Religious News Service Photographs

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Conceived by journalist Louis Minsky (1909-1957), Religious News Service (RNS) was established in 1934 as an affiliated but independently managed agency of the National Conference of Jews and Christians (later the National Conference of Christians and Jews), and was dedicated to providing authoritative and bias-free news about religion and ethics to both the secular and religious press. This collection contains photographs documenting Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, and Jewish groups. Coverage of Protestants (especially mainline Protestants) and Catholics constitutes the bulk of the images. View the collection guide to learn more. Digitization of some of the images in this collection made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Featured image: Father James Groppi, the civil rights activist priest from Milwaukee, and militant leader Rennie Davis are taken into custody during an anti war demonstration a block from the White House.

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President disavows general's remarks on Jews.
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Text transcribed from caption: PCJ-46245 PRESIDENT DISAVOWS GENERAL’S REMARKS ON JEWS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Ford has reproved the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. George S. Brown, for making “ill-advised” remarks which claimed that Israel has “too much influence” in the U.S. Congress. The general was also quoted as saying, Jews “own, you know, the banks in this country, the newspapers.” Ron Nessen, the President’s press secretary, told newsmen that Mr. Ford had disavowed the remarks made by Gen. Brown on Oct. 10 at Duke University. He said the President “considers Gen. Brown’s remarks ill-advised and poorly handled” and “feels very strongly about it.” Several national Jewish organizations have urged President Ford to dismiss Gen. Brown. They charged that his remarks, made public Nov. 13, were malicious and prejudicial to Israel and American Jews. Members of Congress also protested the general’s comments. Gen. Brown, in a telegram to the Jewish War Veterans and in a later statement, apologized for his remarks made during a question and answer session following a speech to Duke law students in Durham, N.C. He said his “true feelings concerning Jewish Americans were not reflected” in the remarks reported in the press. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-WAS-11B-74-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Brown, George S., 1918-1978., United States. Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Topics:
Generals--United States., Antisemitism--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361966
Title:
President Ford grants pardons.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-46294 PRESIDENT FORD GRANTS PARDONS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Ford gives pens to members of his clemency board after signing papers granting full pardons to eight civilians convicted for their resistance to the Vietnam war and giving conditional clemency to 10 others who will receive full pardons after completing periods of alternative service. From left are: Gen. Lewis W. Walt, former Marine Corps commandant; Charles E. Goodell, chairman of the clemency board; and Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., head of the Urban League. Mr. Ford was acting on the first recommendations from the nine-member clemency board established on Sept. 16. The board has received 770 applications for clemency from persons already convicted and punished for desertion or draft evasion. Names of those given pardons were not released. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-WAS-12A-74-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006., Oval Office (White House, Washington, D.C.), Walt, Lewis W., 1913-1989., Goodell, Charles E. (Charles Ellsworth), 1926-1987., Jordan, Vernon E. (Vernon Eulion), Jr., 1935-2021., United States. Presidential Clemency Board.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Pardon--United States., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Draft resisters., Draft--Law and legislation--United States., Draft resisters--United States., Signing ceremonies--Washington (D.C.), Executive power--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361953
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National 'Day of Fasting' urged.
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Text transcribed from caption: P-46496 NATIONAL ‘DAY OF FASTING’ URGED WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sen. Mark O. Hatfield (R-Ore.) holds up a potato which, along with a two-ounce millet cake, a piece of raw onion and a quarter glass of lukewarm plain tea, he said is the “approximate daily ration of 500 million people around the world who are starving,” as he joins World Vision International President W. Stanley Mooneyham (left) in announcing “Project FAST” at a “non-luncheon hunger event” in the Capitol. The program, aimed at bringing about “permanent changes” in the nation’s food consumption patterns during the next 12 months, is being coordinated by World Vision, a California-based Christian humanitarian organization. The two men called on all Americans to willingly experience hunger as an “effective way of responding to the increasingly tragic world hunger crisis.” One way of doing this is suggested by a resolution introduced in the Senate by Sen. Hatfield which would designate Monday of Thanksgiving Week next year as a “National Day of Fasting.” It further suggests that Americans “re-evaluate their own life styles” and during 1975 “seek to change their habits from those of overconsumption to those of conservation.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-WAS-12A-74-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Hatfield, Mark O., 1922-2011., Mooneyham, W. Stanley (Walter Stanley), 1926-, World Vision International.
Topics:
Legislators--United States., Special days--United States., Food supply., Fasting--Religious aspects--Christianity., Starvation., Malnutrition.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361928
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Allon meets with Ford.
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Text transcribed from caption: J-46517 ALLON MEETS WITH FORD WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon listens to President Ford at the White House as they met to discuss how to move the Middle East peace talks forward. Mr. Allon held seven hours of talks with American officials, including Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-WAS-12B-74-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006., White House (Washington, D.C.), Allon, Yigal, 1918-1980.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Cabinet officers--Israel., Arab-Israeli conflict.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), United States--Foreign relations--Israel., Israel--Foreign relations--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361919
Title:
Father Drinan: Zionism expresses religious beliefs.
