100 years ago today - Oct 8, 1912; Tuesday

The following is a report of a special meeting held at the President's Office this afternoon:

A meeting was held this afternoon in the President's Office, for the purpose of considering the situation of our Mexican Refugees, at which there were present the First Presidency, Pres[iden]t. Lyman, Bro[ther]s. Heber J. Grant, Reed Smoot, Hyrum M. Smith, Orson F. Whitney, David O. McKay, Anthony W. Ivins, Joseph F[ielding]. Smith Jr., James E. Talmage, also Bishops Charles W. Nibley and Orrin P. Miller and Pres[iden]t. Joseph E. Robinson of the California Mission. The Mexican brethren were Pres[iden]t. Junius Romney, Bishop Allen D. Thurber of Dublan, Bishop Joseph C. Bentley of Juarez and his counselor Thomas Romney.

Pres[iden]t. Romney and Bishops Bentley and Thurber made extended remarks, going over the situation from their points of view.

On the suggestion of President Smith a committee was appointed consisting of Elder A[nthony]. W. Ivins, Bishop Nibley and Pres[iden]t. Romney, who were asked to put into condensed form what we would like to publish as instructions to the committee in charge at El Paso [Texas] and our refugee brethren generally in the way of advice and counsel. This became the sense of the meeting and was voted on unanimously.

[Source: First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes]