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4—THE CATHOLIC TIMES i
Friday, July 1, 1955
THE
CATHOLIC TIMES
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Wanted: Statesmen
tr ance and peev isnnes.-* in a law maker do
not make lor statesmanship. When political affilia
tion plain and simple, takes precedence over the
u ll and welfare of the commonwealth, public
trust i' violated. Or when legislators become dis
firuntled over petty party politics and do not rise to
the dignity of their office, they exhibit an adol
escence unbecoming a member of any important
legislative body.
liie 101st Ohio General Assembly is being labeh
led for history as having been “the worst in many
years" nr simply, as “having made progress." Few, if
any place it in the category of having been outstand
ing In short, it did not measure up to what was
justly expected.
Tn say that the 101st General Assembly ol Ohio
was Republican dominated, does not point up the
issue The important consideration is that duly
elected legislators, no matter what their political
affiliation, permitted themselves so to delay about
their important task of fulfilling the will of their
constituents, that important legislation had to be
rushed through hurriedly or to be passed hy en
tirely. There is some'reason to believe that power
ful interests had their wishes considered, while
many ordinary people were denied their earnest de
sires Political chicanery was used to side-step im
portant issues. The ordinary man, Mr. John Q.
Public, pictured as the mighty man of the ballot
box. feels pretty helpless before a group of legis
lators backed hy powerful lobbyists. He cannot he
blamed if he sometimes feels that
line with what the state wants if
even th? minority has ighls hut
interests and bungling legislators
even th? majority can Inse its right
Failure for Decency in
Mn iew
pendent?
meeting 1
fear
he must get in
he experts any
attention Go along with th? State, nr he left out
in the cold.
0 must he remembered that i n
a democracy
when powerful
are in control
Following the failure of a lot of good jieople
from all over Ohio to get the Republican domin
ated legislative Assembly to adopt some protection
against indecent films, a move successfully block
ed by Mr Charles Mosher (R Oberlin), the Independ
ent Theater Owners of Ohio issued a statement as
■tiring the public that they would do a good job
of film censorship. A rather sorry state of affairs,
surely for when this group makes sue a state
ment they must immediately be prepared to tell
the people where they were when the flood of
indecent mnvies came upon Ohio theater screens
after the lifting of censorship Just where have
they been’ And do they now expect citizens Io be
lieve that they will do anv kind of censorship job?
If they were in no way elfective before or now
what reason is there In pul credence in their state
ment
Yes they were most active in lobbying for no
censorship Rut now they assure the people that
they will do it. 11 was wrong for the State to dn
what they now say they will do and the State in
this case was a lot of ordinary citizens outraged
hy the failure of the movie industry to keep within
the bounds of decency. Even Mr Mosher had to
admit that there had been a flood of indecent films
in Ohm A proteid made recently to one owner of
a chain nf theaters brought not a cancelling of an
indecent film, bill1 an extension of its running
The theater ov ners and the legexlators are count
tng nn the short memories of the people of Ohm,
because it is somc time before thr• people are due
tn go tn the vntiing h.ioth* again
Bulwark Against Fear
Everyone realizes that if the world could rid
itself of fear the problems that torment it would
melt away I he conferences of statesmen, the delib
erations of legislators are shaped hy fear and ham
pered by fear, families and individuals have fears
hanging over them that darken their outlook on
life, making them contused and discontented. Fears
that can be traced to definite evils and to recog
nized evildoers are less paralyzing in their influ
ence than the fears that arc intangible the former
can he opposed and defeated, while the latter,
nameless a rd undefined, continue to cause appre
henwon The hie of a Christian is to be a w arfare
Rut if
anythin
no fear
hallow
And
Jhy tom
vnrd*
and pur
just Hi
fzird is
but
On His Rocker
ir should not be a
turgy of Sunday’s
w it is to he avoid-
1 I hr
n on
cvotion to
ire men
UslKf
s of justice means
il justice. Unless it
nd Pharisees," the
er the kingdom of
»rvice. no grudging
he law, will suffice,
n physical or mater
must not indulge
is a requirement
ill men arc crca
thc full implica
dual—of our de
I to fall short of
I bulwark against
A ho is there to
lay’s Epistle, “if
hen if you .suffer
arc you So have
be troubled hut
ups from deceitful
good seek peace
Ixu'd arc upon the
Rut the face of the
The mod important and o-eful aspect of the rock
ing chair i« its incentive tn meditation If converts
tnn is afoot, a rocker mellows vour remarks and a
Iwieurely fe.ehnc holds vnu hark from excited nnn
•enutturs and conclusion-jumping. If ymj are alone.
