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Text transcribed from caption: S-4190 OFF FOR CAMBRIDGE CONFERENCE NEW YORK
-- Members of the American delegation to the International Conference of
Church Leaders on the Problem of World Order at Cambridge, England, shown
just before their departure in a special plane for London. Left to right,
front, are: Dr. O Frederick Nolde, dean of the Graduate School, Mt. Airey
(Pa.) Theological Seminary; Dr. Ralph E. Diffendorfer, executive secretary of
the Division of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Church; Dr. Henry Smith
Leiper, executive secretary of the American Section of the World Council of
Churches; Dr. Walter W. Van Kirk, secretary of the Commission on a Just and
Durable Peace of the Federal Council of Churches; Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam,
president of the Federal Council of Churches; Wesley Rennie, general
secretary of the YMCA in Seattle, Wash., and Dr. John R. Cunningham,
president of Davidson College, N.C. In rear, left to right, are: John Foster
Dulles, chairman of the Commission on a Just and Durable Peace; Bishop James
C. Baker of the Los Angeles Area of the Methodist Church, and Dr. John W.
Decker, New York, secretary of the International Missionary Council. Credit
Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FCC-NY-MES-7E-6-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Conference of Church Leaders on International Affairs (1946 : Cambridge, England), Nolde, O. Frederick (Otto Frederick), 1899-1972., Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary (Philadelphia, Pa.), American Lutheran Church (1930-1960)--Clergy., Diffendorfer, Ralph E. (Ralph Eugene), 1879-1951., Methodist Church (U.S.). Division of Foreign Missions., Leiper, Henry Smith, 1891-1975., World Council of Churches., Van Kirk, Walter W. (Walter William), 1891-1956., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., Oxnam, G. Bromley., International Missionary Council., Rennie, Wesley F., Young Men’s Christian Association (Seattle, Wash.), Cunningham, John Rood., Davidson College--Faculty., Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959., Baker, James Chamberlain, 1879-1969., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops., Decker, J.W. (John William), 1890-
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Interdenominational cooperation., Cooperative societies--New York (State)--New York., Air travel--New York (State)--New York., Airplanes--New York (State)--New York.