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SUlVIMER -1974 . . . ~ ~ - . . .

. - . . _PEACE· EQUCATION----

_ _-The Cath~l~c Pea~e-Fellowship exfsts ·primarily to initiate - :- i

·- ::educational and actio~ .. pr()grams in the context of Christian · , _ nonvio!ence~- There has be-eri much written on ·peace educa- ~ - . i _tion in-the l~stseveral years, butwe_ feelihat·a·great.dear_of ·! 'this falls short" ofan e~ploration of and involvement in the '' :_.'{ world today, and especially_ofpersonal nonviolence and al- _- - r

. . tern ate -life-styles. -. - · · . - - ·. ~

.. ::~ .. - People ·must begii1to deal with the violc:~nceand causes_.. -~ >of.war in-'iheir cnvn daily lives. The subtie-violerice~·of a stan- - -'

.. . . ... dard·ofliving tli:it consUmes f3f more than the wOrld c:in iuo' ·• :· .l · -- ~- '---~ videifeven the majority ofii~ Citizens were to share such ·a_ - : _._) .:.:_~~--::-:~}lifestyle.- _;An(thenotso subtleviolence ofracismand'the in- ! ·:.c_--:; :-<:justi-ces dorie~_to.the-poor~_and- the blatant disregard_ of hum an -~- :t·~·-;;y~:~_yalues_pre_vruimt -in inilihui_sm_: _ As_-we:exariD:ne<this,:men ·an-d---__ _ :':>:_:::-p:··-woineQ:can;liegin.-to_wmkjpgether to·change'-some.·o(the · ·._-:

-=·-.:-··--·-..-;;'"--'·_~\- ·_ -. ~--struCtu~e~,tli.at foster fnjusti~e_. We mus~·realize the ·expr~ssed --_ .]

, -~~~ll.)¥lt;;:~· : • "':d;~t~·~~~~~~~~:.~rs;~;!s~:.f!t~ci~·~~~:;~t.~ !~h~~f~nd · · , J -·-·------=--·----'· : .:- ~-·-·--:,speCific kinds.of Ie~uriiriK~-t~ng·.pl~ce iri··~em~--=~Aitiioughwe. .. -.]

':f,::;';;.~• •• a~E:i:~foi - _- -- -. are presenting· a:packet _O(printed ,-ffi~teri_alS, jt is' in()re 't_han .· · _ __,, .- .'a list of resources to be ·used .by ·a teaclie-r.'iri~a :classroom~· ·we -- 1

. - --have -ch-osen the-SHALOM.~ClntRIC-ULuM as on·e of: our-main ->l -::.·: resou-rces, J~r -w~ feel -:that it also.expresses)10\V weJ~el- about : -·J -:·;~--the' educationill ·experience~- --- - ' - . <- _·-:_:_·. -.: ~ :' . '- :~r -__ - -. - . Shalom is\vhole community-, liberation and .jt.isti_c·e,-har:- - ·-:. >:·fo.

__ ·.- _ _ _ _. .. . _ _ _ -mony.and peace, fullness of-life.::In· a sense. if is ·a:vision;~t_he- · ·.·,~:-:} -~-- -.~eligiotis:New~ Se_IVic~P~oto_~ :~. -:"' reign-:of'God. ··In )esus, 'the Shalom of God.·is.present among·.--- _:j

- · - ·>_- .~us.asa--gift,-for.which:we·are·called to·fespondandacL.· I_~--- ·-" '• - ·:.·:·HbLY-'~Y~A~ ~:fOR~ PR-ISONE-RS-- -:-_- .. ·. -'- ·.this:case,·the'wordcurriculum refers tothe:co_urse:-to be.run{- _:_ .-:1

.- -.- ,•- -: .- :.. . . . ·,.--;: -_.b-y Toni-Co'rn·en_ ~h('route·of the journey, orJhe:direct_ion'ofour travels; ;It im~: ' _;,:q . -As D~v-~·· McR~y~olds-.p~t- it_ sq ~~bcin~tly·, the Pope has -: ---:-_- _p!ie~· nu~erous and ~iv~rse plaim~~ -:~!forts· t~rough~ut -the to:-. ___ ;-_ ~

~-kicked. a hqle 'tnrougll a brick \Vall .. The movement for am.:_ .. -.. ~:~alJ~.f~ ~f a._co~~~m~rtl}~t_a!~ co_~SI~ten~.w~_th t_he g~al __ of.. .. -···~ ,. riesty -fofVietnam War resisters has·:_stalled; temp·orarily_:_vie:--~ , 0+.-:'_s,h~o~~: .. _ J ··- --_:_::~ - ~:-::·.:._:_._. __ ·_: __ :; ·~;~· _ _::: . .-;_ <~ . -._:· _-:·,: , --. :: _' :· : _ _ .-_. -.r. _ho'pe;- bu(-inost :definiteiy.~m:the.~wak~of.Watergate_ and~.t!ie ~~----- ::_ .. :- c:~.T~~~-C~~-~?_li~~P,~a¢_~ ~e~<?.\Vs~ip_,pa~ket,tori_!a.ins_,articles_ orr \~ J.

- ·:nationa_I.'monom~u1i_~}ocus¢d upo'ri it. ·~The •pull·'recently'_i~~- _::--~_:;Pe~~~;-J;UStice_;·n~nyio!~~~~--(l~d:hf~~s~le. Th~r_e.are_~u~gest!()~S ... --_ ~. --: sued by the -Pope -t()_ ._ar:_J.no~nce · th~ Holy Yea·r _of) ~7 5 \V~s __ -: ::. ~~r the pra~tiCal app~catmn 9f nonv1o~ence. -There IS ~n ~ctmn. <- -:<-­

.: · .. : .le~s.than ari eageily.··a\VaiJe~~:_docum·enL·:_Pope _Paul's ·press _ <_:: :_: ;: .:··secti_o_J1: -which_ cons~sts }>(.br9_chures exp\aiJling-~xist~g: P,r{)grams .. _ .~ ~ J . .~ -:ljas been:very.bad:slnce·'~Humanae Vitae''.and:·--all the c''best"~ -.,. -~- givi_ng._ir)Q!.viduals __ andgrqups sugg~stions_6r:_l. \Vays·t<>:respond:-.::_ ·. ····: -~

.-. -:-~'best'~ __ pe()ple.1Jad~flioufl;:~d-11im •as -~ rrnitt~r-:c)fpdde· . .-~Tlie .-_ ·:-_-->:t~-.the needs_:of our su((erifl.t(l?rothers-~nd _sister~.. .. .. -·.: _ .. ·:-·::>: :r .. ·s.urp~i~e-~ thatro~ked -:-th_e _peace- tnovement: lumi-;\ya~;'that. the.'c-· -- -:-~ -~::. •. SJ(;;Ns OF .S_~IpMJ5y Edw~r~ PO\yer~;- av~ab_le _ a_long ',-:. -- . < ->· ~ . ·sol~·:pol~tical aijn~:of-the Holy:Ye-ar,', as:a-nnounced•--itl_the:.-:~ :_:-.;>:,-~;:.wi~-·th·e. p~ckeJ,' isJ}j(.basi~:gui~_eb<?o~ to_ impl~~e!l~_ingthe·. -- -.- __

papal: bull;~is ~mne~ty :fo-r.p~_litiC-ai ·prisoners ·ar:ouml til~: • > :~::: .- ': ·-.:·'[~h~o·~ -·~urricuhu1~.-.- It~:c(?nt~lis insights: aii4.: pr~ctical. sugges·-.::: ·. ·;o _:-:: -: ·~ w~rld. · :T~i_e--:y~_t~ca_n~sources_Iet·ii·h~~known--tha-(the.Pop~: .. ·_:: _ .. :_:~: ti~ris· ylhich ·sp.ould." ~e e~ami_~~d.-by .. tllose i_nvolved 41-p~a~e·~d~- , w~s-·a~pe~~g:primaf.ily:torthe-~'Catholic counti-ies"lil~e >---.:~c:_~·-:·:·.:}···::ECONOMICS AND:THE·.GOSPEL:by-Rich~rd·)'aylor,'~- pri:­

-·• Sp~in, .--~orJu~hl;: ~~a~il and ,Chiie,. bufthe-Jm pad ought' cei~-- ·:-··]·:·_mer-: on.-stialorrl: as ·econcnnic-:-}ustice/is-hlso ava~able: \vi th. the: __ .. :;_t~ly ·t~l}'_y>_.eX.t~n~ iri~ch·:farth_e.-i:Jhan·:that;':a~-~ Jacili-::·;._~t-:~·.packet>·· .'. :_ :· :~·::·. _-:·:/~:.'_"·:~:~· t·- · ;:: -:·· _ -.~ .· .· ·~-- .... -., :- · .-~ ·-·: ;- -_.-- -.. ·

.. _: :ta~e .. t~?- <:>.f: 01:1~ fl}:9~f.i~por~3:ntj~o(l}s )Yi~in Jhe ~PI? and:·_·-.:-·---~:.:·:.·: ·oBy: th~-:fall-we hope·:· to· have :m~re_resour.ces-~in -~e _packe~,i~--· : ·: :_- -: .- fOR; ~n_es_ty, f~! ~.\Y_a(resisters an_d · reiC.ase_ of:the p~litical.'.: ·· _ ~ ;_. ::.:: chidiflg .: curriculum gll.ides.·~:-,We: do· not· presume _tluit ·our- ·resourc~s . . __ :prisoner~·?f-9~(~eW:iegffil:e~-::.-:~::~ ."·:.:·-~x::·:~_._-::,:-- · :_ ---.~-.-/:::,·_~- :. --~-: _' j1recompl~~e;-b-ut."th~s ·is-a--~eg1~-~~g._- Wehop~)o- pres.ent:peace;:: ·,

'.~:~:- 'f.h<?se ?f. 11~~().!~ enough t?:remember iheJ~i'st-Hgly:Ye~r--:. :. ·:-- ~ducatlon as an expenence;·a·-.chance to explor~ one's owri life, as_ were'.'prepared·t~_g~eefthi~ next q~e·wjth:a tolera~th<?~h!Jm_. '.· _· ;-weuas so~ie_ty .. · -· .. ~··- :: - ·-:·._.-_ _. ·_ · .. ~- _: · .. _ ' . . -. -_ im9 _fl._o t~~~g _ J)l~.i~.:: ~YisJ~s tO.: design~ ted' c~-tl}eor:alsJo :·a ~-t~lifn ~·· --~-:·:\ -: ~>( ·:The suggeste_d price"_ of the- packet: with· -the books-is $5. Single· , -

"- mor~ ple~a.ry i~d':llg~·!l.ce_s~-to_ties q~oties, _fo~· the P9_<?r souls, :~.: .- ·.copies _cif SIG~s· are $2.95;-ECONOMICS ·are:. $2.25,- arid t~e p·ack · television ~pectaculars of~ope Paul'irffull regalia J>r~akil).g·o:- --_ :.' __ -~t_alo'ne)s $2. -·Please· send money·along· with~your orders, inclu-

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·THE NEW -ENGLAND -C.P.F~ CONFERENCE ' - . . . -. . ' . . . } -

by 'Joanne Sheehan and ~ck Gaumer The fourth annual New England C~tholic Peace Fellowship ·-:On March fourth we-loaded up our Toyota with all the lit~. Conference was held March 23rd at Mt. Marie, the Mother-

erature it would hold and started·outori a·9weektourfor CPF.- · ·house of the Sisters of St. Joseph, in Holyoke, Mass. It pro~ We had origirially hoped to do the: rout last fall and go cross.; · vided the.opportunity:for 300 folks to get togethejr for a .day .. country, butphins had to be changed. We postponed the trip :of talks and workshops on various peace_ related issues and to in order to have rriore tune to c(?mpile a: ''peace education" discuss the future directions 'they would. like to take', . packet~ Then we decided:to.concentrate ourtravels' between · The ·major address was given by Bishop T~oinasGuinbleton western Pennsylvania and Kansas City so that we could spend . _of Detroit .. He spoke about thtfnature of the Catholic "peace .

