Religion orbusiness?Continued from I

payments for these services in ad-vance. When that isn't possible, thechurch has used its own credit unionto lend students some of the moneythey need in order to make advancepayment for courses.

• The church promises studentstheir money back if they're notsatisfied But many of those who havesigned up and paid for courses andwho subsequently have become dis-enchanted with what Scientology hasto offer them say they have run intomajor obstacles in trying to enforcethe money-back guarantee.

• Many key figures- to die localorganizations have come here fromCalifornia. This is particularly |rwe ofthe Delphian Foundation, How muchof the proceeds of the Church ofScientology of Portland and theMission of Davis end up tat higherScientology organizations a Englandor California is uncertain.

• Sewrai present and former mem-bers of'the Church of Scientologysuspect jhat the Mission of Davis, anonprofit California corporationwhich does most of the church'srecruiting Downtown and which alsois active inside the former Jesuitnovitiate in Sheridan, Ore., whichpresently houses the Delphian Foun*.dation, may lie ruft as a franchise thatputs a percentage of its take to the useof its president, Martin Samuels.Samuels, coincidefltaDy, is the execu-tive director of the Delphian Founda-tion.

• Young students in downtownScientology organizations have beenencouraged to move to the DelphianFoundation by means of exaggeratedpromises. Once there, some have beenassigned menial tasks at low wages andhave acted—untrained—as teachersat the Delphian School

• Scientologists have not been sut£jected to the kinds of persecution andharassment by Oregon governmentagencies that have made Scientology acause celebrt nationally. Despite thepractices outlined in this report,Oregon seems to fcawtaEeh a strictlyhands-off approach to the church, itsactivities and its members. .

he Unification Church—• number ofScientologists have been depro-Tammed at the instigation of theirvents. • ." •, .'• - - "• Magazine and newspaper articlesat depict all Scientologists as re-jous cranks and rip-on artists arev , if Portland is any example.

your money back if you're notsatisfied (little matter that the Sci-entologists don't tell you.that thiscourse is recommended for everyonewho take the personality test, thatyou won't be allowed to complete it ifyou don't sign up for a subsequentcourse, and that you'll have a hard

: j sg p p here who swear *y were promised)

Scientology. Quite credibly, they j if you'reoneof those wbo'vesigneddam. that the church s coursesf and? uponAeadviceofa friend, you knowcwinsehng have been of great help to , J r € , d v t h a t t n e c o m m u £ C I t l o n $

* S ? ?FeJ£ctk'-t*me?rl **'course is where you begin." ^ S ^ L ^ S I * f*** m<l In Portland, this introductory:JS*°** t°S^ ^,eo.tob«y *fV .course is giveim the 709 SW SalmonDowntown whose ob u.to sell the fc t ^ j A ^ ^

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poration doing business in Oregon.On paper, the Mission of Davis is

unconnected with the Church ofScientology of Portland, located at333 5W Park Ave. Its prcMartin Samuels, who also is

jident isn charge

streets.This is a lot to take in all at once,

pafticuiarty since the activities of localStientdibgists hitherto have not beentruly subject to public scrutiny.Willamette Week's conclusions .artthe product of dozens of interviews,visits to the different Scientology - , . , . - y , ... ..organizations, extensive readuigs of £•*":• w Sacramento. Caut; *nd inliterature by and about Hubbardand Sheridan, On-. w h ? e h e makes *"*his "celigion," «nd several con- home aad is ihe chief officer of theversatibni with some very persistent £?&}"* Foundation. The Mission ofScientotegyreefliitersontheseeetsof paws' , corporate ties are withDowntowft l ^ w p j the bast way to

W* of Scientologyis iff the context af the extraordmaryoperations of thecturch locally.

