Letter from Thomas Hull, N. S. Morris, G. H. Brimhall, and Willard Done, 10 August 1896
Salt Lake City, Utah, .
Presidents Wilford Woodruff, Geo. Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith,
City.
Dear Brethren:-
At the Officers meeting of the Conference of the Young
Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, held in May last, Elders B.H. Roberts,
Geo. H. Brimhall, Geo. D. Pyper, Chas. B. Stewart and Thomas Hull were appointed
a committee on Address and Recommendations. Their duty was to draft an
address and make such suggestions as they deemed wise to the Associations
They were to report to the General Superintendency.
Elders Roberts and Pyper, having been called upon a mission, resigned
early in July and Elders Willard Done and Nephi L. Morris were appointed
to fill the vacancies.
In his letter of resignation, Elder Roberts made a number of suggest-
ions in regard to Mutual Improvement Work, among which was one that the
Associations should have an actual, rather than a nominal head.
When the letter was read at the meeting of the General Superinten-
dency on July 20th, this suggestion met with President Woodruff's appro-
val, and while no action was taken, as indeed there could not be at that
meeting, it seemed to be the feeling that both President Woodruff and
President Smith should be released from this Superintendency.
The letter and suggestions were referred to this committee.
After very careful consideration of this subject, the committee are
