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Show SOT DECLARES HE WILL NOT RESIGN FROM - THE QTJOBUM 07 TWELVE. Apostle Smoot resents the suggestion made by some of his friends that by resigning re-signing his official position in the church his candidacy would not be so strenuously opposed. He declares: ",1 shall not resign my apostleshlp on account of my Senatorial candidacy. I am In this race and Intend to stay. My friends have signified their intention of standing by me, nd as long as they are with me I shall not desert them." When pressed for a statement as to the Administration's attitude Mr. Smoot merely affirmed bis former assertion that he did not believe that President Roosevelt Intended to "take a hand in a local fight." |