Show Confused Samaritan Pro Problems lem Of 0 Helping Roman Catholic Cardin a 1 I Francis Spellman recen recent t 11 1 y asked the hierarchy of the church in Rome to express itself it itself itself it- it self in favor of federal financial support for parochial schools in the he United States THE TiE LATE President John JohnF F 7 F. Kennedy said such a course was clearly unconstitutional and most Americans and the courts feel the Constitution is clear in barring the use of pubic public pub pub- ic tic t money oney for church schools Spellman would ignore these constitutional bars and obtain federal funds for tor c church h u r c h schools by applying enough pressure through his church on Senators and Congressmen to get public funds THE TEE ROMAN C Cat Catholic a t h o 0 1 11 i c Church has in effect blocked better education for millions of ol American youngsters by opposing opposing opposing ing federal aid to the public schools for over ten years Time and time again a federal federa educational aid old bill would have have I passed Congress had it not been for the powerful influence exerted by the Roman Catholic I allied with States on Capitol Hill I There are those who now pro pro- propose propose I pose to circumvent the roadblock roadblock road road- block by turning over increasing increasing ing sums of federal money to the stales states SOME THINK i a 1 I schools are already receiving unconstitutional aid in the form of publicly financed bus transportation trans trans- school books etc and because the Catholic i c c Church controls the school system system tem tern in many countries and the governments too in some and is now the largest church H III P Pin in the United States the Spellman Spellman Spellman Spell Spell- man move to obtain public money for the teaching of its particular concepts and beliefs is s disturbing |