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Show Mormons Have Huge Stockpile The stockpiles provided by. the Mormon Church Welfare Program would enable Mormons to hold out even if an atomic war cut off sources of supply. A 2,,500 word report on the program pro-gram published in the Dec. issue of Country Gentleman makes this assertion: "Even if atomic warfare should come, these 840,000 Mormons, unless un-less blasted from the face of their lovely valleys,, could hold out for several years without a harvest. They would be healthy and warm, too, for not only food but vast quantities of fuel, drugs, clothing, bedding, furniture and construction materials tower to the high ceilings of 110 different storehouse through out Mormon territory." Other parts of the report, which is titled " They Take Care of Their Own," describe how the Welfare Program has been insuring Mormons Mor-mons against fire, flood and crop failure for the past 16 years. The Columbia River flood was Welfare's greatest test in 1948. Within hours after a call for help came from 50 Mormon families in the disaster area there were 20 tons of supplies on their way from Welfare warehouses in Salt Lake City, the report adds. |