I. Getting started

Scientology organization in EnglandOn the other hand, the president of

the Church ef Scientology of Portlandis 29-year-old Dennis Patton. Hischurch's superior organization is thechurch of Scientology in Los Angeles,Calif. According to Patton, the higher

• •••. • • . organizations in -England and Cal-t h e * are basically two ways to get iforni>domostofthetookkeepingfor

involved in the Church of Srien'tofcgy , R f t a r i » Scientology organizations.in Portland One is to have a friend fo f"^- * e

ttwo "e not. * «

who encourages you to go Downtown [sfParal«- f°?™? thing, Patton is theto sign up forrouraes; the other is to "*«***? g e o l o g i s t s ' lingo forbere^mitedoffthestreeL spokesperson) for both organizations

here. Then, the Mission offers onlylow-level Scientology courses, so ad-vancing students are sent from it tothe church of Scientology of Portlandfor further training. Beyond a rela-tively low level (called "Grade IV"),students have to go elsewhere to

If you come in off the street, you aregiven a free introductory lecture andthen are encouraged to take a per-sonality test. No matter what answersyou give on the test, its results will beanalyzed in sucjuufeshion that youwill be to!3 you need the Com-munications Course."

gobtain courses^jo-Los Angeles;Clearwater, Fla.; or to the Saint Hillcampus in East Grinstead, England.

• "Everything in Scientology is doseaccording to Huttayd regulations,"'says Preecs, a former member of theU.S. Air Force. "Scientology regs aredone the same way as military regs."

Then there's "bullbaiting'* inwhich, Preecs says, "a trainee has tomaintain a fixed stare regardless ofinterference. The trainer is another

' student or a member of the staff.It got very personal—.'

like. People hid 'buttons.' Inpbaiting you push on them. These daysfwple have big s « buttons." That is,h i h l l th ithe trainer challenges the trainee

about his or her sex fife* tad the

By comparison with the list ofdifferent corpgrationnet up by Hub-bard over the past £5 years as part ofthe development of the Church ofScientology, Portland's situation issimple: just the church, the two

- missions, and the Delphian Foun-dation—all of this to service perhaps300 staffers and students and what thechurch optimistically estimates to be atotal of 2,000 to 3,000 practicingScientologists locally. .

, H.Tliecommunications course

Ban Preecs, apart-timecopy readerat the Oregon Journal and freelance "Thenextstage,"saysPreecs, "iswriter, is one Pordander who took the • drill in which the trainer had a copycommunications course. He says be of Alice in Wonderland. The trainerhad been to the downtown mission of would Dick a word, say it, and you'dthe church a couple of times before he repeat it. The.' 'The.' And so on.wasjpven the free test—"a fairly You were flunked if you repeated theStanford psychological assessment," word with any inflection,fie tjds. The woman *ho gave him "In all, there were five TRs. Youthe ftst took it to another room to go until you can do all five TRsscore it, then returned to tell Preecs satisfactorily—by mutual agreementhe had a lot of skills, but that he wi&the trainer." '-.•••suffered from, an inability to com- Despite "strong stuff for the nextmunicate. At the time die comma- course" and a "big pitch to jola thelocations course was 125, W be sttB," Preecs did not.finish thesigned up for i t . . communications course during d>e

As Preecs explains the course, jt three weeks he worked po it. Instead,consists of several traiaiflfe ioutin6 he left the organization. V(TRs)thatarework1rdoftunB#ieyall "I was beginning to> realize this hadcan be done successfully together. The: damn little to do with communi-first exercise has the student sit it 4 ? cations.... This organization claimstable until heor she is "flat, "that is, \ to isolve afi problems, release yourwhen dieir thoughts aren't veering oil human potential, .^you'll be an effcc-onto other subjects. That's TR-0. "It 'uvepersoft. But I noticed over luJf thewas almost impossible lot me to get' staff smoked With aO that training,flat." says Preecs. . - . . - v 'they couldn't quit a nasty habit. Also,

Next comes an exercise in which they didn't dp their jobs very well,the student stares at a trainer. "The especially interviewing. After all dusgoal is to lock eyes on a person training diere were'Level 4 stafferswithout blinking, flinching, scratch- who couldn't look you straight in theing, making any movement at alL If eye without twitching."you blink, the trainer says, 'Fluak for Preecs also was concerned about the

He echoes concerns of others thatScientology is more a business than a[digkd. Kh had," he says, "all the

, earmarks of an operation designed toget people in and to get- money fromthem. *~>~ "It may be die most significantreligious development of die 20th

