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GEORGIA BULLETIN, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1968
7
Letters To The Editor
EDITOR:
I was present on April 1 for
the funeral of Archbishop Halli-
nan and heard the splendid
eulogy preached by Bishop
Bernardin. I wrote the bishop my
congratulations and asked for a
copy of the sermon, along with
about fifty of the memorial cards
of the late archbishop if such
were still available. I can well
imagine that he is almost at his
wits’ end by reason of his new
appointment, trying to run the
archdiocese, and tend to his rou
tine duties. I am wondering,
therefore, if you would have car
ried the full text of the sermon in
the BULLETIN and, if so, if you
would be good enough to send
me that particular issue. I
thought of distributing the mem
orial cards to my students who
have heard me speak of the late
archbishop on more than one
occasion.
The reason for writing you
just now is that I have been asked
by both a Boston priest and a
New York Pastor if I will not
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think seriously of putting some-
thing in print.about my departed
friend. 1 am going to try, there
fore, just as soon as I return from
the Easter holidays to get down'
to writing an article that will be
sort of a personal reminiscence.
Our first contacts were made
in March, 1955, when he was
looking for a subject for his
doctoral dissertation at Western
Reserve University, and I find by
consulting my files that our cor
respondence was more extensive
than I had imagined. In any case,
it will be a labor of love, for I can
honestly say that I felt grief at his
death second only to that of the
death of my only brother in
1953.
Msgr. John Tracy Ellis
Professor of History
University of San Francisco
EDITOR:
Please send me 10 copies of
your April 4 edition featuring the
funeral and burial accounts of
Archbishop Hallinan.
Your coverage of both his
death and funeral must have
made him beam in appreciation
as well as in recognition of his
kind of excellent journalism. You
showed a good balance between
heart and head.
Thank you-from his classmate
and townmate .
Sister M. Colette Link
Pittsburg
EDITOR:
You are to be complimented
on the two issues of The Georgia
Bulletin which followed the
death of Archbishop Hallinan. 1
am aware of the close association
you had with the Archbishop in
your position as editor of the
Archdiocesan newspaper, and
you did a splendid job of
transmitting your esteem and
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-respect in your editorials, and the
entire issues as a whole.
These issues will be kept along
With other momentos which I
value highly.
Keep up the good work!.
Louis A. Erbs
Atlanta
Ministers, Laity
Differ On Helping
‘Draft-Dodgers’
TORONTO, Ont. (RNS) -
Are Canadian Christians
justified in helping U. S.
draft-dodgers who flee across
the border to this country, the
United Church Observer asked
in a survey of its readers?
Of 2,201 laymen who
answered this question, 1,203
said “No!” Of 134 ministers
who answered it, 84 said
“Yes!”
Of 532 persons under the age
of 35, a majority - 279 --
disagreed with the majority of
those over 35 years and sided
with the ministers.
The questionnaire which
appeared in the Observer,
official publication of the
United Church of Canada, also
was published by eight U. S.
magazines, according to the
editor, the Rev. A. C. Forrest.
The Observer has been
critical of U. S. involvement in
Vietnam and the editor wanted
to know what effect the
magazine’s policies had had on
readers.
The draft-dodger question
has been a thorny one here
ever since the late Dr. J. R.
Hord, secretary of the United
Church’s Board of Evangelism
and Social Service, had his
board approve a gift of $ 1,000
to help draft-evaders settle
here.
The executive of the General
Council, highest court of the
United Church, promptly made
it clear that it was not official
denominational policy to
encourage young Americans to
break their own laws.
Films
Following are the titles of
films reviewed this week by the
National Catholic Office for
Motion Pictures.
CLASS A, Section I YOURS,
MINE AND OURS (United
Artists)
CLASS A, Section II 2001; A
SPACE ODYSSEY (MGM)
CLASS A, Section III THE
GLASS SPHINX (American
International Pictures) THE
IMPOSSIBLE YEARS (MGM)
CLASS B DANGER:
DIABOLIK! (Italian)
(Paramount)
Objection: The underlying
tone of this crime spoof, based
upon an “adult” European
comic strip, is negative and
cynical. In addition, its
treatment is marked by
suggestiveness in costuming
and situations, is marked by
suggestiveness in costuming
and situations.
IN MARYLAND
Inner-City Priests
Criticize Governor
B A t T 1 M O R E
(NC)-Maryland’s Gov. Spiro T.
Agnew is under attack from at
least 30 Catholic priests in
Baltimore’s inner .city.
The criticism was mounted
after the Republican governor
lectured a group of civil rights
leaders, accusing them of being
unwilling to repudiate “black
racists.” About half the civil
rights leaders, .most of them
Negroes, walked out on the
governor.
The 30 priests signed an open
statement that called Gov.
Agnew’s remarks “intemperate”'
and insulting.
The statement follows:
‘‘Governor Agnew’s
intemperate lecturing of the
moderate Negro leadership hurts
us deeply because it is an affront
to men and women who have
labored for many, many years to
rid Baltimore of the evil effects
of racism; because our people
have been insulted by his attack
on leaders who have been trusted.
“It goes without saying that
we condemn burning and.looting
but we demand that, if any
assignment of blame is made,
white inaction over a long period
of time must top the list.
“We commend the restraint
and the responsibility of the
military leadership and we
heartily second their decision to
place human lives above property
values.”
Priests who signed included
Father Henry J. Offer, S.S.J.,
director of the archdiocesan
urban commission and pastor of
St. Peter Claver Church, and
Father Joseph Connolly,
president of the National
Liturgical Conference and pastor
of St. Katharine of Siena Church.
On Easter, Catholic and
Protestant churches in the inner
city offered petitions for signing
by members of their
congregations. The petitions,
addressed to Gov. Agnew, stated:
“We the undersigned deplore
your obvious lack of
understanding of the urban crisis
which was demonstrated in your
statement before the black
leadership on April 11, 1968.
“We demand that you retract
your statement and begin
developing a positive,
constructive approach to the
urban crisis through united
leadership.”
In Easter remarks during Mass
at St. Peter Claver Church, Father
Philip Berrigan, S.S.J., charged
that Gov. Agnew’s remarks
suggested “racism” on the part of
the governor.
Father Offer, in a statement,
challenged 'the governor’s
comments in several areas. He
quoted the governor’s remarks
that “equal opportunity has not
always been present for
Negroes...but I say that we have
come a long way.”
Replied Father Offer: “The
governor just does not
understand. How does he know
the Negroes have come a long
way. A few have. He is trying to
teach these black leaders when he
should be asking them to teach
him. The masses of black people
have hardly moved at all.”
Father Offer also said: “1
doubt whether there are any
black racists. It is hard enough
trying to convince a black man
that he is just as good as a white
man, much less trying to
convince him that he is better.”
He responded also to Gov.
Agnew’s statement that the “fires
were kindled at the suggestion
and with the instruction of the
advocates of violence.”
Father Offer said: “Gov.
Agnew misses the most important
point of all.
“We want to put the blame
where it really belongs, Stokely
Carmichael and Rap Brown are
not the real culprits. All of these
men to whom Mr. Agnew was
speaking (at the conference with
Negro leaders) condemn ah;
preaching of violence, burning,
looting, etc.
“They know it is futile and
fatal. The real revolutionaries are
the people responsible for the
kinds of conditions in the ghetto
that breed frustration, violence,
riots, etc.
“These are the ones who
should be blamed for what
happened in Baltimore this past
week. The black leaders are not
even interested in naming names
and sitting in judgment on
individuals, but they do want to
get down to the root causes.
They want to treat the diseases,
not the symptoms. Are they to
be condemned for this kind of
thinking?”
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