- moretirne in several ofthe citieswe visited~:_.we planned to.- . movement" and the directionjt should take in 'the_ coming make thiS more than·a speatdng-tour. ·We wanted to visit and . ·. years.- Warning-that a concern for peace must include a com-listen and learn·aswell: . - . . . . - · - _ mittment.to:work forjustice and equitable _econorilic systems;" ·- In nine weeks we Lraveiedover 6,000 iniles to23 cities, and . h~ noted several prune are~s of ~oncern. In addition to work-.-·

· probably spoke to ·oyer 1 ,ooo people.-.· So ~fwe. do~~t mention. . -•. _ ing. to ·stop the con tinning \Var in Indochina-by withdrawal. of .... you in. this article and we visited-with you,. ple~se- d<?n't be of-. u.s~ rrioriey and war materials,-he s~w the enidic"~ion ofpov-.-- .

. fended~ Our itinerary include~ speaking at Newman Centers, · erty both 'in Amezica ~din tlie underdevelor:~d ~cuntrles as . · -collegedasses, Catholichighs<::hool classes·andat peace ·and amajorgoal. _ . - _-- . · .. ·_ .. :. _ · .. . _ .·.· .. _-

-... justice:cente~s, as well-as to groups of people·c~e~ together He criticized the widening gap bet\:Yeeri the poor and.the . : :·.·because_ of~ur_visit.: We· also met with several individuals in~ wealthy ifl the U.S.- as well as.oth~rnatioris. -"We_are·:- .. ·_

- . volveci in peace education and_social action programs. in a critical situatio-n in a world Jhat is failing to look at the _ · ·. ::Many ·of the ·people we talked with, particularly in high.-·.. . . distribution .of. wealth~. ":he stated.--. If development of na- _ ~ · .j

schools and colleges,- had no knowledge of the ·catholic Peace_-· tions doesn't come about in a peaceful, progressive· way, he . . ~ Fellowship_ of the Catholic Worker~ We spoke to them about . . . fears ''there. wlllb~ ari irrational use of force as nations hoard . :~

- the Workerandthe irnportanceofthe works ofmercy and the- for them~elves~" Justice demands that_the exploitation of ·. -:~_: -: works ofpeace'. ·We explained what theCPFhas beenov~r ~e. .··thepoorbythe_rich Aation~ m4'st St()p'ifpeace.is ~ver to pie-. ~

·past 10 years and what _our.present con,cerris ·are.- We constantly vail and a great tragic struggle averted. . . . .. - _ . · . . . . .. . : l · : •JJ.ad to remipd ·people that the Viet~ am V{ar is not over, ·a fact · Bisho.p Gumbleton alsO emp~asized the· injustice·. of. the .. · ... ·11 •. ~.~

,'sadly misunderstood-by many: . ' . . . . . . : grossly unequal food~istribution that exists iri the world·--. '51 . · .. Tp_most of the high school students we. spoke with, the .War·. -. today, partic'!llariy severe in the ·case of central Africa where. -~~ :is>andenthistocy'~ They understand little aboutit;_and les,s a~ a long· term drought has caused a famine that threatens-millions. :f

1 -·bout the resistance~toit._ Yef:many~are open~ They w~rifto_ . 'lions. . _ . . .. . . :; .-¥nowwhafthey:cari:do.tq mal_{e peac~ni<Jre ofa_·rea:Ii~y.~ We · :·• .The role.ofC.P~F.-,:he be_lieyes,is toac_hievethese g6als· ·. ~,~

.· fouhdco11ege students·· less op~ri. They-have. deci~~d· on a ca-: . ·· . t~ough·a _dedication 'to nonviolence, a· prof~undly ·ch~isdall: . . -.: .'. reer, they are not.threatened :by- the draft; and ~ant t(fforge_t_ . . ·_ vocation. ·.T)lis nonViolence_ should be' based on ·a deeply for-. ~

about the _war.:·The)"donot warit.i~-~-e distur~ed~y·pe_ople :-_ -gi~g·and reco~cilillgspilitand:a_n.i~tens~·persona,I regard:-~: ·. who·taik ofillternatives;• Ofcourse we· do not mean all college . for individuals. "I would·have to say thatsometimes I do . · -students, but ifdid:se.em_t() be'the.prevailing fe'elmg:_: .. -.. - .. - notf'uid that among Cat~olics,"~l3ishop Gumb~etqri re~arked. · \

. dther:collegestudeiits feel ilienated, but are notjoine_d.t()... "I don't think that vie'Catholicshave· ever loved the way . . .! . · gether wlth.those w~~ Jeel as they do .. Few_ of the • .f8colleges ._... . Jesus taught _us."··. Bishop Gumbleton then explaine4:hov,r he . ~

· ~e Visited had i peace itnd justiCe Cent Or orgfoup of any Jdrid: • · Was impfeSsed with. thO altitude of iminy,Oil hi strip lei Viet- ·•· .. :.;: .. :1 . ·:Whafisneeded is a_ way for these peopleto fmd one:another:·~=: _. nam' a.yeariago: He met people just rel~ased'from tiger.cages. . :o

· Oftentirnes;even on sni_all campuses, people who-cariu(to meet'. \Vho-were ''not filled-with hatred or anger· but with the love . , With us wen~ ineeting_each other for the.fifst tinle._ -They'-need . of Jesus· that asks·for.forgiv.eness,'' · ·. : .•. -. . . · .. ·-~~:

. -~to ~ow that ~others are there~ an_d jom- 'Y.ith: theni in .,_,~uildirig:_ :: .. _._ \vorkshops ·were h_eld. o.ll the 'fa~mworkers~ polit.ical pri.;.. ! . a.~ew society,-~thin the shell ofthe _old.~'.:Ne~m_an:Ce~ter _· ,'. _ . - soners;·amnesty, divesting:corporate.investm_ents·in warin--··. · _ -~

.•- should be· peace and justice centers, a~·ong other things. Th~y: . · . · dustries, war tax- resistance;. the Philippines.- A sefie~ .of dis.;·. -.. . · J -' .. :: sliould be centers of education and 'action.:;·:·. ~-...... :.: .·. : .. · .. · . . ·. . . cussions were. also .led by members of various communities.' . . . . . 4

:. >_:· :~: ~. :~, Wh~re jve:saw the mo_st :groWth is with.:Pte Sistei:s.. They are . . such as. the ·catholic Worker' Community for Creative Non-. c • . .• J · _·, .. ·.:taking a·ctive.role·s iA·social'actioD: miniStrie~~ P~ace·andju~t~ce:·. ·. Violence; and Jonah House; ·as·wellasworkshops on-special . . · -~1 . ~- . :,.: c'enters s,tarted b}' Sistersaie.spre_ading.thrO~ghOUt•thecountry.:: . urb~ ininisf~es for womenreligious ariddiocesari.p_eace_'arid . :. ·-if

.. :_:And.-they are r~examinfug their lifes_tyles;_they are~beginriing:tO ._. justice centers:. . .··. ·. . . . . . _ . . . :··· .... ·. .. . ~. -~j -.. ·.take more seriously their vow of poverty;.· .trying to make if ... ,· . ·.·A liturgy .concluded. the afternoon· sess~ori~~ Dolor,es · -~ . .l .. more rea}.·:·- ·' .... .-. : .. · .. . . . . . . . . • . . . . -· :.: · _ . : _:Huerta, vice· presidentofthe'United ~anri_Workers;·spokeat · -'.:~

- :~·~··.·:._.-\Ve visifedWith orily 2CPFcommunicyfellowships~.since~ :~. • .. :the hqmily.aboutthe·harsh·conditions·offarm labor:loday;· ••:-; : ; :·._most Me·iit'the Northeast where)v e 'did not traveL. ]nArinAf-·- : . ~~e ;challenged eveiyone:to ~esj>Ond as _Christians must y{h.en' -~i

:, ·.: bo~~peoplefr~~ tlu~·wor~·_o( _Go_dComliiunity(Chansm~tics) -. :· .- : .• ari-in}u-stice is perceived; especihlly·one_to which they ~oritri-. · ·. -· t .. Juive rejuve11ated the CPE .. Twenty-five·:peopl.e. catTI,eJo a supper.·. bute~: "YoiihaveJo· say, 'I am_.with youin your struggle.' ~-.· _ ' ~~

and: meeting held ·af the.·home· of one o{the members.·. We·spoke. · · , You: can't-stand ·ori. the sidelines and: eli eel' ·us on .. ~As a human; -· ·._ ~.:.;

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• 'of prayer • and action and .enc-ouraged them iri .foll:owing· through : . , .· ~s a Christian,: as a- pe·rson who is fed everyday by the· farm- . ,, :. >onthe.idea ofa Hotiseof_H~spitalityan4_Prayer~ _:~>.: .,. .·· .. ·' .. ~ wor~ers;you~ave'tob_e.\Vith_u~." .' ... - ·_ · .. _.: < .. ·.·_: _· .-. .• ~1

·: .~:: .(--:-Jil~C~cinnati Deneice Sp~e; ~he_l~c~l.coordinator-of ~F; .. _ ·, ..... ·• >A growing _a:wareA~ss· of :frios( p~ticipants was that a siJ!l;. .. · . jl . . .· · ·:W.~s tjia@Y:y.rorking-M.th a gf.oup pfhigh ~choot women: We·· _ , : : > plified Iif~sty~e ~d !ed~.ce'd co11suinptiqn is a major first s~ep_ · . · .,1

' ... · '-'spoke:at theif-school\\fhere_rilanystudeJitS ~how~d an interest · .. · .. ,'ill building a peacefu}\vorld .. ~ :. - .. .· . . · .. - _:;_.'>11 , ... >. ), ·': _: : '; :;·· :.'::J: .. : ·: >/ : · - · ·:• · · (coll~inu~~--?npage 7)_ • 2.:. ._.c-.·; '::~. ·,: . ~ ~-·· ~> -· ·. ·. ·. . : · .. :.tJ ·' .~ ··. ';- :: . : . .... " ·,- : •.- •-: . . -:· .c: . ·, .- . _. '· ·, • . -. ·_ · .... : .·~.·!

···" ' .. · ·:-· .'.~-'· .. :.<:,:;~~~- .:: :.. ·:·' ·':: ~-' ' ·:::·:.. . . :·- ··-: jJ . ·~ •'. ~ :·. :, . , . . ..

HOLY YEAR ~~ntinued f~om page one)

pen the great doors with a golden hammer ... every twenty-. five_ years is maybe: too often~~ But the meaning of the Holy:·. Year is not~ It is much more~ and it is rooted in ancient .. Hebrew tradition and the thirst for peace and justice. -It is the year of the jubilee, when all debts are forgiven, when prison-

. ers are released, whenquarrels are put aside and a n~w start is made .. The Holy Year, and especially Pope Paul's announced · . intention for it, gives us a patent to go. to our bishops, pastors, school administrators etc. and to ask that the Holy. Year be· really that', by initiating' programs to educate and work for am­nesty for an· those. who have suffered for 'their opposition .to .

· war and for the ·release of political prisoners through~ut the world, butespecially,since we are Americans, for freedom for · those impri~oned because of our Asian policy. . ' · . . ·

EX-PRISONERS OF CON SON TIGER CAGES ...

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.. , ~Amnesty· is_-~ot a· matter.of''forgiving,".and.infact,justiee ..

but as .a matter of necessity, and they ought to get it out of common decency.. :

It should be known that Pope Paul has for; a long time been active in behalf ofpolitical prisone-rs and that CPF people have contributed very significantly to his awareness of the problem .. · One of our sponsors, Professor Ralph della Cava of Queens Col-. lege, did rriuch of the work documenting torture in Brazil which

. gave the Pope the basis tipon which to issue his condemnation of. of Brazilian police methods. The political impact put the. great- .

