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Feb. 26,1964 THE SKYSCRAPER Page Three Mrs. Church Inspires Women To Enter U. S. Political Arena Calls for Dedication Mrs. Marguerite Stitt Church, Republican Representative to the U.S. Congress from the 13th Dis trict of Illinois, served for 12 years in the House before her retire ment a year ago. Mrs. Church spoke last week on Tuesday after noon and evening to students dur ing Political Action Week. Appealing to the idealism gener ated by challenge, Mrs. Marguerite Stitt Church confronted the student body and high school honors stu dents with the responsibilities fac ing 20th-century America. Never having found her sex an impediment to her political career, Mrs. Church, in her address to the by Maxine Tyma student body The Fine Art of Self Government, encouraged students to accept the call to public service. Young women, she said, should enter politics not as women but as citizens. The nature of a woman is suited to the detailed and pain staking work . . . and the frustra tions and disappointments are so small in comparison to the cleanli ness that comes from speaking your mind on the floor of the House. An African, she remarked, once said, American you lucky In order to remain lucky, she em phasized, citizens must have high purpose and dedication. One must remember to resolve everything to basic principles. The world needs conviction more than anything else. Vital to the continued function ing of American freedom and dear to the heart of Mrs. Church is the Peace Corps. These youngsters, and Bobbie Bohan she smiledr are the unsung heroesened because Americans take it for of our generation. To emphasize her belief in them, Mrs. Church spent Christ mas Day phoning the families of Peace Corps members she met in South America. Re-defining her faith in America, Mrs. Church closed with a quote from Pericles: I would have you day by day fix your eyes upon the greatness of your country, until you are filled with the love of her; and when you are impressed by the spectacle of her glory, reflect that it has been acquired by men who knew their duty and had the courage to do it. In her address to the high sehool honor students, Mrs. Church posed the question Can Freedom Live? Commenting with a sense of caution, she noted that freedom in the United States has been weak- Shapiro Attacks Republicans On Reapportionment Issue A rather tame, academic discus sion of state government took a political nose dive and turned into an adamant defense of Governor Otto Kerner's reapportionment bill veto, when Lieutenant Governor Samuel H. Shapiro addressed a Mc Cormick Lounge audience, Feb. 20. An inquiry from the floor regard ing the recent reapportionment con troversy steered the speaker from his course of commendatory re marks concerning the responsibili ties and organization of state gov ernment to a head on collision with the reapportionment topic. Prefacing his comments with the declaration, 'There is nothing secret or strange about the issue, Shapiro explained the background of the problem. The Illinois State Constitution provides for state reapportion ment by the General Assembly every ten years, thus dividing Illinois into new districts on a population basis. Last year, the General Assem bly's proposal, which was approved according to Shapiro, in haste and with a desire to pass it at any cost, was vetoed by Governor Kerner. Dennis Discusses Corps; Stresses Contributions by Rae Outlining the extensive contribu tions of the Peace Corps, Mr. Larry Dennis, R. Sargent Shriver's per sonal representative and executive director of the American Council on Education, stressed the organiza tion's contribution in the light of American society, as he addressed students and faculty in McCormick Lounge last week. Goldwater, 'Jr.' Campaigns Here At a reception co-sponsored by the Young Republican clubs of Mundelein and Loyola, Feb. 22, Barry Goldwater, Jr., son of Ari zona presidential candidate, spoke before 50 loyal YR's and a number of curious YD's, Mr. Goldwater said my father's whole argument is against centralization in Washing ton. Questioned on the importance of the New Hampshire primary, Mr. Goldwater answered, New Hamp shire will show the party more di rection. It will give us two or three candidates to concentrate on. Mr. Goldwater maintained that his father now has 450 sure votes and 125 pending out of the 625 needed to win the Republican presi dential nomination. Paul Affects Nation Since its foundation in 1960, when America was searching for its lost sense of identity, the Peace Corps, he said, has fulfilled its intended ex pectations in every aspect, includ ing its beneficial impact on America. This effect has far surpassed the prediction of the late President John F. Kennedy when he termed America the principal beneficiary. Announces Success The Peace Corps has done what it said it would, the speaker an nounced, at the lowest possible cost. It has proven that America can win acceptance, friendship and respect abroad. Mr. Dennis listed the dynamic