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SU Middle East Tour Pauses Before Pyramids
THE 30 MEMBERS of Seattle University's Middle East "was a visit to an Arab refugee camp near Beirut. Those
Study Tour pose with their camel drivers before a sphinx
and pyramid in Egypt. The Rev. Webster Patterson, S.J,,
t6ur leader, reports the group has visited many high govern.
:mnt and university officials ia Egypt, Lebanon, Syria,
J6rdan and Israel. "Outstanding I think," Father wrote,
people have literally nothing. The Holy See has spent Over
twenty million dollars to help them, but I am convinced that
the plight of these poor people is neither known nor under-
stood by 95 per cent of American Catholics." The Pontifi-
cal Mission for Palestine directs aid given the refugees.
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Almost Turns Sour
By Fred CordOva
News drums beat again across the land to bandy
CURSILLOS RUN 22 COURSES--Santo Do-
mlngo, Dominican Republic, July 31 (NC)--The Cur-
Sillos de Cristiandad movement has organized 22
short courses on Christian teachings here for 700
men and women, according to Santo Domingo's
Catholic weekly Fides.
• Archbishop Octavio Beras: of Santo Domingo
and Archbishop Emanuele Clarizio:Apostolic Nuncio
to the Dominican Republic, sponsored the start of
the movement in the Dominican Republic in 1962.
A secretariat for the cursi.llos was set up last
Fbruary.
NEW BUILDING FOR ECUMENICAL CENTER
MYLLYJARVI, Finland, July 31 (NC) -- A church
and rectory will be built at the ecumenical center
here that was shifted from Rekola, where it was
founded in 1950 by Rev. Robert de Caluwe of the
Russian College in Rome.
Working on the new center at Myllyjarvi, lo-
cated about 15 miles from Helsinki, are Catholic
Young Workers from Holland and theological stu-
dents from Austria and Belgium.
Father Caluwe saki the church will be decorated
in Byzantine style.
TO ADAPT TRIBAL LANGUAGE TO CHURCH
USE -- DAR-ES-SALAAM, Tanganyika, July 29 (NC)
?-- Catholic missionaries here preaching the Gospel
, in the Swahili language may find the going a bit
easier in the near future.
: The Tanganyika Catholic Secretariat has an-
anounced it will be aided by Dutch-born Jan Knap-
pert, an authori,ty on Swahili, in trying to bring uni-
: fortuity into the ue of ecclesiastical expressions in
'- the tongue.
; When the missionaries started to preach the
Gospel in Swahili, new expressions had to be
, coined for such words as pontifical high mass,
: abbot and confessional, since the natives did not
know what these were.
ISLAND ABBEY GETS PHONE-- ISLE OF
CALDY, England, July 31 (NC) The Cistercian
:' monks of this one-square-mile island off the south-
ern coast of Wales are getting their first telephone.
Up till now, calls for the Abbey of Our Lady
and St. Samson went to the island's post office which
relayed the messages. A number of business fh'ms
, call the abbey to order perfume which the monks
make and sell.
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! SIGN PACT ON CHURCH IN IRAN -- Vatican
: City, July 30 (Radio, NC)--Italy's Under Secretary
for Foreign Affairs and the Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
have signed an agreement giving the Holy See the use
of a church in Teheran, Iran.
The church in Iran's capital is the property of the
Italian government.
Under Secretary Ferdinando Storchi and Arch-
bishop ' Carlo Grano signed the agreement which lets
the Holy See use the church for a parish and a pro-
cathedral for Iran's Latin Rite Archdiocese of Ispahan,
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the virtues of Seattle.
Fortunately for all of us, the news is solely
about Seafair--a 10-day maritime frolic when every
one gets together for a whale of a time.
There are city-wide celebra-
tions and district ones, too,
like the Japanese Ben 0dori,
the Fiesta Fitipina, the Negro
Mardi Gras and the Chinese
Community Night. Internation-
al flavor, Seafair tub-thumpers
call it.
We like it that way.
And it seems that the route
for the Seattle Human Rights
CommiSsion has finally taken
on a peaceful course. It wasn't
almost that way last week
when a near riot nearly broke
out in the august City Council
chambers in protests to two
Negroes only being named
commissioners.
Fortunately for all of us,
THAT did not get into the
national news.
