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Show THE T.EIII SUN. LEHI. UTAH Capitol Senate Chaplain Marshall Offers Challenging Prayer By BAUKIIAGE .News Analyst and Commentator. WNU Service, 16I Eye Street, N. W Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON. - Many words spoken beneath the high-arched dome of the capitol become first page news. But seldom quoted are the words which appear beginning with the third paragraph of the first page of the Congressional Record. However twice recently they were quoted and widely. They were pre ceded by two first paragraphs which for the past 10 vears have va- Tnif riea oniy as to Baukhage the Proper names and hour mentioned men-tioned therein: "The senate met at 11 o'clock . m. on the expiration of the re cess." "The chaplain. Rev. Peter Marshall, Mar-shall, D. D., offered the following prayer:" (Then came "paragraph three," Including the part of the prayer offered of-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 dan-ger of losing the fine art of appreciation. ap-preciation. With such dire need In every other part of the world, make us so grateful for the bounties we enjoy that we shall try, by Thy help, to deserve them more. Where we are wrong, make us willing to change, and where we are right, 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 atten-tion 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 Chaplain Marshall, and Newsweek magazine had quoted part of another anoth-er prayer: "Help os to do our very best this day and be content with today's to-day's troubles, so that we shall not borrow the troubles of tomorrow. to-morrow. 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 sample sam-ple of Marshalliana. But both selections se-lections reveal one characteristic of the doctor's utterances, which perhaps per-haps is a reason for his popularity. He is able to reduce religion to the simplest and most understandable 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 preacher. preach-er. Immigrant Boy Fulfills Ambition Dr. Marshall's personal history is reminiscent of early Horatio Alger. He came to this country from a foreign land because he believed America was the land of opportunity. opportu-nity. But his story is unique in this: He came, not with the dream of "making his fortune," but to fulfill an ambition for neither wealth nor power, but simply to get a theological theolog-ical education. He was born in Coatsville In Lanarkshire, Lan-arkshire, Scotland. His father died when he was little, and Marshall was raised by his mother and stepfather, step-father, who sent him to public school and later to a technical institution. in-stitution. On graduation, he took a position in a tube-manufacturing concern. But he wanted to be a minister, and he decided it would be easier to obtain an education for this calling call-ing in the United States. He came 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 depart-ment of the Birmingham News. With the help of some friends who became be-came interested In this pleasant Scottish boy with the intriguing burr and the inspired goal, he was able to enter Columbia Theological seminary, sem-inary, from which he was graduated in 1931. He held two pastorates in Georgia, Geor-gia, and made the acquaintance of the young lady who is now his wife. In 1937, he was called to the historic his-toric "Church of the Presidents" in Washington, a church which has numbered among its worshippers John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Jack-son, William Henry Harrison, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Millard Fillmore, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Theo-dore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, Lin-coln, whose pew, left as it was when he used it, is a shrine for tourists. Dr. Marshall was elected chaplain of the senate on January 4 of this II lii r niinwim Hill Hears (Hairiest year, and it might be well to record a bit of recent history as a back ground to his selection. Dr. Ze Barney Phillips was chap lain of the senate for 15 years from 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 they were being auditioned, and no senator would admit such a thing, From among the candidates. Dr, Frederick Brown Harris, Methodist, emerged victorious, gossips say, be cause he delivered the shortest prayer. Later on Dr. Harris 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 speech-maklngest body in the country, the affliction may be contagious. Traditionally, filling of the chap lain's post is a majority party pre- 'X '4 The Rev. Peter Marshall, D.D., senate chaplain, offered a prayer that probed deep into the consciousness con-sciousness of the nation's busy, harassed legislators. rogative, and so when the Republican Repub-lican 80th congress convened, after disposing of the question of Senator Bilbo's qualifications, Senator Wherry Wher-ry arose to offer a resolution that Dr. Marshall be elected chaplain of the senate. But Wherry's proposal touched off an argument occupying nine close-typed columns in the Congressional Con-gressional Record. (No chap-Iain chap-Iain would dare deliver a sermon ser-mon 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 sen-ate chaplain. He opined that Republicans Re-publicans were "offering a very poor example for the time when the Democrats resume control of the