| Show 7 7 JI DREW PEAR PEARSON ON V Presidents Deplore Fanfare FEW EV people realize the problem a president of the United States faces when he goes to church Most presidents have been God fearing men accustomed to regular church attendance However there is usually so much publicity about their worship that the chief executive feels uncomfortable uncomfortable uncomfortable in the House of the Lord One reason renson President Truman attends the First Baptist church about half a mile from the White House is that there is no fanfare The minister makes no special note of the Presidents President's presence Whenever possible Mr Truman walks to church accompanied by only one secret service man The late President Roosevelt always complained that when he went to church he had no privacy This was partly because special ramps had to be constructed at the church entrance and there was always the painful spectacle of the President being forced to move to his seat on uncomfortable able braces while the congregation stared Mr Roosevelt used to enjoy taking some of his less religious associates to church one church one of them being Winston Churchill Just after Pearl Harbor Darbor Churchill flew to Washington to confer with Mr Roosevelt and the President Insisted on Churchill's accompanying him to Christmas services Churchill looked most uncomfortable Finally he felt compelled to make some comment Nice church he remarked looking at the ceiling |
