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PAGE 2—The Southern Cross, April 6, 1963
Opposes Farm Bureau Federation
Priest Urges End To
Migrant Worker Law
WASHINGTON, (NC)—A
priest-authority on farm labor
problems called on U. S. Agri
culture to * ‘throw away its labor
crutch” and let die legislation
which permits importation of
Mexican migratory workers.
Appearing before a House
agriculture subcommittee, Fa
ther James L. Vizzard, S. J.,
director of the Washington Of
fice, National Catholic Rural
Life Conference, advocated that
Public Law 78, which permits
the importation of the Mexican
“braceros” be terminated next
December 31, its current expi
ration date.
The “braceros” program
dates back to World War II days.
Peak years for employment of
the Mexican migrants were 1956
and 1959 when close to 500,000
were employed each year. Last
year less than 200,000 were
hired.
Labor Secretary Willard
Wirtz has advocated doing away
with the program but a number
of farm organizations, headed
by the American Farm Bureau
Federation, want it extended
for another two years. Cotton,
fruit and vegetable growers
prefer “braceros” because
they are cheaper and more do
cile than U. S. workers, oppo
nents of the legislation have
said.
Father Vizzard told the legis
lators he also represented the
Bishops’ Committee for Mi
grant Workers, the Bishops’
Committee for the Spanish
Speaking and the National Coun
cil of Catholic Men.
“No group in the American
labor force has the cards stack
ed so high against them as do
the migratory farm workers,”
Father Vizzard said. “They re
ceive the lowest wages in the
American economy. They are
unemployed on half of the days
of each year. They are excluded
from the protection of most of
our great social and labor legis
lation. They are for the most
pan ineligible for health and
welfare services. They must
compete with large amounts of
foreign labor.
“Their children are often
forced through economic neces
sity to work in the fields and
neglect their education. They
have no organized, influential
or wealthy bloc to lobby for
them in Congress or state legis
latures. They are human beings
who are considered in the literal
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modity’ to be bought at the low
est possible price. They are
American farm workers,” he
added.
He said the contention that
U. S. migrants will “not per
form stoop labor on the farm is
simply not true.” Last year,
he added, more than a million
U. S. workers did “ stoop labor”
Book Week
Observed
At Macon
MACON — Catholic Book
Week was observed by all pu
pils of St. Joseph School, under
the alert guidance of the eighth
grade students a daily radio
program was scheduled. The
program was broadcast via the
school intercom system bearing
the title station BTST, taken
from the theme for Catholic
Book Week — Books Transcend
Space and Time. Those students
from each grade who submit
ted outstanding poems, essays,
and book reports read them to
the student body during the
broadcast.
Essays from grades one
through three were entitled
“Joy in Reading”. Grades Four
through Seven wrote on the top
ic “Read to Lead for Christ and
Country”. Posters and book
marks depicting the theme for:
Catholic Book Week were dis
played.
For the final judging, two di
visions were established: Grad
es One through Three, and
Grades Four through Seven. A
judging committee announced
the first, second, and third
place winners in each division.
Honorable mention was also
awarded to several of the par
ticipants.
This program was under the
direction of Mrs. Elaine Syme,
Librarian, and her committee:
Mrs. Betty Bunch, Mrs. Claire
McEachin, and Mrs. Cile Kemp
er.
on U. S. farms and less than two
per cent of the growers in the
country employed Mexican farm
labor.
“I have faith in the ability
of American growers to find
real solutions to their labor
problems. I do not believe they
have to depend on a ‘crutch’
forever,” Father Vizzard said.
Tithing Brings
New Parish Hall
PARISH HALL OUR DIVINE SAVIOUR CHURCH
Brunswick Day
Of Recollection
BRUNSWICK—A Day of Re
collection for members of the
Third Order of Mary, St. Fran
cis Xavier Fraternity, was
held Laetare Sunday, March 24,
from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.
The program for the after
noon opened with the Order of
Meeting conducted by Father
Andrew Walls, S. M., Pastor,
St. Francis Xavier Church,
whose exhortations on the de
velopment of humility, morti
fication, self-abnegation and
charity brought refreshment to
all who heard him on this their
first Day of Recollection as
members of The Third Order
of Mary.
Benediction of the most bles
sed Sacrament closed the spir
itual exercises after which fol
lowed a social period in the
School Cafetorium under the di
rection of Mrs. Carmen Fer
nandez, Rectress. Approximat
ely 35 invited guests also at
tended.
