Alt.religion.scientology
Week in Review Volume 6, Issue 8
6/10/2001
by Rod Keller [rkeller@...]
copyright 2001

Alt.religion.scientology Week in Review summarizes the most significant
postings from the Usenet group Alt.religion.scientology for the preceding
week for the benefit of those who can't follow the group as closely as
they'd like. Out of thousands of postings, I attempt to include news of
significant events, new affidavits, court rulings, new contributors,
whatever. I hope you find it useful. Like many readers of a.r.s, I have a
kill file. So please take into consideration that I may not have seen some
of the most significant postings.

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> Norbert Bluem

A press release announced the winner of the annual award by the
European-American Citizens Committee for Human Rights and Religious
Freedom in the USA.

'On June 10, Germany's former Labor Minister Norbert Bluem (CDU) will be
distinguished with the human rights award from the 'European-American
Citizens Committee for Human Rights and Religious Freedom in the USA.'
Bluem is being honored because of his spirited involvement in the
discussion with the Scientology Organization and because of his concern
for human rights and religious freedom.

'Bluem was the only German federal minister so far who has had the courage
to gain knowledge of the facts and make a personal effort to publicly come
to terms with the Scientology Organization. His clear words encouraged
those people who had felt the effect of the Scientology Organization, and
he had also set the standard for the politics of the day for his fellow
politicians.'

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> Faith-Based Groups

The Toledo Blade published an editorial on June 4th supporting a U.S.
Supreme Court decision on a religious marker in Indiana.

"By refusing to hear challenges to a lower court ruling prohibiting a Ten
Commandment marker on city property in Elkhart, Ind., the high court let
that ruling stand. The boundary between church and state is not to be
trifled with under the guise of secular significance. The Ten
Commandments, explained Justice John Paul Stevens in defending the court's
refusal to intervene in the Indiana case, clearly express a particular
religious preference with the salutation, 'I am the Lord thy God.'

"Other faiths honor different deities and espouse different doctrine.
Would every courthouse or city hall in the country that has planted a Ten
Commandments monument be willing to give equal time to the tenets of say,
the Church of Scientology, or the beliefs of Buddhism?"

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> Missions

Jeff Jacobsen reported the opening of two Scientology missions in the
Clearwater area.

"Two new Dianetics/Scientology centers have opened in towns south of
Clearwater, in Bellair Bluffs in a strip mall in a side walkway where you
can't tell it's there unless you walk back there, and one in Sarasota."

The Los Angeles Times reported on June 8th that a new location has been
opened for the Glendale Scientology mission.

"The community is invited to the opening ceremony of the Church of
Scientology Mission at 2 p.m. Sunday at its new location, 222 1/2 N. Brand
Blvd."

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> Clearwater

The St. Petersburg Times published letters to the editor on June 7th from
Scientologists opposed to a recent editorial criticizing Scientology for
the behavior of its private investigators.

"The message of your editorial is clear: that the state attorney shouldn't
ever prosecute a crime committed against a Scientologist or by an attacker
of the church, lest he submit himself to the Times' abuse. As the Times is
well aware, Sunshine Act documents revealed a 20-year pattern of having
never prosecuted a single crime committed against the church. During that
same time the Clearwater Police Department obsessively investigated any
allegation against the Church of Scientology in an effort to get them.

"The most recent concerned the prosecution of the Lisa McPherson case.
Documents now revealed have confirmed every allegation made by the church
regarding the improper manner in which that investigation was conducted,
including the ignorance of overwhelming evidence disproving the
allegations.

"Since that time, we have merely tried to move forward. Both times the
state attorney has prosecuted members of the Lisa McPherson Trust, the
trial has become one on the church. The only 'evidence' of a 'set-up' was
the silver-tongued words of a skilled criminal defense attorney trying to
keep his client out of jail. The defense relied on a single 'witness' who
was another of Robert Minton's paid employees, kicked out of the church a
decade ago. Now you have turned that innuendo into fact.

"Mary Story, vice president, Church of Scientology"

"By innuendo, your editorial suggests that Scientology should be condemned
because a private investigator was utilized to determine whether Jesse
Prince was violating the law. As you must know, there is nothing illegal
or immoral about that concept. Your hate of Scientology causes you to
criticize a religion for doing something that is done every day by private
citizens across this country. Unfortunately, it is pretty obvious that
your hate of Scientology causes you to color the truth.

