Publication title: “On the long walk home, I overheard father tell mother that she was to forget about getting dinner ready and was to sit down and read at least one particular chapter in the book ‘The Battle of Armageddon.’ I wondered why mother got so upset as she read. Finally, she exclaimed: ‘Why, Jim! . . . Dr. Salton quoted word for word from that chapter—and no doubt from other parts of this book.’ Then father made mother turn to the front page to learn the name of the author. It was Charles Taze Russell!”
1979 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses. 1978. p. 103
Internally, however, we also had problems to face. These centered around the then branch manager, W. F. Salter. It appears that ever since 1935 he had not been in full agreement with Scriptural views on the “great multitude” as presented in the Watch Tower publications. (Rev. 7:9, Authorized Version) Imagine his telling people, “There is no need for house-to-house witnessing until after Armageddon”! The work of reaching this “great crowd’ certainly would be hindered if individuals adopted that viewpoint.
1979 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses. 1978. p. 134