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PAGE 2 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1963 CONGRESS Pressure Increasing For Prayer Amendment WASHINGTON, D. C.(RNS)— Pressure is steadily mounting In Congress for consideration of a proposed amendment to the Constitution to overrule the Supreme Court's decision bar ring prayer and Bible reading as religous exercises in the public schools. Intlal reaction was more re strained than it was in June, 1962, when the Court struck down the non-sectarian Re gents’ Prayer in the public schools of New York. HOWEVER, it is proving more sustained and, as reso lution after resolution pours into the Congressional hoppers ••«U» Your BW* Trom UsM" MAX METZ CL, Owr.lr MAX'S MEN'* SHOPS sm Peeefttree mdujtrul Blvd. Cbamblee Pltu Mowi Center Photte 45i -ian Bfl PttcmrM. N t ntoM tr. «sMi — At tout »l proposing that an amendment be submitted to the states, it is increasingly evident that, if agreement can be reached on the wording of such an amen dment, it probably could com mand the necessary two-thirds majority in House and Senate. Ratification by 38 of 50 sta tes would be required to make it a part of the Constitution. No action by the President is required in the case of Con stitution amendments. If ratified, the amendment would become the 25th Amend ment to the Constitution. The 24th, proposing abolition of poll taxes as a requirement for vot ing in federal elections, has already been ratified by 34 states and will probably be come part of the Constitution early in 1964 when state legis latures that meet only in even- numbered years go into ses sion. UNLESS special sessions of a number of state legislatures were called by Governors to deal with an amendment on prayer and Bible reading, it probably would not be ratified until 1965, due to a consider able number of legislatures that convene only in odd-num bered years. There have been only a few sweeping condemnations of the Supreme Court on the floor of Congress following its June 17 decision on prayer and Bible reading exercises in Maryland and Pennsylvania schools. Sen. storm Thurmond (D.- S.C.) called it "another major triumph for the forces of se cularism and atheism which are bent on throwing God com pletely out of our national life." Rep. John Bell Williams (D.- Miss.) renewed his suggestion that the Court’s powers be sharply curbed. A number of other Southern members made scathiqg comments. Rep. Alvin E. O’Konski (R-Wis.) announced that he would object on "a point of order" to prayer being of fered by the House chaplain at the opening of the session, but he withdrew his threat after reading the text of the Court’r opinions. IN general, criticisms have , been restrained and on a more scholarly basis than was the case in 1962. Typical was a two-hour ad dress by Sen. A. Willis Rober son (O.-Va.) who argued that control over education should rest exclusively in the states and not be subject to interven tion by federal courts. His address produced a collo quy in which several Southern senators joined, Including Sens. B. Everett Jordan (D.-N.C.) John J. Sparkman, (D.-ALA.), vltfontoa MOTOR HOTEL • TV A AtA CONDITION INS • FAMOUS MIAMI • IJFFnT S ICS A •IVCftACSS STATIONS • COFFIS MAMIN. IACM NOOM LUCKIL AT CONL ST, A Good Address in Atlanta .SCRIPTURAL ANSWER 9 Catholic Newspaper Defends Liquor Ads OKLAHOMA CITY, okla. (RNS)—Defending its accep tance of liquor advertising, the Oklahoma Courier, official newsweekly of the Roman Ca tholic Oklahoma City-Tulsa diocese, declared "there is no thing wrong with sensible and moderate use of any alcoholic beverage." It added, "Whatever the fan ciful attributions of Mephisto- lenian origin, there is nothing in the Bible or Catholic teach- MOVING? PLEASE NOTIFY US SEND US THIS NOTICE TODAY: THE GEORGIA BULLETIN ing to make us believe that any food or beverage its evil.’* COMMENTING that com plaining letters about liquor ad vertising were received occas- slonally, the editorial stated: "The Courier makes no apo logy for accepting advertise ments of alcoholic beverages. We may even go so far as to cite the views of physicians, psychologists, sociologists and biochemists, who in a study prepared by the California School of Medicine, concluded that ’alcohol is the safest most readily available tranquilizer mankind has.’ P.O. BOX 11667- NORTHSIDE STATION ATLANTA 5, GEORGIA NEW ADDRESS; NAME ADDRESS CITY ZONE OLD ADDRESS: _ Name ADDRESS CITY 7DNE "What ever the therapeutic value of alcoholic drinks, The Courier does not prescribe them; nor do we feel it is our business to warn people against the enjoyment and moderate use of such beverages. We are most emphatic, however, in sound ing alarm against abuses, which have nothing to do with wise, enjoyable and moderate drink ing. Where Insurance is a Profession, Not a Sideline SUTTER & McLELLAN Mortgage Guarantee Bldg. JA 5*2086 "As a newspaper we make no secret of the fact that liquor advertising is an important source of revenue for The Cour ier. It enables us to produce more economically a Catholic newspaper which, we hope, is both informative and entertain ing, while at the same time stimulating discussion and pro viding religious instructions." "TO those who object so violently to alcoholic bev erages," it concluded, "we can only say that we are not for cibly pouring them down any body's throat. We also hope that the opponents of alcoholic bev erages will not try to stuff down our throats their ideas, many of which we recognize as reflecting misguided Ameri can puritanlsm, not to mention outright distortions of biblical teachings." Appearing in the same issue was an article by managing editor Stan Twardy, "In De fense of Spirits," which traced biblical and historical refer ences to wine growing and drinking. In his introduction, Mr. Twardy wrote, "This re- ; ply may also serve as a scrip- answer to those Courier readers who disapprove of liq uor advertisements supposedly on religious grounds." The article upheld the posi tion that "Jesus did not shun Intoxicating beverages." * IN an inspiring ceremony at Garrison, N. Y„ the first gioup of five Graymoor Friars as signed to the diocese of Jatai, Brazil received their mission crucifixes and official assign ments. The pioneer band will study the language, customs and traditions of Brazil and will prepare living quarters for other Friars who will join them later. The Sister's of the Atonement, also from Graymoor, will make their foundation soon in the same area. In the vanguard group (left to right) are: Rev. Camillus Daniel, S.A., of Meriden, Conn., Su perior: Rev. Leigh Martin, S.A., of Caribou, Maine, Rev. Martin Madison, S.A. of Jersey City, N.J.; Brother Francis Bray, S.A., of Bloomfield, N. J.; and Brother Julian Stone. S.A., of Malone, N.Y. RESULT OF COUNCIL Church In Hungary Seen Improving Its Position BUDAPEST, Hungary (NC)— The Catholic Church in Hungary began to come to life again with the opening of the ecumen ical council last October and has been increasingly more active ever since, a Church spokes man told the N. C. W. C. News Service. "The late Pope John XXIII opened the window of the Ch urch," he said, "and the fresh air also poured into the Ch urch in Hungary, spurring not only the higher clergy, but all priests to greater efforts." THE spokesman stated that the Church’s renewed vitality has been aided by a number of friendly gestures on the part of the country's communist government. He said that many Catholic priests had reentered the life of the Church as a result of a government amnesty and that the government had allowed a delegation of Hungar ian churchmen to take part in the ecumenical council. (Meanwhile, it has been re ported from Vienna that a Hun garian government leader, De puty Prlemler Gyula Kallai, told newsmen there that Hungary will approve the naming by the Holy See of bishops to fill Hungary’s vacant dioceses.) THE Church spokesman cited as evidence of the government’s increasingly conciliatory at titude toward the Church the fact that it was represented by three cabinet ministers at the Requiem Mass held here for the late Pope John and that Deputy Premier Kallai spoke of John XXIII warmly in a recent SOUTHERNERS TOLD speech. The whole nation, re gardless of party affiliation, re spected and admired Pope John, he stated. The upward trend of Catholic life here, he continued, is con firmed by two recent events: Recently, for the first time, the head of Hungary’s Religious Af fairs Bureau, Jozsef Prantner, attended the graduation ex ercises at the Budapest Theolo gical Academy and spoke cor dially with Its