The "Carto-A.R.S. connection" of January 15, 2005 is dedicated to two often forgotten categories of Holocaust victim, the 1) dissident intellectual and 2) anti-social person.
Lermanet note: According to the Carto couple, the coup d'etat at the
IHR was as much a surprise to them as it was to everyone else. The year prior
to the coup they had trusted IHR director Marcellus enough to hire on one of his
rather strange acquaintances. This acquaintance's first proposal was that all
the IHR books should be given to an outside company for accounting purposes.
To agree with this, Carto would have had to vouch for the integrity of every
member of an outside accounting company. He rejected this proposal, as it could
have led to a gross betrayal of trust for subscribers.
Unaware, however,
that this separate action might later help implicate him in embezzling funds
from the IHR, Carto did trust Marcellus enough to authorize his IHR paycheck
from the Farrell estate be sent directly to a mysterious organization called "FSO"
in Clearwater, Florida.
The Cartos were shaken out of complacency one day in
the IHR offices after the coup, when Marcellus' new hire pulled out and cocked
what appeared to be a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol, went into a Rambo-like combat
stance, pointed the weapon at Mrs. Carto's forehead and told her to leave the
office. She refused. In response the assailant quickly pivoted, pointed the
weapon at Mr. Carto and told Mrs. Carto he would shoot her husband if she didn't
leave. She then yielded.
The police were summoned, and the gunmen went
upstairs to make a phone call, where he was when police arrived. They
discovered the weapon was loaded, but charges did not ensue. This leads to the
question of how do we really know what happened? Conversely, does the fact that
there is no other proof mean this shock tactic, as described, never occurred?
In an effort to solve this predicament, Carto did the rational thing and sought
out more information. When he found out his IHR director was a high-ranking
Scientologist, he then wrote letters to see what else he could discover about
his past ally. One of his contacts was L. Fletcher Prouty, who put Carto on the
path that was to eventually lead him to A.R.S. (Internet news group
alt.religion.scientology).
Willis Carto
P.O. Box 28802
San Diego, CA 92198
Dear Willis,
Your opening sentence of your Dec 11 letter was entirely
accurate. I consider myself a "friend" and I have had considerable
experience as an outsider in the lore and people of the Church of Scientology. I
am quite surprised by the rest of your story. All of my dealings ... actually
only a few ... with Tom Marcellus have always been on the up and up and I have
trusted him completely on the accounting for the sales of my book. The rest of
your account is a surprise.
Now first of all, as soon as I read your letter, I called an old friend who
used to be one of the true insiders, at the top of Scientology, and a man whom I
trust and asked him to contact you. He is vastly knowledgeable, totally honest
and intelligent. He can be the man you need for inside help. Furthermore,
from my position of long experience, may I caution you on the possibility that
you may have a "mole" planted on you under the disguise of helping.
Tom will know how upset you are and he may pass the word to those people who are
top experts in such intrigue. So be sure you deal only with people who are
certified to you. The man I know is: VAUGHN YOUNG. His wife STACY is
equally brilliant and reliable.
You are more than welcome to call me
when you are in town, and we'll work out the time and place to meet. I'll be
pleased to meet with you. I agree with you that this an important matter.
Looking on the brighter side, I hope that you and yours have a pleasant Holiday
Season.
Sincerely,
[signed:]Fletch
L. Fletcher Prouty
NOTE: In the event you have not yet heard from VAUGHN his phone number in Corona del Mar is 714-xxx-xxxx. Best of luck. Use my name when you call.
[handwritten: Nov - Dec 1993, The Quill]
Robert Young PO Box 233 Corona del Mar 92625
QUESTIONS FOR YOUNG:
1. How is leadership selected?
2 much are they
paid? Secret assets of church/their's?
3. Could top leadership have failed
to know of the plot/IHR?
4. name of intelligence head?
5. Describe
intelligence organization.
6. How'd they get tax exemption?
7. Cult
worth $400 million(!) What does that include? Total worth?
8. Supermarket
9. Ornate Clearwater hotel
10. How do they punish enemies? Physical?
Killing?
11. They accumulate dossier on everyone
12. Do they control
people thru their brainwashhing tactics?
13. Can SPT reprint your
article(s)?
14. What will is likely 2 b the S counter-plan to get me/IHR?
15. "Maximum force" doctrine (not part of doctrine)
16. need
quotes fm Hubbard re perjury, deceit, treachery.
