Sunday, June 18, 19S7
MEDFORD (OREGON) JfAIL TRIBUNE SEVTHT
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Every Penny Handled by Graham Crusade Audited by Accountant
ft.iTpr.i p,MVvr."rl?n"3 ttam crusade are bandied with, of the committee legally incor-
biiit Graham t nw Yoru an impeccable care mat wouia i porated under the laws of rsew
itrrudii"hr,J'ih" mon' 'r do credit to a bank- Every Penn' ( York state which is sponsoring
idntrn in ana uul is duuitta uy a . ine meeungs. ne opened me
firm of certified public account-1 books to a reporter in his office j but this is paid entirely- by the
Billy Graham Evangelical asso-
Prt on BilW Graham'.
rruiad
id of rh
come, irom, ana when n coei.
n. T rtTTTc ricerr c
B . "1 j. ant'- , to show that crusading is a very
New York W Year, s.o' But tne association of evanse-; costly business.
wlien he was just beginning his!1;st with profiteering so strong
croer an evangelist Billy i 1: Ine Punl'C mim ana inacea.
Graham was " Jumea ny tne recora Qp,n,on Said Changing
photographed , of ome itinerant preachers i f , i
holding a bag j that Graham still gets a few abu-: JO nigh Dam OD Snake
of money which sive letters each day from peo-i Corur d'AIene, Idaho IP
his sponsors Ple wno ",?ard him as a kind jjm Marr, Portland, president of
i ni rarKeieer.
the allowance of $15 a day which
the committee pays to Graham
for living expenses: Graham also
gets a salary of S15.000 a year.
One of the smallest items is
har! lust nrp-
sented to him. I Hul1 in Charg.
The picture
appeared in the
newspapers and
To Roger Hull, who has the re
sponsibility of raising enough
money to meet the bills of the
e m b a r rassed ! current New York crusade in
Luu Cauelt Graham acute
ly. He resolved then that never
again would he jeopardize his
ministry by giving people any
ground for suspicion that he was
getting rich from evangelism.
Today the finances of a Gra-
Madison Square Garden, it sterns
incredible that anyone should
consider Graham's meetings a
money-making operation.
Hull is vice president of the
Mutual Life Insurance Co. of
the Hells Canyon Association,
said Thursday that public opin
ion was crystallizing in the last
two weeks in favor of a high
dam on the Snake river.
Marr, also president of the
Oreaon State Labor Council,
I told delegates of the Idaho State
I Federation of Labor convention
I here that the new opinion was
! due to the huge tax write-off
;hat was given recently to the
New York. He also is chairman : Idaho Power Company.
ciation of Minneapolis, Minn.,
which sponsors his "Hour of De
cision" radio broadcasts each
Sunday afternoon. The evange
list gets no extra salary, no "love
offering" of any kind, from the
funds raised for the New York
crusade.
Rent Big Item
Big items of expense are the
rent for Madison Square Garden
So. 000 a night and salaries of
60-odd ushers, stage-hands and
other Garden employees that run
to about SI, 500 a night. Adver
tising and publicity expenses,
including daily radio and nightly
television programs in the New
York area, average S40.000 a
week. Expenses of the crusade of
fice at 165 West 46th St., includ
ing staff salaries, printing, post
age, and rent total $17,000 a
week.
These costs, to run tc more
than SI million by the time the
meetings end on July 21, are
lumped into one budget to be
Oswego Man's Body
Found in Columbia
Portland OH The body of
Max Zehrung, 24, of Oswego.
Ore., was found floating in the
Columbia river slough near the
Jantzen beach seaplane dock
Thursday.
The Multnomah county cor
oner's office reported that the
body was found by Oral Lee
Imboden, of Portland.
Zehrung had been missing
since May 30 when he was ap
parently drowned in a boating
mishap near Tomahawk island
in the Columbia above the In
terstate highway bridge.
met by funds raised by the local
crusade committee.
The offerings taken up at the
Garden each night will cover
only a little more than one-third
of this figure if ttfey continue at
the present rate. The offering
which is immediately placed in
the custody of, and counted by,
representatives of the Chase
Manhattan Bank has averaged
about $7,100 a night.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Cave Junction Volunteers
are needed to assist with Illinois
Valley Day camp, Itol Colpitts,
director, has announced. Accord
ing to official Day Camp rules,
one adult must be provided for
each eight girls at the six-day
camp. The quota has so far not
been filled, Mrs. Colpitts said
Bids are Opened for
Savage Rapids Screens
Camp White Stephens-Ad-amson
Manufacturing company,
Los Angeles, was apparently
low bidder at S26.720, f.o.b.
Los Angeles for two vertical
traveling water screens for the
Savage Rapids dam rehabilita
tion, according to the bureau of
reclamation.
Other bids received were from
Sink-Belt company, San Fran
cisco, S27.793; Chain Kelt com
pany, Milwaukee, Wis., 532,459;
and Jeffrey Manufacturing com
pany, Columbus, Ohio, $41,550.
CASH!
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Divorce ratio of the US has
increasced fivefold in the years
between 1900 and the end of
World war II.
Dead line Sunday Classified la It
noon Saturday.
EnJo Health. Reat. Comfort
and Hospitality at the
Ruckhorn Mineral
Springs Sanitarium
Get a new itiH en
life throng t h
us of our fimout
mineral water.
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and Mud BavtaU
for Rhumitltn
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Pressure and Skin Eruption.
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Asthma. Eczema. Colds, iinus and
Bronchitis.
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Or phone lonr distance
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