4=--THE PROGRESS Frida 7, Feb. 15, 1963
Sunday For The Family
HE merchant who opens the doors
of his store on Sunday, whether he
be Catholic, Protestant, Jew, atheist, or
Mohammedan, is a menace to the public
welfare of the State of Washington. For
he seriously disrupts and impairs the so-
cial and economic life of his community.
Sunday observance is not a religious
question. The Supreme Court of these
United States, in upholding the right of
a community to set aside Sunday as a
day "of rest, recreation and worship, has
' stated that religion is not the issue. For
apart from religious belief, a uniform day
of rest involves the common good of all
citizens within a given community.
The 1909 "Blue Laws" of this state
were written in "horse-and-buggy days."
They are no longer either operable or
forceable. New legislation is a must.
": The vast majority of 6mericans have
fixed Sunday as the one day of the week
0 be with their families and friends, to
tax from the tensions of work, to wor-
ip God .and enjoy cultural pursuits.
If a single merchant refusing to
respect and honor the needs of his
community opens his doors on Sunday,
everybody in town will sooner or later
be affected by his selfish greed and
lust for profit. Competitors will be
forced by sheer economic necessity to
a seven-day week also. And since
women comprise the vast majority of
retail employees, mothers will be torn
from their families on the Lord's Day.
They will become the helpless slaves
of ruthless profiteers.
Employer-employee relationships will
strain. Workers will begin to fight among
themselves because some of the part-time
Sunday help already working a 40-hour
week will help out on Sundays for less
than a union wage.
The slothful shoppers who sneak into
the Sunday supermarket becausethey
wasted Saturday will soon be disturbed
by higher prices. Sunday help is paid
double-time, and to be sure, it is the
buyer, not the seller, who will absorb the
cost.
Children of Sunday workers will
scarcely see their parents. Parents will
seldom see each other. The problem of
divorce and juvenile delinquency, already
at an all.time high, will continue to eat
at the roots of society.
Will we experience a richer economy
when Sunday' has become just another
work day? No! For total consumer profit
has not increased--it has just been di-
vided by seven instead of six.
All these evils are possible simply
because there is no law that can protect
the good from the greedy, the principled
from the unprincipled.
IVhere will all this materialism
end? Communism claims to have arisen
from the abuses of capitalism. "Open
on Sunday" is a prime example of the
abuse of capitalism in our own midst!
How can we call Communists slaves
to material things when we, with all
our wealth and means of leisure, cannot
even close the cash register one day a
week in order to appreciate the good
things God has given us? Perhaps we
are the real slavesEwe who give lip
service to principles eminently higher.
It is true that moral convictions can-
not be legislated. We are not trying to so
legislate. Sunday observance legislation
does not invade the intersanctum of a
man's soul, but deals rather with the
common good of the community as a
whole. True, those of us who believe in
the God of revelation have more at stake
than a common day of rest. But we cannot
impose the Third Commandment of the
Decalogue as law in i pluralistic society,
nor do we desire to do so.
When the Supreme Court ruled that
Sunday could be set aside as a day-of
rest, it was well aware of possible incon-
veniences to religious minorities who wor.
ship on the sabbath, but the highest court
of the land did not consider this objection
sufficient in view of the greater good
achieved by uniform Sunday observance.
There is a bill before the 1963 Legis-
lature which would bring up to date and
effectively protect Sunday as a day of rest.
It is called Senate Bill 175. As a citizen,
you should do all in your power to pro-
mote the passage of this legislation.
A letter to each of the following sena-
tors on the Committee of Commerce,
Manufacturing and Licenses is in order:
George W. Kupka, Frank Connor, John
L. Cooney, David C. Cowen, Martin J.
Durkan, F. Stuart Foster, Michael J. Gal-
lagher, R. R. Bob Greive, James Edward
Keefe, Reuben A. Knoblauch, August P.
Mardesich, Ted G. Peterson, W. C. Rau-
gust, Ralph L. Rickdall, Albert C. Thomp-
son, Jr.