17. Court cases &
decisions.
18. All scientology org's are under one corporate shell, right?
What is its name? Who are its directors?
19. "Truth" LRH: "What
is true for you is me."
Send Young St. Pete reprint.
D.C.
prosecutor: Raymond Ban own
[handwritten RVY notes:] 1)
1. Heber is a mouth piece - PR man
Pres
CSI - "Mother church"
- no really
Four seniors
above him.
He's not in on scam.
2. Miscavige - 4 or 5 notches above.
He is top man. No one challenges him.
Young in prison camp in Hemet. Now closed.
RPF
Rehabilitation Project Force Have one in LA now.
14 months. Others spent
4-5 years.
Paid $5 a week. No days off. Construction work.
He
escaped at night. Young out 4 years.
Now a children's education camp
designed to capture/control family.
3. LRH
1. De-popularize the enemy to the point of total obliteration.
2. Take over media.
3. Take over political figures.
4. Take over
international finance.
[handwritten
RVY notes:] 2)
After they went to jail in 1980 they restructured.
'82
Authors Services Inc (ASI) ran all Scientology.
after raid, '87.
Bowles & Moxon - Scn lawyers
When exemption came out, no IRS office could comment.
Only 1 person could
comment, he didn't.
Part of agreement is SEALED! NO COMMENT!
All
130 orgs got exemption!
St. Pete Times got some files & did story.
Weakness of atty: they don't believe.
Think they deal w/ another atty
only.
If any official sub-rosa [illegible] it shows up through the atty's.
[handwritten RVY notes:] 3)
DM chrmn/board Religious Technology Center
(RTC).
Cal. non-profit corp.
They own all trademarks.
DM a tough
Philly man. Strong well built lots of energy. No education. At 12 was in
England. Prob not finish High School
Married. No charisma. Holds it
together by terror - screaming. Brutal streak (like LRH). Recently assumed
position of Inspector General. RTC is Sea Org. DM a workaholic. His incentive is
power.
Under I.G. (Deputy Insp. gen.)
CSI - Church of Sc. Int'l.
130-140 corp's.
Intell. area. FBI raided them 1977 in D.C. & LA.
Breaking into gov't offices to steal doc's.
LRH order: Pay slow.
Guardian Office renamed OSA.
Weak point in D.M.
Noisy investigation.
--> Philly!!! <--
. EXCLUSIVE TO THE SPOTLIGHT BY PETER WILCOX
ZURICH, Switzerland-A
Swiss appeals court on December 29, 1993 upheld the conviction of four leaders
of the Church of Scientology on charges of fraud.
The case stems from a
1991 ruling against church members who bilked an unnamed mentally handicapped
woman out of $10,000 for courses, books and cassettes, which were of no help to
the woman.
Scientologists were said to have promised the woman their "evaluation
and auditing" exercises would help her resolve personal problems.
The
church members are said to have retained 16 of the most expensive lawyers in
Switzerland-costing an estimated $6.5 million -- to defend them. The
Scientologists' main defense was the argument that a person who was not capable
of making up her own mind could not be duped.
The church may appeal to the
European Court of Strasbourg, according to legal observers in Switzerland, who
view the move as a face-saving measure.
The convict ion represents a major
setback for the Church of Scientology, which has made Switzerland its European
headquarters. The church is thought to have benefited greatly from the leniency
of Zurich authorities toward all manner of religious sects, according to a
best-selling author.
It now appears this ultra-tolerance is ending.
Scientologists are believed to blame Interpol for its recent spate of court
losses. The Zurich conviction is the latest in a string of costly decisions to
plague the church worldwide in recent years.
• Another onerous case
ended in defeat for the church in the Vaud canton of Switzerland where the court
found in favor of Reader's Digest when the magazine was sued by the
church for defamation.
The court found an article critical of the
Scientologists was not defamatory but truthful.
• In 1989 a California
court ordered the church to pay $2.5 million to a former member.
• In
1990 a French physician was ordered to stop practicing after referring patients
to the Church of Scientology. Author Paul Ranc has compiled a list of similar
convictions into a book, Scientology: a Dangerous Sect. It is a
best-seller in Europe.
The church claims Ranc is an Interpol undercover
agent and has placed him at the top of its "enemy list," according to
a source familiar with the church.
Ranc denies the charge. He has been
called an expert researcher by various legal parties involved in cases against
Scientologists throughout Switzerland.
