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CONTRACEPTIVES
Church Reviews Birth Policy
JOHNSON'S CONCERN
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Appalachia: Land of Poverty
By EUGENE LEVIN
Associated Press Staff Writer
VATICAN CITY-The spirit of
Roman Catholic renewal and the
development of birth control pills
have led to a major review of
church policy on population
growth, but it may be months
before conclusions are announced.
Until then, Pope Paul VI has
confirmed the validity of exist-
ing rules and in effect quieted
what had been a growing debate
among some Roman Catholic prel-
ates and theologians about birth
control.
Vatican circles believe that ma-
jor result of the study will con-
cern oral contraceptive pills. The
basic church. position on birth
control is expected to remain un-
changed, with emphasis on im-
proving economic conditions, not
contraception.
Two Aspects
Vatican sources say theologians
and medical experts in many
countries are working on the mor-
al and practical aspects of the
problem.
The pope said June 23 the study
would be carried out "as broadly
and profoundly as possible" - an
indication that conclusions are
not likely to be announced soon.
His statement has had three
major effects:
The Effects
It has served to acknowledge
a demand among Roman Cath-
olics for clarification on hormone
pills.
It has tended to moderate pub-
lic discussion of birth control
among prelates and theologians
by meeting the demand for clari-
fication while reaffirming, for the
present, current policy.
And it has emphasized anew
the church's search for renewal
in the modern world.
No Mention
While Pope Paul's speech was
believed to refer especially to the
new pills, he did not specifically
mention them and he talked in
general terms, indicating a broad-
er review.
Some sources think the study
might also touch on Protestant
views on birth control, with the
hope of helping unity efforts by
examining points of difference.
Many Protestants accept contra-
ceptive measures rejected by Cath-
olics.
Last Christmas, Pope Paul de-
scribed artificial birth controls as
"remedies ... worse than the (pop-
ulation) problem itself."
Not Worthy
He added: "Instead of increas-
ing the supply of bread on the
dining table of this hunger-rid-
den world as modern techniques
of production can do today, some
are thinking in terms of diminish-
ing by illicit means the number of
those who eat with them. This is
unworthy of civilization."
In announcing his study, Pope
Paul was careful not to promise
changes. "Let us say frankly," he
declared, "that we have not yet
sufficient reasons to consider
overcome, and therefore not oblig-
atory, the rules given by Pope
Pius XII in this connection."
Regular Cycle
Debate on the pills is generally
By RICHARD F. NEXVCOM1I
appointed the President's Appala-I
Associated Press N cieaturcs W rilr chian Regional Commission (PA-!
Appalachia is a-strane p cc--
a huge pocket of poverty in the
heart of the world's rich st area.
It is the East's principal moun-
tain chain, and contains breat,-
taking vistas at every hand. It has
plenty of water-most of it foul-
and it supplies two-thirds of the
nation's coal.
It is a vast area-165,000 square
miles, ten times the size of Swit-
zerland-running from Erie, Pa.,
to Birmingham, Ala. And it con-
tains 15.3 million people-by and
large the poorest people in the
nation. Geographically, AppalachiaI
encompasses all of one state --
West Virginia-and parts of nine
others-Pennsylvania, Ohio, Vir-
ginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Ten-
nessee, North Carolina, Georgia
and Alabama. The eyes of the na-
tion are on it.
Discovered Poverty
President John F. Kennedy first
focused attention on Appalachia,
He discovered the depth of pov-
erty there when he was campaign-
ing for the presidency, and later
POPE PIUS XII
concerned with finding ways of
using them along with the rhythm
system to make that method more
certain. The pills, in addition to
controlling ovulation, help make
the menstrual cycle regular.
Most Roman Catholic authori-
ties, including Archbishop John
Heenan of Westminster (England)
and the Vatican Weekly L'Osser-
vatore Della Domenica, reject the
pills now on the market.
RC) . After the assassination, Pres-
ident Johnson ordered the com-
mission to continue its work. The
report of the commission, headed
by Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. and
including representatives of the
tates in the region, presented a
stark picture of life in Appalachia.
It also recommended a long-range
federal-states program to cost bil-
lions of dollars.
President Johnson wasted no
Lime. He visited parts of Appala-
chia, talked with some of the peo-
ple there, and said these things:
He has declared "unconditional
war on poverty" and the goal is
"total victory." "We are not go-
ing to rest until unemployment is
out of date . . . in every American
city. For the first time in our
history an America without hun-
mer is a practical prospect, and
it must-it just simply must-be
done.'
Then he returned to Washing-
ton and four days later sent to
Congress a proposal to get the
kppalachia program under way
with "the urgency and the need
that is so plainly written on the
faces of Appalachian citizens."
First Request
For the first year, starting July
1, he asked $280 million. Main
features of the program are:
1) Highways-To open up the
blind valleys and passless ridges
of the mountain country.
APPALACHIA
Poverty Row
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60 decade, while it was increas-
ing 15 per cent in the rest of the
country.
Little Growth
Population went up 1.1 per cent,
while in the rest of the country
It was growing 20.4 per cent. All
economic indicators-retail sales,
automobile sales, spending on
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services--are far below the na-
tional averages.
To put it concretely: President
Johnson sat on the porch of a
ramshackle home near Inez, Ky.,
and talked with Tom Fletcher.
He's a sawmill operator with eight
children. Last year he made $400,
That's Appalachia.
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