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MF. H. C!IODOS: If I can just make a few observations.
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First of all, I recognize that any request for an ex parte
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receiver, without notice, has to be viewed against a strong
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presumption that it is an emergency �easure to be used.with
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great caution.
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I would su�qest to you, however, that at least
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irisofar as pertains to the Worldwide Church of God, Inc.,
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Ambassador College, Inc., and Ambassador International Cultura
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Foundation, Inc., that the usual principles are not applicable.
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All of those corporations are organi2ed and
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existing under California law, exclusively for charitable,
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religious and educational purposes.
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It is our position that a shorthand way of
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describing the law applicable to the corporations of that
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type is that their property always and ultimately rests in
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the Court's custody, and they are always and ultimately
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subject to the supervision of the Court on the application
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of the Attorney General. In effect, there are no private
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interests.
The Court is not taking something away from
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somebody or interferr ng with anyone's private rights. In
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effect, what we are saying is that there are presently
trustees who have been allowed to manage the charitable fund
on a day-to-day basis.
There is reason to believe, as we have shown
you, that they have not done their.job in a faithful manner.
We believe that essentially those trustees serve at the
Court's pleasure, and may be replaced with a more trustworthy
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