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Following is the real essence of the televised interview between
Stanley R. Rader and Mike Wallace of the "60 Minutes" CBS show:
MIKE WALLACE INTERVIEW
WITH STANLEY RADER
FEBRUARY 7, 1979
S. RADER'S OFFICE,
ALLAN BROWNE ALSO PRESENT
ORIGINAL TAPING
WALLACE: Mr. Rader, why is the Worldwide Church of God apparently in such
turmoil
right now?
RADER: Well, I don't really feel that the Church itself is in turmoil. I think
that
the State of California has brought an unjustified legal action against the
Church that
has caused us some difficulty.
WALLACE: Why would the State of California be interested in causing trouble, if
you
will, for the Worldwide Church of God - you do good work?
RADER: Of course we do. And that's what makes their action so unconscionable.
But,
you must look at the composite, shall we say, picture at this time. You not
only have
the State of California acting through the Deputy Attorney General but you have
a
small group of dissenters who would like to change the government of the Church
from
a hierarchical system to something like a congregational system. Then you have
some
people such as the plaintiff's lawyer and others who would like to be receiver
who
are in it strictly to make money.
WALLACE: The receiver is in it to make money?
RADER: The whole receivership business is a money-making business. They are
the
vultures of the economic world.
WALLACE: Wait a second. About whom are you speaking specifically?
RADER: I'm talking about the receiver.
WALLACE: Judge Steven Weisman, who just resigned.
RADER: Judge Steven Weisman who just resigned (WALLACE: As receiver?) as
receiver