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Fall River, Mass., Thursday, July 9, 1970 PRICE 10¢ Vol. 14, No. 2Sl © 1970 The Anchor $4.00 per year

Reject Population As Hunger Cause THE HAGUE (NC)-In perhaps the most heated plenary session of the Second World Food Congress here, African and Latin American speakers voiced strong opposition to proposals that the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) be actively concerned in promoting progrfJms of family planning and population control. Their objections were based mainly on social and economic, rather than religious, considerations. In an impassioned speech from the floor, Dr. Jose de Castro, Brazilian scientist and veteran FAO leader, said the food congress, "must reserve some movement for those who don't agree with the panel." ,The Brazilian, author of the

book "The Geography of Hunger," said that Latin America is underpopulated. "It is absurd and criminal to impose birth control on us,,,· he said. ,Bombs The demographic explosion is not as dangerous as the stockpiling of nuclear bombs "to destroy humanity," he said. There is "an explosion of riches," he said, and at the same time ,an intensification of the miseries of humanity because billion~ are being spent for 'bombs rather than for people. "No one has proved to date that we are r.ungry because we are overpopulated," he continued. "No one can say what is the optimum ,population for development." Turn to Page Seventeen

Senate Bill Threatens Non-Profit Groups WASHINGTON (NC) - The Senate has passed its muchdebated postal reform bill, complete with a clause that spells trouble for nonprofit mailers like diocesan newspapers and charitable groups: The clause provides for the phasing out, of lower rates for all classes of mail over a 10-year period. Religious, charitable and other nonprofit mailers have traditionally enjoyed reduced second-class and third-class mail rates because of their public service function. Sen. Gale McGee (D-Wyo.), one of the authors of the reform bill, said the phase-out proposal would "get the Congress out of the clutches of the lobbyist." If the proposed new self-supporting post office system retains ratemaking powers, McGee said in introducing the bill, "our . halls will be filled with the representatives of special interest groups who will. as they always have, attempt to convince the members of Congress that the world will come to an end if we raise the rate on their mail."

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5uOOO T@ Partici~at® ~frl1l [Nh~w E~g~cind CeD C@ngres~ William J. McDole, a Pawtucket resident and Assistant Superintendent of Schools in Seekonk, is serving as chairman

D of 'I Delegates To Attend International Convention Five members of the Daughters of Isabella from various sections of the diocese of Fall River will be among the 1200 members who will attend the organization's' biennial international convention which will be held in St. Louis July 25 through July 31. Representing the Circles- from the diocese will be: Mrs. Katherine Hesford of New Bedford, state guard and regent of Hyacinth Circle No. 71; Mrs..Antoinette Botelho of Somerset, state chancellor and regent of St. Patrick's Circle No. 335. Also, Mrs. Cecile Cummings of Fall River, regent of the Assumption Circle No. 74; Mrs. Gertrude De Costa of No. Attleboro, regent of Benedict Circle No. 61; Mrs. Harriet Martin of Taunton, regent of Cardinal Gibbons Circle No. 61. Rev. Msgr. Joseph A. Beatty, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Weymouth and state chaplain will also attend. Mrs. Anna C. Walsh, Supreme Regent, stated that delegates will represent Daughters of Isabella circles in' 26 states, 4 Canadian provinces and the Philippines. The Daughters of Isabella, incorporated in Connecticut in 1904, is an organization of over 120,000 Catholic women who unite their talents and efforts in behalf of local, national and international charitable pro-

grams and in working for the Church. It hac.; provided 70 complete graduate Scholarships for Master's Degrees in Social Service at Catholic University, Washington, D.C. Other activities include work with handicapped children through the Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation, the Confraternity Home Study Service, the Sacred Heart Hour, the National Newman Foundation-and conducts an African Studies Program at the Center for Applied Research, (CARA), Washington. Turn to Page Seventeen

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lodge Consu~ts With' Pope On Major World Problems VATICAN CITY (NC)-Henry Cabot Lodge, President Nixon's envoy to the Vatican, met privately with Pope Paul VI on July 4 to discuss and exchange views on the major "hot spots" of the world. The two also discussed the menace of the world drug traffice. It was the first time in 20 years an American especially designated by the president of the United States as a representative-although without any formal diplomatic status--came to the Vatican for such talks. Lodge went to the Vatican at 10:45 on Saturday morning,

