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Show SsKOPSKT Prayer Book Revision and Tennesseean's Retirement Retire-ment on Program PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 31 The ! bishops of th-- Kpi-- ,ial church In the United Stales met here in Inior-mal Inior-mal session Wednesday preliminary to the assembling of the 47lh triennial general convention of the church next week About 60 of the 139 bishops were present In the absence Of Right Reverend Thomas F. Gtfilor, l l. bishop of Tennessee, who Is president of the I national coumll of the church, anl 'also president of the House of His'i-ops. His'i-ops. who is . n route Bishop Ethelbert Talberti of the diocese of Bethlehem, as the senior bishop present, was elected presldehl pro tem. A com- mittee ff five, consisting of Rishop Reese of George. Rishop Leonard of uhlo: Bishop Hall of Vermont; Rishop Rish-op Lines of Newark and Elshop Francis of Indianapolis, prepared a program and order of bUSlhi s If was propos.fl that the bishops shall consider the various problems of Importance which will later come before the convention, such as prayer book revision, the status of women in the church, divorce, the industrial situation the proposed $21,000,000 budget for the ensuing three years. I nderstondlngs reached are expected expect-ed to facilitate the work of the convention. con-vention. The prayer book r vision will have the right of way -at both the formal meeting of the blshpos and in the convention and despite some efforts to postpone final action, sentiment expressed by bishops bej indicate that the mutter will be disposed dis-posed of finally at this convention. Informal talks among the bishops Indicated In-dicated that the convention will decline de-cline to accede to the request of Bishop Gallor that he be permitti 1 to retire as president of the council In favor of a younger man. 00 |