The idea of selling 815 Second Avenue has been considered before. But paramount in that idea there emerged a consideration that is missing in the editorial. Here is that consideration as I heard it in the years I served on Executive Council:

We are a part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. New York is a city that is accessible to the rest of the world, as well as to the United States. It is also a city which holds all kinds of international headquarters, not the least of which is the United Nations. Any consideration of relocation of our national headquarters necessarily needs to balance the needs of the church along with our place in the worldwide Anglican Communion. A lot of travel configurations are different than they have ever been before, simply because of air travel.

To consider relocation of 815 Second Avenue only on the basis of convenience of location for people in the United States is to deny the reality of our worldwide relationships.

(The Rt. Rev.) Walter C. Righter

Bishop of Iowa, retired

Ashland, Mass.