The Washington times., 1938-02-25
SEE LONG STRUGGLE

President David o. Mckay, Sec
ond councillor of the church and
next in command to President
Heber j. Grant said that it might
take years before their objective
was gained.
In the meantime, according to
figures made available by State
and Government relief agencies in
Utah, relief needs and figures had
increased in the past year and fore
casts for the coming year were
still higher.
Whereas in April, 1886, there
were 5000 households in Utah on
relief, there are now 1906.
Statistics showed that relief
figures were higher in communi-
ties with the largest percentage of
Mormon population. This was ex-
planned by the State relief agencies
as being due to the fact that Nor.
mons raise large families.
SEVENTH ON LIST
In spite of the labors of those
C onn e ted with the Mormon
Church security program, re-
Gently prepared tables estimating
the percentage of total gainful
workers employed on Federal
Works projects of every kind, in
Guiding NYA student aid, showed
Utah placed seventh from the top
in amount of aid received, in the
forty-eight States.
However, contrary to many
stories published, President
Mckay made no exaggerated
claims as to what the church had
done in removing its members
from public relief rolls. If any.
thing, he took a dubious attitude
as he considered the difficulty of
putting people to work for less
money than they could secure
from relief agencies for doing
nothing over recent six months
period. The church claims no
more than a total of 600 removed
from county relief.
STAY ON WPA ROLLS
No attempt is being made to
remove Mormons from WPA pay
rolls. This, according to President
Mckay, is legitimate Government
relief to which every taxpayer in
the country contributes, and for
which a days work is done.
1t is only the dole which is con-
trary to the edict Of Brigham
Young, one of the founders of the
church.
The church is also faced with
the possibility of the end of this
dole being IN sight and the neces-
sity of being called upon to give
to it's members something con-
crete in return for their contri.
buttons in the form of tithing,
fast Sunday, etc.
On the other hand, no one can
deny the magnificent job Of or
ganization and communal relief
done by the Latter Day Saints in
the achievement of their first i'm
mediate objective-that no men,
Der of the church shall go hungry,
or unsheltered.
COMMON STOREHOUSE
A visit to one of the famous
Bishops storehouSes located here
provides a fascinating study in
Well-organized communal endeavor.
Here is a warehouse packed
from top to bottom with edibles,
fruits, vegetables, potatoes, hun
dreds of thousands Of cans Of food,
meat, clothing, bedding, quilts,
ETC., ETC., all contributed or manu-
factured by church members,
either in the form of contributions
from those VINO have surplus, or
work by the unemployed.
On one floor Of the storehouse
is a small compact little canning
factory where the unemployed are
put to work canning the farm pro-
duce contributed. Men and women
work on renovating garments, or
making new ones. All Of these
commodities are made available
to the needy, not for cash, but in
exchange for work hours. The
work hours result in more produce
of all kinds.
BARTER SYSTEM
Mormons who work on any kind
of relief project receive credit slips