Show CHURCHES SCORE E RESEARCH DAT DATE DATA federal Council Report Report rt Comes In for R Rap p By Methodists Method WASHINGTON WASHINGTON N F Feb b 24 DY 24 By The Associated Press The Press The reo re- re e cent nt report on prohibition by the the research department nt ot of the fed i d- d crab cral council of ot churches Is at tacked as an n be bo of many church bodle a In Ina Ina a sta ement Issued by ot- ot of ot the Methodist Episcopal pal al church Methodist Episcopal church South the Methodist Pro Pt church and thIS the United ed Brethren church The statement nt said Mid the pres ent confusion contusion seem to be due due In fed federal rat coun- coun council largo part to the cil report adding W We WO r repudiate ate It as unscientific In Its meth meth- methods misleading unwarranted and In In In Its conclusions a a product ot of provincialism a a striking example le of the tho domination ot of o local sur- sur surroundings surroundings and conditions Attached to the he statement were wethe re the signatures of ot Bishop James Cannon Jr chairman chairman- of the corn com ii- ii mission on temperance and tind ot of the feth Methodist Episcopal al church South Bishop William F McDowell president and Dr Clar Clar- Clarence ence enc True Wilson secretary ry ot of the board ot of temperance and public morals morale ot of o the Methodist Method Episcopal church Bishop BIshOr W t M Bell of the tha United church and Dr Thomas II IT Lewis resident ot of the general conference of ot the Methodist Protestant churchIn church In |