4. First,Dr.Betts forced the executive to read exceptionally fast some first-and second-grade material.Then he gave him increasingly difficult texts.Soon the former engineer was reading on his job at about 900 words a minute---and his problem was over. 5. Bad readers trudge home with briefcases bulging with material that should have been read on the job.Recently the vice-president of a large company conferred with Paul D.Leedy, adult adviser at New York University's Reading Institute. Nights and weekends.he said,he had to catch up on reading he should have done at the office,leaving little time to devote to his family. 4. First, Dr. Betts forced the executive to read exceptionally fast some first-and second-grade material. Then he gave him increasingly difficult texts. Soon the former engineer was reading on his job at about 900 words a minute---and his problem was over. 5. Bad readers trudge home with briefcases bulging with material that should have been read on the job. Recently the vice-president of a large company conferred with Paul D. Leedy, adult adviser at New York University’s Reading Institute. Nights and weekends, he said, he had to catch up on reading he should have done at the office, leaving little time to devote to his family