Ranc demonstrated how the Zurich
authorities have shown great leniency toward the Scientologists compared to
other countries in Europe and the United States.
For example, Ranc has
documented how a Paris court convicted Church of Scientology founder Ron Hubbard
to four years in jail without parole and fined him. A U.S. federal court
convicted and jailed nine top Scientology operators for criminal racketeering. A
pair of British Scientologists were extradited from England to stand trial in
the United States for similar charges and were similarly convicted.
Then,
late last year, the IRS ruled that Scientology is a real church and is entitled
to tax exemption.
INSTITUTE FOR HISTORICAL REVIEW
P.O. Box 28802
San Diego 92198
FEB 13 1994
Dear Bob: [handwritten: Young]
Here is the data I promised you from Paul Ranc who has written an attack on
Scientology in Switzerland.
Would you be interested in writing an article
for The SPOTLIGHT regarding the mysterious nature of the granting of the tax
exemption? We did one article and I'll enclose a copy of it. Since then we
haven't mentioned it. Will also enclose a copy of another Sci. article Jan 17.
We'd like to have a b&w picture of yourself, too, to run with the article.
Also, do you have a pic of Miscavage (sp?) and Jentsch? If you want to write the
article, it should be 1,000 words max. Shorter is fine. Our fee would be $400.
I've also added you to the freebee list for The SPOTLIGHT. With the terrible
weather, it may be delayed. I've also asked them to send you the last 3 issues.
I greatly enjoyed our conversation and thank you for the information and look
forward to other encounters of that kind.
Best,
Willis A. Carto
[From various other scraps, it appears that Young may have dropped a few names to Carto, such as F.A.C.T. and alt.religion.scientology. -- Lermanet.]
One of the people from alt.religion.scientology that Carto contacted was Arnaldo "Arnie" Lerma. Although Lerma himself never really believed Carto was sympathetic to the Nazi cause, the flyers from Scientology front groups like "Americans against neo-Nazism" and other Scientology Black PR to that effect have been energetically distributed. More involved in helping Scientologists find religious freedom, Lerma has not been able to look into each of these libelous allegations leveled against him and his friends. Lucky for him, Totalitarians and Revisionists are in essence in direct opposition to each other. In short, Totalitarianism is the enforcement of truth (history) through authoritarian and terroristic means. Revisionism is the discovery of truth by challenging authority in public debate. It is unlikely that revisionism, in the sense of the word used by revisionists, was practiced under Hitler.
What is history if not an account of what happened according to the winners? This supports the concept that our leaders are right. Nevertheless, take a look at your boss, or if you are not gainfully employed, at the opinion leaders on alt.religion.scientology. Did those people get where they are today by doing a better job than anyone else, or by appealing to baser instinct? The Fuehrer Principle leans more towards the former answer.
But then that pesky little light bulb goes on in someone's head.
To effectively counteract the solidification of the Fuehrer Principle, it is necessary to follow certain rules. As lawyers well know, what can be proved depends greatly upon what rules are used. Therefore there is a never-ending battle over rules.
One set of rules used both by lawyers or cults are called "negative publicity" or, correspondingly, "black PR." Nazis, for instance, tend more towards black PR in dealing with their enemies. Revisionists lean more toward exposing truth via acceptable means. The reasoning is that the more resistance there is to change, the more a spectacle there is. This has more of a tendency to muddy the water than it does to get a new version of history accepted.
For various reasons, the revision of history is a very powerful tool, no matter who desires to use it.
Like any other group of individuals, some revisionists turn out to be self-serving and subsequently pursue a destructive course. A couple of renowned revisionists went to Germany in November, 1991, and presented their material in such an unprofessional manner that the government subsequently leveled charges against their German sponsor, Gunther Deckert, for, among other things, insulting the memory of the dead. Exposing the truth by insulting the deceased is not acceptable in most parts of the world, and thus would never legitimately serve the inherent purpose of revisionism -- to revise history. Therefore, no matter how famous these revisionists were, they were not pursuing the goal of revisionism.
Worse yet, their irresponsible behavior subsequently led to the sullying of the concept of revisionism itself, which paradoxically diminishes the capability of the average citizen to resist the Fuehrer Principle.