And even more fortunate
was the way local civil rights
leaders regained leadership
of demonstrators, who, if
they had heeded the call of
their emotions rather than
intelligence, would have sent
their battle for racial equal-
ity into a bitter defeat.
A more peaceful show of
strength developed after the
July 25 outburst in City Hall.
The Congress of Racial Equal-
ity Sunday sponsored "Opera-
are offered for sale any-
where.
Thus ends Round On6 of
"Operation Windowshop."
Meanwhile the 12 members
of the Seattle Human Rights
Commission have been meeting
this week to draft the pro-
posed Open Housing Ordin-
ance. The task must be don
within 30 days and it looks as
if the commissioners will beat
the deadline.
After the ordinance draft
come further investigations, re.
medial action, public education.
As to public education, cele.
brated singer Harry Belafonte
remarked during his Seattle ap-
pearance here in a press inter-
view: " "
"I really don't want your
house and I don't want your
daughter. But I must honest-
! use every means at my
disposal to get the wax out,
ef your ears."
We hope the commission
doesn't have to go that far.
Clergy Fight
'Panic '• Selling
tion Windowshop" in which Of Homes
members of minority races had
been encouraged to visit sale
and rental properties in the
Greater Seattle area and out.
side of the central district.
It was like a game of chess.
Most real estate offices de-
cided to close shop Sunday.
They were on the losing end,
business-wise. So were the two
daily newspapers which pub-
lished thinner classified adver-
tising sections with but too
few homes-for-sale ads if any.
CORE plans to sponsor a
two-day shopping trip this
Saturday and Sunday. Count-
ered Seattle Real Estate
Board executive vice presi-
dent Orville B. Robertson,
Seattle area real estate offi-
ces will, in general, remain
open during any future
"Operation Windowshop" pe-
riods.
The offices, said Robertson,
will be open to white and
Negro prospects although, he
added, the seller shall have
the final right as to showing
of his property by a designated
agent.
There is no argument there.
At first impression, "Oper-
ation Windowshop" seemed as
if civil rights proponents were
twisting the dagger in the
wound of a startled citizenry.
The operation, according to
Mrs. Edward Singler of CORE,
served its purpose if non-
whites had learned that they
could look beyond their usual
neighborhoods for future hous-
ing.
The core of CORE'S opera-
tion is not to convince
Negroes that realty agents
should sell homes outside
the eentral 'district to
Negroes. Rather, the main
object is to convince Negroes
that they do have the right
to "shop" for houses that
KEN PERSING
DUG DYCKMAN
WASHINGTON, July 30 (NC)
--Twenty-four clergymen ap-
pealed here for homeowners to
resist pressure tactics by real
estate dealers who try to cause
"panic" selling of homes be.
cause of racial integration.
In a joint statement to resi.
dents of northwest Washington,
the clergymen said, "as your
neighbors we urge you to hold
onto your property."
Signers included Msgr. John
J. Coady, pastor of the Church
of the Nativity. Others were
heads, of area Protestant and
Orthodox churches and Jewish
synagogues.
The clergymen were critical
of pressures they said were be-
ing exerted by real estate com-
panies on their neighborhood as
Negroes moved in. They said
real estate firms have sent a
barrage of post cards and let-
ters and followed these up with
telephone calls and personal
visit to whites offering quick
cash purchases for houses.
'!They imply," said the clergy-
men; ',that the neighborhood is
depreciating b e e a u s e some
Negroes have purchased homes
in it and that if you don't sell
in a hurry, you'll lose your
investment.
"This is not true. The peo-
ple who keep their homes are
the ones who are less likely
to lose money. When a num.
her of homes are offered for
sale in the neighborhood, the
pricegoes down because the
market is flooded. Also, a
cash sale frequently nets less
to the seller than a financed
sale."
The clergy's statement is
sponsored by Neighbors, Inc., a
biracial, nonsectarian citizens'
group fighting to maintain a
stable, integrated area in north-
west Washington.
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At Subcommittee Meeting:
Church's Interracial Work Cited
WASHINGTON, July 25 (NC)The Catholic
Church in the U.S. has achieved almost totai pattern
of intergration, a priest told a house judiciary sub-
committee.
Rev. John F. Cronin, S.S., in response to a ques-
tion from the subcommittee's chairman, Rap. Emanuel Cellar
of New York, said: "Our pattern is almost total integration,
except for scattered areas in Alabama, northern Louisiana and
Mississippi."
