 After the January 1920 raids in Detroit, Bishop was recruited as part of a citizens committee to help release the over 1000 men illegally arrested for peaceful assembly by the Justice Department run by General Palmer.This citizen's committee was led by Federick F Ingram and the other members were SS Kresge, FE Brown, FE Steelwagen, & Fred M Butzel.In 1921, he attended a seminar in England that studied the English labor movement in its relation with the church.