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Da,enport Catholic Interracial Council

May 13, 1969

SAUL DAVID ALINSKY

Recipient of the 1969 Pacem In Terris Peace and Freedom Award

"The only thing you get is what you're strong enough to get-so you had better organize ... You prove to people they can dosomething, show them how to have a way of life where they canmake their own deci ions - and then you get out. They don'tneed a father who stands over them .. .It comes down to thebasic argument of the Federalist papers. Either you believe inthe people, like James Madison and James Monroe, or you don't,like Alexander Hamilton. I do .. .I do not believe that democracycan survive, except as a formal ity, if the ordinary citizen's parti limited to voting - if he is incapable of initiative and unableto infl uence the pol itical, social, and economic structures sur-rounding him."

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"Racial discrimination can in no way be just-ified ... Thus, he who possesses certain rightshas likewise the duty to claim those rights asmarks of his dignity, while all others have theobligation to acknowledge those rights and respectthem." Pope John XXIII in Pacem in Terris.

Pope John XXIII

The Pacem In TerrisPeace and Freedom Award

By establishing the Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award, theDavenport Catholic Interracial Council intends to commemorate one of themost notable events in the modem history of Christianity - the publication ofthe encyclical PACEM IN TERRIS. Further, we intend to honor the person ofPope John XXIII, a maruwho for a brief time was truly the leader of all men ofgood will, Protestant, Catholic, Jew, and non-believer. Finally, we intend thatthis award proclaim the inseparable connection between freedom, equality,and peace in the lives of all people.

Since the creation of the award in 1964, on the first anniversary of publicationof Pacem in Terris, both Pope John and his encyclie al letter have' grown instature and meaning. The name of the good Pope has become a household wordfor all men, believers and non-believers alike. The germinal concepts of thehistoric encyclical-the dignity of the human person. liberty of conscience,theprogressive evolution of political doctrines. the realization of human society infreedom, cessation of the arms race, world government, are ever more widelyappreciated throughout the world.

More specifically, for Catholics the world over, Pope John and his encyclicalPn.cem in Terri" combine with the Second Vatican Council to provide the foun-dation of the present, on-going renewal of Christian life and practice.Chri s-tians will again be prophetic.

It only remains for us now to seize the opportunity. The dynamic human forceliberated by Pope John and these events can and hopefully will change theworld as each individual fearlessly and with a new confidence assumes, underGod, the ma tery of his/her own life. We shall overcome, and we shall be free.

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BISHOP GERALD O'KEEFEBishop of Davenport

{(We must have respect for just laws, and we do need social orderfor the common good. But, with all the concern about violence in thestreets, we must not overlook something even more serious -- thatviolence inherent in our social sys tem, a violence that is part of ourhistory, built into our social, economic, political, and even religioussystems. This systemic violence has for hundreds of years destroyedfamily life, human dignity and self respect, and has prevented theexercise of political, economic, and social rights. This violencestretches from the unjust treatment of Indians in the earliest days ofour nation through more than 250 years of the most vicious slaveryknown to recorded history, down to today's racial injustice and dis-regard for the poor."

"The Church itself must examine all its policies and postures torid itself of every last vestige of racism. We must always act on thebas is that human rights come before property rights, and that peopleare more important than things. The Church must stand with the op-pressed and disadvantaged or it is not faithful to the Gospel ofChrist."

From Bishop O'Keefe's letter to the Diocese of Davenport, February,1969. '.

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-----Prior Awards-----

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We are confronted primarily with a moral issue.It is as old as the scriptures and is as clear as theAmerican Constitution.

The heart of the question is whether all Ameri-cans are to be afforded equal rights and equalopportunities. whether we are going to treat ourfellow Americans as we want to be treated. If anAmerican. because his skin is dark. cannot eat ina restaurant open to the public. if he cannot sendhis children to the best public schools available, ifhe cannot vote for the publ ic officials who repre-sent him. if, in short, he cannot enjoy the full andfree life which all of us want. then who among uswould be content to have the color of his skinchanged and stand in his place? Who among uswould then be content with the counsels of pati-ence and de lay? ~ohn F. Kennedy

"Racism - diacr iminat.ion based on skin color -has grown strong, hard, and bitter throughout thelength and breadth of America. Racists who claimto be anti-Communists are doing the Communists'work magnificently well by showing the world ourracist abuses and thereby turning the world from usin disgust." -John Howard Griffin

"Before the victory is won somebody else mayhave to face physical death. If physical death isthe price some must pay to free their childrenfrom a permanent death of the spirit then nothingcan be more redemptive."

