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REFUGEE MAKES GIFT TO CHURCH RELIEF LEADER
NEW YORK -- HARPER SIBLEY OF ROCHESTER, N.Y.,
CHAIRMAN OF CHURCH WORLD SERVICE, RELIEF ARM OF THE
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES (SECOND RIGHT), IS
PRESENTED WITH A PORTRAIT BUST OF HIMSELF BY JOSEPH
T. REZNAK OF GREAT NECK, N.Y., A FORMER REFUGEE
(RIGHT). LOOKING ON ARE ROLAND ELLIOT, CWS
DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION SERVICES (LEFT); AND R.
NORRIS WILSON, CWS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. MR. REZNAK
CARVED THE BUST IN APPRECIATION OF THE HELP CWS
GAVE HIM IN COMING TO THE UNITED STATES. A FORMER
CZECHOSLOVAKIAN, HE WAS EVACUATED TO GERMANY IN
1945 WHERE HE LIVED IN A DP CAMP UNTIL THE CHURCH
AGENCY BROUGHT HIM TO THIS COUNTRY.
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RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (NC-IOE-55-NAB-P)