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AIKEN MACON Complete Pesi Control • Termite Control ® Water- Proofing • Rat Stoppage • Fog Service & Color Crete Fumigating • Repairs AUGUSTA, GA. POULTRY PALACE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL CHICKENS AND EGGS 1204 Ellis Street Dial PA. 2-9937 AUGUSTA, GEORGIA SMOKE HAV-A-TAMPA CIGARS John J. Miller AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 1/ Ijrrnj C^hridtt mad E. R. DAVIS COAL & OIL CO. PHONE PA. 2-5787 AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 1533 BROAD ST. Jl Werrv Cdliriilmad and S Sdappij ^jew *ljear jti BREAD AND CAKE The South’s Finest Since 1841 Regent Says Of Catholic Med. School Graduates Doctors To 'Absolutely' Shun Any Birth-Control Program (N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE) WASHINGTON — Doctors from a Catholic medical school “will absolutely not enter into” any program of birth control advice or referrals at a city- operated hospital, the school’s priest-regent has declared. Father Thomas J. O'Donnell, S.J., regent of the Georgetown University Medical School, made this statement following announcement of a new plan for a public birth control pro gram in the nation’s capital. The District of Columbia Commissioners, who govern this city, agreed (Dec. 8) to set up neighborhood birth con trol clinics to be run by a traveling Public Health De partment team. Apparently the plan will not have any direct effect on city- operated D. C. General Hos pital, where the Georgetown medical school maintains a division. Father O’Donnell said the school, conducted by the Jesuit Fathers, has no plan at present for pulling out its personnel from the hospital. He stressed, however, that “we will absolutely not enter into a program of birth control advice or birth control refer rals.” Father O’Donnell emphasized that doctors from Georgetown never have made birth control referrals at D. C. General. There is no birth control clinic at the hospital. Last April the Commission ers set up a system to be fol lowed at the hospital if pa tients ask for birth control in formation. Under this system, such pa tients are given a card telling them to apply at the reception desk in the hospital obstetrics department. There they are. referred to clinics outside the hospital. The card takes note of “dif ferences of conviction and be lief about the morality of birth control.” It states that the hos pital “respects conscientious conviction and religious belief of all its physicians, patients and personnel in these mat ters.” “The hospital does not ex pect doctors or other personnel who have conscientious ob jections to take part in birth control procedures or to make birth control referrals,” the 1 card says. At the time this system was adopted, Father O’Donnell agreed, that it does not run counter to the religious prin ciples of Catholic doctors on the hospital staff. He had warned before that George town would withdraw its di vision from the hospital if a policy were adopted which “in any way directly involved Georgetown University medi cal school in giving contracep tive advice, or in making re ferrals to birth control clinics.” He said Georgetown author ities regarded the system final ly adopted at the hospital as “one which does not involve them in birth control advice.” In a comment following an nouncement of the new plan for neighborhood birth control clinics, Father O’Donnell pro tested what he said was an “incorrect” implication given by some press reports. Some accounts of the plan, he said, gave the impression that doctors at D. C. General who oppose birth control “are nevertheless obliged by the District Government to give ‘referral cards’ to patients seeking contraceptive infor mation leading them to the Planned Parenthood Associa tion and that these physicians, even those who are Catholics, are doing so.” “This implication is incor rect and misrepresents both the District Government and the physicians,” he stated. He said the card in question is “not a ‘referral card’ for contraceptive information,” but is “actually a ‘refusal card.’ ” “It is issued by the District General Hospital to acknowl edge the hospitals respect for the moral principles of all its physicians . . . The card does not imply the physician’s ap proval of artifical contracep tion, but actually is worded to signify clearly his opposi tion to these practices,” Father O’Donnell said. He added: “At the time the card was initiated by the Dis trict government, Georgetown University formally notified all of its physicians that: “1) No physician who is as sociated with Georgetown Uni versity is permitted to give informaton or advice regard ing those positive and artifi cial contraceptive methods commonly known as birth con trol or to make any referral for this purpose. The presenta tion of the aforementioned card is not such a direct re ferral. It is presented to the patient only as coming from the hospital authorities and refers the patient to the hos pital authorities. “2) No Georgetown physician is permitted to suggest that a patient seek birth control in formation or present the hos pital card on his own initia