The First Presidency sends its secretary "to go quietly to Logan and work to make the Republican ticket successful in the approaching city election." Democratic leaders complain of church influence; the Presicency issues a carefully worded statement on 25 Mar. which does not deny that the Presidency sent its secretary to influence Mormons to vote Republican but denies authorization "to use our names."
[Source: The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database (http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase)]]
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