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PAGE 2—The Southern Cross, January 3,1974
Freedom in
South Korea: Does It Exist?
BY MICHAEL W. OSKROBA
CHICAGO (NC) -- The visitor from
South Korea did not want to give his
name. He knew he would be returning
to this country in the future and that
what he was about to say could
jeopardize his freedom.
South Korean freedom, according to
the visitor, was on its last legs anyway,
and he did not want to spoil it for
himself or for others. It would do no
good if he was sent to prison.
He said the people of South Korea
are like that, all the time. No one speaks
for fear of the secret police. Nobody
takes a chance of expressing his feelings
because the police are all around.
“There are secret police by the
hundreds of thousands,” said the visitor,
“and you can’t tell them apart from
anybody else.
The visitor was giving his version of
what South Korea is like these days in
an interview with the Chicago
archdiocesan newspaper, the New
World.
The man from Korea said the United
States is lucky for its scandal of
Watergate, no matter how awful the
information becomes. “It shows the
country is still free and working with
some idea of democracy intact. It is not
so in Korea.
“It all began with the takeover of
government by Park Chung Hee in
1961. He led a military coup,
overthrowing the political forces and
vowing to straighten things out for the
people. He said then, that he was not
interested in running for office.
“But he did run for office, was
elected, and is still the leader of the
country. His whole idea seems to be to
perpetuate himself in office. I really
think he plans to die as leader of South
Korea.
“People won’t vote against him
because they will be thrown in jail or
harassed if they do. He declared martial
law last year. Anyone arrested is thrown
in jail immediately without bond, given
a quick military trial and sent off to
prison. A common charge is “spreading
false rumors. ”
The visitor noted that Cardinal
Stephen Kim of Seoul has criticized the
regime. “But he has been warned to
keep his mouth shut. His Christmas
Mass on television was blacked out
because a sermon was critical of the
President. A pastoral letter he sent to
priests was confiscated before it could
reach the mail office.”
The Catholic Churches of Korea are
still allowed to operate without too
many problems. Most public meetings
with 10 people present are outlawed by
the government, but churches are the
exception to the rule.
“In fact,” said the visitor, “President
Park encourages his Army men and
government workers to ‘get the religion,
get the faith.’ So they come to the
churches to pray, or maybe just to
listen.”
“Catholic priests never talk against
the government in their sermons. It
wouldn’t do any good. Why should they
start trouble with the government? If
they did, they might all get thrown out
of the country, and then what?”
“If opposition started coming from
the Church, the government might
decide to start taxing Church property.
So the priests just play along just like
everyone else.”
DEMAND DEATH PENALTY ~ Policemen in
Boston confront Gov. Francis W. Sargent in the
Massachusetts State House after attending the funeral
of Detective John Schroeder, killed during a holdup.
The policemen demanded that the governor, who had
earlier gone to the funeral with them, sign a mandatory
death penalty bill. The governor pocket-vetoed the
measure but said he would consider a new bill if its
constitutionality were more certain. (NC Photo)
USCC ON ENERGX CRISIS
Statement Stresses Morals
WASHINGTON (NC) - The U.S.
Catholic Conference has urged the
government to consider the moral
dimension of the energy crisis and its
effects on the poor, the natural
environment, employment and
international relations.
“In the present energy crisis
Americans, both as individuals and as a
people, are called on to reexamine and
reaffirm their commitment to one
another and also to the other peoples of
the world,” Bishop James S. Rausch,
USCC general secretary, said in a letter
to William E. Simon, federal energy
administrator.
“A sound energy policy by the
federal government should give highest
priority to the moral imperatives of
equity and human interdependence.”
Bishop Rausch’s comments came in a
Dec. 21 letter to Simon, which the
bishop said was a “statement of views of
the United States Catholic Conference
concerning principles which sould
guide” federal energy policies.
The bishop told Simon that the
government’s energy policy “must see
to it that the burdens do not fall
disproportionately on some Americans
while others experience little or no
inconvenience.”
Bishop Rausch
The poor are not able to present their
views to government as effectively as
business, labor and other “institutional
interests,” Bishop Rausch said. “It
would be grossly unfair,” he said, “if
their lack of a ‘voice’ caused them to
become the chief victims of the energy
crisis.”
