| Show LE STUDENT BREAKS RADIO HADJO HOOKUP RECORD Boe of Organized Chris Chris- Chrisi i Gained Privilege Privilege lege leg By Dare NEW NEV YORK July 25 By 25 By Th The Associated Press The The distinction o of speaking over oyer the greatest up hook In radio history today toda Is held by Iy Joseph JosephP F. F Rutherford head of the Interns Interns- International Bible Students Students' association am and arch foe of organized Christianity three Fifty-three stations yesterday yes t e r day broadcast throughout the United States St and md rebroadcast to Europe am and Australia an address by Rutherford before he associations association's convention In Toronto In which he urged his hear hear- hearers hearers hearers ers to desert organIzed Christianity which he termed an unholy alliance against the common people of the earth I SPEAKER CRITICIZED Officials of the National Broadcast Broadcast- Broadcasting ing company compan over o whose chain the address was broadcast said that with with- within withIn withIn in a 11 few minutes after Its close a ado dozen doren do ten telephone calls were received at their principal station from i persons who vho severely criticized Rutherford The address was broadcast at the hour usually reserved resen-ed for the greater New York federation of churches It previously pre had been explained that the elaborate up hook-up was the result of a dare accepted in an Irritated moment by Merlin K Aylesworth president of the National Broadcasting company compan at a hearing before the fed led federal federal eral trade commission In Washington DARE DAnE ACCEPTED Rutherford had accused Mr Ayles Ayles- Aylesworth's Aylesworth's worth's company of being a monopoly In league with the orthodox clergy and when Mr Aylesworth denied this he dared him to permit him use of the company's network of stations Mr Rutherford a former lawyer succeeded the late lato Pastor Russell as ashead ashead head of the International Bible Stu stu- Students Students' Students Students' dents dents' association and Is author of the poster Millions now living will willMA MA a The hook up exceeded by two sta sta- stations stations sta- sta stations that which carried the Demp- Demp Sharkey sey-Sharkey fight the previous rec rec- record record record ord and by three stations that which reported the receptions to Colonel Charles A A. Lindbergh In Washington 1 and New Kew l eW York |
