Evening star., 1934-05-06
Temperance Group Has Be.
come Politically Powerful
Under His Direction.
COLLEGE OF BISHOPS
WILL STATE POLICIES
General Hospital Body Also Is
Discontinued Under Econ.
omy Program.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
JACKSON, Miss, May 5.-The
General Board of Temperance and So
cial Welfare of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church South, headed by Bishop
James Cannon, jr, and a recognized
factor in the national political scene
under his militant direction. today
was abolished by the General Con-
ference of the church.
Acting Just two days after refusing
to retire Bishop Cannon from the Col
lege of Bishops for infirmities." dele
gates to the Quadrennial Conference
voted his powerful board out Of exist
ence under the heading of an economy
program contemplating general church
board consolidation.
College to State Policies.
At the same time. the conference
ordered that all future pronounce
ments made in the name of the church
'on great social questions of national
or international Importance. must be
made through a collaborative state
ment of the College of Bishops, rather
than through individual boards"
Due to deaths and three retirements
scheduled at this session, the college
following this conference will consist
of II members including Bishop Can
non, who has four more years before
automatic retirement under the 72-
year age rule.
Bishop Cannon, veteran prohibition
campaigner, in recent report on the
activities of his board, called for
Methodist drive for a new national
prohibition law and challenged the
church to make the wet and dry issue
test of every candidate for public
office. He has accepted an invitation
to speak tomorrow before a dry rally
here, one of series being held in
the State preliminary to the July 10
referendum in Mississippi on the cues
ton Of hard liquor legalization.
The conference also abolished the
General Hospital Board. headed by
retiring Bishop Warren A. Gambler of
Atlanta.
Activities Of the Hospital Board
were assigned to the Board of Missions
at Nashville, of which w. G. Cram is
general secretary.
Activities of the Board of Temper
ance and Social Service were trans
ferred to three existing groups-the
Board of Lay Activities, Nashville.
headed by DR.. w. P. Few of Duke
University; the Board of Christian
Education, Nashville. headed by
Bishop E. D. Mouzon of Charlotte.
N. c., and the College of Bishops. in
which Bishop Mouzon becomes senior
member with the retirement of Bishop
Gambler.
The Temperance Board has for some
years maintained headquarters in
Washington, where Bishop Cannon.
whose headquarters are at Richmond,
Va, directed the major part of his ma
tional prohibition fight. Sine die ad-
Journment was set for next Wednes-
day.
War Opposition Asked.
A church committee on temperance
and social service today asked South
ern MethodiSm to place itself officially
on record as being conscientious OBJ
Jectors to war;" DR.. Marvin I. Haw
Kansas City. chairman, explaining
this amendment to the discipline
would give moral support to Metho-
dist students alleged to have been
disseminated against because of their
claim OF conscientious objection.
Under the direction of DR.. w F.
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