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Msgr. Higgins
Discusses Smear
Of Durkin This Week
On Page Four.
Vol. VI, No. 33
Buying Power May
Determine Fate
Of Catholic Press
Bishop Gorman Tells CPA
Not To Neglect Advertising
ST. LOUIS—The buying power of Catholics will decide
the future of the Catholic press.
Catholic journalists, while striving constantly for tech
nical and professional advance, must not neglect the field
of advertising.
These sober warnings were is
sued here by Bishop Thomas K.
Gorman of Dallas-Fort Worth.
The Bishop, Episcopal Chairman
of the Press Department of the
National
ference,
dress tn
vention
Association.
Catholic Welfare Con
gave the keynote ad
the 47th annual con
of the Catholic Press
The Bishop charged that,
up to now, the large advertiser
has ignored the Cathoiic press
as a means of reaching the
Catholic market. He called for
breaching of "this wall of
separation."
“You must strive to awaken
our clergy and Religious to the
stern fact that their buying pow
er will decide the fate of the
Catholic press,” Bishop Gorman
told the Catholic editors, publish
ers and business managers gath
ered here from all sections of
the country.
Bishop Gorman began his key
note talk, at a luncheon session
of the convention, by pointing to
the need that the Catholic press
has for technically trained jour
nalists. He also emphasized the
requirements that the editorial
content of Catholic publications
be based on sound philosophical
and theological principles ap
plicable to the events of our
times.
“Catholic journalists have an
other field—that is the area of
advertising," he then reminded.
"Catholic journalists must
bring homo to Catholics-—
clerical, Religious and lay—
their role in solving this diffi
cult problem.
“Large advertisers, national
and local, will tell you they
don’t need to reach you through
our publications. The national
secular magazines and local daily
papers are read by the same peo
ple who read our publications.
They give us a few charity ads
and buy off large Catholic buy
ers with donations and gifts.
"Yet, the Catholic market is
huge. Our dioceses, our schools,
our hospitals, our institutions,
our parishes, to say nothing of
our millions of families with all
their needs purchase unbeliev
able quantities of goods every
year.
“By and large the advertiser
up to now has ignored the Cath
olic press as a means of reaching
this market. In the centers of
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‘This Isn’t Censorship’
Customs Men Stop
Lewd Literature
From Entering U.S
United States, illegellV-
And there are those booksell
ers, newspapers, individuals—
for whom "some" is not
enough. They want it all.
This much is background for
a report on a visit to U.S. Cus
toms Bureau headquarters in
San Francisco. Object: To hear
from Customs Collector Chester
MacPhee, and members of his
staff, the government’s side of
the controversy over restrictions
on entry of obscene literature
into this country.
The controversy in this area
stems from Customs seizure of
a book shipment to a local book
filer. News stories and head
ines have more than hinted that
MacPhee and staff are dabbling
in censorship.
“Censorship? Absol u e I y
not," said Mr. MacPhee. "Some
people have a holy regard for
that word, I know, but it does
not apply here. Let's got a
couple of things straight.
“First, when we seize obscene
literature we’re simply doing
an administrative job the Cus
toms Bureau has had, under
Federal law, for nearly a cen
tury. Not until recent years did
anyone think of calling us cen
sors.
“Second, I’m sure that the
current complainers have no
idea what kind of 'filth we’re
stopping. Maybe they’d change
their minds if they took time to
Vacuous Nothing’
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Substitute
Movie Bill
Recommended
A “vacuous” substitute bill
against undesirable movies has
been recommended for passage
by the Senate Education Commit,
tee of the Ohio state legislature.
Sen. Gordon Renner, who op
posed the bill, referred to it as
“a vacuous nothing.” The meas
ure was introduced by Sen. Del
bert E. Latta. It is a substitute
for a bill sponsored by Sen. An
drew C. Putka and Sen. Robert
R. Shaw, which attempted to
spell out what constitutes objec
tionable materials and films.
The Putka-Shaw bill was in
troduced after Ohio movie cen
sorship was killed a little over
two
the
was too vague in its definition.
The .................................
more than 25 years.
years ago on grounds that
state’s old censorship law
old law had been in effect
Senators Putka and Shaw ask
ed that their names not be kept
on the substitute measure.
The Putka-Shaw bill had the
indirect support of the Ohio Ca
tholic Welfare Conference. At a
meeting in March the conference
said that “wide and vigorous
public support” should be be
hind “efforts of legislators to
safeguard decency in all public
exhibitions in film and printed
matter.”
Last month the City and Coun
ty Movie Council of Defiance,
enlisted the aid of some 25 affil
iated organizations in supporting
the Putka-Shaw bill.
The substitute measure was
passed by an 8-3 vote of the sen
ate Education Committee. It
takes a circuitous approach to
the problem of lewd and other
wise undesirable films.
