[David O. McKay] Bishop Wirthlin Said he is assigned to the Mesa Stake Conference, and that question on 'local option' is coming up. That all of the outside churches are for it, and they want some work from us (The Authorities) before we (the Church) commit ourselves. Conditions in this respect in Mesa are pretty bad. I said that there is but one ideal for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and that is Prohibition. We cannot deal with whiskey. We stand for absolute Prohibition, based upon the revelation that 'Strong drink is not good for man.' Our people are justified in taking any stand that will lead toward that ideal condition. They say that local option causes trouble' bootlegging, etc. but there is bootlegging right now. The secret of success in local option is when the people vote for enforcement, and when it is known that public sentiment is for enforcement.
[Source: David O. McKay Diary, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1910-1951, Privately Published, Salt Lake City, Utah 2010]
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