Religion: Social-Minded Bishop

U.S. Bishops who are aggressively outspoken friends of labor can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Outstanding are Chicago's Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bish op Bernard James Sheil, San Francisco's retired Episcopal Bishop Edward Lambe Parsons, Boston's Methodist Bishop G. (for Garfield) Bromley Oxnam.

Fortnight ago labor-loving Dr. Oxnam became Bishop of Methodism's most important area—New York.

Against Injustice. Biggest of U.S. Protestant churches, Methodism (membership : 8,000,000) has long been the most active and vocal in advocating social and economic reform. Since 1907 the Methodist Federation for Social Service has worked...

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