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—^ •<••[ mar "^ttP* r THE VOICE 6301 Biscayne Blvd. Miami 38, Fla. Wh- y Discriminate ^VOICE Return Requested Against 6 Million Weekly Publication of the Diocese of Miami Covering the 16 Counties of South Florida Private Students? VOL. IV, NO. 46 Price $5 a year ... 15 cents a copy FEBRUARY 1, 1963 "The message contains something for everybody — everybody except the children whose parents have elected to send them to private schools." That capsule comment, expressed by a leading spokesman Catholic Grade And High Schools for Catholic schools, best describes the message on education sent to Congress Tuesday by President Kennedy. Msgr. Frederick G. Hochwalt, director of the Education De- Excluded In Federal Aid Message partment, National Catholic Welfare Conference, stated that it was "^deed encouraging" to note that the message acknowledged WASHINGTON (NO — Presi- leges would be eligible to take "grants and graduate fellow- than to public school teachers .thai .Wational opportunities should be extended to all stu- dent Kennedy's 1963 education part in a proposed three-year ships. only as is now the case. dents^'without exception." program follows the pattern of billion dollar loan program for its predecessors on the issue of In addition, the program calls He expressed deep disappointment, however, at the pro- for forgiveness of up to 50 per Both public and private cot- aid to church-related schools: construction of academic facili- gram's proposals for aid to grade and high schools, in which cent of a National Defense Edu- leges would be eligible for Colleges and universities are in, ties. only public schools would share for the most part. cation Act loan to a student who grants for library construc- grade and high schools for the Referring to the fact that one out of every seven in the Likewise, students in both chooses a teaching career. This tion and expansion; foreign most part are out. forgiveness feature would be ex- school population of this country attends a private school, Mon- public and private institutions language programs; graduate On the level of higher educa- could share in student loan in- tended on an across-the-board signor Hochwalt said in a statement: school expansion; and college- tion, both public and private col- surance, student work-study basis to all teachers, rather "The claim that this Federal aid program is comprehensive level education of technicians and balanced echoes a hollow sound in the halls of private ele- in engineering, science and mentary and secondary schools. Any proposal or pattern of dis- health. criminatory legislation that disregards such a rich .educational resource cannot be called balanced, nor can it be considered Catholic And Public School The public and private institu- truly in the national interest. tions of higher education would "Our position has not changed. We ask equal treatment for also be equally eligible for Fed- all children. We have stated this clearly many times. On this we Growth In U.S. In 60 Years eral grants for elementary and stand firm." secondary school teacher train- ing; and for specialized train- It was a similar provision in a bill presented last ing of teachers of handicapped year which caused such controversy throughout the nation and and gifted children and adult led to prolonged debate in both House and Senate and the final illiterates, as well as for the death of the measure in a House committee. 1900 training of librarians and other Hie words "constitutional" or "unconstitutional" do not specialized personnel. appear in Mr. Kennedy's 1963 message. It was that issue PUBLIC SCHOOLS ONLY last year which caused greatest discussion, and it is still However, the President's pro- being carried on in legal and other circles throughout the I960 posed four-year, $1.5 billion pro- United States. gram of Federal grants for Both private and public colleges are treated equally in raising salaries of grade and that part of the message having to do with loans for academic CATHOLIC I I high school teachers and for facilities and other proposals on the level of higher education. 