it plunge? you into quiet contemplation and gives
you a balanced approach. Now that rocking has be
come nid-fashionpr, u? see an era n( sloppy thinking
JOHN GOULD, New York Timet Mapazin*
Justice the Bijective
The peace and security which form the nhjpc
fives nf the United Nations will never he won until
the rights nf the smaller nations have achieved
full recognition and the standard of living through
out the world has been raised to an adequate level.
A world council chamber can produce peace
and security only when justice is the objective
of those who sit therein. Only a just man can truly
live with others, for the just man gives each his
due. —Barnard Cardinal Griffin
Just Among Ourselves
Patting Commant Considered or Incontidarala
Maybe television, which is pretty manifestly a
mixed blessing, if a blessing at all, will justify
its existence by the fact that it will help viewers
to a truer estimate of w'hat the pictured people tell
them. For instance, a newscaster whose voice car
ries the terrific weight of six Geneva conferences,
is likely to seem less impressive w'hen one sees
that he is a stringy young man w'ith a large Adam’s
apple, w'ith ears on him like a loving-cup, and a
coat that doesn’t fit around the neck. And, to be
sure, anything that helps to deflate the balloon of
a newscaster’s omniscence is a benefit to humanity.
Old Vashy Molotov doesn’t seem nearly so mighty
and menacing a ngure wnen he is seen on '1V
wnn earpnones clamped on his head (.at the Cali
fornia business), sitting in disn-laced complacency,
like an ordinary citizen preparing to lapse into an
atler-dinner nap. Many great leaders and experts
lose stature wnen trie unsparing lights of TV show
tnem to be scraggy fellows in need of a hair-cut,
or, contrariwise, Dapper Dans wiln some sort of
pomatum on their pates. Sir Winston himself
less impressive in his witticisms and Briticisms
when he appears as a dumpy and amiable Buddha,
than when he is heard speaking out of the dark on
radio.
The great white light Inal beats upon a throne
is no mure revealing man tne light that heats upon
Ine television stage. Aclurs know, of course, how to
put on make-up lor their appearances, hut the
iaus and ladies in tne news have not tnis advantage
we see them as they are, and what we see is
often depressingly ordinary, 'lopbrass very fre
quently appears as tarnisheu metai mucn the worse
tor wear. Big wigs suddenly shrink, and we realize
that wigs, big or little, are, after all, shabby dis
guises.
Senators and congressmen, governors and greater
political figures, have in the main, diminished and not
enhanced ineir standing with the people hy reason
of TV appearances. Caesar said,—as reported by
Shakespeare, that the things which threatened him
"ne er looked hut on my back wnen they shall see
the face oi Caesar,- Lucy are vanished." He might
have said the same about the things that made him
impressive in the eyes of commoners.
And still the trained speaker on TV can stand
before us with gleaming eye and mellifuous voice
to propose to serious hearing the most patent ab
surdities. The advertiser (made pleasing, or toler
able, by (he cosmetician) finds true merit in the
most surprising places: in the tact that his product
is wrapped in golden foil in the suggestion of
surpassing value in a hlend of chemicals as con
trasted with a single useful drug in the nonsense
about travelling the smoke farther in the inevit
able hue and cry about mildness.