body two years from now." (1948 I?l) Republican Senator Bridges was shocked at the implication that politics poli-tics 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, nobody has regretted the choice. There are some Washingtonians who have read and listened to this Scottish boy whom America has awarded for achievement in a calling call-ing in which there are often few earthly awards, who feel that his presence in the Lincoln church is quite as "appropriate" as his appointment ap-pointment as chaplain of the senate. They feel that if the ghost of the Great Emancipator ever slips into his old pew of a Sunday, he smiles in approval of the simple, earthy truisms, not too unlike his own, which come down from one pulpit in that friendly Scottish burr, with the same terse impact with which they echo from the rostrum of the senate. 1 SLIM CHANCE 1 A M i'i -N Survey Indicates No Depression WASHINGTON. - Chances of a depression in the near future appear ap-pear slim, in the opinion of z committee com-mittee of congressmen studying the nation's economy. In its report, the joint senate-house senate-house economic committee disclosed dis-closed that most of the 583 persons who answered a survey expect a "mild recession" this fall. The committee com-mittee concluded, however, that "answers to the economic questions do not give any real support to the theory that we are nearing a depression." de-pression." The survey showed "general Pppwip' - mjpTurw wm'WV',w''''"'",mn '' "lr,' " " :,J"..p:;-Wi 1 : , " ; f tI i V " ? - THREE TEARS AFTER DESTRUCTION ... It has been just three years since American and Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy D-Day to begin the invasion of Europe. Streets like this one in Caen, France, raged with bullets and mortar shells, and It would have been Impossible then for a little gk-l 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 Fears of a minor crisis in railway shipping in mid-July have been ex pressed by federal transportation experts in view of an apparent slowdown in frieght car construction. construc-tion. Contributing factors are mount ing industrial production coupled with increasingly heavy wheat export ex-port movements, and officials pre dict that the "minor crisis" could swiftly develop into a major transportation trans-portation block unless steps are taken to ease the traffic slowdown or prevent it from occurring. With fate of the now financially embarrassed Office of Defense Transportation still undecided, the Interstate Commerce commission has been requested to assume full responsibility for continuing orders requiring full loading of boxcars in the event that congress does not extend ex-tend the life of ODT beyond its June 30 expiration date. Meantime, ODT has sent investigators investi-gators to freight car building companies com-panies to probe reports that allocated allo-cated steel tonnages have not gone entirely into the 10,000-a-month car construction program. Reports for the first half of May indicated that only 1,751 freight cars were built, 81 short of the number num-ber constructed during the corresponding corre-sponding period in April. Explanation offered by the car builders is that inadequate steel supplies and strikes within the in-dustry in-dustry have been responsible for the grave decline in freight car construction. con-struction. That view, however, is discounted by federal officials who point out that the government forced the steel industry to provide the necessary 200,000 tons of steel for the 10,000-a-month goal. FEED PRICES: To Stay Up Prospects for the 1947 feed crops will be an important influence on feed prices, according to a department depart-ment of agriculture report The very strong foreign demand for grain is expected to continue to support prices through 1947 and into 1948; although if production of feed is as large as in recent years, feed prices probably will decline, at seasonally, in the last half of 1947. Corn prices this summer, the report re-port predicted, will average higher than the June, 1946, ceilings, but lower than in the summer of 1946 after price controls lapsed. The department's survey went on to reveal that reports in early May agreement" that prices of most types of goods will fali and wage rates will rise between now and January 1, the report pointed out Businessmen are unduly pessimistic pessimis-tic about other people's trade prospects pros-pects while encouraged about their own, it added. Hearings" on the nation's economic eco-nomic future will be commenced next week by the committee, which is headed by Sen. Robert A. Taft (Rep., Ohio). Taft said the committee commit-tee wants to examine businessmen, economists, labor leaders, farm leaders, Industrialists and contrac Request Feed Prices indicated that approximately 832 million bushels of 1946 corn would be marketed this season. That figure fig-ure would be 50 per cent greater than the 1938-42 average and 14 per cent above the previous record sales from the 1944 crop. Farm sales of other feed grains from 1946 crops also ran generally larger. SWINGBACK: Braden Quits Spruille, Braden, longtime advocate advo-cate of and principal force behind this country's hard-handed attitude toward Fascist-inclined Argentina, has resigned as assistant secretary of state in charge of Latin-American affairs. To succeed him in that post, President Truman was expected to nominate Norman Nor-man Armour of New Jersey, topflight top-flight career diplomat. diplo-mat. Armour previously pre-viously served as American envoy in the Argentine and is well known and liked there. Latin-American Latin-American reaction to his appointment was expected to be Armour highly favorable. Acceptance of Braden's resigna tion by President Truman was generally gener-ally regarded as a strong implication implica-tion that the United States is ready to swing back to a poucy oi appease-ment appease-ment in Latin America. It was anticipated that the changed attitude would take the form of "just a little appease-ment" appease-ment" of Latin-American Latin-American Fascist dictators, particularly particu-larly Juan D. Pe-ron, Pe-ron, president of Argentina.