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Show Church Urges Expense Culs Leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, particularly par-ticularly bishops and their counselors, coun-selors, were asked to water! welfare wel-fare distributions more closely, to chop down expenses and to refrain from attempting to build, palatial meeting houses, at a meeting Friday Fri-day night In the tabernacle. The plea to watch finances carefully care-fully was made by J. Reuben Clark Jr., first counselor in the first presidency, who warned that the "church cannot keep spending money at the rate it is indefi-; nitely." He said the church's budget this year would not fall much leas than t30.0OO.0OO. "When I first came into the council the budget reached around 14,000,000." he said. "We can't keep up this rate of expenditure." ex-penditure." Watch Expenses Mr. Clark told ward bishoprics, stake presldenciea, Aaronic priesthood priest-hood workers and other invited to the special meeting not to burden the member financially. Ha told them to forget luxuries when they plan ward houses. Hs also told them not to let any person suffer because "our welfare wel-fare program ha plenty to disburse." dis-burse." He pointed out that welfare wel-fare should be handled with caution cau-tion and distribution should be made wisely. George Albert Smith, church president, attended the session long enough to deliver a forceful address on doing missionary work among the people. He told of various vari-ous instancca of how he brought wayward church members back into the faith. - Lauda Worker He lauded the workers for their past record and invoked his blessings bless-ings upon them and urged them ; to keep their brethren together and I not let them stray away. He told them to utilize the men who are inactive. He said by doing so they could add many good, fine young men and older one a faithful faith-ful church members Presiding Bishop LeGrand Richards Rich-ards told the leadera It was necessary neces-sary to know their members. "Put your arm around them and make them feel that you are glad to . have them with you," he said. I "I don't believ you could ever improve on the program of a bishop being at the door to greet people at meetings," h asserted. 'There Is nothing like individual contact." J. L. Wirthlin, first counselor in : the presiding bishopric, pleaded with the workera to carefully guard their memberships. He told of the work other churches are doing to get members No Taah Dole' "I am aure that any one who belongs to the -Latter-day Saints church, and thoroughly knows all about it will never leave the faith," he aaid. He warned that "we do not want the welfare to become a cash dole." He said that cash expenditures to needy people should be carefully studied. Thorpe B. Isaacson, second counselor coun-selor to Mr.. Richards, presided. He spoke on Aaronic priesthood j work and also stressed fire prevention pre-vention snd care of church property. prop-erty. He added that so far this j ' year, fires hsve cost th L D S church about 1100,000. I |