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ATLANTA, GEORGIA
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1964
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IN ARCHDIOCESE
John M. Howley
Secretary For
Social Services
DELEGATES from Atlanta to the Liturgical Week in St. Louis
are shown above. Conference, including clergy and laity, met to
THIS SATURDAY
consider changes in liturgy arising from Vatican Council II.
Masses in English were a feature of the Convention,
National Council Speaker Will
Keynote ACCW Convention Meet
• See picture, page 6
The Board of Directors of
Catholic Social Services of Met
ropolitan Atlanta, Inc„ announ
ces the appointment of John M,
Howley, Jr„ to the position of
executive secretary. Mr. How
ley, a native of Decatur, Illi
nois, received an A.B, Degree
from the University of Notre
Dame and a Master’s Degree
from the Tulane University
School of Social Work, For the
past five years he has been as
sociated with the Children’s
Center of Metropolitan Atlanta.
Howley is a member of the
Academy of Certified Social
Workers, National Association
of Social Workers, BoardofDi-
rectors o! the Georgia Confer
ence on Social Welfare, and the
Atlanta Social Workers Club, He
is rmrried to the former Mary
Ellen Rich, of Atlanta, and they
have two daughters, Eileen and
Ann. The Howleys are mem
bers of St, Jude the Apostle
Parish,
Mrs, Daniel Walter McIntyre,
case worker, has been added to
the staff of Catholic Social Ser
vices. Mrs. McIntyre is a mem
ber of Christ the King Parish,
Catholic Social Services is a
Community Chest agency and
among its services deals with
problems of Juvenile delinquen
cy, the aged, unwed mothers,
and provides marriage coun
seling and limited relief ser
vices. Besides the Community
Chest it is supported by a do-
MISSISSIPPI Pfi/EST:
■ '
NOTRE DAME, Ind. (NC)—
Negro converts are entering the
Catholic Church in the U. S.
at a higher rate than whites,
a Negro missionary priest stat
ed here.
Father Harold R. Perry,
S. V. D„ provincial superior of
the Society of the Divine Word
in Bay St. Louis, Miss., told
the 21st annual Catholic Stu-
Poverty Fight
PHILADELPHIA (RNS)— An
archdiocesan Planning Com
mission for the War on Pov
erty was established heere by
Archbishop John J, Krol of
Philadelphia.
nation from the Diocese of At
lanta, income from trust funds
which provide financial assis
tance for special education for
boys and girls, and the Good
Samaritan Fund, The latter is
provided by individuals wishing
to contribute to the many needs
of the agency. Donations may be
sent to:
Good Samaritan Fund,
Catholic Social Services,
1207 Carnegie Building,
Atlanta, Georgia - 30303,
The offices moved last week
to the above address.
Rev. Walter Donovan is Exe
cutive Director of Catholic So
cial Services, Members of the
Board of Directors are: Mrs,
Battey Schwab, president; Rob
ert Troutman, vice president;
Michael Egan, vice president;
Leon S, Kaniecki, secretary;
H, J. Donohue, treasurer; Louis
C. Amann, Richard Azar, Jr,,
Edward B, Baker, Myles
Boothe, Dr, Reese Coleman,
Gerard Deckbar, Henry L, de
Give, John A, Ferguson, Dr,
Richard P. French, Pauline
Godwin, Walter Hamilton, Mar
tin Handrick, Rawson Haverty,
Mrs. Benjamin L. Jones, Rob
ert E. Kennedy, Benjamin R,
Petty, William F. Pfeiffer, Jo
seph Salome, Dr. Patrick C.
Shea, Jr„ Dr. Dorothy W, Sher-
rer, Mrs. Paul N. Steenrod,
Thomas E-, Zawroski, Ex Offi
cio Mrs. R, L, Stephens.
dents’ Mission Crusade conven
tion that the number of Negrc
Catholics increased by 3% last
year while "the trend of the
Church among the white popu
lation has recently been in the
other direction.’*
FATHER Perry said (Aug. 29)
there were 12,063 Negro con
verts last year, which was 700
more than the year before. De
spite this gain* he said, mis
sion efforts "have but scrat
ched the surface’* of the Negro
apostolate.
"There are 20 million Ne
groes in the United States, but
only 723,000 belong to the true
Church of Jesus Christ.
Miss Peg Roach, Chairman
of the Social Action Division of
the National Council of Catholic
Women, will be the featured
luncheon speaker at the eighth
annual Atlanta ACCW Conven
tion to be held at the Dinkier
Plaza Hotel this Saturday, Sept,
5, Eugene Patterson, editor of
the Atlanta Constitution,
speak at the dinner Saturday
evening.
