Show fi Capitol Earnest Request Mill Shears - f ?51 7 fi Senate Chaplain Marshall Offers Challenging Prayer N ’ kV'V By BAUKIIAGE News Analyst and Commentator WNU Service Eye Street D C Washington 1616 N W — Many words WASHINGTON beneath the spoken dome of the capital become first But seldom quoted are page news the words which appear beginning third the with of the paragraph first page of the Congressional Record However twice recently they were quoted — widely They were preceded by two first paragraphs which for the past 10 have years ried only as to the proper names men and Baukhage tloned therein:— "The senate met at a m on the expiration o'clock of the re- 11 and it might be well to record a bit of recent history as a background to his selection Dr Ze Barney Phillips was chaplain of the senate for 15 years— from year 1927 to 1942 When he died many senators had favorite candidates for his Job They "auditioned” them just like radio announcers— although the ministers didn't know and no they were being auditioned senator would admit such a thing Dr From among the candidates Frederick Brown Harris Methodist emerged victorious gossips say bethe shortest cause he delivered Dr Later on Harris’ prayer prayers became longer a common phenomenon among senate chap- lains according to some of the old timers In congress What they don’t add is that in the body in the country the affliction may be contagious Traditionally filling of the chappost is a majority party pre- - lain’s cess” "The chaplain Rev Peter Marshall D D offered the following prayer:" (Then came “paragraph three" Including the part of the prayer fered for that day that appealed to me): "Forbid it Lord that we should walk through thy beautiful world with unseeing eyes Forgive us our Father for taking our good things for granted so that we are in danger of losing the fine art of apWith such dire need in preciation every other part of the world make us so grateful for the bounties we enjoy that we shall try by Thy Where help to deserve them more we are wrong make us willing to and where we are right change make us easy to live with” I repeated that last paragraph on my broadcast because one of my associates had called it to my attention that morning Since then I have been getting letters from all over the country asking for copies of that prayer Earlier (though I had not noticed the items) Time magazine had carried a story about and Newsweek Chaplain Marshall magazine had quoted part of another prayer: "Help os to do our very best this day and be content with toso that we shall day’s troubles not borrow the troubles of tomorrow Save us from the sin of worrying lest stomach ulcers be the badge of our lack of faith Amen” I think my choice is a fairer samBut both ple of Marshalliana of lections reveal one characteristic the doctor's utterances which perhaps is a reason for his popularity He is able to reduce religion to the and most understandable simplest terms— his similes (like those of his Teacher) are taken out of our daily life Peter Marshall is an interesting person as well as a popular preach- er immigrant Boy FulfilU Ambition Dr Marshall's personal history is reminiscent of early Horatio Alger He came to this country from a he believed foreign land because America was the land of opportunity But his story is unique in this' He came not with the dream of "making his fortune” but to fulfill an ambition for neither wenlth nor but simply to get a theologpower ical education He was born in Coatsville in Lanarkshire His father died Scotland when he was little and Marshall was raised by his mother and stepfather who sent him to public school and later to a technical On graduation stitution he took a in a position concern But he wanted to be a minister and he decided it would be easier to obtain an education for this callHe came ing in the United States to this country in his early twenties found work In New Jersey but soon had an opportunity to go to Alabama where he Joined the business department of the Birmingham News With the help of 'some friends who beinterested in this pleasant came Scottish boy with the intriguing burr and the inspired goal he was able to enter Columbia Theological seminary from which he was graduated t I f i in 1931 It has been just THREE TEARS AFTER DESTRUCTION three years since American and Allied troops stormed the beaches to begin the invasion of Europe of Normandy Streets like and It this one In Caen France raged with bullets and mortar sheUs would have been Impossible then for a little girl to walk along the sidewalk carrying bread for the family’s dinner But now the war looks far away NEWS REVIEW Shipping Crisis Impends Predict High Feed Prices of a minor crisis lq railway have been exin by federal transportation in view of an apparent slowdown in frieght car construc- Fears pressed experts tion The Rev Peter Marshall DD senate chaplain offered a prayer that probed deep Into the consciousness of the nation’s busy harassed legislators rogative and so when the Republican 80th congress convened after disposing of the question of Senator Bilbo’s qualifications Senator Wherry arose to offer a resolution that Dr Marshall be elected chaplain of the senate But Wherry’s proposal touched an argument occupying nine off d columns In the CoRecord (No chapngressional lain would dare deliver a sermon THAT long) Democratic Sen Alben Barkley maintained that Dr Harris had done a fine job and should be retained He added that politics should not be permitted to touch the office of senate chaplain He opined that Republicans were "offering a very poor example for the time when the Democrats resume control of the body two years from now” (1948 — 17!) factors are mounContributing ting Industrial production coupled With increasingly heavy wheat exand officials preport movements dict that the “minor crisis” could swiftly develop into a major transblock unless steps are portation taken to ease the traffic slowdown or prevent it from occurring With fate of the now financially of Defense embarrassed Office the still undecided Transportation Interstate Commerce commission has been requested to assume full for continuing orders responsibility requiring full loading of boxcars in the event that congress does not extend the life of ODT beyond its June 30 expiration date ODT has sent investMeantime igators to freight car building companies to probe reports that allocated steel tonnages have not gone car entirely into the construction program Reports for the first half of May indicated that only 1751 freight cars were built 81 short of the number constructed during the corresponding period in ApriL offered