Williams news., 1919-08-08
'EPISCOPALIANS NAME LEADERS
 FOR BIG DRIVE
Nationwide Campaign Or ganized in Eight West
 ern States.

San Francisco (SpeciaD-With sur veys of church needs practically com pleted in the eight states comprising the western area for the forthcoming Protestant Episcopal campaign fol christian education d oh u T strengthening, members of the Episco
 pal clergy and the lay committees, ir
 cooperation with the national headQuar
 sers for the drive in New York City, are preparing to perfect parish organiza
 lions 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 and | missionary districts embraced in thIs
 area, each committee acting in direct 1 contact with the national headquarters.
 While the Episcopal campaign will
 peek to raise $20, 0,0Oe ,0o0 throughout the
 United States for the furtherance of
 fhurch work-the Methodists recently
 raised $109, ,000, ,000 within their own de-
 nomination for similar purpose-the
 fundamentals in the forthcoming cam
 paign are, ito bring the spiritual power
 of the church to bear upon the church's
 whole task" to quote the national di- rector of the campaign, Dr. R. w. Pat ion, 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 the Methodist Church, the Presbyterian Church and the Baptist Church to bring lbout quickening of christian respon- sibility for the great task of world re- construction, both domestic and for eign, that has been left upon christian peoples everywhere as heritage of the world war.
 Upon the survey of the needs of each parish, which will be in the hands of the central office in New York by Au- gust first, the federal agencies of the :hurch will be in position to unite on jingle appeal for support. Based upon the survey the church will be in po- Iition 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 the western area is entrusted with the responsibility for its own campaign work, under the leadership of the resi- lent bishop, assistance in organization work will be given by committee of :. i've named by the national executive committee. This committee for the George c. Hunting of Reno, Nevada; Bishop Herman Page of Spokane, Wash; Rev. George Davidson of Los Angeles; H. c. Wyckoff of Watsonville, Calif., and Mrs. A. L. McLeisch of Berkeley, Calif.
 Publicity headquarters for the west ern area have been established at San Francisco.
 Committees Named.
 The following are executive commit | lees announced today for various dio- | 'sses and missionary districts of Cali l ornia, Nevada, Arizona, Utah and New | Mexico:
 Diocese of California: Rev. Edgar F. | Zee, chairman, Oakland, Calif.; Rev. W. Brewer, Burlingame; Rev. c. L. San Francisco; Major H. K l San Francisco, and Victor Robertson, of Oakland.
 Diocese Of Sacramento: Rev. Charles ,. Farrar, Eureka, Calif, chairman; Rev. B. G. Lee, Sacramento; Rev. Will jam s. Short, Santa Rosa, and H. 3oudier of Napa, Calif.
 Missionary District of San Joaquin: !. A. Eckstrom, Stockton, chair nan; Rev. William T. Renison, Stock on; Rev. George D. B. Stewart, Lodi, nd. Mrs. Porter Roberts of Stockton
 Missionary District of Arizona: Rev. !. W. Simonson, Douglas, chairman; Rev. Jacob M. White, Bisbee; Rev. 'rancis J. F. Bloy, Globe; Rev. William Dixon, Tucson; Edward C. Clark, tucson; Franklin D. Lane, Phoenix, nd Miss Lucy Jenkins, Prescott.
 Missionary District of New Mexico: lev. Fuller Swift, Fl Paso, Texas. hartman; Rev. Walter S. Trowbridge, anta Fe, N. M.; Rev. Winfred H. Zieg- ,r. Albuquerque; J. J. Ormsbee, Fl aso, Texas; V. R. Stiles, El Paso; liner Veeder. Las Vegas, N. M., and [rs. Frank Parker, Santa Fe.
 Missionary District of Utah: J. Wal ott Thompson, chairman, Salt Lake ity; Rev. Edwin T. Lewis, Logan, tah; J. E. Jones, Salt Lake City; J.B. cholefield, Salt Lake City, and Mrs. 7. W. Reese, Salt Lake City.
 As part of the campaign there will , held a series of regional conferences roughout the West which will be at- nded by national leaders in the Epis-