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THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1966 GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 3
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In Rights Bill,
Spokesmen Urge
WASHINGTON, D.C. (RNS)—
Spokesmen representing major
religious bodies in the U.S, tes
tified before a Senate subcom
mittee that they "may be in
clined to oppose” proposed fair
housing legislation which does
not include real estate agencies
and other interests under anti-
discrimination regulations.
This brought an immediate
reply from Sen. Sam Ervin (D.-
N.C.), chairman of the Senate
Subcommittee on Constitutional
Rights, that that portion of the
Civil Rights Bill of 1966 would
be unconstitutional. He branded
it a "thought control bill..”
Dr. Benjamin Payton, prin
cipal spokesman, reiterated
much of what a team of three
interreligious representatives
had said months earlier before
a House hearing on the bill. But
since that time, there has been
fairly decisive action in the di
rection of excluding real estate
agency sales from the "com
pulsion” provisions civil rights
leaders generally want.
Rights leaders are seeking
measures which would prohibit
persons from refusing to sell
property to qualified persons on
the basis of race or religion
and certain other considera
tions.
Dr. Payton, the executive di
rector of the National Council of
Churches’ Commission on Re
ligion and Race, was joined by
Father John F. Cronin, assis
tant director of the Social Ac
tion Department of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference,
and Rabbi Richard Hirsch, rep
resenting the Commission on
Religion and Race of the Syna
gogue Council of America.
While indicating he is not too
well satisfied with present at
tempts in the bill to exempt the
private homeowner handling his
own real estate transaction
from the bias provisions, Dr.
Payton nonetheless conceded
that there is "considerable un
easiness.”
But even though the individ
ual were exempted, he said, "we
do not feel that the main pur-
pose...would be thwarted.”
Speaking of commercial re
lations in real estate, he said:
"But we do feel that all com
mercial operations, including
the sale or rental of such homes
through the services of real es
tate agents, should be free of
racial bias.”
Later, under questioning from
counsel for the subcommittee,
he indicated the groups repre
sented “may be inclined to op
pose” the bill as currently pro
posed.
He contended that by imposing
restrictions against discrimi
nation upon the agents and if
the real estate industry “is
held to the strictest accounta
bility, many of the loopholes
should be closed.”
Sen. Ervin, opposed to the
over-all bill, was particularly
critical of attempts by civil
rights forces to impose the anti-
discrimination clause against
private home owners, whom he
feels should be protected in
their right of “preference.”
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In Honduras
Jesuits Called Communists
PROGRESO, Honduras (NC)
—At a public meeting held to
discuss conflicting claims over
ownership of land, a member of
the powerful Bogran family ac
cused Father Thomas Quiery
S.J., of Milwaukee and Father
James Carney S.J., of St. Louis,
of being communists.
The two Jesuit priests are
working in the Honduran mis
sion assigned to the Missouri
prpyyigq, < Jefuijs^ t father
Quiery Is pastor of the Pro
greso parish and FatherCarney
is his assistant.
Both have represented the
(farm workers) campesinos of
the parish during a conflict that
has arisen among them and the
Bogran family. The Bograns
hold extensive areas of land,
acquired earlier this century
when one of the Bograns was
president of the republic.
* Campesinos moved onto un
cultivated land legally held by
the Bograns during the admin
istration of the Liberal party
under Dr. Villeda Morales.The
1963 revolution of the army
brought! the National party back
into-pewsri'^-TheiLBogransj ■ are,
members of the National party.
ThfeYftow r d@ifi enSf 1 tti at 1 add jud^
ged by the National Agrarian
Institute to be theirs be paid
for or the campesinos remov
ed.
The Jesuit priests attended
meetings held to arbitrate the
conflict. They supported the
claims of the campesinos*'
union—ANACH—that the down
payment demanded by the Bo
grans was too high and the land
offered for sale was undesir
able. Their position was that
the campesinos ought not to be
moved from land already cul
tivated by them.
It was during one of the ar
bitration meetings that the
Bogran side made their accusa-
tidtt.* 'T’hfey claimed' to have tfe
siipph^M”' or the Hbhdurhh arntbd
forces and the government in
making the denunciation.
The growing population of
Honduras and the migration of
campesinos from neighboring
El Savador indicate that com
petition for land will become
more intense in the coming
years.
Are Called ‘Distorted’
NEW YORK (NC)—Bill Moyers, President Johnson's press
secretary, said the President believes that religious leaders
were guilty of a "distorted” view in a recent criticism of
American military action in Vietnam.
Moyers made the statement
on the CBS radio program”
"World of Religion.” CBS cor
respondent Robert Pierpoint
asked Moyers, a Baptistminis-
ter, for President Johnson's
reaction to a World Council of
Churches conferenc condem
nation of American policy in the
war.
