sentences:  Until 2000, appointment to the board of directors of the Watch Tower Society was almost exclusively limited to those professing to be of the "anointed class" who would "rule as Kings" in heaven with Christ, Covington being the only exception.A subsequent policy change resulted in Covington's resignation from the Vice Presidency and departure from the board in 1945; however, he remained on staff as legal counsel.In 1950, he wrote the Watch Tower tract, "Defending and Legally Establishing the Good News" to advise Witnesses of their constitutional rights in the United States.