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EpISCOPALIANS
NAME LEADERS
FOR BIG DRIVE
Nationwide Campaign Or
gained in Eight West
ern States.


Protestant Episcopal campaign for
christian education and churc n
Strengthening, members of the Episco-
pal clergy and the lay committees, In
cooperation with the national headquar-
tiers for the drive in New York City, are
preparing to perfect parish organiza-
tions that will insure the success Of the
Episcopal campaign during the coming
months. For the purpose Of the cam
paign the nation has been divided into
four areas, the western area, including
California, Washington, Oregon, Ne
vada, Arizona, Idaho, Utah and New
Mexico. Committees have been ap-
pointed for the thirteen dioceses ana
missionary districts embraced in this
area, each committee acting in direct
contact with the national headquarters
While the Episcopal campaign will
seek to raise $40 1000, 900 throughout the
United States for the furtherance of
church work-the Methodists recently
raised s109 900, 900 within their own de-
nomination for similar purpose-the
fundamentals in the forthcoming cam
paign are, Ito bring the spiritual powe-
of the church to bear upon the church
whole task" to quote the national di
rector of the campaign, DR.. R. w. Pat
ton, and "to secure and train an in
creased number of people, clerical and
lay. for christian leadership"
The Episcopal campaign is In line
with the campaigns conducted by tn
Methodist Church, the Presbyterian
Church and the Baptist Church to bring
about a quickening Of christian respon
sibility for the great task Of world re
construction. both domestic and fo--
eien, that has been left upon christian
peoples everywhere as . heritage CT
the world war.
Upon the survey OF the needs Of each
parish, which will be in the hands o.
the central Office in New York by Au
gust first, the federal agencies Of tn
church will be in position to unite on
single appeal for support. Based upon
the survey the church will be in a posi-
ton to apply itself to the task OF
meeting these needs and to make on a
given day an every member canvass
that all may be exhorted TO gifts and
service"
While each diocese and district in thu
western area is entrusted with the re
sponsibility for its own campaign worl
under the leadership of the resident
bishop, assistance in organization wor.-
will be given by a committee OF nv,
named by the national executive con,
mittee. This committee for the wester.
area is composed of Bishop George c.
Hunting of Reno, New; Bishop Her
ran Page, D. D., OF Spokane, Wash. /,
Rev. George Davidson of Los Angeles
H. C. Wyckoff of Watsonville, Calf
and Mrs. A. L. McLeisch Of Berkeley
Calf
Publicity headquarters for the wesi
ern area have been established At Sal
Francisco.
Committees Named.
The following is partial list of exf
cutiye committees and chairmen Of ex'
cutive committees announced toda
for the various dioceses and nissionar
districts of Washington, Oregon a.
Idaho:
Diocese of Oregon: Rt Rev. Walt
T. Sumner, D. D., Portland, chairma-
Rev. o. W. Taylor, Portland; Rev. JOIN
D. Rice. Portland; Rev. Thomas Je
kins. Portland; Ven. H. D. Chamber
Portland; Rev. John Dawson, Portland
Very Rev. R. t. T. Hicks, Portland
Dr.. H. C. Fixett, Portland; ]. |
Etheridge, Portland; j. w. Ganong
Portland; c. N Higgins, Portland
Hon. w. T. Slater. Portland; S. D
Vincent, Portland; Rev. ]. G.. Jennings
Eugene; Rev. E. T. Simpson, Coryallis
and Rev. c. H. L. Chandler. Orego
City.
Missionary District of Eastern Ore
gon: Rev. Alfred lockwood, chair
man. Pendleton.
Diocese of Olympia: Ven. Thoma
Hilton, Seattle, chairman.
Missionary District of Spokane: v
n. Farnaham, chairman, Spokane.
Missionary Dis>-ict of Idaho: NVeu
Award Chamberlain, chairman, Bots
Among other purposes sought by I'll
coming campaign, as outlined by the
statement of the national committee
are the execution OF plans to meet the
increasing difficulties of the rura
church, as well as the peculiar needs o.
communities composed largely Of ir
dustrial workers and, what is of timely
Importance with the forthcoming enact
ment of absolute prohibition, the con
sideration of some reasonable solution
of the problem created by the abolition
OF the saloon.
AS part of the campaign there viii
be held series of regional conference
throughout the West which will be az
tandad Nv national LADDERS in the Ennis