12 34 building grade and high school (Continued on Page 6) Student Enrollment In Millions classrooms would make funds available to public schools only. As now, public grade and high Schools would get grants People Of Diocese Praised for science, mathematics and 1900 foreign language teaching equipment. Private schools For Generosity To DDF would get loans only. In a message delivered at all forming an important part of Vlasses in every church last the 85 places of learning which Also, only public schools Sunday, Bishop Coleman F. make up the Catholic school 1960 would be eligible for vocational education funds and Federal Uarroll expressed his gratitude system of the Diocese. PUBLIC s ;o all the people of the Diocese grants for adult basic educa- >f Miami and repeated his ad- The fact that 92 per cent of a tion. pledges made in previous De- tiiration for their prayers, Student Enrollment In Millions Mr. Kennedy's education mes- sacrifice and generosity which velopment Fund campaigns had sage to Congress made no di- lave made possible the achieve- (Continued on Page 2) rect mention of the controversy nents and remarkable growth over Federal aid to church-re- >f the Diocese in the first four lated schools, which contribut- fears of its existence. CONTRIBUTION MADE BY CATHOLIC SCHOOLS ed to the defeat of his At the same time, the education program for the past priests in their sermons ap- two years. pealed for the continued sup- 'LUXURY OF DEBATE' port of the faithful in the $2.6 Billion Saved Yearly In U.S. Taxes He did say, however, that the 1963 Diocesan Development Catholic grade and high represented by Catholic schools, the National Education Associa- ers had been on the public pay- nation "can no longer afford Fund Campaign, now official- schools save the nation's tax- Monsignor Hochwalt said, tion. roll and had been paid the aver- the luxury of endless debate ly under way. age public school salary in their payers $2.6 billion a year, in-, over all the complicated and Briefly summarizing aecom- "Although the message is The $2.6 billion saving repre- respective areas, their salary sensitive questions raised by eluding $14,018,566 which the costs would have added )lishments made possible in silent on this, obviously high ad- sents money taxpayers would each new proposal on Federal Diocese of Miami alone saves $929,019,018 to the public tax >revious Development Fund ministrators in the government have to pay for the education participation in -education." Wve"SJ % priests mentioned: taxpayers annually in the 16 burden. are aware of the contribution in public schools of 4,373,42? "To be sure, these are all counties of South Florida. St. Jfcr— Vianney Minor Sem- grade school pupils and 880,369 Proportionate salary costs hard problems — but this na- nary, where five buildings al- Catholic educaton has been and high-school students attending of the 1,072 members of facul- tion has not come to its pres- •eady erected now make pos- In revealing these figures is making to the common de- ties in Diocese of Miami ent position of leadership by sible the education of more than this week, Msgr. Frederick G. sire for educational excellence. Catholic schools in 1960. Hochwalt, director of the Edu- schools would have been add- avoiding hard problems. We are .70 young men studying for the The $14,018,566 saving to at a point in history when we "Federal aid limited to pub- Diocesan priesthood. cation Department of the Na- taxpayers in South Florida ed to the public tax burden in must face and resolve these lic schools would add to the Lourdes Residence, in West tional Catholic Welfare Con- represents monies which resi- South Florida. problems," he said. r»alm Beach, first opened in ference, commented that a tax burden of those citizens dents of 16 counties in the who voluntarily bear this $2.6 Diocese of Miami would have The Education Department Mr. Kennedy did not offer .960 and at present caring for program of Federal School prepared tables showing per- 160 aged men and women. billion annual burden," he de- to pay for the education in any reason for excluding pri- aid limited to public schools clared. pupil public school costs, public The Catholic Home for De- public schools of 36,339 pupils vate grade and high schools would increase the tax burden enrolled in 85 Miami diocesan and Catholic school enrollments, >endent Children, at Perrine, The NCWC Education Depart- teacher salaries and teacher to- from most of the benefits of of citizens whose support of elementary and high schools. his program. In his 1961 edu- >pened in 1961, which now pro- Catholic schools makes pos- ment computed the $2.6 billion tals in Catholic schools in all 50 'ides shelter for homeless boys According to the NCWC Edu- cation message he referrd to sible this tax saving. tax saving represented by the states and the District of Colum- and girls. nation's Catholic schools on the cation Department, there bia. "the clear prohibition, of the basis of pupil costs for 1959-60. were 157,124 teachers in U. S. Constitution" as barring use Five new Diocesan high Noting that President Ken- According to the tables, the jchools and improvements and nedy's tax message to Congress The figures were computed in Catholic grade and high schools of public funds to build idditions to other high schools, was silent on the tax saving part from statistics published by in October, 1961. If these teach- (Continued on Page 10) (Continued on Page 10) Voice Photoa Bishop Coleman F.

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