. est strain· ever uponChurch~state relations in the largest Catho-: . Iic.coun.try in.the·world. (Pon1 Helder·Cainera, who is also a ·

.. CPFsponso~, has been severly limited in his freedom~ofmove- ·, . ment by ·the government, withm and outside the country~ His

work, however' is being carried on and mulitplied by others.) . ·· Wheh Preside-nt Thieu visited the Vatican, Pope Paul made the .issue' ofpolitical priso~ers the major item on the agenda during' their meeting and 'the major item released to the world press.

·, · · ... In-the matter:of the political pdsoriers ofS~igon; there are · -. . some encotiniging''signs~ and .. some bad.·The ca·mpaign we have .

-beeriwaging fo·r ·several years now in behalf ofthe Vietnamese · pacifists and especially the imprisoned Third Force el~ments is based upon our conviCtion that the best chances for anything __

· ·decent coming out of the horror fo the war liew.ith those reli-. gious radi'c~ls, Buddhist and Christ~an, the'pacifists, t}:le den:to-:

. · cratic socialists and lib.erals ·who have beeri the objects of attack . frorhthe niajor.bellige'rerits. I?uring the past year most of the . rest of the American anti-war movem(mt luis inoved in our di-·

rection at·least programmatically on this issue. ·This summer a tiger cage vigil arid.fast at the. Capitol ifi Washingtol1will call

. attention to· U~S. financial.resporisit)ility: for Saigoh'prisons . . ·This falla:n ·International Week 'of Cori'cern for Political Prison- :

. ~ ··ers ofSou.th Vietnam· will he observed~ A hlgh level team oC ;:: .. religiou~·leade~s is preparillg to go to Vietnam toinspect_the -: _ situation, (an4 ·we are helping with thaL).' On the other hand, ..

. ·the promise ofrelease made by the warderis of Chi Hoato the·, :fasting inonksthis spririg proved to.be·a 4e~ The mollks.were · ·· ri9f·released ~ .They wer~ instead foreed ·to exchange their reli.: .

--~-· gious habits for regular prison garb and v!.ere dispersed through~ . · out the-military prison system, maJdng it much harder fot them.;

' to plan or exe'ctite any 'concerted action in protest of their.im­·prlsollerrient~_and making-itstill hai:de~. for _anyone· to.find thern,' to ascertain. their exact number arid status.. . .

. · · .. Oppressed with this kiiowledgeyie· ough~ to feel all the- · .. . more gratef1._1l.that the immen~e· moral a·uthority of the papacy

. .in this· situation is a chim~ra;never to be c·ome by~ It.is better ·. to trucethe~advice of_ the late G~rdinal Gushing, who urged that .

. it is now. time. to put behind us the ·s~rs of'thepast,.open:the

.·prisons, welcome home the exiles and close the books ... Right

has been turned to amnesty for' all political prisoners· as the' sole· stated rumofthe ~oly.)'ear~ For the HoJy Father.'s influence'. . to.nieananythlngreal~ however, itis up to.us torespond,to - ·, ·. p!Jsh' to inaugurate programs at evejy levelto· generate 'the poll.:. ..

... tic~l will for amnesty and the rele~se ·of our prisoners in .· -

. ;'and wrong, subjective 'morality and objective guilt are so inter~· .. • · · . twined. in: the, ~attef._of the.:war and~ resistance.· to· it.; that retd- · ·:

Vie~nam .

. butive.justice.can notbe had~ And a'mnesty is·a piessirig need < '·_~:The Catholic Peace Fello:w~Jiip's. prlmary. puq,ose.is to ·for tens of thousimds·of Americans who-se lives ai:e difficult ._·: . ~: ini~iate educatiop31 and action progr_arns in the context enough~ made more difficult st.ill by the onus.of felony convic- · ·. '()f Christian nonviolence. We are a membership or8an~ ·, · ·· tion·s carried"with.them throughout their lives, less than honor . . . ization)affillated·:.with.the ·F~lltiwship. of Reconciliationj -·.

;able discharges prejudicing them oufofj.obs they are qualified .. · :·:we are snpported.by' coritributionsfr~m memhe_rs arid .. . , . for .. The rich, privileged young men; graduates of.prestigious :· . friends.· 711te CPF ~BULLETIN comes out irregularly, al~ :

colleges ~n~ ·tmiversitie~, can afford to ~e-Il)imd anUiestyas ··a. ~ _· :::though \Veiry .. to ge-t out .S BULLETINS or SuPPLE-· . . . prize for their sup~rior._inonilwis.dom and as .. a cc)ndemnatiori• . ': MENTS' a year: .This issue was edited;- typeset .and print-· ..

·ofthree presidents~· Buttheyoungme.fl:and ·women.~ho pay· : . cedby·th·e.staff- Joanne Sheehan,.-Rick Gaumer.~d-BID . th~. re~l price for war-resistance do·nat:cominand .the cameras · ·, Ofenloch,'with.help fr6m Mazy McCarthy. on'ooiting. · 'of three television' networks arid. need-jobs just'to'support ..• ".·... > Mticle's _an~ comments may.be sent 'to u.s at 33?:Lat'ay-·_ . 'theniselvesafid·to St'!r(raising fanulies,ju# like the rest of us. . .. ~> ~tte..St.~ ·N.Y., N.Y.~10012.··our phone number is (212). Th~y_do_n_ot seek arrine~ty from a jmsit~on of moral superi9rity,. . 673-8990.< · . . .· . . . : . ' .. ·,.. . -·3~ __ ___;___; _ ____,; __ .....;.;...;. ___ ..;__ ____ __...

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·_.CPF.· AMNESTY··'sTATEMENT. ·.·._We see .four b~sic groups.that should benefit from an , . We a~e jmblishing iitcmtativiailinesty stat~llie.nt.below~··· . "a~nesty .. Firsfa.nd.mos_t urgent are those people who ·are

In :order for it i~ be p~:operlj' representative o/tlie' Cdtlzoli~ .·. . : in' prison riow:as a result of their-refusal' to ·submit to the. . .. Peqce fellowship we· shoilld have soi~e input and. consensus·~_·:.: . dr~ft'or to c<IITY· out the m.ilitary objeCtives once in it.

[rom·ourmenibers. ·Therefore if you lvould !ziz~e iz.nytlzilzg: .. · Many are also incarcerated as a· result of other anti-war ·to. add to it or'inajor revisioizsfor itp/(!ase let-liS kllOlV. ::: - . . _activities aimed ·at the institutions ofwarmaking. -

· '· ,: · . 'nzepurpose of.tlzis stat(mzeni on ainnesty ;is pril1zarily :- · The second group consists_ of those resisters who rather . to go on:record_ aS.Sllflporfillg imiversal,. UllCOnditiOiial am- .. _ than enter the_nliJitary Of give ·any-moreyears.of their .

. . ne~ty. explaining t/u'! basis for this._view froriz.ozlr Christian.. .. liv.es in its pursuits ch9Se to leavc:this co'untry for exile . . pacifistperspective.' Itnzay'also serve as an educational tool _an_d now face trial or prison if they ret!Jrn. . · · . · . . to_ cause ollzerstobegin'Jo tlzinkaboutainiies~ty and possibly . . . Tl1e-thir4:group is madeup' ofallthose, civilian and: ·act to help achieve one.· ·· . . ... ' · · · · · . . _-military; wlH) are presently aw·aiting prosccutioru>f irid-·)

. " .. ·_: w_e._believe·tlzat. the grdiz ling of a jusi aim zesty will depelz~ :_ . . dletment for 'anti-draft, anti-military' or other. anti-war.· 01i a ldrgescale e_ducational.effort-that lviil raise· public sup~ · ·activities. This inc1udes the hundreds.ofthotisandf· who

, port for olze~ To date legislatol·s are: not.gettbig n1ailabma· . : . . -.'.·-are living un·d_ergroundin .<?rder nbt t~ c_6operate with .. . 'immestj (md so dolz 'tcoizsider ii an· importantissue. It_is .< . .. registratioriJor·the draft... ·, . . . · ~mpefative.cmdpa_r(icillarly appropriate,' nol~ that Pope Paul ..

hqsproclainzed 1975a H.oly~ year for renelval and recoizcil-. , iatioiz ( especl[zl/y .in the release o{po/iticalpiiSO(Zers), fof.. · · .

··- _: Oirisiiansin f!zis coitiifiY to supp~rta imive_rsal;·wzcon_dition~ .. · .:.·--;al.a~iin_esiy. -~- · .. -· -.: · ··· -· -- .. :~· ·. <>: : ... ··. · .-.: ·:· ___ ~-:-: ·.· ~-·

· _ ,< Ai! discharge certificates (DD214) sincei955 have· ~eluded seperation program number(SPN) .. and}e'~ . . ....

. e~listmenf(RE) code _characteiizations~ ·Based bn 'the~ · coni~a·ll~e(s·suf?jective;·aft~n only:p_ersomil_ opinioh, • tllese_ codes were supposed to 'be secret for: the mill~

-. .. · :tary's·u~se·.:?nly~i·Butinpiactice ~mployment' agenci~~~ , JVell o~er_ayear_sinc~,thesigning of the peace accb~ds~ . . . a·ndla_rge·corporations had lists or'the.se·codcs arid .·

and \vith the induction-authoiity' c;)f Selective _Seivice at ·,; . . · us~?th~_m)n: plac·e!llent ~~d hiring. ;:Thus. niany' vets -_· ··;. leas(t~mpqrarily stispe·fided~ tl1e consideratfop'ofamriesty : .. · •'Yf!l"e not.ltire9·imd never ~ne.\v why·. Under pressure· · ·beco111esa pressing m.~ral issue~ -I~_ addition to-ending u.s. ,: ·.-from ye!erail~ groups-and Congress:the .. Dob ·Ii~s a-·· . ·Jundirig ofthe ~oritinumg.~var ih Indochina and (in .viola~ .. =:·'·~ •... - -•-greep U~a(these :codc'S:\von't·appea; o'ri futtfre· dis~· • .

. ···tion· of_t~l~seagr~eme;J.ts) support of the prisonsyste1n ~--:>· ,: . · chri:rges:·'·Howeve~-,-to remov~ the~ from pr~vi~us . ':•_~ho~dink~OO,OOO·VIehuiines·~ \vho:sought peace~ anamnesty •.• dis.charge pap~rs one must·apply for a_new copy.· It . . ·.:\viJI;:undoAome of th~i.J:tjusti~es fampan~~inthe . .\va](e()(_this _ ;: \vill·notbe:sent·automatically._· For.' in ore .informatio~ .::;·\va~~---We: o(the Catl_1olic Peac~ Fellowship·. support at} UJ!c;c}ii:. · ~:cont~_ct t!Ie CJ?F~officc_~·::\_'·.'. :· · ··: · .. '.': ·· · · ·

. . ~- .::: :'di_tiqnal; .U.ri.iVersa] aiTinest}/for ill those. \Vhq have· suffered_~ _ . ~-. ·:? •.. A:fo~J"!h·category ar¢ th()SC \yho~hav~.al.ready· been . · · .. > . . as· a resultofopposition-to and~resistartce against\var~. Un:: . _. :·· COJ)Vi~ted and:servcd a sent~ince or. arc n'o\von probation .:··_·

. _ . fo.rtunately,.:countiess.n.iilllons.have: or.\vllls~ffer ~s -~· r~sulC -~ :who are.-pr~ven_ted frqni·lfa~irig (ullrights-bec~usc~of a: -~>-: . . · ·_of_the ·devastation-\var'has:virought.upon: the·p-e9P.les _of this.· : crim~nal r~~or~: .. Th~ssh(}_~ld::cover thocs~·~vJ10'wer~·giye~- · ·_·-~arth,: bu(what· is.fi)osi sade.ning.·isthat so.JDa_ny:cari iiever.~·.: .. :.- -· Je~s than_hon_o_rable .. diSCharges for their.refusal to~"be \. • .. be helped by.an ·am~esty;.th~if lives an!.losf, theh- hociles~/:< _,. goodsoldiers.'~o. ~- -.. -··: ._ :. ·· - . .. .. . . . . :. - .

