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diseases" nor to improve the
intelligence quotient.
The Government action fol-
lowed a month-long investiga-
tion in which a Food and Drug
inspector posed as a student
OF the Academy Of Scientology.
FDA reported that the build
ings used by the organization
are usually occupied by 100 to
$50 people, including scientol-
ogy students, patients and staff.
The patients, however. are
not called patients but pre-
clears" AS one Of the seized
publications explains:
I'VE have resolved healing.
Clearing. Of course, resolves it
and we can clear"
Another publication says:
There is no known way to
clear anyone without using a
meter. The Hubbard Elec-
trometer is an electronic de-
vice for measuring the mental
state and change Of state of
homo Sapiens."
The device was described by
authorities as one-third of a
lie detector. It was described
as a machine which passes a
small electrical current through
the body Of the person from
one hand to the other and
measures the changes in the
body's resistance to the flow Of
current.
"Sees All, Knows All"
The clearing" process in
wolves the practitioner - or
auditor asking questions
while the "pre-clear" or pa
tient is on the machine. AS
one of the pamphlets advises:
THE E-meter is never wrong.
1t sees all; it knows all. 1t
tells everything"
The question asking process
is known as a security check.
Before starting the eight pages
of questions, the auditor" tells
the "pre-clear" that while we
cannot guarantee you that
matters revealed in this check
will be held forever secret, we
can promise you faithfully that
no part of it nor any answers
you make here will be given to
the police or state"
The "pre-clear" is told that
he or she can pass the test by
to take it, answering
the questions truthfully and
"by not being a member of a
group seeking to
injure scientology."
The questions run the whole
gamut of crime. The pre-
clear" is asked II he has ever
stolen anything, lived under
an assumed name, shoplifted,
forged, blackmailed or been
blackmailed, cheated, Smuggled.
entered a country illegally,
been in prison, embezzled, told
lies in court, peddled dope,
divulged Government secrets,
murdered, kidnapped, betrayed a
trust. plotted to destroy a men,
ber of his family.
Interspersed with the other
questions are these: Are my
queStions EMBARRASSING"
Have you ever been a news
paper reporter" Have you
ever done anything the police
may find out?" Have you ever
done anything your mother
would be ashamed to find out?"
Have you ever had any un-
kind thoughts about L. Ron
Hubbar62"
Science Fiction Writer
Mr.. Hubbard, whose biogra-
ply is included in the material
listed for seizure, is a former
science fiction writer. He in
troduced "dianetics, the mod
ern science of mental health"
in 1850 and moved on to sci
entology" and the electro
meter two years later. Subse-
quently. he established the
Founding Church of Scien-
tology." which also has its
headquarters here.
His Hubbard Association Of |
Scientologists International, ac-
cording to the literature, has
offices in Washington, Los
London, Melbourne, |
Australia; Auckland, New Zea-
land; johannesburg. Union Of
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