If you do not inform your elected
representatives concerning the kind of
legislation you want, who will? The letter
and the telephone are democracy's probe
• and scalpel. Freedom dies when they lay
idle.
• 7
U.S. To Crush Nanons.
HILE official Wash-
ington is busying it-
self in making second-
c 1 a:s s citizens
of Americans
who send their
children to re-
ligious schools,
our nation is
hit hard from
another quar-
ter. Soviet
• :i Russia has
By LOUIS F. BUDENZ
brought together "scholars,
workers of plan "'ng bodies,
journalists, lecturers on inter-
national affairs, post.graduate
students, and representatives
of various publishing houses."
This wide attendance indicat-
ed how seriously Moscow
views the attempt to get us
to support economically So-
viet slavery over the captive
peoples.
Oddly enough to Americans,
but quite logically to Commu-
BUDENZ
socialism permanently over the
captive nations.
The suggestion for this drive
was first made by Nikita
Khrushchev himself in the
leading article in the Septem-
ber 1962 World Marxist Review.
There it was that he reviewed
the previous meeting of the
Council of Mutual Economic
Zssistance formed by the "so,
cialist countries" and told of
the prominent part Red Poland
played: in initiating it. I did not
see in our daily press one word
about this article, although I
referred to it at some length
in this column 19 weeks ago.
Inter-Communist Conference
Since then, Khrushchev's con-
tribution has been published in
booklet form by thdForeign
Languages Publishing House of
Moscow and is hailing down
just launched nists, this drive arises in large
.
a long-ter.a part out 9f the Sino-,oviet dis-
drive to get us pure. We shall have to look into
to help build that again for proper enlighten-
ment. For weeks. The Worker
had announced that it would
publish February 17 a large
supplement. T h i s supplement
would contain all the important
documents dealing with that
debate, from Soviet. Red Chi-
nese, and American sources.
Those who study the origi-
nal Communist documents did
not have to have this supple-
ment before them to analyze
the true meaning of the inner.
Communist discussion. These
were contained in the repub-
lications from Renmin Ribao
(People's Daily) and Hongqi
(Red Flag) the official or-
gans of the Chinese Commu-
nists.
They were also embraced in
Khrushchev's address to the
Supreme Soviet in December
and in the able summary from
like a snowstorm on the Corn- the
munist camp. In addition. Oc-
tober 5 d this past year, there
took place in MOsCow itself one
of those big inner-Communist
conferences which are so dam-
aging to the United States.
It was based on Khrushchev's
article. It dealt °with "Problems
of Development of the World
Socialist System" and was ini-
tiated by the Academy of Social
Sciences of the Soviet Union
jointly with the edito'ial board
of International Affairs.
As reported in the Novem-
ber International Affairs, it
Soviet Communist view-
point appearing in the Decem-
ber World Marxist Review. It
is a serious reflection on the
manner in which the American
people are being denied infor-
mation that this article has not
been analyzed fully by our jour-
nalists. I will give it more
d e t a i 1 e d consideration very
shortly.
Fooled or Frightened?
When the thousands of Red
words are read and analyzed,
it will be discovered that orld
war or peace (which has been
played up so much) is not the
issue at all, as I have previ-
ously said.
The issue is simply tiffs:
The Red Chinese contend that
the American" nation can be
frightened into submission;
the Soviet Communists con.
tend that we must be fooled
into defeat. The one reflects
on the stamina of this na-
tion, thinking if.at we will
easily crumble under threats;
the other reflects on our in-
telligence i n psychological
warfare, insisting that we will
largely give in to the Com-
munist line by continued in-
filtration of our minds.
The Worker of February 3,
in preparing a series of re-
views as supplementary mate-
rial to the Foreign Policy
Association's discussions, has
accordingly s a i d: "The per-
spective, therefore, is for a res-
olution of differences between
the two parties through the cur-
rent struggle and the achieve-
ment of a stronger unity."
