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1. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
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SUBJECT:
CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY/L. RON HUBBARD
PART 5 OF 8
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CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY/ L. RON HUBBARD
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5. Office Memijarulum '•• UNITED s^jfiES GOVERNMENT
TO • .>» n» _ t i t - - < II / DATZ-.jjarck ?, 1951
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XE?IC RZSF/JiCH FOl'u'DATIOJi, IuC*
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To advise you concerning an interview with £, Hon_
lubbarC, President of the above-captioncd foundation.
L, Fen 'luhbard, President, and Janes 2/.N?T-liott,
of the- 'Jubbcrd Dianetic Besearch Foun'i.:ion,
, are referred to the Intern&.L Sicv.ritv Seetii"* by
i/r* -.ichols' office fzr interviews on Larch 1, 2S52« y.
Hut-bard advised thi.t he had-written a boc%t,—^
''Dianctics:, Tne Uodern Science of Cental Health,** w.tch -"
vas publishedbtfthe Hermitage house ruhlishinn Conoa^-yf
,'tune, 1950, tie has also established the above-sent iexec • •
founds? ion with headauarters in Elizab ezhf• it-cra Jerce'j, a;ic
branch offices ir. Ucsi York, '..ashingtczi, D, C», Chiccja,
Los Air.sl'es, and Honolulu. ~ .
. ~ Hubl-ard advised thct he felt that Coimunicts iu.'v"-i;
-is ornaniaaticn were undermining its structure. I'.z oJuiaeci
that he had turned over the regies of several su3pecisd
Tommunista to the FBI office in Los Lnnclcs. HubbarC. cculC
only recall the name of one of these individuals, ;/•- stctsd
I'ile9 }Jollister was one of the individuals he suspeczsd of
being Conmunistically inclined. Concerning Hollistcr,rT
ubbarrt stated that he'was. instrumental in driving Hvhbcnl's
isife, Hara Elizabeth ..orthrup, to the point of insanity*
riubbard expressed considerable concern in connection u>ith
Zollister1
9 influence on hi3 tsife. He stated that his wife?
as well as his Arr.y .S5 Autorruitic, had been missing for
ceveral days, . He also stated that he expected to ha>e
difficulty with his wife in connection with tiieir ten-
nonth old child, Alexis Valeric u-.hr> h/> .--we «•
.o ths " ""
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6. Jfi further connection with Hubbard's suspicioni
of Communist activities within his organisation, he advised
•that Arthur• J. Ceppos is now organizing the Caduceus Founda-
tion, which Hubbard alleges will be utilized to take over
his, Hubbard'sr organization sometime in the future* Hubbard
advised that he suspicioned Ceppos, former President of
Hermitage House, the publishing firm which b ^ j ^
>ook. of being connected with Communists_.
Hubbard_ stated that he strongly feels the* Dianetic3
can be used to combat Communism* Homevcr, he'declir.ed to
elaborate on. how thi3 might be done* He stated that the
.Soviets apparently realized the value cf Dianetics because
as early ~a$ 193d an official of Amtorg, while at the
Explorer's Club in New York contacted him to suggest that
he go to Russia and, develop Dianetics there-
in an apparent attempt to give credence to his
statements, Hubbard advised that he was recently psychoanalysed
in Chicago and,was found to be quite normal with the exception
of his recent marital difficulties. Hubbard made available
the two attached pamphlets concerning "Dianetics and Psycho-
analysis" and "Dianetics; A Brief Discussion" for the Bureau's
informationA . , . .
ACTION-
None*. The above is for your- information*.
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X)ffice Mi O^idum • UNITED
* DIRECTOR,. WFO
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SUBjBCTt DIAN2TIC
FOUNMTIOR,
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Corporation Records, District of Columbia, revealed that Hubbard
Ditnetic Research Foundation, Incorporated, i s a New Jersey Corporations
started in April; 1950, and maintains offices at 666 East Bay Head, Kew
Jersey, * nd 2065 Hill Top Road, Westfield, New Jersey* Trustees of the
Corporation were shown as folio* s*
I . ROjfeuBBARD, Explorers, 10 West 72nd Street, Hew lork,
NewToric
AR1HURJ5^CEPPO8, 17? Madison Arenue, Hen Tork, lfew Torlc.
JOHM W^AMPBEO., J r . , 2065 Hill Top Road, Westfield, Hew Jersey.
- DONALD ^RIDGISS, fci Fourth Street, ?anwoo<J, Ne« Jersey*
JOSEPH AytfeBTSB, M.D.f 11 Beacon Boulevard, Sea Oirt, Hew Jersey*
SARA H^^TOSASB, Post Office Box 666> Bay,.Head, Hew Jersey* „
0 . PARKE^^ORCJAlf, U2t3 East Jersey Street, Elizabeth, New.Jersey«
Credit Bureau report*; reflect that the Hubbard Foundation has main
offices at 275 Morris Avenue, Elisabeth» H&» Jersey* *nd a local office_at
No record o
Washington Field Office
" With regard to the officers of the
of Washington Field Office reflect
^the files of the
10. mbiaaetic Research Jt>uadauoa, J?nc~
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March 3» 1951 .' "",
FEDERAL BUREAU 0? INVESTIGATION I *» I
WASHINGTON, D.C. v
Attnt Mr*'Parrish*
Gentlement
The following is a list of Communist Party
members ot suspects in our organization* .
. LEO^WEST: In charge Chicago office. Known*
DAVE VROOMAN: Employee our Chiiago office. Suspect.
ROSS LAMEREAVX:. * * " w
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SARANNOR'fHRUS!tHOBaAHD),fomierly of 1003 S* Orange
Grove Avenue, Pasadena, "Calif* 2$ yrs. of age,
S*10lt
»Jit.0.1bs* Currently missing somewhere
in California* Suspected only* Had been
friendly with many Cosraunists. Currently
intimate with them but evidently undsr-coercim;*-
Drug addiction set in fall 19f?0. Nothing of
this known to me until a few weeks arto.
Separation papers being t
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KILES^HOLLISfERs Somewhere in
Evidently a prime mover but vefy young. About 22 y
6** 180 lbs** Black hair* Sharp chin, broad
forehead,*rather Slavic* Confessedly a member
of the Young Communists* Center of most turbulcnc
in our organization* Dissmissed in February when
affiliations discovered* Active and dangerous*
Commonly armed* Outspokenly disloyal to tlie U.S..
GS2TE«*SEIT0lfj . Somewhere In Los Angiies* Permitted
to resign whent discovered to be a member of the
Young Communists* Center of aiuch turbulence
in organization* Was living at Deane Apts*^
on Forth Carondolet* May still be there* Squat, ',
beefy, about $*Qn
, about 30* Possibly a member of ]
-- -. -tiie Lincoln Brigade but not jrery probable. i
Right name^*:
Wetnberg^r* ^ I
PEGGYNBSNTON: Member Young^ Communists by statecant
yrs. old, wZfp of*Gene>»Benton
S; Friend of Bcntons^^nd Hollister* Suspej||e-3
IT. Western, Lol^^nge'&s, Hempstead %3l6JSmfov}
te with none but Communists or suspoct
Lef? arm «S«M€^« IBX%$£*&&&£ ^Supposed to have hi
trouble with governj^nt^before* About 28 yrs«
Blond hair* Blue-grey ejte's* Suspected only".
MARGE^HUNTER: Wife'of He«ry States she is &:..<^J
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CITY, H . T . WASHINCTC • IOS ANGtlES. CAUf. . HONOtUlU, T.
13. Office Memo m
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rnnaeAsuia PIANETIC RESEARCH FOIWDATION, INC.
DATS; March 9, 1951
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Reference is made to ray memorandum of March 7, 1951,
which set 'out the results of an interview which tooc ^lace-
on March 7, 1951, with £- Bon Hubbard* .
