80 years ago today - Jan 27, 1941

[Heber J. Grant]

I returned to my office and had a long talk with Franklin J. Murdock, a cousin of Philo T. Farnsworth Jr. I told him I was very anxious indeed to try to persuade Philo not to insist on having his name withdrawn from the records of the Church. He thinks very highly of Philo and hopes that I may be successful in persuading him not to leave the Church.

[The Diaries of Heber J. Grant, 1880-1945, Abridged, Digital Edition Salt Lake City, Utah, 2015]