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Show NO POLITICS FOR PRESBYTERIANS DALLAS, Tex., May 23. By adoption adop-tion of the report of the permanent judicial commission, tho 129th general gen-eral assembly of the Presbyterian church in tho United States of America Amer-ica today went on record as against presbyteries of the church taking official of-ficial action for or against any political politi-cal party. Tho specific case was that of the Des Moines (Iowa) presbytery, which urged opposition to a candidate for governor of Iowa because he opposed prohibition and favored the candidacy of another man because he favored prohibition. Such action was without jurisdiction of the church, the report said. No mention was made of tho name of either political cancliates nor the year in which the question arose. John A. Marquis, Cedar Rapids, Io., former moderator of the assembly, was elected secretary-treasurer of tho Presbyterian home mission board The report of tho homo mission committee was adopted. |