leadership of Sargent Shriver, the high standard of selection and over seas cooperation as the basic rea sons for the success of the Corps. Creates Change Pointing out the fact that some thing very special has happened in the United States during the past three years, Mr. Dennis paralleled the enthusiastic support obtained by President Kennedy at the very start of the program with that which is now being given to Presi dent Lyndon B. Johnson. We are approaching a time, he said, when our lives will be guided by the call to a universal public service. I hope that you will make your life a part of this service. Defending the governor's veto ac tion and refuting Republican criti cism that Kerner was playing poli tics, Shapiro stated that the bill itself was unfair. He cited Lake and DuPage counties as examples of the unbalanced district division. On the basis of population, each of these counties should have two dis tricts. The proposed bill, however, considered each county one district. Since the bill was vetoed, the governor, following the Consti tution, appointed a ten-man committee to assume the task of reapportionment. According to law, such a committee has four months to reapportion, Shapiro said. If it does not, the candidates for House and Senate must run at large. (The Supreme Court ruled later, that only House Representa tives were bound by this-law.) When the commission, composed of five Republicans and five Demo crats split into two opposing politi cal camps and arrived at no con clusions concerning reapportion ment within the allotted period, the at large election provision went into effect. The lieutenant governor era- pathically asserted that Republi cans were responsible for the com mission's failure to reach a solution. He charged them with refusing to meet and discuss the problem with the Democrats. The Republicans at no time wanted the commission to come to an agreement, the speaker said. Despite the controversy and the political argument, the total effect (of the at large election) is not going to be very bad, Shapiro pointed out. Voters need not worry that the ballot of 177 names will be as big as a bed sheet. It will actually be shorter than the ordinary ballot and shorter than the national ballot. Earlier in his talk, the lieutenant governor discussed the importance of familiarity with the intricacies of government. Stating that the young person of today is the leader of tomorrow, Shapiro underlined the citizen's obligation to be aware of governmental problems, particu larly at the state level. granted. We live in an unsafe, turbulent world, she remarked. A world traveler by virtue of her duties in Congress, Mrs. Church feels that Americans have failed since they project the image of a materialistic, pleasure-hungry and power-bent people, rather than the concept of freedom. She cited the racial crisis in the South as a problem foreigners feel is a direct defiance of what America claims to stand for. We have not created in the world a mirror of what we are on the inside, what we are meant to be and what we are destined to be. Americans, she continued, place too much emphasis on standards of living and not enough stress on stand ards of conduct. The role of the American as a citizen of the world, she believes, is to seek his inner strength. The American youth, she continued, must have something to live for and not something to die for. What makes America what it is, she explained, is not what it has, but what it believes in: the fundamental truth that men are born free; that government finds its basis in the recognition of human rights and, therefore, does not control, but is con trolled by, the people. Beneath a hard and materialistic sur face, she said, are temporary inheritors of this great system built on freedom who can sur vive. Directing a special appeal to the high school students, Mrs. Church encouraged women to enter politics with a dream in your heart and stars in your eyes because it would be dust and ashes unless you felt you were fighting for it in your own way. Politics is a fascinating life. No woman need be afraid to try it. Book Week - (Continued from Page 1) ceive this award in recognition of an outstanding Catholic Book Week program. Besides the faculty tea which was held at the library Feb. 25 from 2-5, the library is also sponsoring a famous quotes contest. Stu dents may obtain blanks at the main desk. Prizes will be given to stu dents who correctly identify ten famous quotations. Samuel H. Shapiro MMMEfo*v S8 3 Skyncrajter Photo by Betsy Braunlin FORMER U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, Marguerite Stitt Church, speaks with Maureen Burns (I.), president of the Mundelein Young Democrats, and Jean Svoboda, Young Republican president, before addressing the student body during Political Action Week. Mrs. Church spoke to Mundelein stu dents and high school honor students that evening in McCormick Lounge.
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1964-02-26 (3)
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