In an early State Department report about Germany's alleged persecution of Scientology, a reference was made to the technology statement* as the "sect filter." Actually, nobody in Germany, outside of the Scientologists, called the technology statement a "sect filter." Some revisionists-in-spirit apparently contacted the State Department about this, as a subsequent State Department report stated that the "sect filter" was a misnomer, that it should really be called a "Scientology filter." Thus history was revised to a small degree. This occurred because it was done in an acceptable manner, with no need to insult anyone or their deceased relatives.
* A "technology statement" can be used in Germany the same way an agreement not to use "sweatshop" for suppliers in the USA can, and the idea is similar. If a supplier agrees not to operate using the technology of (Scientology founder) L. Ron Hubbard, the buyer knows the goods received were not manufactured on unpaid overtime in accordance with Hubbard's stringent work policies (which demands unpaid overtime under certain conditions). Perhaps "technology statements" would be help stem the flow of Scientology "volunteer ministers" to world disaster scenes?
There are many other mistakes in the history of Scientology, some of them deliberately insinuated into government reports. In other words, Scientology is doing now exactly what it accused the government of doing back in "Operation Snow White." If no opposition is met, this "religious minority" with over 50 years of experience in collecting data will turn into a religious elite and have their say about what is history and what is not.
Look at what showed up in these old files:
Helga Schimd spokeswoman for the Germany Embassy here, said that it was true the government decided against sponsoring his performance because Chick "advertised" he is a Scientologist. But the government never said he could not perform in BadenWuerttemberg, she emphasized, only that the state would not sponsor [i.e., pay for -- Lermanet editor] his performance. "[His management] made it sound like there was a general ban on him," she said. "That's ridiculous."
Chick answers "Governments have no business in sticking their noses into what they think is religion:"
Almost every mention on the Internet of the government not subsidizing Scientologists to perform in Germany is portrayed as an official German government ban on Scientologists performing in Germany. The reality of the situation is that Chick has always been able to perform in Germany any time he wants.
Yet even today the contextual impression is that Chick Corea is making daring incursions into Germany to give surprise performances, thus foiling the music-hating authoritarian successors of the Nazis. In reality, besides being a great musician, Chick is a faux hero pulling publicity stunts to make more money for himself and his Hubbardist cronies.
If you read that carefully, a little light should have come on, the one that will illuminate the massive extent of Scientology's Holohoax. That is the challenge -- to further expose Scientology's Holocaust Hoax in Germany. If you would rather help Germans with research and encouragement than Scientologists with apathy and infighting, this is a chance to re-write history. If the prospect of publicity appalls you, remember that the names of the people who changed the State Department report need never be known. If the prospect of publicity appeals to you, then you would have the right to brag.
There is no reason to be ashamed for not accepting the challenge of revising cult history. The rich, the audacious, and the courageous have all missed it, so if you back down, nobody can blame you. While someone may thank you eventually, the longer you wait, the more history will stack the odds against you.
"But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain."
-- Epistle of James, Chapter 1, verses 22-26
That's doer of the work, not just doer of the word.
Willis Carto's role model is the American historian after which "The Barnes Review" is named. Their web site not only questions rightness in time of war, but the part devoted to Scientology is unflattering criticism. "BEST WITNESS The Mel Mermelstein Affair and the Triumph of Historical Revisionism" by Michael Collins Piper, can be ordered on-line or there is a toll-free number. They ship from California. Critics of Scientology who read the book may recognize some parallels.
| JDL | CCHR |
| associates revisionists with Nazis - | associates psychiatrists with Nazis |
| "Never Forget" | "Never Again" |
| "Jew-baiter" | "anti-cult" |
| traveling Holocaust exhibits | traveling Hubbard exhibits |
While these analogies may not be perfectly valid, most notably in terms of violence inflicted, other parallels can be drawn. For instance, the Internet "bigot pages" used by the two groups as rogues' galleries in the late 90s had an uncanny resemblance to each other. Also from the late 90s, it is not out of the question that some of the activists who picketed Carto's home were to be seen at other California home pickets as well.
Note: The fact that the JDL and CCHR may have acted irresponsibly does not necessarily reflect the entire sub-cultures they claim to represent -- any more than a few neo-Nazis reflect acceptable revisionism.
Latest update: A webbed version of "Best Witness" (510k) has just become available.
Responsible copy and distribution of the Scientology Holohoax challenge is encouraged. Translation into German is requested.
Chick Corea's performance last night at Wolf Trap was sold out. But even if
there had been plenty of seats left, it would have been a warmer reception than
he got in Germany.