Religion or

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After failing to complete die com-. imunications course, Preecs got diesame treatment as other course-•droppers Willamette Week talked to."The calls at home lasted 1 to 2'months," he says. "They -were verypolite: 'I want to get reality withwhere you are on Scientology.'phone calls were from different peop|• -"Then'diere were letters from)east a dozen people. Tons of mail, Inot one note or phone call fromone person I befriended inorganization. I had a feeling dieturnover was big. They never builtone conversation on another. Thetotal randomness of conversation gottome." •• Despite all this, Preecs says, "It

y , y ,blinking....Resume TR-l,* Ifceseare die only two permwsible com-mahds. Hiey come <fown in specified,indexed orders from Hubbard." TR.-lis called "confront." " '-*

effect of the communications courseon him. "AH these TRs are designedto make you susceptible to suggestion. . . .1 decide4-not4Q.Iet these peoplehave a chance at my~head again."

m " ? 4 ...,OHtsPok«1 opponent of Scientology,^ h e S01 w e r e Ph o n e c a I k a n d '«'»$•Scientology has a reputation forvmdictiveness toward all people itperceives as enemies, particularlyformer members. For example, thec h u r c h does " « « « ' « » to sue forfi**'. «s Julie Christofferson learned*hen she held a press conference toexplain her own legal complaint thisW sp™^ (see below).

"Never cfeleiija Scientology withthe critic," Hubbard has written."Just discuss his or her crimes."

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Pfeecs account of the conanu-:nications course is similar to several ,£„,*» ^ ^ °others'. The training -•-----» ~ """**»« •» thing else that goes bo in Scientology.

suggest duntology's communications course

' similar to introductory courses offeredby groups like est and lifespring.And, like diose courses, die com-munications course ''works" fora lotof people.

As a young Portland lawyer whostarted die communications coursetwice but now doesn't want his nameused in connection with Scientology,says, "I must say there's some realvalue in being able to look someone indie eye.""

„ die cost is 148 today. By comparison,is ...*.:i.~ ^s t , gaj pj,. f ^ ^

_.. „ students frequently are toldneed 50 or 100 hours of auditing

's possible tois. much ascaching themtology training. Then, too, 'dienrnmunications course does not offer

teachings of Scientology. Thatns with die nextudent Hat") in which, for

students are taught diatquestions diey have concemihg Hub-

what Scientology can do for eachstudent, PromifU uf-msults aretailored to each student's needs andworries. The sales person often arguesdiat die' student has enjoyed being indie communications course and hasenjoyed being with busy, youngpeople who are communicating better.Why not stay in such an environment,especially if it will do so much for you?If the student agrees, die sales personsays he or she must check with a board

J2O.00O or $3&\©90. to see what course of study ishighest levels of 'so- appropriate. Frequendy, die prescrip-

~ " don includes 50 or more hours ofauditing at around 150 per hour,payable in advance. . . - *•-••" '

the only problem is die money.The next course after communicationscosts'around 1250 (perhaps morenow, because all of Scientology's

-•. ^ B » ? ^ f « 5 o w e v f ' w l s * o u I > « d Urd's teachings result from a mis- offerings have been increasing in price-by the fands-of people nmn«ng the ^ j S h i f l rf "3 d fo th l s t six or-.by the fands-of people nmn«ng the influence <rf a

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.involved were really desperate. •.seekers of true frith Most hadsubstantial socialization problem*.They were not successful persons indie broadest sense of die word" tigation,. Also: "i didn't want some of die across five separate cases in whichpeople I saw running around messing individuals resorted to lawyers inwith itiy psyche." • -'• •• • attempts to get targe amounts of

Thcjugh it seems hard to believe, money back from Scientology here, todie effectiveness of die commuhica-. Portland (In dtree, seme mpneytions course as a way to get students to eventually was returned to the parsonpay what sometimes amounts to asking for h; two cases are yet to bedwusands of dollars in advance for .'jsettWL) '.. . '•" . -• •.•.••'"• • :

further courses must be subtle. (Like • What is astounding is die ease and

3 per cent a month for die last six orseven months). It is on this score diatScientology is particularly successful

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di ifi i putup^a^a^togeiumsofmoKy letters, to suggest specific language totor furtner courses,. • - • d '

From, the stories of these five, it is^ h i

gy , t i c a d Jutaccording to specific instmctions fromriubt>ar<tj) .. . .

