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Q o MONDAY. JANUARY 30. 1961 J
t Relfgious Body, Enigma To iany
Faith Embraces
Over 40 M
In United Sloiss
By LOUIS CASSn.S
UPI Correpondei.i
At the start of this cmlm-v.
there wore abmil 10 iviliion
Roman Catholics in the Un.'.rU
States, They were heavily con
centrated in a few v$ cltif
of the Northeast. M'tny uf
them were immi'.irnnts. They
exerted rolivilv liule in
fluence on the hi'- 01 a p:v
rinminnntly Protest :mt nation.
Today America has more
than -10 millifMi Cithoht.
They arc widely dowsed
throughout the country. The
great majority are second or
third generation eiti::ens. On
Jan. 20, one of them w;i
inaugurated PresirlenL of the
United Stales.
Although it is now the na
tion's largest religious body,
the Catholic Church remains
an enigma to most of the 140
million Americans who arc
outside its fold. The average
non-Catholic knows little and
understands less about the
churchy in which the new
Chief Executive was re:rej.
In this and four subsociue'd
dispatches, an attempt will be
made to answer some of the
questions which noa-Cathoiic-ask
about Catholicism, and
perhaps to clear up a few
popular misconceptions.
One Misconception P-nnful
The misconcup'. inn vh;r'i
pains Catholics most is the
idea that their churuii is a
monolithic soeeity in which
everyone thinks alike and aiis
alike, and all decisions are
handed down from above.
Actually there is ereal va
riety - religious, political, so
cial, and cultural - in the
Catholic family.
There are Catholics who at
tach great importance to holy
water. candles, cruciJiNf-s, i-.1-
ligious medals, staims of IhO:
Virgin Mary and olher pin si-j
cal aids to devotion. And there !
are others who find no spir-,
ilual help in these- "sacra- '
mentals" and therefore do iml ,
use them. 1
There are Catholic? who are
ultra-conservative in no'Itics,
and those who pre in the van
guard of way - out liberal
causes. Some look upon the
United Nations as ;n insiru-j
men! of the devil; others (in
cluding the recent Pones) are
ardent internationalists. I
You can find Catholics in '
Spain, for example, who be
lieve that the eawerrMnont
should give spinal privihes
to their church and res; rict
the rights of other religion.-;.
You can find Catholics (es
pecially in America) who be
lieve strongly in church-state
separation and religious free
dom for all.
Soms Anti-Clerical
Some Cclhoiu's arii'In"
their pnesls; others a;e m,L
tanily anti-cleric;?!. Seme try
to heed ev !' coun'l ot thi
church; others db'nbey its
most explicit moral Jeaehings.
such as the ban on use of con
traceptives. Tiie Catholic ( lincii be
some ignorant and un!- 'ercd
members who embi'oid--:- Uy
teachings wirh f.
stitions oi their
has brilliant inVM
Jacques Mari;a:n, .
ney Murray ae.d
Chaidin.
In s h o r l . lb
church is what i
plies- Catholic, or a
Its catholicity is ir
to include the ,, v
ate woman who s;
at the V.'hiie Pui
millionaire H'Tv;n
who lives there.
However rnurh
may differ
they are una. o
herence to cei iitin i
practic' s
There are, tor r
few specific reli :
In California
J 31 J
(. 4
& 7 $ r5 l
in in mm hiirn us
i ar r w mm mw wm w m w w
;sn Bernardino
Sy U!,;;'l Pr?5r, In!.?rnational '
CVv Krnun'.ci G. I'rtnyn an
m '.n.'.-'Sfl Unit iie v is prepared !
in S(T.rt surplus fo-ti to San '
B e r nnrrtino r uml.v s 13. 501)
huP'.:i'v fanillio.-.
lie s :id (l'c if x;s'u:is wovilcl
be -'e'ivc?-'d. if the tounty
-upe:--.':s:r; ;'sl. toy iMeni. un-
e
iill
liu!''.'.i r! ijy I'rfitli-iU John
F. Kennedy.
Brown se' u! ' I a myelins !
in SiKT-ur,. v.-:Vi Paul'
Your.".;, riuiinn m of l''e coim-1
Iv s',n)ervi!'Or.s, and X a n c y
fituiUi. a h'lard mriiilior, to
di--rii- ihr s:a::ri"P. j
-Th.-v v:!l 'dl; phmit fi-
ri-mc-::!': '' a p..;es,na'-, for the j
'.- iv: -.! r s.ed. "aud Jie pns.;i-
!ii:ly of n fe" ?n'l mo jilnn '
In pay coft of ti'e surplus !
feud."
Tteworts Eeid True
r.rov.n laid his news enn
feronce lie had senl one of his
'a:.' n n' rri Pieha'yl Kline.
10 San n -i'-' -di-io io check
reports oi hi caused ly
heavy enj!.ij-lo;.inent. and
, whifh arc cnioino on every
praclieinc C; Uiolic. They in-
' i !n. i ') :, . i iH: nri 'i1 ATat; Oil
! Sundays, ab-liaence from!
n-eat cn ''riays. and recep
nni.s o Holy Communion at
le: st oe.re a year. Many Calh
i olies :o In yond these mini
' mum tint: byl no Catholic
: may fail s'.mr! of thorn without
Jrr.rfm frum his taith.
l.very Cai'iolic also is ro
I quirt d io ac epy as divinely
rcvwlfd trnlii. the basic doc
trinal tea'-ian 's oi the church.
; Many oi the ihir.-'s wliich the j
i Cai'-iol.c Chus.-h ( ach.cs about !
! fe'd. Cl-rif! :-itl Hie Bible are!
iy-yica or'-'eery similar to!
