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4—The Catholic Times Friday, May 10. 1957 The Washington Letter Testing Of Nuclear Weapons Is Big Topic WASHINGTON The future of nuclear weapons promises to be the number one topic for international thinking and dis cussion throughout the spring and summer. More and more people and nations are being encouraged in give their attention to the prob lems involved in the use of nuclear power for weapons, and in the testing of these weapons. Events that are soon tn take place arc expected to heighten the interest already created. With increasing frequency individuals and publications refer to the Christmas mes sages of His Holiness Pope Pius XII for 1955 and 1956. In the first, the Holy Father call ed for a renunciation of nuclear reanon experiments, a renun ciation of their use as such, and a general control of armaments. In the second. His Holiness said jt was only within the amhit of the United Nations that the promises of individual nations regarding armaments could be mutually exchanged under the strict obligations of interna tional law. The Holy Father-,s special ail dipnce for Dr. Masatoshi Hat ■ushita, a special Japanese en voy visiting the heads of gov ernments in the interest of end ing nuclear weapons tests, drew attention dramatically to this issue. Just prior to this audience, the United States gave impetus tn thought about this problem by proposing that, beginning April 1, 1958. Russia and the West limit all production of fissionable materials to non weapon use. Harold Stassen, spokesman for the U.S,, made Springtime for many a young •ter is the lime when his heart goes on a journey to the moon and she wants to be as close to her "steady” as April is to May. It is now, more than any other season, that many a young lov er knows just how Columbus felt when he discovered a new world. Finding romantic loyal ty and love is the great, new discovery. But “going steady” isn't all poetry The blossom in her cheek can soon turn to chalk, and he can soon become as ran cid as butter. Only the mature can enjoy the opposite sex in a Christian way. This column has been swamp ed with requests lately (or more discussion on "going steady." So he if for this week and the next. Means Thraa Things The Purdue Opinion Poll for young people, some time ago, disclosed that the majority of those in every high school do not stcady-datc 42% of those questioned said they he lirved in it, 35% said they dis approved. 23% were undecid ed. From this, the practice would seem to he not quite as widespread as some inay think. By “going steady" one gen erally means three things: ex elusive dating, frequent get fogethers (an often as two or three times a week), and an intimate exchange nf affection. On April 25 President Eisen hower, after conferring in Au gusta. Georgia, with Secretary of I-ah or Mitchell, publicly urged speedy Congressional ac tion on long pending Adminis tration proposals to regulate union health and welfare funds. While hr did not mention any specific bill by name, the Pres ident was undoubtedly refer ring, among other proposals, to the so-called Ives Bill, intro duced hy Republican Senator Irving Ives nf Neu York This bill, and a similar bill introduced by Democratic Sen ator Paul Douglas of Illinois, would require all employee welfare funds to register and tn file periodic financial re ports with a Government agen cy. Both bills would apply tn company -as well as union ad ministered funds It is estimat eri that approximately 90% of all employee benefit plans are of the former type. Only 10% are administered by unions. AFL-CIO Support The AFL-CIO is fully pre pared to support either the Ives or the Douglas hill “We have long favored legislation this proposal to the UN Dis armament Subcommittee at its meeting tn Ixindon. Mr. Stassen said the limits tion could start next year if a plan of inspection is worked out by that time. He is said to have pronosed that the inspec tion be carried mil by placing inspectors in plants making fissionable materials. He said the U.S. was not prepared at this time tn enter into an agreement on the elimination of nuclear weapons, because such an agreement could not he effectively enforced. Presumably, it is envisaged that countries could make weap ons from stocks built up be fo'e the agreement, and that hydrogen bomb tests would continue until the supply is exhausted. Moscow has said that Soviet Russia would halt nuclear weapons tests immediately if Great Britain and the U.S. would do the same. Great Brit ain called this “blatant but clever” propaganda, and point