Show WELFARE UNIT INSTRUCTED TO in EXPAND WORK Job o Seen as Best Way to Salvage Spirits and Faith FaithA A ringing message for furtherance furtherance furtherance fur fur- therance of the vast welfare program of the L. L D D. S S. S church and caution that its its' leaders begun to work yet was sounded at a welfare plan conference Saturday morning in the Assembly hall Keynote speaker at the session held in connection with the annual general conference of the church was J. J Reuben C Clark ark Jr first counselor in the first dency Other speakers were vere LeGrand Richards presiding bishop Dr O. O H. H Budge of Logan manager of the he Cache region storehouse Ira J. J Markham of O Ogden den manager of the he northern Utah region T. T TI George Wood president of the Taylor stake at Raymond Alta Canada and Edwin L. L Murphy of 9 h. h ad pt th Lake e stake welfare project Harold B. B Lee of Salt Lake City managing director dir of the plan p an pre pre- sided I Mr Clark made a an app appeal ato to find work for those who need It it He I reported the plan is successful su and going going ahead more rapidly than ever We are going to work you you harder he shot at leaders of the welfare plan You may think you have had a heavy task but we have not begun to put the pressure on yet We are going to take care of all needs Mr Clark said the work now is primarily one of distribution He cautioned against use of any paid workers at the helm of the program or in any way helping it along You must not get the idea that people have to be paid for direct- direct Continued on Page Nine Column ht Eh-ht LII l. o. o S 8 1 WELFARE UP SPEED-UP URGED Continued Continue From Page tagre One ing or aiding the program he warned When you put paid workers in Jn you blight the pro pro- gram He urged that welfare leaders take Initiative We have been accustoming ourselves ourselves ourselves our our- selves to programming every thing he said Our chief job he concluded is to find employment for those needing it Once you you put put a man back to work you bring back whatever he may have lost You salvage his spirit and improve again his civic life Ilfe Mr Richards told the welfare leaders of the spirit of the work The Lord is with us in this work he said If He were not we could not get very far Reports on Cache Cach Plan Flan Dr Budge reported on work of the program In the Cache plan and illustrated his talk with pictures pic pie pictures tures of the storehouse Mr Markham reported marked success of the program in the northern Utah region and progress in the last six months in ular Mr Wood reported on work In Alberta and described the program as one now international in as aspect as- as Mr Murphy reported on work of the Moon Lake stake project The session was attended by several several several sev sev- eral general authorities of the church stake presidencies bishoprics bishoprics bishoprics bish bish- Relief society officers quorum quorum quorum quo quo- rum officers priesthood quorum committees stake and ward welfare welfare welfare wel wel- fare committees and others Interested interested interested inter Inter- ested in the plan Must 1 Restore Dignity Mr Budge expressed the belief th that t the problem of ot distribution can be solved if we contact bishops bishops bishops bish bish- ops and leaders of the Relief so- so city We must rehabilitate and restore restore restore re re- re- re store dignity to our many members mem mem- bers hers he said Smokers he added are not considered as digI dig dig- I stifled fied I am firmly convinced b beyond yond yonda a shadow of doubt this welfare plan is the Lords Lord's way of taking care of or the needy and sick he asserted Between addresses Mr Lee re revealed revealed revealed re- re there are 75 store storehouses organized organized or or- and functioning within the welfare plan H He said there is a noticeable increase in the number participating in the program a 65 per cent increase in number over 1938 1933 Un Decreases Unemployment tHe t He called caned attention to the fact there is a decrease of ot 26 per cent ent entIn in the number umber of unemployed L. L D D. D S. S church m members and said a sizable amount of products have been built up Mr Markham further added that the hardest type of project and the one which requires the most planning is the work make or rehabilitation rehabilitation re re- habilitation problem He said 85 per cent of the unemployed in his region are unskilled workers He said a youth employment league has been started In Jn his region region region re re- re- re gion as a special hobby project and advised that it become church- church wide Mr Murphy told of the wonders accomplished since inauguration of the plan in Moon Lake stake |