"Ronald K. Cacciatore, P.A., Tampa"

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> Ray Emmons

Rob Clark reported that Scientology has filed complaints against private
investigator Ray Emmons, who worked for the Lisa McPherson Trust during
the Jesse Prince trial.

"The nut cult has filed complaints with the PI licensing department in
Florida against the Ray Emmons PI firm. This is apparently a preemptive
strike by Raftery, Gaston et al against the inevitable complaint
concerning the crimes these cult PIs committed during the frame-up of
Jesse. These crimes would include possession of marijuana with intent to
distribute, possession of marijuana, misprision of felony, conspiracy to
do all the same, and a number of other offenses and ethics violations."

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> France

The South China Morning Post published an article on June 1st on the
recently passed French law to prevent abuse by cults.

"French anti-sect laws, although supported by the majority of the
population, have provoked a storm of protest inside the country and
abroad. The legislation has been criticized for going far beyond seeking
to prevent activities such as mass cult suicides. It has come under fire
for being too vague and too broad, enabling action to be taken against
harmless religious groups with minority views.

"'This law will allow the judicial authorities to dissolve any religion,
any spiritual or other group labeled 'sect-like'. The law attacks the
essence of freedom of conscience and association in France,' wrote Daniele
Gounord in a newspaper of the Church of Scientology, one of the groups
threatened by the new legislation.

"They have also been attacked by the established religions, human-rights
groups, European politicians and the United States administration. They
have been described as delivering a crushing blow to religious freedom. A
major concern is that the laws will be used by governments in other
countries to justify their own crackdowns on minority religious groups.
Joseph Grieboski, the president of the Washington-based Institute on
Religion and Public Policy, said: 'This law makes the practice of one's
religion into a criminal offence. The passage of this piece of legislation
has potentially significant repercussions for religious believers of all
faiths in France and around the world. The Government of Hong Kong is
closely monitoring the development of this law as a model, potentially to
move against the Falun Gong.'

"The testimony warned of the 'ripple effects' of the French laws. 'There
is growing evidence that anti-cult attitudes in France, for example, are
being spread to countries of the former socialist bloc [in Europe] as well
as to China,' the committee was told. 'Lawmakers and administrators in
such countries use anti-cult initiatives of the minority [of] Western
European states that advocate so-called anti-sect actions as justification
for even harsher measures which have adverse impacts on a wide range of
smaller but legitimate religious groups.'

"There are two parts of the French law that are particularly
controversial. It had originally included provisions to make 'mental
manipulation' a crime. The clause was dropped after widespread criticism
that it was phrased in such broad terms that it could even catch Catholic
nuns or campaigning politicians. But critics say it has, instead, been
slipped into the French criminal code under another name. The new crime,
carrying a maximum sentence of five years' imprisonment, would allow
prosecutions for the abuse of a person 'in a state of psychological or
physical dependence caused by the exertion of heavy or repeated pressure
or techniques liable to alter his judgment' in circumstances where the
offender did an act that is 'seriously prejudicial' to the victim. This
part of the law has come under fire for leaving it up to judges to decide
what can be regarded as 'seriously prejudicial'.

"Another provision that has caused concern enables courts to order that
groups be dissolved if two leading members are convicted of a crime. This
could lead to such action being taken even if the crimes concerned were
relatively minor. It has been argued that this will punish innocent
members of a group for the conduct of other individuals, depriving them of
the right to practise their religion freely.

"The leaders of the Catholic and Protestant churches in France have
written to Prime Minister Lionel Jospin expressing their 'reservations'
about the law. But advocates of the anti-sect crackdown argue it has
nothing to do with religious freedom. They say religious groups have
misunderstood the laws which are aimed at protecting people from crimes
such as fraud and child abuse.

"Catherine Picard, a National Assembly member who co-wrote the bill, said:
'We don't care about religion, that's not our problem . . . You can
worship an orange in your kitchen as long as you don't disturb public
order, as long as you don't force people and don't act in illegal ways.'"