The bill would permit the at
torney general to investigate the
showing of a film that he con
siders either obscene or inciting
to riot or other criminal acts.
The attorney general would then
petition the Franklin County
Common Pleas court to ban the
showing of the film. Prior to any
action by the court, a hearing
would be held before a jury.
By Jim Kelly
SAN FRANCISCO (NC) It’s strong enough
turn a well man’s stomach.
It’s straight, unadulterated, rotten filth, disgorged by
mental sewers of Paris, London, and other European cities,
only because it’s printed in
It passes for literature
book form.
Some of It Is gotting into
the
have a look—and so far nobody
has’ including newspapers.
“What we haul out of the
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iPER DIVISION
X\ I TATE M'JSEUii
Edward Cardinal Mooney, Archbishop
of Detroit, officiated at the graveside rites
for Bishop Ready on May 8. Left to right
are Fr. Hubert Rubeck, pastor of Holy
Redeemer parish, Portsmouth, Monsignor
Joseph Casey, pastor of St. Catharine
parish, the Cardinal, Monsignor Roland
By William E. Ring
CINCINNATI a k of
leadership among laymen
was deplored here by Albert
J. Sattler, retiring president
of the National Council of
Catholic Men, at the organi
zation’s biennial convention.
“This is the time when the
Church requires more leadership
than ever before,” Mr. Sattler, a
New York City attorney said.
“We do not have sufficient
Catholic leaders, not enough
men to go out and work and take
over responsibility.
“If we do not get that leader
ship, we eventually will face the
same situations which have con
fronted those in the countries be
hind the Iron Curtain. It would
have been a different story if
the Catholic men there had
faced up to their responsibili
ties.”
Mr. Sattler emphasized the
importance of the leadership
training programs in Catholic
Action which the National Coun
cil of Catholic Men today is
sponsoring in various fields.
The convention was opened
formally with a Mass for the
delegates offered in St. Louis
Church by Auxiliary Bishop Clar
ence G. Issenmann of Cincinnati.
At a meeting of the executive
committee, it was voted that the
first military council of Catholic
men in the European theater
shall be formed this year. The
organizational arrangements for
it will be made on June 8 and 9
in Berchtesgaden, Germany.
to
Martin Work, NCCM executive
director, will fly to Europe to
complete the arrangements. The
new council is expected to bring
some 1,000 men into the NCCy.
Mr. Work will be assisted by
Thomas Hinton, executive direc-
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His Holiness Pope PiuuXII, seated at
right on the throne chair in the Hall of
Benediction in Vatican City, listens with
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Pope Attends Concert
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Columbus 16, Ohio, Friday, May 17, 1957
Cardinal Officiates At Graveside Rites
Lack Of Leadership Deplored
By Retiring NCCM President
tor of the National Catholic Com
munity Service, who was a speak
er at the convention here, and
John Mulholland, NCCM field
services director.
Mr. Work stated that the ef
forts of the national office in
the training of Catholic lay lead
ers will be stepped up during the
next two years.
He said it is apparent that
there is a lack of skilled leader
ship. He stressed the importance
of Catholic lay leaders engaging
in affairs of their individual com
munities.
One of the highlights of the
convention, which brought to
gether some 1,200 delegates rep
resenting nearly 9-million men
in 8,600 organizations throughout
the nation, was a session at which
Nurses Hold
Annual Meet
At Cathedral
The Diocesan Council of Cath
olic Nurses will observe its an
nual Mass and Communion break
fast Sunday, May 26, at St. Jo
seph Cathedral, at 9 a.m.
After Mass, the Communion
breakfast will be served at Lin
coln Lodge, W. Broad-st. Father
Mathew Hanly, O.P. of St. Jo
seph Seminary, Somerset, will
be the guest speaker. Father
Hanley’s speech is entitled “A
Woman to Remember.”
Committee for arrangements
are as follows: Mary Sweeney of
Grove City Catherine Carter of
341 W. 9th Ave. Betty Scrapp
of Linwood Ave. and Martha
Fenlon of 536 Weisheimer Ave.
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T. Winel, pastor of St. Mary's parish,
Lancaster and Monsignor Francis Schwen*
deman, pastor of St. Leo's parish. Other
pictures of the funeral, taken for the
Catholic Times by Franklin Eyerman,
appear on Page nine this week.
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other guests to a concert by the Symphony
Orchestra of the Italian Radio Network.
15 experts in various fields of
action imparted their advice to
the delegates.
At a workship on public rela
tions, Father John E. Kelly, di
rector of the Information Bu
reau. National Catholic Welfare
Conference (NCWC), cited the
need for Catholic men to appear
before fraternal, community and
club meetings.