~~_:_.:·>or n$ds_are maim-ed/therr fainilif!s ~reravaged~theif vii~--; ·. -.- · _ A~nnc~tffor. tl~ese f~ur grqups should·mean a r~sto--~.-:.· .. ·::_.')ages a'ri.d-~ g~()d_ pa~t of ~~eir ~~~)~i~ty are destfqy~d_. . . . . . ' . _-·~ation of~ _ciyil rights beginning with tl~c freedom to

i· : .. <: ..• :··. ::·: . How_e,v~r, a~nesty.J:nay_ b~_a_fac;tor in )~'elpipg .mai_lY·,::<-~-· . ~ · t~ave! ·arid i~cludirig ·therigl_1 t to vote, holdlicenses, or. ·. . . : ... ':~?tl~ers_quUd:better)ives anc\-a h¢althier S<?Cietyjrithe years .. ~ - ~~/orka(ajolttliey',choos~;~These'basic_frccdoms~are now---'.

_ ·_to c?m~.-~·,This'can:_p~_,;m_·?PPOrtu_ilityf9r th~ftov~r!1Jl1erit :---~~-···.·:·-._·.-·· ·-d~~ied themAithe_~ p~ly~ica~y.·by:.pi:isori b~rs, hy._ ~Xil-~~ o~_ .. _: ...... :_:,·_.,.:·-'.ariq ~h.e pe~ple,_o_~-the._Uru~~d~t~t_e~ ~o_take .. ~~-postt~y,e step·-.·~~- ;· ··by,reas_<m"ofJheif cziti}iilal~ecotd·-6r4ischarge.~haiaeter·(:: :. ·.'

. ~-:: __ .foJ:V(ardiow~ucis.pe~ce:·~nd.:a chang~g_s·a~iety;_irlthe.spii:it .· ;:-- . -iz_~tion::: We suppor(rin_·a.~n~-sty~tl1at wq~Id_restore t11ese­:,' .·.:/.:;~:9fthe.H_e>,ly Year·prodair}ied_' for_-.1975 by:Po'p_~· P'!uL:·.~I~s:~:::)'· ::i::. peopl~ 't~ a 'pla~e in _this country' but do not feel. th'at·:· ·. . ..... ~:- ·. ·>:~ S: :'call for ie'~ewal_:a!14-je~C~J1.ci1Hit'i()n 'with:p-~rti¢ular {!JTlPll_a~> _-.: _· ·. .th~Y' ne~4:to:b~ :'-'paid9~ne4'' iri, the mistaken se'nse'tli'at.: ~ .. .- ..

. , _·; .' .; ~: ·~:_~i_s_ ·a.n·; the -reJ.ea_~~-_,of:p~litic~l:.prison¢rs s~ggests:·~: ~()lid ba~.:~-; ... · .·_. -> ~-Ih_~es~y.is:fr~~~~entl~:.vi~w~d~ :.TI!e)' -~1ave -4on_e;n'oth~ng · _: sis·for, ourresponse.:-< :-;:_ ·. . ·• ••- ::for_which they.'ought Jo feel penitence .• Jn faCt -'their~ ..... __ , ...... -_: . . . . ~ .. >:9ppo~itiqn'"to~'-Y.a(as a in~~tet offollo\v1~g_:the.highe·r ..

· . ·. . .- - .. .. . , · ·· · .. · ... · · . · - · .. -· ~:-: .. :~~ <?fcons~i~nce_ .is ~n ~Xa111ple·forwlli_ ch we_ s116uld·. . ___ .. . Iri res.ponseto·an:inquii-y;b_ythe NATIQ~AL'CATHO-_._·' · · · · · · .. - --' -... ·.-.. · · '·.. ... · · · ···· · ·:_LldREP.ORTERconcerningan.'articiein.the-oci;':t.97J·::-··_ .. --th~nkthem/ilgfseek_t~eir~pu,nishl11eil~.Esp~_cially~ad.inirable~·---·: j_lJJL~~riN~Jhe_ NatiC?~al~Cath.<?l~c Educati~nai :Asso~ht->,:· . · -: ar~ ·thcise :who_.cJlose nqn\1ole!)t resistiirice ·as "their ·way· of say~: .. ;'. .

-~ tioi(reported tliaftliere·' were ·no· Catholic. High: Schools·<:· .jrig no to. \Vai:a~4: viplel1c~ -~nd ~e~: to.Jife hyitheii. -wiH)ie hefrigs::·<_- . . · ... · .: - • ... • . . . .. .. I .. '<·" . . . . . .; .. · .·) .. ·. ·h··: ·. ·· .. -;. ·.: ··: __ :;/:'·F_._}irtlief~--~~:·.do'_not.WaJ1~-t<:>_•urge··ariy_ o_ne_'to_. ·_gte_ ater c_Oo_ .. per<::.-,: ~ ·-with:Juilior'R;O.T.C.· N.C~R~ Dec. 7, 1973 /-:We ave··-~,_:•. . - li h . ··· - · ,. · ·iea;o~)o'dfffe{ 'n1ei-e:.are~qu.ite"a-few.(27)•apparentii<- :_:_.~- . . ·. ~t!o~ \\fit :_-t_-¢ rnil_itary:~.ow that t1_1~ ~!lited:States is .. nolonge.r. -'( · · · ... Catii?p~"iifgh schools ii~te'& ill. th~:A;~y·~ ~~d _N azy's ()\vn-.: . . -·~ -.~ngaged in_ C.OIJl~~t_·)ftl}e Y!e~nam ~}(peri¢n'ce t_aught us ·a'ny~ .. - .. --.·.r~gulatibns ashaVIng~Jr:,R:6;T.c-~· :·But·thfsisa· bif dat.ectr-,. . :: <_thii!~}\~~q~l~.b~~th~tt,~-~.:~9otso(~ai_l_ie,~eep~in.the;pqHtic~(-/,.-·.~ -~.-Jf ycni}now ~f an:{Jr~- R~'o·;T.C~--s~hools iii Your area~.-:·:.·.·::~.- a_nd.econopuc structure ofnatioifs·;-~·Aildeven wit~o the·:draff~-:,c .-.' . :· ple~se:·It~i,us k~ow/.if·yo·u Ii~·ar·of:any s~th p-~ograms' --~:::;_:_: ·· , ~ ~·-prese~tly~!!oriiidu~tir{g:y·oung nicn·to kilfor maim,.their·, . · .:- -_.:.

·;. comini~to ·ya~r sch.oo~s---\\~e:_m_~Y. Be able: to help you . : --~.-::- - .. ·. br,others:::-:a_nd- sfsters· it coiHiime's tc{6e, an.iilstituti'~il:we ·carr­: :~;_t_o .. .. P .. . · t~ si?r~~id of milita_rlsm in edl.i'cadon:--~=~- ~- ..... ·. _·',:: ~ > ' -~ . ri~~ rec"on_cile.~_ith 'our 'Christian· prinCipfes. F pi co-nscription·.-.

~ .. -_ .·remairi~ one _ofthos~ intolerable-seeds of war we.believe must.·.·. ~-----~;.......;...;..;..__._..;..;...;_~_;..._.....;;.;..;...._.;.;,;...;.._~.-.---.;...-.:·····:.:;4: ~. __ }Je -~~i~iha~~.4~for. Chri~!~s p~a_ce t~:_r_'~igii: .. ,_:;·-~-- - · : · .·· · ·· -·· ·

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RECRUITING .. AND THE APGA . byBillOfenloch.-.

W~'l!e g;tov~r3PO good steady·ff:!bs{ Le,t' the~nhy.jo~n'ymi: · -.: :Fl;yo~irown plane! Fly_Navy! __ . .· . . . . ·_

Come alivei · Findyourself as_ a woman officer in the U. S~ ·. · Air Force.· · · ·

Head your ~wlz ~omp{my at 231 . Wluit are you dQil!g after high s~izool? Se_e tlui w~fld lvfth the . aflvelzture.Army. . .. · . . · .. ·

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·Undoubtedly you have seen more than a to_lerable share of these billboards and ad_s lately. Unfortunate~y they con-·

. :stitute" merely. tl1e: tip of the iceberg, only.-the most glaring :dimension of tile military'sco'~certed drive for recruits. . Sud{ advertising consumes:a great bulkofthe an_riual.bud-_ getofsevetal hun~red·millio~_dollars(276~7 m iJ! ~Y'72,

· raised fronrour· taxes) which the Armed·Forces spendson·re:--: _·.­. ·. 'cruiting each year:· More ominous: however, are the .behind- .. ·

the~scenes maneuvers going on in many educational _institu- . · ·ti6~sto rebuild the military's fallen imag·e amo.ng.youth~ ·

·.'Events at the ·American Personnel and Guidance· :Associa,­. :·tion's (APGA) ApriJ-·conyention·in·Ne\v ·orleans_d~monsh'a- . · .· ied a m6re":irisidious 3:spect of present day ~ecruiting~: The . .

·. -_APGA~ thepro'ressionalorganizatioil of the high school guid-·. . -;-'.·\.: ' . . . . .. a nee "cou"nselors, represents those who do Jt;>b. placem~nt and. - 1 ··r.· f· .

. career'"recommendatio-n. ·APGAexecutives(businessmen, . -.· ), <- --

.not te~chers);-in pl~miling for this conve~tiori niany mon!hs_· _· '~~-~-->earlier had:discovered that they-could hold a lavish conven- . :. _ .. ," i

. . tioil"at' minimal expense,. si~_ce ti1e · ~nilitary w<is willing to· . . . · - . . ·f6ot asi.tbstarithilpart 9f the'cost:in orde~_to·rente'rioug~· . ·.-. .. Admk~lZttinwhlt,';~tiiing-clti~f:ofNavalOperatioils~ gaye the . -

. :· -.· -spaceJor their extensive exhibits. ·The ann minced purpose of: .: key!1o~~ ·address ·at. the Ame~can Personnal a~d 9uid_m_lce ~~- · _-.• ·.< :._·of the military involvemen-t at ·the <;onfere·n·c~ was to· convinse- · sociation Conventioii~: ·.He :was supposed t9 ~pea~ about mih- .

· · .·the ·coi.mselors tha fthe Arriied Forces present great_ opp~r.: .. _ t~zy car¢er:awarell~_ss b.ut -•l~a~ang~d ·the_ a·isen~bly ?i~. ~he _arms · · .. ·_ :.·.-tunities-for career:s·<by_their.own.designatio·n; 'ihey:are,''the_ .. ::. - rac·e With the. Riissians;_: c.:· • -···. . . . . . ·. .

- ·natic)n's.largest corribined-~mploy~r.''. (They· are also the. ·' --,_ · · .. . · · · : ~oun.try's largest advertiser~~· fac~ on whtch_ they ar_e n·o_tic~- ~ ... , : 'for ·civilian oc~~patiori~. · APGA ~e~be~s st9od ~n line for

· _. .·abiy:!ess· vocal.)-· · · . -~ · -_-. ·. · . · · .· _ - ... . · · Ieaflets·and thanked: the leafletters for taking the·trouble to·-. · .. · .. : Iifh~nse efforis\vere'.made:to portray the military astht:: • . _ . ~- cluilfe-nge t]}_e. milftary~stacf.~c~ aJ!a'assertions~ :M~re aiT(a.z~--~ ·• ' _.~career bonanza o(tlH!'fUture;:~n attnictive'pro·p·osition,f9r·· .. - · .ingly,·many -~ecruiter_s c_af!le_=ov~r and admitte9 th3:t·the· ob- -..

