Religion: Churches Tempted

An office on the twenty-second floor of Chicago's Mather Tower last week had its finger on the pulse of the U. S. churches. The pulse beat briskly. Throughout the land, ladies' aid societies, missionary circles and altar guilds were becoming "Good News Broadcasters." At the rate of 11,000 per day the ladies were signing up for a simple scheme by which they would make money for their churches just by buying, and getting other ladies to buy, certain nationally-advertised products. In full swing was the "Goodwin Plan."

Adolph Oettinger Goodwin, 42, Baptist, is a...

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