The legendary jazz pianist was supposed to play in
Stuttgart as part of the entertainment at the World Championship of Athletics
until the state government of Baden-Wuerttemberg withdrew its sponsorship of his
performance because he's a Scientologist
A letter written by Dr. Markus
Bleistein, speaker of the House in Baden-Wuerttemberg, to the Helsinki
Commission in response to inquiries has been translated by the Church of
Scientology and circulated.
The translated letter reads in part, "The
contract negotiations were broken off once it was learned that Mr. Corea was a
member of the Church of Scientology. Because of the position of the government
regarding Scientology, the contract with Mr. Corea is invalid." The
government's position is that Scientology is a sect rather than a religion.
Helga Schimd spokeswoman for the Germany Embassy here,
said that it was true the government decided against sponsoring his performance
because Chick "advertised" he is a Scientologist. But the government
never said he could not perform in BadenWuerttemberg, she emphasized, only that
the state would not sponsor [i.e., pay for -- Lermanet editor]
his performance.
"[His management] made it sound like there was a
general ban on him," she said. "That's ridiculous."
Chick answers "Governments have no business in sticking their noses
into what they think is religion:'
Talking by phone on his way here for
last night's show, he said he was not entirely surprised by the government's
decision, although he has been performing-in Germany for more than 20 years and
has never met with official resistance before.
"I knew that the German
government was discriminating against Scientologists for years, although I never
expected it to come up on music lines " he said. "I've found Germans
are especially fond of the piano, so it was kind of a drag."
He
dismisses the German contention that he advertises his faith. He says the
government is referring to his inclusion of the late L. Ron Hubbard, founder of
the church, among the acknowledgments on every record he has made since 1971,
and his discussion - when asked about it during interviews - of his faith.
Although the performance was canceled back in June, there's still fallout.
B.B. King is touring Germany this month and next, but his personal manager
announced he would not play Stuttgart out of solidarity with Chick.
Earlier
this month, Bill Cosby sent a letter to the president of Germany, reading in
part: "The action taken by the German government is unacceptable, but given
your country's sordid past, not at ail surprising."
And members of
Congress, recognizing a sympathetic cause when they see one, have voiced their
support. Rep. Steny Hoyer, Maryland Democrat; Sen. Dennis DeConcini, Arizona
Democrat; Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat; and several others have
signed letters to either the German government or the German Embassy here,
asking for an explanation.
By ALAN COWELL HAMBURG, Germany
It is virtually impossible these days to
take a stroll along Hamburg's Steindamm thoroughfare without being accosted by
men who offer an introduction to Scientology with all the breeziness of a used
Chevy dealer.
The men occupy a street corner outside a five-story building
that proclaims itself, in German, to be a branch of the Church of Scientology.
Inside, others peddle the works of L. Ron Hubbard - the American science fiction
writer who founded the organization in Los Angeles in 1954 - and try to get
people to sign up for the self-improvement courses with which Scientology lures
its adherents.
In the United States, the attempt to solicit converts might
be interpreted as no more than small-time trading in the marketplace of ideas,
idiosyncratic maybe, but just as entitled to constitutional protection as
expressions of any other belief.
Yet, in Germany, the presence since 1970
of Scientology's pushy proselytizers has finally built up into a climactic clash
of ideas and perceptions that has not only drawn human rights criticism from
Washington but also raised a perplexing question: how does the nation that
devised the Holocaust define the very notion of tolerance?
In recent
months, German officials have urged that Scientology - whose stated aim is "to
bring an individual to an understanding of himself and his life as a spiritual
being"'- be banned or, at least, placed under covert surveillance.
Tom
Cruise and Chick Corea
This summer, members of the youth wing of Chancellor
Helmut Kohl's Christian Democrats demonstrated against the screening of the
movie "Mission Impossible" because its star, Tom Cruise, is a
Scientologist. For the same reason, Chick Corea, the American jazz pianist, was
barred from performing at a state-sponsored concert in the conservative and
deeply Catholic state of Bavaria.
The children of Scientologists have been
prevented from attending some kindergartens. Bavarian authorities, moreover,
have threatened to bar Mr. Hubbard's followers - who are already excluded from
membership in some of Germany's leading political parties - from holding jobs in
public service. A court in Stuttgart recently upheld a decision by the
state-owned Postbank to close down accounts held by Scientologists.