Apropos of that last item, we have recently come
upon this squib
A COMFORTING CONSIDERATION
Taxes on taxes still are piled,
The West is hy the Reds beguiled
Employers and their men are riled,
Public relations are defiled,
Delinquent youth is running wild,
RUT all our cigarettes are mild!
Another bit of verse that we canot resist quot
ing is the following:
DIRECTIVES
The advertisers on TV
Are wonderful to hear and sec
They heg us to go into deht:
"Re sure "Remember Don’t forget
oh. soaps, and soups, and facial smears,
Oh, cars, and cigarettes, and beers,
Oh, products excellent and pure
"Remember ." “Don't forget .” “Be sure
Need sleep? Reducing? Little pills?
Need easy cash to pay your bills?
Deep freeze? Cool June, or warm December?
“Now, don’t forget .” “Be sure ..." “Re
member .”
Radio is still with us despite the more glamor
ous and sinuous picture lube, and, as heretofore, it
brings us a wild variety of offerings. Just this day
we have heard from a couple of fellows in the low’
intelligence brackets who make a living lecturing in
colleges and universities, that Catholics are “divi
sive" in maintaining their own .schools. These lads,
misinformed like all their kind, said that Catholics
stress the liturgical aspect of their religion in the
schools, and that, in consequence, our ffarochial
schools are inferior to the state schools, commonly
called hy the less accurate name of public schools.
In the name of democracy, these radio lecturers
preach totalitarianism There must be no freedom of
religion. There must he no freedom to choose the
mode and norm nf schooling There must he a dead
conformity to man made and fallible doctrines
about life and its meaning, and a rejection nf that
doctrine which has God's authority behind it And
this sort of intellectual regimentation they call
democracy’ This sort of leninism or Peronism they
call the ideal of America! And, mind you, these
lecturers are fed from funds collected indiscrimin
ately from Catholic, Protestant, and Jew.
Won’t these addle paled pseudo-philosophers ever
look at the fact that th so-called public schools
are supported by Catholics as well as by non-Cath
olics? One would think that Catholics, maintaining
then parochial schools, were remiss in doing their
full share to keep the state schools in existence.
The public schools are every hit as much Catholic
as they are non-Calholic in their existence and
maintenance. Catholic citizens support them in a
needful work Rut Catholics realize that the state
schools cannot give all that their children require,
and thus thex assume the additional burden of main
taining parochial schools. Th parochial school gives
everything that the state schools can give.—and
the records stand to show that it gives it as well
or better, and. in addition, gives what the state
schools cannot give,
e
Rut still the Divisive Dim wits keep up their
un-American barrage. We'd like to have a look
al these lads on TV And yet, we don’t nerd the
picture Wp know the type We are aware of what
they look like, and w* dnn regret m’ss'bg the
show.
js
W.4SHI\(,tOV LETTER
WASHINGTON 'The speech
which V. M. Molotov. Soviet Rus
sia’s Foreign Minister, gave at.
the United Nations commemor
ative meeting in San Francisco
has had some extremely interr
esting repercussions.
At first blush, it caused a lit
tle consternation in some circles
here. There were those who felt
that he had scored a “ten-strike"
for the Reds. Upon more mature
reflection, however, it appears
that he may have outsmarted
himself.
In seizing the rostrum at San
Francisco to deliver a blast at the
West, and to hold out Soviet
Russia as peace loving, Mr. Molo
tov only did what he and his
fellow-communists have always
done. But it was known by e\M
eryone that the San Francisco
meeting was intended to take no
action, and that the talks there
were to be of a conciliatory and
inspirational nature. President
Eisenhower, who spoke at the
outset, certainly adhered to this
vein. Molotov’s blast left Secre
tary of State Dulles, who follow
ed the Russ'ian free to take what
ever tone he desired.
