Text transcribed from caption: P-37893 [sic] IOWA FARMERS HONORED FOR CROP DONATIONS DES MOINES, Iowa -- Bishop Reuben H. Mueller, president of the National Council of Churches (left), and members of the NCC’s policy-making General Board gather at a railroad depot in Des Moines, Iowa. They dedicate two carloads of corn and soybeans given in the Iowa CROP campaign for overseas distribution through Church World Service, the Council’s material aid agency. The NCC president, senior bishop of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, paid tribute to Iowa churchmen and farmers for their participation in the relief program, noting that the CROP (Christian Rural Overseas Program) of Church World Service started in Iowa in 1947. Next to Bishop Mueller is Dr. Lavern Kinzel of the Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ), Iowa state CROP chairman. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-DI-NY-12A-64-NBM)
