U.S. At War: Bible Story

The senior warden of Hyde Park's St. James Episcopal Church was accused of using the Holy Bible to promote his political ambitions.

Illinois's freshman Republican Calvin Dean Johnson discovered and last week deplored on the House floor the fact that New Testaments sent to servicemen overseas contain a foreward by the President: "As Commander in Chief I take pleasure in commending the reading of the Bible to all who serve in the armed forces."

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