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PAGE 4—THE BULLETIN, December 12, 1959
JOSEPH BREIG
Too Many Being Born?
I yield to no one in my re
spect, in general, tor the ob
jectivity and honesty of Ameri
can newsmen. Within the limi
tations of deadlines, and of the
newspaper page or the radio or
TV broadcast,
they come up
with excellent
results.
But they do
have their
weak nesses.
One is their
tend ency to
equate free-
dom of speech and press with
license to offend against modes
ty and decency—and indeed to
descend to vulgarity—in the
matter of sex.
Allied with this, because it is
inevitably connected with right
and wrong uses of sex', is the
subject called “the population
explosion^” which is a current
darling of discussioners and
viewers-with-alarm.
I DO NOT THINK it is too
much to ask competent journal
ists to reject the words “popula
tion explosion,” or at least to
note for their audiences that
they are loaded words—in more
than one sense. Their use un
balances a report in its very
origins.
Nevertheless, CBS-TV, with
Howard K. Smith reporting,
titled a recent one-hour special
program, “The Population Ex
plodes.” This is a piece of sen
sationalism and special pleading
which oaght to be beneath pro
fessional journalistic dignity.
CBS-TV is .by no means the
only offender. “ Almost every
thing . written or broadcast
about ''world population is poi
soned with the words “explode”
or “explosion,” This is not hon
est journalism, it is a word-
trick.
Some news outlets, further,
have been patsies, in my opin
ion, for the Population Refer
ence Bureau in Washington,
which is a private, not public,
set-up, and periodically issues
handouts with Malthusian im
plications.
THOMAS M A L T H U S, the
clergyman who came up, a cen
tury and. a half ago, with the
idea that population grows
geometrically (1-2-4-8-16)
whereas food production at best
rises only arithmetically (1-2-
3-4-5) has been proved just- as
wrong as a man can be.
Still, Malthusianism has been
dug out of its unhonored grave
by birth-prevention propagan
dists, and is, having a vogue at
the precise time in history
when it is most clearly pre
posterous.
Father Anthony Zimmerman,
a population expert, has noted
that many Americans are wor
rying about the world starving,
at the very moment when they
are paying taxes to reduce food
production—and to store the
huge surpluses that mount up
anyhow.
EVEN IN THE worldwide
view, optimism, not pessimism,
is the realistic attitude nowa
days. Populations are growing
because of the spread of health,
sanitation and medical knowl
edge; but the average human
being today is better fed than
ever before.
And this is only a bare begin
ning of the prosperity that
seems surely in store for man
kind if we will refrain from
blowing ourselves sky-high. The
studies by Colin Clark, famed
agricultural economist of Ox
ford University, indicate that
the earth, properly tilled, can
feed, and feed well, at least nine
or 10 times its present popula
tion.
Furthermore, that is reckon
ing without the immense poten
tial of peaceful atomic power,
which can turn deserts into gar
dens; and also without -the
titanic food resources of the
seas, which have hardly been
touched.
I DO NOT THINK it is cranky
of me to say that it is .the job of
our newsmen—and of our writ
ers generally—to learn the
whole story, and give it to the
people.
As Chesterton remarked in a
famous retort to the contracep-
tionists, if there is a shortage of
hats, sensible men do not start
lopping off heads, They start
making more hats.
Humanity needs more food
for more people. The sane and
practicable thing to do is to
produce more. That way lies
booming world prosperity.
Theology
For The
Layman
(F. J. Sheed)
Man’s salvation, we have
seen, was bound up with the
Apostles. Through them Christ’s
teaching and Christ’s life would
be given to men till the end
of time. He would be with
the Apostles,
which means
two t h i n g s
principally —
first, in union
with them we
are in union
with Him;
second, He
guarantees the
teaching they give and the life
they dispense to us.
This is the Church He had
promised to found upon Peter.
This is the Church upon which
the Holy Ghost descended in
form of tongues of fire ten days
later. There were eleven apos
tles; and one of them, Peter, we
shall see in more detail later,.
was to be the shepherd who
should represent here on earth
the Good Shepherd who had
ascended to His . Father. There
were a hundred and twenty dis
ciples: “disciple” means “learn
er:” “apostle” means one who is
“sent”—sent to bear the gifts
of Truth and Life and Union.
