J. Reuben Clark raises no objection to local church leaders joining "as individuals" a civic organization to "restrict and control negro settlement" in their stake.
J. Reuben Clark, Journal, August 30, 1944, rep. The Diaries of J. Reuben Clark, 1933–1961, Abridged, with Appendix 1. The Diaries of Stephen L Richards, 1951–1954, Abridged and Appendix 2. The Diaries of Marion G. Romney, 1941–1961, Abridged (Salt Lake City, UT: Privately Published, 2010), 82
[August 30, 1944]
Virgil Smith—(1) Asked about the propriety of one of Stake Presidency and some of bishops joining as individuals a civic organization whose purpose is to restrict and control negro settlement in his stake: I said I saw no objection.