By letter dated March 3, 1952, which is attached,
Hubbard, President of the ffubbard Dianetic Research . .
foundation, inc*, furnished a list of Communist Party
suspects in his organisation*^ He advised th..t all but
three of these individuals, Boger^^Starr, ffal-^iloon, and
Hjalmar^Eutsebak, have previously been reported to the
FBI field offices* Attached to this communication is a
carbon copy of a letter dated March 3, 1951, to the
Chicago Field Division, which reported Dave^Yroovian and
~r:.oss"TLamereau& to the Chicago Division, In his letter to
this Bureau, Hubbard states that all his employees are.
going to be requested ttr sign a strong oath of loyalty
and have their fingerprints taken and forwarded to this
B u r e a u * 'f • . • : ''•-•• ~ . • . •
• By letter.dated March 5, 1951, James H. Elliott, _
national Administrator of-thi$ foundation, made available'
I additional information concerning the foundation and ad»
vised that finoerprints of employees would be filed with
t h e F B I * • :-. •• • , • "' - _;. - :':
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Enclosure
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ACTION,
; The letters of Subbard and Elliott are being
acknowledged separately. The Los Angeles Field
wilX be furnished information concerning the three
individuals, Starr, Moon, and Rutzebok, who are
individuals Hubbard advises have not as yet been re-
ported to this Bureau as Communist suspects-
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J/r» £» Ron Bubbard, President
The Bubbard Dianetic Research Foundation, Inc
~275 uarria Avenue ~^~ .-^.-^'—.--'-'.--• •/••v-
poatOfftc9 Box 5OS.^->:zi^^<«/:.t:
£tfc ? Jersey1
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- Referenom im Made to your letter, dated liarah 30
2O5X0 by which you furnished further information concern
ing the ffubbard piatietio Research Foundation^ Jnc*
< t-^ i'ow advise that arrangements ar-e being wide t.Q-~_.
fingerprint your employee** and file these fingerprints ~-
with thi& Bureau* I wish ta advise you that the FBI V"-. .
ftaa na:
authority to handle fingerprints with the e»-.
ception of those received fron bona fide law enforcement
departments and federal and state agencies*
. I wish to thanfc you for the information you have
Kadm. available to" this Bureau*
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Sincerely yours*
' ; J"ohn Edgar Hoover*
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16. Federal Bureau of Investigation
tfashington, D. <?» ,
Gentlemen!"
Tm Board has a case against the'Ifabbard
Dlanetic Besearch Foundation, Incorporated, 'cToflsingT
oTF~for""trial In the Union County J?i#trlct Court in
Elizabeth on March 27th» for conducting a school -—
teaching1
a branch of medicine and surgery without
a license*- -
¥ill you kindly let us Jcnow whether you
have any Information o$ file about the Foundation or
any of the following persons listed as trustees in
the articles of incorporations
I.* RonvSiibbard
John
Arthur
Donald
Joseph
Sara
Explorer® Club
10 West 72nd Street
Hew Tori, If. r.
Jr. 206*5 Hilltop Hoad t
Vestfleld, n, J«
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177 Madison Avenue
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41.•• 4th
Fanvood-
Cranl&rd,
P. 0. Box #6
Bay Head, New Jersey „ .^
(T» Parkec^fSfgan 1143 East Jersey Street '<*%$
Elizabeth 4 t New Jersey •'*
7e r y truly youri
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March 21, 1951
AIR MAIL
SPECIAL DELIVER
Dear
received*
Tour letter dated March 14, 1951, has been
-•: . ; In-tht/aeri/ near future a representative of
our WeroarW Office mill contact you concerning the-
matters wientiJ/neA fn your "communication^,^ •.•-__:-.
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" S i n c e r e l y y o u r * , 1
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John Sdgar- Hoover*
PirectoT .
-''•'•'•',,$'„' CCsmjiewark, with copy of incomingCl
•"' {S ' ^ ^ g g g ^ f BMC'.- It is requestei
Bure&u
AMSD ' - , by cover memo,
requested that you advise '
confidential nature of the Bureau's
fmt thai a- policy established for 'th
>reclwie.9 • fu rnish in/j-f nfo.rma.Hi
A LS
Tor; your oion information, no identifiable information.^
warn located in Bufiles concerning the Hubbard Diane tic
Research} Foundation, Ine* and no derogatory information
myth the other- individuals mentioned i
Fcommunication*. In vieia of the date set
is suggested that this matter* receive
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J 2 7 8 MORRIS AVENUE
P. O, Box BO2. EMZA«CTH, N. X
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March 5, 1951
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Mr. Parriah -ty
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D» C«
Dear Mr» Parrishs
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- Attached are the-forms which the Hubbard Dianetic
Research Foundation is requesting its employees to sign*
We are also requesting that they file their fingerprints
with us and with the Federal Bureau of Investigation via
these forms* • ....—•
I am enclosing a copy of the Hubbard Dianetic Research
Foundation*s Validation Pamphlet and associated material for
your perusal* .
May I point out that at any time, the Foundation stands
ready to serve fete interest of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation with whatever technique or knowledge i t has that
be of use to the government* * iJ5
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Wmiiott
National Administrator
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RECORDED
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]fr* Janes #• Elliott, National Adnintstrator
The JIubbcrd Dtanetic Research foundation, inc
$~ S7S Morris Avenue- •'-. x:
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Reference ts node to ysur letter dated I'arch 5,
. by whtch you furnished further data concerning the
Eubbard Ztanetic Research Foundation, I%G* and advised . ,„.
'of your proposal to file the fingerprints of ezzloyecs
of your organisation with this Bureau*- I wish "to thanfc-? "
yon for the xaterial which you furnished,
T/ith respect to the fingerprints of your eanloyeee,
iDhtch you propose to file with this Pureav, I wish "to
advise you that the FBI.has no authority to handle firmer- '•-
prtr.ts Kith the exception of t:is3e receiutd frcz bone fide
lam enforcement departments and federal and state agencies*
•-: •.-, .• - . Sincerely yours, -'--- *•""---•-.
John Edgar Eoouer
Director- .
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••***TBS BUBBARB DIABSTIC RS8EARCU roUJfDATIOJT,J;
ZMFORUATIOS C"~
By letter dated Uaroh 3, 1951, X* Ron Uubbard,
president of the above-naaed foundation, furnished a list
ef individuals, the majority ef vho* had been connected *
aith his organisation, whom he .t3Usp'ecteS- of engaging '
in Communist activities* Bubbard furnished the nar.es
Qf the following three, individual* as individuals oho - .
had not previously been reported to Bureau field offices.
BjaZnar Sutz
•JpTysccTftitti/ liogcr Stari} t.'io Uublard
stated toas 'ti!?pfi5ziactely 20 years of age and :oas en
-inttnats of Mies Uollister who resided in Los Angeles*
Bubbard advised that he^had previously reported his
auspicions coneerninff Bolltster to your office*
ividual had bicn employed by his
foundation in Los Angeles and had advertised hlnself '-
cs a practicing ninister ofttyhe gospel at U?nte BeZlo.
pal ifcmia. ,r i ( i m ^ I &2i fif * £ tf - £ _
- ~-fke navesaf the** persons should be. checked
through your office indices and in the event inforzs
ts disclosed indicating that they hcve^baen engaged in
Covaumiat Party activities* ^inquiry should bo aade to
ascertain their present activities^
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THE HU3BARD- DIAHES'IC RESEARCH
PpUNDATIOW^IHC'. .•""•
fHPORI-IATIOit
Re Bureaur- letter,dated March /M>. 195l» requesting that
r4amea of persons furnished by L. ROllfeilBBAHD be checiced through
the?* office indices for Concnunist Party activities*
In view of the above,, no further action; i s being taken
s matter, ' •
REFEitRED UPON COMPLETION TO THE OPFICE OP ORIGIE -
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lAFAlEfEB RON HOBBARD, Eliaabeth^, Sew Jersey,vthe..founder
of captioiied organiaatidn, appeared at the Chicago "office
on February 26* 1951 &»d* fuafnished information concerning
alleged Comianist in^lueac* wil^ia the Chicago and'Los
Angeles branches* fne information furnished by HUBaRD
concerning the Los" Angeles Foundation was submitted to
Los. Angeles by^iicieo^etter^f^arcl^^^S^^^h^^
For information**
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25. WifTAccusesi?
'Mental' Expert,
LOS ANGELES, A
The wife of JU
dianetics founder, ch&rgid in
divorce suit yesterday that he sub-
jected her to "scientific torture
experiments" - and it suffering
from a mental ailment.
Mrs. Sara Northrup_Hidjbard.
it, charged in h*r dJrorc* suit
that Hubbard subjected her to
'systematic torture" through de-
nial of sleep, beatings, strangula-
tions, and suggestions that she
kill herself, "as a divorc* would
hurt his reputation."
