, "of wholly recog-
nizable human beings who
happen to be politicians and
CT how the sum of them all,
the Senate. is greater than
the total OF their individual
characters"
Those who profess concern
about the possible damage the
movie will do TO our national
"image" overseas are CURLY
reminded by Mr.. Coe that
Senators Fulbright and Hum
phrey, among other promi-
nent Americans, have said
that this is the sort of risk
our nation must be prepared
to take If it wants to remain
loyal to its tradition Of cul-
tural freedom.
NOT HAVING seen the
movie version of advise and
Consent" ! am in no position
to take sides in this contro-
versy. | think. however, that
Mr.. Crowther has a point
when he warns against the
very danger of our becom.
ing cynical about Washing.
ton politicians. Washington
says Mr.. Crowther, lis full OF
enterprisers, including some
good men and true whose
main enterprise is the sounC
conduct Of the government Of
the United States"
Whether or not Mr.. Crow
Their is correct in stating tina
"Advise and Consent" fail,
to make this evident is, fol
present purposes, beside thu
point. Our only point is tina
Mr.. Crowther's balanced ant
sympathetic portrait Of Wash
ington politics is much NOR
accurate than the cynical carl
catures of Washington which
ore encounters in some o
our newspapers, magazines
and newsletters and in cor
versstions with outlanders 0
both political persuasions.
The harm that can be don
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-07-27
RICHARD PATTEE
Spanish strike had
no political purpose

Over the past few months the world has been treat
ed to a distorted view of Spain. 1t has seen that country
as torn by social strife with the series of strikes threat
ening to make nonsense of the regimes legislation in
4ho raa+4or
Evening star., 1962-04-22
Voting
Referendum change

Referendum change - For
those who might not like a bill
passed by the General Assem-
bly,, it will be a little harder to
petition it to a referendum. The
old requirement of 10000 sig
natures has been increased to
3 per cent of the number OF
voters who cast ballots in the
last gubernatorial election
which amounts to approx
mately $4,000 signatures. The
change, which alters a provi-
sion of the State constitution
must be approved by the voters
next fall before it can become
effective.
Absentee ballots students
who expect to be out of the
home county or city on election
day now can vote by absentee
ballot, providing they apply for
such ballot 20 days before the
election.
Overseas voting - Wives OF
servicemen serving overseas are
now eligible to cast absentee
ballots. So are United States
Government civilian employees
and their spouSes, who are over
seas.
Evening star., 1962-04-22
Fruud

Stocks and bOnds-If you are
among the growing investing
public, the State has new reg
uiations to protect you from
losing your money to an un-
Scrupulous securities salesman.
All broker-dealers in Maryland
will be required to register
themselves as well as the stocks
and bonds they sell. Stiff pen
alties are set up for miSrep-
reSenting securities or using
fraudulent means to sell them.
"A new agency, called the Di-
vision of Securities, will be set
up under the attorney generals
Jurisdiction to see that the law
dS followed.
Home improvements - After
June l, the date most of the
new laws go into effect, you
can be a good deal more sure
that the man you hire to make
major repairs to your house
is a reputable businessman.
Statesmen or contractors must
get a State license if they ar
range for or make repairs cost
ing $500 or more. They will
have to give evidence of busi-
mess stability. If a salesman or
contractor takes your money
and you never see him again, or
:he doesn't complete the job, or
violates the many provisions of
the new law, he is subject to
heavy fines or Jail terms.
Evening star., 1962-04-22

increases in the faculty pay
scales. More funds for expan-
sion of the facilities at the
State-supported colleges were
voted, and some grants were
made to help private institu-
tons. A sum of SIS million also
was approved for helping To-
calities construct junior col
legeS.
Libraries - People who use
public libraries should find ex-
panded programs before long
A new act raises the level OF
State financial support for IL
brarieS.
Apprenticeship AN appren-
ticeShip council was established
to coordinate activities and
encourage persons who want to
learn a trade through such
programs.
Evening star., 1962-04-22
Tuxes

State property levy-Property
owners will have to pay a l
cent increase in the property
taxes to pay off State bonded
Indebtedness. 1t goes up from
IS cents to 16 cents per $100
of assessed property valuation.
This is aside from local prop
erty taxes.
Exemption - If you had
money in a savings and loan
firm which has gone into re-
ceiverShip you can deduct from
State income taxes any dividend
credited to your account which
was not actually withdrawn.
Sales tax Volunteer fire
companies won't have to charge
sales taxes on items trey sell
in Embarrassing ventures, pro-
vided they are for benefit of
the organization. Farmers won't
have to pay sales taxes on
baskets, crates, and other con-
tainers which they buy to