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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...National Chairman Thruston Morton had dropped a blackjack hint that Benson ought to "step down" for " the good of the party (TIME, Dec. 21). In G.O.P. inner councils there had even been discussion of the possibilities of persuading the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to call Mormon Apostle Benson back home to Salt Lake City for church duty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Resigned to Duty | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

...rith, the national Jewish benevolent association. Last week he filed an appeal with B'nai B'rith Grand Lodge headquarters in Phoenix, Ariz. to prevent his expulsion. The ground for the proposed ouster: Harry Howard is an elder of the Mormon Church; therefore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Jew & Mormon? | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

...Mormon Howard contends that there is no reason why he cannot be both. He is still a Jew, he says, even though he practices very little orthodox Judaism. And the Mormons, who claim to be descended primarily from the tribe of Joseph, are themselves Israelites. "My tribe, the tribe of Judah, is so fraught with internal disorder that I merely decided to walk across the street and live with my in-laws-the tribe of Joseph. Mormonism is a continuation of Judaism; all Jews are Israelites, but not all Israelites are Jews. Mormons are Israelites, too. The Jews are always...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Jew & Mormon? | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

Said Reform Rabbi Ephraim Einhorn of Temple City, Calif., who began the move for Howard's expulsion: "Even though Harry Howard may personally believe that he can be a Jew and a Mormon at the same time, the fact remains that the Mormons give Jesus Christ divine status, and this destroys the indivisible status of God in which we Jews believe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Jew & Mormon? | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

...some 1,500 Russians, most of them of the same generation as the big, intense man who stood in the pulpit. The preacher: touring Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, a high apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. With an interpreter at his side, Mormon Benson spoke with great emotion, poured out his thoughts with eloquent simplicity. Said he: "Be not afraid. Keep his Commandments. Love one another. Love all mankind. Strive for peace, and all will be well. Truth will endure. Time is on the side of truth." Many in the congregation wept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 12, 1959 | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

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