Miss Roach will address the
convention on "Dialogue for Un
derstanding’* in the broad sense
of interracial and interreligious
dialogue. She is thoroughly fa
miliar with this field of social
action,' having already accom
plished much in organizing and
coordinating diocesan pro
grams relating to such broad
areas as immigration, rural
life, legislation and social prob
lems.
A GRADUATE of Mundelein
College, Chicago, Miss Roach
was active in the Chicago ACCW
and did volunteer work at Ma-
rillac House, a settlement for
two and a half years until,
"meeting head-on the human
dilemma of poverty amid af
fluence, loneliness and suffer
ing by brother upon brother, she
decided to join her efforts with
those of the Little Brothers of
the Poor, the Adult Education
Centers and the Catholic In
terracial Council.*’While in At
lanta she will visit with her
brother and his family, who are
residents of this city.
The Convention will begin at
10:30 a.m, on Saturday morn
ing with a Pontifical Mass, of
fered by Archbishop Paul J,
Hallinan at Sacred Heart
Church, Atlanta, Reservations
can be made through local par
ish representatives of the AC
CW. The agenda for the con
vention is as follows:
SACRED HEART CHURCH,
ATLANTA, GA.
10:30 - Pontifical Mass
Celebrant: Archbishop Paul
J. Hallinan
ST. LOUIS (NC)— The Nati
onal Catholic Rural Life Con
ference served notice here it
is going to push for collective
bargaining by farmers at the
marketplace and encourage
withholding of farm products
when necessary.
It is only collective bargain
ing that will protect the far
mer’s income, now dependent
totally on unjust supply and de
mand, said Bishop Jpseph M.
Marling, C.PP.S,, of Jefferson
City, Mo.
THE prelate, past president
of the conference, delivered the
major policy explanation at
the group’s 40th anniversary
convention here (Aug. 28).
Farmers and existing farm
organizations will have to sac
rifice their traditional indivi
dualism to gain bargaining
power, but it is a sacrifice
that must be made for the com
mon good, the bishop said.
AS FOR A raise in food
prices if farmers attain genu
ine bargaining, Bishop Marling
said they could be "slightly
higher,’* but he added that
"laws could be framed to guar
antee against unreasonable
Installation of Officers
DINKLER PLAZA HOTEL
11:30 - Registration (Free);
Hotel Lobby
Hostesses on hand to provide
further directions,
12:30 - Luncheon ($2.75 per
person)
Speaker: Miss Peg Roach,
Social Action Chairman, NCCW
Address: "Dialogue For Un
derstanding"
2:30 - Committee Workshops
Developing theme of Conven
tion, "Unity Through Under
standing"
Religious and/or lay speak
ers scheduled for all five Work
shops.
1. Organization and Develop
ment
prices.**
Farmers should not fear pub
lic reaction, the bishop said.
"The American public is Just.
It has no desire to prosper at
the expense of others. A mod
erate increase moreover,
would still keep the cost of food
on an American table notably
Fr. McManus
Liturgy Head
ST. LOUIS (NC) — Father
Frederick R. McManus, Catho
lic University of America can
on law professor and an advi
ser to the new Vatican liturgy
commission, was elected presi
dent of the National Liturgical
Conference.
Election of the Boston priest
came at the close of the 25th
annual Liturgical Week here
(ug. 27) , The election re
turned Father McManus to the
presidency of the conference af
ter a two-year absence. He suc
ceeds Father Gerard S. Sloyan,
head of the department of reli
gious education at Catholic Uni
versity, who will continue to
serve on the conference ad
visory board.
Chairman: Mrs. Herb T.
Mall on
2. Spiritual Development:
Chairman: Mrs, Thomas V,
Boehm an
3. Family Education
Chairman: Mrs. PaulTraina
, 4. Community Action
Chairman: Mrs. Glenn 1.
Crowell.
5. World Responsibility
Chairman: Mrs. Gene Lowe
4:30 - Business Meeting
Mrs. Edward P, Faust, Jr„
Pres. Atlanta ACCW, presiding
5:30 - Social Hour (Husbands
invited)
6:30 - Dinner (Husbands invit
ed); $5.00 per person
Speaker: Eugene Patterson,
Editor, "Atlanta Constitution"
below what must be paid for an
inferior diet in even countries
that, like our own, are techno
logically advanced.**
Of deliberate witholding of
farm products in order to raise
prices, a controversial ap
proach tried experimentally in
some commodities in recent
years, Bishop Marling said the
conference "approves and plans
to give encouragement to with
holding actions when they are
necessary to beget a just farm
income."
