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- Title
- Student addresses the General Assembly of the National Council of Churches in Detroit.
- Description
- Attempts to give draft card to NCC: James D. Rubins, 21, a student at Hope College, Holland, Mich., addresses the General Assembly of the National Council of Churches in Detroit. He sought to present his Selective Service card to the delegates, to be held "in trust." Mr. Rubins, a member of the Reformed Church in America, asked the NCC to put "action behind a policy position backing religious obedience and civil disobedience." Assembly delegates voted down Mr. Rubins attempt to surrender his draft card.
- Creator Name(s)
- Religious News Service. (creator)
- Date Created
- 1969
- Name Subject(s)
- National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Religious News Service., Rubins, James D., Hope College., Reformed Church in America.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Draft., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Conscientious objectors., Christian college students.
- Geographic subjects
- Detroit (Mich.), North and Central America--United States--Michigan--Detroit--Monroe
- Physical Location
- ARCHIVES 03-0531b, Box 2; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Department of Communication Records, 1925-1997.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=Mzk1Mw==
- Identifier (local)
- ds523
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:4275
