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PAGE 2—THE BULLETIN, May 12, 1962
Pornography Is Just
Scratch Away In Some
Movies Critic Avers
CINCINNATI (NC) —
Scratch the veneer of art on
some of today’s movies and
pornography will be found, a
veteran motion picture critic
said here.
William H. Mooring, the
critic, spoke at a meeting
(April 27) of Citizens for De
cent Literature and Motion
Pictures. His topic was im
morality and subversive in
fluences in the film industry.
What appears to be artistic
merit in some movies, he said,
sometimes turns out to be
“merely camouflage.” He cit
ed recent films in which the
action stops just short of ob
scenity, leaving the mind of
the viewer to complete the
scene.
At the same time there are
some hopeful signs of im
provement in the movie
makers’ product, Mooring
added.
“The fact that a number
of family-type films have
been enormously successful—
‘Ben-Hur,’ for example, and
Disney’s ‘Parent Trap’ — is
having an effect on future
production,” the critic said.
Currently, however, there
is “a disturbing, depressing
cycle of movies,” he said, “in
which members of families
are shown to be devouring
each other.” He mentioned
“Five Finger Exercise” and
“All Fall Down” as examples
of new films in which fami
lies seem bent on their own
moral destruction.
Communism remains “a
serious influence” in Holly
wood, said Mooring, who won
national attention in the
1940’s for his exposure of
Communist party members
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working in the industry.
“Communism never flags,
never gives up,” he said.
“And there are many com
munists and communist sym
pathizers employed in motion
pictures.”
Their techniques have
changed, he said, and “they
no longer try, if indeed they
ever did, to get direct propa
ganda into movies. Instead,
they try to equate religion
with superstition, and to
make it seem moribund, out
of date, futile.” But not all
anti-religious elements in
movies are the work of com
munists, he added.
Mooring, a convert to the
Catholic Church, said some
Hollywood “religious” films
are of poor quality. He men
tioned the recent spectacu
lar, “King of Kings,” as “dis
appointing.”
But some of the earlier
examples “at least were en
tertaining,” he added. He cit
ed Bing Crosby’s “Going My
Way” as a motion picture
with a religious background
that was both successful and
worthwhile.
“But these are always fol
lowed by imitations,” Moor
ing said, “and the imitations
usually are of lower quality.”
One of the lowest quality imi
tations of “Going My Way,”
he said, was “Say One For
Me,” in which Crosby also
played.
Mooring said he has long
favored a program of study
and discussion clubs on the
subject of motion pictures.
“If producers heard from
a couple of hundred Catholic
youth who had studied a mo
tion picture and who had
written .down their criticisms,
favorable and unfavorable,
you may be sure the pro
ducers would be impressed.
Nothing would change over
night, but such studies and
evaluations would have an
impact, I’m sure — a much
greater impact than a resolu
tion signed by 50,000 people
calling the producers dirty
dogs,” Mooring said.
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The Catholic press serves many purposes, as this church
goer in University City, Mo., discovered when she wore her
new spring bonnet to Our Lady of Lourdes Church for Mass.
Faced with a sudden downpour after the Mass, the Catholic
press proved her solution for both Catholic reading and
keeping the hat dry. (NC Photos)
Educator Believes Catholics
Want Even Stronger Stand On
U.S. Aid To Non-Public Schools
WASHINGTON (NC) — A
Catholic educator said here
he thinks Catholics generally
would like even a stronger
stand by Church leadership
on Federal aid to nonpublic
schools.
Msgr. O’Neil C. D’Amour
of the National Catholic Edu
cational Association spoke
(May 2) to a student convo
cation at American Universi-
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He said there is nothing
which can be called “the”
Catholic position on Federal
aid to education.
“This is not to say that the
leadership of the Catholic
community has not taken a
stand,” he said. “The leader
ship has. This stand by no
means has unanimous ap
proval on the part of all
Catholics.
“My own opinion is that
the Catholic population, gen
erally speaking, would like
to have ?. stronger stand.”
He said the “official Cath-
lic attitude” was expressed
by the U. S. Bishops at their
annual meeting last Novem
ber.
A statement then reaffirm
ed the Bishops’ stand against
any form of general Federal
aid that discriminates
against children attending
non-public schools. The Bish
ops appealed for justice and
for an understanding recog
nition of the rights of these
children to participate in any
proposed program of aid.
The Bishops’ position, he
noted, does not deal with
whether or not Federal aid is
necessary. “They are taking
a stand against injustice and
for fairness. I do not under
stand how any American
could criticize them for this,”
he said.
The Monsignor, an NCEA
associate secretary in charge
of Department of School Su
perintendents, also said that
during last year’s controver
sy over Federal aid to edu
cation, the press gave most
attention to the issue of re
ligion.
But he denied religion was
the major factor. He said it
was one of several complex
issues involved.
The issues, he said, includ
ed doubts over the effect of
Federal aid on the tradition
of local support and control
of schools; questions about
using Federal funds to dis
tricts maintaining segregat
ed schools; and the discussion
on the constitutionality of aid
to church-related schools.
“Indeed, competent autho
rities contend that the reli
gious issue was not the de
cisive factor in the defeat of
the Federal aid bill last year,”
he said.
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NELLORE, India, (NC) — A
Confirmation tour during which
he administered the sacrament
to 4,000 persons had been com
pleted by Bishop William Bouter
of Nellore. The figure exceeds
that of any pastoral tour in
Bishop Bouter’s 33 years here.