The government should also seek “to
minimize the impact of unemployment
resulting from energy conservation
measures,” the bishop said. Top priority
should be given, he said, to production
of necessities to insure a “minimally
acceptable standard of living” for all.
Only then should production of luxuries
be considered, he said.
The poor could be hurt, Bishop
Rausch said, if the government tried to
discourage fuel consumption through
higher prices or taxes. Such programs
must include “compensatory relief” for
poor, Bishop Rausch said.
Health, education and welfare
services--both private and public-should
be given “top priority” in energy policy,
Bishop Rausch said.
The goal of national self-sufficiency
in energy should be carefully examined,
he said. While the nation must have
“access to adequate energy sources,”
Bishop Rausch said, “It is neither
feasible nor right for the world’s richest
nation to take a ‘go it alone’ approach
in order to preserve its luxuries at the
expense of other nations’ necessities.
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Anti-Semitism Among Catholics?
NEW YORK (NC) - Anti-Semitism,
formally condemned by the Second
Vatican Council, is surfacing today
among Catholics in political rather than
religious attitudes, according to the New
Catholic World, a periodical published
by the Paulist Fathers.
New Catholic World devoted its
entire January/February issue to
Jewish-Christian relations. Included are
nine articles by Jewish, Catholic and
Protestant specialists.
In an introductory editorial, Paulist
Father John Sheerin, a member of the
editorial board, wrote that the new
wave of anti-Semitism could be blamed
on the tensions in the Middle East.
“It would be absurd to say that
anyone who criticizes Israel is
necessarily anti-Semitic,” Father
Sheerin wrote, “but we need not be
clairvoyant to predict that an
anti-Semite will condemn and reproach
Israel, disavowing any prejudice while
playing around the edge of bigotry.”
Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum,
interreligious affairs director of the
American Jewish Committee, said in an
article that Catholic-Jewish relations are
“out of phase,” with neither faith really
comprehending the other’s main
concerns.
American Jews, Rabbi Tanenbaum
said, are chiefly concerned with the fate
of the international Jewish community,
especially the state of Israel.
But Catholics, he said, tend to leave
international issues to the Vatican and
concentrate on domestic issues.
On the Catholic side, Monica K.
Hellwig, a professor of theology at
Georgetown University, wrote that she
doubted any substantial progress in
relations has been made in the past 10
years because Christians still lack
appreciation of the continuing spiritual
validity of Judaism.
ST. JOSEPH’S
Augusta Hospital Honors Workers
Fifty employees were honored for
devoted and loyal service to Saint
Joseph Hospital on Friday, December
28th, 1973. The hospital has been in
operation for twenty-one (21) years.
Pins are awarded for Five (5); ten (10);
fifteen (15); and twenty (20) years of
service.
Those employees who reached the
twenty year mark this year were
honored with a luncheon at noon on the
28th. The employees are:
Mrs. Annie Fye, Laundry; Mrs. Jessie
Hart field, 3 South; Mr. George Parks, 1
South.
At 2:30 p.m. in the afternoon of the
28th, these employees were joined by
their co-workers who have reached the
15 year, the 10 year, and the 5 year
levels. Pins were awarded to all four
groups.
All employees were invited to attend
the tea and award ceremony.
The Administrator, Mr. William S.
Atkinson, and all the Sisters of Saint
Joseph at the hospital join in saying a
heartfelt “THANK YOU” to these
honorees.
Training
For Laity
WASHINGTON (NC) - A series of 15
regional institutes covering the topics of
coresponsibility, team training and
diagnosis will be conducted by the
National Council of Catholic Laity
(NCCL) during 1974, it was announced
here.
Topics for the travelling institutes
were chosen by National Council of
Catholic Women (NCCW) and National
Council of Catholic Men (NCCM)
leadership during October’s laity
assembly in New Orleans.
Institutes on coresponsibility will
take place at the following locations for
Region IV, Marriottsville Spiritual
Center in Howard County, Md., and
Nov. 15-17 at Franciscan Center Retreat
House in Tampa, Fla.