“On every possible occasion,”
Father Kelly said, “Catholic men
and women should accept speak
ing invitations, every request for
a place on a local radio and TV
program, so as to get the teach
ings of Christ’s one true Church
to our fellow Americans.”
Msgr. Thomas J. Fitzgerald of
Chicago, executive secretary of
the National Office for Decent
Literature, (NODL), told a ses
sion: “Because you have done
your part in arousing a public
opinion on this problem, encour
aging signs of an awakening of
responsibility are being seen in
the magazine field. There also
are indications that this industry
will follow the lead of the Comic
Book Code Authority and set up
some sort of self-regulatory com
mittee.”
New NCCM
News Service Feature
Editor Praised By Pope
She was honored here at an in
formal dinner sponsored by mem
bers of the NCWC Press Depart
ment. Tributes were paid to her
by Msgr. Paul F. Tanner, assist
ant general secretary of the
NCWC, who represented Msgr.
Howard J. Carroll, NCWC gen
eral secretary Frank Hall, direc
tor of the NCWC Press Depart
ment and Burke- Walsh, the as
sistant director. Msgr. Tanner
read a letter of good wishes sent
by Msgr. Carroll, who was unable
to attend because of his presence
at the funeral of Bishop Michael
J. Ready of Columbus.
The Pope’s blessing was sent in
a letter signed by His Excellency
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni
Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate to
the U.S. Archbishop Cicognani
lauded Miss McKiever for her
“immense contributions to the
work of the Church in the United
States.”
Archbishop Francis P. Keough
of Baltimore, chairman of the
NCW’C Administrative Board,
wrote: “At the request of the
administrative board of Bishops
of the National Catholic Wel
fare Conference, I have the hon
or to offer you in our behalf sen
timents of deepest appreciation
for your 30 years of loyal and de-
President
Speaks Here
Delegates from 23 coun
tries, representing more
than 30 thousand men will
meet Sunday at 1 p.m. at
Bishop Watterson High
School for the first annual
convention of the Diocesan
Council of Catholic Men.
Th* Diocesan council, formed
at the request of Bishop Ready,
earlier this year, will coordi
nate the work of all Catholic
Men's groups in the Diocese.
This Sunday a series of work
shops and discussion groups will
be held for all the deanery of
ficers and committee chairmen of
the DCCM, prior to the regular
convention session.
David McMullen, president of
the National Council will be
guest speaker. Bishop Het
tinger will preside.
Judge McMullan, who has been
the circuit judge in St. Louis,
Missouri, since 1949, has held
several judicial and professional
posts in Missouri and has been
active in parish and diocesan or
ganizations for many years.
He was named president of
the St. Louis Archdiocesan Holy
Name Union in 1950-51 and the
following year held the top post
in the Archdiocesan Council of
Men.
Judge McMullan is a member
of the Board of Directors of the
Catholic Charities in St. Louis
Ave Maria
Hour JFins
Award Here
The Ave Maria Radio Hour has
received honorable mention for
national religious programs at
the 21st American Exhibition of
Educational Radio and Television
Programs, sponsored here an
nually by Ohio State University.
The Ave Maria Radio Hour,
produced by the Franciscan Fri
ars of the Atonement in Garri
son, N.Y., recently observed its
22nd anniversary. The awards
presented here are often referred
to as the Pulitzer prizes of the
audio-video field.
The citation for the award
states: “The Ave Maria Hour dra
matically presents the inner
struggle of human beings who
try to live a Christian life. The
situations have universal appeal,
and the expertly produced pro
grams inspire a deep sense of
reverence.”
Since 1935 the Ave Maria Hour
has presented weekly radio dra
matizations of the lives of saints
on almost 400 stations in the U.S.
and Canada and also 300 sta
tions overseas through the world
wide facilities of the Armed
Forces Radio Service.
The program is directed by
Carlo de Angelo.
WASHINGTON (NC) His Holiness Pope Pius XII
headed a list of Church dignitaries who sent their best
wishes to Miss Katharine McKiever of the Natonal Catholic
Welfare Conference, who has retired after 30 years of
service.
Miss McKiever began work at the NCWC in July, 1927,
and for the past 11 years she
was feature editor of the NCWC
News Service. She retired on May
11, her 65th birthday.
voted service to the Church in
the United States.”
Bishop Thomas K. Gorman of
Dallas-Fort Worth, episcopal
chairman of the NCWC Press De
partment. lauded Miss McKiever
for “the steady and solid advance
made by the feature service” dur
ing her years as editor.
Among other prelates who sent
messages of appreciation were
Archbishop John Mark Gannon
of Erie and Bishop Ready of Co
lumbus, both former .episcopal
chairmen of the NCWC Press De
partment and Bishop John J.
Russell of Charleston, a former
pastor of Miss McKiever.
