President Truman will attend a luncheon of the National Conference of Christians and Jews on November 11 where he will be presented with the International Brotherhood Award given by the Conference for promoting goodwill between Protestants, Catholics and Jews.
An invitation to receive the award in person was extended to the President by Albert M. Greenfield of Philadelphia, leading member of the Conference, during a visit to the White House yesterday. Mr. Truman accepted the invitation.
In a letter to President Truman informing him that he was chosen receipient of the award, Dr. E.R. Clinchy, president, said: “Under your administration we have seen the culmination of the greatest advances of the twentieth century in thinking, feeling and doing, with regard to the Biblical injunctions of justice, mercy, humbleness and in human relations.” Dr. Clinchy emphasized that the award was in recognition of the President’s “personal moral courage” and his “spiritual leadership for teamwork across all cultural and ethnic lines.”
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