Hubbard CaBeJI Insaae
As a consequence, the and her
medical advisers concluded that
Hubbard, (0, U "hopelessly in-
sane." her petition stated.
"Competent medical advisers
recommended (bat Hubbard be
committed to a private sanitarium
for psychiatric observation and
treatment of • mental ailment
known as paranoid schizophrenia,'
it sattt.-' • - ' -
The complaint said the Hubbard
Dianetics Research Foundation',
deals with the "modern
science of adental health." did I
more than $1,000,000 cosines* in
1950.
Mrs. Hubbard said she married
Hubbard Aug. 10, 1946. t Ches-
tertown, Md, on bis representa-
tion he was unmarried. But she
claimed it was not untU Decem-
ber, 1947, that he obtained » di-
vorce at "Port Orchard, Wash,
from Margaret Grubb Bubbard.
$380,000 Demand** . .
Should the court find the is
not legally Bubbard't wife aa a
result. Mrs. Hubbard demanded
$500,000 damaees "to compensate
her for the golden yean of a
woman's life.
Mrs. Hubbard asked a oourt to
restrain Hubbard from harassing
her and to compel him to submit >
to psychiatric exuninaUoat-* ~;.
She also asked sola custody of d
their child, Alexis. IS mooth* f
after charging in a habeas-ccrpu»
action earlier thia •• monttt that
Htfbbaxd abducted tot- c h i l d
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• « Director, FBX DATE: , 1951
(MC, Kansas City
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HUBBARI^DIANETICS fcESEABCH
L. ROK7RJBBAR0 - Founder
INFOBEAfIOH CCKCERNING
REQ. REC'6. tTrtf.
BY:. .(r.ft&--**<&..
There is enclosed herewith a copy of an article
appearing in the STichita, Kansas Beacon, May 4, 1951, concerning
the above captioned subject, which might be of interest to the
Bureau and auxiliary off ices-
HUB8ARD, with his associates, recently established
national headquarters for the Hubbard Dianetic* Research Foundation
at 211 West Douglas, Wichita, Kansas* .
General gossip at Wichita has i t that the ios Angeles
branch of the B«bbard Bianeties fiesearch Foundation weat broke —
and the cost of operation in New Jersey necessitated establishing
headquarters of the organization in the Central Onited States* A
recent article appeared in the Wichita newspaper, indicating that
the Hubbard Dianetics Research Foundation ted filed paper* of
incorporation with the Secretary of State, fopeka, Kansas, naming
BON P0RCELI»> a ?.lchita building contractor anct independent hotel
operator
On Kay 4, 1951 an anonymous letter was received in
the Wichita resident agency of the Kansas City Office, addressed
to the* FBI* sTichita, Kansas, stating as follows**
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Investigate No. 211 West psuglas, under the 'Eubbard
Research Foundation*7 they are conducting a vicious
sexual racket. There are four women and a larger number of
men. If they have moved go after them. *Thcy are bad, I
know, because I am one of the victims* I am reporting ttiea *^,
to the PO inspectors for they are using the mails»
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Thi3 letter was unsigned* however, it bore ths
From the information available in this field divisionr •*,--
it does not appear that L. RON HUBBARD or the Hubbard Dianetics
Research Foundation are violating any Federal law over which the FBI
has investigative jurisdiction.. However, it is felt that numerous
inquiries will be received both at the Seat of Government and the
Kansas City Office, therefore, it is deeoed desirable to record the
above information. Idditional developments will be called to the
attention of the Bureau*
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L. Ron Hubbard, founder of dla.
J'neUcs, a new mental sclenca da>
({signed to help the lnOlvidysl -"con.
" hi* environment..ha* found
l|that hia owo marital and domeatle
[ja/falm have gotten out of control,
Hubbant who recently estab-
Unshed ste foundation's national
jjheadqu*rt*r» her*) at 21t Weat
|JDouglas, haa been sued for divorce
hia wife, Sara and accused of
[{conspiring to bide bar baby from
Ijher.
Ij Mn. HubbaWt receatly tUad a
jalae-paxe netlttoa with a Lou Aa-
, Calif, eoart, staling tbat abe
L. BON HUBBARD
act « • # • the »hU<t AlfxU
„ Mr, IS atoatha eld. alac* »be
I child was take* (rota her aaratrT
ot Cbmr, a ^
The JS-year-old Mn. Hubbard
,,.tated in tb* petition that Frank
IS. Demter, 39, an executive of (he
PU» Anpele* branch u( the Hubbard
IIDianetio Foundation; Fjchard B.
f'<ie wile, identified aa lite 29-year-
llold aon ef Film Director Cecil 8.
Ide Mille. and her husband bad con.
ipired to ktdnap the babv.
Aim Ukiag the tutiy, tbe. three
Jjaiea relnrkrd «»« ort)rre<| »er la(»
Iian aatonobile while ahe wa* elad
Ifoilll I* • •IghtKoH*. Stccordiar loi
p t n . Uahhank o'b* KaUiJ tlun De
;Mill« drore the ear aad her h««-
(l>a»d laMitd fcf* with » "Saatttrr-J
lock. a*M»g »tr»»)ml3Uo» aad prr.S
[readBic a» oatrry." The tw» Mriti
drvte her to ¥«*>% AtU, abe aaid.
Mrs. Hubbard claimed in die
petition that her husband told her
she would n e v e r «ee her babv
again and that "If you really loved
me. you would kill yourself anil
thus a t r n t further bother with
you." •
Hubbard) then went eatt by
plane and Mr*. Hubbard drove the
automobile back to Los Angeles.
Hubbard, whose book. "01a-
netica." waa a best-seller last year
and created a nationwide following
for toe new science, told reporter*
here recently that he intended to
make Wichita his home and con-
centrate hia foundation's activities,
,here.
In the divorce action, Ui*. Hub-
bard asked a substantial cash settle-
ment aa pavincnt for having given
Hubbard "the golden years of a.,
woman's life." I
Charles Leonard, director of pub.)
He relation* faf ttit dianetlc* loon-1!
dation, said:
"This entire thing ht a plot rigged
3' > by the enemies of dianetica to.
ther destroy it or control It
He said Fridav morning that the
..charge* of kidnaping had been
j thrown out of court by a Los An-
8
*"Mr. Hubbard ha» no deslr* to
make anv statement in hia own
defense until the divorce case ao-
tert the court*," Leonard aaid. "At
that Urn* ha wiil have a full and
complete answer to every point «et
rfortfi In the petition," Leonard aaid.
ZATH COMES
-tat*
32. ^F
ZJhe J4uooard mDianetic Kesearck ^foundation, 3nc
275 MORRIS AVENUE
P. O. Box 9O2, ELIZABKTH, N. J.
•LIZABKTM M M * "
:ille, end others,
o-'-.ra was cssociating exclusively &ao vsi:.
to s'irport a group qonsiSwiar^of i.Iles Kollister, .
(an -ailas, his r-r-al naaie being^einberj-ei;.), FegjnV-
Ro?ei*Nitarr, Lyfy.Jlite, Henry^^r* nter, kar^e^unter and
Grs'•o?''?v<T
eruning'/twj# In the es&t she was closely snd ,
exclusively asrociated wita l/r^vVJinter, Arthur Ceppos and a |
Using a Foundation position as I
vice-president, she provided this group with fun-'s,
own accounts she neglected to rr-*y many debts,
Sh-° was clorely connected .is v;^ll v:it"r l'»^<.oon^ -- "p? tor"
- in .lorrovia ov r-o«?ft such Icvm ir -?nLii'o;- *" >• A*.;.e ."he
was associfeted, a? P. part of th:"c ^roup, wifc-h. i>.?"si,av-"enc^,
the actor, and vicT^enton, Stan^jnton, the orchtv tra learler
se&ns also associaien with thie ^roup and aj so wit^: a 'I1
..1
.
*s
NQraff or >vi,vr.">h* Also conrjectedi her.f, is ^'VarA-^uhL. or- --„
'Universal I ictures but in vhsfc way I zi' rc-t c r t a i n .
Gene and Persy Benton cor-fess^^ to our -r-neral
nana.^^r that tb^y had b^en .me.aber? of t>te YOUK£ Co-nuuJiists.