For example, Willamette Week m, t e of thes five, ttalked to several Portlanders who had ; c l e ^ . t . t h e communi«Hons cours^begun die commumcatiofts course, .succeeds m making at least some ofbut had not finished it. None was .'the students who take it quickaware that die church would not allow believers in the assertion that 5athem tountil he or

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necessary, their cost is deducted fromdie money raised) But if die studentcan't come up with the full amount

i d d f hnext one. Instead, these people just ." In addition, it seems the Mission ofdropped out and did not return. .Davis has some very effective sales thd u

Nor were they particularly aware ** " " "' •-*•-*•-*-•-» ~ - ** s t a f l

diat the Sdentologists use die com-munications course to see if studentshave resources to pay for extensivecourse work and counseling. Ex-scientologists tell us the church doesthis to determine whether to en-courage students to become staff

y &p p , 4one of whsfli—-laird Or-ruthens—got frequent mention in ourJnvest^aiion.• "He'f one of thosepeople who coald sell you anything,"we were told • • ' • I

The saies pitch apparently has twofoci. One is that Scientology is doing alot of good works on * national

members (who get course work and scale—for example, helping Newauditing free in return for wcrk for die York police figh^crJcnc^ formingchurch), or to encourage them to godirectly into auditing and coursework.

required to meet die cost of thecourse of study, djen

members can refer thestudent to Scientology's credit union,called die "Freedom Federal CreditUnion," where, students from 1975say, die interest rate was between 7and 10 per cent. (Patton says hedoesn't know if die Mission of Davisstill uses die credit union.)

Scientology's promises, too, arealleged to be extraordinary. Forp g p v g

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IV. The money-back" guarantee

Though Scientology is quick to takea student's money in advance forcourses and auditing, it appearsreluctant to make good on its money-back guarantee. • • . -

A student who wants his or hermoney back is ignored by peoplehigher up in the organization. If thestudent persists, he or she iscomplex form to fill but. \S i l 'Scientology's younger ccfivertpoorly trained that-they need

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[Part offilling out the form requires goingthrough several hoops within thedowntown organization, and in sodoing the disenchanted student canexpect to encounter a great deal ofunpleasantness. '-• • • ' '

Finally, if all is done correctly, themoney the student has in his or heraccount balance at the church will bereturned minus a service charge of asmuch as 12'/a per cent of the total.

Those ex-students who have goneto lawyers instead of trying to wadetheir ways through this forbidding andexpensive bureaucratic process havehad more luck. In the majority ofcases, the threat of a suit has beenenough to get the money bade

V. Where does themoney come from?

This is the simplest question toanswer about Scientology. The moneyis generated by sales of Hubbard'sbooks, by charges lor auditing, by feesfor courses and by gifts. '

First off, even the briefest Sd-entology brochures have price tags,and Scientology dGSTa steady trade in

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the wide atray 0 6 more expensive li ien there mtist be salaries for staffHubbard boob and course materials, people. But most of them don't dress

Auditing costs $47 per hour, and or behave as if they 're making a greatany Scientologist worth his or her salt deal of money, and many are doingpurchases at least 50 hours 0/much of their work in return for freeauditing.

Then, the courses—there aremany—that follow the introductorycommunications course are increas-

mditing or courses.Other expenditures are less obvious.

ror one, Scientology generates a hugemount of paper. New publications

mgly expensive. ITKOassVm course sort up all Sie time, and internalalone requires a "donation" of memoranda are everywhere. CarefulI J , 500—less 5 per cent if the files are kept oft every student Urn'donationis made "well in advance." downtown offices are equipped trftfi

It took very little looking around for Telexes and paper shredders. Afl Mius to turn up several Poitlanders, hi^ucfatic mijhma^ and disectiveseach of whom claims to have paid from LRH (as rfubbard frequency isScientology several thousand dollars tdmed to) must cost jsajwey. Andwithout taking any high-level courses, anyone who gets 00 Scientology'sIfcese are people who have left ifte mailing list staysm it for a^es. *-.»•;church. Obviously, those who have Still, these expenses cannot be 10stayed in have paid* lot more in cash great as to soak up all the church'sand irt staff work. . . ; pnxtt^j. Practically everyone who's