"TO KEEP what is raised
from the market in an effort
to contract for a Just price is
plainly within moral and ethical
bounds and in harmony with
papal teaching, but. as every
one sees, it can be effective
only if part of a great organi
zation effort,** he said.
Bishop Marling said the con
ference will devote "its princi
pal attention’* to cooperative
bargaining, but he stressed it
will not Ignore other issues,
such as government aid, rural
industry, problems of rural
youth and distribution of U. S.
surplus food to needy over
seas.
ARCHBISHOP HALLINAN and Father Walter Donovan, executive director of social services in
the Archdiocese, meet with John M, Howley, Jr„ newly appointed executive secretary of Catholic
Social Services of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc!
More Negro Than
White Converts
PROTECT INCOMES
Rural Life Group Backing
Farmer Bargaining Rights
NCWCASKS
"Fnil Speed,
Non-Partisan
Poverty War 1
WASHINGTON (NC) — An ap
peal "to move full speed ahead
with the war on poverty and
unemployment" on a "comple
tely non-partisan basis’* do
minated the 1964 Labor Day
statement of the Social Action
Department, National Catholic
Welfare Conference.
The plea was directed to la
bor, management, government,
"all segments of our economy
and all Interested volun
tary groups at the local, re
gional and national level" to
play their proper role "in this
all-out crusade for human dig
nity."
PREPARED under the super
vision of Msgr. George G. Hig
gins, department director, the
statement emphasized that all
forces in the struggle "will
want to give special attention to
the problem of racial injus
tice."
"No greater mistake could
be made than to think that this
problem, the sheer magnitude
and tragedy of which we have
yet fully to grasp as a nation,
was taken care of once and
for all by the enactment of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964," the
statement noted.
"THE passage of this sta
tute was truly history-making
in its implications, but, in the
long run, could prove to have
been a curse, rather than a
blessing, if the hopes and expe
ctations which it aroused among
our Negro fellow citizens are
frustrated, not so much by the
uncompromising opposition of
those who opposed its enactment
in the first place as by the
apathy and indifference of those
who favored its adoption," the
statement asserted.
kind of poverty—all the ’more
degrading because it so often
goes unnoticed in a land of boun
teous plenty," the statement
observed.
The statement noted that
automation has brought certain
potential blessings, but has
also created, "a number of
very serious economic and soc
ial problems."
"PRIVATE enterprise in the
industrial sector of our econ
omy given a high degree of in
telligent cooperation bet
ween management and labor,
can help solve the problems of
mass unemployment and mass
poverty in the midst of plenty,
but it cannot and should not be
expected to do the job alone,"
the statement asserted.
The statement said the gove
rnment should lose no time
in tooling up its own set of
anti-poverty programs, now
limited in scope, and should
be prepared to adopt additi
onal programs as they become
necessary.
IT HAS become "ratherfash-
ionable" to blame many econo
mic woes on the so-called
breakdown of collective bar
gaining and also to berate la
bor for lack of militancy, moral
idealism and creative imagina
tion, the statement said.
It added, "labor and manage
ment should not be immune to
constructive criticism, but
criticism ceases to be constru
ctive when it fails to take ac
count of the fact that after all
has been said and done about
the real or alleged faults of the
two parties to collective bar
gaining, the institution of col
lective bargaining alone cannot
be expected to solve all of our
national economic problems."
Ironically, these problems
mount at a time when "we
are currently enjoying a re
markably high level of econo
mic prosperity in this coun
try,
the statement noted.
"MILLIONS of able-bodied
Americans are unemployed,
through no fault of their own,
and millions more are the vic
tims of the most degrading
Received By Pope
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy
(RNS)—Associate Justice Ar
thur J. Goldberg of the U.S, Su
preme Court was received in
private audience by Pope Paul
VI at the papal summer resi
dence here. Accompanied by
Mrs. Goldberg, he spent 30
minutes in conversation with
the pontiff.
ARCHBISHOP Paul J, Hallinan greets Msgr, Martin V. Helriegel
during Liturgical Week recently held in St. Louis, Msgr, Hei-s
reigel, pastor of Holy Cross Parish, St. Louis, is a pioneer in
the liturgical movement in the U. S.