An email sent to Scientologists, urging them to protest the passage of the
French law.

"If you only go to one of these all year, we need you here. Hundreds of
us. People are protesting at the same time in SF, NY, DC, Houston,
Chicago, Ptld and all over Europe. We will be one huge group around the
world shouting one message. It just won't do to say that LA had less than
any of these other places. Executive Director of the Foundation, Joave
Goode, will be there and she just got back from France. See what she has
to say.

"We need to go there with our bodies to show that we strongly disapprove
of the passing of this outrageous bill! Conservative Christian leaders are
now supporting us in Europe. We need to make a showing that matches their
support and our displeasure at having this bill go through.

"French President, Jacques Chirac has less than 10 days to derail what
they are calling, 'The Bill to Strengthen the Prevention and Repression of
Sectarian Groups Liable to Undermine Human Rights and Fundamental
Freedom.' Talk about the criminal mind accusing others of what they are
guilty of!! (see HCOB 'Criminal Mind')"

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> Keith Henson

Keith Henson was released from a Canadian jail this week. He had been
arrested for allegedly entering Canada without disclosing a conviction in
California for interfering with a religion, Scientology. Now Magazine
published an article on Keith prior to his release.

"It's an unshaven and frazzled-looking Keith Henson who shuffles into the
converted jail cell used as a hearing room Thursday morning at the Metro
West Detention Centre. He's in broad-rims, jail-issue orange jumpsuit and
blue canvas runners that he's wearing like flip-flops because they're too
small for his feet. A flap of grey hair is swooshed over a bald spot on
the top of his head. He looks like he should be out in a backyard
somewhere pruning roses, but it turns out that Henson is on the lam,
wanted for failing to show for a sentencing hearing in his native
California back on May 16. He was convicted on a charge of 'making threats
to interfere with freedom to enjoy a constitutional privilege' i.e., the
right of Scientologists to practise their religion. A misdemeanour.

"The foot-high stack of documents sitting in a file in front of Irene
Dicaire, the senior lawyer with Immigration who will be making the case
against Henson's release, doesn't paint a flattering portrait of the
activist. 'There's a certain psychological profile that emerges,' Dicaire
says. 'As far as we understand, Mr. Henson is an explosives expert who has
threatened to target sites involving the Church of Scientology. 'It's not
known at this time,' Dicaire adds ominously, 'if this may involve any
Canadian targets.' There may be information coming on that later, but the
cop at 52 Division with the supposedly incriminating evidence is on
vacation and won't be back until Monday.

"It's all sounding a little fishy to Henson's lawyer, Joel Sandaluk. If
the threat were serious enough, presumably, the police would have acted on
it by now. His client hasn't been charged with anything, yet now Dicaire
is asking the adjudicator to detain Henson on evidence that hasn't been
presented and is not properly before the board. 'This is all very
vaporous,' says Sandaluk. He's trying his best not to sound too
dismissive about the 'bomb threats' - musings on the Internet about the
ease with which an ICBM could be aimed at Scientology - that Henson's
alleged to have made.

"'This alleged threat is so completely grandiose as to require a complete
suspension of disbelief,' Sandaluk says. He makes a persuasive argument.
But it's an open-and-shut case. Henson is wanted in the U.S. And while
even the adjudicator in this case agrees he may not be a threat to the
public, she rules that Henson poses a flight risk. Release denied.

"The official police line is that Keith Henson was picked up because he
failed to tell immigration authorities when he entered Canada that he was
facing a sentencing hearing in the U.S. But it's clear that Scientology
had something to do with the arrest. 'Yeah, we called the cops,' says
Buttnor. Detective constable Phil Glavin, the officer in charge of
Henson's arrest, says it's not at all unusual for heavily armed police to
pick up someone who's wanted for a misdemeanour offence. In any event,
it's not his job to determine how real a danger Henson poses. He's wanted.
He was arrested. 'We hunt people down that are fugitives in Canada,'
Glavin says. 'It doesn't matter what you've done. You're wanted. You don't
belong in Canada. You're arrestable. We arrest you.'

