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Show Broad Program Arranged For Leadership Week Provo, Utah America's present nuxxl .seems in complete accord with "Building Zion Today," the time of the 1 4 1. 1 1 Annual Leadership Week at Iirigham Youe'g University. This w.us the conclusion voiced by Dr. Ixiwry i;e.,n of 15. Y. U., recently re-cently appointed regional advisor of rural rehabilitation under the IlillA, upon his return Tuesday from at-J tendance at conventions In Chicago! and conferences in Washington, D. C, with his chief, Colonel Lawrence' Westbr.tk. Dr. Nelson is chairman1 of Leadership Week which will be1 held January 2i, to February 1. "Our theme this year is in harmony har-mony with the prevailing spirit ofj the American people, if one canj judge f i- .m the papers given at the; meeling of the American Sociological j Society and ether organizations: meeling in Chicago during the holidays," holi-days," declared Dr. Nelson. "Almost1 wilhout exception the papers dealt! with problems of the present and their s 'lution iu .such a way as to bring a belter life to the American people. "In the thirteen years of Leadership Leader-ship Week history, we have had no theme that was more heavily freighted freight-ed with meaning for this generation than the one adopted for the 14th program," he went on. "The Church' is interested in 'building Zion today' because in so doing it is building Zion Tomorrow." Many programs designed to bring about a happier state of things for human beings are being set up under public and private auspices, he explained. ex-plained. Some of these programs have strong elements of tmreality, and contain little more than an effort ef-fort to escape from the oppression which people feel, he said. Others undoubtedly have in them the key that could unlock a glorious future for the human race. "People in eveiy city and town and hamlet should be devoting their thoughts and energies to the testing of these programs in the light of their own conditions and experience, and of developing new and better programs when those tested fail to meastu'e up," he urged. "It is hoped J that Leadership Week will help stimulate stim-ulate and direct sound thinking and encourage wise action." |