Franz was elected vice president. Why did Jehovah’s servants believe that all the directors and officers of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania should be anointed Christians? Because at the time, the board of directors and officers of the Pennsylvania corporation were closely identified with the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses, which has always been made up entirely of spirit - anointed men.
Tā kā tolaik Jehovas kalpi uzskatīja, ka Vadošo padomi veido Pensilvānijas Sargtorņa Bībeles un bukletu biedrības valdes locekļi un amatpersonas, un Vadošajā padomē vienmēr bija bijuši tikai svaidītie kristieši, viņi domāja, ka visiem biedrības valdes locekļiem un amatpersonām jābūt svaidītajiem kristiešiem.