"Yes, we shall overcome; we are not afraid;the Lord will see us through."

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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-----Prior Awards-----

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MER IT AWARDSIt is because of men and women like you, theCatholic Interracial Council, that we are going towin the War on Poverty.

The Church, all the churches collectively, andindividually, are dropping wnat some havejokingly called its "edifice complex" and haveset about to "walk with the poor."

We're working for something else too. We'reworking for a sense of community that brings allAmericans of all races and creeds together in acommon cause, the cause of humanity, thecause of the poor and the underprivileged.

-Sargent Shriver

Donald F. Hermann, 1610 Elmwood Ave.,Bettendorf, Public Relations Director for Cat-erpillar Tractor Co., for outstanding work inthe employment, training, and upgrading of thehard core unemployed. The award also re-cognizes the Caterpillar Tractor Company's"affirmative action in equal opportunity em-ployment':

James Spencer, 2211 Ridge Drive, Davenport,for pioneer efforts to adapt curriculum to theneeds of children from disadvantaged back-grounds, and for efforts to implement federalprograms which provide special aids forchildren from low-income families.

"What we need is a Freedom Budget for All Amer-icans, a practical, step-by-step plan for wiping outpoverty in America during the next ten years."

James Eberle, 1905 W. 40th, Davenport, forhis knowledgeable and thorough reporting ofnews regarding civil rights and poverty.

Alvino Pena, 802 W. 5th St., Davenport, forhis work in athletics and physical fitnessamong youth from di s advantage d backgrounds.

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A. Philip Randolph

"Mass, fasting, and lighting candles does notfulfill your Christian obligation. You must in-volve yourself as Christ did. The peace of JesusChrist was the peace of inner-conviction. Hepreached the peace of human dignity. He nevermeant that creative tension should be removedfrom the earth. He didn't say that he came tobring peace to the earth - that's part of thewhite lie - but rather to cast a sword upon theearth. You must be revolutionaries. Christ was arevolutionary. That's why he ended upona cross."

-Fr. James Groppi

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Program

Toastmaster Dr. Henry Philmon

Invocation Rev. Robert CrumPastor, Christ Methodist Church, Davenport

GREETI GAD INTRODUCTIO OF DISTINGUISHED GETS

MERIT AWARDS-

- to Donald F. Hermann - presented by Charles W. Toney

- to James Spencer - presented by Ralph D. Beal

- to James Eberle - presented by Phyllis Gaines

- to Alvino Pena - presented by Simon Roberts

PRESE TATION OF 1969PACEM I TERRIS PEACE AND FREEDO\1 AWARD

- to Saul David Alinsky - presented by John Schneiders,President, Davenport Cathol ic Interracial Counc il

RESPONSE by Saul Al insky

WE SHALL OVERCOME

BENEDICTION Pastor Emmett L. WisemanProgressive Baptist Church, Davenport

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PACEM IN TERRISAWARD PRESENTATION

GENERAL CHAIRMAN John Schneiders

COMMITTEES

TICKET COMMITTEE Mrs. Gordon Flynn,Mrs. Charles Toney,Mrs. Cecile Cooper,

Mr. Dan Bray

AWARDS Dr. Erwin Keller

PROGRAM Rev. Marvin A. Mottet

ADVERTISING Frederick Epstein

CIC OFFICERS

PRESIDENT John Schneiders

VICE PRESiDENT Simon O. Roberts

SECRETARy Rev. Robert Crum

TREASURER Mrs. Henry Philmon

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT Mrs. Kenneth Freeman

CHAPLAIN Rev. Marvin A. Mottet

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Congratulations to

SAUL ALINSKY

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the Students of Marycrest College

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