Decency Legion Protests Nudity In Movies NEW YORK (NC)-The National Legion of Decency win continue its "policy Gf resisting every effort to em ploy nu'dity in film production." The policy and reasons sup porting it were outlined in '1 statement issued here by the Episcopal Committee for MotiolF. Pictures, Radio and Television. The statement was signed :>y Ar<:hbishop John J. Krol of Phil adelphia, committee chairman; Bishop Walter W. Curtis 3£ Bridgeport, CQIln., Bishop ~ras T. Lane of Rockford, Ill., Auxil iary Bishop John A. Donovan of Detroit, and Auxiliary Bisho!l Timothy Manning of Los An geles. committee members. The statement a<:knowledged f!hat while "some may regard this policy as rigid and perhaps arbitrary," the committee feels it is acting "in the best interest of the national community and! of the motion picture industry itself." ~Iarked Effort On May 13 the legion annOLmc ed it had classified "The Pawn broker" movie in its condemnerll (Class C) category "for the sole reason that nudity has been "'.serll In its treatment." At that time the legion stated: "'The good of the motion picture fndustry as well as of the na tional community requires tha~ a marked effort on the part o~ some producers to introduc~ nudity into film treatment be discouraged, for such treatmer:t. is ooen to the gravest of abuses." The statement by the bishops· committee says in part:' "For several years there has been definite evidence of an at tempt, till now unsuccessful, GIl the. part of some producers to Introduce nudity into major American films. "In itself nudity is not ~mmoral and has long been recognized as • legitimate subject in painting and sculpture. However, in fJbe yery different medium of the motion picture it is never an artistic necessity. The long his tory of film production proves that dramatic and artistic effect has been achieved without :re course to nudity in motion ?ic ture treatment."
Plan Summer Camp For Lay_ Apostolate DAYTON (NC)-A Summc:r eamp with a new twist-helping youngsters prepare themselves for duties as Catholic laymen will be conducted here in Ohio for some 400 high school boys from a four-state area. Two priests and 11 Brothers &f the Society of Mary. (Marian iBts) will conduct the camp at the Universtiy of Dayton. Theme of each of four training sessions in July will be "Christian Com mitment in the Community." Each session will be limited to 100 boys. The Summer camp is essen tlally a training session to make boys aware of various apostolic methods," said Brother Donald 1.008, ,S.M., of Chaminade High School here, the camp director.
Request Guatemala
End ISocial Justice ll
GUATEMALA CITY (NC) 'l'he Guatemala Constituent As sembly has been asked by a com mittee of planters, bankers and businessmen to delete the words "social justice" from the coun try's proposed constitution. The committee argued that the phrase is an "ambiguous conce,9t whicl\ can lead to misinteq)rc tation and trouble at a later
clate."
Most of Us Pay to Get Tartar off Teeth,
Bill Muldoon Is Paid for Piling· It On By Patricia Francis
Most people are glad to pay a dentist to scrape tartar off their teeth, but William B. Muldoon Jr. has learned he can make money piling it on. That's how confusing life is these days. Bill Muldoon. 15, son of Dr. and Mrs. Muldoon of 87 Ca~pbell. St~eet, ~ew Bedford, is a sophomore at Stang High School. He is also a money-makmg SCIentIst. BIll a 5 feet 7 inch, 160-pound .
