GENERAL BOOTH.
SUCCESSOR TO BE ELECTED. LONDON, July 3. The High Council of the Salvation Army will mpet in London on August 15 to elect a successor to General Evangeline Booth. There are 23 full commisisoners, nine of whom are either past or nearing the retiring age of 73. There are 32 other commissioners. Likely candidates have been narrowed down to 14, notably Commissioners Ilurrey, Saintley (principal of the International Training College), Carpenter (a Canadian), Damon (an American), and Maxwell, head of the publishing and trade departments, who has had experience in Canada and Australia. It is not expected that a woman, will be elected. It is unlikely that the present one-man control system will be altered in favour of a council with administrative powers, hut the 25-year period of the commissionersliip will probably be reduced to nino years.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 194, 18 July 1939, Page 7
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139GENERAL BOOTH. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 194, 18 July 1939, Page 7
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