PRESIDENT PRESENTED WITH AMERICAN HEBREW MEDAL. WASHINGTON, D.C. MARCH 6. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WAS TODAY PRESENTED WITH THE AMERICAN HEBREW MEDAL FOR THE PROMOTION OF BETTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN CHRISTIAN AND JEW IN AMERICA. IN MAKING THE PRESENTATION, GEN. HUGH S. JOHNSON, A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE OF AWARD, CHARACTERIZED THE PRESIDENT AS THE MOST DISTINGUISHED CHAMPION OF DEMOCRACY 'IN THIS DANGEROUS WORLD.' IN THE PHOTOGRAPH, L TO R: JOSEPH H. BIBEN, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER OF AMERICAN HEBREW; REP. EMMANUEL CELLER OF NY; PROF. DANIEL CASEY OF GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY; DR. MEYER JACOBSTEIN OF MEDAL AWARD COMMITTEE; ALLAN DINABURG; MRS. MAURICE GOLDMAN, NATIONAL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN IN AMERICA; AND GEN. HUGH S. JOHNSON
Summary
A group of men standing around a table shaking hands.
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Date
01/01/1939
Contributors
Harris & Ewing, photographer
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687
Source
Library of Congress
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