[David O. McKay] I met pres. Parley A. Arave of the Blackfoot Stake who wanted to know whether he should take steps to have the woman who is secretary of the Draft Board at Bingham County, Idaho removed from her office. She has assumed authority which is not hers, and sent a letter to one of our missionaries demanding that he come home signing her name as a member of the Board. She is implying and charging that the Mormons are draft evaders. Pres. Arave said they have a petition signed by several hundred persons asking that she be ousted from her position.
I told Pres. Arave to go ahead. I so reported to President Clark who approved it.
[Source: David O. McKay Diary, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1910-1951, Privately Published, Salt Lake City, Utah 2010]
This one's obvious:
ReplyDeleteA non-Mormon mother orders her Mormon-convert son and missionary to return home and register for the draft for Korea.
What was the woman's name? The missionary's name?
a very patriotic woman.
ReplyDeletethe obvious common-sense rule is that no proselyting missionaries are sent out in a time of war - especially a global war.
ReplyDeleteare we heading toward that now?