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CONTROVERSY OVER CHICAGO BOARD OF EDUCATION BUSING PLAN, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 1968 CONTROVERSY OVER ANNOUNCED CATHOLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM BUSING PLAN, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 1968 a group has been organized in St. Ferdinand's Parish opposing the busing plan concerning the Catholic schools announced by John Cardinal Cody, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago in January, 1968. This group is identified as the St. Ferdinand's Neighbors and Parishioners (SNAP). he above mentioned literature requested the parishioners ahd neighbors of St. Ferdinands to join SNAP in protesting the present policies of the Archdiocese of Chicago concerning busing by putting a penny in the collection basket on Sunday, May 12, 1968, which has been designated by the Roman Catholic Church as Catholic Charities Collection Day. SNAP further relates in the above mentioned literature that it is scandalous for the church to: 1. "To force a change in religion upon those who desire a true Roman Catholic religion.” 2. "“Allw the'Word and Worship" series of books to be taught to our children that omits many of our basic beliefs and contradicts many others." (The "Word and Worship" series of books are catechisms presently used by some schools in the Archdiocese of Chicago which advocate racial justice and alluies to the guidance of the late Reverend Martin Luther King by the Holy Spirit. Because this series advocates racial justice it has had, in the past, a. controversal reputation in the Archdiocese of Chicago). -3-