And
unlike in the United States, where Scientology's tax-exempt status was retained
. after a challenge in Germany the highest administrative and labor courts have
ruled that Scientology does not qualify for tax breaks as a church, a charity or
a religion because its aims and activities are merely commercial. It is seen by
the government as a crude cover for profit-making at the expense of the weak and
the gullible.
Many Germans would go much further in their assessments.
"This is a political movement," said Ursula Caberta, a head of a small
but influential unit set up by local authorities here to oppose Scientology's
advance. "Its aim is to conquer the world."
Indeed, Scientology's
opponents have been so effective, Mrs. Caberta said, that Scientology "is
no longer gaining ground" in Germany. Even Gisela Hackenjos, a spokeswoman
at the Scientology building on Steindamm, acknowledged that "things have
not been going too well" for its claimed 30,000 German followers because
publicity and legal campaigns have inhibited recruitment.
So why all the
fuss?
The response to that question is about the only thing that
Scientology's adherents and its opponents agree on: It is all about-Germany's
past.
Strains of Fascism
The opponents set strains of fascism in
Scientology. "In Germany, we have had bad experiences with people who want
to rule the world," Mrs. Caberta said. Hans Peter Bartels, an official in
the Schleswig-Holstein state government who monitors the activities of sects,
said, "Scientology is a power-machine."
What is just as
troubling, though, is that the crackdown on Scientologists itself evokes
uncomfortable memories of the Third Reich. "The Germans learned nothing
from the Second World War," said Mrs, Hackenjos. As the Scientologists set
it, they are a persecuted religious minority. Indeed, that charge is among the
German human rights abuses that Scientologists have laid before a panel of the
United Nations.
And Scientologists aren't the only ones complaining.
According to the newspaper columnist Josef Joffe, statements like "Chase
Chick Corea from the stage! Boycott Tom Cruise! Don't buy from the
Scientologists," evoke Nazi Germany's exhortations to avoid Jewish-owned
stores. "That is something we really did not want to hear again." The
debate over Scientology has peculiar and ambiguous roots, not only in the Hitler
era but also in the post-war definition of democracy.
The constitution on
which West Germany was built after World War II provided not only for the
protection of religious freedoms but also for a so-called "defensible
democracy" that would be robust enough to prevent certain political and
social movements from gaining ground.
Defensible Democracy
In other
words, as the weekly newspaper Die Zeit put it: "Everyone can think and
believe what they like. Everyone may publicly acknowledge their religion - or
their non-religious view of the world. But as soon as the individual is driven
by belief into the public sphere, there are rules."
And many of those
rules forbid behavior that looks as if it may impair the freedom of others. A
large part of Germany's ostensible complaint against Scientology - with its
stated aim of creating a whole world of adherents - is based on the assessment
that Scientology is a coercive and totalitarian movement with a far more
sinister political agenda than Christianity's harvesting of souls. For all that,
when German officials talk of Scientology's purported clandestine campaign to
penetrate business and politics, it is difficult not to recall that comparable
arguments were once made to vilify Jews.
"What we do not need,"
said Mr. Joffe, the newspaper commentator, "is more laws and a thought
police that, tomorrow, will be turned against us."
The Supreme Court decides against granting tax
exemption to taxpayers for Scientology expenditures, payments for auditing being
held not comparable to charitable contributions.
USA - 8 August 1991
The California courts in 1981 had ordered three Scientologists to repay the
amounts they had deducted as charitable contributions, on their tax returns, for
their Scientology courses. In 1988, the Federal Court of the 9th California
district upheld the decision of 1981 on appeal. On 8 August 1991 the Supreme
Court confirmed the two prior judgments.
Taken from Bulles, No. 35,
third quarter of 1992, and from the Almanach Protestant et Annuaire des Églises
romandes, 1994 edition. Appendix II
List of Associations Controlled by
Scientology
Organizations of the Church of Scientology
[Ten
organizations are listed with their addresses, eight in France and two in
Switzerland.]
[this is a very poor fax copy. Part of page 1 is listed
here, but much is illegible.]
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INTERVIEW PEOPLE)
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things?"
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have. For example, if the person said ho did least well ai changing things, ask
"What -have you wanted to DO (change) that you haven't been able ta do?"
or if it's start ask: " What have you wanted to BE (start) that you haven't
been able to BE?"