ed out that Soviet Russia just concluded a scries of nuclear tests on March 8. The British saw the Russian declaration as a possible move to get Great Britain Io call off the tests her first she had scheduled for the Christmas Islands in the Pacific for this spring Lon don said it would go ahead with the tests. The proposed Pacific Ocean tests are a ma’tcr of some concern to the Japanese and others in the Pacific. Minister Matsushita visited Ixinrion be fore going to Rome, and tried unsuccessfully to get Prime Minister Macmillan's govern ment to call off the Christinas Making Marriage Click ‘Going Steady' Graze Among Youth Is Recent Phenomenon By Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc Healthy Adjustment A few- weeks ago Life Maga zine carried the tragic picture of a lonely young hoy who lost his life in the snow- trying to reach his 14-year-old "steady.” Jt was heart-rending story which symbolized the craving nf many a youngster, today, who turns to another of the opposite sex to hr given the af feet ion and security which his parents al home should he giv ing Money and comforts are not I hr first needs of a youngster, lie needs affection asTic nerds bread and water. If parents are giving them the proper after tmn, youngsters may still need the friendship of another of their age hut the transfer will be disciplined, healthy adjust ment, not the freakish entan glcmcnts youth are experienc ing today Wartime Phenomenon I’m old enough to remember that “going steady” before the war was hy no means empha sized as it is today. This is a phenomenon which sprouted up during the war. It seems tn have happened when soldiers, going away to foreign coun-^ tries, were given the guaran tee that their little “birds of paradise" would he waiting for them faithfully when they re turned Solemn pledges were marie that distance would not prevent them from listening rhe Yardstick Rcnilalion island tests. All of this negotiation was underscored by the report from Sydney, Australia, that a French scientist had told an audience there of seeing natives of the Maquis Islands, Marshall Is lands and Tahiti who were suf fering from “terrible diseases" as the result of eating fish made radioactive hy the bomb tests conducted by the U.S. in the Pacific last year. Hp is re ported to have said "there is no treatment for the disease,” which manifests itself with skin that “breaks open into painful lumps and crevices.’’ At the same time, a Japanese scientist has been quoted as saying his country does not possess equipment sensitive enough to detect all of the nuclear tests conduced by So viet Russia. The U.S. is planning a new ser ies of atomic tests, beginning about May 15. on the Nevada proving grounds. The tests are expected to deal with new tac tical weapons, and to be of rel ative low force. Meanwhile, the proposal tn arm the new West German army with nuclear weapons has produced a controversy in that country. Eighteen topflight nu clear physicists in West Ger many have said they would re fuse to cooperate in any way in the making, testing or use nf atomic weapons. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer proposed to proceed with the plans for issu ing such weapons, saying West Germany cannot be more noor ly equipped than its neighbors. With more proposals and more tests in the olfing, the question of nuclear weapons will be very much to the fore. We all know some of the ad vantages of “going steady.” Dne girl expressed well her basic reason for it. "I have plenty nf friends and a lot of fun but I am getting tired of never knowing for sure that I can depend on a date for every occasion This is the constant desire: to he rid of uncertainty, to hr considered a social and personal success. It is the accepted thing, but many an honest youngster has not yet thought it through. Youth is intellectually honest. Sec how the Hungarian and Polish teenagers reacted to ly ing Communism and you see YOUTH. I feel sure that if they ever understand that there is harm in the present dating sys tem. our young people will hr the first to rebel. Next u’eek we shall study “going steady" from that view point. Of Union Welfare Funds Discussed Bv Msgr. George G. Higgins even more sweeping than the pending Administration bill," AFL-CIO President George Meany declared immediately af ter President Eisenhower’s statement had been released to the press. “These health and welfare plans," Mr Meany continued, "whether operated hy unions, hy management, or both, jointly are funds hold in trust for the benefit of work ers and should he completely safeguarded from any