member of the Stang foot ball team - entered the Greater New Bedford Sci ence Fair in the early Spring. His project: "How Is Your Saliva?" As he explains it, his experi ment revolved around finding out how teeth react to varying kinds of saliva. He added sugar and other ingredients to saliva to test effects. Then he dipped teeth - not his own-into the various con coctions. Sugar, he discovered, is the biggest. offender of all in building up layers of tartar on tooth enamel. His exhibit won a $50 savings bond froIl). the Southeastern Dis trict of the Massachusetts Dental Society. ::Bill considered it adequate Jrecumpense for the time and ef for. he had put into his experi mer:t. But more good news was to come. One of his teachers at Stang heard about the Ford Future Scientists of America ·contest. "She handed me a form," Bin says, "and I filled it out and sent it in. That was easy." Dental Award Last week, a letter arrived. telling Bill he had won a special award from the American Den tal Association in the contest. Enclosed was a check for $100. The young Stang student now is wearing a gleam in his eyes that seems to indicate he'd like to hear about any other contests in which his project might pick up "some loose change." A student in the scientific course at the North Dartmouth school, Bill hopes to attend Providence College, then go on to Georgetown Medical School. His father is a P.C. graduate and a graduate of Georgetown Dental School. His mother, the former Kathleen Leonard of Bethesda, Md., also is a George town alumna. His entry in this year's Science Fair was not Bill's first scientific endeavor. When he was an 8th grader at Holy Family, he work ed up an exhibit titled: "Better Than Aladdin's Lamp." Using a motor and fuse and other gadgets, Bill demonstrated
Seek Latin America Problem Solutions SAN JUAN (NC)-The Pop ulation Seminar sponsored by the Alliance for Progress has concluded that birth control does not offer a cure-all for the pop ulation problems of Latin Amer ica. The participants at the Puerto Rico session agreed that much of Latin America's problem is a question of distribution rather than gross numbers. The sem inar called for basic reforms in the distribution of national in come to include more just re muneration for the workers. The necessity of radical tax re forms and the role of govern ment in distributing employment opportunities in rural areas to avoid the overcrowding in urban areas were other phases dis cussed. Government programs of edu cation and public health could imorove the basic wealth of countries by increasing the sk:l!s and health of workers. the seminar concluded.
WILLIAM MULDOON-NEW BEDFORD
Winner Ford Future Scientists Award
the basic completion of an elec tric circuit. He can explain it in detail to anyone who under stands what he is talking about. Drums, Too But science and football don't take up all Bill Muldoon's time. He's been playing the drums for seven years and thinks he's "all right." At least, he hasn't been ejected from his house yet. Bill is one of three Muldoons currently attending Stang. His oldest sister, Jean Ann, 18, will graduate this year. His sis ter Kathleen, 14, is a freshman.
Still not ready for high school are his brothers Patrick, 10, a 5th. grader at Holy Family, Thomas, 2, and his baby sister, Mary,!. All but Mary and Thomas are obviously proud of their brother ·Bill's ability to attract prize money. The two youngest couldn't care less.
THE ANCHORThurs., June 17, 1965
Prelate Favors Right-to-Work Law R.eQeal WASHINGTON (NC) The director of the National Catholic Welfare Confer ence's Social Action Depart ment has endorsed the adminis tration's proposal to repeal the Taft-Hartley Act's "right to work" section. Msgr. George G. Higgins, tes tifying before the House Educa tion and Labor Committee, said so-called right to work laws are politically, socially, economically and ethically unsound. He said in his testimony, "I am speaking in the name of (the Soci~iI Action) department and not in the name of the adminis trative Board of the National Catholic Welfare Conference or in the name of the body of American bishops." Msgr. Higgins said such right to. work laws "do not provicl.e jobs for workers: they merely prevent workers from building strong and stable unions." Lure for Industry Right to work laws, barring labor-management agreements making union membership a condition of employment, are authorized by Section 14-b of the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947. Msgr. Higgins said the pressure for them "does not arise from workers seeking their 'rights.''' "Proponents of these measures are uniformly employers' organi zation and related groups," he said. "Often such laws are part of a program by underdeveloped states seeking to attract industry by the lure of a docile and low paid labor force." He rejected the augument 01' states' rights raised in support of these laws, saying there are "strong reasons why s tat e s should not regulate labor mat ters where interstate commerce is involved."
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Fall River K of C South End Council, Fall River Knights of Columbus, will spon sor World's Fair trips Saturday, Aug. 7 and Saturday, Sept. 18. Attendance at a Fenway Park twi-night double header is set Wednesday, July 21; and a past grand knights and awards ban quet will be held Sunday, July 25 at White's restaurant.
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