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Show LDS Leaders Attend Americanism Seminar Leaders of the LDS Church were "Minutemen for a Day" Fri-l Fri-l day and Saturday, Sept. 23 and 24, as they participated in the Utah National Guard's Americanism Ameri-canism Up Front Seminar. The Seminars are held periodically period-ically at the state-owned military reservation, Camp Williams, to acquaint Utahns with the actual and immediate threat of Communism, Com-munism, and what they can do at grass roots level to combat it. Guard officer addressing the seminar noted that the irreligious irreli-gious aims of Communism make it equally the direct concern of church and military leaders. Pres. Joseph Fielding Smith of the Council of Twelve Apostles led the group of 22 church leaders lead-ers who took part in the seminar. semi-nar. It included stake presidents and bishops, according to Maj. Gen. Maxwell E. Rich, Utah Adjutant Ad-jutant General. The seminar began on Friday morning, when participants mustered mus-tered for a day of briefings by National Guard officers. They returned to the classroom the following morning for panel discussions dis-cussions on the information covered. cov-ered. Citizens from throughout Utah who would like to attend a future Americanism Up Front Seminar should contact The Adjutant General, Gen-eral, Utah National Guard, Salt Lake City, for full details. |