And the U.S Secretary of
State was blunt. He told Russia
to stop subversion and to put an
end to force applied against oth
er countries, if it really wants
io terminate the "cold war." He
agreed with Molotov that some
progress has heen made recently
LOUIS E. III DEW
As the fateful Geneva talks
approach, the Rods are making
it uncomfortable for the Presi
dent of the United States.
'Throughout the world, they are
vilifying “t e
Else n hower
foreign o 1 i
cies.” To bring
this onslaught
to a grand cli
a Moscow
has called the
World Assem
bly of Peace—
a ering al
Helsinki, i n
land, this week
—so that “the
cies” may be presented in tar
reaching non-Comniunist circles
as aggressive, imperialist, and
even Fascist.
Eisenhower poll
Almost every issue of the
Daily Woker during June has
returned again and again to this
refrain. Representative of this
is its chief editorial of June 9.
which declares: “Peace is not a
foreign agent in America. It is
the Eisenhower policy which has
brought our country’s good name
into ill repute."
Again, ‘Peaceful Coexistence'
All of this may seem strange
when we consider the joy of the
Reds everywhere at the While
House decision to enter "top lev
el negotiations” upon which the
Communists have been insisting
since 1953. This idea of endless
“negotiations at the summit" has
been the chief feature of the
current Communist line, under
the cry of “peaceful coexist
ence”
The Rod assault on “the Eisen
hower policies" seems all the
more peculiar in view of the
statements of official Washing
ton that there may now be “a
turning the tide of history,"
and that Soviet Russia may be
about "to conform to some of the
rules and practices of a civilized
community.”
Such native assertions ar? no
gated every day, either in the
pages of Neu' Ttwirt or the Com
inform organ, assuring th« com
Lady or the tger:
COMMUNISM I
FREEDOM
fl
jjp*-A
Did Molotov’s Talk Backfire?
in settling international prob
lems. But he deflated th? Russ
ian's claim that the communists
were responsible for it. "We do
not forget,” he said, “we dare
not forget, that some of those
who hail the recent developments
are precisely those who for
years sought to stop them
So, it is felt now, that whether
or not you think Molotov*! speech
an achievement depends largely
upon what you think of Molotov
and Moscow. The Molotov speech
made it plain that there is still
cleavage between the East and
the West. You could almost draw
a line between the sympathizers
with either side those who
thought it “great stuff," and
those who thought it the “same
old Molotov."
The Molotov speech pretty well
convinced a lot of people, here
tofore uncertain, that the recent
inexplicable actions of Moscow
hold no promise of reform, but
are all part of the old “cold
war" strategy, an offensive to
which Moscow still adheres.
It made more and more people
feel certain that Soviet Russia
needs a respite in which to digest
its gains abroad and to improve
conditions at home.
At the same time, it made it
entirely evident (hat Moscow’s
representative is going to "make
it tough" for the other conferees
when the Big Four hold their
Please, Mr. President!
rades of the world-conquest aims
of the Kremlin, or in the hooks
distributed hy the Red book
stores promising the same goal.
Not the least of these books is
the newly issued and extensive
tome, “The History of the Three
Internationals," by William Z.
Foster,
Turning of Tide?
Now, the publication of a work
of this character is not just an
other event in Communist life. It
is for the purpose of “steeling”
and educating the comrades as to
their true designs, while openly
Red propaganda must breathe
"peace” and “good will."
Foster’s work performs this
task admirably, for it is dedicat
ed to the theme presented by its
final sentence: “Capitalism is
doomed and Socialism is inarch
ing on to universal victory—this
is the great lesson of the past
century.’’ In other words, his
pages are dedicated to driving
home the “necessity” for the
world Soviet dictatorship.
In this connection, Foster
heaps praise upon the “regula
tions laid down in 1928 by the
Sixth World Congress of th?
Communist International—"reg
u'ations" which form a blueprint
ft the violent overthrow of the
Government of the United States.
