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...American Communists." He wrote a book, Partners in Plunder, in which he "proved," Hutchinson recalls, that "J. Pierpont Morgan owned the Episcopal Church, Andrew Mellon had the Presbyterians in his vest pocket, and as for the Baptists-well, hadn't Harry Emerson Fosdick, Rockefeller's kept preacher, once said: 'Personally, I dread the thought of collectivism ... as I would dread the devil...
...stiff . . . Others are so effusive and indulge in pleasantries so jocular that it looks as though they are glad to get away from . . . devotion and back into the hello and titter of the world . . . Backslapping is nowhere in order . . . And, while I am at this, let me say, 'Preacher, don't paw people, especially women...
...this political activity did Bechtel small good with his church. After three years, they refused to renew his contract, and he moved on. For the next three decades, he served a series of parishes, on both sides of the tracks, gained some reputation as a radio preacher in Wisconsin, and in 1944 found himself executive secretary of the Detroit Presbytery...
...Preacher Wanted. After six years, the congregation (712 members) is sorry to see Leslie Bechtel go. But as he and his wife set out this week for the Wisconsin woods, Pastor Bechtel looked forward to getting away from the things that money will buy. "Talk about trouble," he recently told a friend. "I never knew people could have so much trouble until I came here. Suicides, family separations, juvenile delinquency-it's enough to wear...
Reluctantly, Kirk-in-the-Hills is looking for a new preacher...