Ilrrv-y Hunter and liarpe Hunter are alle£ec»~to har^e b^en
connected vith COIXTIV: *.::i. ;i;
.r»:.." ,«>•(.., very active :".r
this <3rou}>, is supposed, to have. een {&? -:itted In tl«e House
.to have been) a rr,ember of the Oo.ruunist = arty« Hollister
stated to na th?t he" had been a in^rfiber of the Ycniig Oo.unibi
and is associated with Dr. WernerWolfe of Bard Colleco.
In November the Medical Director of the PnnnHation
I»r. Rowland Walker died swjldenly, in V/inter's Eowse, of
"cexooary ibrowibosis", ef'-ftr a sie.f.-e of. isrrible .i?
In Ifete January or early Vebrutry, an ins. truestor o^
Los An^oles Foundation, on the ver^e of important
data, was shot to death by his wife who then conyatT-tecr*
suicide — out of wl-ich Hollister and Senton seeaied to >•;
attempted to :-iake snti-dianetic publicity. Earlier, in
HewYork,--a yoong patient, "after ai interv-iow with GerE
3^-/tori I
suicide and ai effort had been made to publicix*,.C
The ,^i'i
ovip above na-ned has produced re.narlrable
orr&nization so tost ths organization has coll
has hsd to be- set up to r^plac i t . Their ra*
cs has been attended by a most rey.ro-
ii£T» in California.
In February in Chicago I took tests at the
Chicego Psychological Institute to guarantee the- i'a'ct that
I am sane.. This talk of insanity C'd other rtstt<?"»;
«••• In V *..
prefs have behind then a rcoarkable clause in the "dlv^rc^"
petition leveled by SaraHTiii.bbard'1
— a receivership for the
and turning i t l l over to her •...-..She w&s a-are or
35. :t
9 I
uiiard. Iblanetic Research foundation. Sac.
S79 MORRIS AV«MU*
P.O. Box 502. ELIZA**™, H,
^
* " * *
y
solidly vrith COMsninists. Marc Z-avj
aiding Sara in January^ir. her effo
activities• Peri-aDs in your criminal,
files or on the police blotter or Fasader.fi yo$ vill
find Sara Elizabeth Northrup, a^e a> out 86, born April
about 5f
9", blonde-brown hair, slander, i-iy own investi^ctior
seems to indicate that possibility. Her residence fron
'It2 to k$ was 1003 South Orange Grove, Pasadena, Calif.
I have no revenge motive nor an I trying to angle this
broader thai i t i s . I believe she is under duress, that
they have sanethin.3 on her and I believe that under
a prillinc she would talk and turn statels evidence*
1 an unsure of ]i-**.-."rd _:uhl ?m<3 Starr :
.>n.v/^ as
connected but merely mention tiiem as associated vaguely viU-
this group* I an very sure of t;e politics or ez-politicv
cif other Members of the £roup. Gregory He-Kiingvay is t!:s
son of Srnest Ker.imingway and is ei.roioyed sfc Douglas Aircraft
ir. California. He raay be a dupe but he- has taken "a "*
solid role in this group. Roger Starr is probably a dupe*
n Kite B not known to be a COtrjaunist but associates
v;rence vas definitely
January'ir- her efforts to stop tie second b'-:
All these- raatters are, of course,, confidential.
I do not wish them to be published in any way.. I ara not tiv :
to regain a reputatfott by blaming Co.inuziisia. But I a^i trvlr-
hard to understand how i t is that these persons, all
so solidly ex-affiliated or currently affiliated, as a c^ou
! -•
v;or& in sucfTcloso partnership against a technology they
Imovr would hurt Corr^unisia and yet remain at liberty.
f
'<
"' 1 aa applTfing to the department o£ ^ofei-jae for- : firr:l*.:
to deliver to them., my vjorkon psyckolo£ical war££re*
I hope this new foundation can operate* Frankly, _frp^ vhat
h»s happened, I am not certain I v i l l live through t h i s . If
I do not,, know that I have only these enemies in the entire
world* - • - . - - - ~ - • .....
. » Hsy I respectfully request* sir, your assists
irt rendering merica a trifle safer fir new science
could ask you to extend that clause in th
the FBI. about persona in distress..
Sincerely,
- L. Ron, Kubbard ,-.
<-.»
.
36. fTMOMDf KMK3.M
3Office NLemorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO "s riRECTOR,
FiOM t j ^ C , NEWARK
D A T E . Karch 2 1 , 1951
SJJBjBCT: hJBBARD DIANETIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
INTERNAL SECURITY - R
•
W-A IS-
CbPTES $
t'l
M 5S SEP
Reference i s made t o Washington Field l e t t e r to the Bureau
under above caption dated March 7» 195l«
A review of the files of this office reflect the following
information concerning captioned organization.
On November 3, 1950, this office received a letter from
C. PARKF$*HOR<1AN, Secretary and General Counsel of the Hubbard Dianetic
Research Foundation, Incorforsted, 275 Morris Avenue, Elizabeth, %ew
Jersey, requesting an interview with a Special Agent for the purpose
of giving some information on Conusunist activities designed to. obtain
th
Was subsequently interviewed and iurr&sned zke i'oHov/ing inforpati'ohj
Joe Foundation was set up about Kay, 1950, to further the
work of L. RON HUBBARB, author, whose book entitled "Dianetics" had
been published about two years previously and had beea very well r e -
ceived by the public, liaay branch offices of the foundation had also been
established to assist the many clubs and study groups which had been
formed to reach a better understanding of "Cianetics".
According to MORGAN "Dianetics11
i s a new approach to the
treatment of many physical and mental illnesses without the use of
drugs or medicine*
. I s Secretary and General Counsel of the Foundation, i'ORGAN
had in his possession, a mailing l i s t containing about sixteen thousand
names of persons who are interested in '.'Dianetics" and who have
previously subscribed to material from the Foundation. In his opinion.^-,
this l i s t would be quite valuable to anyone interesteii^in circuj>ff izin^_^*"
Communist Party literature. "•"' VS^oA^i''
~._Onj_ARTHUR RtK^EPPOS, President, Heraitage Hotfse^bli'fthlng
Company, New York City, New York and fonserly Executive Vice President
of the Foundation, had tried to obtain this mailing list from the
Foundation. MORGAN stated he had received information that CEPPCS was ins,
sympathy with the Communist Party; however, he was imable to elaborate
on this. CEPPOS allegedly resigned from fhe Foundation because of a ?
3V
c??tfasnington Field
Enc. (1) Bureau
TEKiTL
•6*
/ *>,^» t'r.
#S
'%A*/
37. Letter to the Director
NK 105-636
March 21, 1951
- * . » • - '
wnxch organisation is in no way associated with the foundation,
is alleged to be a Communist sympathizer, but MORGAN could not elaborate
on this.
p.y tried to organize s
for the purpose of having museix" "ejecTSc a* the
National fcesident and thereby gain information concerning the
^organisations already set up, throughout the United States and its
"possessions. According to MORQAN, many clubs have been formed, and
he believes they would be a futile source for Coiaeunlst infiltration
on a national scale, inasmuch as they have already been set up on an
organizational plan.
J.'OEGAN stated that the Foundation is anti-Comnunist in its
work and had been critized in Communist Party publications.
The above information was furnished to the New York Office.
I'ORGAN also advised that DONAI& H?*R0G3RS, Director of
Research and Assistant Treasurer of the Foundation, is also a former
Special Agent of this Bureau. <•. /• T•'• ~
Cffice,,
•«ho is
fie"Tsureau.
It i s further noted that infotrnfi
captioned UtDBEK AHCHSi&O^iX, IL7 |
now associated with the Foundation.'
' - . • ' • " • : :
Enclosed is a copy of the "took" magazine, published
December 5, 1950, containing an article on page 79 entitle4«iLDianetics,
Science or Hoax,*'. .This-article infers to the book written by L. RON
HUEBARD and the work of the Foundation, and it is believed this article
may be of interest to the Bureau.
RUC,
- 2 -
38. Half a million toymen have swal-
lowed this poor man's psychiatry.
Now they're set to try it on others
By ALBERT Q. MAISEL
A YEAR AGO, L Ron Hubbard was an obscure
/ V writer of pseudoseientific p»H> Action. To-
day, he has: •
,.. Half a million devout followers.
r v .. A foundation with a chain of bustling
ches stretching from Elizabeth, N. J., to
fa>~off Honolulu.
... The best-selling nonnction book since
Dale Carnegie discovered the secret of success.
... A swarm of pop-eyed students, who
stand in line for the privilegeof plunking down
verts them into "professional auditors," com-
plete with coufh and capable of outpsyching
any ordinary psychiatrist.
