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...preparation of some of the men who will be Bishops, or to be one." With these questioning words, a man who had been preparing other men for the ministry last week pondered the call to be a Bishop himself. The see: Washington, D.C. The man: the Very Rev. Angus Dun, 51, dean of the Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass...
Other considerations may also have inclined Dean Dun to make haste slowly. Well does he know that Washington's Bishop is expected to be a go-getter, to spend much time raising millions to finish the half-completed Cathedral of SS. Peter & Paul, the majestic fane abuilding on Mount St. Alban for the past 36 years. Like all liberal Episcopalians, Dr. Dun, a great proponent of unity with Presbyterians, does not consider cathedrals important, would much rather be "a real pastor to the parish ministers" in the diocese...
Dour, diffident Henry Morgenthau Jr. sat in the House Ways & Means Committee room one morning last week munching raisins. Beside him also munching raisins sat his chief tax expert, small, dun-colored Randolph Paul. Now & then they both drank water from a cone of paper cups piled beside a big water jug, while a battery of grey young Treasury experts, without benefit of raisins and water, periodically scrabbled for documents in accordion-sized brief cases. Morgenthau & Co. needed their vitamins: they had been up most of the night before, putting the finishing touches on the Treasury's recommendations...
...moment came. The long black limousine bearing Franklin Roosevelt entered by the east gate of the Parliament grounds, moved up the driveway between ranks of dun-clad Canadian Wacs standing at smart attention. A great roar rose from 27,000 throats...
...Foundation and what keeps it ticking, Lawson says it is a nonprofit organization which gets its funds by selling his lucubrations. Improbable as that may seem, the Direct Credits Society's rating is no joke to Dun & Bradstreet. On that score at least, Des Moines had nothing to lose. Said one practical businessman last week: "If he's got money to spend, let him spend it here...