Barbara Anderson wrote:
" When old diehard leaders—Fred Rusk, a rabid proponent of obedience to the blood doctrine, and Gene Smalley, the architect and author of the Witnesses modern blood doctrine—die, today’s blood ban that has been many times adapted to new circumstances will go the way of the tyrannosaurus rex and the dodo bird. How many more times can this issue be tinkered with and still be a “sin”? When Fred and Gene are gone, it is my opinion that Watch Tower attorneys will be happy, especially attorney, Don Ridley, a man, I was told by a Legal Department staff member, rarely happy with Gene Smalley’s manipulation of the minds of Governing Body members on the subject of blood. "