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Show EPISCOPAL!) TO I TAKE DEFINITE I STANDONEEAGIIE DETROIT. Oct 15. Determined that tho triennial general convention of !ihe Protestanl Episcopal church sh?n 'like .i definite stand on the league of nations issue, southern delegations are marshalling their forces ngnin-t the resolution adopted by the nous of bishops that the United States enter en-ter into "a covenant of nations." Dr. Cr. Gordon Smeade of Jackson, I Miss, characterizing the resolution. I which was lathered h Bishop Chaun- !,-... r n- Im f nMiiiAaMi .... Li" L. iiirnnni ui uiiuiaiiiui, ar , spineless, colorless and meaningless,'' declared todny that he will wage i fight to prevent its adoption in the house of deputies. Vith him are aligned the southern delegations, almost al-most solid, he stated. Dr Smeade ha before ihe house of deputies a resolution resolu-tion endorsing ihe league oi nations covenant in its present form. Ostensibly to prevent delay In legislate legis-late action of the house of delegates because of the heavy program yet untouched, un-touched, a proposal thai there be no debate on the league of nations was made and approved today, 307 to 118 I'n-.seniat Ion of further resolutions, however, Will bo perniilted. Dr. Smeade declared this action "establishes "es-tablishes a dangerous precedeni in muzzling freedom of speech, " and said the league Issue is above politics, "the greatest issue before the world today, the greatest document that ever emanated eman-ated from the mind of man ' The board of missions today asked the convention to authorize a campaign among the church membership tOT 'pledges to finance the church work extension program, io cost an undetermined unde-termined amount that probably will reach $100,000,000 The program interprets the work of tho church in this country in relation to five major groups of people, ihe Indians, negroes, isolated mountaineers mountain-eers of the Appalachians, people of I the rural districts and foreicn born jnnd their children "Church member" is to be defined, f a proposal to consider as members all persons baptized In the church, made 'in the house of deputies today, ij adopted. It is stated this would increase in-crease the record membership of the church perhaps from 25 to ". p t rent. I The house of bishops adopted a resolution reso-lution to close the convention on October Oc-tober 24. Suffragan bishops elected by dio-iceses dio-iceses will hereafter be given a vote I as well as a seat in the house of bishops Provision was made by the I house of bishops for shorter Old TeS-! TeS-! lament lessons and action of the house Of deputies providing that three tables ,of scriptur.il lessons he placed on trial with the next convention v."us concurred con-curred in. These are steps toward a 'settled lectlonary. oo |