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He went over that morning, and he rose from his seat and went to the platform among the applause and cheers of the audience, and made his speech. He was there all through that session, but he didn't go back in the afternoon. He was there also on the final day of the session for the final vote on a number of things. He was not present, however, for some very important votes that came up where we felt a little nervous. He had a great deal of business to do while he was in Paris. I never had known about the Mormon stake in Paris, so you?

Well, of course, Senator Thomas was a Mormon, and the Mormon stake was, he explained to me, very considerable. They had a very large stake in Paris and the presence of a Mormon right straight from Utah was very important to these these people, and it was also important for him, as an elder of the church, to do some supervising. I mean, nobody had been over to see what they were doing. And it was not only the French stake, but there were stakes in other countries, and he had them all coming in to see him. Anyhow, he would take his beautiful limousine and go way off--I don't know where he went--long distances out of Parism--and meet various people and see various church leaders. He was very active in the supervision of the Mormon stakes.

Then, one night--this was towards the end of the session--





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