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Text transcribed from caption: J-46210 FATHER DRINAN: ZIONISM EXPRESSES RELIGIOUS BELIEFS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Zionism is “more than a political movement; it is an expression of worldwide Jewish religious beliefs and hopes,” Rep. Robert F. Drinan (D-Mass.) said in remarks made before the national executive committee of the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith. “Zionism is a profoundly held spiritual conviction of Jewish fidelity to the biblical covenant which links a people, a faith and a land in a unique religious and mystical unity,” the Roman Catholic Jesuit priest-congressman stated in a speech which was inserted into the Congressional Record. It is “not for a Christian to state,” he added, “whether or not Zionism and Judaism are theologically separable. But politically they cannot be separated. Zionism is the mystique, the ‘elan vital’ of Israel. To equate Zionism with racism represents a frontal assault against the core values of Judaism.” In the light of recent public statements concerning the alleged influence of Jews in this country who are staunch supporters of Israel, it is time, Father Drinan said, “as never before,” for Americans, “especially Christian Americans,” to “reassess the fundamental reasons why the United States has a unique and profound alliance with Israel.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (R-8A-76-DS)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., Drinan, Robert F., B’nai B’rith. Anti-defamation League--Congresses.
Topics:
Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Legislators--United States., Zionism., Catholic Church and Zionism., Zionism and Judaism.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361910
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Butz comment about pope scored.
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Text transcribed from caption: C-46287 BUTZ COMMENT ABOUT POPE SCORED NEW YORK -- Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz has been scored by Roman Catholic and Italian-American leaders after he was quoted using a mock Italian accent in dismissing Pope Paul’s criticism of wealthy nations for telling poor nations to mee their hunger problems by controlling their populations. “He no playa the game, he no maka the rules,” Mr. Butz was reported in the New York Daily News as telling a breakfast meeting of newsmen in Washington. Later, he said his remark was “off the record.” Denouncing the remark as “a crude, pointed insult directed at Pope Paul VI,” the Archdiocese of New York sent a telegram to President Ford demanding that his Agriculture Secretary “apologize immediately or resign.” Rep. Mario Biaggi (D-N.Y.) also sent a telegram to President Ford asking that Mr. Butz be dismissed “for his anti-Catholic, anti-Italian remarks” and charging that the Secretary has “shown an offensive, bigoted mentality.” The New York archdiocesan Senate of Priests also called for his “immediate resignation or removal.” Mr. Butz’ remark, according to an Agriculture Department aide, was a retelling of a joke which he had heard at the World Food Conference in Rome, which Mr. Butz attended as head of the American delegation. The Agriculture Secretary has apologized for it. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-NY-11D-74-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Butz, Earl L. (Earl Lauer), 1909-2008., United States. Department of Agriculture., World Food Conference (1974 : Rome, Italy), United Nations--Congresses.
Topics:
Cabinet officers--United States., Economic policy--Congresses., Food supply--Congresses and conventions., Invective., Congresses and conventions--Italy--Rome.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361904
Title:
Grants pardons.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006., Oval Office (White House, Washington, D.C.), Walt, Lewis W., 1913-1989., Goodell, Charles E. (Charles Ellsworth), 1926-1987., Jordan, Vernon E. (Vernon Eulion), Jr., 1935-2021., United States. Presidential Clemency Board.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Pardon--United States., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Draft resisters., Draft--Law and legislation--United States., Draft resisters--United States., Signing ceremonies--Washington (D.C.), Executive power--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361878
Title:
Father Drinan: Zionism expresses Jewish religious beliefs and hopes.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., Drinan, Robert F., B’nai B’rith. Anti-defamation League--Congresses.
Topics:
Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Legislators--United States., Zionism., Catholic Church and Zionism., Zionism and Judaism.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361865
Title:
President disavows general's remarks on Jews.
Description:
Draft of the RNS caption with a crossed out additional quote of General Brown saying Jewish influence "is so strong, you wouldn't believe."
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Brown, George S., 1918-1978., United States. Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Topics:
Generals--United States., Antisemitism--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361812
Title:
Farm man.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Butz, Earl L. (Earl Lauer), 1909-2008., United States. Department of Agriculture.
Topics:
Cabinet officers--United States., Press conferences--Washington (D.C.), Labor movement--United States--20th Century., Strikes and lockouts.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361808
Title:
"World Vision" collaborates with 'Project FAST' program.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Hatfield, Mark O., 1922-2011., Mooneyham, W. Stanley (Walter Stanley), 1926-, World Vision International.
Topics:
Legislators--United States., Special days--United States., Food supply., Fasting--Religious aspects--Christianity., Starvation., Malnutrition.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361803
Title:
National 'Day of Fasting' urged.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Hatfield, Mark O., 1922-2011., Mooneyham, W. Stanley (Walter Stanley), 1926-, World Vision International.
Topics:
Legislators--United States., Special days--United States., Food supply., Fasting--Religious aspects--Christianity., Starvation., Malnutrition.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361799
Title:
President disavows army general's remarks against 'Jewish influence.'
