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Crucifixes. I thought that was a lie. I don't believe that Will Bankhead carried a Crucifix. It would have been most unlikely. I think that the chaplain was just carried away with himself.

The most horrible part of it was his detailed revelation of Will Bankhead's conversations with him on the subject of sin, death, life, redemption, forgiveness and all that kind of thing, relating to himself. “Sometimes I can hardly bear it! said Will Bankhead to me,” and so forth. He went on and on and on. He went on for way over an hour. I never was so shocked in my life as I was at the audacity of this person to speak that way of a man who, if he had discussed religion with him, certainly did it under the complete belief that he would never be revealed in public. It was just terrible.

This old man went on and on and on. He didn't seem to know that time was passing. In the meantime we were actually perishing in our seats. I can't even describe how wet and hot it was. It was pure agony. I can stand am awful lot physically, endure it and not turn a hair, but I got to the point where really it seemed to me that I couldn't sit there another minute. It was so terrific. We sat solemnly stuck to the pews. This was a terrible trial for the President. We were physically worn by it,





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