Show Social Soc al Security Program i Provides Principle Theme TheIne At Conference 7 Three-Day Three Sessions Close Sunday Afternoon With Record Breaking Crowds ds To Listening Prayer of Church Leader Church hurch Ready To Aid Needy President Says With a crowd of nearly per persons ons Jamming the tho tabernacle and assembly hall hail and standing outside out out- sid side listening to proceedings over i amplifying ying systems th the tha Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ended their semIannual semiannual semiannual semi semi- annual conference in Salt Lake City last Sunday President ent Heber J. J Gl I brought the three day session to toa toa toa a close close- with a benediction pronounced pronounced pro pro- on his followers at home and abroad It will vill meet again in April 1937 The L. L D. D S. S social security plan was vas the th chief topic of the address at t the meetings and members were told that thai the church is ready to make good its pledge to alleviate alleviate alle alle- i the want of its destitute members during the coming winter win win- winter ter season The Venerable President Grant who will be 80 years old next month was the principle speaker at the opening session opening with a reading of a prepared statement announcing the success of the welfare plan started only Continued on page 8 Social Security Explained at General Conference Continued from page i l' l llast last spring and then giving a vigorous address in wl which ch he exhorted exhorted exhorted ex ex- ex- ex his follow followers rs to work hard and give full value for all they re- re Our primary purpose President President President dent Grant read was to set up in so far as it might be possible a system em under which the curse of idleness would be done away with the Ule evils of or a dole abolished and independence Industry thrift I and s respect self b be once more established established established es es- among our people The Theair Theair air of ot the church is to help the I people to help themselves Work is to b bj as as the ruling principle of the lives of our church membership Great stores of foodstuffs and other commodities are alread already on hand for the us use of the needy during the coming con ng winter and these stores may be further increased increased increased in in- creased after the fall faU harvesting Is 19 completed The security plan contemplates not only the giving of relief in inthe inthe inthe the form of commodities but also the furnishing of work in the construction construction construction con con- of church edifices and aid in in obtaining private employ employ- ment The church now contributes s 60 per cent towa toward d the cost of i stake and ward houses the stake or ward as ris the case may be supplying supplying supplying sup sup- plying th the rest 40 per cent can b be I supplied partly in cash and partly part part- ly in labor addressed the sessions included Reuben Clark Jr first counselor David 0 O. O McKay second coun- coun o Don B B. B Colton of Vernal former Cornier Utah congressman and now pr president of the eastern states mission George Albert Sn Smith th of the council of the twelve apostles es Sylvester Q Cannon presiding bishop Rudger Clawson Clawso president of the co council of the twelve apostles apostlEs apostles apos apos- Dr John A A. Widtsoe Melvin J. J Ballard Reed Smoot and Charles A A. A Callis Cailis members of the council of twelve and many oth oth- II ers Sunday sessions included the regular regular regular reg reg- I ular tabernacle acle choir broadcast and a Church of the Air program program in which Mr Ballard and Dr Widtsoe spoke In IIi addi addition to the on the social security program were many pleas for individual indI thrift among church members exhortations exhortations lions for back to the farm movements a plea to keep the pledges of the organization to insure insure insure in in- sure success of the social security plan before the world and th the usual usual us us- ual many on on subjects per pertaining directly to church beliefs beliefs beliefs be be- and conditions The crowds attending th the Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day sessions created a new attendance attendance at at- record since the centennial cen- cen tennial conference of the churchin church churchin in April 1930 |