Evening star., 1952-09-18
EpiscopaIians 70 Elect
7 Missionary Bishops
AT Convention Today
By Casper Names
StuF Stoff Correspondent

BOSTON, Sept. 1.-TWO new
missionary bishops will be elected
by the House of Bishops today as
the 57th General Convention of
Episcopal Church entered the
next-to-laSt day Of its two-week
triennial convention.
One Of the bishops to be chosen
is for the Missionary District Of
Spokane and the other will be an
additional missionary suffragan
bishop for the Philippine Islands.
Following their elections the
name of the new bishops will be
presented today to the House Of
Deputies for confirmation.
Major Resolutions.
The House Of Deputies will also
take up resolutions concerning
national and international issues,
postponed from yesterdays calen-
dar, today. The motions include
statements on human rights, "pre-
ventive war;" fairness Of con-
gressional investigating commit
tees toward those being in
vestigated, racial discrimination
and the plight Of Arab refugees.
Most Of yesterdays business was
devoted to discussion of the 1853
budget. The measure calling for
a record-breaking IS ,929, ,O43 budg-
ct was first presented to a joint
session Of the House of Bishops
and the House Of Deputies by
the Right Rev. Edmund P. DAN
bridge, Bishop of Tennessee, on
behalf of the joint committee on
program and budget. The same
budget was voted for 1854 and
1855.
The House Of Deputies approved
the measure with surprisingly
little debate on individual items.
1t now goes to the House of Bish-
ops, where the bill will most likely
be approved without any major
changes.
missionary Sum Leads.
Largest item in the new budget
is $4.428.536 for missionary work
of the church. This represents
an increase Of $624,703 in this
activity over the 1852 budget.
Major appropriations in this cat
egory are $2.310,153 for overseas
missions, $1,524,018 for domestic
missions, and $4,000 for world
relief and church cooperation.
The sum listed for the church's
education and promotion work
totals $812,595. or $75,917 more
than the 1852 appropriation.
Christian education receives the
highest amount, 1901 ,O38, with the
Department of Promotion next,
$234.091 and Christian Social Re
lations following, $81,549.
Administrative expenses Of the
church during the year was set
at $553.39S. Appropriations for
miscellaneous activities totaled
$85. .213 and for cooperating agen-
SACoD VEOBOVV.
Segregation Is Issue.
A resolution calling on the gen.
eral convention to hold its 1855
meeting "only in a city in which
there Is no racial segregation" was
introduced yesterday by Clifford
P. Morehouse Of New York in the
House Of Deputies. :.
The House Of Bishops today
passed a resolution expressing to
servicemen fighting in Korea and
other critical areas Of the world"
appreciation for their selfless de-
votion to our country" The state
ment assured them "our prayers
are continually offered that they
may be preserved from all evil,
and that the cause for which they
are prepared to give their lives
may prevail"
The House Of Deputies yester-
day passed a resolution urging all
church related schools, colleges
and seminaries" to work for "the
elimination of injustice in the
form of racial segregation in its
faculty and student body"