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Current Rate 4% 3 CONVENIENT LOCATIONS Home Office Buckhead Branch East Point Branch Edgewood and Pryor 3079 Peachtree Kd., NE 106 Thompson Ave. GEORGIA'S OLDEST FEDERAL Where Thousands Save Millions EXPLOSION OR BACKFIRE? The Bulletin re-prints the complete Statement issued at the recent Washington meeting of the Catholic Bishops of the United States. For the past several years a campaign of propaganda has been gaining momentum to in fluence international, national, and personal opinion in favor of birth prevention programs. The vehicle for this propaganda, is the recently coined terror technique phrase, “population explosion.” The phrase, indeed, alerts all to the attention that must be given to population pressures, but it also provides a smoke screen behind which a moral evil may be foisted on the public and for obscuring the many factors that must be con sidered in this vital question. More alarming is the present attempt of some representatives of Christian bodies who endeav or to elaborate the plan into a; theological doctrine which en visages artificial birth preven tion within the married state as the "will of God." Strangely too, simply because of these ef forts and with callous disregard of the thinking of hundreds of millions of Christians and oth ers who reject the position, some international and national figures have made the state ment that artificial birth pre vention within the married state is gradually becoming accept able even in the Catholic Church. This is simply not true. The perennial teaching of the Catholic Church has distin guished artificial birth preven- ^"j/f Payt To Know Your I STATE FARM Agon* DOUG STEPHENS INSURANCE SERVICE Auto • Life • Fire 125 Trinity Place Decatur, Ga. DR, 3-4424 tion, which is a frustration of the marital act, from other forms of control of birth which are morally permissable. Meth od alone, however, is not the only question involved. Equally important is the sincere and objective examination of the motives and intentions of the. couples involved; in view of the nature of the marriage con tract itself. As long as due rec ognition is not given to these fundamental questions, there can be no genuine understand ing of the problem. At the present time, too, there is abundant evidence of a sys tematic, concerted effort to con vince United States’ public opinion, legislators and policy makers that United States na tional agencies, as well as inter national bodies, should provide with public funds and support, assistance in promoting artifi cial birth prevention for eco nomically underdeveloped coun tries. The alleged purpose, as already remarked is to prevent a hypotetical “population ex plosion.” Experts, however, have not yet reached agreement on the exact meaning of this phrase. It is still a hypothesis that must stand the test of science. Yet, pessimistic popula tion predictors seizing on the popular acceptance of the phrase, take little account of economic, social and cultural factors and changes. Morever, it would seem that if the predictors of population explosion wish to avail themselves of the right to fortell population increases, they must concede the right to predict production increases of food as well as of employment and educational opportunities. The position of United States Catholics to the growing and needy population of the world is a realistic one which is grounded in the natural law (which, it should be made clear, is not the law of the jungle, as sometimes erroneously sup posed) and in respect for the human person, his origin, free dom, responsibility and des- Herbert A. Cline Realty Company REALTORS Member Multiple Listing Service Office CE. 3-1164 Res. 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BROOKHAVEH SHOE STORE “CORRECT FIT AND SATISFACTION ASSURED” Next to Woolworth's "Home of Red Goose Shoes" Shoe Headquarters in Brookhaven tiny. They believe that the goods of the earth were created by God for the use of all men and that men should not be arbitrarily tailored to fit a nig gling and static image of what they are entitled to, as conceiv ed by those who are more for tunate, greedy or lazy. The thus far hidden reservoirs of science and of the earth unquestionably will be uncovered in this era of marvels and offered to hu manity by dedicated persons with faith in mankind, and not by those seeking short cuts to comfort at the expense of the heritage of their own or other peoples. United States Catholics be lieve that the promotion of arti ficial birth prevention is a morally, humanly, phychologi- cally and politically disastrous approach to the population prob lem. Not only is such an ap proach ineffective in its own aims, but it spurns the basis of the real solution, sustained ef fort in a sense of human soli darity. Catholics are prepared to dedicate themselves to this effort, already so promisingly initiated in national and inter national circles. They will not, however, support any public assistance, either at home or abroad, to promote artificial birth prevention, abortion or sterilization whether through di rect aid or by means of inter national organizations. The fundamental reason for this position is the well con sidered objection to promoting a moral evil—an objection not founded solely on any typically or exclusively Catholic doc trine, but on the natural law and on basic ethical considera tions. However, quite apart from the moral issue, there are BUCKHEAD MEN'S SHOP Arrow Shirts Stetson Hats Jarman Shoes McGregor Sportswear Haspel Suits CE. 3-6759 3047 Peachtree Rd„ N. E. Official Boy Scout Trading Post ATLANTA’S ONLY MATERNITY SPECIALTY SHOPS 224 Peachtree. N, W. And Broadview Plaza other cogent reasons, why