Hyrum Rush

Hyrum Rush was a major in the Mormon resistance movement during the Second Great War. In 1942, he called for a ceasefire with the United States, and was submitted to the indignity of being strip-searched by Armstrong Grimes. He travelled to Philadelphia to discuss terms for a treaty with President Charles LaFollette. His mission failed in the face of bipartisan opposition in the US Congress. The following year, 1943, he carried word of the Mormons' unconditional surrender to US authorities.