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Mt. de Sales
Plans For
May Festival
M A C O N— The traditional
May Festival of Mount de Sales
High School will be held in Ma
con on Wednesday, May 8, it
was announced by Sister Mary
Aurelia, after a meeting of
committee members Sunday.
Joe Moran, who has served
as general chairman for pre
vious festivals, was again learn
ed chairman with the presidents
of various Catholic organiza
tions in Macon and St. Joseph
Parish serving as committee
members.
One innovation this year, it
was announced after the meet
ing, will provide baby-sitting
service by the Catholic Girl
Scouts for parents attending
the Festival and for those who
will be manning the various
booths and projects.
As in the past, a popular
chicken barbecue supper will
be served, while other projects
will include a cake walk, candy
and pastry booths, duck pond,
parcel post and pony rides for
the smaller fry.
The Festival is held each
year to provide for the summer
program of the Sisters of Mer
cy at Mount de Sales in
furthering their own education
and to study the newest develop
ments in teaching sciences and
methods in Catholic High
Schools throughout the nation.
Among those serving on the
general committee are Mrs.
Robert Young, Mrs. Robert Hin
son, Mrs. Erus Cribbs, Mrs.
Richard Cowan, Miss Jean Hat
cher, Mrs. Nat Schochat, Mrs.
Lenore Maloney, Mrs. J. Gregg
Puster, Mrs. Angelo Punaro,
Mrs. W. W. Crooms and Mrs.
S. G. Roney, Frank Russo and
Andrew McKenna.
Warner Robins CYO
Observes Parents’
Night Church Rule
WARNER ROBINS—The CYO
of Sacred Heart Church observ
ed parents’ night March 24.
Joan Dembowski introduced
the sponsors of the CYO, Miss
Denise Dwyer, Ronald Barnes
and Rev. William Aherne. Mary
Clements and John Marshall
spoke on the CYO activities.
Gary Lotti, Bill Cole, Pat O’
Lear, Dick Forman and Vaughn
Cranshaw presented a skit,
“The Operation.”
Refreshments were served
during the social period. Win
ners of the twist contest were
Joe Dembowski and Mary
Moriaty.
Officers serving for the 1962
63 term are Joan Dembowski,
president; Gary Lotti, vice-
president; John Marshall,
treasurer and Batty Bur-
rett, secretary.
U. S. Denies Reports
Hungary Reports Talks With
U. S. On Freedom For Cardinal
VIENNA, (NC)—Conflicting
reports have reached here about
alleged talks between the U.S.
and Communist Hungary for the
freedom for Jozsef Cardinal
Mindszenty.
Reports from Budapest said
the nations are discussing
means of arranging for the de
parture of the Hungarian Pri
mate from the U.S. legation
there where he has lived in
asylum since 1956.
Meanwhile, it has been re
ported from Washington that
the State Department has issued
a denial that any negotiations
are taking place.
Cardinal Mindszenty sought
asylum in the U.S. legation in
October, 1956, after Soviet
troops crushed Hungary's an
ticommunist uprising which had
freed the Cardinal for four daqs
from the prison where he was
serving a life sentence. He had
been convicted in 1949 by a Red
court on trumped-up charges of
espionage and treason.
In Budapest, according tore-
ports, a Hungarian government
spokesman announced (March
26) that “negotiations on a dip
lomatic level with the U.S. gov
ernment are in progress.” He
reportedly added that “it is too
early yet to speculate on the
possible outcome of these talks,
but we hope to be able to say
something soon.
“We have been asked by the
competent American authori
ties to treat the matter with
discretion and abstain from
statements for the time being.
Also from Budapest came a
report that a spokesman for
the U.S. legation stated that the
U.S. government considers dis
cretion vital for successful
talks.
Washington reports declared
that U.S. government officials
firmly denied (March 27)
the Hungarian spokesman’s
statement.
Observers here believe that
the Hungarian communists look
on a settlement of Cardinal
Mindzenty’s case as a neces
sary prelude to improve gener-
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—His Holiness Pope JohnXXIII
will take a smaller part in
Rome’s Holy Week ceremonies
than he has in other years,
Vatican Radio announced.
Pope John will broadcast his
annual Easter message to the
world on Holy Saturday,
April 13, at 8:00 p.m. Rome
time (2:00 p.m. EST), Vatican
Radio said.