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May Prayers, Brotherly
Climate Asked By Pope
As Council Preparation
VATICAN CITY (NC) —
The clergy and faithful of the
world have been asked by
His Holiness Pope John
XXIII to increase their pray
ers for the success of the
Ecumenical Council in the
month of May.
Pope John has also told the
faithful that the establish
ment of just relations with
their fellow men is part of
the necessary climate for a
fruitful council. Though not
clearly specifying it, he
seemed by this comment to
be referring to racial con
flicts in various parts of the
world.
His appeals were contain
ed in an Apostolic Letter, Ec-
umenicum Concilium pub
lished here (April 28).
The increased prayers in
May were sought, the Pope
said, “in order that this great
event (the council) may con
stitute a new Pentecost and
that the Holy Spirit may
spread His gifts once again
pro d i g i o u s 1 y upon the
Church.”
The council, which is due
to convene on October 11, is
a continuation of the mission
of Christ upon the earth, the
Pontiff said, explaining:
“Jesus is present in the
Church and continues His
mission on earth. His pres
ence is evident in human his
tory, which is completely di
rected toward Him and
serves, whether men realize
it or not, His mission of re
demption and of salvation.”
He continued:
“The forthcoming ecumen
ical council will be a living
Red Action
"A Glaring
Injustice”
VATICAN CITY, (NC) —
L’Osservatore Romano has
called criticism by Sefan
Cardinal Wyszynski of anti-
Church measures in commun
ist-ruled Poland “a cry of
protest against a glaring in
justice that increases daily.”
The Vatican City daily was
commenting on recent
speeches by the Polish Pri
mate in which he charged the
Red regime with continuing
to allow atheist attacks on
the Church and accused com
munist authorities in his pri-
matial See of Gniezno of in
terfering with a traditional
religious procession in which
he took part.
Because of the Cardinal’s
criticism — which followed
the renewed demand by the
Polish Hierarchy for the par
liamentary investigation of
illegal government measures
against the Church — the
government daily Zycie War-
szawy accused him of trying
to disrupt Church-State rela
tions.
L’Osservatore Romano not
ed in an editorial (April 30)
that communist actions
against the Church are “in
violation of the legal guaran
tees which the Polish consti
tution grants to all its citi
zens.”
The Vatican City daily re
viewed recent discriminatory
measures taken by the Reds
and pointed out that the lat
est one threatens the right to
hold public meetings. It said:
“This new law requires that
all public meetings or dem
onstrations of associations not
considered ‘social’ are to be
subject to a special authori-
zation by the police. This au
thorization must be request
ed in advance.”
The daily called the new
laws and similar ones passed
earlier “suffocating legisla
tion . . . contrary to the let
ter of the Polish constitution
and against the rights gua
ranteed to citizens of the
‘People’s’ Republic.”
The editorial concluded by
noting that when there is a
popular outcry against such
restrictions, “they are left in
abeyance, but they are not
abandoned. They remain, as
it were, in thin air, kept in
readiness for use when the
time is deemed opportune.”
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and expressive testimony of
this presence, since the up
dating of the life of the
Church and the establish
ment of reexamination of the
various laws and dispositions
during the solemn meetings
will be directed to this one
end: Christ, known, loved
and imitated with increasing
generosity.”
The Pontiff noted that
Christ’s mission was “to es
tablish the Kingdom of the
Father in the hearts of men
and to spread it also in an
exterior manner among the
family of the redeemed.”
Pone John added:
“This imposes serious du
ties both upon individuals
and upon the societies in
which they live. Earthly in
terests must not come before
truth, justice and equity in
the relations with one’s
neighbors. The light of hea
ven is extinguished by thus
denying God, as when one di
rectly or indirectly suppress
es his own brother, denying
him the ihalienable rights of
his nature 5s a free person
and of his Christian vocation.
“The hope of the ecumeni
cal council, then, looks tow
ard a more decisive effort for
individual and social justice,
a more generous enterprise
of charity, a joyful giving of
oneself to the common wel
fare so that a more fair or
der in family, social and in
ternational relations may
progress to the advantage of
the whole of humanity.”
Pope John concluded by
noting that what is important
is the interior renewal
through a true Christian re
birth, since “should this be
lacking, not even the ecu
menical council could pro
duce fruits.”
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LA CROSSE, Wis., (NC) —
Winona’s Bishop John P. Treacy
can stop worrying now. It's just
about assured that the two-ton
baldachin he ordered will get
here in time for the dedication
of the new Cathedral of St. Jo
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Bishop Treacy ordered the
canopy, 27 feet in diameter and
45 1/2 feet high, shaped like a
hugh tiara at a cost of $35,000
a year and a half ago. It re
quired Edward Schulte, Cin
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year to complete the work.
Erhard Stoettner, craftsman
for the company which arranged
for the shipment and installation
of the baldachin, explained that
a week’s delay in the spring
opening of the St. Lawrence
Seaway held up delivery of the
canopy, but added it will be in
stalled in time.
To Assist
Needy Mothers
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National Council of Catholic
Women has announced a
Mother’s Day remembrance in
the form of a donation to assist
impoverished mothers of the
world.
Mrs. Arthur L Zepf, NCCW
president, said the remem
brance is called the Madonna.
Corsage, and the donation is
part of the council’s Madonna
Plan to aid hungry and anguish
ed mothers.
The donation, together with
the name and address of the
woman to be honored, may be
sent to NCCW headquarters,
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