... Even ldrger and faster-growing tribes
who pay $200'.each for the 15-lecture short
course—or $25 'an hour to have their "cases
opened" by $500 professional auditors.
... And * small army of associate mem-
bers, at • mere ,15 smacker* each, who grate-
fully k»tP up Fi t n t h e
whirlwind develop-
ments of Hubbard's new "science" of dianetics
L, Ron Hubbard, originator of dianetics, demonstrates his new "science" with a woman student
39. • . . «I,IU it million devout followers.
. . A foundation with a ehiin of i >t*tli«:;
brunches stretching from Elizabeth, N. J,, to
far-off Honolulu.
... The best-selling nohfiction book since
Dale Carnegie discovered th» secret of success.
... A swarm of pop-eyed students, who
stand in line for the privilege of plunking down
verts them into "professional auditors," com-
plete with couth and capable of outpsyehing
any ordinary psychiatrist.
... Even larger and faster-growing tribes
who pay $20O(each tor the 15-Iecturc short
course-or $25 an hour to have their "cases
opened" by $500 professional auditors.
... And a small army of associate mem-
bers, at a mere 15 smackers each, who giate-
^"*V keep up Isith the whirlwind develop-
its of Hubbard's new "science" of dianetics
through the Dianetics Auditors Bulletin.
Dion«tics tsntt the Discovery of Fir*
Hubbard, you might gather from the fore-
going, has discovered the key to success and
demonstrated once again that Barnum under-
estimated the sucker birth rate.
But that, by Hubbard's own admission, is
probably the. least of his discoveries.
Unencumbered by the modesty that hog-
ties ordinary mortals, Hubbard starts Ms book
-THE BOOK, his followers call it-w«h the
calm assertion that "the creation of. dianetics
is a milestone for Man comparable to his dis-
covery of (ire and superior to ftis inventions
of the wheel and Rws a«h.M
A few lines beyond, one learns that, with
f .,netics, "the intelligent layman can success-
'» and invariably treat all psychosomatic
i w and inorganic aberrations."
Farther on, one discovers that these psy-
chosomatic ills, "uniformly cured by dianetic
therapy,'' include such varied maladies as eye
trouble, bursitis, ulcers, some heart difficul-
ties, migraine headaches and the common cold.
But you ain't heard nothing yet. For Hub-
bard's auditors (anyone with four dollars to
buy The Book and the stamina to read through
it can "audit" without further license) achieve
these miracles by the simple process of re-
j (Continued on page II)
40. ADVERTISEMENT
OIANETICS
Hubbard and secretary meet fervent followers after Los Angeles
lecture-demonsiration. Enthusiasm it high at five other centers.
r Uianetic auditors, trained
one month, need no license
leasing the "engrains* that have
been bedeviling their friends
This opens up marvelous pos-
sibilities which WuUfard U not
loath to point oyL "A number
of germ disease," he flatly
states, "are predisposed and
perpetuated by t engrams. Tu-
berculosis « one Engrams pre-
dispose people to accidents.
Engrams can P^dispose and
perpetuatebacterial infections.'*
too, can sex deviations and
"every type of inorganic men-
tal illness."
And that's Just the beginning.
To dianetics-for individuals,
Hubbard and his busy associ-
ates are hastily adding political
dianetics, child dianetics, ju-
diciary dianetics, medical dia-
netics and industrial dianetics.
"Education, medicine, politics
and art and, i n d e e d , all
branches of human thought, are
clarified with dianetics." Hub-
Catholic loyalty to the Pope is
the cause of never-ending amaze-
ment to many non-Catholics.
They wonder how an exclu-
sively spiritual leader can com-
mand the devotion of nearly four
hundred millions of people They
cannot explain why this vast
religious family... representing
...that it was governed by the
Apostles unJer the leadership of
Peter . . . that it was teaching
Christ's truth far and wide, long
before die last book of the New
Testament was written and the
books of die Bible were collected
into ooe volume.
Chtist's {purpose in organizing aevery
race, color, language and political Church was to make certain that die
belief on die face of the earth.,.fives good news of Redemption would be
tad grows through die ages, while preached to ail men...even to die
man-made empires have their day of end of the world To accomplish this
glory and then disappear. with fallible men, required that He
m a t is there about this dee man diat adblMi * Church-divinely protected
causes people to $pwk of him in • auo. '**» mm tftd tnotmicting His «*b-
dred tongues as "Holy Fadjer"? ">8 «««*»«*» *** centuries.
We find die answer, of course, not the Catholic Chuxch trim its un-
necessarily in the holiness of the man *>roken
W*0
^ * " * ro
*** Apostks-
hiiaself, but in his Christ-given office *»** *° C*"* *»* &*****
The answer is found by tracing the Pope Pius XII "Holy Fatbet" because he
history of the Catholic Church... u the lawful and historical successor to
Ac history of 262 successive Popes P«er, the fim Pope. He b in our time
...back through nearly 2,000 yean
to Christ Himself.
We know u a matter of historical fact fH££_Would you like to know more
diu Christ did establish His Church... .few,, ^ pOpe...why die promises
diat He commissioned die Aposde Peter m a c j e ty Christ to Peter and his success-
as itsfirsthead... that He sent His Apoj- on make die Pope d>e most important
des forth to reach men to observe all j^,,, ,-„ t^c wr«rM> Then write rcxf«v for
...as Peter was in thefint
Vicar of Christ on earth.
41. one month, need no license
leasing the "entrants" that have''
been bedeviling .their friends'
and customers. '• •
This opens up marvelous pos-
sibilities whicl*-!*wbbsrd is not
loath to point oyt. "A number
of germ diseases," he flatly
states, "are predisposed and
perpetuated byiengrams. Tu-
berculosis is one! Engrains pre-
dispose people flo accidents.
Engrains can predispose and
perpetuate bacterial infections."
f— Modesty Prevails
. the present time," Hub-
baru continues, "dianetics re-
search is scheduled to include
cancer and diabetes. There are
a number of reasons to suppose
that these may be engramic
in cause, particularly malignant
cancer."
At this point, an unsuspected
sense of caution overcomes the
new Messiah, and he hastily
points out that "this is not to be
taken as any kind of avowal of
a cancer cure,**
But then, once more over-
whelmed by Ibe •we»inspiii«f
nature of hit own discovery,
author Hubbard swings back
onto his familiar track and
asserts that "those diseases
w> ?h were catalogued above
(C •«. everything from eye
trv _ .e through tuberculosis,
accidents and bacterial infec-
tions) have been thoroughly
tested and have uniformly
yielded to dianetic therapy."
Most HI* Succumb
Nor has Hubbard'* new sci-
ence been content to deprive
the doctors of seven tenths of
their business. Dianetics lays
claim to the ability to remove
"aberrations" of an infinite
variety. Neuroses, of course, can
be cured, Hubbard assert*. So,
too, can sex deviations and
"every type of inoiganie men-
tal illness."
And that's just the beginning.
To disunities fur iodivitluuls, "
Hwbbard and his busy associ-
ates are hastily adding political
dianetics, child dianetics, ju-
diciary dianeties, medical dia-
netics and industrial dianetics.
"Education, medicine, politics
and art and, i n d e e d , alt
branches of human thought, arc
clarified with dianetics," Hub-
bard claims.
"And even so." he sighs, "that
is not enough."
It may not be enough for
Hubbard. But it has outraged
scores of psychiatrists, biochem-
ists, psychologists, physicians
and just-plain-ordinavy scien-
tists, who look upon the as-
tounding claims and the grow-
ing commercial success of this
strange new phenomenon with
•we, fear and a deep disgust.
"CxO99«rtiltd Claims"
The''.American Psychological
Association, for example, has
denounced HubbarWs claims as
"not supported by empirical
evidence," and has called upon
its members "in the public in-
terest" to avoid using Hub-
bard's techniques except when
making "scientific investiga-
tions to test the validity of his
claims."
Or. Will Menninger, past
president of the American Psy-
chiatricAssociation and co-head
of the famous Menninger Clinic
of Topeka, Kans., goes even far-
ther in indicting dianetics: "it
can potentially do a great deal
of harm. It is obvious that the
mathematician-writer has over-
simplified the human person-
ality, both as to its structure and
function.... He has made in-
(Continued on next page)
We find the answer, of course, not
necessarily in ilic holiness of (he man
himself, but in his Christ-given office.