"Henson says he's planning to file a claim for refugee status in Canada.
He calls the allegations against him 'ridiculous,' and says Scientology's
attempts to silence its Internet critics are to him 'as vile and
disturbing as somebody coming into town and burning your newspaper down.'
Time in jail is not going to keep him from criticizing Scientology. 'This
is a serious fight.'"

Gregg Hagglund posted a press release about Keith's release from jail.

"Henson, an American, fled the US fearing fears that he would be
persecuted in prison after being convicted for his public criticism of the
church of scientology. He was convicted under an obscure clause of
California law that forbids 'interfering with a religion.' 'I'm just glad
to be out and in Canada,' says Henson from the home of his sponsor,
Toronto Scientology critic Gregg Hagglund.

"Today, he was released and his application for refugee status was
accepted. Henson was represented by the law firm of Mamman and Associates.
Decision about that status might take up to two years. For the present,
Henson will remain in Toronto. He says he's not going to stop fighting
what he sees as injustices perpetrated by the cult. ' I was calling
attention to scientology's callous disregard for human life.' says Henson.
'I just wish I'd been able to do it in my own country.'"

From The Register on June 8th:

"Scientology critic Keith Henson has been released from a Canadian jail
where he'd been detained since 28 May on suspicion that he gave incomplete
information to Immigration when he entered the country. Henson, who's
given the CoS a good deal of perfectly legal grief on Usenet, was
inexplicably convicted of interfering with a religion by a California
court on 26 April."

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> Protest Summary

Bruce Pettycrew reported a protest in Mesa, Arizona on June 9th.

"We arrived at 8:30 before the org was open, no cars in the lot. By 9:15
when we left, there were 7 cars and 9 people; One person was dropped off,
and of the other vehicles, only a white van had 2 people. There were a
number of pedestrians, most hurrying for a nearby bus stop, but we gave
out 3 leaflets (2 Xenu and 1 LMT) and talked to two people about why we
were there."

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> Salt Lake City

The Salt Lake Tribune reported on June 9th that Scientology held lectures
on drugs and toxins.

"June is 'Drug and Toxin Free Month' for The Church of Scientology, which
is conducting lectures for those who want to be free of the ravages of
drugs/toxins. The lectures are Tuesday and June 19 and 26 at 7 p.m. at the
church, 1931 S. 1100 East, Salt Lake City."

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> Reed Slatkin

The New York Post reported on June 5th that Scientologist Reed Slatkin has
settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission charges that he ran a
Ponzi investment scheme.

"By Xenu! Reed Slatkin's out of the investment game for good - but he may
not be out of the woods. Earthlink founder and alleged Ponzi scheme
operator Slatkin has cut a deal with the SEC.

"He convinced hundreds of California bigwigs - including celebrities and
fellow Scientologists who believe in Xenu - to let him invest up to $230
million of their money. He allegedly paid old investors with new
investors' money instead of actually investing it.

"Slatkin signed a 'consent to entry of judgment and permanent injunction'
decree with the Securities and Exchange Commission last Thursday. He
agreed not to violate federal securities laws in the future, but neither
denied nor admitted any wrongdoing. The agreement says the SEC can fine
him if he is found guilty of swindling investors, and it can force him to
repay them.

"The situation is similar to bankruptcy: If Slatkin has a spare $230
million, he will pay back his investors, such as 'Boiler Room' star
Giovanni Ribisi, plus penalties to the SEC. If not, they will get a
portion of what they are owed."

From the Pacific Coast Business Times on June 8th:

"The bankruptcy of Earthlink co-founder Reed Slatkin could bring
multi-million dollar losses to a pair of California banks. The two largest
debts listed by Slatkin in his bankruptcy filing on May 1 were a $5
million loan from Pacific Century Bank and a $4 million loan from Union
Bank of California.

"Allan Landon, Pacific Century's vice chairman and chief financial
officer, told the Business Times that if Slatkin's debt is not recovered,
the loss would represent around 10 percent of the bank's quarterly
provision for loan loss. 'There's no good $5 million loss,' Landon said.
'We have loans to borrowers in a number of circumstances, but we think we
have enough [loan loss provision] to cover them.'