by the car Explanation builders is that inadequate steel supplies and strikes within the been have for responsible dustry the grave decline in freight car construction That view however is discounted by federal officials who point out that the government forced the steel Industry to provide the necessary 290000 tons of steel for the goal Republican Senator Bridges was shocked at the implication that politics might be involved Why he protested he didn’t even know Dr Marshall’s politics But the Republicans had their majority Dr Marshall got the Job and as far as I can learn FEED PRICES: the nobody has regretted choice To Stay Up are some Washingtonians There Prospects for the 1947 feed crops who have read and listened to this will be an important influence on Scottish boy whom America has feed prices according to a departawarded for achievement in a call- ment of agriculture report ing in which there are often few The very strong foreign demand earthly awards who feel that his for grain is expected to continue to presence In the Lincoln church is support prices through 1947 and into as his apquite as "appropriate” 1948 although if production of feed is as large as in recent years feed pointment as chaplain of the senate They feel that if the ghost of the prices probably will decline at Great Emancipator ever slips into least seasonally in the last half of — his old pew of a Sunday he smiles 1947in approval of the simple earthy Corn prices this summer the retruisms not too unlike his own port predicted will average higher which come down from one pulpit than the June 1948 ceilings but in that friendly Scottish burr with lower than in the summer of 1948 the same terse impact with which after price controls lapsed they echo from the rostrum of the The department’s survey went on senate to reveal that reports in early May — indicated that approximately 832 million bushels of 1948 corn would be marketed this season That ure would be 50 per cent greater than the average and 14 per cent the previous record above Farm sales from the 1944 crop sales of other feed grains from 1946 crops also ran generally larger BACK TO THE LAND Wearing the costumes of Russian peasants these three persons are typical of the “Doukhobor” religious group of 70 which has purchased 140 acres of land amid the wilderness of Vancouver island British Columbia Following a doctrine of “utter love” they are attempting to found a colony managed on share-aa communal basis with simple peasant ansterity SWINGBACK: Braden Quits Braden Spruille longtime adve cate of and principal force behind this country’s attitude toward Argentina has resigned as assistant secretary of of state in charge affairs him in that post succeed Truman was expected to nominate Norof man New Jersey topflight career diplomat Armour previously served as American envoy in the Argentine and is well known and liked there reaction to his appointment was expected to be highly favorable of Braden’s Acceptance resigna tion by President Truman was genera strong implicaas ally regarded tion that the United States is ready to swing back to a t policy of in America It was anticipated that the attitude changed would take the of "just a form little appease-mentof Fascist dictators particularly Juan D president of Argentina Braden long a toe of Peron and told Mr Truman in a his methods letter that personal responsibilities him to return to private compelled business Departure of Braden from the State department 'followed closely on the heels of his being overruled on two basic by the administration issues in relations: of arms to Supplying nations and formation of a military alliance with other republics in the western hemisphere To President Armour Latin ARMT S FOOTBALL GREATS The backfield stars of Army’s great 1946 football team are shown as they paraded at the United States Military Academy at West Point to receive top athletic awards Left to right are Glenn Davis Felix (“Doc”) Blanchard and Arnold Tncker— halfback fullback and quarterback respectively They— are now ready for duty as second lieutenants : cySa - J SLIM CHANCE Survey Indicates No Depression — Chonces of a WASHINGTON He held two pastorates in Georof depression in the near future apgia and made the acquaintance the young lady who is now his wife pear slim in the opinion of a comIn 1937 he was called to the his- mittee of congressmen studying the toric "Church of the Presidents” in nation’s economy a church which has In its report the Joint Washington economic committee disnumbered among its worshippers closed that most of the 583 persons John Quincy Adams Andrew William Henry Harrison James who answered a survey expect a Andrew Johnson Millard “mild recession” thla fall The comBuchanan however that Fillmore GroVer Cleveland Theo- mittee concluded dore Roosevelt and Abraham Lin- "answers to the economic questions coln whose pew left as it was when do not give any real support to the that we are nearing a debe used It Is a shrine for tourists theory Dr Marshall was elected chaplain pression” showed The survey "general of the senate on January 4 of this i J Manrl Rose winner of the 31st PLAUDITS FOR THE CHAMP motor speedway automobile race at the Indianapolis annual receives greetings from movie star Carole Landis and a few thousand other fans as he steps from the sleek racer in which he hurtled to was 116338 course the His over speed average victory miles an hour and his share of the prise money totaled 20000 agreement” that prices of most types of goods will fall and wage rates will rise between now and the report pointed out January Businessmen are unduly pessimistic about other people's trade prospects while encouraged about their own it added on the nation’s ecoHearings nomic future will be commenced next week by the committee which is headed by Sen Robert A Taft (Rep Ohio) Taft said the commi- ttee wants to examine businessmen economists labor leaders farm and contrac leaders industrialists if - tors on “what they believe is happening In our American economy with particular reference to the current price situation” Taft said he intends to ask the committee later to study the effect of potentially large foreign loans on the domestic economy Earlier Taft had declared that he believed President Truman and the Democratic administration had efforts to bring prices abandoned down in favor of "heavy lending” abroad He contended such lending would keep domestic prices up llt'ljf on his French’ barn mateaHiUr uartetaf Tnnl'Z a ALUGATOR b0W1 Is Mm mUnc did masffero Robert BuIIennan keeper at tw ckvea below middle C “ Incite this bashful bellow Bullermaa failed but the trick U‘ |