That was the Church which
was “born of the Holy Ghost
and of fire” on the first Pente
cost day. There would be de
velopments in the structure—
there would, for instance, be
new officials subordinate to the
apostles, as the growth in the
numbers of disciples called for
increasing complexity in ad
ministration. But the main lines
of the structure are established
for all time—the body of dis
ciples, the dispensers of truth
and life, the one man who
represented Christ as Shepherd
of the Flock.
At all the levels the human
will change, as men die and are
replaced by others. But the same
Christ will be in operation. The
Church, united with Him, is do-
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Jottings ...
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(By BARBARA C. JENCKS)
Question
Box
By David Q. Lipiak
Q. I've often wondered about
whether or not a Catholic has
some kind of an obligation to
write letters to the editors of
newspapers and magazines
which print attacks against the
Faith. I'm not speaking so much
of articles which sincerely take
issue with Catholic beliefs ac
curately stated. What I have in
mind, rather, are those articles
which are based on false assum
ptions or missconceptions. A
short time ago, such an article
appeared in the "Saturday Eve-
nerj. A recent "Post" carries
Ethics’, by Dr. George W. Cor
ner). A recent “Post!’ carries
a series of letters, all well writ
ten, pointing out Dr. Corner's
ignorance of Catholic beliefs. If
a greater number of Catholics
wrote letters like these, honest
editors would take care to in
vestigate the qualifications of
some of the authors they pub
lish, wouldn't they? Shouldn't
we all do more in this regard?
A. Letter writing to editors
of newspapers and magazines
should by all means be encour
aged among Catholics. In some
instances, such writing could be
obligatory, at least on the part
of better informed Catholics in
a community.
LETTERS TO EDITORS are
especially in order when pub
lished articles impugn Catholic
ism from false premises (when,
for instance, authors either mis
interpret or twist Catholic
tenets, then proceed to attack
their own erroneous conceptions
of these tenets). Such articles,
which are opposed to the norms
of responsible journalism, are
openly insulting. It is one thing
to print a piece sincerely critical
of the Faith accurately portray
ed; entirely another, to assail
the .Ghurch for teachings which
she s does not hold, and never
has held.
WHEN WRITING to editors,
oneshould be certain, first of
all, that he is stating the true
position as clearly as possible.
Before attempting to write, one
should take the time to study
the controverted issue, either
by checking it out in a catech
ism, book or pamphlet; or else
by consulting someone who
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The woods are lonely, dark
and deep,
But I have promises to keep.
And miles to go before I sleep,
—ROBERT FROST
• THANK YOU, GOD, for
sending today’s youth the ex
ample of Dr. Thomas Dooley!
My students, like young people
everywhere, are becoming more
disillusioned and cynical. They
hear talk about honor, decency,
purity but how few examples
can be pointed out to them. One
idol after another has crashed
before them. Youth can instinc
tively recognize j goodness and
greatness. They did the day Tom
Dooley visited the campus. My
heart was all but out of me as
I saw one thousand young stu
dents line the walks of the cam
pus to cheer the handsome,
blue-eyed doctor who has given
the best years of his life to
those “who don’t have it so
good.” Tom Dooley took Christ
at His word. He is a Samaritan
in gray flannel suit!
• THE STORY of Tom
Dooley has become a legend. He
might have become a jazz-
pianist, but while at Notre
Dame he decided to become a
doctor. He might have settled
down with :a good practice in
some American suburbia but as
a Navy doctor he saw the filth
and smelled stench and saw the
ignorance and need of the
Asian peopjle. He raised money
and went back to help these
people who are “the least of My
brethren” or the best “of My
brethren” whichever way you
look at ft. Young Dooley and
his black medical bag have won
millions of Asian friends for
America. He says that more im
portant than the penicilin he
leaves in their blood streams is
what he leaves in their hearts.
Fear and hatred are wiped out
best with love and understand
ing. Personal relationships are
more important than huge hand
out programs conducted imper
sonally, Tom says.
• THE HANDSOME 33-year-
old doctor has completed the
holocaust of his dedication. He
has been striken with the worst
kind of cancer. “God has given
me the most hideous, painful
cancer at an extremely young
age. It is a gift. He wants me to
use it.” And so he told 1,000
students that they are living in
the greatest of times for there
is such a need for example and
goodness in the world. He asked
them to give a chunk of their
lives to something bigger than
themselves. He said that despite
the loneliness, the danger, the
want and the filth of living on
the rim of “Red Hell” he is
“the happiest guy you could
imagine.” He says happiness can
only come in losing yourself
in others.