McGee admitted, however, that in light of the lowered rates previously allowed for public service mailers, it would be "grossl'y unfair to those mailers, and genuinely adverse to the public interest to 'throw them to the wolves' in the first day of the Postal Service's operations." This would "literally mean bal)kruptcy" in many cases, he said, and accounts for the bill's providing a phase-out period of up to 10 years for public service mailers to adjust to the higher rates. The phase-out would begin within two years after the bill became law. A possible alternative to the McGee-Fong bill is the postal reform biJI passed by the House, which says that Congress can continue setting lowered rates for public service mail and provide a yearly subsidy to make up the difference. House Bm The catch for public service mailers, however, is that Congress must appropriate the funds to pay for this subsidy every year, and it has been known to

July 4, the anniversary of ,the American republic, only a day after the Portuguese ambassadol' to the Holy See left Rome because of his country's displeasure over a papal audience for three African leaders considered revolutionaries in Portuguese Africa. Lodge was accompanied by Robert Illing, who has been transferred to Rome from Yugoslavia by the U.S. state department to assist Lodge in his new assignment. The reception at the Vatican was cordial but not on the proTurn to Page Six

for the 24th annual New England Congress of Religious Education which is expected to draw more than 5,000 New Englanders to Providence College fro!ll August 21 through 23. The congress is sponsored each year by the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD) directors of the 11 New England Catholic Diocese. This year'swhich will feature more than 50 workshops, seminars, and special sessions dealing with the future of religious education-is being sponsored by the Most Reverend Russell J. McVinney, D.O., Bishop of Providence. Mr. McDple heads a ,committee of 26 CCD officials organizing this year's event. Theme of this year's congress is "The 70's Decade of Hope." It will deal with' every aspect of religious education for the parents, religion teachers, CCD heads, and parish education committee members 'Who will attend.' Mr. McDole who lives as 25 Second Street, Pawtucket, is presently co-chairman of, the education committee of St. Teresa's Parish. He is also a'member of the executive committee of the newly formed Regional School Board for Catholic Schools, Diocese of Providence. Mr. McDole was appointed to the 'Seekonk post in July, 1968. Before that he was Vice Principal of Pawtucket West 'Senior High School, Pawtucket, from 1963 through 1968. Before that he served as an English, Journalism, and Economics teacher at West. PC Instructor Mr. McDole is also serving on the faculty of the Adult Education program of Providence College. From 1950-1958 he taught at Joseph Jenks Junior High School. Mr. McDole is a member of the Knights of Columbus. He is a former member of the Pawtucket Teachers Alliance. The 1950 graduate of Providence College is married to the .former Claire A. Audette. They have seven children.

be slow at approving appropriations. If the House biJI becomes law and Congressional funds are not forthcoming, public service mailers would have to pay higher rates to compensate. ' Despite this pitfall, the House bill is said to be much less a financial threat than the Senate bill. Both bills now go to a conference committee, composed of members from each body, where differences between the two bills will be ironed out and a final product will be shaped. Several attempts were made to remove the phase-out provision from the McGee-Fong bill but were unsuccessful. Two efforts were made to substitute the entire House bill for the Senate bill. One of those motions lost by a narrow margin and one was tabled out of existence. Four church-related groups also wrote letters to every senator proposing an amendment to retain a preferred rate for second and third-class nonprofit mailers by phasing in over a 10 year period a rate equal to one-half the normal rate for each class.

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On Life NEW YORK (NC)-The Catholic bishops of New York State called on all people of good will to take part in an all-out campaign "to reverse the life-destroying trends of society which abortion and euthanasia represent." The bishops' statement was released here by Cardinal Terence Cooke. It said July I, when the state's new regressive abortion law went into effect, marks the beginning of a "tragic chapter" in the history of the state. Meanwhile Robert A. Derzon, acting hospitals commissioner here, emphasized Catholic hospitals and medical personnel will not be required to participate in abortions under the law. Derzon said as of June 26, Turn to Page Seventeen

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