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ruining his life. Get his ruin. Then ask:) (Note, On occasion one will find a
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major ruin immediately. He can still bc hardsold and 8-Ced onto service by
finding out his purpose/something he would like to change but hasn't been able
to (ruin) and paralleling that impulse with a service which will give him some
tech to apply to that condition.
VOLUME XIX NUMBER 44 - NOVEMBER 1, 1993
BY MARTIN MANN Informed sources allege that the Church of Scientology has made a
deal with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to get favored tax treatment from the
IRS.
Scientology has since 1953 tried to achieve tax exemption and
deductibility for its widespread activities. But the IRS had until recently
refused to accommodate them. All this changed on October 12, when the IRS
finally capitulated to pressures from the powerful Zionist lobby to grant
Scientologists their desired exemption. Included in the exemption were 150
church-owned corporations, which the IRS ruled were charitable, (See
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(Continued From Page 1) religious organizations.
This ended 40 years of an
extraordinarily bitter battle between the two, which grew so intense that church
founder L. Ron Hubbard incorporated hatred of the IRS into official doctrine.
WHAT HAPPENED?
What happened to cause the IRS to change its position?
Was it a change in Scientology? No, the organization was granted equality with
Christian churches because its leaders decided to make an about-face, stop their
members' fighting against the IRS and become part of the Establishment.
So
much so, in fact, that the Scientologists are said to have turned over to the
IRS the names of hundreds of former members of the organization who had dropped
out because they were either wiped out financially by the exorbitant colts of
courses they must take to progress through the ranks of the church, or who had
become disaffected with its teachings. Now, the tax exemption will allow [break
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Los Angeles California 90026
6 Nov 1993
The Editor Spotlight
Dear Sir
I was deeply hurt and amazed to read your totally uncalled for
attack on Scientology on your front page of your November 1 edition.
I am
sorry I had always regarded you as friends and fellow seekers after the truth.
The vindictive and carpingly critical article was that of an enemy who has had
to concede defeat. Is this reporter Martin Mann a psychiatrist or psychologist
by any chance or employed by the C.I.A. secretly to create trouble between us?.
Mann's inane babbling about the Zionist lobby demonstrates paranoia at its
extreme. He is so far from the truth, that it is obvious he cannot have truth.
Wherever did you dredge him and his "sources" up from?. Factually, my
church used the F.O.I act to obtain data and the truth of IRS attacks on
Scientology. Behind it all lies the bitter frustration of psychiatric enemies of
society thwarted of their prey - you and me. The infamous "Siberia"
bill had passed the house and was well on its way to passing the Senate when
L.Ron Hubbard and friends struck a blow for sane society by exposing this master
plan of madness. Their front legal expert, one Charlotte Murphy, was pushing the
bill through that would have given psychiatrists arbitrary power to remove
anyone they didn't like to Alaska. When the bill collapsed Murphy found a new
home in guess where - the legal department of the IRS - where she vented her
group's hatred of religion very covertly and specifically against Scientology.
My question is how come you and your "smart" sources didn't know
this?.
Our incredible victory for spiritual mankind was achieved by truth,
persistence and caring, not by hating anyone and certainly not via some
supposedly all powerful group that Mann is psychotic about. Not that we set out
to make enemies like you do, but we had to handle this pretty much by ourselves,
by exposing the criminal element of the IRS and at the same time locating the
decent people there of whom there are many.
So what is it that Mann doesn't
want to be found out?. Is he a covert member of CAN a hate group organised to
destroy Religion and backed by CIA funded psychiatrists?. You might take a look.
In the meantime, either publish a front page apology for the lies you condoned,
or forthwith cancel my subscription and return any outstanding balance. If you
choose to stand by Mann and refuse to enter a "win win" frame of mind,
I have no option but to believe that anything you oppose must be good. You would
then have demonstrated your true anti social colours. What a shame that I and my
numerous friends believed you before.
R[xxx] D[xxx].
Diversity in Scientology is especially apparent in the unwitting groups the organization has formed alliances with - IHR and other intellectual dissidents, Jews, Blacks, Catholics, various industries, such as telecommunications, employment, management, healing and mental health. The coup de grâce, of course, would be the cooperation Scientology has received from its hypercritics! Add to that the other groups Scientology hasn't formed alliances with, but still counts as allies nonetheless (like CAN, the IRS, U.S. State Department), and you can see quite a bit more of the planet's territory has already been covered. In less than 50 years we'll all be castigated as revisionists.
... to Gleepy, the Suppressive Chicken who suspected fowl play.