. . high school students" har~p~esse'd fo:r ~~cenfjobs in·_ a _tight . : . . jections contained a·great deal a(' truth ...... : . -. . .· . ec-ono_my_. ·-Priqr to the open~ng of the ~onvention, ~ew_ Or-. .· _· . . .At ii1is conference; 20 dedica~ed pe_ople armed.wit~l in­<-)e~nian·s~were. o(fered fnammo.th ct.isplays ~rn1Hita~ :~~u~p- : . . . . . form-ation managed 'to expose, for the counselors and teac~l -J: :· ~~n_f:a.nd free ~ide~ .On -~_Coast:G~ard_,Qutt.er.;. ~The exh1~1ts ·: .. · -- _ . ers· presen-f the deceptive advertising cl~ims involved i~ t~e .

. __ · \v~~~ t~l~nc?ils<?lidated for the ,~ctuat· conven hon 'yhe~~.'~he costly publh;ity effort of the r·ecruit~rs. But_ the.,rec~it~rs -· ... _mili!~_ryc',Vas _s~?.~-?~~d t? ?e _m~~esub_dJ.!~d andpro_f~s,~I?nal-: Juive p_lansto atten.d each.siate c.onvention. f<:>lJowin(the"_ _ _ _ · ·· ·-·, --_: ly:~ar~,e·r-co_nsct?_us.~--D~sptte_.!ht~,.the;en~~r~ _conc9urse_ \Y_as-- ·. ._·_.national-one _accompanied by ·a·}?udget large enough to e11- :·:-·.

·fllie_d .. ~ith·such:ct_iseiays a_sa).~~v-~~Uh<?na~.yva~ ... sc~en.~~~com~. ·: 'able'"them:toput.orfagood show .. Andth_e appeal oft_heit)' ·.· ... plet~-\Y~th~cann.qn·~ 'canpon· bal;ls ~nd 2 Ma.t:t,nes_m P~fl.~~ COS·: . \~campaign to jobiess_ yo'ung''men and wo'meri c~ririot_ b~ ~n- -.

_ t.~~e.~--~ li~e~iz~ ~_agel ofeJ~~n_Pa~l Jones_whose._fa~~ was a _ ,· .·'·. '·derest.irna_ted.-· ~:·,',}·-: _ .. : ·.< .. _ ·;.< · ~~. ,~- ·~: 0

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·~ ·. teleYJSlO~ s~re_en._ por~~ay~ng ~oday s -Navy, a~~ ~~g sc_ale ~od _ .. ' __ :.~At this point_it·~~ght b~ fruitfui:_to g~_1n~o_ sq~e back:, .- · · ,_ els oft~~ ~-l~b~n:tb~~ ?n~ A~r_Forc~ ~?h~_rr .... · · __ .. ':. . .. ·· grqund9nJhe.issu¢qfrec_ru~tm~nt.·_:ObviOu~h_'.a voll:Jn~e~r· ·

_ .. Jo~<?Un~era~~ thiS II}te~Sl\~ec~mpalg~,} gro.up.?f_actl~IStS 'arffiy·mustadve~iS~ and·recruit_ino~der to S~Cceed~:-P.res-:_ : .fr?in.the lnt.er(~~t~l_.foi11.rmtte~~n:~raf~ ~J.ld Milt~ary:.I~f~nm __ :. ~ ently m~n: and woJ!t~n a~idu.re~.~~-promi~es_ofadv_en~tu~e' _':

_- ah_on_ {~CDMI) JO~ne.d W.lthAPqA s .P.eace ~o~miSSI.<~~ ·'!n~. :· .. ~:.. _ and usefuljob~training ~ _'opp_ortUJ1~hes wluclf act_u~~y eXI~_t .• · .. Ne~_prle.ani~~·s ~<:>rPe~ce t.o~try:t,~-P~.e~en,tthe ~~h~rs_td~_.?f · ·· .. _::~nly:~ojaJew.{usually whit~·~n~·mi~dle c~~~s) .. :_-F~~~:~~~-'ll1~-.. · the r,~,Sryttm.~n. ~ ~t()ry~,- While 111~ milttalY; ~-e~~~ay~gan~~. ·• . . · jority_ (at least J out of 4), t~~np1g wilL prove_useless ~~ the_ .

W(l~ res~n~ed ~~ S()me as a_h~ayy-~_~n?ed 1~va~10n of the ~_on-_ __ civilianjobmarke_tLB~fore_thei(enlistment_is_up,._they:'Y{~l ___ . . VeJ1tiOJ1,J~t!_'pea~e, groups Wlt~_thetrm_f?t:Illaho~ b~oths _ . -· . --be given 'a pitch t().remairi i~t~e serVice andrnake thejr t_~~~n:-·· · we~~--!·eceiv~~-quite. fav?ra~~Y~· Lite~atur~.wasdtstpb~!~d:. - . ing.workfo(theill.--~- ·::, .. · ·· . - . · - · . · · · ... - · givingJacts. a·n N~vy ca!ee_r~~91e __ enJ~stn:t~J1t agre_elllent,JOb. .· . -·. ., . ., .(continued-on' page 7) ~-. ti:airting promises; ~11dth~ ~~pr.acticality_·9f ~il~tarytraini~g.- ·.; s .> ·

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COMMUNITY FELLOWSIDPS Paul· recently· spent several weeks N:-o·T_ E--s-- REV.PAULMAYER

·SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. C.P.F .. ·. . t~uthrinthg t4e_Mithddle Eas~_and·meeting ~._·_.haS_ this __ ·pastyear had its members ANN.IVERSA' y" . . . WI ose m. e peace community, . . R ISSUE .· leaders of the Palestinian· resistance ·. viorkin __ · g on vaiious pro;ects indivt_ . dually. . . Th . Fall-. · . f th B. ULLETIN ill ' ;.~ e Issue o e w government officials- in Israel and ·the In order to give· the group some C?Ohesion~ · be our. lOth A11niversary Issue. We w·ould · . Arab countries. He is_ avaihtble:for a contact-person o_ r_ p. eiso_ ns are needed~ : ·lik t h art" 1· ·f · 1 · .. e. o ave Ic es rom peop e concern- . speaking engagement_ s. Wn"te to.· -. Volunteers for this role should. contact · CPF . . . CPF . mg ~past, present and future. ·uyou . CONAME; 33_ 9 La_ faye_ tte St., N.Y.,

. at 339 Lafayette St. NYC 10012 woul~ like-to contribute to this. issue,· · · N y ·10012 Th will · · (21~)673~8990. From those.whohav~ · · pie e· d 1 ·tt · d rt" 1 -. b s · · · ., · ey get you-m . . . - as sen. ~ ers an a I~ es m y. ept. touch with him~ · ._·__ ·· -· a committrilent to CPF must come a. ·1Oth .. The ~atholic Peace Fellowship .is _ . . . . )

solution, ifCPF istoexist in Suffolk much more than the staff, and we would Count}r. If you are not ·on their mailing·· · all lik · t h f · · · h 1 ·. ·· · lis d · re y e o . ear rom you to e p make · FROM THE STAFF·

. . tan_ would like_ to be, please let us . . this issue a good one. . . ·. ': know.. ·

The April issue of FELLOWSHIP mag- HELP! NASSAU COUNTY N Y C P F. · t ··d · th " · 1i · · · f 1 · : J oa_nne and Rick work fu·ll ti"me a' t . _ _ _ _ -_ , . . .... ~ . -· . _ azme cen ere on e simp city o ife.''

· •· .. has a new-address~ Marion Stmjohrum, It includes ~rt~cles such _as "Simpl~ Living C~P.F., Bill com~s in·2 to 3 days a wee]c, _ . -who has been doiJ:tg such afme job as CPF ·and Radical Politics", "Clean Plates and .· 'and Georg is now coming in on-Monday coordinator, is moving to Vermont. :Ed Starving Children: A Com·mu-nity that mornings.· We need more volunteers.

· Tru~, ~424 Hudson St, East Meadow, Makes Connections", and letters· from - . We would. like to put out the· BULLETIN · .-_-diri~·Ya. _·tin·.I __ -_1g_. 55_4 __ ' __ (516)SU5,5622, is now Coor- · several people Who are attempting to live .. · more frequently, improve On our peace.

·. inore simply~ Siilglecop~es may be o.b~ · - _education· materials, r~n more-training: . ·.·_.•Jean-Pierre Deb.n_s will_be speiling·at: ._. tained from F.O.R.; Box 271, Nyack, N·.Y. s_essio~siri no~violence, provide more re-

. -• Peace~~th ~ouse, 90 }>erinsylv~i~Ave:, :. ·: N.Y .·1 0960 for SO cents, reducedprices · sou~ces to c_ommunity· fellowships,. mem-· · · Mas~apequa;N.Y.-on Tuesday evening for bulk orders~ · ·. bers and friends, etc.· But a few people· -. . . July 16th at 8:30p.m~ Jean-Pierre was a · · .· · · ·. ·_ · · ·. · · cannot do all this,~~ keep up with the. Frenchschool teacher inVietnain in l970. . The !DOStrecent issue of THE HOLY ' . regularoffice work~ PLEASE, even if:

· -.:He andafellow.teacher, An.dreMenras: o:. _:CROSS quARTERLY is entitled ~'The· you._only have afew hours a week free we,r~.arreStedand imp~sorie,d)riSaigo·n' .. : _ ~r~shiss~e}' .. In-its ~any pag~s:ir~on- . _ ... to spend "v,rith;us,.we~wo~ld.appreciate .for a year and a half for passing out leaflets·· !ams a~ticles on vanous aspects of the . it. We. are friendly" folk· al1d.the office .· . .

.. :asking'forpeace;_\ · · · · . ·: · · · :.·. c<Jni}icti~ N~it_~erilireland·.· The·situa~ ·:·has a_cheerf~.Ilatniosp~ere. Ify~uwould -/ · . . . · .. · • · tion.is .. oomgl_e~_and Illi.sunde_rstood bY:·. ,like __ to· get involvedin a particular 'project,' .

~ ·. :: CINC~A'fi C~P.F.~>~ .. _. . __ ·. ' m311y m this country~ and we feel that'. . · or help wit_h the office work, call.us at · · ~- :_.~o has a new ·address. D_eneice.Sptinkie:: t~s issu~ ~ay _he!p .clea(up ~~m~· q ues·- -· .· ._ . (212)673-8990. Thanks. -~-~oved to 11641 Chester.Road, Cirin., . .- hons._ ~opt~soL~he Insh Issue"·may -_ :·-·. · . ·Ohio_45246. She can be reached in the · · :be o_btamedfrom CPF .. Please enClose:- : CHA~GE 0~ ADDRESS _ . .-. _ _ . evenirigs"at (513)771-:1297. Ifyou are ri~t ... _$~.95 for each·issu_e,,pl~s_25 c,ents·for'·. . . .. ·· .: If you are mo~ng, pleaselet-~s·knOW;

. :on.the_ni_iil,ing ~tand w~1:11ci like: to. be; let .post~ge and handling.· ·: '~:~ .•. · .. .'·.. _ Bx ,~utting "Ad.d_res~ Correction Reques- · ·· herknmy.· .. · . . ·:· . · . · ·. . . ·· · . ,· ·v_. · • Jed: o.n. <?Ur mailings, the Post Office re-

., · . turns the_ mail with new addresses> Each . · · · · piec·e __ ~fmirll costs us 12cents when re- _·

' I . ~urned;_then w.e have' to "put' a stamp;ori . · .. · · .. · . . · . .·- . · · · · ··· · · ·Itand mail .it toyour ne·w address~' ·. · .. FR~ R~AN QN T~E MIDDLE EAST . -- '. _Please.save us t~e: and !lloney·by letting

SPEAKING TOURS·. . . . . . . .. - : .