But emphatically it con-
eludes, in answering the ques-
tion of what we are to do,
with the following: "The true
interests of the American na-
tion require policies that will
strive not only to eliminate
the danger of a third world
war, but to promote friendly
business relations w i t h all
countries" including above all
our trade and aid to the "so-
cialist countries."
If you and I really want to
fend off the oncoming of Com-
munism, which has now planted
itself 90 miles from our shores,
we shall have to bestir our-
selves to c o m b a t American
trade with Soviet-ruled coun-
tries. This we could do at once
by asking our Representatives
and Senators to stand firm
against any aid or trade con-
cessions to Red Poland or Red
Yugoslavia. fd
'The Answer-Conversion'
• ?:
"IF: YOU ASK ME WE GOTTA CONVERT "EM"
Some Thought Rules 'Strange'
By JOHN B. SHEERIN, C.S.P.
ATHOLICS seem to the minority that liked the
take it for granted scheme submitted instantly and
that the Protestant ob- without audible murmur when
servers at the Council the Pope made his decision.
At first glance, it may look
w e r e tremendously ira-
pressed by the freedom of
speech allowed the bishops.
One Protes-
tant observer,
however, is du-
bious about the
effect of the
free discussion
on the attitude
of the other
observers.
In an article
in Presbyteri-
an Life (Jan.),
Dr. James H.
FR. $HEERIN Nichols, an ob-
server for the Reformed and
Presbyterian c h u r c h e s, re-
marks that the observers came
to the Council expecting to hear
a free and .uninhibited debate
onthe Council topics.
The observers, h o w e v • r,
were surprised by certain lim-
its and rules that had been
placed on the agenda and pro-
cedure. For instance, any
change in the agenda or pro-
cedure had to have the ap-
proval of the Pope.
These rules vesting final de-
cisions in the Pope seemed
"strange" to the Protestants,
according to Dr. Nichols.
Then, too, there was the
matter of the Pope's initiative
on November 21 in breaking
an impasse and sending back
to committee a schema the
majority did not like.
"The spectacle of this kind of
ecclesiastical discipline was to
the Protestant observer a more
striking phenomenon than the
previous freedom of speech-
making."
Why was this so? Because
as though Dr. Nichols is mere-
ly repeating the old charge that
the Catholic Church is a mono-
lith in which the Pope gives the
order and the subservient bish-
ops echo the master's voice.
But I don't think he intends
to criticize adversely here. He
is simply stating that the power
of the Pope and the unity of the
bishops look "strange" to Prot-
estant eyes.
What, then, did impress Dr.
Nichols? He says that the most
striking feature of the Council,
as far as his personal experi-
ence was concerned, was the
genuine ecumenism he found
among bishops and theologians.
Previously the Roman
Catholic Church had always
seemed to him "the very type
of a closed and complacent
sectarianism," but the Coun-
cil demonstrated that there is
in the Church "a genuine,
profound and intellectually
m a t u r e ecumenical move-
ment."
Nichols cautions against over-
emphasizing the significance of
the courtesies shown the ob-
servers.
He mentions with gratitude
the fact' that they had front
seats of honor in St. Peter's
and that many bishops, in be-
ginning their: addresses, saluted
the observers as "carissimi"
(dearly beloved) and "dilectis-
simi" (most dear and most be-
loved).
But he remarks that perhaps
some of the bishops thought all
this benevolence was simply a
tactic of conversion, "the use
of the carrot instead of a
stick."
Nevertheless, Dr. N i c h o I s
feels that it is safe to say that
Catholic ecumenism g a i n e d
both in depth and extent during
the Council and that the seed
has been scattered throughout
the episcopate of the w h o 1 e
worldwide Church.
Calendar
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17,
SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY,
MASS, Exsurge--Arise (Violet).
No. Gl., Cr., Pref. of Trinity.
Mass for Parish.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18,
COMMEMORATION OF ST.
SIMEON, BISHOP, MARTYR,
Mass as on Sun. (Violet). No.
Gl., 2nd Pr. of St. Simeon,
omit Tract, no Cr., Com. Pref.
