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[>] Hubbard had begun: "The Story of Dianetics and Scientology," lecture by L. Ron Hubbard, delivered on October 18, 1958.
[>] Even Hubbard's onetime lieutenant: Charles Platt's interview with Van Vogt, as cited in Charles Platt, Dream Makers: The Uncommon People Who Write Science Fiction. In fact, Van Vogt was president of the California Association of Dianetic Auditors.
[>] "Perhaps we could call it": Letter from Hubbard to Helen O'Brien, April 10, 1953.
"Churches were by far": Stephen J. Whitfield, The Culture of the Cold War, pp. 83–84.
[>] the most popular therapist: Ibid., p. 84.
[>] Peale's best-selling book: New York Times Best-Seller List; Publisher's Weekly Best-Seller List.
[>] religious fellowship: The Aberee (a newsletter published ten times a year from 1954 to 1965 by Dianetics followers Alphia and Agnes Hart), July and August 1954. A later reference to the HASI as a religious fellowship can be found in Hubbard, "Religion," HCO Policy Letter, October 29, 1962.
[>] "Hubbard had learned from": Atack, A Piece of Blue Sky, p. 139.
[>] "If advertised products don't have": Hubbard, HCO Policy Letter, August 14, 1963.
[>] Hubbard instructed one of his: Miller, Barefaced Messiah, p. 226. Hubbard also described his "three methods of dissemination," including the "I will talk to anyone" technique, in HCO Operational Bulletin No. 14, January 24, 1956.
[>] A similar ad was used: Hubbard, HCO Operational Bulletin No. 14, January 24, 1956.
[>] Another technique Hubbard advocated: Ibid.
[>] "The law can be used": "The Scientologist: A Manual on the Dissemination of Material." This text first appeared in Scientology's magazine Ability in March 1954 and was later reprinted in Hubbard, Technical Bulletins of Dianetics and Scientology.
[>] Congresses could be highly lucrative: Paulette Cooper, The Scandal of Scientology, p. 108.
[>] In 1956, the Church of Scientology's gross receipts: Founding Church of Scientology v. U.S. No. 226–61, U.S. Court of Claims, July 16, 1969.
[>] "The prosperity of any organization": Hubbard, HCO Policy Letter, February 6, 1968.
[>] From the 10 percent tithe: Founding Church of Scientology v. U.S. No. 226–61, July 16, 1969.
[>] "the McDonald's hamburger": Atack, A Piece of Blue Sky, p. 138.
[>] "a symbol which assures": Church attorney Laurence E. Heller, in a transcript of the Mission Holder's Conference, San Francisco, CA, October 17, 1982, as issued by Executive Director Guillaume Lesever, Church of Scientology International, Inc., sc-i-r-s-ology.com/documents/1982-10-17missionholders.html.
[>] "trade secrets": The crux of Scientology's various lawsuits against its critics on the Internet and against such publications as theWashington Post has been media publication of its confidential OT (Operating Thetan) doctrine, which Scientology has called one of its "trade secrets." A 1995 article titled "Freedom of Speech at Risk in Cyberspace," in Scientology's Freedom magazine (volume 28, issue 1), asks, "When was the last time the formula for Coca-Cola ran in the morning paper?" and goes on to equate the secret soft-drink formula with Scientology's "sacred and confidential religious scriptures," which, it notes, "are also subject to legal protection under copyright and trade secret law." For more information on Scientology's trade secrets argument, see Religious Technology Center v. Netcom On-Line Communication Services, Inc., 907 F. Supp. 1361 (NDCal. 1995).
[>] "The body is normally sweet-smelling": Hubbard, Science of Survival, p. 146.
[>] "a cold-blooded and factual account": Hubbard: A History of Man, p. 3.
[>] "Can you imagine a clam": Ibid., p. 33.
[>] "One such victim, after hearing": Ibid., p. 28.
[>] He explained that thetans: For Hubbard's description of "implant stations," including those on Mars, and what happens there, see A History of Man, pp. 78–79.
[>] "Communist-connected personnel": Letter from Hubbard to the FBI, July 29, 1955, FBI file #131.
[>] In one 1955 missive: Letter from Hubbard to the FBI, September 7, 1955,