75 years ago today - Apr 7, 1936

Church Security Program instituted to assist poor during Great Depression; became Church Welfare Program.

[Source: Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History, http://amzn.to/eG0DIp]