1‘. is just too bad that the Red
methods and messages as repre
sented by such a book are prac
tically unknown to official Wash
ington Otherwise we would not
hear about “a turning in the
tide of history."
Four Goals at Geneva
Why, then, is it that the Presi
dent is under such extensive
fire from Moscow and its agents
at the present moment” Any
brief examination of current
Communist documents would
give the answer: It is to induce
Washington to yield to all Soviet
demands at Geneva, in terms that
would make our surrender at
Yalta pale into insignificance.
The accumulated issues of the
\h’
7'»»n?s of Moscow bring out
clearly that the Kremlin plans tn
turn the Geneva conference into
talks. Officials here were quick
to take note of this implication.
It left no doubt that the “cold
war" is still on, and that Soviet
Russia wants it that way. It is
true Molotov talked about
“peace" and “co-existence." but
he also made it clear Russia
wants them on her terms.
Molotov’s speech in San Fran
cisco coincided with the issu
ance in Moscow of a joint state
ment by Premier Bulganin of
Russia and Premier Nehru of
India. They came out for a seat
for communist China in the Unit
ed Nations, surrender of Formosa
to the Chinese Reds, and a ban
on nuclear weapons.
Reports out of Russia indi
cate that Moscow is taking the
people into its confidence a lit
tle more about the advantage of
surprise when one nation em
ploys a modern nuclear weapon
against another. Just what this
means, no one here is willing to
say categorically. Some authori
ties see it only as a realization
of the fact that a modern nu
clear war leaves no real victor,
and would be one of horrible
slaughter and destruction.
If all of these “straws in the
wind" can be given any sub
stantial meaning, it might he
that Soviet Russia definitely doe?
not want a "hot war.” That does
not mean that she wants peace
of the kind that the world longs
for.
an "agreement" hy which the
United Slates will 1) disarm West
Germany, 2) abandon our de
fense air bases in all Europe, 3)
give way completely in Asia and
in much of the Pacific, and 4)
surrender our superiority in
atomic defense material.
The Daily Worker of June 9
underscores this tactic: “As nev
er before, public opinion should
impress itself on Washington—
that the people do have great ex
pectations from the Rig Four
meeting, that they want no State
Department attempts to disrupt
German- Soviet negotiations.
They want peaceful negotiations
of th? German question as well
as al! other issues still in dis
pute."
What Concessions?
The Communists are. there
fore, writing and wiring to Wash
ington to Senators, Representa
tives, and the President—repre
senting themselves as non-Com
munists and urging that “no ob
stacle be put in the way of
peace” at the negotiations In
other words, that the U nited
States capitulate to the Soviet
program
It would seem that those men
and women who wish to save
their country should be equally
diligent. If they would write, as
some have done, saying to the
President, “Please, don’t go!"
And if they would insist that no
concessions of any kind be made,
history would take a turn for the
better.
That the Soviet fifth column
in its stabs at “the Eisenhower
policies” hopes to enlist pressure
on the President from those who
have non-Communist views is
evident. This is demonstrated by
the praise given to an important
political figure by the Daily
Worker of June 15, when this
gentleman recommended “con
cessions’’ to Soviet Russia at Gen
neva.
Since both Europe and Asia
ate in danger of being lost com
pletely by any backward step,
what “concession#" can. the Unit
ed States make?
Inquiry Corner
Q. In spite of what the Bible
says about the rich and their
difficulty in being saved (Mat
thew 19.24) it seems to me that
it must be easier than it is for
a person who is always worried
a Omit money and who must raise
his children in depressing and
deadening atmosphere because
he is poor. It seems to me that
too much is made of poverty,
especially by those who have
no family responsibilities!