• I'VE MET all kinds of cele
brities in this business of writ
ing and teaching. I’ve met
actresses, politicians, writers,
poets, brilliant scholars. Now I
have met Tom Dooley and now
I know what God had in mind
when he created man to know
and love and serve Him. Tom
Dooley came along on the right
day for me. He came along at
the right time for my students.
We needed to see him and hear
him. Yet what he was thundered
so that we could hardly hear
what he was saying. Some say
that he may become our first
American saint. I will leave
that up to Rome. In the mean
time, I will never forget Tom
for he will be needing our pray
ers. I have had a brush with
greatness and holiness that I
will ever remember. He has
promises to keep in that Laos
hospital and if you would want
to help him keep those promises
with contributions his address
is: Dr. Tom Dooley, Box 2,
Time Square, New York. The
young man who has won the
“Splendid American” award
and who gives new vision to our
badly disillusioned youth is on
his way. It would appear that
he does not have too many
miles to go before he sleeps, the
good sleep that God grants
those who have loved and serv
ed Him well. Thank you, God,
for sending Tom Dooley to us.
SPEND WISELY
Economy is still the only
sensible means of cutting down
on the high cost of living.
How Do You Rate
on Facts of Faith
By Brian Cronin
1
1. The initials “O.P.”, meaning “Order of Preachers,” repre
sents the: (a) Paulists? (b) Passionists? (c) Jesuits? (d)
Dominicans?
2. How many days’ indulgence are granted for kissing a bish
op’s ring: (a) 100 days? (b) 50 days? (c) 25 days? (d) 12
days?
3. The Laetare Medal awarded to distinguished Catholic
laymen is presented by: (a) The Knights of Columbus? (b)
The Holy Name Society? (c) Notre Dame University? (d)
The Pope?
4. The priest at Benediction wears a long, embroidered vest
ment called the: (a) Chasuble? (b) Dalmatic? (c) Alb? (d)
Cope?
5. Which of the folowing Church Councils was held to reform
abuses and to counter Protestantism? (a) The Council of
Trent? (b) The Council of Constaninople? (c) The Council
of Florence? (d) The Vatican Council?
6. The word “Lent” is derived from the Anglo-Saxon “lenc-
ten” meaning: (a) Sorrow? (b) Reparation? (c) Abstinence?
(d) Spring?
7. Apart from funeral services, when does the priest say “Re
member, Man, for dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt
return”?: (a) In Baptism? (b) On Ash,Wednesday? (c) In
Confession? (d) In Extreme Unction?
8. Who does the Old Testament record as having seen a lad
der ascending to heaven?: (a) Jacob? (b) Moses? (c) Elias?
(d) Isaias?
Give yourself 10 marks for each correct answer below.
Rating: 80-Excellent; 70-Very Good; 60-Good; 50-Fair
Answers: 1 (d); 2 (b); 3 (c); 4 (d); 5 (a);
6 (d); 7(b); 8 (a)
Religious Preference In Elections
THE BACKDROP
SHARING OUR TREASURE
Joins Church Despite Husband's
Bad Example
By REV. JOHN A. O'BRIEN, Ph. D.
(Universiiy of Noire Dame)
In a mixed marriage the ex
ample of the Catholic is of cru
cial importance in winning his
partner or in deterring her
from embracing the Faith. If
he sets a good ^example, lives
his Faith, re
ceives the sac
rament f r e-
q u e n tly, ex-
plains his
religion to his
wife and en
courages her
to attend Mass
with him, he
will with God’s grace help lead
her into the Church. Where the
example is the opposite, the
conversion may never occur, or
will at least be long delayed.
This is illustrated by the ex
perience of Mrs. Thomas Mit
chell of Brooklyn. “Twenty-five
years ago in England,” she re
lated, “I married Tom Mitchell,
an American Catholic. Though
all my family belonged to the
Episcopal Church, my mother
advised me to marry Tom in
the Catholic Church so that he
could never divorce me. She
didn’t believe in divorce, and
she realized I would be leaving
my own country and friends
to come to America.