and all corruption and mismanage ment.” Mr. Meany was speaking not only for himself, as an individ ual. hut for the majority of his associates in the AFL-CIO. Moreover he has already amply demonstrated that he was not talking merely for public con sumption. If there is any lin gering doubt about his sinceri ly. wait until the Senate Labor Committee starts its hearings on the Ives and Douglas bills. At that time Mr. Meany and many of his associates in the labor movement will undoubt edly throw the full weight of their support behind these pro posals. If they suggest amend ments Io the two bills,-these amendments will be designed so strengthen rather than weaken the hand of the Fed eral Government in the regula tion of employee welfare plans. Unfair to Douglas Ironically, however, the Na tional Association of Manufac turers—unless it has a change of heart between now and the time of the Senate hearings— will prohahly testily against the Ivos and Douglas bills and will do everything it possibly can to defeat them. The NAM his already blasted the Doug las bill as a “sleeper." "shrewd ly conceived" by Senator Doug las as an attack on "the healthy parts of American industry's whole structure of employee benefits." This is very unfair to Sen ator Douglas. There are no “sleepers" in the Douglas bill The purpose of the bill is very simple, and its language is per fectly clear. As we have al ready indicated, the Senator’s proposal would merely require all employee welfare funds to file and to register financial reports with a governmental I Ifr. to the same radio programs: and wherever they were on the hour, they would stop and throw' kisses to each other across the sea. They belonged to each other. Just a few years ago it was the exception when a boy took a girl to a party and danced only with that one girl There weir program dances then, and a girl danced with a dozen or more boys. Nnw, often a boy dances for hours only with his “steady." 4 Strength-Giving Joy The joy of Easter is a precious, divine gift, not overcome by passing earthly cares, the Church reminds her chidren, as she bids them listen on Sunday to the conversation between Christ and His disciples at the Last Supper. He was preparing them for His departure from their midst: “A little while and you shall see Me no longer,” He said, “and again a little while and you shall see Me. because 1 go to the Father you have sorrow now, but will see you again and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one shall take from you." It is the eternal joy of heaven, of course, to which the Savior was re ferring, but the disciples had a foretaste of that overwhelming joy when He rose from the dead and remained with them for forty days. The Resurrection was the proof that He was. indeed, the Son of God, and that His promise of joy which "no one shall take from you" was certain Io be fulfilled. And as we, today's fol lowers of Christ, spend the forty davs after Easter in liturgical commemoration of His stay on earth we arc to feel the same joy and the dis ciples frit and the same assurance that He has prepared joy for u« that "no one shall take Use ()l Vestments Catholic* and Orthodox priests have always used vestments. Therefore the great majority of Christians have always been accustomed tn them The fact is. however, that vestments gradually developed in the early Church. They most cer tainly add to the cleanliness and dignity of di vine worship The priest of the Latin Rite wears the follow ing vestments during Mass: First, the amice, a white linen cloth placed over the shoulders and about the neck Second, the alb, a long white linen garment covering the body Thud, the cincture, a cord tied shout the waist Fourth, the maniple, a short hand of cloth hanging from the left arm. Fifth, (he stole, a long narrow' hand of cloth worn over the shoulders and crossed in front of the body and Sixth, the chasuble, an%ter garment cover ing the greater part of the body. Seventh, the hiretta. a tap or headdress, black for priests, having color for prelates. The vestments have an ancient origin, and most of them resemble the garments worn hy the Apostles. The colors of the outer vestments worn dur ing Mass are: White, which signifies purity of soul and holiness Red. which signifies the shedding o( blood and burning love Green, which signifies hope Violet, which signifies penance agency. What’s wrong with that? Nothing at all except that the Douglas bill would apply to company -as well as union administered funds. This seems to he the only reason the NAM is opposed tn the hill. Accord ing to the NAM. it’s