Finally, "there are the gifts. James been a part of Scientology or who'sand Edwin Condon, heirs to the B.P. looked at it wonders where theJohn furniture-manufacturing for- money's going. As the focal lawyerrune, each gave the Delphian Foun- who twice started the communicationsdatioft $100,000 in 1975, $km &«> ««*tfse says, /'There's a tot of cashthere have been other substantial gifts generated by the church. Somebody'sto the foundation. getting £»t, 1 think." "

IVI. Where does the *««*• f, **<**"* <*&*?«£^ ogyofj»o«lfnd, at least onthefcasisof

y g appearances, is not making a bundle_ s, jutaraBy, hthemost «fifficult'd^# »««ofo£r.Mission of D«*is

question to answer about Scientology. President Samuels reportedly travels aThere are obvious expenses, like rent. Jot and has fcncy living quarters.

o the f<

This,

however. Historically, church mis-sions have been run as franchises

ing their directors, whilees pay directly to the. mother

church. "When I was taking clas-ses," one Scientologist told us,"people referred to them as fran-chises. They get a eyfc" ." ;.

By Patton's admission, centralSdentology organizations in Englandand in Los Angeles are getting some

m.__w focal money. Aad there** the obvious4 by the way, derided question whether much of that money

to close down his drugstore inde- goes to Hubbard It is not questionedpendent of the Scientologists'interests that Stientolbgy has made Hubbard ain expanding. Now a druggist for Fred millionaire—rather, different pressMeyer, he says, "They were very reports debate how many times overnumerous jn customer accounts, buy- Hubbard is one and whether he's stilling a lot of cigarettes and candy. I had raking money in. All the Scientologya sense they were making a lot of l»oks and study materials are copy-money. They never bugged anybody, righted to Hubbard, and he couldBasically, they're very young, in their "lake a tidy sum off the royalties fromearly 20s.")' " • • them alone. . ———-"

on the two downtown headquartersand on the new offices of the Missionof Davis at the southwest corner ofSW Broadway and SW Salmon Street.On this site, Scientology ••s6fa<ttwi|—severil of them from Sacramento,Calif.—have been working since Aprilto refurbish what was formerly All*red's Downtown Drugstore. Thework that's been done there isimpressive, but the cent" > is steep—over $ 1,000 per month plug utilities.

What most observers lorget, how-ever, is that Scientology must payhuge legal fees. For the church hiresgood lawyers and works them hard.

Finally there are rumors in Portlandthat one of Hubbard's dictates abouthis organizations is that they keepreserve accounts with banks. Theaccounts are supposed to be largeenough to support continued opera-tions of the church for two yearswithout income from other sources.

; VII. The localorganizations' lack of.5: . candorPerhaps the strongest understand-

ing this investigation left us aboutScientology is that its organizationsare aot candid. This failing mani-fested itself In several ways.

For example, Patton, the spokes-person for both Scientology organiza-tions Downtown, spent large parts oftwo afternoons with Willamette Weekin late August. He seemed to be doinghis best to answer our questions, yet(he answers he gave seemed unneces-sarily vague and evasive. "I'm notsure"and "I don't know.. .exactly"were frequent responses. • -. f=r—r; J«w« turn to pdse 9

Religion or]Iw^siness?Continued from 5

Even when asked about fees forcourses, Patton professed ignorance.

\'H don't know they set fees for'courses," he told us the first after-: noon. He agreed to get them for us the'next day. But when we asked him for[them*, he replied, "Prices? There arenot any I could find, except what theRegistrars [of the church] have."'After more questioning, Patton al-lowed as how a complete course inScientology could cost between$1,000 and the price of a new car.

When asked whether the Mission ofDavis was run as a franchise withSamuels taking a cut off the top,Patton sai'd, "I don't know how itworks." ~"~T

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This was frustrating, as Pattoo uthe only person allowed to answer fardie organizations Downtown, and heb president of the church, which putsmost of its efforts into coursework andauditing. . . .'