dean. Abbot Janos Pfeifer. The second event is the recent departure of Bishop En- dre Ham vas of Csanad and a lar ge delegation of Hungarian ch urchmen for the coronation of His Holiness Pope Paul VI in Rome. PRIOR to his departure, Bis hop Ham vas paid a visit to the semiofficial Catholic news ser vice here, Magyar Kurlr, and told me: "With overflowing happiness of heart and soul I am going to the papal coronation. I am taking with me the respectful thoughts of the clergy and mil lions of Catholics. Clergy and laity are standing with undivid ed heart and will around the See of Peter, the See of Truth." On his arrival in Rome, Bis hop Hamvas, acting head of the Hungarian Bishops* Confer ence, told Italian newsmen that he is very hopeful that negoti ations between his country’s government and the Holy See can improve Church- State re lations in Hungary. He was asked about the pos sible success of the negotiat ions— Interrupted by Pope John’s death—between Hungary and the Vatican regarding Joz sef Cardinal Minds zenty, Hun garian Primate now living in asylum at the U. S. legation in Budapest, and better condit ions for the Church in his country. He answered that he is "op timistic, very optimistic about the possibility of reopening ne gotiations and their positive re sults.” He added that "on the part of the Hungarian govern ment there is good wilL" Asked about the fact that Hun garian officials had blocked the appointments of bishops to va cant dioceses, he said: "The question of vacant diocese is not difficult to solve." Bishop Hambas declined to comment on his relations with Cardinal Mindszenty. The Car dinal, now 71, entered the U. S. legation in Hungary’s capital on flovember 4, 1956, as Soviet troops were quelling a short lived anticommunist uprising. The anti communists had freed the Cardinal only four days earlier from the jail where he was serving a life sentence. On April 18, this year, Fr- anziskus Cardinal Koenig, Ar chbishop of Vienna, went to Bud apest and had a four-hour talk with the Primate of Hungary at the legation. Earlier Cardinal Koenig had revealed that he hop ed to persuade Cardinal Minds zenty to go to Rome. After re turning from Hungary, Cardinal Koenig told newsmen that many factors are involved in Church- state negotiations regarding Cardinal Mindszenty’s possible depature. He said: "I do not think there will be a rapid so lution." He added: "I feel that the very fact that there have been contacts between the Holy See and the Hungarian govern ment represents a positive evolution." Northerners Face Racial Problems MONTREAT, N. C. (RNS)— Northern whites will have a "rough time" in the integra tion struggle unless they im prove their individual commu nication with Negroes, a Sou thern Presbyterian Family Life Conference was told here. A family discussion on race relations featured a major workshop at the conference, held under auspices of the Board of Christian Education, Presby terian Church in the U. S. (Sou thern). Leading the discussion was Dr. Clifford Erie of New York, secretary for interna tional affairs of the United Pres byterian Church in the U. S. A, "WHEN a people is near its goal of freedom, whether in Af rica or the U. S.,"hesaid, "the pushing and fighting starts until the goal is secured, and we’re in for a rough time, particular ly in the white community of the North, not the South." Opportunities for peaceful in tegration in the North, he stres sed, could be implemented eas ier if there were more wide spread communication between whites and Negroes, as can be found in some parts of the South. "The church of Jesus Christ," Dr. Earle added, "is heterogeneous and God’s con cern for every man should de mand the response of brother hood among all human beings.” PARTICIPATING in the workshop were some 60 fami lies attending the conference. A number of race questions were raised for discussion by dele gates. Many of them focused on racial tensions in the church. Discussed were such ques tions as these: "Should an all- white southern congregation ad mit Negroes freely and trust the Lord to guide solutions to the ensuing problems, or should the doors remain shut to Ne groes as a compromise to keep the white congregation toge ther? Cardinal Koeing was refer- ing to the visit to Budapest of a Vatican official in May