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. : ° ee) fost : PT - 7 7 "ER ‘sg { That letter was follow ‘one Rummel Denies \from’Father Meyer yesterday. in | which the pastor asked his par-. ishtonerY’ to sign a statement. © is part of the letter: “4 [_ “This letter is not antended to: Ouster Threat | antagonize. We are faci. ga very ‘ serious danger of losing the privi- 8 lege of receiving the sacraments. In Pla vemine . . . We are in danger of ex- q .) Jcommunication. This is a matter . of our holy faith. It is a doc- Archbishop Joseph Francis trine to which all must submit: Rummel said today he did not else we come liable to the penalty threaten to excommunicate reb spersonal ex-communicalighs Jious Catholics in Plaquemines Here is the statement_which parish but warned them thatlrather Meyer asked each parish- there Was such & possibility i{bioner to sign: — they continue to refuse to allow, ‘“‘In conformity with the teach- a Negro priest to say mass. ings of the church on the dignity : “There is 8 ility of ex-Lof the priesthood and the digni- communication, rticularly of |ty of the human person I regret the leaders.*t.sayd the archbishop jthe offenses committed in our today. ., community against this teaching. He said hmyevénghat the letter “Henceforth 1 will accept any ishjopers f the. Rev. (priest appointed to give us Sun- Clement SMeyer, S. M.. pastor day masses and other services.” @f-Our Lady of Perpetual Help)!Draft Resolutions parish, might have .been inter-} Members of the congregation preted as a threat of excommuni-[ who met in the Belle Chasse au- cation. lditorium Jast night drew ‘up & Father Meyer's parish includes | tentative resolution in which they the Belle Chasse. Jesuit Bendisaid they are dedicated to the and Myrtle Grove areas. maintenance of segregation or Members Meet the separatoin of races in all ” Members of the parish met last matters which affect their fami- - “\ night and-voted unanimously to Jes. . . : present a resolution 10 their pas- They said they must be un- tor, reiterating their stand yielding against any effort made ” against appointment of a Negrog'©® desegregate or impose any 4 priest to the area. person of the colored race upon They refused last October to al- low a Negro priest to say mass =} in the mission chapel of St. Ce- a cilia at sesuit Bend. m = 6The archbishop then refused to aa assign any priest to the mission “d until parishioners agreed to ac- cept whoever was assigned. . 4 «This past Sunday. Father Mey- er read from the pulpit a letter from the archbishop in which the ilies. ‘ spoke and said a book published by the Catholic Committee of the South and distributed among priests and nuns contained “‘Com-! fmunistic brain-washing.”’ The name of the book is “Eeg-. regation in Catholic Schools.” | : prelate deciared: . .U pr. Emmett L. Irwin spoke: It is our earnest desire to re-|ipriefly and said mingling of white store services in the mission | ari colored school maf would} chapel of St. Cecilia . +» but We |pbcent a health ‘problem. He must first receive from your |<4q there would be a sgread “of leaders an expression of sincere |gisease and vermin.” st E sorrow over the grevious offense which they committed by refus- ; ing to permit the Rev. Father Ge-i rard Lewis to celebrate holy: . ss... and inciting you to -! sift the lawful authority of the rch. aoe fi Sehiaciicu “NEW ORLEANS STATES a NEW ORLEANS, LA. : Are 12/7/55 Foo & 5 Pege 36 Cols. yield them which would give him, s@y spiritual, social or personal £ tact with members of their Jam; District attorney Leader Perez __. Mr. Tolson. Mr. Nichols Mr. Boardman Mr. Belmont. Mr. Mason... Mr. Mohr... Mr. Parsons Mr. Rosen... Mr. Tamm... Mr. Nears . Mr. Winterrowd_ Tele. Room... Mr. Holloman Miss Gandy yet al - THENOWY Victims ~~ VICTI: CIVIL RIGHTS bl