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and study materials for summer institutes on “Democracy versus Communism" for nearly 10,000 high school teachers in 45 states, who in turn have reached an estimated 3,000,000 students. These institutes, normally offering academic credit, have been held, he said, at such centers of learning as the universities of Colorado, Miami, Southern California and Vanderbilt, demonstrating "to the satisfaction of most educators that teaching about Communism is no longer controversial." Cardinal Spellman said that three interacting historical trends make it timely to add this type of program to the social Studies curriculum of the Archdiocese: the ecumenical movement with its cmphasis on perspective; the growing responsibilizy of the U. S. to preserve stability in world affairs; and the increasing importance of electronics communications media as aids to education. The Archdiocese of New York is composed of ten counties: Manhattan, Richmond, Bronx, Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam, Sullivan, Dutchess and Ulster. ~ "hile America cherishes the right to dissent," Cardinal Speliman said, “debate is always have done their homework. When students read Lenin, Mao Tse- Tong, Stalin and Lin Piao, they can see for themselves that - more ~ 26