. 7 iLiriyyloioio ' MEET il HI Hundreds of Delegates to Debate De-bate Reunion of North and South Methodists ' DES MOINES, la., April 10 Proposals Propos-als for a reunion of iho Method Isi Episcopal church and Lhc Methodist Episcopal Church South will be con-" con-" sidercd at the quadrennial cbnference of the former body to be held here beginning be-ginning May 1. Hundreds of delegates from all pants of the United States and many from foreign countries, will attend at-tend this gathering of the supreme law-making body of the Methodist .Episcopal church which, includes nol -c only the legislative hut judical and , admnistrative branches of the church t ) government. ' Commissions from the conference of this organization as welJ as the Methodist Metho-dist Episcopal Church South have approved ap-proved plans for the reunion of these two great Methodist organizations and discussion of this project is expected to be one of the chief questions to bej decided. It is expected that as usual, some of .the delegates will ask the church body to liberalize its attitude toward danc-Jng danc-Jng and other amusements. Pronouncements will be made on j educations, temperance, capital and labor, morals, marriage and divorce, child labor, evangelism, immigration,) evangelization and Christianization of: tnee foreign element, world-wide missionary mis-sionary operations and kindred subjects. sub-jects. Selection of new bishops will be one of the most important purposes of the' meeting. Their number will be determined de-termined by the committee on Episcopacy. Epis-copacy. Usually from six to ten new bishops are named. Being the highes' office in the church, the position is much sought for. In addition editors j , of the various church publications ana 3 other ofifces will be elected. .Delegates , will include both ministers and lay- SiJBj men and women will be admitted an IBM lay delegates.