A. The Church does not rec
ommend lack of property as a
thing good in itself. Christ,
spoke of the “poor in spirit”
(Matthew 5:3) and it is in detach
ment from property that the vir
tue consists. Poverty would not
ordinarily be recommended to
those with family responsibilities,
for they are expected—and the
social documents of the Church
insist they should be able to
take care of their families. The
Church does insist, however,
that if the circumstances are such
that poverty is thrust upon the
family, there is no reason for
bitterness or despair. There are
many saints who come from very
poor families, and of course
there are great men in many
fields of endeavor who overcame
their poor environment. While
poverty, especially extreme pov
erty and insecurity, brings its
problems wealth seems to be
even more difficult to possess
without loss to the soul’s wel
fare. Money brings more temp
tations and opportunities for sin.
it encourages attachment to pow
er and privilege, and it can
smother conscience in a round
of pleasure and activities. The
evangelical counsel of poverty,
holy poverty, is not the mere
absence of property. It means the
VOLUNTARY RENUNCIATION,
partial or complete, of the right
nf ownership.
Q. Is there ever a time when
the priest can tell what he has
heard in confession? Couldn't
he use the information to pre
vent a disaster or a great in
justice to other people?
A. No. There can be no excep
tion. As early as the sixth cen
tury it was decreed that: “A
priest who reveals the confession
of the penitents shall be depos
ed with anathema.” Since the
things told in confession would
not be known to the priest oth
erwise there can be no injustice
to anyone in his keeping secret
w hat he learns there. If any evil
comes it does not come from
the confession, and the priest
would certainly do everything
possible to persuade the peni
tent to prevent any evil or in
justice. It is an unlikely situa
tion for a Catholic would scarce
ly come to the confessional if
Ktillivrinf H. kelly
Monsignor Higgins has as
guest columnist this week the
Field Secretary, Social Action
Dept., N.C.W.C.
On June 14 the Junior Sena
tor from Oregon, Richard L.
Neuberger, introduced a resolu
tion which should be heartening
to the proponents of financial
assistance to families. Senator
Neuberger’s resolution provides
for a Senate study of Canada’s
10-year-old Family Allowances
program.
The resolution asks for a five
man special committee “to make
a full and complete inquiry and
study of the Canadian Family
Allowances Act and its adminis
tration, with a view to determin
ing the advisability of institut
ing a similar system of family
allowances for the promotion of
the health, development, and
wellbeing of children in the
United States .,” and asks for
$26,000 from the contingent fund
of the Senate to defray the nec
essary expenses of conducting
such a study.
In his speech explaining his
resolution. Senator Neuberger
called the attention of the Sen
ate to the 10th anniversary of the
Canadian family-allowances plan,
which is now being celebrated.
He quoted from many sources
to indicate that the plan has not
only survived but is accepted “by
all political parties, by the labor
bodies, by social workers and by
the population at large."
No 'Means' Test
The Canadian plan covers chil
dren up to 16 years of age. at
rates varying according to age
from $5 to S8 per month. All
children are eligible There is
no “means” test or other stand
ard of need. Payments are made
to the mother. All Canadian
mothers receive the allowances
regularly on the 20th of every
month
As Senator Neuberger noted,
the "money goes to the children
of lumber workers in British Co
lumbia. to the children of truck
drivers in Manitoba, to the chil
dren of Mounties on patrol in the
Yukon, to the children of indus
trialists in Toronto, to the chil
dren of Eskimos in the North
west Territories. There is no stig
ma attached to the allowances.
They are universal. They go to
all Canadian families."
Senator Neuberger also empha
sized the results of Canadian re
search conducted by 1 .aval Uni
versity when the project had
been in operation for six years.
The study established (hat the
allowances had heen used most
frequently for the following pur
poses: children i clothing, insur­
he intended tn persist in some
act of evil or injustice. He could
not receive absolution unless h?
promised to do all in his power
to prevent evil consequences of
his past actions.
Q. Is there any special bless
ing attached to visiting the
graves of our dearly departed?