: ·LiTERATURE .- <

.- · Rey~J~~eph Ryan,.-SJ of St.Josep.h's us know when you move.. .. __ - . J:he Spring .issue ofjhe:THIR.PLY,' · : U!liv.ersity ~ Beir.ut,is .. plimning a le-cture. · · · · · ·· .. thli)ltihlication ofPax C!UiSti;UsA; iS.· .. · .. ·. toudhroUghotittlie U.S. in Octobef arid . ::nJANKYOU '· · ·

•- -. enti1:J.ed-~'Liberatioil ill Latin America.". . November, 197_4.-.A long-time resident · · . We want to thank those of you. who, . The iSsue includes prayers~ letters and . of t~e Middle_East;· Fr. Ryan is· a highly _· . · respo~ded to Tom Cornell's a·pp~al for · .excerpts of documents·by LatinAmeri.; qualified commentator on the conflict :. donations to_the CPF, and remind those

. ·. : _cans as well as. articles on the Strategy· · there. He is iooking f9r spons-ors for his .-· · who haven't sent anything in, and c~n, . :·:Conference-on Nonvi'Olent Liberation of -.··.tour.· Fr. Ryariwilltalkat colleges; uni-. :to pl~ase do._~~ realize "a dolla,r·ru~'t..· · ·.

· Latin Ameriea held in-Medellin· Colum;. _:. versities, sch<?ols, churches;. ~lubs~ New:-· _ :ado~ar :mymore'\ but with ~es~ 111o_ney :_ bia thls-·pa:s~_-Febru.ary> Copies ~ay be man centers, et~. _His tqpiqs include : -. . · .. _· .c()~~ m, and expens~s going .up~itis .· ..

· · ·obtainedJr:Om Pax:Christi,.USA,-1335.. . "Americ~m Responsibili-ty in the Middle:-· .::v~ry difficult t~_pay~t11e rent and-the.: · .N St.;·NW,'Washington·;D.C.2000S'for .. : East'', "The Middle East and Jewish- ·: ... post office, etc.· Ple_a_~ehelp ifyou cari . . $f each.· You may also wish-to receive· ·.Christian Relations~'; ancl."What.Futtir~. · ·.Wewould also lilceto a:poligize.to<-- _

·. infor~tion ori_membership in Pax·.-·.·- fo.r:t1le Pale_~inians?'~. _·Ifyou can sponsor th?se ()fyou wJtosent iri'donations, but:-· .· Ghristi, which in'cludes receiving-the·: .. · · Fr.· Ryan·, o~ for:more information ·write.·-: ._have ~ot y~treceived pers(>nal thank· · · ~HIRDLY~ · :: • . · · ·.. . . :· · ·. · .. to: Dr~-~o~T~; Cu~ings, P.O. Brix 25, . , ~ou's: -~s.ourpl_eas f~r volunte.er~ intm-.: ·

: _:-Tu(tsUniversity Statiori, Medford, Ma:. · · twned, It Is very h.ard to keep.up with .. ' -02153~- · -. :: ·.- _ _.. :- . .- . >. _ :_ · theoff!ce:work.·Wetrulydo·appreciate .

• 6 •... · · . . all of you who have helped us. · .. • ,; .>'

_ . .· SUMMER CONFERENCES ·F~LLOWSHIP OF· RECONCILIATION

·-From August lOth to the 14th, members and friends . · \ .·. of the ·Fellowship of Reconciliation. are invited to gather at : - :the· Greel).- Lake Assembly grounds in Green Lake,- Wisconsin, . :: for a national conference to celebrate the Sixtieth Anniver­: sary of the_ FOR .. We will be meeting together to consider

the .. message and implications of religious pacifism in the· . 1970's-and to explore some of the ways love and truth dm resolve human conflicts and build a peaceful world commu­

-riity.· It will be a time of consciousness-raising and renewal. . _'J.'he conference will begin_ Saturday afte~oon, with registra­; tion-starting in the lateJnorning,- and will. end the:following

. : Wednesday morning. · · · · · · _ Major speakers invited for the conference are: Alfred ·

. Hassler, Ada Deer, Daniel Berrigan, Andrew Youngand >·:· __ ·Cesar Chavez. -- .. . . - · . - .

. WAR RESISTERS LEAGUE From Friday-afternoon, August 31st through lunch on

Monday September 2nd, the War Resisters-league wili meet in National Conference at Geneva Point ·center on Lake · Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire. This is a working confer-· ence, ~ith rap-groups' and workshops dealing with issues rang­ing from militarism in _our society to racism in our communi-ties; from the place of sex roles in a changing society to dis­cussion on the radical movement in the post-Watergate era; from the problems of the Middle East to the problems of · ·

· Indochina. Tennis, _volleyball~ swimming, hiking and canoe;... . · ing facilities are on the grounds of the center. This confer- ·

ence annually brings together League members' from dozens of states, and fiiends and non-members are always welcome . For more information, write to WRL, 33.9 Lafayette St., N.Y.

. N~Y.l0012... . . . -~; _:_'. · · Workspops will include _subjects of both g{m.eral and_ .

".;._':- __ ,_:·~_.· __ ·spe_:·_·al __ - _ize-.d·_·_int __ erest: __ ·_Jh~ n_ew:mil-ita_· rism ____ ; t-he A_-m·e~c_·_ari _ · -PAX CHRISTI, U.SA. · ·, Indtan.struggle; the Uruted Farn:t.Workers; the Mtddle The Second Annual Pax Christi Assembly 'Y!illtake pia~.-~> _:.East;: Dai Dong; prisons; theology and paCifism·;· revo- . · on Labor Day Wee}{end, August30th to September lst·m . : · -·. lution and nonviolence;, the post-·war war in Indochina;.- ·Washington, ·D.C. The topic. will be. tlie"Biblical BasiS- of -.,. ___ .)VoiJ1en's·libera:tio·ri~ . _ .. : · - . . . ·_ _ · . · · _ . Pacifism and Nonviolenc~;"-- Workshops \viJlbe ljeld: on. _ .

> -_ · : 'There -will be time for CPFinembers and friends-to Latin America; peace education, and women and- the Church -- get together and share ideas 'with the .staff. This is the first · _ among other·topics~ · Speakers will include William Str:irig;: . _

such-opportunity we-.-at CPF have had to meet With mem- · ·fellow, Dorothy Day, Bishops Dozier and Gumbleton, Gor-_ · ·-_bers'andfriendsfrom.across-the country~ don Zahn, Eileen Egan an~ Ed-Guinan~ -Tapes ofthespeak-

The· G~een:L3.ke-Assembly provides a lakeside setting · · ·· · · · er~ will be availableafter- the _assemolyi; For fl!rther.infor- . y · -·. -- ·:for both conference work and recreation.- There· is fishing, · mation on jhe_'assembly and housing, contact Pa.X Christi, t~. _:-. boating, water-skiing, swimming, ·tennis,'g.olf, etc. Super- ..... 1335 N SCNW, Washingtori~·D.C~ 20005~- - . . - . ~- :'• .-. . vised recreation for childre'n is available at a minimal cost. . ' school who are _being sought by the: recruiters: Leaflets on ·['~-:- :·. ··~ring m~sical instrum~nts. Please conta~t ~s ~o·!. fur~_er . : ''Promise Them Anything:· A 'Look at Erilistihg'~:are ·available \ · .~formation. - .... · .. --~.from AFSC, 319 East. 25thSt., Baltimore, Md.21218~--An'.-·: , . . ·:- _APGA (continued_ fro~ page s). - . · :. :.' :: -~ . : . .- .ar:icle on peace education materiais avanable from CPFis _

~ .. <\::·~- '-_. AriotJ1erf1:1se is to sign ~or.neone up for an_ attnictive-:.: _ .~; -: ·. -. ~--~_this.~tr,LLETIN. -. :. _ : -.-. _·. , > : , .. · . . · ,·- < -.---. : .-

_:,-~-0:.: ,soundingprogram without making it clear that in order.t0 ,_, : >. :·~·· :~- We W~!Jldliketohear ~rom any of you who know_of pro­. --~ ·.:_~> a~vafi.ce-to'the adv'ertised·posifion it is n~cessary to .pass par: .. --: ·:~ je'~ts working on fin_di~gor creating altemative_employ~ent.

;~ - . :- · 'ticwar qu3.lifying tests or' s·ecuritY cleat;ance requiiements.· -- · .- - - - ~ - - - - - - - ~ - - - .~ - - - ":" -: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .; ·- - - -;·;- · Jbus many enlistees wind up at a miserable, boring job. Wo· . _. TOUR. (continued from page 2) . .· ·. . . .. . ·S:··"_-_.·_:_:_>men are led-to expect a challeriging·career,-but 70% fmd . . · __ - --.-·_in thefarmworkers and in reducing their patterns o(consump~ : · -::i.: ':,· . -':;: themselves- relegated' to secretanal an'd clerical 'd~dgery. . ' : tion as a nonvioleilt_re~p<?n~~ t(). pte_ WO!ld sitation of poverty. . .:L_:~_. · • On the otherhand, the military has been allotted im- . -·:· : : .• One of the highlights of~e trip: wa.S staying- at tile C~tholic · i:-, ~; ~: rrjense sums of money-to raise-salaries, arid so encourage . : _-Worker House in Kansas City;· Mo. which 'Arigie .O'Gorman Cal-~;·~::··-<:. erilistment/ Inth~ fa~e of this, our responsibilities become. - vert had_recently opened. ·Angie and·Bob_Calver(old friends of·_ . ~~:;;-;·~~· .. _ .. c~~ar,.; First; we must contifluously emphasize the true pur.;- ours, were national coordiflatoci _of War Tax Resistance, and live· .. _ ~~ ,;,~. ·: •. •P()Se of the. Armed Forces.- They exist:primarily to defend.-- .. __ in the_house next to ~e Worker._:_While.V{e_were·there.wehCiped_ .. .· . the United 'States' interests in the world~ interests· which.- -·. -them tum their front lawn into agarden to help feed tl1e poor I····? .. :··'are.in3:inly those ~feconomics;_the-maintenance of foreign: · ·who come to the Worker. · · · · ~-:- ·,· ·._- in_v __ es.tm_e __ ._rits ·a_ nd.. the. ·_i._nfl\)ence: o_· f big busines_ s._ :Their meth~ . . . . . There is-so much more' about ~~ur- trip that- W~· wouldlik~ tD- . ~·:· · .- od qfconflictresoluti(m-is thatofvic;>leilce, a means which. · _•. s11a!e·with you ai1, but there is not enough space here. What will .. -. ~~_:. :, ~an only lea4 to evn.·_we mustpublicize.thefact that anne{ .. - : ·will be inore fniitfulis for us tc)put int.Q practice the m'ariy> .·· .•

': ·~:-·:. ---~deferjse is riot the only possibility,in·today's wprld. Second,- · things weleanied;reVisingthe peace education packet~ helping · -- > -- : )ligh)clioolers. and. ·other prospective' volunteers for the ser~ - people foim communitY fellowships ~d _improving the BULLE-· :

. __ vice s~ould be m~de.aware ofthetrut1l'hehitldthe glamor.;·:· -:TIN-, among other things, are projects-we_will be working on.----.-. _- :o~s pr~~ses~_. Volunte_ers are signirig away therr freedom -. _ . We would ·like:to cau~on -people on orte point, though:· ~- · _.- - • -.

.. Jor several years, and the Supreme Court has-just ruled that_ . _ There is ~uch.-_to_ ~e_dorie; an(we must continue and grow. Our

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, __ . __ ·_; ~-- ~-~onstitptional rights and privileges do not apply-to the·. _. ·. _ · • <:_--hope-is iliat those who are gathering together; whether that be-. --; -·__ Anned ~~rces. ':Finally, it is imperative that those of us work~. . . iri starting pea-ceandjustice centers or small local groups~ ·do.- - · .