The answer is found by tracing the
history of the Catholic Church...
the history of 262 successive Popes
... back through nearly 2,000 years
to Christ Himself,
We know as a matter of historical fact
thut Chiist did establish His Church...
th« He commissioned the Apostle Peter
as itsfirsthead... that He sent His Apos-
tles forth to teach men to observe all
thiogs He had commanded.
We know from the New Testament
that the Church was actually organized
The Catholic Church traces its un-
brokeit history back to the ApOaries —
back to Christ. And Catholics today cati
Pope Pius Xfl "Holy father" because he
is the lawful and historical successor to
Peter, the first Pope. He is in oar time
... as Peter was in the Sm w w c i
Vicar of Christ on earth.
FREE-Would you like to know more
about the Pope...why the promises
made by Christ to Peter and his success-
ors make the Pope the most important
maa in the world? Then write today for
a pamphlet which we shall send you free
and without any obligation. Ask for
Pamphlet No. 4-L.
SUPREME COUNCIt
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Religious Information Bureau
4422 UNOElt etVO. ST. tOUtS 8, MO.
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SWITZER'S • ST.IOUIS
42. tg*i to
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DtANETICS continued
Scientists soy dianetics can
often do real harm
orclinalc OIK! v«ly
claims in Ins results."
Dr. Frederick J. Hacker, a Los
Angeles psychiatrist, adds: "II
it were not for sympathy (or
mental suffering of disturbed
people, the so-railed science of
dianeiics could be dismissed for
what it i s . . . a clever scheme to
dip into the pockets of the gul-
lible with impunity- The dia-
netic auditor is but another
name for the witch doctor, ex-
ploiting ,1 rent need with phony
methods."
Hubbard Recoil* Birth
The man who touched oil ail
this frenzy was born on a bhtst-
ery March morning in 1911 at
Tilclen. Mebr. Like most new-
born babies, L. Eon Hubbard
did not seem at the time to be
paying much attention to the
proceedings. But with the aid of
his new science, he has recently
recalled all the details of his
own birth and sent them to his
aunt, who, he says, agrees that
they check,most accurately.
In his youth Hubbard traipsed
around the world with his
lather, a lieutenant commander
in the Navy, and ultimately
wound up at the George Wash-
ington University Engineering
School. His biography in Who'*
Who in the East says that he got
his bachelor's degree in civil
engineering there in 1934. His
publishers, Hermitage House,
Inc., identify him as a mathe-
matician and theoretical philos-
opher. Hubbard himself finds
this somewhat embarrassing.
Naval Reserve lieutenant, tlub-
liar<l served on escort vessels
until he was sent to the Oak
Knoll Naval Hospital near Oak-
land, Calif., where he stayed for
the best part of a year, suffering,
he now recalls, from "ulcers,
conjunctivitis, deteriorating
eyesight, bin silis and something
wrong with i»y feet."
But his sufferings were not
entirely in vain. For.the hospi-
tal had an excellent medical
library, and Hubbard, with
dianetics boiling up within him,
wanted to avail himself of this
facility. ,,
"Doctor" in fn* library
The library, unfortunately,
was not lor patients but father
tor the use of staff medical offi-
cer*. But the young scientist got
around that easily enough. "I
fust had a friend in the Marines
refer to me as Doctor, loudly,
several times, within earshot of
the librarian. After that I had
free run of the joint."
By 1947, Hubbard, discharged
from the Navy and granted a
VA disability pension, had pret-
ty well unraveled the mysteries
of the engram and was ventur-
ing to "process" his friends, who
tirgpd him not to withhold this
great boon from suffering hu-
manity. There remained, how-
ever, the problem of choosing a
suitable scientific medium in
which to announce and expound
dianetics.
This problem was resolved
in May, 1950, when John W.
Campbell, Jr., convinced Hub-
PHOTOQUIZ ANSWER*
(Pave 24) I-(a) Marilyn Mon-
roe. 2-<c) trillium. 3-(b) mud
dauber. 4-(») truck. 5-(d)
Nash. 6-(c> submarines. 7-(c)
iguana. 8—(a) lei. t-(b) ways.
10-(c) The Great GaUby. 11-
(d) road roller. 12- (c) Philip
Sousa. 13-(c) hayrack. 14-(c)
gas valves. 15— (b) cricket 16—
(c) operating room. 17—(a)
guided missile. 18-(b) Gerber's
Baby Food. 19-(c) pod. 20-(b)
oxygen.
45. Hubburri .!>• librarian, liubbard
went on tin.1
payroll at H pica-
yune $500 a month, and Ihe
rapidly accumulating book roy-v
alties, student fee* and associ-
ale-membership revenues have.*
all been ch.-tnneied into the
Foundation, (or the support of
dianctic research and the great-
er glory of diauetics.
Human Mind Divided
In The Book, Hobbard defines
and discusses two main parts of
the human mind. The "analyti-
cal mind" is what you think
with; it perceives, remembers
and reasons. Hobbard also calls
'I—^he "computational mind"
iffectionately.-the "egsus-
h«._,ei." By any name, how-
ever, it's a nice old plodder,
doing its best to be good. Bat
behind it U the "reactive mind,"
and that is the Seat of ail evil—
a sort of glorified tape recorder
that files and retains pain and
painful emotions as "engrams."
And these engraow, ttiH ac-
cording to the master, are im-
pressions - on cellular proto-
plasm itself, complete record-
ings down to the last accurate
detail of every perception pres-
ent in a momentof unconscious-
ness.
Engrains Will G«l You
It's your engrams/tnat will
get you if you don't watch oat.
r v causeaberrations,psycho-
ic diseases, neuroses and
psyenoses. Unless they are "re-
leased"-by dianelic therapy, of
course-you're • gone goose.
Worst of all. you just can't
help gathering up engrams. You
didn't even have to wait to be
born for the evil work to begin.
It started at the very instant of
conception, when you were just
a little freshly fertilized egg
nestling cowly in your mother's
womb.
Her., is lluhbard's own jazzed -
up description of what hap-
pened to you then:
'"Mama sneeics, baby gets
knocked 'unconscious.' Mania
runs lightly and blithely into a
table and baby gels its head
stoyed in. . . . Mama gets hys-
terical, baby gets <vn ongrnrn.
Papa hits Mania, baby gets an
eogram. Junior bounces on
Mama's lap, baby gets an en-
grain. And so it goes."
What happens to your en-
gtams? They wait tike potent
little demons unlit they arc
"keyed in" by some later event.
And then they bring on every
sortof mental, moral and physi-
cal ailment
Along »h« "Tim* Track"
But these aberrations can be
cured, says Hubbard, by track-
ing down the engrams and re-
leasing them. The process is
simplicity itself. You lie on a
couch. Your auditor will help
you fail intoa state of "reverie,"
usually by counting slowly.
Then he will take you back
along yam "time ttaek," a sort
of mental clothesline on which
haog$ all year #fty wssli of
e n g r a m s . '.••••. .
One by one, «f you go back
through the years In reverie,
.you r*Hv« <&e painful «Kperi-
ences engraved, as engrams,
upon yoiir unconscious reactive
mind. You may recall the shock
of operations, the phrases the
doctor used when he Had you
under anesthesia, even the
things that were said when, as
an innocent baby, your father
and mother argued above your
cradle. As you recall these
things, reading them off your
cellular tape, your engrams re-
lease their charge and lose their
power of evil.
(Continued on next pagt)
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This new Model Bottom-Damp
Truck looks and works just like
the giant earth-haultng Euclrds you
see on big construction jobs. Like
other Model Toys this authorized
reproduction is alt-steel, equipped
with famous-make heavy robber
tires. It's sturdy enough to ride on!
Detachable <rac«or can be used to
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SHOWS THE WAY TO LOW-COST MEALS!
'ianetics centers draw many
serious, sincere people
Most important o( all is the
cngiam that Hublwid calls
'*basac-bnsic"-Uic «MC unpinged
upon your protoptnsmtc cells
aimuKt as soon as you were con*
cttvetl. Ail too often, according
to Hubbard, these prenatal en-
grams stem particularly from
abortion attempts on the part of
the mother.