Patton denied the existence of manyof the policies and practices of the"church outlined elsewhere in thisarticle." From.what we have seen of theChurch of Scientology,

What the article does not say is thatthe photographs'were not taf erf by aJournal photographer, that Splon-skowskt is not the name presently usedby the article's author, and that theauthor is a Scientologist

When Gayle Karol, editor of theliving section, was apprised of thesefacts, she felt she had been taken. The

her toin the

iwntown persuadedWphiin Foundation

— of 1975 instead of followingher plan to go to college where she hada scholarship waiting. She charges shewas told she "could attend school atthe Church of Scientology's DelphianFoundation and, following suchstudy, be able to obtain a degree inarchitecture or engineering at anycollege in the country merely bytaking a test." .

When she got to the foundation.

.._. goes VP> w»vc< A S ranonhimself told us, "Basically, myoperation is external from thechurdt." He also made it dear thatthough he is the president of the fecalchurch, he is not very far along withhis course work. "I'm oo Grade

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One special routine involves placinga yellow light «|tt*f *•fh~ dining roomto signify diat visitors are present.When h's lit, Delphi residents are totidy up for meals and are not to makeScientology-related announcements.

Another is simply to keep certainportions of die former Jesuit novitiateofibounds to visitors. , -

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. In June, during die downtoWparade celebrating die Trail Blazers'!National Basketball Association'

Vin. A Scientology, success story

milmeU* Wuk's investigationalso turned up a world of Scientologythat's quite «Part fro™ the wheelingand dealing of die downtown orga-nizations and die deceptions of dieDelphian Foundation. That's theworld of sincere, dwughtful, com-mitted Scientologists.. One such person in Portland is32-year-old Robin Rkkabaugh, whoputs out Rainbow magazine. "I got

therestaurant and claimed KYTEdisc jockey "Unde" Don Wright ashonorary chairman.

Yes, there is a winner of die prizeand, y&k Larry Steele will ha ve dinnerwith him at The London GriH. ,

But Watty Scales, the Blazers'promotions director who aide diearrangements, says he was not in-formed of the Delphiafl School's

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agreed to supply Steele for the dinner..tfhe'aknowJB,he says, " W e ' d W eprobably researched it."

"Uncle'' Don says, **They assuredme thsr* were no complete tie-inswith the church., I had to dig it outof them about the Hubbarddiing," >

The Delphians flew Wright to dieif*school before die b3ce-*thon and

. "told me ajout the success stories."Later, die organizers of the bike-a-thon told him it raised about$26,000. ; .

They've got some good tools,*''

got some ESP out of it, "butd»ere's so much more. It enables oneto fust Jiandle dungs better. " •-'• •

' "I had a lot of emotional problemsdut were helped I was afraid to talk topeople. I'd have had trouble talking toyou. Basically, now I'm not afraid to

|talk to anybody."1 When we »sked Hkiabaugh aboutdie questionable practices we haduncovered in die local church andmission, he said, "A lot of people thatget into Sdentology are so excited

say

It's die same diing with money. Thepeople are so into it, diey feel that byany educal means they should get diemoney for die processing. .

"I don't diink anybody's bongtaken advantage of deliberately. Itwould feel like it's pressure, I suppose.I don't think there's any mindcontrol. What Scientology does is giveyou a mind of your own.

"My impression," says Ricka-Wright. "The resfof it is bull; b»ugh.,"is dut die people who havePeople get confused between the; P"*'6™5 w t h . Scientology are snf-nizaKon and $& t<?ok" Despite i f e r i n* bom * understanding sorrle-

Ms feeling, Wright went ahead and t w h e r e-bicycled in die bike-»thon. "It was!die same thing that I ran 20 miles fordie cancer society.**

You might dunk these brazenpublic relations ploys would catch upwith die Church of Scientology anddie Delphian Foundation. Instead, sofar these organizations have been diebeneficiaries of Portland's civic-minded generosity.

"It would not affect me if I fouttd: Hubbard was a fraud or die whole

thing was a total fraud I'd bereally disappointed, but there's somuch I've gotten."

When we asked about Scientology'slack pf forthrightness, he said, "I'mconvinced you're getting die reporterrun around," and noted that Sden-tology has setteiwecustomed to bad

^iress and government persecution. •

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Cfiurch has troubleBy RICHARD H. MEEKER

As Scientology's membership otinues to grow and as the church'scoffers become ever fuller, it's inter-

mu$th.vehadsog»«hiogin

The Church of Scientology ofCalifornia, wttcfe h*s not Wgranted tax-e*enipi sum *s . ft&gk,u5 orgaaiattm by the Intern«l ."•>« t r *Revenue Service, seems to do the countenue*

: Clear-

largely offrom" California moved to Sheridan,Ore., to begin the Delphian Founda-tion. The story documents bow theorganization disingenuously has triedto hide its ties to the Church ofScientology.

