Steveguy

Can anyone please help me find the full text of the First Presidency letter written to an under-secretary of the US Treasury, dated 30 SEP 1941? I have seen an abbreviated version of it in the appendix of the re-published "The Great and Abominable Church of the Devil" (H. Verlan Anderson). It is simply the most terrific letter I have yet read. Thanks

Please do not confuse voluntary participation in the United Order, or any other voluntary plan, with socialism. Church leaders apparently made the statements you quote, however, the Gospel has always emphasized the agency of the children of men. No one is ever righteous in compelling another to participate in charity against their will, and, as such compulsion is a basic tenet of socialism and communism, it is, therefore, evil. Redistributionist schemes by government have been criticized by President Benson, and socialism has been criticized by every President of the Church before he served in that same office. The church has NEVER advocated compulsory redistribution of wealth. The Lord has always encouraged those with means to share with their less fortunate neighbors.