Abortion Attacked
Unlike many religious groups,
the proponents, of dianetics
have nothing against birth con*
trot. But the greatest of all
crimes an<J the root of most
evils, as they see it, is the at-
ttmpt~or even jwst the verbal
wisb~to cause Hie aborliott of
a ctiitd already «o»ceive<J.*Fbey
object here, Dot so n»«ch on
moral grounds, as because such
attempts-or such wishes and
thoughts-load down the time
track with the basic-basic de-
mon engrain.
But ait is not tost. Dianetics
can transform you into a "clear"
- a person whose every engram
has been resolved. Then, and
then only, according to Hub-
bard, will you be free of your
ills and experience a tremen-
dous surge of new energy, crea-
tive dynamism and well being.
Tens of thousands of people
have been swallowing this doc-
trine with almost religious fer-
vor.
Cwltistt Have a Try
Some are the usual lunatic-
fringe types—frustrated maiden •
ladies who have already worked ••
their way through all the avail- *
room building, where swarms
of student auditors i aptly at-
tend llubbaid's lectures and
practice processing one another.
Still more recently, there have
been instituted a series of week-
end sessions at the swank Coun-
try Club Hotel in Hollywood.
Here, taking over 20 or 30
rooms, a band of student audi-
tors and pre-clears meet under
the guidance of professional
auditors for "intensive auditing
with chemical assist."
Hubbard and his associates
insist that this use of drugs has
nothing to do with narcosyn-
tlvesis. They claim that "chemi-
cal Assistants," purchasable in
California at any drugstore, aid
in helping resistant pre-clears
to SeMeve dianetic reverie and
to dredge up their basic-basic
engrams.
Medical Men Pretest
This treatment by laymen of
deep-seated psychological and
psychiatric problems is one of
the chief causes of the violent
criticism from medical men —
and particularly psychologists
and psychiatrists.
Under thelawsof almostevery '•
state, the practice of the heal- -
ing arts is restricted to medical
physicians, osteopaths and sim-
ilarly trained prolcssionals who *
have passed stringent, state-ad-
ministered licensing examina-
tions. " .1
But the proponents of dia-
netics are not worried about •>
these restrictions,'despite the
fact that most of the prof
sional auditors, trained 1o one^'
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two. Instead, it was enough for more •..'"' '•
like twenty-two.
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nutrition. And each full weight package
of River Brand and Carolina Brand Rice
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Hut all is not losl. Diauctics
t-iin transform you u>«> ."> "cJear"
a person whose every engrain
has been resolved. Then, and
then only, according to Hub-
bard, will you be free of your
ills r.nd experience a tremen-
dous surge of new energy, crea-
tive dynamism and well being.
IVns o< thousands of people
have been swallowing this doc-
trine with almost religious fer-
vor.
Cultist* Hove a Try
Somo are the usual lunatic*
fringe type$—frustrated maiden
ladies who have already worked
their way through all the avail-
able cults, young men whose
homosexual engrains are all too
obvious, Bui most are serious
people, deeply believing and
sincerely wanting to believe.
A defender of dianetics is
Frederick h. Schuman, Wood-
row Wilson Processor of Gov-
ernment at Williams College.
He is but one of those men of
high achievementintheirchosen
professions, so convinced of the
importance of dianetics that
they willingly write long letter*
protesting antagonistic .cent-
roents, and enthusiastic articles
singing the praises of the new
"science.**
National headquarters of the
Dianetic Research Foundation
is an unprepossessing, back-
street office building in Eliza-
beth, N, J. There are ftve other
centers of dianetic teaching and
instruction, in Washington, New
York, Chicago, Los Angeles and
Honolulu.
Of all the dianetic centers,
Los Angeles is the most exuber-
antly expansive and enthusias-
tic. There the Hubbard Founda-
tion moved into a suite of
modest offices late last July. In
August, it took over a two-story
building housing a lecture the-
ater and 20 "processing" room*.
A few weeks later, it had to ex-
pand again—this time into a 110-
84
I , H i i l l . . l l l l l i I I I 1 1 V 1 . 1 , I I U ' I I O l
d<*cp-scutcd ivsychnlogical and
psyc-hiiitric prohlt-ms is one of
the chief causes of the violent
criticism from medical men —
and particularly psychologists
and psychiatrists.
Under Uiiilawaof almostevxry
state, the practice of the heal-
. ing arts is restricted to medical
physicians, osteopaths and sim-
ilarly trained processionals who
have passed stringent, state-ad-
ministered licensing examina-
tions.
But the proponents of dia-
nctics are not worried about
these restrictions, despite the
fact that most of the profes-
sional auditors, trained in one-
month courses, could never
qualify for the practice of med-
icine or any of the related heal-
ing arts.
"Pre-clears," Hubbard ex-
plains, "get dianetic processing
... neither therapy nor medi-
cine." Then he adds, with a dis-
arming grin, "It just happens
that what we release is the
cause of their psychosomatic
illnesses."
Temporary Aid lifcciy
Leading psychiatrists, how-
ever, asm not so sanguine about
either the effectiveness or the
innocuousness of Hubbard's
poor man's psychiatry. Dr. Jack
A. Dunagin, of the Menninger
Foundation, for example, con-
cedes that some sufferers from
mental malaise may find tem-
porary relief under dianetic
hocus-pocus, just as they some-
times do under hypnotism,
Coueism or voodoo.
"But," he declares, "the great-
est harm to a person would
come, riot because of the vicious
nature of dianetic therapy, but
because...it will lead them
away from treatment which
they may badly need."
Other psychiatrists point out
that Hubbard hat borrowed
from (and in the process, dis-
torted) most of the psychiatric
(Continued on next pag*)
49. HitO A IAXATIVE TOO?
m
•HOTOCRIMI SOIUTION
Cobb held Terry
Kane. For Cobb
noted (photo J»
(hat Arinitfonc
---fd. a left-handed
b. This proved
rry was lying. A
It-handed eoHer
iildn't possibly
ve driven the
II down the fair-
y (ram the po-
«itio; , which II
«m.
Cot lttd with <tm oversight.
Terry «»nfe*sed. He had been steal-
liif funds from the business; hitpart-
ner suspected something and that
morning had Said he was Koine to
have the books checked. Enraged.
Terry whipped out a gun and shot
him. Then he arranged the deatti
scene and made dp the «tory about
the speeding car. However, lie placed
Armstrong's body on the wrong side
of the teed ball, in the position in
wnich a right-handed goiter would
(all It he had been foinj to drive In
the direction Indicated by the tea
marker. Kane aervta a lite seotenc*.
INGROWN NAIL
L»_JJ ImnttHatm
A im *rom " ouTOO^axw Mm** mix ma
III.IIIIU^ nl> * U*rmm asU. OOTOKO WA-
••• tk* alia »-rt...rr'k
UM Mil. «U—» UH Mil la
Weal ud lka>
(an. otrraax)
researches of the last fifty years.
They object to the extreme
claims of diaiietics to (tub-
bard's constanl repetition o( his
assertion tttal diunetk-s "al-
ways," "invariably," "uniCorm-
ly," and "without exception"
cures the most am»/.ini; list of
mental and psychosuiivitic ills.
M.O.s Reject "Science"
They are outraged and in-
dignant at Hubbard's insistence
that he has developed a "sei-
eaee." They charge that iris
"evidence" is merely the end-
lessly repeated assertion that
cures have been achieved in
"270 cases" - unsupported by
documentation that these indi-
viduals were ever really sick in
the first place or ever achieved
cure under dianetic processing.
Although these faults ap-
pear overwhelming to men who
have spent their lives in the
scientific disciplines, they carry
little weight with Hubbards
growing legions. For dianeticc
apparently brings them some*
thing that conventional psy-
chiatry has failed to offer them.
Condemn it as obscure, ver-
bose, unscientific; the fact re-
mains that some individuate
find in dianetics a way to bring
onto a conscious level some of
the troubles and fears and idio-
. tyncracies mostol us hold deep-
ly buried within ourselves.
Some persons, whether they are
cured of anything at all or not,
find satisfaction and a feeling of
better adjustment to the world
through this confessional proc-
ess.
Also, though dianetics is cer-
tainly far front the conventional
psychiatry, it has great com-
mercial advantages over the
real thing.
In place of the psychiatrist,
with his many years of training
and his medical degree. Hub-
bard offers a professional audi-
tor, supercharged for processing
by a mouth of high-pressure
training-or even an amateur
who points you towai'd the
couch with one hand while he
finishes The Book in the oilier.
tn place of scores, and s«»me-
times hundreds, ot su^'iuits on
the psychiatric couch, Hubbard
offers a fcw in'.en&ive hours —
but still the comfort of a couch.