On Palm Sunday (April 7),
the Pope will be in St. Peter’s
for the Blessing of the Psalms,
but he will probably not stay
for the Mass which follows as
he has on previous Palm Sun
days.
Instead of offering Mass in
one of Rome’s basilicas on
Holy Thursday, the Pope is
staying inside the Vatican this
year. He will offer Mass in the
Vatican’s Sistine chapel for dip
lomats accredited to the Holy
See.
But Pope John will go to a
Roman basilica not yet chosen
for Good Friday ceremonies.
On Easter Sunday, the Pope
will give his blessing “urbi et
Orbi” (To the City and to the
World) at noon (6:00 p.m. EST)
from the main balcony in front
of St, Peter’s.
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The Hungarian spokesman’s
statement was made less than
a week after his government
decreed (March 21) an amnes
ty for political prisioners which
apparently does not apply to the
Cardinal.
TIFTON—What constitutes
the Church in the South? As the
missionaries of old, who travel
ed miles to say Mass in homes,
women's clubs, office buildings
and fire stations know, it is
the Mass. Bring the Mass to the
people and you bring Christ.
But the Church is the Mystical
Body of Christ. As such, it has
two parts, one spiritual and the
other physical. Both need at
tention. The Church in the south,
to survive, must not exclude the
social or physical needs of her
people, any more than she can
exclude the spiritual aspect.
In an area, where the masses
are imbued with the protestant
idea of a social Church, the Ca
tholic Church mu£t prove it
self to be all; things to all
people, that in Rome they can
do as the Romans do.
To meet this challenge, so
cial activities are needed. The
southern Catholic, endowed with
the social philosophy of “South
ern hospitality, needs an out
let for this phase of his life
within the auspices of the
Church. Just as a child or a par
ent feels proud of inviting some
one into his home, so too the Ca
tholic, is proud when he can in
vite others to “his house,” not
only spiritually, but socially.
When Our Divine Saviour
Church in Tifton, Georgia was
built in 1954 under the direction
of Fr. Rayner Dray, O.F.M. fi
nances did not warrant the erec
tion of a hall. So, this year,
an addition to the Church, in the
form of a Parish Hall, was er-
rected and blessed. It is a trib
ute to their faith, for had the
parishioners not put their faith
in God, they never would have
accepted the program of
Tithing, which has been the one
single factor in paying for the
construction of the Hall. “Try
me in this,” said the Lord,
“and see if I open not the flood
gates of my mercy, pouring out
an abundance upon you.”
The abundance! A dream of
five years come true. With it,
a closer knit parish which is
so essential in small missions.
(We have 30 families)
Catechism center, a meeting
place, a social hall, a girl
scout center, and thanks to a
large picture window, a cry
room for those parents who
have to bring their little chil
dren to the one Sunday Mass.
Catechism classes are now
held in the hall instead of in the
Church, as in former years.
This enables the children to
have a greater respect for the
presence of Almighty God in the
Tabernacle. Previous to this,
when the children had cate
chism, it was held in the church.
Their little minds could never
distinguish between class and
church. One time they would be
allowed to talk, answer ques
tions and then the next mo
ment, they were to be silent,
and pray, all the while in the
same building, the same pew.
Meeting place! This new Par
ish Hall has a large kitchen,
so that at all our meetings,
there is easy access for re
freshments. Such a hall, takes
the meeting out of the home,
where it is often associated with
the family who sponsors it, and
makes it now a Church Meeting.
Give the men something to
do, and you will keep them in
the Holy Name Society. Seeing
the opportunity of helping oth
ers, the men have launched upon
the work of serving the chil
dren refreshments before Ca
techism classes e ach Sunday
after Mass. Also, they sponsor
a Free Coffee Social after Mass.
In a small parish, if you don’t
talk with the Catholics after
Mass, you will not see a Ca
tholic all week, this has been
a great Faith Builder.
Socially, this hall has done
wonders for the High School
Children. They now have a place
where they can invite their
friends and Catholics from
other missions, for other par
ties. The Church used to mean
only Mass on Sundays, and class
during the week for them. Now,
it is beginning to live. The Ca
tholic Church is now working
with the Youth, because the
Church in Tifton has the fa
cilities to keep them interest-
The parish Hall serves as a I ed in the things they like to do.
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