deference to any power that we might assume to
have, but because by so doing we could work to
better advantage, as we would know whether he
was interfering with other agencies that were operating
in our behalf, with which he was not familiar; and
also that we might be able to account in a proper
manner to the Church and the people at large for
the proper disposition of the public funds which
they, in their confidence, had placed in our hands
to be expended as our judgment and the Spirit of
the Lord would suggest to us as proper. It seems
to us that the requests we have made of Brother John W. have been very simple and that they
should not have injured his feelings or wounded his
pride. We certainly have not intended to ask any-
thing more of him than is required of us by those
who have entrusted funds in our keeping.
We are glad that you have been able to
obtain direct communication with No. 3, and that you
deference to any power that we might assume to
have, but because by so doing we could work to
better advantage, as we would know whether he
was interfering with other agencies that were operating
in our behalf, with which he was not familiar; and
also that we might be able to account in a proper
manner to the Church and the people at large for
the proper disposition of the public funds which
they, in their confidence, had placed in our hands
to be expended as our judgment and the Spirit of
the Lord would suggest to us as proper. It seems
to us that the requests we have made of Brother
John W. have been very simple and that they
should not have injured his feelings or wounded his
pride. We certainly have not intended to ask anything more of him than is required of us by those
who have entrusted funds in our keeping.
We are glad that you have been able to
obtain direct communication with No. 3, and that you