Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-29881 U.S. GIVES $500,000 FOR REFUGEES IN
GREECE NEW YORK -- With Archbishop Iakovos, head of the Greek Orthodox
Archdiocese of North and South America, looking on, Adlai E. Stevenson,
American ambassador to the U.N. presents a $500,000 check for the
resettlement of refugees in Greece. Shown at the presentation are, from left:
John Plumides, president of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive
Association; Philippe de Seynes, head of the United Nations’ Department of
Economic and Social Affair, who accepted the check for the U.N. High
Commissioner for Refugees; Alexander Matsas, Greek ambassador to the U.S.;
Mr. Stevenson; and Archbishop Iakovos. Mr. Stevenson cited aid to refugees as
a “moral lesson for all the world.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS
SERVICE PHOTO (U-9B-63-NAB)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Iakovos, Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Bishops., Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965., Seynes, Philippe de., Plumides, John., AHEPA (Organization), Matsas, Alexandros.
Topics:
Bishops--New York (State)--New York., Church work with refugees--Greece., International relief., Ambassadors--United States., Ambassadors--Greece.
Geographic subjects:
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), Greece.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358103