The letter sent by Bishop
Ready was possibly the last he
wrote. “Your gain of peace will
be our loss," he said. "You
have deserved the pleasant
years, and all your friends will
pray that they may be many
and filled with happy memo
ries of faithful service done for
Church and country."
In a speech at the reception,
Frank Hall said: “Katharine has
run a strong and brilliant course
for the Church and our NC Serv
ice.”
Miss McKiever. a descendant of
a pioneer Catholic family of
South Carolina, was born in Sum
ter, S.C., on May 11, 1892. She is
a graduate of Randolph Macon
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Men’s Council Meets
Sunday At Watterson
David
and has served in several official
capacities for the local Retreat
league there.
He was chairman of the reor
ganization committee of the Na
tional Council of Men in 1951
52 and has served as secretary
and vice-president of the Na
tional Council before being
named president last Sunday.
During the convention, formal
installation of the Diocesan of-
Archbishop Alter
The new type of Catholic lay
organization has its own dis
tinctive function and structure,
comprising both an elite and
a mass movement. As an elite
it is based on the need of lead
ership as a mass movement it
is based on the principle of
FEDERATION, namely, the
joining together of all our Cath
olic societies into one unified
body for concerted action.
We need to pool our resources.
Here the principle of “FEDERA
TION” must be made operative.
By bringing all the intcrparochial
societies and the parish organi
zations into one federated group,
it should be possible to find a
qualified leadership for the larg
er undertakings and at the same
time put the weight and strength
of large numbers behind a pro
ject of broad scope or signifi
cance.
Representative Says—
Photos Of Bishop's
Last Rites On Page
Nine This Week.
Price Ten Cents $3.00 A Year
cMullan
ficers will be Installed and affili
ation of the Diocesan group with
the National Council will take
place with the formal presenta
tion of the charter to the Dio
cese.
Central Deanery officers, head
ed by T. J. Frericks will he hosts
for the convention which will
open with the Workship sessions
at 1 p.m. and the general meet
ing being called to order at 3 p.m.
Council of Men Need
In Diocese Cited
(The following excerpts are from an address to the Coving
ton Diocesan of Catholic Men by the Most Rev. Karl J. Alter,
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Episcopal Chairman, National Council
of Catholic Men.)
“Something new has been inaugurated by the popes
in recent times. It is the movement known as Catholic
Action. It envisions a new kind of function and structure
for our Catholic lay organizations. It takes a broader view
of the world’s problems than is possible on the part of the
societies with specialized functions.
It was for this reason that
the Bishops of the United States
called into being the National
Councils of Catholk Men and
Women. It can act as a gsn
eral clearing house for other
societies with particular aims,
and serve as a channel of com
munication between the hier
archy as a whole and the gen
eral public.
Affiliation Will Aid
Parish Organization
By Harry A. Grant, Representative,
National Council of Catholic Men
The federation Archbishop Alter refers to is being
created now in the Diocese of Columbus. Each of the five
divisions of the Diocese are federating all their men’s
organizations. On May 19 these five federations will com
bine to form a larger federation, the Columbus Diocesan
Council of Catholic Men.
On May 19 too, in the presence
of the Bishop, the Columous
federation of all men’s organiza
tions will be incorporated into
the federation of all the diocesan
councils of the United States.
This nation-wide federation is
the National Council of Catholic
Men.
What will this national federa
tion mean for you, the individual
member of a parish or interpar
ish organization?
It will mean that your leaders
will be in direct contact with ev
ery other Catholic lay leader in
the United States. For example,
in Cincinnati on May 10, 11, 12,
the leaders of over 6000 men’s
organizations gathered to ex
change ideas, discuss mutual
problems, and coordinate pro
grams.
For you the individual mem
ber of a parish or interparish or
ganization, federation with the
National Council will mean that
in the Church of
a privilege and a
The laity share
Membership
Christ is both
responsibility,
this with their bishops not in
the same measure, tut by par
ticipating in the apostolic work
of the hierarchy. It is to this high
vocation that your bishop is call
ing you who are members of thq^
DIOCESAN COUNCIL OF CATH
OLIC MEN, in order that you
rr.ay join with him in restoring
all things in Christ.”
the ideas and programs of every
men’s organization in the United
States will be at the disposal of
your organization.
It will mean that the men’s.or
ganizations of the Columbus Dio
cese will take their place beside
their Bishop and close ranks with
all the other American Bishops
and their devoted lay organiza
tions.
May 19 in the See city of Co
lumbus is a FEDERATION DAY
for every devoted thoughtful lay
man in the diocese.
Carmelites Acquire
Philosophy House Site
PROVIDENCE, R. I. (NC)
A 259-acre farm in the town of
Exeter, a colonial landmark, has
been acquired by the Carmelite
Fathers as a site for a new house
of philosophy, it was disclosed
here.