_.::,.:·_,: - '-Vl~agbale~aalint-setm .. pta_te;yolunteelr ~ytf~d otrh. crea~e_ehconomically _·: :. . '.· ?o(~ecomrte sot~tructuredfu.at thtey loose.the persoriilism'which-' · -- · < . . _. _ _ _ _ lV~ :_emp_ oymen -_ lOr ose m t e job mark.et. : . ·IS so lmpo an m our movemen • _ . _. . .- ·

· ':::.- · -- · ·This effort by the rililita· ry· -sh·o· uld porn·-t-out to· us even··· · We are sorry· _.thatwe_ did_· no_-_t_ ·get_t_ o_-·meet_ ·more ofyou-__ orithl_~----

~:i:r, ~~j~:~Y1fjs~~;t~~~d~U~J;f!: ~! ~~~~ ~ti;e · .·.· _7: ~i~ ~:;!~n~~:f ~:r~~:f~e rorspeakhlg ~o~gho~tthe .

· NEWS FROM THE. UFW · . Cesar Chavez, president of. the United Farm Worke-rs .

--U~ion (the ()nly:real union· of farmworkers in Cal_ifornia); noted in his recent- visit fo New York ·that the Federal . ·

. . government' seems to :be co'operatirig with' ~he.grower_ ~. '=.. ~-- Teamster effort to·kill the UFW. He reports that boarder'· ..

- .. guard_s:have stopped. an .practices that .in the.· pa-st ,\iere _ . -. ··.used,. to ~ut down the number ·or people_ entering Calif or-.. nia to work; now :the labor camps are full'of lll~gal a_liens .• _who'provide'a ~_heap and_defensele~s scab force· to break'_

•. t~e UFW's strike.against California growers.·_-,-_:: .. · . . _Chavez says thaf there :is-· no question ·of disliking the . :---;~men an·d.women \vho have.comeacross the border. and_.·

. who are working as 'scabs - ~ they are brothers and sis'ters · .. -.. of the Chicanos who.are condticti'ng.·the.strike and.boy:-<

.--· < cott against l~ttuce~ ·grape and wine produce'is; most' of . .. _ : the in are compl~tely -unaware of the orgaqizing efforts· · ~ ;-· · of the UFW when they are rounded up by the labor-~on- ·

... I love ·rettuce, but· I kDow.. that It -has to be ·pick~ by- a· htiman · . .: ~ing~· and. un~ll the working~ conditionS ·~r that. human being Bt:e =' ...

··improved,· I ani giving up .lettuce. . . . ·· · · -· - · · · . --. -

.I . SUPPort . Cesar. Chavez . and . the United: Farm . Workers. Their: '. ~ ·. · Jettuce ~ckage·. bears. this u~ion label~ . : -- · · · · .. _. .· . ._ . .. . . . •2 ... If yours doos, too; please

: _bring ~e; an_ extra large .-. ~-ao . : _c·. . .

. . . . . • . . . - -. serving. .. . .. . .. _

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·_WON'T.YOU-GIVE_.TWS TO YOURCHEF~O~ ~AGER?_

·: :: tra~tors arid are· brought across the border.._The. blame · ·_ · · . . <,::· ~o(the currerifinfluX of ~hepoor fnust be-p_Iac~~ squ_are.:_ . . Tlie· card repr.odu'ced abo~e· .is distributed by the . , ... :~.:·~ -_ .· '· ''ly at the· feet of the growers; the Teamsters and the Nixon Institute of Social J~.elatioris; ·office .of So dar Dev~l- ·: ·

. . :~·:administration who _are _trying to pit_ one g-roup of the · . ·.' opmen(of the -A:rthdio·cese ofNe~~rk:~ -I( is an: .. ef< -. :·: ·-;.=:: ::poor-againsr~n'2t.he~.::_ ·. ··.: . · ·· .... _ · -:-.-.. -~- ._::- ~-- ·-. · .. ': fective·t<?ol_ fonipreading il~e,word o(the~~oyc·ot(:· .. '. c.,· ...

·. · __ :::- .-~ .Yo'u c~n help:breakthis conspiracy and bring justice.. -· · .·· .·· 'to restaurant ·owners:.- It is· just as -'iin.po'rtatifto·· boy~· .·.: \,:'._-' ._· . . to the· people \vh_o· put food :on our .. tables;. _'oon~t buy' :._ := . . . ·2ott :ji'ori-UFW- lettuce, grapes ·and ·wine :wheir_·ea#ng-::·· .. '~::

non -'UF)V grapes~ ~c-eberg -~ead ~iettuc~;:o{ Gallo. Wines···.. -·. :· out _.as well\as :wheh~ buying fo.r your own:l!i)~e>:.- .. :-. _->~;. -:~, . 0(ariythil_lg .that 'c<?:mes}rom Modes'to;- Ca-~ is Galio );--come· _· :· '.Since business _-cards of this ;type are-:faidy·: in ex·/- .. ·

.-.... ''=.out on .. the pick.et:lin'es._and stand-up for the-people in .·· ·pensiv~,)a~ge>nu~~eFs,c:an·be distri~_ufed·viith~uf< ·:;~·_:_ •. ~::·_.the fields who· an! b-owed _b~neath' the weiglit of decades.'_.' . ~.>. '< .: . exce_ssive~cost.- }>erhaps you could encou'rage your:-..

· · -· ·_of~njus_tice.: Contact the United Fann Workers,' La Paz, · __ .''.: · : . ·:· _ ·. · _diocese or par!sh to piint_ up cards. si_milar _to _th!s, _ . ·:·: · .. · Keene, .. Ca.-93531 f9r furthef'information.and-for the :o. < · · · ., ~- and help the ·uni~ed Farm Work~rs spread _the wor~ -. · .

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Peace Education. Supplement no.2

Of Holy Poverty In keeping with our understanding that peace education involves the totality of one's life, and that there­

fore efforts of peacemaking·and nonviolence should apply to as many facets of one's life as possible, w~ de­vote thissecond Peace Education Supplement to a discussion of voluntary poverty. In becoming peacemak­ers lVe must examine our lifestyles and make a conscious decision as to how we are going to live.. We at the Catholic Peace Fellowship see voluntary poverty as one of the truly Christian responses to this question.

There are many aspects to voluntary poverty, and many refZsons why people choose it as a lifestyle. ·It is . also very misunderstood by. many.· In the following article Mike DeGregory speaks of voluntary poverty in a Christian context. He reminds us that Christ came as a poor man to the poor. He also speaks ofvoluntary poverty in the context of the present situation of the world. "To understand voluntary poverty as a way of ·life, it is necessary to first look at our world in· which humanity is tragically 'divided into ·a rich ·minority and · a poor majority. , . . . · · . · - · · .

·Mike's article "Of Holy Poverty" isteprintedfrom the May 1974 issue of~'The Catholic ·worker." ·The ·· 9ztholic Worker Movement, since its inception, has_ embraced voluntary poverty as a way of life. We en­courage all of you· who do not now read "The Catholic Worker" to subscribe to it now.· It is a penny a copy, a quarter for a year's subscription by mail. Their address is 36 East First Street, New York, N.Y. 10003. · Followin_g Mike's article is a collection of Easy Essays by Peter Maurin who, alo·ng with Dorothy Day, was

co-fo_under of the Catholic Worker. · ·

OF HOLY POVERTY by Michael De Gregory

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." In the Gospel according to Matthew these words begin Christ's first sermon to the world. This teaching is central to a Christian life, and marks Christianity as there­ligion of poverty. Aware of this, the Catholic Worker, since its inception, has embraced voluntary poverty as a way of life. Yet more than any other aspect of the Catholic Worker,

-voluntary poverty is probably the least understood. In our age; especially, voluntary poverty needs to be not only un­derstood, but experienced in our daily lives. _ To understand voluntary poverty as a way of life, it is

necessary to first look at our world in which humanity is tragically divided into a rich minority and a poor majority. In the United States, the richest nation in the world, there are areas devastated by poverty and hunger. In urban ghet-toes and on skid rows, among rural sharecroppers and mi-grant farm workers, material poverty is a fact of life. And among the other nations of the world, the economic division between the developed West and the developing Third World is more distinct. In the starkest statistical terms, the priv­ileged 20% of the world's population control 80% of the world's resources. The United States alone, containing on-ly 5% of the world's population, consumes ·so% of the world's disposable resources and possesses 40% of the world's income. Such statistics on world poverty and hunger abound but their significance is easily lost in their magnitude. The cold statistic that two-thirds of all deaths recorded each · year in the world are due to hunger or problems arising from hunger is perhaps more comprehensible in all its human trag~dy. This distribution of the world's goods does riot abate, for whether it is within nations or betwee·n nations, the clearest economic trend in the world today is _ this: the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer.

A WAY OF LIFE To speak of voluntary poverty in this setting, to call pov­

erty "holy" as St. Hilary does, is to invite confusion and mis­understanding. Yet as Dorothy Day wrote in the forties, "We can only talk about voluntary poverty because we be­lieve Christians must be fools for Christ. We can only em­brace voluntary poverty in the light of faith." For it is a paradox, like the Folly of the Cross, that it is only as we voluntarily embrace poverty that we can overcome poverty.

However, the poverty that the Catholic Worker embraces is not the poverty that the world knows. The poverty that Jesus Christ calls "blessed" is not the destitution experienced by the mass of humanity. Voluntary poverty is not material

-destitution, a want for the necessryfood, clothing, and shel­ter so essential to make a human life worthy of the name. Rather it is a realization of what is actu~ly needed, accom­panied by a desire to amass no more. Voluntary poverty is . an understanding of the truth that the less we take ourselves, the more others can have. _It is to listen to the counsel of St. Paul-to "Le-t our abundance supply their want."

Voluntary poverty is simply a means. We must avoid the danger of making poverty a Christian ideal in itself. Man, made in the image of God, was not made to starve. Desti­tution is not the poverty we seek. St. Thomas Aquinas wrote that voluntary poverty "is good only because it is use­ful to remove the obstacles which stand in the way of spirit-

ual perfection." Even though it is unattainable, we are all called to be perfect, so we are called to poverty. For vol­untary poverty is not primarily a religious vow for the few, but a responsibility of all Christians. Dorothy further writes: "Once we begin not to worry about what kind of house we are living in, what kind of clothes we are wearing, once we give up the stupid recreation of the world; we have time-­which is priceless, to remember that we are our brothers keepers and that we must not only care for his needs as far as we are immediately able, but we must try to build a bet­ter world."

At its deepest level voluntary poverty is a way of seeing · the world and the things of the.world. This vision is a lib- . eration from the concerns of the world in· order to serve, with charity and justice, both God and our neighbor in the world. Essentially then voluntary poverty is an attitude, an interior disposition. It is spiritual, a state of the soul. The "poor in spirit" are those who are totally open to the will of God, whose only sustenance is the word of God.

A spiritual understandfng of voluntary poverty may touch to its depths, but it does not necessarily clear its ambiguity. It is necessary that the spirit of poverty become concrete, be­given flesh. To understand voluntary poverty as a state of the soul is not to deny its relationship to wealth and material possessions. _ .

In the Beatitudes according to Luke, the "poor in spirit" are given flesh, are made real human persons. Luke writes

. very simply: "Blessed are you poor, for yours is-the King­dom ofGod: Blessed are you that hunger now for you shall be satisfied." But to the wealthy he warns: "Woe to you tha{ are rich for you have received yo~u consolation. Woe to you that are full now for you.shall hunger."

