Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 130, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1920 — PRESBYTERIANS WITHDRAW FROM INTERCHURCH MOVE [ARTICLE]

PRESBYTERIANS WITHDRAW FROM INTERCHURCH MOVE

Philadelphia, May 28.—Support of the Presbyterian church in the U. S. A. was withdrawn from the interchurch world movement, but it was decided to continue the new era movement and cut the annual budget from $900,000 to $400,000 at today’s' session of the general assembly. In its action on the interchurch world movement the general assembly adopted the new plan of the executive commission providing for contribution of SIOO,OOO for the ensuing year to the movement “when properly reorganized” to be used for payment of its current operating expenses as a going concern for that period and for no other purpose. The general assembly, next year will convene at Winona Lake, Indiana, it was deCcided today after the contest for the next meeting place had narrowed down to Winona Lake and Atlantic/City, N. J. Committee of five members will attend the republican and democratic national conventions with authority to confer with the resolutions committee against ‘*wet’ Slanks. The committees, which will e appointed from prominent Presbyterians living in or near the convention cities, also will throw their influence against thp election of “wet” congressmen.