- Braden Braden, long a foe of Peron and his methods, told Mr. Truman in a letter that personal responsibilities compelled him to return to private business. Departure of Braden from the state department followed closely on the heels of his being overruled by the administration on two basic issues in inter-American relations: Supplying of arms to Latin-American nations and formation of a military mili-tary alliance with other republics in the western hemisphere. tors on "what they believe is happening hap-pening 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 abandoned efforts to bring prices down in favor of "heavy lending" abroad. He contended such lending would keep domestic prices up. I 3 f t ( ' - , niiiiiiwfak ,U y 1 LIFE'S A 'SONG' Strange Town of Vetville Planned for Disabled G.l.s WNU Features. LOS ANGELES, CALIF. Life should be "a song" for hundreds hun-dreds of disabled war veterans if plans of Harry Revel, popular popu-lar song writer, materialize. His plan, which has received the enthusiastic backing of ex-servicemen, ex-servicemen, civic officials and business leaders, embraces the founding of a town of Vetville solely for disabled veterans. It would be a strange town, Judged by the ordinary concepts of city planning: A town of bouses with extra wide doorways to accommodate wheel chairs, of sidewalks and ramps Instead of curbs, of one tory buildings with no stepups. A town with modern factories providing jobs that crippled fighting men can do; with back yard workshops; with land for farming; with its own civio center, cen-ter, hospital, open air theater, motion picture house, swimming swim-ming poo, schools and churches. church-es. A town in which a thousand handicapped ex-G.I.s for $5,000 each can have their own homes and raise their families, living their lives under the most favorable fa-vorable circumstances. The inspiration for the unique town crme to Revel while he was entertaining servicemen during and since the war. With a 10 by 15 foot scale model, he has been able to give others an accurate picture of the proposed city. The model shows eight houses to the block. Back yards open into a central recreation area. Public buildings are on a wide main street running through the center of the town. Revel will endeavor to raise money for the project through public pub-lic gifts and benefit shows. Both fund raising enterprises and actual construction of the village will be in the hands of a committee comprised com-prised of civic, religious and screen personalities. Hearty endorsement of the project proj-ect has come from Veterans' Administrator Ad-ministrator Omar Bradley and from veterans themselves. Typical of the reaction of handi capped veterans was that of Ed Sweeney, an ex-marine paralyzed from the waist down, who is a pa tient in Birmingham Veterans hospital hos-pital in Van Nuys: "The boys in the hospital feel that Vetville is a wonderful thing. We can be together there and work for our living." A national bank has promised to finance veteran loans. Several corporations, cor-porations, including a spark plug manufacturer and a nail polish maxer, nave agreed to locate fac tones in Vetville. Home Fires Impel Lat Jo Lomplete 600 Mile Jaunt RACINE, WIS.-Although it took two years and a 600-mile hike to do it, Boots, a wandering torn cat, finally fi-nally has returned to the home of his owner, Mrs. Raymond McCul lough. Two years ago Mrs. McCulloueh shipped Boots, a gray maltese, to the home of her mother, Mrs. E. J, Mosher, at Albion, Pa. Boots nr. rived there all right, but remained only one month and then dis appeared. The McCulloughs long ago gave up hope of ever seeing the cat again. But one night Mrs. McCul-lough McCul-lough looked out the window and saw Boots sitting on the sill. When Mrs. McCullough raised the win. dow, the cat leaped into the house and made for his favorite spot back or me sofa. A saucer of milk com. pleted the homecoming festivities, Report Cards Poor; She'll Pass Anyway NATICK, MASS.- She's deficient in reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic arith-metic and geography, but her chances of promotion from the sixth grade are good. The "she" in this case is Lady, a dog that attends classes daily at Nathan Rice school here. Like all her classmates. Lady gets report cards regularly from Miss Helen Murphy, the teacher. Despite her I. Q. troubles. Lady may get out of the sixth grade because be-cause her young master, William Genova 11, is doing considerably better at his studies. The one redeeming re-deeming feature of Lady's report cards is that she had a straight A in conduct for 32 weeks. Stand Back, Ladies! CHEYENNE, WYO.