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PERTH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1970
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AUSTRALIA MUST ACT SAYS UNESCO LEADER
LEGAL YEAR OPENS
S YDNEY —Australia should contribute one percent of what it produces to help underdeveloped countries by 1975—and every Australian must urge the Government to do so, U NESCO Deputy Director, Dr. Malcolm Adiseshiad, said on Sunday. He was speaking during a televised ecumenical service at the joint Catholic and Council of Churches conference, "Action for World Develop-
ment". • Urge and support Dr. Adiseshiah said the • Underdevelopment 1960s had been pro- threatens sec u ri ty. the Australian Governclaimed a World Develop- "Hungry are ment in its obligation to people underwith ment Decade. It had be- combustible people," he w ork gun with high hopes, but s aid. "Discriminated developed countries in planning their developended as a decade of disagainst people are angry ment programmes. Ausappointment. The Australian tralia should contribute, The rich nations had people. to develop- by 1975, one per cent of contribution increased their incomes by more than $600 billion ment is a cheap price, a what it produced each bargain basement pre- year in aiding underduring that decade. In the same period, the mium, for the purchase developed countries. It poor countries had read- of peace. Development is should also revise and reied themselves for de- t he new name for view its trade policy towards the products of velopment by adopting peace." coununderdeveloped national plans, starting • Always remember tries which could, in manufacturing and renodevelopment was man. some cases, involve the vating agriculture. "But their efforts have "Man is the subject and gradual lowering and customs, been defeated—by their object of all develop- abolition of population increase, their ment," he said. "He is its taxes and subsidies and, inequitable social and ends and means. He is its in other cases, involve economic structures, the origin and finality. Aiding the granting of preferHis Grace, the Archbishop (right) and the Anglica Archbishop of Perth, Right Rev. Geoffrey Sambel l , annual one per cent such development—that ences. at the interdenominational service held at St. Geor ge's Cathedral last Monday to open the legal year. shrinking of their trade is, man to be man, politi• Take part in the ( Photo: Robert Butcher, Wes,t and Co.) opportunities with their cally, economically, soand 1970 International Educaculturally and, cially, neighbours rich above all, by their ab- spiritually—is an expres- tion Year. sence of skills and edu- sion of the human-ness of every Australian. "It is "If development is cation. "Their education and his mark of humanity. It man, then the education programmes is his signpost of human t raining of man, in school and have just got underway ism." • Work hard to elimi- out of school, and are not functioning in farm nate pockets of poverty too well." and factory, in hospital in Australia, "reviewing The world was divided " Vietnamese Catholics will not be able to accept a cheap peace, a peace at and re-ordering your na- and club, becomes the he said. One-third was any price that would be imposed at the price of injustice, of the loss of tional priorities, and rich and two-thirds were keeping the economy ex- resource for developliberty," two Vietnamese bishops told the Paris peace talk delegations in poor. panding continuously." ment." an open letter. "It is a world in which the rich one billion is The two prelates — At its annual meeting more for the benefit of growing richer every day Archbishop Paul Nguyen last month, the bishops' the unity of the nation. and the poor two-thirds van Binh, of Saigon, conference decided to re are growing poorer every president of the Vie': write the letter and send CLOSER day." namese Bishops' Confer• it to the four delegations. Pope Paul VI has urged The 1970s have also ence, and Bishop Peter However, it was sent in • Let there be suspenPham ngoc Chi, of Da- the names of Archbishop ded every direct or in- the Italian Government been nominated a Denang, vice-president—had Binh and Bishop Chi as direct activity that might to avoid passing a law velopment Decade, and tried unsuccessfully last president and vice-presi- prevent the two regions permitting divorce, a law he gave three reasons which he claimed would why Australia should be November to meet the dent of the conference. from being drawn more jeopardise the peace and active in development: Peace talk delegations. In the letter, they out- closely together, prepar- honour of the nation. • The underdeveloping in this way the lined the "fundamental There is currently a NO TIME principles for a true groundwork for the re- strong effort to legalise ment of Asia, Africa and Latin America was imconstruction of the coun- divorce in peace": Italy, contrary They said Vietnamese moral. "We are morally try in respect for its into the provisions of the • It is necessary to put dependence and Catholics "wish a just for the concordat between the compelled to correct this and lasting peace, from love at the foundation in free decision of immoral inequity," he the Government and the said. Which are excluded in- order to facilitate dia- people. Holy See. and stimulate justice, oppression and logue • Underdevelopment slavery, a peace that re- mutual concessions with DISARMAMENT was bad for Australia's said: "We The Pope spects all the rights and a view to reaching the sincerely hope and whole business. "There are vast hoped-for result. legitimate liberties • The peace treaty of heartedly wish—for the markets waiting over man and also the inde• The dignity, rights must necessarily include love of peace, the honour there for Australia's Pendence of the country." and legitimate liberties a plan for disarmament of Italy itself and the goods," he said. "There for the two regions, re There could be no of man must be respecducing the armed force greater good of the entire are Australian consumers Peace, they wrote, with- ted. to what is strictly neces- Italian people—that any waiting here for their out "respect for the insary to assure public se- step may be avoided goods, which can lower PRECISE alienable rights of the structure. price "Cars have been my life for a long time. --curity. All the resources which, by a unilateral de- your human person in private cision, might violate what There is a rich commerce My 17 years experience in all phases of the • Let there be conof the country will be as well as social life. motor business means I can give you the right cluded a peace treaty employed in the recon- was solemnly established in goods and culture Under all awaiting you." aspects--eco- with clear and precise struction of the country, by agreement. sort of advice about buying a good quality noinic, political, cultural, clauses whose applica- the raising of the stanused car at the price you want to pay. r eligious." tion will be controlled by dard of living of the Phone me on 61 6736, or call and see me The bishops had inten- an international commis- population, especially the personally." ded to present an open sion equipped with pow- working classes and the letter to the four delega- ers and effective re- poor." We would like to inform our readers that tions last year but did sources. not when ample supplies of our new Mass book, the they could not • In realising this meet the four "Mass Book For Today", along with school together. peace treaty, let there be Cash Books and Project Compassion boxes, The letter was written put aside any spirit of are available at "The Record" Office, 450 Hay in Rome when they at- hatred or of personal or S treet, Perth. tended the Synod of Bish- partisan revenge. USED CAR A new Catholic periodiOPs last October. Our Mass books are also on sale at PeiM SPECIALISTS Due to • Let the relations and cal, Chrzeseijanin Swielack of time, legrini & Co., 820 Hay Street, and the Catholic they did not exchanges between the cie (Christian in the 495 Albany Park Victoria Tel: 61 6736 Highway, Fonsult the Book Shop, Pier Street. other bishops South and the North be World), has begun publiin Vietnam. • John Donovan Peter Atkinson intensified more and cation in Poland.
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