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...poll), this year as well as last, were Queen Elizabeth and Clare Boothe Luce. In fourth place: Mamie Eisenhower, sixth in popularity last year. For the seventh time, the pollees ranked President Eisenhower as the most admired living man, trailed by Sir Winston Churchill, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Evangelist Billy Graham and Harry Truman, who slipped from last year's third spot. Newcomers to this year's list: Vice President Nixon and Arkansas' Governor Orval Faubus...
...love the name of John because it reminds us of John the Baptist, precursor of our Lord . . . and the other John, the disciple and evangelist, who said: 'My children, love one another, love one another because this is the grand precept of Christ.' Perhaps we can, taking the name of this first series of holy Popes,* have something of his sanctity and strength of spirit, even-if God wills it-to the spilling of blood...
Seven Commandments. Scholarly Konosuke Matsushita combines the inventiveness of an Edison with the uplift of an evangelist. In the 32 Matsushita factories that turn out his "National" products, the 12,150 employees all start the day by lining up and reciting the Seven Commandments of Matsushita. They range from "Be just, cheerful, correct and broadminded" to sharp reminders to "improve yourself through hard work" and exhortations to appreciate employee benefits, e.g., "Be grateful and repay kindness." Recitation over, employees break into a martial company song, The Song of National, that urges them: "For the building of the new Japan, unite...
...Chicago gave Evangelist Billy Graham a cold shoulder last week. After a poll on whether to sponsor a Graham crusade, the Church Federation of Greater Chicago reported that church bodies representing ; 338,000 members were in favor-but those representing 693,000 members stood opposed or uncommitted, mainly on the ground that mass meetings give an incomplete presentation of Protestantism. Decision : no invitation for Billy...
Crusading in San Francisco, Evangelist Billy Graham last week preached to 4,000 inmates of San Quentin prison sprawled on the baseball diamond under a hot sun. Said Billy: "We all sit spiritually right now on death's row unless our sins are forgiven. But we can get a full pardon from Christ." Promptly 647 convicts stepped up to "declare for Christ," making a record percentage for the Graham crusades. "I haven't any more time," pleaded Billy after autographing 25 pledge cards. "Oh, we've got lots of time," cried the signature-seeking cons. Suggested Billy...