Another example of new-some-seeking by Scientologists occu&ed ona different scale in Ctearwater, Fta.There, in the £»U ol 1975, • town

landmark, the 246-room, II. story'Tort Harrison Hotel, was sof| t>y its

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several days, writers Stephen AdVOHtand Mask Sabieman showered theSun '$ readws with ipfoMMtjoa iboutthe practices of Sciehtowgy and of itsfounder i . Son Hubbard Again.Scientologists sued

' f called Advofcat to see whatbeen die upshot of all this.

buyer United! Cburd,te# Ffendl,bought t nearfey lank MdA»g too,bnngmg the total ptwi^a^' price tp$2,850,000 inmb. ' f

But then theaearwater5«rt started Fort HarrisoaJus become a Sden-nosmg around. By January J976 it rology "flag base" instead ef worldhad tracedi the purchase money to a headquarters, and Hubbard « not inbank irt Luxembourg, and Qear- residence, though he hadL4-visited,water s mayor, Gabnel Cazares, and "Apparently what they're doing atfether citizens were asking for a further Fort Harrison is maintaining advancedl/1!!fSt£atK?" • L t « • -,. d v $ e s f*e " ^ optnsiw part oft By March, with Fort Hamsoji suTT Scientology training} There are aboutilosed, the Sun had discovered that 500 regular staff. Students come toUnited Churches of Florida was a and out from aO over the country,wholly owned subsidiary of the Advokat also told me the flag baseChurch of Scientology of California, was denied a property-tax exemptiooThe Sun came to the conclusion t&at last year and "a Ipeciai masterScientology was going to attempt to recommended against [their renewedmake Clearwater its new world head- application] today " 'Quarters and that L Ron Hubbard Finally, Advokat said that what had)ijnight even adopt the sun-drenched been a "charged atmosphere" in?glorida community as his retirement Clearwater "has calmed down.!

, They're not proselytizing here." •{

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dollar suit vs. Scieiito- The following are excerpts fromJulie Christoffenon's multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the Church ofScientology of Portland, the Church ofScientology, Mission of Davis, theDelphian Foundation, Martin Sun'-,uels, Laird Carruthers and others.

The Porriand church has not yetfiled responsive pleadings in the case.Local officials decline to talk about anyof the specific charges. -

Before July, 1975 and April, 1976,in Oregon Defendants made die fol-lowing representations to Plaintiffregarding die sponsorship, status,characteristics, ingredients, uses,benefits, character or qualities of diecourses or goods offered by Defen-dants:

$nJDENTHATAN&COMMVNICATlOmtOimSE(1) Defendants' communication

course would provide more knowledgeof the mind than is possessed by anypsychologist or psychiatrist;

1(2) The communication course m i

his own. emotions and the physical

. ( l l )L. RonHubbard, the creator ofI auditing, is an engineer and nuclear

physicist and a graduate of ^ewgejWashiBgtonliiiivlrsiry; . . r j

. Defendants further induced Plaintiffs!; to engage in the study of - 'Dianetics''

by making the following representa-tions: ;- : :'••• . ••'

(1_) Dianetics is scientificaBy prov- *• W e ; ' ; • • . " , . .

(13) DianetJcs cures asthma, arth-' ritis, rheamatism, ulcers, toothaches, -' pneumonia, colds» and color blind-' ness; -j (14) L Ron Hubbard revealed DU-; netics to mankind as a service ~". humanity, with no intent to1 therefrom;

De/endants further indq i t f j | | | ^ a n 4 1 v |

Nebrasla;

(4) The stiwient HAT courseenables a student to understand an,subject better and more accurately;

(5) No ©ther course of study canproduce the results of the studentHAT course; .

Defendants further induced Plaintiffto engage in a program known asf" editing" ty making the folbwingin presentations: r

(6) Auditing relieves the affects of *pi« experiences;

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