A. There is a plenary indul
gence (under the usual conditions
of Confession, Holy Communion
and prayers for the intentions of
the Holy Father) by visiting a
cemetery during the period of
eight days from the feast of All
Souls (November 2nd). The Rac
colta states that to gain tjiis we
must “visit a cemetery in a spir
it of piety and devotion, and
pray, even mentally, for the
dead .” It also states that
“Those w'ho make such a visit,
and pray for the Holy Souls, on
any day of the year” may gam
an indulgence of seven years.
Woud it be wrong for a
Catholic to encourage the mar
riage of two divorced persons,
in which none of the four peo
ple (i.e. including the former
spouses of the parties) was
a
Catholic?
A. It would be seriously w'rong
to encourage such a marriage.
The law of God binds all peo
ple, Catholic or not, in the mat
ter of the permanence (indissolu
bility) of marriage. While many
people do not realize the entry
into a second marriage (even af
ter a civil divorce) is against the
law of God we cannot approve nf
such a marriage. The Fifth Syn
od of the Diocese of Columbus
clearly forbids such participation
in saying: “Catholics are forbid
den to take part in, or attend,
weddings which involve scandal
e g. weddings of divorced per
sons ."
Q. One reads so many popular
magazine articles on artificial
insemination. Would you state
briefy the Church's attitude?
A. Artificial insemination is
gravely immoral w'hen (as is the
general practice in modern in
stances) “the semen is derived
from a third person, since the
procreative rights of married
partners are exclusive, non-trans
ferable and inalienable.” (“Moral
Theology”—Jone) This practice
of artificial insemination consti
tutes a grave sin of pollution and
adultery. It would be possible tn
have artificial insemination in a
wide sense of the term. It would
not be forbidden to have some
“artificial means either to facili
tate the natural act or enable the
natural act, performed in a nor
mal manner, to effect concep
tion." (Jone)
Send questions to Father Ed
ward F. Healey, Inquiry Corner,
The Catholic Times, Bnx 836, Co
lumbus (16) Ohio.
Assistance to Families
ance policies for children, medi
cal care and medicine for chil
dren, more nutritious food for
children, children’s savings ac
counts in banks, toys for chil
dren.
Sales Increased
Other studies have indicated
that the sale of essential foods
for children rose sharply, for
instance the sale of pablum,
powdered milk, oranges. During
the first year of operation of the
plan, the sale of children's shoes
skyrocketed For the first time,
many Canadian iep a e n
stores found it necessary to in
stall departments especially de
voted to selling infants’ wear.
Stores all over the nation have
learned the wisdom of gearing
their inventories of children’s
goods to meet the demands of
the 21st day of each month.
Senator Neuberger’s own stud
ies of the Canadian plan, w'hich
have been going on for some
years, reveal that the program
has had a favorable impact on
such vital problems as juvenile
delinquency, child health, infant
mortality and general education.
In addition to meeting essential
needs of low income families,
the allowances have in many in
stances broadened the market
for other consumers’ goods. Fam
ilies have been able to provide
music lessons, special recreation
travel, higher education, annui
ties, and so forth.
The need for some such plan
in this country was expressed
by the National Conference on
Family Life several years ago.
A growing number of Cathnlie
scholars and social action groups
have also expressed th? hop?
that some such plan be adopted
in this country.
Sensible Step
Senator Neuberger’s resolution
is a sensible step toward such a
boon for our children. He is pres
ently joined in support of the
step by Senators Douglas, Mc
Namara, Humphrey, Kefauver,
and Lehman. This support will
grow if more and more constitu
ents urge it upon their senators.
With a sixth of our nation s fam
ilies receiving less than minimum
subsistence income unable tn
take advantage of tax deductions
from income they don’t have’—
it is surely incumbent upon in
dividuals and organizations nf
all kinds to give serious thought
and strong support to this pro
posal “to study".
While we study, people are in
need. It is to be hoped that these
needs w'ill be met promptly, bol
stered hy prompt acceptance of
the resolution now hefor? tne
Senate, as well as prompt inaug
uration and eompetion #tudy