Rutherford and WT Presidents and big shots who followed him weren't the only ones. The father of all WTS mentors did the same thing. Note this testimony from Maria Russell when questioned by the Chairman of the City Board of Tax Commissions in 1913:
Q: Does your husband get any return from the corporation beyond his expenses and a fair compensation for his work?
A: I don't that he gets any money, but he seems to get everything that a man of wealth could desire. He travels in the best style whenever he wants to; goes to California or Europe, on occasions, and all his expenses are paid out of the funds of the Watch Tower Society.
Q: Does he hold any property in his own name?
A: No, I don't think so. He wouldn't dare do that, because then I might have a claim on it through my dower rights.
So it was the hypocrite RUSSELL who set the example for WTS leaders to have the finest of everything paid for by the money given by the slaves they had working for them.
As I said, when it comes to slimeballs, Russell is right their with the best of them.
Farkel
Q: Does your husband get any return from the corporation beyond his expenses and a fair compensation for his work?
A: I don't that he gets any money, but he seems to get everything that a man of wealth could desire. He travels in the best style whenever he wants to; goes to California or Europe, on occasions, and all his expenses are paid out of the funds of the Watch Tower Society.
Q: Does he hold any property in his own name?
A: No, I don't think so. He wouldn't dare do that, because then I might have a claim on it through my dower rights.
So it was the hypocrite RUSSELL who set the example for WTS leaders to have the finest of everything paid for by the money given by the slaves they had working for them.
As I said, when it comes to slimeballs, Russell is right their with the best of them.
Farkel