tive.” Restriction Based On kk acy J» CLEVELAND, (NC) — Cur rent U. S. laws cutting off the flow of migrants from abroad are based on an “economic fal lacy.” Auxiliary Bishop John J. Krol of Cleveland has de clared. Bishop Krol complained that a “small but very articulate segment of our nation . . . has stemmed the flow of migra tion.” “Not satisfied with reason able restriction,” he said, “it has invoked the economic fal lacy which contradicts known scientific facts and the facts of our own national history. “The fallacy is that only a fixed number of jobs exist in an economy. Following that fallacy, we have enacted legis lation which practically denies the right of migration.” Bishop Krol emphasized that the good of the world are “created by God for all men.” “Territory and raw materials exist in abundance for all,” he said. “As long as one country is over-populated, under popu lation anywhere in the world must be viewed as an insup portable luxury.” Bishop Krol spoke at a din ner during which Msgr. Fran cis A. Cacciacarro of Cleve land received the man of the year plaque of the American Committee for Italian Migra tion. Calendar Of Feast Days SMI-NET, REALTY CO. Homes Near Pius X High School, Our Lady of Assumption, Immac ulate Heart of Mary. Wm. E. Ham, BU. 9-5880; J. E. McKeaney, CE. 7-2*944 Office, GL. 7-0798 Multi-List Realtors 3665A Clairmont Rd., Chamblee, Ga. KEARNS SERVICE “The Best Friend Your Car or Truck Ever Had” Texaco Products • Tires Batteries • Repairs Accessories Dial PArk 2-8311 834 Ellis St., Augusta, Ga. _Seadon d (dreetin fd AUGUSTA, GEORGIA (N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE) SUNDAY, December 25 — The Nativity of Christ, or Ch.ristmas, Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, was born of the Virgin Mary for the re demption of mankind at Beth lehem in Judea. MONDAY, December 26 — St. Stephen, the first Martyr. He was a disciple chosen by the Apostles as the first of seven deacons. Shortly after the Ascension, he was stoned to death after he boldly up braided the chief priests for their stubborn resistance to the Holy Ghost and for the murder of the “Just One.” TUESDAY, December 27 — St. John, Apostle, Evangelist. The son of Zebedee, he was the youngest of the Apostles and was called to follow Christ during the first year of His preaching in Galilee. He be came the “beloved disciple,” was privileged to be present at the Transfiguration, at the Agony in the Garden and was the only one of the Twelve who did not forsake the Sav iour during His Crucifixion. He stood at the foot of the cross with the Blessed Mother. Besides his Gospel, he wrote three Epistles and the Book of the Apocalypse. He died at Ephesus in the year 100. WEDNESDAY, December 28 —Holy Innocents, Martyrs. When the three Wise Men did not return with word of the Saviour whom they had gone to seek, Herod became en raged. Hoping to make certain of the death of the new-born King, Herod ordered that ev ery male child two years old or younger in Bethlehem and its environs should be slain. THURSDAY, Decembeer 29 —St. Thomas of Canterbury, Bishop-Martyr. He was the son of Gilbert Becket and be came Lord High Chancellor of England. In 1160 when Archbishop Theobold died, King Henry II insisted upon the consecration of Thomas as Archbishop of Canterbury. Thomas at first refused but eventually yielded and was consecrated. Protecting the right of the Church against encroachments of the state, he quarreled with the King and was banished to France. Upon his return in December, 1170, Sea don d Cjeeelinejd SLUSHY’S BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES, INC. 1003 BROAD ST. AUGUSTA, PHONE PA, 2-4477 GA. SEASON'S GREETINGS FROM She Sea don d Cjeeetin $d Monte Sano Beauty Shop AUGUSTA SNOW'S Laundry & Dry Cleaning Company AUGUSTA, GEORGIA he was murdered in the Ca thedral. THURSDAY, December 29 Sabinus, Bishop, and Com panions, Martyrs. During the persecution under Diocletian in the 4th century, St. Sabinus, Bishop of Assisi, was appre hended, his hands were cut off and he died in prison. Two of his deacons, Exuperantius and Marcellus, were beheaded. Venustianus, who was gover nor of Etruria, with his fam ily became converted and they, too, were beheaded. FRIDAY, December 30 — St. Sbainus, Bishop, and Compan ions, Martyrs. During the per secution under Diocletian in the 4th century, St. Sabinus, Bishop of Assisi, was appre hended, his hands were cut off and he died in prison. Two of his deacons, Exuperantius and Marcellus, were beheaded. Venustianus, who was gover nor of Etruria, with his family became converted and they, too, were beheaded. SATURDAY, December 31— St. Slyvester, Pope-Confessor. A native of Rome, he succeed ed St. Mechiades as Pope in 314. He was a young priest when the Diocletian persecu tion was in progress. During his 23-year pontificate the per secutions of the Church ceased and the Church moved out of the catacombs. He was noted for his able organization of, the discipline of the Church and for combating the Arian here sy. He died in 335. THE BULLETIN, December 24. 1960—PAGE 7 Season d Cjreetintjd I. L. 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