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June 19, 2013
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*This day in history note: On June 25,1948 Harry Truman signs Displaced Persons Bill (205,000 Europeans to US). Caption: (Washington, D.C., 1950) Representatives of this country’s major faith present President Truman at the White House with a statement asking the churches to cooperate fully with the religious ministry to America’s Armed Forces. Left to right around the President: Rabbi Bernard J. Bamberger, President of the Synagogue Council of America: Bishop William R. Arnold, Roman Catholic Military Delegate to the Armed Forces: Frank L. Weil, Chairman of the President’s Committee on Religion and Welfare in the Armed Forces; and Bishop Charles W. Flint, President of the General Commission on Chaplains. Religion News Service file photo

(RNS1-jun25) (Washington, D.C., 1950) Representatives of this country’s major faith present President Truman at the White House with a statement asking the churches to cooperate fully with the religious ministry to America’s Armed Forces. Left to right around the President: Rabbi Bernard J. Bamberger, President of the Synagogue Council of America: Bishop William R. Arnold, Roman Catholic Military Delegate to the Armed Forces: Frank L. Weil, Chairman of the President’s Committee on Religion and Welfare in the Armed Forces; and Bishop Charles W. Flint, President of the General Commission on Chaplains. Religion News Service file photo