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Text transcribed from caption: TRUMAN CONFERS WITH BAPTIST MISSIONARIES #1896
WASHINGTON -- President Truman, a Baptist himself, is shown at the White
House with some of the 31 Baptist missionaries who called on him during the
observance of World Mission Week. Front row (left to right) are: Rev. H. C.
Lacerda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian pastor; Mrs. Aaron Hancock, American
Indian, McAlister, Okla.; Louise N. Griffin, South China; Inabelle Coleman,
China missionary from Durham, N.C.; Mrs. H. P. McCormick, Nigeria,
Brookhaven, Miss.; Democratic Congressman A. Leonard Allen, Winnfield,
Louisiana; President Truman; Rev. Luther J. Holcomb, Washington, D.C.; Mrs.
Luther J. Holcomb; Martha Franks, China, Richmond, Va.; Dr. E. H. Clayton,
China, New York City, and Mrs. Dewey Moore, Italy, Silver Springs, Mo. Back
row (left to right) are: Rev. Aaron Hancock, American Indian, McAlister,
Okla.; Rev. Howard Haworth, Washington, D.C.; H. Lee Addleman, Palestine,
Louisville, Ky.; R. Dean Woodwin, New York City; Dr. Marian Criswell, West
China, Wichita, Kansas; Dr. A. S. Gillespie, China, Wake Forest, N.C.; Dr. J.
W. Marshall, Richmond, Va.; Dr. S. F. Dowis, Atlanta, Ga.; Dr. Alfred
Carpenter, Atlanta, Ga.; Dr. M. Chandler Stith, Washington, D.C.; Geraldine
Brown, Washington, D.C.; Earl Riley, president of Bacone Junior College,
Bacone, Okla.; Rev. James Belote, Hawaii, Washington, D.C.; Rev. A. F.
Merrill, Assam, Plainfield, N.J.; Rev. A. Lincoln Smith, Washington, D.C.;
Rev. Lewis Martin, Atlanta, Ga., and Dr. Dewey Moore, Italy, Silver Springs,
Mo. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-WASH-MES-3A-46-B)