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Civics Club Cited AUGUSTA - Saint Martin de Porres Civics Club of the Im maculate Conception School is one of the twenty Clubs award ed Honorable Mention by the Commission on American Citi zenship of the Catholic Uni versity of America. Sister Mary Ailbe of the Mis sionary Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception is moderator of the Club. The unit is winner of a letter of congratulations from the Commission on American Ci tizenship for its outstanding achievements. The judges found it extremely difficult to select the best ones from the 4,500 Catholic civics clubs through out the country that executed meritorious activities. The civics club’s theme for the school year has been "Build Better Local Government,’’ This is part of the Com mission’s program to promote greater understanding and ap preciation of the principles of Christian citizenship among boys and girls in upper ele mentary school grades. Churchmen Protest Negro Ban OKLAHOMA CITY, (NC)— The barring of Negroes from the local YMCA and other facil ities drew sharp protests from Catholic and Protestant spokes men. Bishop Victor J. Reed of Ok lahoma City-Tulsa said "Icon demn racism in all its forms.’’ He expressed the hope that the “many’’ segregated establish ments in the state will "open their doors to all those willing to patronize them." Statements of protest also came from Episcopal Bishop Chilton Powell and the Rev. Earl Kragness, executive sec retary of the Oklahoma Coun cil of Churches. Groups of Negroes briefly picketed the downtown YMCA after two visiting Negro youths were refused admission. Coinciding with the YMCA incident was the barring of Ne gro members of the Oaklahoma Ladies Bar Auxiliary—an asso ciation of lawyers’ wives—from a local club and a cafeteria. AUGUSTA DOWNTOWN NATIONAL HILLS AIKEN ELLIOT SONS Augusta Strike Against Leftists PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, (NC)—Priests and Sisters have joined in the general strike against Premier Cheddi Jagan's leftist regime in British Gui ana, according to work received here on a fishing vessel from that country. Normal communications be tween British Guiana and the outside world have been dis rupted by the strike. The striking Religious are members of two teachers’ un ions that are affiliated with the British Guiana Trades Union Council, which called the strike. The Catholic Standard, publica tion of the Georgetown diocese, has also accepted the strike call and has responded to re quests from its printers by sus pending publication. The Guiana strike is a protest against a labor relations mea sure being promoted by the Jagan government. The Church in British Guiana has long been at odds with the Jagan regime, particularly over its efforts to secularize educa tion. In the capital city of George town, 3,000 Catholics gathered for an all-night vigil before the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker to pray for national peace. The observance was planned originally as a citywide pilgrimage but the strike crisis induced Church authorities to confine it to the cathedral. Oitanloa MOTOR HOTEL • TV & AIR CONDITIONING • FAMOUS MIAMI BUFFET • ICE A BEVERAGE STATION* • COFFEE MAKER, EACH ROOM LUCKIE AT C6NE ST. A Good Address in Atlanta AUGUSTA MAYOR VERNON MADDOX of North Augusta was one of the speakers invited by the Saint Martin de Porres Club to speak on Local Government. L. to R.—Joann Allen, President, Major V. Maddox, Sister M. Ailbe, moderator. CHICAGO, (NC)—Adlai E. Stevenson contrasted His Holi- aess Pope John XXIII’s ap proach to international affairs with that of "self-styled pat riots" who oppose all interna tional action. Stevenson, U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations, said these two attitudes create "a remar kable paradox." The Pope, leader of "the world’s most ancient Christian Faith,’’ proclaims "the need for the boldest innovation in the ordering of our international relations," he said. "Yet, at the same time, here in America—still a new coun try and formed moreover in a mood of radical and even uto pian vision—here in America, self-styled patriots denounce all aspects of international ac tion as betrayal, urge the re moval of the United National from American soil, bombard senators and excite credulous people about plots to police America with African troops and hand it over to the