Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-25
DEPUTIES REJECT
IMMIGRATION PLAN
Episcopal Bishops Stand for
Oriental Quotas Meets
Strong Opposition.

copal Church this morning refused h
concur with the House of Bishops in ;
resolution calling for modification o
the immigration laws affecting orientals
largely on the ground that some politi
cal partisanship might be read into the
action.
Introduction of the bishops resolution
created lively controversy among III,
deputies In the closing hours of the bus.
mess session, with the fight for concur.
renee led by George w. Wickersham o.
New York, formerly attorney general
and the opposition by the few members
Of the California delegation who are
still In Washington
Vote to Table Questioned.
1t first was voted to lay the resolution
on the table-at least Rev. DR.. 2. B
Phillips, pastor of the Church of the
Epiphany, so declared the vote in an
effort to prevent controversy in the
closing hours. No attention was paid
to the calls for division" from all parts
of the house
A few minutes later Mr.. Wickersham
demanded that the matter be re-opened
questioning the legality of passing it
without definite stand.
II Japanese were admitted under the
quota law, he said, it would mean only
about las year. Surely" he said.
this is not enough to cause a cation
OF l15,000,0O0 to shudder If we can't
treat the civilized japanese people as
II they were brethren, how can we ex-
pect them to respond to the Christian
appeal. I can't reconcile the wisdom
OF Christianity with an action like this.
We talk about not taking a stand on a
political question. ButcWe already have
spoken. for participated in the World
Court, spoken kindly of thu League OF
Nations and approved the Kellogg
treaties. Talk to any educated japanese
gentleman and see how it wrankles in
his heart. When the new Chinese ma
tlonalist government gets under way
we will hear from them"
Western Opposition Stated.
"This measure will be misunderstood. +"
declared Rev. DR.. George H. Powell.
dean of the Divinity School of the
Pacific. we are not here to tell the
Congress of the United States how to
do its business. There are factors such
as economics, race assimilation and
eoucation which We know nothing
about"
II have lived among these people and
yield to none in my respect for them. +"
declared H. c. Wyckoff of the California
delegation, but we don't want another
great problem Of race assimilation in
the United States. If you put them on
quota basis the quota can be tempered
with. We have no more right to tell
Congress what to do about immigration
tnan Congress has to tell us what to do
about the prayer book"
No Interference Seen.
There are more japanese going home
or dying every year than possibly could
come in under the quota" said F. c.
Morehouse of Milwaukee. This is not
question of interfering with Congress,
out merely OF expressing ourselves on
what is keenly felt by the people of
Japan"
ITS all very well for us to agree
that Isaac and Rebecca be kept, out of
the marriage service" said the Rev. Fl
K. Sheriff. of Boston, but when It
comes to live issue we are told 1t
mustn't come before the church. That's
why thousands of young people are
leaving the church, The church too
long has blindly followed the State.
When the State calls to war the church
follows. Some of these issues are spirit
ual. hope the church has courage
enough to face modern problems"
The final vote was rs for concurrence
and 1877 for non-concurrence
The House of Bishops yesterday after
noon completed their approval of the
program for the triennium which calls
for a maintenance budget of more than
S4,000,000 a year and the raising of
100000 for equipment in the mission
field.
immigration Change Asked.
The bishops also adopted resolution
presented by Right Rev. Logan H
Roots, Bishop of Hankow, urging that
immigration and naturalization laws be
modified so as to remove the existing
discrimination against Orientals These
laws, Bishop Roots explained. are a
serious detriment to the work of the
church in the mission field.
The house also voted to name a
commission to confer with the So
called Holy Catholic Church of China"
which has petitioned to become wholly
independent church. 1t is composed of
the missionary districts of the English
Canadian and American Episcopal
churches. For some years it has been
organized as a national church,
The present convention, it was
pointed out yesterday, will pass into
history as one of the most important
In the career of the American church,
since IL has marked the final accept
ance of the revised Book of Common
PRAYER, which will serve as a standard
for the policies of the church for years
to come.
Concessions Are Made.
The final revision contains conces-
sions to both the low church and
Anglo Catholic wings. 1t includes a
PRAYER for the dead and sanction for
the practice of JUNCTION and the laying
on of hands. On the other hand. the
SO articles of religion have been kept
in the book, in accordance with the
demand of the low churchmen.
The marriage service has been
changed so that the bride no longer
promises to "obey" and the man no
longer says with all my worldly goods
thee endow"
In general" says Right Rev. c. l..
Slattery, Bishop of Massachusetts,, who
was chairman of the commission on
revision, larger responsibility Is placed
upon the off1ciating minister md many
opportunities for shortening the service
are given. While the genius of Arch
bishop Cranmer's English remains to-
gether with the liturgical treasures Of
the past, the book becomes distinctly
book of our own time"