perfectly all right for the Federal Gov ernment to regulate union-ad ministered funds, but the regu lation of company administered funds should he left to the states. As of this writing, the NAM has confined its opposition to the Douglas bill, presumably for political reasons. The fact is. however, that the Ives bill as previously noted—would also apply to company-adminis tered funds. Sooner or later, therefore, spokesmen for the NAM will probably have to take a vigorous stand against the Administration, which is known to he in favor of the Ives proposal. We have no desire to pick a quarrel with the National As sociation of Manufacturers, but it must be said in ail honesty that NAM’s opposition to the Douglas-Ives proposals is il logical and indefensible. The NAM has a long history of op posing labor legislation and so cial welfare legislation in the name of free enterprise The NAM is entitled to its nwn opinion about the mean ing of free enterprise and its application in the field of la bor and social welfare legisla tion. Nevertheless the NAM should not expect to be taken seriously when it arbitrarily changes th? meaning of free enterprise to suit its own con venience or its own particular purposes. That is tn say, if it is a violation of the principles Universal Father of free enterprise for the Fed eral Government to regulate company-administered welfare plans, then it is also reprehen sible for the Federal Govern ment to regulate union admin istered funds. The NAM can not have it both ways. Everything to Lose In a sense this is probably much ado about nothing, for the chances are that the ma jority of responsible business men in the United States will support the Ives bill or an ade quate substitute, regardless of NAM’s stand, Let's hope so, for the business community in the United States has everything to lose and nothing to gain by pius xii pleads 4s again for. an E? END TO THE NUCLEAR ARMS RACE- from you It is this spirit of joy. unshakable and ever lasting. that the Christian must meet the prob lems of his daily life. Sorrows come, but we know that they will pass sufferings, too. and misunderstandings, but our Christian joy makes them bearable, for they belong Io the realm of sin and death which Christ conquered the strong est temptations cannot pierce the armor of joy with which an understanding of the Redemption equips us. “Shout with joy to God, all the earth.” is the opening of Sunday’s Mass, the Psalmist’s ad monition of how our rejoicing over God’s mercy should uplift our hearts to Him in gratitude, and in victory over the forces of evil. Joy in Christ keeps us in the path of righteousness, revealing, by contrast, how repulsive are all forms of sinful conduct It arouses us to con sideration for the rights and needs of others, since the joyful person necessarily seeks to make others happy. And it makes for peace in the world, since selfishness, quarrelsomeness, in justice. deceit, those breeders of disorder, can not exist where there is Christian joy. Black, which signifies mourning Rose, which signifies joy in the midst of pen ance and Gold, which is used on solemn occasions in place of white, red, or green vestments. While vestments are worn on feasts of Our Lord, the Blessed Virgin, saints who were not martyrs, and during the Easter season red is used on the feasts of the Holy Spirit, the Pas sion of Our Lord. and martyrs green is used on the Sundays outside nf Advent, Lent, and the Christmas and Easter season violet is worn in lx?nt, Advent, and on penitential days hlack is worn in Masses for the dead rose may be used instead of violet on the third Sunday of Advent and on the fourth Sunday in l^ent. The chalice veil has the same color as the vestments. Some of the important articles used during the Mass arc: The chalice, or golden cup. tn which the wine is consecrated the paten, or gold-covered plate, on U'hich the Host is placed the purificator, or cloth, for wiping the chalice the pall, or linen-covered card, used to cover the chalice the corporal, or square linen cloth, on which the chalice, etc., stand the Missal, from which the priest reads the prayers of the Mass The beeswax candles the crucifix over the altar three framed large cards containing parts of the Mass and the three linen cloths that cover the altar. Mass is celebrated on an altar stone, con taining relics of saints, and set in the table of th? altar. It was the common belief in the Middle Ages that the vestments used hy the Church at Mass and other services were derived from the Jewish Temple. Father Healey’a What u the Pauline Priv ilege case. The