President Truman's relief of General Douglas MacArthur purposes is [just temporarily] allied with Soviet Russia." If MacArthur's thesis was accepted, then it followed that expanding the war with China would not provoke a conflict with the Soviet Union. The Joint Chiefs emphatically disagreed, although this contradicted their position that it was Europe and not Asia that was the prime concern of the Soviet Union. Even among Republicans, there was little support for MacArthur's position. On 5 April, Martin read the text of a letter he had received from MacArthur, dated 20 March, criticizing the Truman administration's priorities on the floor of the House. In it, MacArthur had
President of the Church Veazey and he was ordained as the Prophet–President on June 3, 2005. The Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints continues to believe in the lineal succession through the Jewish Laws of Inheritance. As such, the president of the Remnant Church, Frederick Niels Larsen, is a direct descendant (maternal 2nd great-grandson) of Joseph Smith, Jr. Similar to other denominations in the Latter Day Saint movement, in The Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite), the "President of the General Church" is also a member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles. The tiny Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite), headquartered in Independence,