From left to right: film producer Louis B. Mayer, Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, and Bishop Bertrand Stevens in the luncheon room at the Biltmore Hotel where 400 leading Californians had gathered to discuss the campaign to raise funds for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Mr. Mayer spoke at the meeting saying, "this battle is not for greed or power, but for human good without distinction of race or creed" and acknowledged the presence of Rabbi Magnin and Bishop Stevens (among others) as a sign that we live in a "land where men of different faiths combine to aid humanity"
From left to right: film producer Louis B. Mayer, Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, and Bishop Bertrand Stevens in the luncheon room at the Biltmore Hotel where 400 leading Californians had gathered to discuss the campaign to raise funds for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Mr. Mayer spoke at the meeting saying, "this battle is not for greed or power, but for human good without distinction of race or creed" and acknowledged the presence of Rabbi Magnin and Bishop Stevens (among others) as a sign that we live in a "land where men of different faiths combine to aid humanity"
Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, Archbishop John Joseph Cantwell, and Bishop William Bertrand Stevens sit together at an unknown event. Rabbi Magnin has a set of notes on the table in front of him.
Photograph of a typescript document that lists the people in related photograph 21198/zz002dfwq9, including three additional attendees not pictured, and reads, "Basque Fiesta—Bishop and Mrs. W. Bertrand Stevens, Mrs. Levering Moore, chairman of the Bishop’s Guild and Miss Shirley Wells, leading lady as “Chloe in the extravaganza, “Damon’s Damsel.” Basque Fiesta ([…] Girls). Marjorie Laird, Charlotte Sloane and Mildred Gilbert."
This photograph appears in the article, “Principals in Ordination: D.C. GRAHAM MADE PRIEST OF EPISCOPALIAN CHURCH,” Los Angeles Times, 26 Jul. 1935: A12.
Most likely related to the article, "Basque Fete Will Benefit Bishop's Fund. Fiesta to Be Given on Bel-Air Grounds July 23," Los Angeles Times, 7 Jul. 1935: B2.