In place of a whole host of
complex Freudian causes for
heuroses — Oedipus complexes,
father images and what not —
Hubbaid offers a neat package
of engrams. When he gets down
to explaining them in detail,
they turn out to smack rather
strangely of Freud. But dressed
up in English words (instead of
Greek or Latin), they seem
easier to understand.
Oianelics Reaches All
; Hubbard's greatest attraction
' to the troubled is that his ersatz
psychiatry is available to all.
It's cheap. It's accessible. It's •
public festival to be played at
clubs and parties.
* In a country with only 6.000
profe$stonalpsych»atrists,.whose
usual consultation fees start at
$15 an hour, Hubbard has intro-
duced mass-production meth-
ods. Whether such methods can
actually help yoa if you're sick
is a moot point.
But moot or not, half a million
people are having a lot of mor-
bid fun, getting a lot of excite-
ment and going through a whirl
of mental gymnastics while red-
headed Ron builds his chain-
store Foundation.
To Father Divine's "Peace, it's
wonderful," the dianetician
might add. "Become a 'clear'—
it's basic-basic, wonderful-
wonderful."
END
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50. ^fixU'j-
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HERE FOR .PROJECTION FROM CGHMUfJJSTS.. SUBJECT CLAJMS HE
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To: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION.
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EX.
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52. BUREAU OF 1 INVESTIGATION
STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUS
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CC-150 -
To: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION.
PACE Tl',0
Transmit the following message to:
UNION COUNTY DISTRICT COURTt ELIZA SITH, NEW JERSEY, UARCH TWENTY
SITEN, FIFTY Ch'E, BECAUSE THE FOUNDATION CONDUCTED A SCHOOL TEACHING
A ».JL>,~L OF ••l.BICI'ul A?i£> EUHGERY Z1TLOUT roi:.iSC2*:: /. ' ZiCT..::.
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CKB.
SENT Per
53. 1
Hay 10, 1951
a*
• * * . - •
Tour letter dated May 3, 1952, has been received
and I appreciate the interest which prompted you to write
as you did* - .
. » • « • " • . • , • •
- I uust advise, homever, in answer to the questions
•v-l'ou propounded concerning the individuals and organisations
mentioned in your communication, a long-standing policy
established for this Bureau holds our files conftdentidT
and available for official use only, to inference, of
course, should be drawn that we do or do not have data
concerning ther. in our files because of my inability to be
of aid*
I cm taking the liberty cf enclosing sowie
' Khtch I thought you night like to have and your attention
...i.9. directed particularly to the coatmnts I made concerning
the test of a front organisation in my statement before the
Committee on Un-American Activities, Bouse of Representatives,
on uay 26, 2947. ., • . .
It is suggested thpi whenever you co«e into
of information vthieh' you- believe to be of value tvths
please feel free 'to contact our representatives
Office at 39IS Biscayne Boulevard, Miani 32, Florida.
Sincerely yours, "•*(£'
-_v _jr c0
* ^ian* wi'tTi'cbffi-'of. incoming l
WOMM - F§! I '/
John Edgar
Director
,V :.US Herds and World Report ' .
Uoover Answers 10 Questions
Director's-Statement 2-26-51 . . . ::
r$reedp*j Statement before Bouse Un-American Activities
/UiL
54. The Federal Bureail /f investigation
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Row can I find out if the *Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation, Inc
of P.O. Box #502 Elizabeth, N.J. and perhaps having offices In Washi D.C.
no», or did have, is a (1) Communist front organization. (2) Is or
A .
was infiltrated by conmuniate. (2) Has been cleared of supposed coxmunir
infiltration. (3) Has been ohecked by the FBI.
. . How can I find out if Mr. L* Rony^Hubbard, founder of Dianetics itA
(1) ask the FBI to Investigate his organization naaed above for tne p.r-;oj
of eliminating communists or for other purposes. (2) Voluntarily asked
the FBI to check his group and banded In some 40 odd "cases" of suspected
communlsfea whicb were in his organization. ±:*.'~.':l': l*-*j~..-'" . '
Is a J f l H H ^ ^ ^ H R B H B former member of the Kubbsrc* ".'zrouv, a
known cotcmunist? What about J B B H H H f l l publisher of the book, "Disr.:-t
Is It possible to find out in any way whether or not communists
did allegidly try to "take over "/ Hubbsrd Dianetics??
V *
a former admiaistratdr, of the Washington 2. C.
Hubbard office, a communist, or associated witn theta? What about Mr.
former oember of the h»A» branch of the Hubbar
RECORDED • m , - _
who recently and perhapa now resides in Orlsndo Florida.!
a
atlona: i s : *I. believeMy reason for asking this or rathi
Communism is a serious aenance to the United States. I am a -tsst^ldMc
citizen ondJCDSS wiab to fceip oy country. I have been and aa interested
In Dianetica, a method of psycho-therapy with promising new discoveries whie.
may be of benefit to many. I have heard rumora which lead me to write yo'j
and ask the above questions. I do not xxiaa to knowingly or unicnor.Ins?
,pget mixed up with or aid communists If I can help i t . If you can s
*
something to do I will be glad to do i t .
l n c
erely
55. REQ. REC'D
MAY-:
6Y:./<5
is:7 •:
' * ft*
I
c four letter dated October 24, 1951^ has been
.. -.received^' and J appreciate very much your thoughtfulness
' ' .in naming available to MM the information enclosed with
' your letter,
ought
Edgar Soover
Director
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o'r '&"Statemsnii 7/26/50} Presidential
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« VOTE:','Correspondent documents
president <?/ t&e Uubbar$/~3)iane"bi(s Research' Foundation,
Herald vindicated that he is insane.
58. lUrch 5, 1954
'.I
•••- C
Two of your recent articles have brought questions to mj Kind that you Bight
consider worth answering io some future column.
yfbe first concerns your definition of a cecmunist.
ID 1947 I joined an anti-Cocniunist Party, eoMBunist group, i t has aince b»«a «•—
labled subversive—and Cod knows, if the Coaooaist Party Is subversive, the one I
joined was twice so; they eves subrerted the Coaauniets. lou surely know enough
' about cotsaunisa to realize that 2 did not believe ayself to be aubversive, bat >
instead believed that I was one of the enlightened young aen, vho, if we could just
present our ease adequately enough, would convince all the poor misguided capitalists
that their brutal ways were futile and that by foregoing then they could create a
be&ven on earth. I have yet to tteet one of the so-called cynical coosunists; X're •
knows quite a few of different leftist persuasions, but each one fervently belieTed
himself to be aa Assericao patriot—and they •All-American," to be a traitor, ttotirated
by f.reed. ' . . - • • • • •• .
" r "' *
I quit the group within a few months, giring tiiese three reasons: (l) I objected to
the group's insistance that oon-eoapuaista WTi'feers should not be read; (2) I belieTed
«X were waS'ting time, and should start the revolution lomediately; (3) I didn't
believe that food could result from violence. lou awy Dote a lack of consistency in*
these reasons. 2*ve *ore recently realised that t simply lacked the guts required
even to be a coaounist. . .
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Froa that point on, I justified ay being practically a bun, by the noble Ideals,
including Marxism, that I aspired to. I wanted »ucb good things for the world, that_J
people should excuse my sot bolting a job, borrowing from them, etc., etc. Besi
eo&e day 1 was going to write a book that would achieve the bloodless revolution.L.
Then, being a crackpot of the overly intellectual Variety, when the crackpot ^
*Dianetics,* cane along, I got involved with that. But 1 was unique from the otheV
crackpots 2 have net in that field, in that L'a a whix at reading-comprehension; I
-finish those tests that aren't supposed to be finished, in three quarters of the
dlloted time, and get all the answers right*
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I'll cut this sob-story short. I understood Dianetics, followed directions, and not
surprisingly, considering that the technique has been developed by the empirical^
• i t i / i c method" frox the ground, up—1 got and am getting results. -••;"
Okay, what results?
AI started as less than a communist and am at this point by practical definition almost
a fascist—this latter qualified by the realisation that the goal-aotlvated, free
society envisioned by our Constitution is probably the sanest concept of government
since the technically impossible attempts at democracy by the Creekt some three-
thousand years ago. , ^t r*" A n 1