“I followed her advice. After
coming to America our son was
born and I had him baptized in
the Catholic Church. Unfortu
nately my husband never went
to church. Since I had not yet
made any friends here, I be
came homesick for England. But
a neighbor took me to the Bap
tist church, which I continued
to attend for 16 years.
“As Tom was attending no
church, I took my son with me
to the Baptist church and he
was reared in that faith. Tom
became disabled and I had to go
out to work. This enabled me to
make new friends, and some
were Catholics. One of them
took me to the devotions in
honor of Our Lady of Fatima.
Here was a warmth, fervor and
piety that stirred me deeply,
and which I had so long missed.
“Before long I was going reg
ularly to these weekly devo
tions. I felt close to God and
“SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER”
SEPARATELY CLASSIFIED
NEW YORK — The National
Legion of Decency announced
December 2nd, that it has rated
the Columbia film, “Suddenly,
Last Summer,” based upon a
Tennessee Williams story and
produced by Sam Spiegel, star
ring Elizabeth Taylor, Mont
gomery Clift and Katherine
Hepburn, as “Separately Classi
fied.” The reason for this Sep
arate Classification is outlined
in the following observation:
“This motion picture is judg
ed to be moral in its theme and
treatment, but because its sub
ject matter involves perversion,
it is intended only for a serious
and mature audience. In view
of the mass medium nature of
American entertainment mo
tion picture presentation, both
distributor and theatre owner
are urged to manifest social and
moral responsibility to tne im
pressionable and immature in
the exhibition of this film.
Granted the acceptability of
the film for a mature audience,
nevertheless the Production
Code, in giving its Seal to the
film and thereby indicating its
approval of it for general pa
tronage, violates a particular
application of its general prin
ciples, namely, that “sex-per
version or any inference of it is
forbidden”.”
Mrs. Daisy Kennerk
Services In Augusta
AUGUSTA—Funeral services
for Mrs. Daisy Kennerk were
held November 27th at the
Sacred Heart Church, Rev.
Edward W. Shields officiating.
Survivors are her husband of
Fort \yaype Ind, and number
of cousins.
loved the peace I found there.
In addition, the sermons made
me realize how many wrong
ideas I had about the Catholic
religion. I learned that Catholics
do not adore the Virgin Mary,
as most Protestants imagine,
but only venerate her and ask
her intercession with her divine
Son.
“It is a beautiful doctrine,
consonant with Scripture and
Tradition. Since Christ worked
His first miracle at the mar
riage feast in Cana of Galilee
at the request of His mother,
it’s logical to believe that He
will continue to grant her peti
tions. I began to pray for her
intercession with increasing fer
vor and confidence. When my
husband underwent a serious
operation I prayed to the
Blessed Virgin for his recovery
and his return to the sacra
ments.
“Without my saying a word
to Tom, he called for a priest
and for the first time since our
wedding day received Holy
Communion. I was startled to
find my prayers answered so
quickly. My son claimed he
couldn’t accept the teachings
of the Church. I offered many
a Rosary for his conversion.
“Then he met a good Catholic
girl and took instructions. When
they were married at a Nuptial
Mass, both received Com
munion, I was the happiest and
proudest mother in the world.
I then took a course of instruc
tion and saw the clear evidence
that Christ had established not
a multitude of Churches but
one Church: the one founded
upon Peter.
“To that one Church He said,
‘. . . make disciples of all na
tions ... and behold, I am
with you all days, even unto the
consummation of the world’
(Mt. 28.19-20). I then embraced
the Faith and now, thanks to
Our Lady’s intercession, our
happiness is complete.”
Father O’Brien will be grate
ful to readers who know of any
one who has won two or more
converts if they will send the
names and addresses of such per
sons to him at Notre Dame Uni
versity, Notre Dame, Indiana.
Nearly everyone has, an opin
ion about whether or not reli
gious prejudice influences the
decisions of voters when they
enter the polling booths on elec
tion day.
Most of these
opinions are
based upon
i m p r essions,
not upon pre
cise informa
tion about the
voting be
havior of vot
ers in elec
tions where Catholics have been
pitted against non-Catholics. As
a matter of fact, few studies
have been made to detremine
the extent to which the outcome
of any given election has been
determined by the preferences
for or aversions from a candi
date because of his religious af
filiation.