when he talked with Church and State of ficials. He was Msgr. Agostlno Casaroli, Undersecretary for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs of the Papal Secretariat of State. The monsignor has made no public comment on his visit. A few days after Msgr. Cas- aroli’s visit, the Hungarian gov ernment ldicated a willingness to make concessions to the Ch urch ami announced it had re leased five bishops who had been underhouse arrest-although the bishops did not return to their Sees—-and also freed about 70 of the some 100 priests in Hun garian Prisons. Earlier— in March— Msgr. Egon Turcsanyi, Cardinal Minds zenty’s former secretary, and a dozen other priests were released from jail under an am nesty for political prisoners proclaimed by Premier Janos Kadar. At the time of their release Premier Kadar stated that out standing Church-State pro blems in Hungary could be sol ved in a mutually satisfactory manner.) COUNCIL MAY Draw Christians And Jews Closer CINCINNATI, (NC)—A priest expert on Christian-Jewish re lations said "there is every reason to hope that the coun cil will have something to say on the ties that bind Christians and Jews together." more than once to this klndship and its several implications. If the council lasts long enough to take up...many of the Issues the Church and the world face today, it will notbypass the spi ritual bond*—I sincerely hope." Msgr. John Oesterreicher said here that these ties are "of a truly ecumenical nature since both Christians and Jews con sider themselves, and are, sons of Abraham," THE monsignor is director of the Institute of Judaeo-Chris- tlan Studies at Seton Hall Uni versity, South Orange, N. J„ and a member of the Vatican Secre tariat for Promoting Christian Unity. He made his statement during a visit here. He said that "at no time was there contemplated or drafted a mere condemnation of anti-Se mitism by the (Second Vatican) counsil.” "The Church has denounced anti-Semitism several times in the past,” he continued, "and these denunciations stand. They will remain in force. The coun cil, however, as envisaged by Pope John and equally, I am sure, by Pope Paul, is not to issue or reiterate condemna tions but to make Catholics everywhere see the great pro blems of today in a fresh and positive light." (Father Gustave Weigel, S.J., theologian at Woodstock (Md.) College, stated in Atlantic City recently that a statement on an ti-Semitism was prepared for the council's first session last fall. But it was not presented, he said, because, though theo logical in nature, it might be mlscontrued by the Arab states as a political statement. He said that for the same reason he does not expect the council’s second session, opening Sep tember 29, to adopt a statement condemning anti-Semitism). MSGR. Oesterreicher said the Christian-Jewish relation ship is a deeply human one, and the council "dealt with this aspect when it solemnly pro claimed die dignity of every human person, and the brother hood of men that exists and must be made more and more opera tive among individuals, nations, races and continents." "The Christian-Jewish rela tionship is further one among heirs...of a basically common heritage, the heritage of Holy Scripture," he stated. "The recent popes—Pius XI, Pius XII and John XXIII—referred Msgr. Oesterreicher recall ed that "long before Jewish or ganizations placed before the Secretariat for (Promoting) Christian Unity a list of their wishes, the Institute of Judaeo- Christian Studies at Seton Hall University petitioned...that the council continue the work of re conciliation and amity between Christians and Jews so fervent ly pursued by Pope John." "Whenever a story of this kind appears in the press, one or the other Arab state pro tests. I said, state. At no time, to my knowledge, has an Arab bishop opposed a statement by the council seeking to streng then the religious as well as human bond between Christians and Jews." Msgr. Oesterreicher said "no one knows what the council^ will decide on this or any other matter...but there is every like lihood that the Second Vatican Councll...will promote the spi rit of dialogue and friendship between Christians and Jews." He noted that, according to press reports, Augustin Cardi nal Bea, S. 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