The Readers Write
To the Editor: 1
There is an old saying of which |
I’m sure everyone has heard, and,
it goes like this. “Those convinc
ed against their will, hold the same
opinion still.” In answering the
letter which Steve Roberts wrote,
J am reminded of the quotation,
and feel that this attempt to rec
tify Mr. Roberts’s unqualified re
marks about the Catholic Faith
will go unnoticed. At least in all
events, the attempt has been made.
Most people who are so vocal
about the beliefs and practices of
the Catholic Faith are those whp
have never been inside one, who
have never read a book by a Cath
olic on the Fait^, and who, it
seems, are so ready to believe any
thing written, read or said against
it. This is indeed a tragedy, for
even in our courts, thank the dear
Lord, the two sides are heard!
History points out quite clearly
the abuses which crept into the
Church, not in doctrine, but in
management, when the kings would
have no separation of Church and
State. This is evident and why
Catholics are said to want a union j
of Church and State is beyond rea
son.
I really don’t know much about
his other assertion that some souls j
get to Heaven with the aid of mon-1
ey. I’ve been a Catholic since |
birth and believe as the Church
teaches. Heaven is gained Dy :
those who love God with their;
whole strength, and love their,
neighbors as they love themselves, j
Money was never mentioned.
Senator Kennedy's first allegi j
ance, as all of ours should be. Is;
to the God Who created us. The
Pope, as Catholics believe, is the
voice of God on eartii, just as the
Justices of the Supreme Court are
the living voice of the Constitution.
Most of us are not theologians and
some pretty tricky things come up
which we are not able to discern
as being wrongs, or discerning,
chose not to follow the good and
true. The Pope's job as any fa
ther as head of a family, is to
show his children the course that
God would want. If the Bishops,
priests, rabbis or ministers refused
to help their charges in sighting
the true course, of what value are
they in the eyes of God, or the peo
ple who look to them as spiritual
guides. But for this, Mr. Roberts j
condemns them!
As for Senator Kennedy’s refus-1
al to speak at the dedication of |
the memorial—this he explained.;
tt seems foolish to go back over
such a trivial thing. But at any
rate, his reason was sound. He
was asked to speak as a Catholic
for the whole Church. Senator
Kennedy’s life is politics, not re
ligion. To ask a layman to do
that job was not proper. It seems
that those who adhere to the sep
aration of Church and State dis
approve of those who practice it!
Catholics, as well as others, will
to their children the best they have
of the material blessings that our
Lord has seen fit to bless us. Why
is it that we are condemned for
willing the best we have to offer
of our spiritual gifts? For if we
did not believe it was worth giving
to our children, we would be fool
ish to live by this Faith in the
first place.
I have never heard taught as doc
trine or anything else, the other
points that Mr. Roberts has men
tioned, and I doubt that he has
either. It is a truth that I could
go out and malign any one with
the greatest untruths. I would be
believed. Perhaps I might have
to retract what I have said, but
the seed of the lie remains. It is
this seed with which Catholics are
constantly bombarded.
All I can ask is, before you be
lieve or pass on information which
may be untrue, with God, Who is
always present as yom" witness,
make sure of what you havp to
say, Ask someone who knows his
subject; not one who hates it.
Our Lord was very severe in Hia
lessons on scandal, and it behooves
each of us to be careful, for the
millstone may end up around our
nepk.
The subject of this letter is to
defend the Catholic Faith against
those who calumniate it. I will
serve to the best of my ability
whoever gets the awesome job of
President of the United States.
Thank you very much.
Mrs. T. C- Hyman Jr.
MAKES REPLY
Nov. 3, 1960
To the Editor,
Please print the enclosed pam
phlet in reply to Mr. Steve Roberts
and if Mr. Roberts or anyone else
would like further proof, let him
find plenty of it in any encyclopedia
under “Catholic Church" or “His
tory of the Bible." It is good read
ing and while there one might like
to read an unbiased account of his
own religion.
There are so many ways of learn
ing today! Ignorance is no ex
cuse. It never was for slander!
Please send my pamphlet back
because I need it every now and
then for people like Mr. Roberts
but thank God, they are getting
further apart. (Stamped envelope
enclosed)
I hope The News-Times won t
think I’m doing this for political
reasons. HAW.
We Catholics have been through
what 1 hope and pray you Protes
tants never have to since Jack
Kennedy was nominated. I wish
I had many votes to cast for him
because he is honest, sincere and
a true statesman, not because he
is a Catholic. I could not vote for
Richard Nixon if he was the presi
dent of the Knights of Columbus,
(a well known Catholic men's or
ganization in case some people
don’t understand).
Jerry Femia
(P. S. Seems to me everyone
should know a son should not be
blamed for what his father does.
! Let’s hope Cap’n Henry would not
! want his children blamed “if” he
was one of the people who keeps
Joe Kennedy in “big” business.
(The pamphlet Mrs. Femia pro
poses for publication is too lengthy
to appear here in its entirety. We
I publish, instead, one page of it
which she indicated as preference
for publication, if space were limit
ed. The excerpt is from Catholic
Evidence Leaflet No. 1, The As
sisians, 7627 N. Rodgers Ave., Chi
cago 26, 111.—The Editor).
“Catholics Do Not Believe:
That the Pope has temporal power
in the United States.
