Evening star., 1952-09-19
Episeopalians 10 End
Convention Today in
Traditional Service
By Cospor Nonnes
Stor Stuff correspondent

Stor Stuff Correspondent
BOSTON, Sept. 19.-The 57th
Triennial General Convention of
the Episcopal Church will close its
two-week meeting today with the
traditional reading of the House
Of Bishops pastoral letter.
The letter will be read by the
Right Rev. Stephen F. Bayne. jr.,
Bishop Of Olympia, at a service in
Trinity Church here. The Right
Rev. Henry Knox Sheriff., presid-
ing bishop, will officiate.
/ A one-time assistant rector of |
st. Adams church, Washington.
yesterday was elected the new
missionary Bishop of Spokane. He |
Is the Rev. Charles Gresham
Marmion, jr., now rector of the
Church Of the Incarnation, Dallas,
Tex. The 47-year-old clergyman,
a native Of Houston, is graduate
of Virginia Theological Seminary,
Alexandria. Va. He served as as
Sistant rector of st. Adams
Church from 1937-194O.
Bishop for Philippines.
/ A new Suffragan Bishop Of the
Philippines was also elected yes
terday. He is the Rev. Lyman c..
Ogilby. 30. faculty member of
the Brent School, Baguio, Philip
pines.
& Numerous resolutions on ma
tional and international issues
were passed yesterday by the
House of Deputies. They had been
previously approved by the House
/ of Bishops. The following were
included:
! l. Immigration. The appoint
ment of a commission by the Presi-
|Ident Of qualified persons drawn
equally from public and private
life" to review "our permanent
immigration policy and it's basic
assumptions" was urged. The
resolution also asked the Tempo
rary immigration provisions be ar
ranged Ito meet adequately and
complex emergency problem of
uprooted and homeless peoples
compelled to live outside their
own countries"
( U. N. Action Favored.
/ 2. Human rights. Full partici-
patton by the United States inI
international action through the
( United Nations" on human rights
and fundamental freedoms for all
men" without distinction as toI
race. sex, language or religion. u
3. Preventative war" The
church "unalterably opposes the
idea"
4. Disarmament Indorses
United Nations efforts to achieve
an effective disarmament pro-
gram" aimed to reducing "the
burden Of ornaments, the danger
OF war and the fear of aggres-
sion."
S. Racial discrimination. Calls
on church to consistently oppose
and combat discrimination based
on color or race in every form.
both within the church and with
out. in this country and interna-
tionally."
japanese Treaty Backed.
8. Japanese peace treaty. Urges
that we support the treaty of
peace and security treaty with
Japan, signed April %, 1852. and
further them ION a Christian
basis in dealing with the people
of Japan"
z. For the first time in the his
tory of the church the delegates
approved a resolution establishing
la committee on alcoholism" to
|tstudy problems arising from alco-
holism "as they relate to this
church and to the church's duty
to society,"" The committee will
report its findings to the 1855
general convention.
The House Of Deputies also con-
CURED with the House of Bishops
in establishing a new canon pro-
vidlng for a perpetual deacon
ate" This will enable laymen.
without leaving their secular oc-
cupation. to serve as deacons of
the church without going on to
the ministry. ~
But the deputies defeated a
resolution allowing laymen to ad-
minister the chalice in a holy
communion service under cer-
tain conditions,