Or MASS of St. Simeon, Statuit
--The Lord made (Red). Cal.,
Tract.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19,
FERIAL TUESDAY, MASS as
on Sun. (Violet). No Gl., omit
Tract, no Cr., Com. Pref.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
20, FERIAL WEDNESDAY,
MASS as on Tues.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21,
FERIAL THURSDAY, MASS as
on Sun. (Violet). No Gl., no
Tract, no Cr., Com. Pref.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23,
CHAIR OF ST. PETER, MASS:
Statuit el--The Lord made to
him (White). GI., 2nd Pr. of
St. Paul under one conclusion,
Tract, Cr., Pref. of Apostoles.
Abstinence.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23,
ST. PETER DAMIAN, BISHOP,
CONFESSOR, D 0 C T O R OF
THE CHURCH, MASS: In
medio--In the midst (White).
Gl., Tract.
Irony Is Inescapable
By lILT. G. JOSEPH GUSTAFSON, S.S., Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy, Sf. Thomas Seminary, Kenmore
HIEF Justice Warren recently made
an eloquent and moving plea be-
fore a select audience at the Jewish
Theological Seminary. He argued against more
legalism for the pressing need of ethics (or we
would say, moral theology). As John Wesley put
it, our hearts were strangely warmed by his
words. He reached the heights of true eloquence
when he said, "If there were no sense of loyalty,
if friendship meant nothing . . . society would
collapse:"
True! True! True! The law would collapse,
as it almost did •in the days of the monstrous
hypocrisy called Prohibition. (Warren's exam-
ple). As it does now with silly, not really ju-
dicious, taws about gambling, when women
can't walk the streets at night and one is court-
ing disaster not to lock one's doors and win-
dows and even car doors, in certain unnamed
cities. (Our own little example).
But if our society has lost its ethical view-
point so that we must try to define everything
in terms of mere legality, is it not because
education has broken down?
The irony is inescapable. We find our Chief
Justice eloquently pleading for most of the things
that all of us hold dear but can one somehow
perpetuate this moral and spiritual heritage?
Not in our public schools, apparently. As The
Wall Street Journal pointed out, "There has been
a deliberate and concerted effort on the part of
many vocal people to eliminate religion from the
public schools and they even atack the church
and private schools which retain it."
It was the Warren Court which decreed that
the utterance of even a non-denominational
prayer is to be prohibited by law.
God's World: Are You
A Punctual Person?
BY REV. LEO J. TRESE
RE you a punctual person? If so, you are
ing the virtue of charity in an area in which many
people fail. Perhaps it never has occurred to you to
ask yourself, when examining your conscience, "Was
I late, through my own fault, in keeping an appoint-
ment?" Few persons do advert
to the fact that habitual tardi-
ness indicates a lack of charity.
Almost everyone is unpunc-
tual on occasion. The family
a÷rives a little late for Mass
because baby needed attention
just as it was time to leave
for church. A man leaves for
work at the usual hour, only to
find that his car has a flat tire.
A couple enroute to a dinner
engagement are delayed by an
accident on the freeway.
The Real Offender
This kind of unavoidable tar-
diness is easily borne with. The
real offender against charity is
the chronic late-comer who
wastes hours of other people's
time. Time may not be money,
but to most of us it is a very
valuable commodity.
A theater party waits impa-
tiently for the arrival of one of
their group. "So sorry, I just
couldn't find my scarf," the
lady exclaims when she finally
appears, the first act half over.
A man hurries into the airport
twenty minutes late to meet
his arriving relatives. "Hope
you haven't been here long," he
pretends to apologize. "Some-
thing came up just as I was
I e a v i ng" (the "something"
being the sports page).
A luncheon group grows hun-
grier as it watches the door for
the missing member. "Oh, you
shouldn't have waited for me,"
the tardy one exclaims insin-
cerely. "I had to stop on my
way to exchange a pair of
shoes." She didn't really "had
to," but the shoes meant more
to her than did the conveni-
ence of her friends.
In a wide variety of guises,
young or old, male or female,
the habitually unpunctual per-
son falls into one of two gen-
eral classifications.