"In the quarter ended March 31, Pacific Century set aside $52.5 million
for loan losses, nearly double the amount set aside in the fourth quarter
of 2000. 'The increased provision was due to the recognition of net loan
losses totaling $97.7 million related to exiting several higher risk
credit relationships,' the earnings report stated.

"'We've made a concentrated effort to increase our credit risk,' Landon
said, citing the increased loan loss provision as one part of that
strategy. Pacific Century is based in Los Angeles but its largest unit is
the Bank of Hawaii.

"Slatkin declared assets of $16.7 million, primarily in real estate and
Earthlink stock. According to U.S. Bankruptcy Court documents, he has
until May 16 to file the required documents, or risk having his bankruptcy
dismissed."

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> Spain

El Pais reported that the trial of Spanish Scientologists in Madrid will
go forward without Heber Jentzsch.

"The judgment against 16 members of the Church of the Scientology began
yesterday in the Hearing of Madrid in spite of the absence of the main
defendant and world-wide leader of this organization, Heber Jentzsch. The
court decided to judge the 16 criminals who attended, the majority members
of Dianetics and Narconon, and to hold another trial of Jentzsch if he
ever returns to Spain. The US Department of Justice sent a fax to the
Hearing of Madrid indicating that it was unable to serve the subpoena upon
Jentzsch.

"The decision to go on with the trial was contested by the public
prosecutor, who announced the possibility of appealing to the Supreme
Court because he considers that Jentzsch (who faces possible sentences of
a total of 56 years of jail for 12 crimes: injuries, illicit association,
threats and fiscal fraud, among others) is a fundamental part of this
trial. The 16 charged who appeared will be tried without their leader.

"Today, the parties will raise their previous questions and soon the
interrogations will begin. The public prosecutor imputes a ten of crimes
to these 16 defendant, and demands for them 26 years of jail."

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> John Travolta

The Associated Press published an article on June 6th on the career of
Scientology celebrity John Travolta.

"Last year, he lost with 'Lucky Numbers' and then crashed with
'Battlefield Earth,' which tied the record for the most Golden Raspberry
Awards. (It got seven Razzies - for worst movie, actor, screen couple,
supporting actor, supporting actress, director and screenplay.) This
month, he returns with 'Swordfish,' a high-tech thriller in which he stars
as a cool megalomanic who enlists a computer hacker to steal massive
amounts of federal money.

"Travolta produced and starred as a leather-clad giant alien with
dreadlocks and huge hands in the screen adaptation of Church of
Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard's novel. Though even Silver calls it
'goofy,' 'ludicrous' and 'a giant error in judgment,' Travolta insists the
film is 'nearing the $100 million mark' thanks to its ancillary deals -
video, overseas sales, merchandizing. 'Look, to this day he doesn't know
how silly the movie is,' Silver says. Part of Travolta's desire to make
'Battlefield Earth' was his allegiance to Scientology, the church he
credits with keeping him sane at the pinnacle of Act I.

"'I became what was so-called the biggest star in the world during the
height of the cocaine era. The height! I didn't know anybody who wasn't on
it,' he says. 'OK, maybe I knew one other person.' Scientology, he says,
stopped him from snorting his way through Act II. 'To survive that was
extraordinary - to watch every single person you knew just go down the
(bleeping) tubes.'

"Travolta now finds irony in the sympathy extended to actors who bounce
between rehab and jail. None, he says, was offered him - and he suspects
it's because of his religion. 'You're not given credit for taking care of
yourself and NOT going down the tubes, but you are given credit for when
you DO go down the tubes. I think that's an issue.'"

From Canada's National Post on June 7th:

"In the stream of uncomfortable moments that is the Barbara Walters
pre-Oscars special, there was perhaps none weirder this year than the
sight of John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston, curled up on their living
room couch like kittens, attempting to answer the inevitable 'What's the
deal with you guys and Scientology?' question. The two grinned maniacally,
rambling on about 'audits' and 'clears' until it all came crashing down
with Preston's breathless two-word statement: 'Scientology rocks!'

"No one else can get away with what John Travolta gets away with. Bad
movies, a high-profile affiliation with a controversial religion,
allegations of an affair with a gay porn star -- nothing sticks to the
man. He was well cast as Bill Clinton's alter ego in Primary Colors.