Luke is not writing here to canonize or condemn any social class. He simply expresses a truth of Christianity: it is no accident that Christ came a poor man among poor men. He comes to the poor, to those who have_ nothing and to

_those who seek nothing because it is the poor who are open to him and yearn for the Word rhade flesh._

Although it is possible for a rich man to be detached from his goods, and a poor man greedy, voluntary pover~y is surely . not a comfort to. the wealthy and powerful. The Gospels are quite clear: the rich man is told to sell all he has and give to the poor, for itis easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man toenter heaven. And we are clear­ly instructed that "you can not serve God and Mammon." Voluntary poverty is similar to the relationship of faith and good works in the epistle of St. James. For its essence to be truly spiritual, voluntary poverty must be manifested in a visi-ble way of life. ·

Some of the ambiguities about voluntary poverty are root­ed in man's unique~ess. Voluntary poverty cannot be regi-

. men ted; in this it is Clearly of the spirit. An individual's needs vary with culture and personality, often extending beyond basic food, clothing and shelter. It is the degree of concern about essentials that distinguishes the poor m~ in the biblical sense. (Surely the man who suffers hunger as a way of life is· understandably concerned about his next meal.) However, Christians who are called to poverty and who are well fed and clothed should not worry about these needs. Gibran writes, "Is ·not the dread of thirst when the well is full the thirst which is unquenchable?" The poverty we seek to embrace is an ab­sence of such "dread." We must believe that we are of more value than the "birds of the air" and the "lilies of the field:' And we must be assured that as God cares for them He will care for us.

The poor man is the person who prays simply in faith, "Our Father ... give us this day our daily bread," and who trusts that he will receive all that is required. He takes to heart the words of Christ, "Do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on ... Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well."

It is in seeking this kingdom that voluntary poverty is so important. For the vision of voluntary poverty is a vision of a new world, a world of justice and peace. The psalmist an­nounces this coming kingdom in which "Kindness and truth shall meet; justice and peace shall kiss:' Voluntary poverty provides not only the vision but also the way of life to "build a better world."

POVERTY AND JUSTICE The poor man is the man of justice. Eric Gill understood

this and wrote clearly," ... the poor man, in the Gospel sense, in the sense of Jesus, is not he who has .been robbed but he who has not robbed others." The Old Testament prophets shared this understanding, and the early Church Fathers taught it. The prophets vigorously condemned the causes of material poverty as exploitation and injustice. And the Mosaic Law of­fered legal safeguards for the welfare of the needy - in the year of the Jubilee, for example. This spirit of justice expresses a simple truth: What we have beyond what\we need is stolen· from the poor. ·We try to ignore this fact, to modify it; yet

·seldom do we face it and try to live it. But it remains the ·· truth. The Church Fathers understood it and were faithful to its teaching. St. John Chrysostom wrote unequivocally, "No one is able to become rich without injustice': And Pope Paul · remembered this truth in his encyclical ON THE DEVELOP­MENT OF PEOPLES in quoting St. Ambrose: "You are not making a gift of your possessions to the poor man. You are . handing over to him what is his. For what has been given in common for the use of all, you have arrogat~d to yourself.

The world is given to all, and not only to the rich." On this point the encyclical adds, "No one is justified in keeping for his exclusive use what he does not need, when others lack necessities."

To give necessities to the needy is an act' of justice, not an act of mercy. Voluntary poverty provid,es ~(powerful means of preserving justice without which love is impossible. And as Gustavo Gutierrez writes in A THEOLOGY OF LIBERA­TION, "If the ultimate cause of man's exploitation and alien­ation is selfishness, the deepest reason for voluntary poverty is love of neighbor." In this spirit the early Christian church at Jerusalem held everything in common, not for any ideal of poverty, but for a true love of the poor, so that "there was not a needy person among them" (Acts 4:34)~

THE WORKS OF MERCY The love for God and neighbor I was the characteristic of the first Christians. I This love wa. .. expressed through the daily practice I of the Works of Mercy. To feed the hunp-y, I to clothe the naked, I to shelter the homeless, I to instruct the ignorant I at a personal sacrifice I was considered I by the first Christians as the right thing to do. I Surplus goods I were considered to be superfluous I and therefore I to be used to help the needy members I of the Mystical Body. ·

POVERTY AND PEACE The poor man is the man of peace. To seek nonviolence

as a way of life is to embrace voluntary poverty as a way of living. They are two sides of the same coin. The more we have, the more we become attached to material things - to jobs, to status, to security - the more we will fear their loss, the more tenaciously we will fight to hold on to them; In I 968 Lyndon Johnson said tellingly to American troops in Korea: "Don't forget. There ~re two hundred million of us in a world of three billion. They want what we've got, and we're not go­ing to give it to them."

War is indeed the health of the State. With modern econo­mics so deeply involved in the military -industrial complex, voluntary poverty is no longer a choice, but an imperative for the man of peace. Nonviolence includes non-cooperation with the works of war. Voluntary poverty is a call to the works of . mercy, which are the works of peace. So we must embrace voluntary poverty and refuse to participate in the workings of war, the defense industries, stocks and bonds, corporate power. We cannot accept the comforts of a society which are manufactured by the exploitation and.even the blood of others. And as our taxes pay for war and the weapons of war, we can only lead simple lives in poverty and refuse to pay these war taxes. The 18th century Quaker John. Woolman urged his fellow Christians to "Try whether the seeds of war have nour­ishment in our possessions." In the search for peace, we must

. embr?ce poyerty ~s a way. ·

POVERTY AND VISION The poor man is the man of vision. This was most certainly

true of Peter Maurin. Like St. Francis, Peter embraced "Lady Poverty." Chesterton writes that Francis was Tumbler for.Our Lady, and would often see the world standing on his head. He concludes that this perspective was' the most accurate worldview. As Francis would think, were it not for the grace of God the grandest buildings, the largest institutions, the greatest designs of men would only fall into the sky. Francis thus realized his utter

dependence on God for his very sustenance. Renouncing all, he expected nothing, and was happy with everything. _ -

Peter Maurin also realized the passing nature of the wealth of the world·: To the modern world his vision seems as topsy-turvy as the vision of St. Francis. The wisdom of his slogan "work, not wages" stiU escapes most unionists and clock punchers. On riches Peter understood that it was not that "you can't take it

. with you," but rather, "when we die we carry in our clutched hand only what we have given away." Peter taught that it was the poor, the "ambassadors· of God," who provided a service to the rich by giving them the ~'opportunity to do good " by freeing iliem from "t4e shackles of wealth." He was not over­looking the misery of the poor, but simply ·understood that true revolution liberates the oppressor as well as the oppressed.

In embracing voluntary poverty, Peter was truly a free man. He was free to think, to work, to serve, to envision a new so­ciety. In such a society, voluntary poverty would be as natural as the law of gravity. Peter offered a wisdom which very few · modern economis.ts could dare imagine: "Everybody would be rich if nobody tried to become richer. And nobody would be poor if everybody tried to be poorest."

Peter's vision of a new society was essentially spiritual. His ideas are similar to another 20th century man of vision, Mohandas Gandhi who once wrote: ."Civilization, in the real. sense of the term consists not in the multiplication, but in the deliberate and voluntary reduction of wants. This alone pro­motes real happiness and contentment and -increases the cap a~ city· for service." Gandhi believed that true progress was found in the renunciation, not the accumulation of wealth. This notion, shared by Peter Maurin, is tlie.opposite.ofthe materia-

. list world views, both capitalist and_ communist. Gandhi preach­ed a higher standard of spiritual well-being and insisted that a lower .standard of material living was an essential prerequisite.­He once remarked~ that for the poor of the world, God can only

· caine in the form of bread. God can only come to us as we empty ourselves. Only in stripping away our possessions, can . we meet-Christ in the service of others. We must become-noth­

. ing so to be filled with God who is everyth~ng.

A NEW SOCIETY : In a sense we have come full circle. We began with an under-

. standing that voluntary poverty is essentially· spiritual, a way of seeing.the world. We also discussed it as a way of life, some­thing essential to a man of peace and justice. And in a vision of a better world we saw voluntary poverty as not only a way to that world but also as· a measure of~'progress," And prop­erly understood, progress, like voluntary poverty, is "of the spirit." . ·- . .

As we embrace voluntary poverty, we' begin to "create a new society within the shell of the old." Voluntary poverty is . a witness to this world and a vision of a new world .. It is a call to share with the poor, to share both their suffering and the earth's fullness. It is ·a call to. share injustic~'and to protest the injustice which divides humanity into rich and poor. As we live to love both God and neighbor, we might recall Hie words of John, the beloved disciple," ~f anyone has ·the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against hinl, how does God's love abide in him? Let us not love in word orspeech but in deed and i~ truth" {1 John 3: 17-18).

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Peter Maurin: Easy Essays.

I WANT A RADICAL CHANGE Modem society has made the I bank account

. the standard of values. I When the bank account I becomes the standard of values I the banker has the power. When the bankeJ! has the power I the technician has to supervise I the making of profits. ·When the banker bas the power I the politician bas to assure law and order I in the profit-making system. When the banker bas the power I the educator·

· trains students I in the technique of profit making. When. the banker bas the power I the cler.gylllU Is eXPected to bless the profit-making system I or to join the unemployed. When the banker bas the power I the Sermon on the Mount-is declared unpractical. I When the banker ha!s the power· we have an acquisitive I not a functional society. I want a change, I and a radical change. II want a change from an acquisitive society I to a functional society, from a society of. go-getters /to a society of co-givers.

THE PERSONALIST COMMUNITARIAN

A personalist I is a go-giver, I not a go-getter. He tries to give I what he bas, I and does not try to get /'what the other fellow bas. · -· .He tries to be good I by doing good I to the other fellow.· He is altro-centered, I not self-centered. He has a social doctrine I of the common good. He spreads the social doctrine I of the common good through words and deeds. I He speaks through deeds as well as words, I for be knows that deeds speak louder than words./ Through words and deeds be brings into existence I_ a common unity, the_common urilty /_of a community.· ..

WHAT MAKES MAN HUMAN

To give and not to take, I that is what makes man human. To serve and not to rule, I that Is what makes man· human._

. To help· and not to crush, I that Is what makes man human. To nourish and not to devour, I that is what makes man human. And if need be I to die and not to live, that Is what makes man human.. I Ideals and not deals, that is what makes man bW:nan.. l Creed and not lt'eed, that is what makes man human.

WHAT THE CATHOLIC WORKER· BELIEVES

The Catholic Worker believes I in the gentle personalism· . of traditional Catholicism. I The Catholic Worker beUeves in the personal obligation I of looking after l the needs of our brother. I The Catholic Worker beUeves in the daily practice I of the Works of Mercy; .· · The Catholic Worker believes I in Rouses of Bo:spltallty . for the immediate relief/ of those who are In need •. The Catholic Worker believes I in the establishment of

· Farm~ Communes 1 where each one works i·accordlnl to his ability I and gets accordlng·to his need. . · · . ··

· ' The Catholic Worker believes I in er_eatlng a new soci~ within the shell of the old I with the philosophy of·the new. a philosophy so old I that it looks like new. · ·

. ·~ . . . . . . THE WILL TO CO·OPERATE _

. When· someone I JW something I oon'stdered by '~ eommon man I to· be beneficial/ to the cpmmon g6GCI, he :IS tdmlred 1 bY the commnn man. I The- aclalrat!cm · . 'of .. unselfiSh men I who are not. afraid I to take tile -lnlUatlve, · creates the desire /· atnonl .the admlrel'S I to dlDlb Ol1 . · 'the bandwagon 1 of men· Of fDltlati~e.·l They·want tv be l*l't ot:an unselfisll movement. /-'l'h~Y.:are willing l.t.o Dtake. ~

·tc)r:the C01Jl11l01tcau.se.J •. So the will to co-:operate . . . ~ · -llt~ rautti at thf: ~ I of ur..aekt~ men. -· . · · __

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