Allen, Bertha
5 YEAR PINS
L & D
Nursing Assistant
Carroll, Harriet
Accounting
Invoice Clerk
Cobb, Tolbert
Operating Room
Technician
Collins, Mary Lou
Operating Room
Nursing Assistant
D’antignac, Susie
Food Service
Cart Aide
Essick, Mary
Food Service
Storeroom Clerk
Eubanks, Lucille
Madonna I
Nursing Assistant
Harris, Virginia
Business Office
Cashiex
Hobbs, Carolyn
Operating Room
Secretary
Jackson, Fannie
ecu
Nursing Assistant
Moor, Margaret
Pediatrics
Nursing Assistant
Moore, Nadine
Emergency Room
Technician
Nickerson, Betty Jean
Food Service
Supervisor
Poole, Earline
ecu
Technician
Ribock, Esther
4 South
Staff Nurse
Stanley, Jeanette
L & D
Nursing Assistant
Thomas, Emma
Food Service
Dietary Aide (PM Secretary)
Walker, Dorothy
Madonna I
Nursing Assistant
Williams, Savannah
Madonna III
Nursing Assistant
Williamson, Delores
Madonna III
Nursing Assistant
Wise, Rose
1 South
Nursing Assistant
Wright, Eula Mae
Housekeeping
Maid
Anderson, Edith
10 YEAR PINS
Laboratory
Technician
Anderson, Katherine
Food Service
Cook’s Helper
Cadle, Ella Mae
Nursery
Nursing Assistant
Collier, Lenora
Housekeeping
Maid
Collins, Willie Eva
Food Service
Dietary Aide
Dooley, Roswell
4 South
Supervisor
Germany, Frances
Madonna I
Nursing Assistant
Greene, Louise
L & D
Nursing Assistant
Hester, Frankie
Madonna I
Nursing Assistant
Hudson, Virgil
Maintenance
Jones, Margie
Madonna I
Nursing Assistant
Jones, Mildred
Laundry
Aide
Roberson, Robert
Purchasing
Storeroom Supervisor
Ross, Julia
2 South
Nursing Assistant
Sumerau, Brenda
Operating Room
Head Nurse
Thomas, Dorothy
Operating Room
Technician
Washington, Flora Jean
Housekeeping
Maid
Wilson, Lillie Mae
Laundry
Sewing Room
Yarrington, Virginia Jo Ann
Pediatrics
Staff Nurse
15 YEAR PINS
Dyal, Frankie
1 South
Nursing Assistant
Franklin, Lillie Mae
L & D
Nursing Assistant
Murray, Marie
Nursing Service
Ass’t Administrator
VanHom, Margaret
Administration
Secretary
Williams, Luke
X-Ray
Technician
Winn, Robert
Housekeeping
Janitor
Fye, Annie
20 YEAR PINS
Laundry
Presser
Hartfield, Jessie
3 South
Madonna I
Nursing Assistant
Parks, George
Orderly
Directory To Take Pastoral Stance
MARRIOTTSVILLE, Md. (NC) -
The first meeting of the National
Catechetical Directory Committee
decided that the directory will be
biblical and pastoral in approach and
will avoid any particular philosophical
base or theological stance.
The directory will contain norms and
guidelines for the teaching of religion on
all levels and in all areas of the United
States.
During a three-day meeting here, the
committee also decided that the
directory should strive to deal
effectively with social sin as well as
personal sin. Many American Catholics,
the committee said, do not have
Catholic outlooks on social justice but
have American outlooks.
The directory, the committee
decided, will be written for those
Catholics who have responsibility for
Christian education in the United
States, particularly parents, catechists,
Religious, deacons, priests, writers and
publishers of catechetical texts.
Language of the text of the directory,
the committee said, should speak to all
American Catholics who are involved in
the apostolate of religious education.
The committee is expected to be
involved for the next few months in
writing papers which will bring together
many suggestions received during
consultations with Catholics in all parts
of the nation.
Polish Reds Rapped
VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Vatican
daily, L’Osservatore Romano, reported
that Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski of
Warsaw has charge that Poland’s
communist regime “has not abandoned”
attempts to block the efforts of the
Church, “especially in the field of
youth.” However, L’Osservatore
Romano said that in his Christmas
sermon the cardinal also said that the
recent visit of Polish Foreign Minister
Stefan Olszowski to the Vatican was a
“useful, positive and constructive
approach” by the Polish government.