That the Pope is God and can do
no wrong- v
That the Pope can claim universal
- - J^litJcaLitllCgiance.
’MW tin "Pape can nullify laws,
oaths, or contracts.
That Protestant husbands and
wives are living in sin.
That marriages of Protestants are
invalid.
That the children of Protestants
are illegitirnate.
That the contracts with Protestants
may be broken.
That Protestants may be hated or
persecuted.
That Protestants will all be
damned.
That public schools are an unmiti
gated evil.
That they ought to be abolished or
destroyed.
That education ought not to be uni
versal and free.
That they can buy forgiveness of
sin.
That they can purchase freedom
from Purgatory.
That they can get indulgence to
commit sin.
^ At Sea After Naval Battle
One of the memorable scenes in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s Academy
Award-winning “Ren-Hur” is that in which Charlton Heston, as Ben
Ilur, saves the life of the naval commander, Quintus Arrius (Jack
Hawkins), by maneuvering him to a raft when he is hurled into the
sea. “Ben-Hur” opens Nov. 17 in Morehead City.
Law Goes After
Food Pirates
Tehran, Iran (AP)—Tehran’s po
lice, with no sympathy for gour
mets, are cracking down on a
'ir,i<|ue racket—a black market in
caviar.
The fishy delicacy is a govern
ment monopoly, and a non-author
ized or cut rate caviar peddler can
get up to two years in prison under
a new law.
Iran is almost the world’s only
source of the genuine stuff. Rus
sia’s famed caviar usually isn’t
Russian; they buy it from Iran.
Caviar comes from fish eggs,
and the eggs come from the stur
geon—a big brown fish caught al
most exclusively in the southern
reaches of the Caspian, the half
owned by Iran.
The Soviet Union owns only the
northern Caspian, where sturgeon
for some reason don’t get hooked.
Caviar is by no means' a staple
food in Iran, but a pound of the
finest black imperial grade costs,
about 12 dollars a pound here. In
That sin can be forgiven without
repentance.
That images may be adored.
That anybody or thing may be
adored but the One True God.
That the Blessed Virgin Mary is
equal to God.
That the Blessed Virgin may be
adored.
That it is wrong to read the Bible!
That the end justifies the means.
These are some of the many
FALSE charges that are made
against the CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Thousands of well meaning Chris
tians believe them. ARE VOU
ONE OF THEM? Why not investi
gate and know the TRUTH about
Catholics?”
(In publishing the above we re
lented on an announcement to pub
lish only one letter in reply to Mr.
Roberts’. We have published the
three letters received up until noon
Saturday, 24 hours beyond our edi
torial page deadline. We will not
back down on our announcement
that no more letters on the re
ligious issue will be printed after
today.—The Editor).
a New York nightclub it can come
to 10 dollars a spoonful.
Smugglers or black marketeers
buy direct from Iranian fishermen
pack the caviar in used govern
ment tins which are sealed onl>
with tape, and sell it for about half
the government price.
Only four government shops han
dle caviar in Tehran, and the cav
iar pirates operate from fish stores
or by door-tO-door peddling.
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Army Pvt. Calvin C. Hewitt, for
merly of Morehead City, recently
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training which included five para
chute jumps. The 20-year-old sol
dier was last stationed at Fort Ben
ning, Ga
Hewitt, son of Mrs. Maude Hew
itt, Onslow county, was employed
by Berea Rice, Morehead City, be
fore entering the Army.
Fort Knox, Ky. — Sfc. Earl D.
Murphy of Marshallberg was re
cently presented with a letter of
achievement from Col. William R.
Tuck, commander of the 2d Train
ing Regiment, United States Army
Training center, Armor.
Colonel Tuck presented the let
ter on behalf of Maj. Gen. Ralph J.
Butchers, commanding general of
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Center, Armor. The letter read
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sion of the company.'’
Sergeant Murphy, holder of the
Comlfal Infantiytnan Badge and
the Bronze Stai*, is assigned to
“Bravo” Company, 5th BatUMon,
2d Training Regiment. Sergeant
Murphy entered the service in
October of 1950 and saw combat
with the 7th Infantry Division in
Korea.
He was the recent recipient of a
letter of commendation from his
Battalion Commander, Maj. Dan
W» Williams, which makes the sec
ond commendation the sergeant
has received in less than a month.
Sergeant Murphy is married and
lives with his wife, Evelyn, at Rose
Terrace, Fort Knox, Ky.
Sap Diego, Calif.—Edgar E. Pow
ers, son of Mrs. Mary Blain of
Newport, graduated from recruit
training Sept. 30 at the Naval
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Training Center, San Diego, Calif.
The graduation exercises, mark
ing fte end of nine weeks of boot
camp, included a full dress parade
and review before military offi
cials and civilian dignitaries.
Selfridge AFB, Mich. — Kenneth
E. Swain, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Swain, 213 Marsh St., Beaufort,
was promoted to airman second
class last week. Swain is current
ly assigned to the Strategic Air
Command’s 4045th Air Refueling
Wing at Selfridge AFB, Mich.
The newly promoted airman is
assigned to the A&E squadron, of
the new SAC tanker unit. In his
job, Swain repairs and maintains
radio equipment belonging to air
craft of his wing.
Before entering the Air Force in
1958, Swain was graduated from
Beaufort high school.
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