Petrine Case? A. All questions regarding marriage cases can be answer ed only in a general way. There is no definite answer possible without consultation with the priests of the Dioces an Tribunal and their consid ered judgement on the facts of the case. The Pauline Priv ilege refers to St. Paul’s ex tension of a privilege to those who found marriage with a pagan intolerable so that they could be freed of that non sacramental bond (1 Corin thians 12-16) The Petrine case is very similar. While a mar standing in the way nf ade quate. Federal regulation of employee benefit plans. finder ordinary circumstanc es we would hesitate Io recom mend that the businessmen of the United States dissociate themselves from the position taken hy an organization to which they belong. However at a time when the rank-and-file of certain unions are being urged on every side to break with their leaders in the inter est of decent trade unionism, it would seem to be in order to make a similar request of American businessmen in the case of the NAM’s opposition to the Douglas-Ives proposals. riage union of two baptized persons, a 11 things being equal, cannot he truly dissolv ed (except by death) these cases represent exercise of the Church's divine power “to bind" or “to loose” upon mar riages in which one or both pe s o n s were unbaptized, There are many conditions in such cases and they are grant ed as a “privilege” when the Church is completely satisfied as to these conditions Send questions to Father Ed ward F. Healey. Inquiry Cor ner. The Catholic Times, Box 636. Columbus (16), Ohio, No One Was Unimportant 1 To Our Bishop Ready It was 1945 and the scene was th? rotunda of the Stat? Capitol at Columbus. The occasion was the Ohio observance of the initial session of the United Nations. Bishop Michael J. Ready, newly arrived in Columbus as the Catholic bishop of central Ohio, had participated in the ceremonies, and was standing in the center of the rotunda greeting scores of persons who wanted to meet him. A middle-aged Negro woman held back until almost the last then she approached the handsome, dignified prelate and began to say: “You don’t remember me—” Tributes... He interrupted her, called her by name and said: "We were classmates at Mansfield High." That illustrates the human touch of Bishop Ready, and his great ness. From an obscure priest in Cleveland and teacher at Cathedral Latin High, he had gone on to great honors in the church. He was director Mf the Society for the Propagation of the Faith here, director of the National Catholic Welfare Conference in Washington, where he was the intimate of Presidents and leaders of the nation, then went to Columbus as head of the Catholic church. Still he had time for the “little people.’’ Bishop Ready's voice is now stilled in death—and he will be missed, for his vigor and influence extended far beyond the limits of his church. A builder of churches, patron of the arts, promoter of education, spokesman for social justice and withal a friendly, human, warm person, he lived a full and useful life. (Continued from Page 2) and honorable manner reflected the personality, the striving for performance approaching perfec tion. I can say no more.” From Michael T. Kelleher. Na tional Catholic Community Serv ice Executive Committee. On hehalf executive committee nf national Catholic Community Service, I extend our deepest sympathy af untimely and sudden death of his Excellency Bishop Ready. All his former associates in NCCS revere his memory. We also gratefully recognize the great contribution his Excellen cy made to the work of the Bish ops in assisting chaplains to pro vide for religious and spiritual welfare of members of armed forces as a magnificent chapter in history of development of na tional Catholic community serv ice. which Bishop Ready served as the first secretary to its board of trustees. NCCS executive direc tor Thomas D. Hinton will attend Bishop Ready's funeral represent ing NCCS. From Rev. Raymond J. Hunt, OMI Provincial. Boston. Mass. The Oblate Fathers extend their deepest sympathy to you and the priests of the diocese on the death of dear Bishop Ready. Wp shall remember him in our Masses and prayers. From Mother Rose Xavier. Do minican Sisters of th? Sick Poor, Ossining. N.Y. Heartfelt and deepest sympa thy to the clergy and the people of the diocese of Columbus on the death of their beloved Bishop Ready. Our Masses and prayers will he offered for him. From Very Rev. Wilham Con don. Provincial, Fathers of th? Sacred Heart, Bedford.'Mass. Th? Fathers of the Sacred Heart send their sincere condo