!'y l)i li of other Christian j
cpure'a s. Tty re are. liowever, j
sonio Catholic beliefs - for
exaaiplo alviul the Virgin .
si:;"", r.'-y: irn iliiniiity and
he ;? - .v'.ich differ sharp-,
ty fr-a-i '-e u-liefs of Tro:, s-
t-r.t C ..!!!. Seipe i f the ;
ciri!iu-i:ivc Cat 'olic docirinesl
will i o diru.-rl later in this
Next -
t'spal infallibily.
Kline found the reports to be
true.
"If help is not received at
once, malnutrition will be a
factor." Brown quoted Kline
as sayinR.
He also said Kline learned
from San Bernardino officials
that county's residents were
"on the edse" of wholesale
evictions for failure to pay
mortgages ana reins, uiui one
title company s evictions have
doubled and that payment de
linciuencies are up 50 per
cent.
Turned Away
Kline told newsmen that 9
out of 10 persons who applied
for aid to Community Chest
agencies in Fontana and Col
ton were being turned away.
"People there are hungry."
he said. "They are not dying
in the streets but they are
going without food."
Irving H. Perluss, slate di
rector of employment, report
ed that unemployment
throughout the state averaged
8 per cent in the first three
weeks of January, 2 per cent
above the level considered
serious. In San Bernardino
county, employment was re
ported running at 10.5 per
cent.
Elsewhere, there were these
developments:
Budget: Cov. Edmund G.
Brown proposed a hold-the-line
state budget of S2.6 bil
lion with the lion's share go
ing to finance the mounting
costs of public education. The
spending program for the year
starting July 1, he said, is
"honestly but narrowly bal
anced." It is up only 4.5 per cent
over current expenditures, the
smallest percentage increase
since 10-Ki. The governor ad
mitted he was relying heavily
on an end to the recession and
an upturn in business in the
latter part of 1961 to preserve
the shaky budget balance.
In order to maintain a gen
eral fund surplus of $468,000
at the end of the fiscal year
on June 30, 1962, Brown
dropped his pay-as-you-go"
philosophy and ordered the
issuance of $100 million in
bonds to finance building
needs for the university and
state colleges.
Halaby: Najeeb E. Halaby
of Santa Monica, selected by
President Kennedy to serve as
chief of the Federal Aviation
Agency, said he would review
the status of the Eleclra air
liner. Halabv said that "to re
assure the public and myself,
I'm going to fly the plane my
self." He was a test pilot for
Lockheed from 1942 to 1943.
Grandmother: A 69-year-old
grandmother was found guilty
in San Francisco of conspir
ing to murder her former son-in-law
in a plot she insisted
was pure fiction. Mrs. Hen
rietta Sidelinger had been
accused of asking Bruce Ben
ner, 20, a student at San Fran
cisco State college, to kill Al
fred B. Britton Jr., a San Jose
attorney.
Powell: Eleanor Powell,
dancing star of many movie
musicals of the 1930s, an
nounced a comeback and ran
through her new night club
routine dressed in a blue leo
tard, black stockings, tap
shoes and a familiar top hat.
Miss Powell, recently di
vorced from film star Glenn
Ford, told a news conference
in Hollywood she would open
a month-long engagement at a
Las Vegas, Nev., night club
starting Feb. 28.
Squaw Valley: John E,
Carr, state director of finani:,
said he probably will ask the
legislature for about $190,000
to pay off final bills of the
1960 Winter Olympic a t
Squaw Valley. A financial re
port said that despite the fact
California poured $12 million
into the Olympic Games and
the federal government added
$3 million more, $188,128 still
was needed to pay off final
debts.
Mont Tremblant, the high
est peak in the Laurentians
100 miles north of Montreal,
reaches 3,150 feel.
(II VANCOUVER
III k PORTLAND dT-"
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MEDFORD
Increased Use of Concrete Is Noted In Highway Work
Contracts for paving Ore
gon's interstate highway sfl,
torn call for an increase in
the use of Portland cement
concrete during 1961. accord
ing to Richard G. Montgom
ery, public relations counsel
for the Cement Industry of
Oregon.
Concrete is being used on
30 per cent of the total lane
miles under contract at the
present t i m e, Montgomery
pointed out. This represents a
significant increase, he ex
plained, since only 15 per
cent of the completed inter
slate highway is paved with
concrete.
Total concrete highway
completed or contracted on
Oregon's interstate system
now amounts lo 204 lane
miles. "This is progress for
an Oregon industry," he com
mented, "considering thai vir
tually no concrete highways
were constructed in the state
during the 15 years previous
to 1958."
Three Oregon Firms
The cement industry Is
made up of the three cement-
producing companies doing
business in the state-Ideal
Cement company, Oregon
Portland Cement company,
and Permanenle Cement company.
All of the new concrete
work has been confined to
portions of the Pacific High
way, now officially desig
nated as Interstate Highway
5, from north of Albany lo
south of Medford, with the
exception of the Portland ex
tension of the Baldock free
way, Montgomery reported.
Portions contracted in I960
include 27 lane miles from
Seven Oaks to Jackson Street
in Medford, 36 lane miles
from Grants Pass to Evans
Creek, nine lane miles from
Rice Hill to North Oakland
Junction, 25 lane miles from
the McKenzie river to the
Willamette river, and 21 lana
miles on the Portland freeway.
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Washington - IUPI1 - Repub
lican National Chairman
Thruston B. Morton Saturday
announced the appointment of
Ray Bliss, Ohio state Republi
can chairman, to head a com
mittee which will survey
methods for increasing the
parly's vote In metropolitan
areas.
CONSULTATIONS SET
Vientiane, Laos -llll'll- U.S.
Ambassador Wlntlirop G. I
Brown Saturday flew home
for "a short visit" and con
sultations with the Kennedy
administration in the midst of
a successful government drive
against Communist-led rebels.
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