Back tax credits,Democrats urged

VOL. XIV No. 13 JUNE 9, 1972

BOSTON — (NO — The DemocraticParty "should promise to appropriate thetax funds needed to give every Americanchild an adequate education," a U.S.Catholic Conference (USCC) official told theparty's platform committee here.

That promise, said Auxiliary BishopWilliam E. McManus of Chicago, meanseducation would have a higher priority ingovernment spending "than an overkillarsenal of weapons; higher thanquestionable adventures to other planets;. . . higher than new bridges to save rush-hour crowds a few minutes a day; higher'•an all sorts of things only remotely relatedi a basic human need like education."

Bishop McManus, chairman of the USCCeducation committee, also urged increasedgovernment aid for urban schools.Democratic endorsement of tax credits forparents of nonpublic school children, andparty leadership in forming effective schoolintegration programs.

A MEMBER of President Nixon's panelon nonpublic education, the bishop testifiedhere May 31 at one of several public hearingsplanned by the Democratic platformcommittee to help it hammer out a policystatement to be adopted at the party'snational convention July 10-14 in Miami.

Other USCC officials tentativelyscheduled to testify at later platformcommittee hearings — including thosesponsored by the Republican Party before itsconvention in August — are Bishop RaymondGallagher of Lafayette, Ind., chairman of theUSCC social development committee; andAuxiliary Bishop John Dougherty of Newark,

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Rev. Mr.Collins

Rev. Mr.Lambert

Rev. Mr.O'Reilly

Will ordain 3in Ireland forSouth Florida

Three more young men will be ordainedto the priesthood for the Archdiocese ofMiami during sacred rites of ordination thismonth in their native Ireland.

Their ordinations will bring to a total ofseven the number of new priests ordainedthis year to serve in South Florida parishes.

The Sacrament of Holy Orders will beconferred on Saturday, June 10, on the Rev.Mr. Brian K. O'Reiily by Bishop ThomasMorris at St. Patrick Cathedral in Thurles.

ON SUNDAY, June 18, the Rev. Mr.Brendan Collins and the Rev. Mr. Peter

*v ambert will be ordained priests by.rchbishop Dermot Ryan at All Hallows

College, Dublin.The son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip O'Reilly

will celebrate his first Solemn Mass afterordination on Sunday, June 11, in Our Lady ofGood Counsel in Drimnagh, Dublin. He is anative of Dublin and a graduate of MurgretCollege, Limerick; and St. Patrick College,Thurles.

A native of Galway, the Rev. Mr. Collinsis the son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Collins ofGeeha, Kinvara, Galway, who attended thePeterswell School, Our Lady's College inGort, University College, Dublin and AllHallows College. He has one sister, Mrs.Julia Fordham of Keamsella, Kilcolgan,Galway.

He will offer his first Solemn Mass afterordination on Monday, June 19, in St. KieranChurch.

One of the five children of Mr. and Mrs.Thomas Lambert, the Rev. Mr. Lambert wasborn in Galway and attended KilbeacantyNational School; Our Lady's College, Gort;University College, Dublin; and All HallowsCollege.

His first Solemn Mass after ordinationwill be celebrated on June 19 in Kilbeacantyparish church.

CURRENT POPULATIONof the UNITED STATES

205 730 5An

Census Clock At Commerce Department Poses Question: Is It Slowing Down?

'Baby boom' turns into baby bust'

as population growth rate slumps(The following is the second in a series of

three articles written by Mary Kay Williams,editor of Catholic Family Leader, publishedbimonthly by the Family Lite Division of theUnited 5 tates Catholic Conference.)

(NC News Service)Latest studies on U.S. population show

that the rate of population growth is turningdramat ical ly downward. We areexperiencing not a "baby boom" but a "babybust."

Population panic has subsided, but one ofits most serious effects remains ingovernment policy.

The United States has no officialpopulation policy. Still there has been a lot ofpopulation pressure upon governmentagencies, and action within those agencies.This action is aimed to curb populationdirectly and to create a national psychologyregarding population attitudes.

EFFORTS by government agencies tocurb population has had its history in volun-tary family planning programs. Lately,however, these programs are doing morethan providing contraceptives. It is notdifficult to detect an aggressive and coercivedirection.

For the first time, a U.S. agency isfinancing sterilizations, and financing themon a large scale. This is aimed at the poor.And it's a chilling example of what manythoughtful people have warned against: theassociation of population control withwelfare benefits.

The Office of Economic Opportunity(OEO) is providing money to sterilize theAppalachian poor in Tennessee who havedecided not to have any more children.Already 80 percent of OEO CommunityAction Groups across the country are shownto favor funds for similar sterilizationprograms.

This is a major shift in policy. OEOregulations had always prohibited money forsterilizations and abortions. But in May,1971, a directive announced that sterili-zations should be permitted.

WHILE abortions are still banned byOEO, they are paid for by the Medicaidprogram which is funded by the Departmentof Health, Education and Welfare (HEW).

These are just two examples which havea certain relationship to the "unofficial"U.S. population policy. The group mostaffected is the poor.

But what about the rest of thepopulation? They're being affected as well.The means may be more subtle — thecreation of a national psychology based onthe idea that families should think small.

Some government agencies made a bigmistake when they accepted populationhysteria without a critical eye. Instead ofengaging in large-scale research, there wasthe preference to act quickly and askquestions later.

Even as unlikely an agency as the PostOffice is contributing to the nationalpsychology that fewer is better. The deviceis simple — an 8 cent postage stampdepicting a man, a woman, and two childrenwith the words "Family Planning" at thetop.

The Commission on Population and theAmerican Future made headlines when it puta price-tag on children. The commission saidit cost $80,000 for two children from birth tocollege degree.

That kind of calculation sends everyparent back to the checkbook. It's the sort ofpropaganda that hits parents where it hurts.And it was not off-set by any consideration of

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Archdiocese of Miami....AppointmentsThe Chancery announces that ArchbishopCarroll has made the following changeseffective as of June 22nd, 1972:

THE REVEREND MONSIGNORCALIXTO GARCIA — to Assistant Pastor,St. Agatha Parish, Miami.

THE REVEREND DAVID O'BYRNE -to Assistant Pastor, St. Joseph Parish,Stuart.

THE REVEREND WILLIAM DEVER— to Assistant Pastor, St. Mary MagdalenParish, Miami Beach, while retaining otherassignment.

THE REVEREND EMILIO MARTIN -to Administrator of the newly created Parishof St. Joachim in South Miami Heights.

THE R E V E R E N D DOMINICO'DWYER — to Assistant Pastor, St. JamesParish, Miami.

THE REVEREND TODD O. HEVIA -to Assistant Pastor, St. Mary Star of the SeaParish, Key West.

THE REVEREND DONALD WALK -to Director of Campus Ministry at MiamiDade Junior College, North Campus, and As-sistant Pastor, St. James Parish, Miami.

THE REVEREND NEIL DOHERTY -to Assistant Pastor, Sacred Heart Parish.Lake Worth.

THE REVEREND ARTHUR J.VENEZIA — to Assistant Pastor, Our LadyQueen*of Martyrs Parish. Fort L

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