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Brown, George S., 1918-1978., United States. Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Topics:
Generals--United States., Antisemitism--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361789
Title:
Allon meets with Ford.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006., White House (Washington, D.C.), Allon, Yigal, 1918-1980.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Cabinet officers--Israel., Arab-Israeli conflict.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), United States--Foreign relations--Israel., Israel--Foreign relations--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361755
Title:
Agreement reached on Soviet trade and emigration.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PCJ-46161 AGREEMENT REACHED ON SOVIET TRADE AND EMIGRATION WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Soviet Union has pledged to lift restrictions on the emigrations of Jews and others in return for tariff concessions and credits by the U.S., Sen. Henry Jackson (D--Wash.) announced in Washington, D.C. The White House and the State Department extended the courtesy of allowing the announcement to be made by Sen. Jackson, who led a drive in Congress to block trade concessions to the USSR unless emigration was made easier. He said there was no numerical quota placed on the number of persons the Soviet Union must allow to leave each year but that the U.S. had a “bench mark" of 60,000. Discussing the agreement at the White House are, from left: Rep. Charles A. Vanik (D--Ohio), Sen. Jackson, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, President Ford, and Sen. Jacob Javits (R.N.Y.). Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-WAS-10D-74-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983., Vanik, Charles., Kissinger, Henry, 1923-2023., Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006., Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986.
Topics:
International economic relations., International trade., Jews--Migrations., Emigration and immigration--Political aspects., Emigration and immigration--Government policy, Jews--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union., Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361552
Title:
Agreement reached on Soviet trade and emigration.
Description:
Alternate captions.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983., Vanik, Charles., Kissinger, Henry, 1923-2023., Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006., Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986.
Topics:
International economic relations., International trade., Jews--Migrations., Emigration and immigration--Political aspects., Emigration and immigration--Government policy, Jews--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union., Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361405
Title:
White House welcome.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PCJ-46009 WHITE HOUSE WELCOME WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Ford welcomed Premier Yitzhak Rabin of Israel to the White House with a strong public pledge that the United States remained “committed to Israel’s survival and security.” At the start of four days of talks about the Middle East and Israeli-American relations, Mr. Rabin, a former ambassador to Washington who was making his first visit to the U.S. as Premier, received full honors -- a 19-gun salute, a military honor guard and several thousand invited guests waving American and Israeli flags on the south lawn of the White House. Here, from left, Mrs. Rabin, Mr. Ford, Mr. Rabin and Mrs. Ford stand on a White House balcony during welcoming ceremonies. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-WAS-9B-74-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006., Ford, Betty, 1918-2011., Rabin, Yitzhak, 1922-1995., Rabin, Lea., White House (Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Prime ministers--Israel., Presidents' spouses--United States., Prime ministers' spouses--Israel., Visits of state--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), United States--Foreign relations--Israel., Israel--Foreign relations--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361287
Title:
Signs amnesty orders.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-46028 SIGNS AMNESTY ORDERS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Ford signs a proclamation and two Executive orders giving conditional amnesty to thousands of Vietnam era draft evaders and military deserters. Under the program, amnesty will be granted in exchange for up to 24 months of public service and reaffirmation of allegiance to the United States. Mr. Ford also established a nine-member Presidential clemency board to review the cases of those already convicted or punished for desertion or draft evasion. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-WAS-9C-74-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006., White House (Washington, D.C.), United States. Presidential Clemency Board.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Executive power--United States., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Draft resisters., Draft--Law and legislation--United States., Executive orders--United States., Draft resisters--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361270
Title:
Ford gives pardon to Nixon.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-45998 FORD GIVES PARDON TO NIXON WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Ford announces that he has granted former President Richard M. Nixon “a full, free, and absolute pardon” for all federal crimes that Mr. Nixon “committed or may have committed or taken part in” while in office. Mr. Ford said the act was intended to spare Mr. Nixon and his family and the nation further suffering and to bring an end to what he termed “an American tragedy.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-WAS-9B-74-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006., Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994--Pardon., Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994--Resignation from office.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Executive power--United States., Pardon--United States., Watergate Affair, 1972-1974.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361260
Title:
FBI report: Serious crime on rise.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-45995 FBI REPORT: SERIOUS CRIME ON RISE WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Serious crime in the U.S., after a slight drop in 1972, continued its upward climb last year, according to the 1973 Uniform Crime Reports released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. As measured by the Crime Index, serious crime in the U.S. increased 6 per cent in 1973 -- following a 4 per cent decrease the year before. According to the FBI’s “Crime Clocks” chart for the U.S. in 1973, there were: Serious crimes: 16 each minute; Murder: one every 27 minutes; Forcible rape: one every 10 minutes; Aggravated assault: one every 76 seconds; Larceny-theft: one every 7 seconds; Auto theft: one every 34 seconds. In this photo, made by a bank’s hidden camera, three armed men rob a bank branch office in Washington, D.C. One bandit holds a gun to a guard’s head, a second bandit points a gun at an employee, while a third climbs over the counter. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-WAS-9A -74-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation., American Security and Trust Company.
Topics:
Criminal statistics--United States., Crime--United States., Bank robberies--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361259

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