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ATLANTA, GEORGIA THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1968 IMPACT OF OPEN HOUSING A lawyer, a Negro woman who lives in public housing, a mortgage banker and a real estate broker discussed the impact of open housing Monday night at the Cathedral Center. “We want to have an honest dialogue,” said Paul Anthony, executive director of the Southern Regional Council, who served as moderator. “The great social issues of our times have centered on education and housing. ” The attorney, Duane Aldrich, said the recent open housing act outlaws discrimination in the sale or renting of housing on the grounds of race, color or creed or national origin after a bona fide offer has been made. “It is also unlawful to represent that property is not available,” he added. Aldrich said the law, which comes in full force Jan. 1, 1970, will cover single-family dwellings if a broker is not used.“A person complaining that he has been discriminated against may bring a civil action in district court and if necessary can be awarded attorney fees if the case is successful. The court may also award damages up to $ 1,000 in a case. The law also provides that the attorney general on his own initiative can begin proceedings in his own name.” He said the recent Supreme Court decision, based on an 1866 law, does not have the administrative remedies provided under the new law or “the elaborate enforcement proceedings” as the open-housing law. Mrs. Louise Whatley, co-chairman of the Fair Housing . Committee of the Metro Atlanta Summit Leadership Congress, told the audience that open housing will not help those in public housing. “People who make $5,000 a year or under cannot buy houses that are being built.” She said public housing should be built in all . areas of the city, in Buckhead, in Sandy Springs and not just in one section of Atlanta. “We can't wait until 1970 on something that should have been started 15 years ago,” Mrs. Whatley said. “The talk on this issue should begin in the churches. The churches have failed to tell their members that it is. an obligation to have fair housing.” She also urged that persons attending pay their maids the minimum wage, $1.65 an hour. “You should find out how many children they have, how much they pay for rent, what type of house they live in. (Continued On Page 2) A YOUNG swimmer gets a lift from a teen-age aide, Jodie Coffey, during a swimming program sponsored by Concerned Churches-Lynnwood. (See Page 7 for story). Arc hb ishop Donnellan:. Religious Need Unity. Diversity, Balance Archbishop Thomas A. Donnellan told nuns attending a workshop on renewal of community life that a good community must have unity and diversity. 4 ‘Both characteristics must exist together, and both must be held in balance,” the archbishop said in his address at St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Ind., last week. “That balance is a delicate one,” he said, “and to maintain it is one of the great problems for all communities and, particularly, for those who lead such communities. Circumstances and needs will often cause both the members and those who exercise authority to emphasize one characteristic or the other. When this happens the delicate balance is threatened, and even put in danger of being destroyed, with great harm to the community both in its existence and in its activities.” the Church, as the community of the whole People of God, must manifest unity and diversity. “The Church manifests to the world a most remarkable unity. . .at the same time, it also manifests a most remarkable diversity. It embraces all the different peoples of the earth as was shown to the apostles at Pentecost. That diversity, in fact, is the aspect of the Church’s life to which special attention has been given in our time.” The archbishop said the whole concept of community in its inner nature and as the source of the work of the apostolate is being closely examined. “Through experimentation, the Church has given to religious the responsibility of working toward renewal in a mature manner. Some are frightened by this responsibility and are unwilling to follow the mandate of the Council for renewal and adaptation. Pope Asks Blessing On Those Who Favor, Oppose Encyclical CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy (NC) - Pope Paul VI has asked the Lord to bless all those who have accepted his ban on the use of artificial birth control, as well as on those who have opposed it, in the hope that their consciences may be enlightened. Speaking to visitors at his summer home here, Pope Paul discussed his encyclical on birth control, his efforts to bring peace to the world and his forthcoming visit to Latin America. On the subject of his encyclical, Humanae Vitae, the Pope said: “You know the comments on our last encyclical, Humanae Vitae, in defense of the transcendency and dignity of love, of liberty and of the responsibility of married couples and of the integrity of the family. Very many comments are very noble and favorable, others not so. “We ask that the Lord comfort our teaching with His authority, with His serenity and with His goodness. May all those be blessed who have accepted it as may also they who have rejected it, so that tbeir conscience may be illumined and guided by doctrinal and moral, true and higher uprightness. If nothing else, they have been invited to reflect on a theme of such vital importance.” Speaking of world peace, Pope Paul said that he hopes that those nations which are seeking new approaches to peaceful settlements might find peace according to tHe expression of Pope John XXIII, that is, a peace conforming to “truth, to justice and liberty, to love, as well as to brotherhood among men and solidarity among peoples. And we hope that also our discreet and silent efforts of charity and concord may be well received by the interested countries and that they may be blessed by God.” Pope Hopes For Results On Biafra CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy (NC)-Pope Paul VI has sent the emperor of Ethiopia a personal message hopeful for “positive results” from the resumed meetings of the parties involved in the Nigeria-Biafra civil war. The English-language message was addressed to Emperor Haile Selassie 1 and. was disclosed by the Vatican on the same day (Aug. 12) on which the Pope received Bishop Godfrey Okoye of Port Harcourt, formerly the SEE EDITORIAL ON PAGE 4 main port held by the Biafrans, and John M. Garba, Nigerian ambassador to Italy, in separate private audiences at his summer home here. Ambassador Garba, after the audience, revealed to the press that the Pope had offered his personal services to both sides in an attempt to bring the Biafra war to an end. The offer had been contained in a letter dated July 15. Ambassador Garba said that the letter had been delivered to the Nigerian head of state and that he, Garba, had handed President Yakuba Cowan’s answer to the Pope during the audience. He declined tp discuss the letter’s contents. Community’s Statement Supports Fr. Foust Archbishop Donnellan said (Continued On Page 2) The Community of Christ Our Brother has supported its administrator, Father Conald Foust, who has publicly opposed the encyclical “Of Human Life,” and has urged other priests and laymen to state their opinions on the papal letter banning artificial contraception. The community approved a statement last week after Father Foust told members that the recent encyclical ignores the advance of the Church. Father Foust asked in his statement, “How can Catholics oppose the papal authority and remain loyal to the Catholic Church? The total Church has come to realize that the Spirit reveals the Church to all, that the search for truth is a dialogue between all members of the Church. . . “The hierarchical organs of the Church have a definite function, but we have come to realize that this is not a function in isolation, nor of absolute power. Paul VI did not acknowledge this awareness,” Father Foust said. The Atlanta priest said Pope (Continued On Page 2)