UN, censor books for mentioning UNESCO, and brook over hea ven knows what connections be- GENERAL CONTRACTORS The Southern Cross, May 25, 1963—PAGE 3 International Affairs Stevenson Contrasts Pope’s Approach With “Self-Styled Patriots” tween internationalism and communism," Stevenson said. Stevenson praised Pope John for his statements on inter national relations, including his social encyclical Mater et Mag- istra and his peace encyclical Pacem in Terris. Addressing the annual scho larship dinner of De Paul Uni versity, he said it is "clear" that for Pope John "the human race is not a cold abstraction, but a single precious family whose life, interest, responsi bilities and well being are a constant and loving preoccupa tion." He said the Pope does not leave the problem of peace at’ the level of "abstraction." He added: "In Mater et Magistra he specifically underlined the duty of the rich nations to conduct their economic policies in such a way that the development of poorer communities is fos tered. "In Pacem in Terris he re commends a world authority as the crown of the subsidiary authority of states and com munities, and specifically com mends the United Nations Or ganization. . .’’ "Lowest Price — Maintenance Considered'* BRUNSWICK FIRST COMMUNION—The First Communion Class of St. Francis Xavier Church, Brunswick is pictured with the Rev. Paul Burkort, S.M., pastor. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.— An audience at Pennsylvania State University heard Paul TELEPHONE PArk 2-8358 THE E. C. ERNST CO., INC ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS 842 FENWICK ST., AUGUSTA, GA. Blanshard, writer and lecturer widely known for his attacks on the Catholic Church bitterly denounce Catholic schools in a debate with William B. Ball, a Harrisburg attorney prominent in Church-State discussions, Blanshard’s remarks con cerning the legality of auxiliary services to Parochial School pupils were sprinkled with al lusions to "thought control in Catholic schools," "hierar- chial domination," "Jesuiti cal legerdemain," and "Fran co-loving teachers,” In the two-hour discussion, sponsored by the University Department of Education Ser vices, he also charged Catho lic schools are frequently of a second-rate quality and fre quently create a "divisive mentality" in graduates. But he did concede that aux iliary services may legally be provided by government to chil dren in parochial schools. He said that the Federal school lunch program, medical ser vices to children in parochial schools and tax-paid bus rides are constitutional "as the law now stands." Ball, in reply to Blanshard’s attack on Catholic schools, charged him with drawing a caricature of the schools, call ing it "absurd." "If the Catholic schools are what Mr. Blanshard says they are, if the Catholic hierarchy is the frightening power bund which he says .it is, if the Catholic teachers are the ty rants he describes them to be, then the product of the Catholic schools must be a moral and social monster, "But the absurdity of this caricature is plainly revealed when you look to your Catholic neighbor, your Catholic asso ciate at work or Catholics whom you knew in the service, "Thinking of the latter point, if Mr. Blanshard is right, then Catholics should be excluded from the draft and from every other area of public responsi bility," he said. Ball called for an end to in citements to prejudice. What is needed, he said, is "fre quently dialogue with respect to real issue—not phantom issues Priest, Minister See Council As Unity Aid SHORT HILLS, N. J., (NC)— A Catholic priest and a Protes tant theologian agreed here that the first session of the Second Vatican Council, which both at tended, helped advance the Christian unity movement. Father John B. Sheerin, C. S. P., editor in chief of the Catholic World magazine, and Dr. Franz Hildebrandt, profes sor of Christian theology at Drew University, Madison, N. J., spoke at St. Rose of Lima parish on "The Protestant-Ca tholic View of Christian Unity in the Light of Vatican II." "The bishops," Father Shee rin said, "applied an ecumeni cal test to every document at the first session. —which divide us in the field of Church - State relations. — (NCWC) Lily-Tulip Cup Corporation 1550 Wrightsboro Road Augusta, Georgia Penn State Audience Hears Bitter Attack On Catholic Schools By Paul Blanshard General Building # Public Utilities AUGUSTA, GEORGIA