SMITH DEFEAT
An assumption by many non-
Catholics and by many Cath
olics as well is that Catholics,
regardless of party allegience,
tend to support Catholic candi
dates. Conversely, many Cath
olics and many non-Catholics
down-rate the chances of Sen.
John F. Kennedy to be elected
President—should he be nomi
nated—in the belief that large
numbers of non-Catholics would
vote against him because of his
religion.
One of these assumptions—
that a Catholic’s religion would
be a fatal handicap in a Presi
dential election—is largely
based upon the returns of the
1928 election in which the late
Governor Alfred E. Smith, of
New York, suffered a crushing
defeat. But those returns can
not be accepted as evidence of
what may happen in 1960. For
that election was held nearly
30 years ago and so many other
By JOHN C. O’BRIEN
factors played a part of Smith’s
defeat that it is impossible to
determine how much weight
should be assigned to Smith’s
religion.
Since no Catholic has run for
the Presidency since Smith, no
nationwide returns are avail
able for new study of the role of
religious prejudice in a Presi
dential election.
In the absence of such a
study, the most illuminating
one available is that made by
the Congressional Quarterly of
the voting in a contest in 1958
for a seat in the United States
Senate between a Protestant
Republican and a Catholic
Democrat in the state of Minne
sota.
In that election, the Catholic
candidate—unlike Smith, whose
Tammany background, East
Side accent and pronounced
views against prohibition work
ed against him—was, relatively
free of handicaps other than
his religion. The “religious
question” was raised against
him, behind the scenes more
than in public and among the
Lutherans more than among
other Protestant denominations.
The Minnesota election also
provided an opportunity for
comparing how the voters re
acted in a contest between two
non-Catholics for governor as
well as in a contest between a
Catholic and a non-Catholic for
the United States Senate.
The questions to which the
Congressional Quarterly sought
an answer were whether the
Catholic voters “swung” to the
Catholic candidate and whether
the non-Catholic voters desert
ed the Catholic candidate be
cause of his religion.
CUT BOTH WAYS
If there was significant sup
port of the Catholic candidate
by Catholic voters, irrespective
of party affiliation, then the
Catholic candidate’s percentage
of the total vote should have
greatly exceeded that of the
Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor, who was a non-Catholic.
Actually, however, in the
seven counties in which Cath
olics comprised 45 per cent of
the voting population, or more,
the variation between the per
centages of the total vote re
ceived by . the two candidates
was only a few points.
For example, in Stearns
county, 68.5 per cent Catholic,
the Catholic Senatorial candi
date received 55.2 per cent of
the vote, the Protestant guber
natorial candidate 51.3 per cent.
In Benton county, 58.4 per cent
Catholic, the Democratic candi
date for governor percentage
wise ran only six-tenths of a
point behind the Catholic
Senatorial candidate.
In the 18 counties, in which
Catholics formed less than ten
per cent of the voters, the lag
in the Catholic Senatorial can
didate’s share of the total vote
was considerably larger than in
the predominantly Catholic
counties. In Kittson County, the
Catholic candidate’s percentage
of the total ran 11.5 points be
hind the governor’s and in eight
other of the 18 counties, the
Catholic candidate’s “lag”
ranged from 7.3 to 9.6 points.
The conclusion to be drawn
from the study seems to be that
religious preferences 'cut both
ways; to a very slight degree
in the predominantly Catholic
counties somewhat more signi
ficantly in the predominantly
non-Catholic counties: But state-
wise the vote-switching based
upon religious preferences was
not a decisive factor, for both
the Democratic Senatorial can
didate and the Democratic non-
Catholic gubernatorial candidate
were elected.
Fatfecr Wlurtra’a
‘ View
from the Rectory
51
Sister was demonstrating the
intelligence of her class to the
principal. “Sylvester,” she said,
“is there anything God can’t
do?”
“Yes, Sister,” replied Sylves
ter confidently.
“There is?” asked Sister with
evident alarm.
“Yes, Sister. He can’t please
everybody.”
How right Sylvester is. May
be he’s thinking of the day of
the school picnic—when the
earnest prayers of Sister and
students for sunshine rose
heavenward only to meet the
rain on its way down.
The farmers out in the coun
try doublecrossed the school.
They had been storming heaven
for a rainstorm to save the
crops. Business before pleasure
—the farmers outprayed the
kids.