lences and promise of prayers. From J. J. McLarney, O P. Please express my profound sympathy to Bishop Ready's rela tives and friends. I offer Mass for the. repose of his soul. From Mother M. Anselm. Sis ters of the Blessed Sacrament, Cornwells'Heights, Pa. Heartfelt sympathy to Your Ex cellency. the clergy, religious and laity of the Columbus Dio cese on the death of the beloved Bishop Ready. The Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament have lost a generous benefactor and a devot ed friend of our missionary apos tolate. From John L. Sullivan, Wash ington. D.C.: Shocked to learn of th? death nf Bishop Ready. Please extend my heartfelt condolences to his sisters. From Mother Kathryn Marie, Superior General. Sisters of th? Holy Cross, South Bend. Ind. The Sisters of the Holy Cross send deep sympathy and prayers in the loss you have sustained in the death of beloved Bishop Rea dy, From Martin T. Kavanaugh. Master. Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus. Southwest Ohio Dis trict: Most Reverend Father, it was with deepest sorrow that I learn ed nf the sudden passing of your beloved Bishop. Michael J. Rea dy. As Master, and on behalf of the members of the Fourth De gree Knights of Columbus. South west Ohio District. I wish to ex tend to you, the clergy and the faithful of the Columbus Diocese, our sincerest sympathy and we join our prayers with yours for the repose of his soul. If there is any way I. or the Sir Knights, CLEVELAND PRESS can assist you in this hour of sor row, please call upon us. From Mother Margaret Marie, Provincial. Kensington, Md. The shock that we experienced when the news of His Excellen cy’s passing was flashed over the wires has been somewhat modi fied by our recalling Bishop Ready's prompt readiness to com ply with God's Holy Will always and the services that he render ed to his diocese. Know that we pray not only for his happy re pose hut also for you and his priests, asking the Dear Christ to comfort you. guide you and bless you. In each house of our Eastern Province, a Requiem Mass will be said for Bishop Ready and each sister will offer her Mass. Communion and pray ers for His Excellency on that day. From Mrs. Lawrence H. Stray er. President, Youngstown Di ocesan Council of Catholic Wom en: The women of th? Youngstown Diocesan Council of Catholic Women wish to extend their sympathy and sorrow to the fam ily and all those who were associ ated with His Excellency. We, the Council, have truly lost a friend. From the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, Holy Family Convent, Manitowoc. Wise.: “Grief stricken we join you and the Diocese in prayer for the repos? of the soul nf kind Bish op Ready, great loss tn Church and our community.” Mother Edna. From the Columbus Area Coun cil of Churches: “It is with profound sorrow and regret that we have learned of Bishop Ready’s death. Just last Monday (April 29), we saw and heard him when he so appropri ately and so effectively gave the benediction at President Faw cett's inaugural ceremonies. He was a devoted and dynamic leader and will be greatly miss ed. not only by the Church which he so ably served, but by th? community at large as well. In the cooperative projects in which it has been our privilege to share, we have had genuine appreciation for his leadership. Protestants of th? area sorrow with the Catholics in the loss of their great leader. It is our prayer that as in his living also in his .death his pass ing from among us shall be tri umphant. “O Death, where is thy sting, O Grave where is thy victory.’’ S. Ezra McCulloh, President J. W Montgomery, Associate director From Roscop R. Walcutt, Judge nf the Probate Court of Franklin County, Columbus: During my ten years of service in the Ohio Senate and as Chair man for six years of the Ohio Program Commission, I had many opportunities to be in conference with Bishop Michael Ready on matters of vital interest to the State and its citizens, and 1 came to value highly his sound judg ment and to respect him as a man and churchman. With this knowledge and association. I ap preciate keenly the loss that comes through his death to the Church he served so devotedly and the community in whose in terests he was ever active. Per sonally and for the members of the probate court staff, I wish to express our appreciation of Bish op Ready s magnificent contribu tion to the spiritual and civic welfare of the Columbus com munity. and our sincere sympa thy to you. the clergy and laity of your Church, in the loss they have suffered. 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