Evening star., 1932-04-13
v. D. TUFTS NAMED .
CHURCHES LEADER.
Succeeds Bishop Mcdowell
as President of Washing
ton Federation.
GERMAN PRESIDENTIAL Cal

w. o. Tufts, member of Mount Pleas
ant Congregational Church, was elected
president of the Washington Fedora
ton of Churches at its annual meet
ing in the First Congregational Church
last night. He succeeds Bishop Will
liam F. Mcdowell of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. The new president
was chairman of the Civic Affairs
Committee of the federation during
the past year.
Other officers elected were:
Vice presidents, Rev DR.. j. H. Hol-
lister of the Chevy Chase Presbyterian
Church, Rev. DR.. j. H Wells, presiding
elder of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, and Henry Brewood,
member of the Mount Rainier Christian
Church; treasurer. J. Fred Laise, mem
ber of Foundry NJ. E. Church, and as
sistant treasurer, Horace l.. Stevenson,
member of Bethany Baptist Church.
Mrs. Fisher Heads Women.
officers of the Woman's Council of
the federation also were named, fed
Grafton committee chairmen and de-
nominational representatives elected.
Mrs H. Wellen Fisher was elected
president of the Woman's Council. sue
ceeding the late Mrs. Harvey 8. Irwin,
who died last week. The other Wom-
ans Council officers named were: Vice
presidents, Mrs. H. NJ KenHick, Mrs.
w. r. Rhoads, Mrs. Thomas Z. Robert
son. Mrs. w. P. Ellenberger. Mrs. David
w. Lum and Mrs. Harvey Baker Smith;
recording secretary, Mrs. George A.
Ross; corresponding secretary, Mrs. o.
b. Atwood; treasurer Mrs. ,E. C. Din
widdie, and chairman of denominational
representatives, Mrs. ]. Claude KEEPER.
Department chairmen of the Council
named were: Mrs. Art Brown, Juvenile
Court: Mrs. w. l.. Darby, missionary;
Mrs. o. B. Howe law and legislation;
Mrs. Thomas z. Brown, world friend
ship and good will, and Mrs. Ralph B.
Kennard, foreign students.
Representatives Are Named.
Federation denominational represent
atives named were as follows,
Baptist, Rev w. S. Abernathy and
r. L. Haycock; Brethren. Rev Homer
A. Kent; Church of the Brethren, Rev.
F. F. Holsopple; Congrega tional Rev,
F. v Fisher; Disciples, Rev. M. FL
more Turner and C. c. Galloway;
Episcopal, Rev 2. B. Phillips and DR..
w. s. Bowen; Evangelical, Rev c. E.
Schnabel; Evangelical Synod of North
America, Rev. Charles Enders; Friends,
c. S. Easterling; Lutheran (United)
Rev. John Weidley and DR.. w. j.
Showalter; Methodist Episcopal, Rev.
B. w. Meeks and DR. A c. Christie;
Methodist Episcopal South, Rev. ]. J.
Rives and Hilary F. VIM; Methodist
Protestant, Rev. H. A. Kester and
Julian P. Dodge; Presbyterian, Rev.
F. S. Niles and A. B. Gawler; Pres
byterian U. S. (Southern), Roy W.
Prince; New Church, Rev. Paul Sperry;
Reformed, Rev H. H. Ranck; Salvation
Army, Maj. James Asher; United
Brethren, Rev. S. B. Daugherty; United
Presbyterian, Rev. c. E. Hawthorne,
and Community Church, Rev. l.. B.
Rice.
Committee chairmen elected were:
Church Music, Norton M Little
Comfy, Rev. Frederick Brown Harris
Drama and Pageantry. Miss Bess Davis
Schreiner; Employment, r. Spencer
Palmer; Evangelism, Rev. G. c. Ras-
mussen; Finance. James G. Dulin, jr.;
International Good Will, Rev. ]. r.
Public Meetings, Rev r. Y. Nicholson
Race Relations, Rev. D. Butler Pratt;
Social Service, Rev. Harvey Baker
Smith; Religious Education, J. F. Noff-
singer. and Young Peoples Work,
Thomas r. Wilson.
The officers, denominational repre-
sentatives and committee chairmen
constitute the board of directors of the
federation under new amendment to
liamentary combination may have been