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DECEMBER 21, 1957. THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA N1NE-B PERSONAL CHECKS: No minimum balance is required for you to enjoy the convenience of our personal joint or individ ual checking account— 10 CHECKS FOR S1.00 Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. »* ■M 4 | NORTH AUGUSTA, S. C. 2 W " j: - 38 WALKER MOTOR COMPANY “YOUR FORD DEALER" Broad At 14th Street Augusta, Georgia Pearce-Young-Angef Company WHOLESALE FOODS Fresh - Conned - Dried — Frozen BIRDSEYE "SERVICE WHOLESALERS" RIVERSIDE GLASS 60. GLASS FOR EVERY PURPOSE TWELFTH AND REYNOLDS STREET AUGUSTA, GEORGIA AUGUSTA, GEORGIA JOHN B. MURRAY REALTORS 60. MBpi * A A a & A Text Of Bishops’ Statement On 1 “Censorship” -- THOMAS H. BRITTINGHAM & COMPANY PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTOR 919 Twelfth Street Augusta, Georgia Wcrry C^liri\tmci3 F. E. Ferris & Co. Clothiers and Haberdashers 752 BROAD STREET AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 5tS3iS«atS«3ia65iSw5*itSifc5«a:kS!Si»*SiSt>Si-.asSt>S£»5fSsSi»SiS4XJ.;Si>iSkKSs»t I & 1 I V y I Sf Rug Cleaning I Safety Savings | i I mfcfcMxsciSkjaassiXMkSaffcjfxSKitSiXJiSisok&SiStSkJOiSKSiSissfa-seaiststsassfifcas 1 r General Insurance — Real Estate -- Loans I 122 EIGHTH STREET AUGUSTA, PHONE 2-5466 GEORGIA (Continued From Page 8-B) grave moral problems This is not the judgment solely of the Cath olic Church. When a Select Com mittee of the U. S. House of Rep resentatives calls pornography big business, a national disgrace and a menace to our civic wel fare; when the National Council of Juvenile Court Judges attacks vicious and evil publications as a major cause of the change of juvenile dilenquency from the thoughtless and mischievous acts of children into crimes of vio lence, armed robbery, rape, tor ture and even homicide; when the New York State Joint Legislative Committee at the end of its five- year survey assures us that by actual count trash and smut on the newsstands have the advant age of numbers and that those same stands reflect an acceptance of and growing concentration on lewdness — in the face of all this we can only say that we are con fronted with conditions which are fraught with peril. Through the National Legion of Decency and the National Office for Decent Literature, we Catho lics give public expression to our opinion on this subject. Through these agencies we voice our con cern over conditions which tole rated, merit expression of public indignation. But we assert that our activities as carried serf that our activities as carried out by these organizations, can not justly be termed an attempt to exercise censorship. The right to speak out in favor of good morals can hardly be challenged in a democracy such as ours. It is a long-standing tra dition of this country that groups large and small have given ex pression of their concern over in justice, political, social and eco nomic. Their efforts, put forth within the framework of the law, have been directed toward dis lodging evils against which the law itself is powerless. In many instances such efforts have made a valuable contribution to the community. It is in full accord with this traction that the work of the Legion of Decency and the Na tional Office for Decent Litera ture is carried on. The rights these agencies seek to protect are among the most important and sacred — the right of parents to bring up their children in an atmosphere reasonably free from defilement, the right of children to be protected from grave and insidious moral danger, the right of all not to be assailed at every turn by a display of indecency. Through the work of these agenc ies, the Church is able to give concrete expression of her con cern. The evaluations of these agen cies have been a guide to our Catholic people. At the same time, they have enlisted the sup port of many others who share our concern. No one can fail to be stirred by the evident desire of so many people to remedy an unwholesome situation. And sure ly all those who are conscious of the gravity of the problem will applaud the efforts of the Church to safeguard the moral standards of the society in which we live. It would be most gratifying to find it unnecessary to carry on this work. One could wish that the sense of responsibility of those who write and those who produce motion pictures would make superfluous action of this nature. Past experience, how ever, does not permit us to look forward to a day when this sort of evaluation will no longer be (Continued on Page 10-B) Laundry Cleaning Dyeing AUGUSTA HIDE 60MPANY E. A. LAMAR, Proprietor Hides, Furs, Wool, Beeswax, Tallow, Scrap Iron, Metals, Rubber and Rags Office and Warehouse: 1433 Reynolds Street Augusta, Georgia stS:9tS(S»>.s»fc30wwKao«**s«s.a»»**»3iJ«sS5>»»s»*S4a:*>a*^»*»*s*a k a>s»SkS«*s« *escw«M;it«etet m Our Best Wishes To You . . . V | Friendly Service At All Times I STARK-EMPIRE