Not everyone gets .'the point
like small Sy. St. John Chry
sostom’s Crushers were almost
doubtful of God’s power when
they lost the football game to
St. Gervase’s Growlers. Hadn’t
the Crushers prayed fervently
that they be allowed to pul
verise their opponents? They
didn’t understand God’s lack of
power to please everybody.
It’s easy to see this when we
think of all the opposing re
quests being sent toward heav
en for approval at the same
time. You may be praying that
Uncle Caleb may be allowed to
pass away and leave you his
fortune soon. But the Lord may
be giving priority to Caleb’s
prayer for a long life.
For that matter, there are
many things that God can’t do.
Sounds funny, doesn’t it? “Isn’t
God all powerful?” yells the
voice from the balcony. God is
omnipotent or all powerful,
that’s true. This is one of the
attributes of God you’ll find in
the catechism. But we’ve for
gotten an important qualifica
tion if we think God can do
everything—period.
This is really the correct way
to state it: God can do anything
that is not contradictory or op
posed to His nature.
God can’t tell a lie, for in
stance. It’s not just that He will
not—He can’t. God is Truth,
and a lie is contrary to His very
nature. Nor could He commit
any kind of sin.
Can God make a square cir
cle? Of course not. There is no
such thing, there can be no such
thing, as a square circle. It is
a contradiction, therefore a
“nothing.”
The most important “can’t”
for us, however, is that God
can’t force us to do something.
The Lord could have made us
so that we have to follow na
ture’s laws like the plants and
animals. But He decided to give
us free will. Free—that doesn’t
mean we got it without paying
for it. It means we have the
power to do what we want—-
even if it’s not what God wants.
Our good Lord can urge us
to do good by His grace, and
He can arrange circumstances
to help us to be good. But it is
always up to our free choice to
obey.
This is the answer to the:
anguished question so frequent
ly asked: “How can he act that
way, after my prayers and his
good training?” Prayers, good
example, excellent training can
all pave the way for another’s
conversion to God. But free
choice is the only key that can
open the heart to the influence
of grace.
St. Monica’s unfailing prayers
for her wayward son played a
great part in his eventual con
version. Yet if he had not free
ly and deliberately said “I
will,” he never would have be
come the great saint and bishop,
Augustine.
Our freedom of will places
quite a responsibility on our
frail shoulders. We have the
power to choose our own neigh
borhood: heaven or hell. It’s
frightening, but we’d rather be
people than pigs or petunias
without such freedom.
A little tot kneeling by his
bed or giving up a lemon drop
glorifies God much more than
all the majestic beauty of the
mountains and valleys. The
mountains and valleys have to be
beautiful; the little tot doesn’t
have to kneel or give up the
lemon drop.
Not that we minimize God’s
power. We can say with truth
that He is almighty, that there’s
no limit to His power.
God’s power is shown in His
ability to create, to make some
thing from nothing. Only He
can do it. When we say an artist
creates something, we’re using
the term loosely. He merely
makes things from materials at
hand.
We can write about trees,,
paint lovely pictures of them,
make accurate models of them.
Yet, to paraphrase Joyce Kil
mer—while we fools write and
paint and construct, only God
can make a tree.
All power in the world, in
fact, is a small reflection of our
almighty Creator’s power. The
forces that turn the earth, pro
pel rockets, and make the toast
er pop up find their source in
God. Our free will is an image
of God’s own will.
The Lord places His power
in our hands in many ways. The
Pope, the bishops and the
priests share in the Creator’s
power of making us holy. Gov
ernments share in His ruling
power. Parents exercise power
over their children, in bringing
them into the world and in
guiding and directing them, be
cause it has been given to them
by God.
The power and glory of God
are shown in everything He
has made. It’s true, as little
Sylvester says, that “He can’t
please everybody.” But even
this comes about because God
chose, to make it so.
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Vol. 40 Saturday, December 12, 1959 No. 14
ASSOCIATION OFFICERS FOR 1958-1959
GEORGE GINGELL, Columbus President
MRS. DAN HARRIS, Macon Vice-President
TOM GRIFFIN, Atlanta Vice-President
NICK CAMERIO, Macon — Secretary
JOHN T. BUCKLEY, Augusta _ Treasurer
ALVIN M. McAULIFFE, Augusta Auditor
JOHN MARKWALTER, Augusta Executive Secretary
MISS CECILE FERRY, Augusta Financial Secretary