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Rolling his rs, the Rev. Peter Marshall, Scottish-born chaplain of the U.S. Senate, thus prayed one day last winter over the bowed heads of his legislative flock. That day the Senate was hemming & hawing over the European Recovery Program; husky, sandy-haired Dr. Marshall liked to make his prayers...
The Christian said "I do not want a soul, give me hope for Christmas." Despite much hemming and hawing Santa Claus had to admit that he had no hope.
Had Mexico's Nazis escaped deportation by paying off politicos? Three months ago, the Mexican Government fanfared the announcement that 486 Germans were being corralled near the port of Veracruz, ready for the long voyage home. Last week, British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin declared that the Mexicans had deported...
After seven dilatory months of hemming, hawing and worse words, the British Loan last week was finally passed by Congress. And it did not just squeak through; it passed the House 219-to-155) with surprising room to spare.
Most sport writers played it for laughs. They quipped about Second Basemen's Local 307 and overtime pay for extra-inning games. But the idea of labor unions in baseball was catching. It was no joke for the Pittsburgh Pirates; over 90% of them seemed dead set on wearing...