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PAGE 8-C—The Southern Cross, January 5, 1963
GETS CYO HONORS - Halfback Alex Webster of the
New York Giants professional football team and the team’s
"most valuable player" receives the Catholic Youth Organi
zation’s annual Jack Lavelle award at ceremonies in Yankee
Stadium. With Webster are Msgr. Philip J. Murphy, execu
tive director of the CYO for the New York archdiocese, and
14-year-old Jack Kavanagh of Holy Trinity parish CYO in
Manhattan. The New York Giants will meet the Green Bay
Packers for the National Football League professional
championship. - (NC Photos)
Khrushchev Letter Proves Statement:
"I Am A Communist
The Moscow radio broadcast (Dec. 27) the text of a letter
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev sent to Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer of West Germany. The letter was a reply to a
communication Adenauer sent to Khrushchev following the
August 17 shooting of Peter Fechter, the East Germany
youth who bled to death alongside the Berlin wall in an
unsuccessful attempt to escape to the West.
In his reply, Khrushchev called for the troops of Western
powers to get out of West Berlin; accused West Germany
officials of "vicious and dangerous provocations" against
socialist countries, and asked Adenauer if he were seeking
to start a third world war.
In the course of the letter, Khrushchev drew attention to
recent calls for peace made by His Holiness Pope John
XXIII, and said:
"I am a communist and an atheist, and naturally 1 cannot
share the philosophic views of the Roman Pope.
"But I support and approve his call for peace. You, on
the other hand, a zealous Catholic, who recognizes the
spiritual leadership of the Roman Catholic Church, should
have, apparently, heeded with particular attention the appeal
of its head."
The People Of
Saint Matthew’s
Parish
In Statesboro, Including The Missions
Of Swainsboro, Metter and Springfield
Extend Best Wishes To
The
Southern
Cross
Aid Commission Sees More
Debate On Birth Control Plan
CHICAGO, (NC) — A member
of the Illinois Public Aid Com
mission has said further de
bate is due on many details of
the commission’s new birth
control program for public re
liefers.
Michael J. Howlett, the state
auditor of public accounts, not
ed in a statement that "rules
and regulations for making the
birth control policy operational
remain to be drawn by the IPAC
staff and approved by the com
mission."
The commission voted six
to four in early December to
use tax funds to supply birth
control information and and de
vices to any public reliefer
"with a spouse or child" who
makes a request.
Howlett, an opponent of the
program, said questions to be
debated by the commission in
clude these:
"What to do with a case
worker who refuses in con
science to make referrals for
‘family planning’ advice? Or an
other caseworker who suggests
referrals to a recipient without
waiting for a ‘request’?
“Will we pay for every kind
of contraception any doctor may
prescribe, or only approve cer
tain prescriptions? Will the re
ligion of the recipient, if any,
make the difference in the IP
AC procedures covering a spe
cific case?"
Howlett’s statement reiter
ated his belief that distribution
of birth control devices, ex
pected to be mostly the so-call
ed oral contraceptives, will pro
mote adultery and promiscuity.
He noted that the program
is aimed largely at mothers
of children on public relief.
But he noted that in Cook Coun
ty (Chicago) alone, 82.3 per
cent of the mothers on relief
are not living with a legal
husband.
Supplying these women with
birth control devices, he said,
encourages adultery.
"Education, including specif
ic instruction in the command
ment, ‘Thou Shalt Not Com
mit Adultery,’ would be a
stronger force against illegit
imacy than free contraceptive
pills. I’ve heard the thought
expressed that the best medi
cation for this type of disa
bility is a measure of‘sulfa-
denial,’ " he said.
Declaring that the birth con
trol program was launched in
the belief it would save tax
payers the cost of supporting
children on public relief, How
lett said he was confident that
there are better ways of reduc
ing the cost.
"Illegitimacy can be reduced
by education of public relief
recipients and by prosecution of
the men who bring adultery,
rape and promiscuity into re
cipients’ homes," he said.
He also noted that during the
depression Illinois supported 18
per cent of the population on
relief without resorting to con
traceptives against support for
2.8 per cent today.
He also said that tax revenue
is not high here. "The per cap
ita collection of taxes for state
government is lower in Illinois
than in 40 other states. Illinois
is a high income and a low tax
state,” he said.
During two days of testimony
before the commission vote in
December, spokesman for Cath
olic groups were the only signif
icant objectors to the birth
control program. The proposed
alternatives which were reject
ed.
Protestant and Jewish church
groups, along with social wel
fare agencies, supported the
distribution of contraceptives.
Anthem Changed
To Include
Name Of God
KAMPALA, Uganda, (NC) -
This young country’s national
anthem has been changed to in
clude the name of God.
Minister of Information and
Broadcasting A. A. Nekyon an
nounced the change in the Na
tional Assembly here.
The first line of the anthem
was changed to: "O Uganda,
may God uphold thee." It re
places the original words: -
“O Uganda thy people praise
thee."
Uganda, which had been a
British protectorate since 1894,
became independent October 9.
Catholics number 1.9 million,
about 30 per cent of the total
population of 6.5 million. Pro
testants make up 25 per cent
of the total and Moslems 5
per cent. The rest of the people
are pagan.
Protests came from all over
the country, especially from.the
Christian press, when the name
of God was left out of the origi
nal version of the anthem.
The
Marist Brothers
of the Schools
- Founded January 2, 1817 -
Is Happy to Share Its Birthday
with “The Southern Cross”, Our
Newly-Founded Diocesan Weekly.
May God and His Blessed Mother give
vigor to your youth with the same
prodigality that they have
sustained our “years”.
ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH ST. JOHN VIANNEY CHURCH
Bainbridge, Georgia. Dedicated in November 1958. Under the direction Camilla, Georgia. Dedicated May 27, 1962. Under the direction of the
of the Franciscan Fathers (1952-63) Franciscan Fathers. (1952-63)
THE FRANCISCAN FATHERS AND BROTHERS OF HOLY NAME
PROVINCE OF THE ORDER OF FRIARS MINOR, WISH THE SOUTHERN
CROSS A LONG AND FRUITFUL LIFE.
ST. AUGUSTINE’S CATHOLIC CHURCH
Thomasville, Georgia. Under the direction of the Franciscan Fathers
(1952-63)
OUR DIVINE SAVIOUR CHURCH
Tifton, Georgia. Dedicated February 2, 1954. Under the direction of
the Franciscan Fathers (1952-63)
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH
Moultrie, Georgia. Under the direction of the Franciscan Fathers.
(1952-63)