The more innocent of the two
types is the "disorganized" per-
son. He may say, "I'll meet
you at seven," without stopping
to estimate realistically how
long it will take him to get to
the place of meeting. In his
book, s t o p lights and heavy
traffic do not exist. He does
not remind himself, either, of
the things that will have to
be done before he is ready to
leave.
With his poor sense of timing,
he may undertake a half-hour
task ten minutes before he
should depart• There are few
excuses more time-worn than,
"I didn't think it would take
so long."
The Repeater
Obviously, t h e disorganized
person also is a thoughtless
person. He (or she) will repeat
the same pattern of tardiness
over and over, without seem-
ing to realize, "There must be
something wrong with me, I
must learn to plan my time
more realistically."
The second and more vicious
type of unpunctual person is
the self-centered individual. His
first love is for himself. He
d o e s n o t particularly care
whether he keeps other persons
waiting or not. There even may
be a latent streak of sadism in
his nature. He (or she) may
take unconscious delight in an-
noying people by making them
wait.
FATHER TRESE
It may be, too, that he suf-
fers from feelings of insecurity
or inferiority which make him
wish to magnify his own lm.
portance. By his late arrival
attracts notice and becomes the
center of attraction.
Whatever variations of mo-
tive there may be, this type
of tardy-arriver is basically
a self-centered person.
No one should be so compul.
sire in the matter of punctu-
ality as to become nervousb/
disturbed by an occasional and
unavoidable delay. However, if
we truly do have the love for
our neighbor which Jesus de-
mands of* us, we shall not often
be guilty of wasting another's
time.
Role of Catholi,
Citizens
It ts a source of profound
satisfaction to Us to see the
prominent part which is being
played by Catholic citizens of
the less wealthy countries "
the economic and social
opment of their own State.
Then, too, the Catholics of the
wealthier States are doing all
they can to increase the effec-
tiveness of the social and
economic work that is being
done for the poorer nations.
We would give Our special ap-
proval to the increasing assist-
ance they are giving, in all
sorts of ways, to .African and
Asian students scattered
throughout the universities of
Europe and America; and to
the care that is being devoted
to the training of those persons
who are prepared to go to the
less wealthy areas in order to
W
engage in work of a technical
and professional nature.
To these Our beloved sons in
every land who, in promoting
genuine progress and civiliza-
tion, are a living proof of the
Church's perennial vitality, We
wish to extend Our kind and
fatherly word of appreciation
and encouragement.--Mater et
Magistra, Pope John XXIII.
What Is Justice?
USTICE means the
honorable fulfillment
of our duties to society
and to each other. But it
especially m e a n s the
proper discharge of our obliga-
tions toward God. St. Thomas
rightly includes the practice of
religion as a division of justice.
The man who admits that he
never attends church, neglects
to pray, and offers no worship
to God, and then boasts that he
is as good as or even better
than those who do, is not only
a braggart, but an ignorant
braggart as well.
He could not speak more
foolishly were he to stick out
his chest and shout, "I am a
cheat, never pay my debts and
avoid my obligations, but I am
just as good, or perhaps better,
than one who abides by the
laws of justice." Nonsense.
A dishonest man is a rogue.
And a man who fails to give
due worship to God is failing
in justice. He is dishonest and
guilty of a particularly ob-
noxious type of roguery. Not
infrequently he attacks hypn-
crites, but practices a not too
subtle hypocrisy himself.
Our Lord uses a violent meta-
phor when He speaks of hun-
gering and thirsting for justice,
These two appetites are as-
sociated with self-preservation,ll
which is the first law of nature, q
more basic and insistent even
than sex. Consider what men
will do when tortured by the
pangs of hunger and maddened
by thirst.
Hence in the Fourth Beati-
tude, our Lord was not speak-
ing of justice of the respected
citizens who avoid wanton de-
struction of property, pay their
bills and stay out of the hands
of the police. Or, let us say,
He was speaking of that and
much more- our obligation to
give due worship to God.
---Walter J. Sullivan, C.S.P.
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