Ca tholics would not wish to see any official support or even favor given such specious methods of “assistance.” Social. Man himself is the most valuable productive agent. Therefore, economic develop ment and progress are best pro moted by creating conditions favorable to his highest devel opment. Such progress implies discipline, self-control and the disposition to postpone present satisfactions for future gains. The widespread use of contra ceptives would hinder rather than promote the acquisition of these qualities needed for the social and economic changes in underdeveloped countries. Immigration. Immigration and emigration—even within the same country—have their role to play in solving the popula tion problem. It has been said that immigration to other coun tries, is no ultimate solution be cause of difficulties of absorbing population into other economies. But it is a matter of record that migration has helped as a solution. Sixty million people migrated successfully from Eu rope to the Americas in the last 150 years. When the nomadic Indians roamed the uncultiva ted plains of North America be fore the coming of these immi grants, the entire country with its estimated Indian population of only 500,000 and its shortage of food, would have been re garded as “overpopulated” ac cording to the norms of the ex ponents of Planned Parenthood. Yet, the same plains today are being retired into a “land bank” because they are overproductive in a land of 175 millions. It is, therefore, apparent that to speak of a population exploision in the United States in these circumstances is the sheerest kind of nonsense. Political and Psychological. The Soviets in their wooing of economically underdeveloped countries do not press artificial birth prevention propaganda on them as, a remedy for their ills. Rather they allure them into the communist orbit by.offering education, loans, technical assistance and trade, and they boast that their economic sys- PIANO SERVICE POLLARD PIANO TUNERS St. Piux X High School JA. 4-2548 Napoli Restaurant Italian Owned and Operated Specializing in Homemade Lasagna, Spaghetti, Pizza, Chicken Cacciatora, Veal Parmigiana, Marsala, Veal Pizzaiola 2833 Peachtree Rd., N. E. CE. 3-9276 Atlanta, Ga. WE DELIVER CALL CHURCH & OFFICE SUPPLIES 141 Auburn Ave., N. E. JA. 5-7838 JA. 5-7839 Folding Chairs, Religious Rec ords & Music, Robes 8c Books BUCKHEAD GULF SERVICE A. C, RAKESTRAW. JR., DEALER ROAD SERVICE TIRES BATTERIES ACCESSORIES BRAKE WORK & TUNE UP CE. 7-9788 — CE. 3-9146 3145 Peachtree Rd., N.E. Atlanta, Ga. BROOKHAVEN FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN, ASSOCIATION 4008 Peachtree Road, Atlanta 19, Ga. 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The Rus sian delegate to the relatively recent meeting of the United Nations Economic Commission on Asia and the Far East pro claimed, “The key to progress does not lie in a limitation of population through artificial re duction of the birth rate, but in the speedy defeat of the eco nomic backwardness of these countries.” The communist re cord of contempt for the value of human life gives the lie to this hypocritical propaganda, but to peoples aspiring to eco nomic development and political status, the deceit is not imme diately evident. Confronted on the one hand by the prospect by achieving their goals without sacrificing natural fertility and on the other by the insistence that reducing natural fertility is essential to the achievement of such goals, how could these peo ples be reasonably expected to reject communism? Yet, the pro phets of “population explosion” in alleging that contraception will thwart communism naively emphasize its specious attrac tiveness in these areas. Food and Agriculture. United States Catholics do not wish to ignore or minimize the problem of population pressure, but they do deplore the studious omis sion of adequate reference to the role of modern agriculture in food production. The “popula tion explosion” alarmists do not place in proper focus the idea of increasing the acreage or the acreage yield to meet the food demands of an increasing popu lation. By hysterical terrorism and bland misrepresentation of data they dismiss these ideas as requiring too much time for the development of extensive edu cation and new distribution methods and for the elimination of apathy, greed and supersti tion. Such arguments merely beg the question, for the imple mentation of their own pro gram demands the fulfillment of the conditions. It seems never to dawn on them that in a chronic condition where we have more people than food, the f HAPEVILLE JEWELRY COMPANY 583-B S. Central Ave. HAPEVILLE, GA. 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Such remarks are not in tended to exhaust this complex subject, nor to discourage demo graphers, economics, agricul tural experts and political scientists in their endeavors to solve the problem. Rather our intention is to reaffirm the posi tion of the Catholic Church that the only true solutions are those that are morally acceptable un der the natural law of God. Never should we allow the unilateral "guesstimates" of spe cial pleaders to stampede or terrorize the United States into a national or international poli cy inimical to human dignity. For, the adoption of the morally objectionable means advocated to forestall the so-called popu lation explosion may backfire on the human race. C & S REALTY COMPANY “Specialists in Commercial- Industrial Real Estate” 604 Mortgage Guarantee Building Warehouses, Stores, Mfg. Plants, Acreage, Shopping Center Dev., Industrial Dev., Subdivision Dev., Insurance MIKE 81 STEVE SERTICH JA. 4-2053 East Point Ford Co. Servlca 1230 N. 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