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actually be a series of three-week tests in 60 different television
markets across the country. So different areas will hear the commer
cials at different times).
We will keep you updated on the progress of this new program and our
market tests.
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DR. HOEH'S BIBLE STUDY COMMENTS ABOUT MR. RADER'S TV INTERVIEW
Editor's Note: At 1:00 a.m. Thursday morning, July 28, Mr. Stanley
Rader's pretaped interview with Tom Snyder was aired on the NBC
television network show, "Tomorrow." Since this show has national
coverage, its impact would seem to be important at this time of wide
spread publicity and stress in the church.
A videotape of the program was shown to the brethren at the evening
Bible study in the Ambassador Auditorium with Mr. Herbert Armstrong's
permission, and again before the main sermon Sabbath afternoon. Since
a number of the brethren and ministry missed the program when it was
aired over their local stations, plans are to show it at all festival
sites for their interest.
In the meantime, we are including with this report some excerpts of
comments by Dr. Hoeh which he made immediately following the screening
of the interview during Bible study. Those comments follow.
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The questions and answers are very meaningful to the churches as a
whole. I hope you will appreciate that some of these questions were
handled in a manner not everybody could handle as smoothly as did Mr.
Rader. It was a good illustration of the favor that we still have -
and should have if we trust God -- when going before some men who, as
interviewers, could be far more pointed and critical if they wanted to.
But he /Mr. Snyder/ asked what I would regard as responsibile questions
under the circumstances, and it would be very educational for all of
us to reflect on how the answers have been presented. There isn't any
doubt that how one handles a question is very important in terms of the
job he has in a work such as this. The first thing that occurs to me,
and I see no reason not to be candid, is this: I briefly wrote Mr.
Rader a letter after I had seen the last part of the original TV
program (because of a problem in getting my own TV to work). I men
tioned that I thought it proper to give him some support. The reason
I said that is that there is a tendency in people to discount some of
the responsible decisions that have been made with the aid of Mr.
Rader's advice. What was said near the beginning /of the interview/
may help you to understand part of the reason why people can think
negatively about things for which they have no real basis, in attempting
to analyze a person's role such as that of Mr. Rader, who is not an
ordained minister.
If you recall, Mr. Rader said that his fundamental job is to report to
the Chairman of the Board. His job is not to report to a whole series
of departments or to be accountable to a local church. If he reports
to the Chairman of the Board, that is, Mr. Herbert Armstrong, then of