President David O. McKay reports that a statement by Hugh B. Brown on the priesthood ban "caused quite a bit of controversy."

Date
2019
Type
Book
Source
David O. McKay
LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

David O. McKay, Journal, December 26, 1969, in Confidence Amid Change: The Presidential Diaries of David O. McKay, 1951–1970, ed. Harvard S. Heath (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2019), 822

Scribe/Publisher
Signature Books
People
Alvin R. Dyer, Mark E. Petersen, Henry Smith, David O. McKay, Hugh B. Brown, Harvard S. Heath, Clare Middlemiss
Audience
General Public
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Transcription

December 26, 1969, 9.·30 a.m. I met with President Alvin R. Dyer, Elder Mark E. Petersen, and Henry Smith regarding the Negro question. President [Hugh B.] Brown made a statement to the press yesterday which has caused quite a bit of controversy.

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