The assistant director of the Social Action Department,
National Catholic Welfare Conference, was one of three clergy-
men who presented a ioint statement to the subcommittee in
behalf of three major agencies of the Catholic, Protestant and
Orthodox, and Jewish faiths.
The statement backed the administration's civil rights
program and said that churches and synagogues are united
in their determination to bring about equal opportunity for all
people in this country regardless of race.
It was read to the subcommittee July 24 by Dr. Eugene
Carson Blake, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian
Church and vice chairman of the National Council of Churches'
Commission on Religion and Race. The following day, July 25,
the statement was read to the Senate Committee on Commerce
by Father Cronin, and to the Senate subcommittee on employment
and manpower by Rabbi Irwin M. Blake, chairman of the Social
Action Commission, Synagogue Council of America.
Rep. Celler asked shortly after Dr. Blake began reading his
statement if discrimination exists in Baptist, Presbyterian, Meth-
odist and Episcopalian congregations n the South.
Dr. Blake replied: "All of us share in the discrimination
• . . About 15 per cent (of the congregations) are desegragated
on Sunday morning."
He also said: "We came here not lecturing Congress, but
confessing that none have done the job we ought to do."
Says Efforts Now Active
Dr. Blake said that in the past six months the effort for
racial justice has moved "from passive resolutions to action,"
and that whites, instead of Negros only, are taking action to
combat discrimination.
He stressed that the racial problem is not sectional but
national in scope, and a key way to resolve it is to establish
"mediation between the white and Negro community."
Rabbi Blank told the subcommittee that the number of
"Negro Jews is very small," and that he has never known
of a congregation that refused to admit a Negro Jew.
William Foley, a counsel for the judiciary subcommittee,
said a section of the administration's civil rights bill might bring
in the Church-State issue.
He referred to the section which would give the U.S. Attor-
new General authority to institute suits on behalf of race
discrimination victims in the public school and public accommo-
dations areas.
Questions Religious Aspect
Foley said to Father Cronin: Suppose you have a Catholic
school problem and it becomes a community problem. If nego-
tiations fail and the Attorney General takes action, "could it not
be said the government is giving support to religion?"
Father Cronin replied that the situation could be compared
to a strike by cemetery workers.
"We are not concerned here with religious belief as such,"
he said, "but with a civil disturbance arising from a religious
situation."
"Generally speaking," he added, "the law protects the gen-
eral rights of citizens and of church bodies."
After Father Cronin read the joint statement to the Senate
They are for Justice 'Now'
THE SOCIAL ACTION and racial action departments of
three major Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox, and Jewish
agencies presented a joint statement to the House Judiciary
subcommittee on civil rights law. They are, left to right:
Rabbi Irwin M. Blank, New York, the Synagogue Council
of America; Rev. Eugene Carson Blake, National Council
of Churches of Christ in the U. S., and Ray. John F.
Cronin, S. S., assistant director of the social action depart.
ment, N. C. W. C.
Commerce Committee, Sen. Norris Cotton of New Hampshire
said: "The presentation from the moral and spiritual viewpoint
is' absolutely unanswerable. I can't imagine how any member Of
this committee could possibly fail to agree with you completely
that it is a reproach and disgrace to the republic that there
should be discrimination because of race, color or national
origin."
Earlier, Sen. J. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, also a
member of the committee, said he had no questions to ask in
regard to the clergymen's statement.
Public or Private
Sen. Cotton asked Father Cronin how he would distinguish
whether a facility is public or private.
"I do feel that when a person offers facilities for public
use, this becomes a matter of public life," Father Cronin said.
He also said that "once a facility is open to the public the
government has the right to insist that it be open to all of
the public without discrimination."
Sen. Philip A. Hart of Michigan said: "Father Cronin, I will
send to Governor Wallace (of Alabama) a printed copy of your
testimony with my compliments."
After Rabbi Blank read the joint statement to the Senate
subcommittee, Sen. Joseph S. Clark of Pennsylvania, the chair-
man, said: "This united front is bound to have an important
impact on the thinking of the subcommittee and, I hope, on
Congress."
He also said that "the moral issue of the (racial) problem
needs to be stressed."