The statement, adopted at the
World Conference on Church
and Society in Geneva, said
there could be no justification
for the “long and continued
bombing of villages in the South
and of targets a few miles from
cities in the North.” Seventy-
three Americans attending the
Geneva conference also wrote
the President of their anguish
over "U.S...escalation of the
conflict."
"He ‘ (President Johnson)felt
that they presented a distorted
viewpoint,” Moyers said. “Why
don’t they get anguished and
critical over North Vietnamese
communist involvement... Why
don’t they get upset and anguish
ed over communist guerillas in
the South who kidnapped the in
nocent civilians of the villages
of South Vietnam and murdered
their families?
'This business of anguish
shouldn’t cut just one way, it
ought to cut both ways and in
volve all parties,” Moyers
stated.
‘The President feels strong
ly that ministers and clergy
men have an obligation to stand
as prophets and judges but their
judgments ought to fall not un
ilaterally but mutilaterally on
all the parties responsible,”
he continued.
Asked If he meant to imply
that both sides were "guilty” in
the war Moyers responded, “I
don't think that’s the appro
priate word. Both sides are in-
CALENDAR
AUGUST
4 - The First Friday Club of Atlanta monthly luncheon meeting
will be held on Thursday, Aug. 4, at noon in the Henry
Grady Hotel. The guest speaker will be Guillermo Hernan
dez of the International Department at Citizens and Southern
National Bank of Atlanta.
6 - The Serra Club of Atlanta will attend Mass and receive
communion at Sacred Heart Sunday, Aug. 7, at 8 a.m. for
First Saturday.
7 - The Sacred Heart program dealing with lonliness and how
to combat it will be broadcast Sunday, August 7, on WAGA-
TV, channel 5 at 7:30 a.m. Also the Sacred Heart Hour
will be aired over WPLO Radio, 590 me, at 7:45 a.m.
11 - The Serra Club of Atlanta will hold its regular luncheon
meeting at Dale’s Cellar Thursday, August 11, at 12:15 p.m.
Qur_Ladv_ Queen of He^v^n Curia, Legion of Mary, for the
Archdiocese of Atla*ȣftjs>will hold its monthly meeting at 4
p.m. Sunday, Augu&TOffei the. Assemifty Rootri'of Sacred'
Heart Rectory. All members are invited to attend.
18 - The Auxiliary of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home will
meet Thursday, August 18, at the Home of Mrs. Allan
Casey, president, at 11 a.m. and will announce final plans
for the Champagne Luncheon and Fashion Show by Leon
Froshin. Luncheon will be served.
25 - The Serra Club annual dinner for seminarians, assistant
pastors and clergy teachers will be held Thursday, Aug.
25, at the Cathedral Center. The affair will begin at 4:30
p.m.; dinner to be served at 7 p.m.
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volved in the use of force in
South Vietnam to redress the
balance of power and the church
has traditionally stood in oppo
sition to the use of force as an
instrument of national policy.”
"In condemning the use of
force by one side, then, it has
fallen into the trap of partiality
that I do not think the church
can tolerate in this day and
time,” Moyers stated.
Moyers said the President
has received many expressions
of support for his position from
churchmen in this country.
“Now this doesn’t mean that our
policies are any more or less
right than they were before.
But I am simply saying that not
all clergymen are against U.S.
policy in South Vietnam,”Moy
ers continued.
* ‘I think that, too often, and 1
know the President feels this
way, too, that men of the cloth
issue pronouncements from a
lofty, moral perch without thor
oughly analyzing the specific
facts in context,” Moyers said.
St. Anthony’s
Has Scheduled
Parish Council
St. Anthony’s Church will hold
a parish council in December to
implement the-decisions of Va
tican II and to follow the, trend
already established in the ar
chdiocese of increased lay par
ticipation in church affairs.
Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan
will deliver the keynote address
on the opening of the council
Dec. 11.
The council will be presided
over by Mrs. W. Jan Keller,
president of the Parish Council
of Catholic Women. Two mem-
’ ijfrs of theL refcenjf Lay.CoS-*
gress, George Werner and
Mrs. Thomas Digby, will serve
as chairmen of the voting ses-
sons and of the ad hoc committee
respectively.
Father R. Donald Kiernan,
pastor, said various parish or
ganizations have been notified to
prepare resolutions which will
be acted upon at the session.
"During the past year the
Altar Society and circles have
been studying the documents
of Vatican II, "Father Kiernan
said, "Now we feel that the time
is ripe to implement these do
cuments on the parish level.”
Topics to be discussed in
clude Mass in the homes, in
creased participation in the
Mass, liturgical schedules,
charity, care for the elderly,
youth and young adult programs,
the CCD program, finances and
a school board.
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