-A hill r. quiring women to stand five feet away from bars when drinkin in public was introduced at the nrp ent session of the state legislature. Retired Railroad Man To Run Model Train PHILADELPHIA. After 45 vm as a railroad man, AUen R. mum has decided to retire so he can rt. vote more time to his hobby. From now on he will operate his minia ture railroad, including 400 feet of track, several locomotive? on plenty of cars. He even has a railroad rail-road bridge, a reminder of the years he spent designing them for the Pennsylvania railroad. u SMI ' AVIATIOM NOTES DUAL EVENTS Bozeman, Mont., will rank as a hub of aviation June 20-22, with planes coming in from every portion por-tion of the state, surrounding states and Canada to attend two big air events. Montana Flying Farmers and Ranchers association will hold its annual convention at Montana State college June 20-21. On the following day Northwest Airlines will Inau gurate flight service to Gallatin field with special ceremonies. The flying farmer program will Include a tour of the college to inspect in-spect agricultural work now being done, a display of army planes and or light airplanes suitable for farm and ranch work, and a speaking program covering planes, hangars and the many uses being made of planes. Launching an aerial war against coyotes after the ank mals had made heavy inroads on farm livestock, Loren Mc- Donald, H. F. Baker and Frank Tarter of Fredonia, Kas., have bagged 70 coyotes as a spare-time spare-time project. Baker, a veteran hunter, recalls his first shot from a plane, when he "missed at 10 feet." Now his marksmanship marksman-ship is as accurate from a plane as from the ground. AVIATION ADVANCES Flying has made rapid strides in northern Middlesex county, N. J., since its inception only a quarter century ago. Four new commercial airports and a sea base have been opened, most of them as a result of the postwar interest in aviation. The new fields are North Brunswick, Bruns-wick, Woodbridge, Ziogfield and Forsgate airpark while the sea plane base is at Perth Amboy. Had-ley Had-ley airport, established in 1935, now ranks as one of the busiest in the state. With aviation drawing many new cohorts, more than 650 persons in the county now are flying. The list includes instructors, commercial, private and student pilots. Figures show that there are approximately 130 ships at the various air bases. An increasing number of small towns are providing airport air-port facilities for benefit of local flying enthusiasts and visiting Pilots. The need for this service is pointed out forcefully by the' Slayton, Minn., Herald, In an editorial, which says in part: "The town will fall far behind the procession if it doesn't look out. A bond issue or a government govern-ment grant isn't needed to fill the bill. About all required is little initiative and organization." organiza-tion." . STILL GETTING AROUND American pilots ent the war and they're still eoinc nia. overseas. A check of foreign air-lines air-lines has disclosed that fli to many lands are dotted with names of former American military air-men. air-men. Air France has 20 Amori,., co-pilots and navigators while Scan! So? Airlines system y added 15 ex-armv airmn , ' ho AerPstal Venezolana has eight American pilots and engi-neers. engi-neers. Chinese National Aviation corporation and P-, ' , a tw use uuxea American and foreign personnel 'PI Vlwn nmri named the "flyiff boxc des.gned to transport heavy mili- ?7-Tf or airborne Wt7- Scheduled for Ion, hops h, the Pacific, the twin- .r ',a.ne ns range of 4,000 Z rU?inS speed ot "ore than 200 miles per hour and maximum maxi-mum cargo payload of nine tons. RESCUE MISSION delayed report from th nor of northern ran,- v.. , . l i he dramatic flight of an OSF! '5i Skster sev" eral thousand miles over the north- rS? 'of t0tdr? fd rJIl P Starving Eskim discovered dis-covered Dy a Royal Canadian dnrrtWd,P0"Ceman- ConsSoAn" drew WUvert returned from a 3u- day tour of northern Canada to r Port a small colony of Eskimn. marooned at Petersen bay. ' 2 : V r , t -; f - '?s,j LITTLE FLOWER . . . Fi H. LaGuardia who, amoVothe things, is head of the nationa air rents committee, campaigned la congress against what h. termed the "blackjacking" genat! rent control MIL te CALL HIM TOM ... The anster-ity anster-ity of office is pushed aside as Attorney-General Tom Clark dons prison jacket, high hat and plac-ard plac-ard to clown for a few minutes at the luncheon of the circus saints and sinners. ' READY TO BLOW . . . Sen. Alex-ander Alex-ander Wiley (Rep., Wis.) inhales mightily and prepares to blow cut candles on birthday cheesecake presented to him by his senate colleagues col-leagues on his 63rd birthday. fin y X TCQf W wwvwifnM yw BIG SHOT . . . Top politician tt Jamaica is William A. Busta-mente, Busta-mente, leader of the Jamaica Labor La-bor party. He refers to himself prematurely as "prime minister." CAREER MAN ... In line with the current drive for volunteers, Lt. Col. North Callahan, AUS, ha written a book entitled "T&e Armed Forces as a Career," Us" ing advantages of army, WW marines and coast guard. Boos points out opportunities tor M reers in the various services. mw. bp fi ' -4 .Wt!. V.. .; 1 a? i, i . " v iV44' 1 I - ' J i v 1 i it,'' ' m. t |