For Missions
RUFINO CARDINAL
S A N T O S, above, Arch-
bishop of Manila, believes
that the ecumenical council
will bring untold benefits to
the vast mission territories
of Asia and the Pacific. In
an interview with a corre-
spondent of the N.C.W.C.
News Service he declared
that "the council is devoting
considerable attention to the
exp.ansion, promotion and
maintenance of the mis-
sions." There is a possibili-
ty of ordaining specially
trained laymen as deacons
to help in the mission fields,
he said.
New York
Court Bans
'Fanny Hill'
NEW YORK, July 30 (NC)--
The New York Supreme Court
has ruled that the book "Mem-
oirs of a Woman of Pleasure,"
better known as "Fanny Hill,"
is obscene and may not be sold
or distributed in New York
State.
Justice Charles Marks ruled
July 24 that the book, published
by G. P. Putnam's Sons, is
"patently offensive and utterly
without any social value."
The court granted an in-
iunetion barring its sale or
distribution in the state. The
injunction had been sought by
New York City Corporation
Counsel Leo A. Larkin and
the district attorneys of the
five New York counties.
The book was written by
John Cleland and issued in
London in 1749.
Justice Marks referred to the
fact that G. P. Putnam's Sons
had submitted testimonials for
Report Claiming Church
Anti-Buddhist Cha llenged
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brought to the Catholic
Church."
The Rev. Harrington is
secretary of the Ministers'
Vietnam Committee, a U. S.
group which in June purchas-
ed full-page newspaper ads
protesting the Diem govern-
ment's attitude toward Budd-
hists as well as U. S. govern-
ment support of Diem.
The ad, signed by several
Protestant and Jewish leaders,
featured a photograph of the
flaming death of the Buddhist
monk, Quang Duc. It protested,
among other things, "the loss
of American lives and billions
of dollars to bolster a regime
universally regarded as unjust,
undemocratic, and unstable,"
as well as "the fiction that this
is 'fighting for freedom.' "
The advertisement asked for
contributions to be sent to the
Rev. Harrington as secretary
of the Ministers' Vietnam Com-
mittee.
Statements Challenged
In his letter to the Times,
written from Saigon, Father
O'Connor challenged a number
of statements contained in the
news story on the Ray. Har-
rington's sermon. These in-
clude:
• -The statement that most
government officials and army
officers in South Viemam are
Catholics. Father O'Connor said
he knows of no overall relig-
ious census of government of-
ficials and army officers.
However, among the upper
echelons, he said, five of 17
cabinet ministers are Cath-
olics, along with three of 19
generals and four of 14
officers commanding special
branches.
--The statement that the only
two universities in South Viet-
nam are Catholic-controlled.
Father O'Connor said Vietnam
has three universities,, two of
which are state institutions con-
trolled by the Minister of Ed-
In addition, he said that ac-
cording to the Ministry of De-
fense no Buddhist monk ever
offered to serve as a military
chaplain until a demand for
chaplaincies was made recent-
ly by the Buddhist Association.
He said this demand is "re-
garded as a maneuver in the
current dispute."
Father O'Connor said a Budd-
hist spokesman has stated that
Buddhists do not want their
chaplains to serve in the same
way as Catholic and Protestant
chaplains. Instead, the Budd-
hists would wear a different
uniform and would not ac-
company troops to the front
lines.
"It is not surprising that
t h e government hesitates
about accepting chaplains on
these terms," he commented.
--The statement t h at the
Vatican flag has been flown
on Catholic holidays while the
Buddhist flag has been ban-
same time and in the same
way" as to the Buddhist flag.
"Bishops issued instructions
that the ban was to be observ-
ed," he said.
Father O'Connor said it
would be " a shallow and
hurtful fallacy" to attribute
the South Vietnamese govern-
ment's attitude toward Budd-
hists to the fact that Presi-
dent Diem and his family are
Catholics.
Father O'Connor also called
attention to a June 16 pastoral
letter by Archbishop Paul
Nguyen van Binh of Saigon in
which the Archbishop said the
church is not responsible for
actions of the government.
Quoted St. John
The pastoral quoted Pope
John and declared that "every
human being has the right to
honor God according to the
dictates of an upright con-
science and to profess his re-
ligion privately and publicly."
ned. Father O'Connor said the €€€€€..u
ban on flag-flyirg was applied
to the Vatican flag "at the
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