"Asked about education, Travolta told Rolling Stone magazine in 1980: 'Now
I'm into Scientology, the science of the mind.' The Church of Scientology,
founded by L. Ron Hubbard in 1954, claims to be a non-denominational
religious organization. Its Web site says the religion springs from three
fundamental truths: 'Man is an immortal spiritual being. His experience
extends well beyond a single lifetime. His capabilities are unlimited,
even if not presently realized.'

"To set free said capabilities, members pay money for auditing sessions
(US$100-600 per) to help them move up in the church. Auditing involves a
device called an E-Meter that sends a small electrical current through a
person's body, registering minute physical changes in the skin, and - so
Scientologists believe - measuring thoughts. Enough auditing and you might
one day become an Operating Thetan like Travolta, one of the highest
levels (US$1,000 a course) of Scientology where one can supposedly move
matter with the mind.

"Up at these levels, it's clear that the church founder was also a science
fiction writer: Operating Thetans study the evil Xenu, and learn to rid
themselves of alien infestations. Killing with the mind; aliens in our
bodies; an intergalactic incident that took place 75 million years ago
blocking spiritual truth -- Scientology has all the narrative flare and
fantasy that Hollywood requires. Cintra Wilson, author of A Massive
Swelling: Celebrity Re-examined as a Grotesque Crippling Disease and Other
Cultural Revelations, describes Scientology sarcastically as 'the cool new
religion, kids, the one with space-age action figures!'

"Travolta took his first Scientology course at 21 on a friend's
recommendation. As he catapulted to superstardom on the TV show Welcome
Back, Kotter, he spent more time at Scientology's Celebrity Center in L.A.
On the set of the 1976 TV film The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, Travolta
fell hard for the actress playing his mother. Diana Hyland was 40,
Travolta 22. The relationship lasted nine months until she died of cancer
in his arms. Less than two years later, his mother died. Scientology,
claims Travolta, got him through the tough times, and kept his career on
track. 'I think it's been not only an asset but most of the reason I'm
still here,' he told 20/20 in 1998.

"'I don't think the public cares about [Travolta's affiliation with
Scientology],' says Joe Queenan, author of Confessions of a Cineplex
Heckler. 'They have a feeling of goodwill towards him, and what he does
off-screen doesn't seem to affect it.'

"Scientology and homosexuality seem quietly linked in the rumour mill;
maybe the only actor asked to deny his gayness more than Travolta is
fellow Scientologist Tom Cruise. Michael Pattinson, a member of the church
for 24 years, says he was told the organization could 'cure' his
homosexuality. 'They do make a written promise of handling homosexuality,'
says Pattinson. He calls it a 'scam based on eliminating the mental
failures of [your] mother, therefore you won't try to be your mother
anymore. This will rehabilitate the homosexuals.'"

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> WISE

An email from the President of the World Institute of Scientology
Enterprises (WISE) was posted to a.r.s this week.

"We launched the Management Series Campaign at the WISE Convention aboard
the Freewinds - January 2001. Our goal: To get 9,000 Management Series
sets - 27,000 volumes - donated to libraries and universities around the
planet! At our April convention at Flag, we reached one target to get
6,000 sets donated for placement in libraries and universities in the US,
leaving 3,000 sets to get into the libraries and universities outside of
the and to complete our international target.

"We are working to meet the international target in the next 48 hours. All
you need to do is donate one set, turn around and get someone else to do
one set, have them turn around and get someone to do one set, etc. and
we'll make it! The price is just $175 a set.

"Last week I held a WISE Convention in Taiwan, and one of the attendees at
the convention was a key OL in Taiwan. She is a Taiwanese national
Legislative Representative (similar to a Congresswoman) and is the leader
of one of Taiwan's four political parties. She was raving about the
workshops in the WISE Convention (Sales, Marketing, Tone Scale and
Ethics), and after receiving several briefings on the Management Series
Campaign, she requested that our staff in Taiwan do a seminar on her
weekly radio show on one of the policies from the Management Series. She
said she would also promote that training on the policies can be gotten
from the soon-to-open Hubbard College of Administration Taiwan located in
the Capital city of Taipei! As a further note, each book of every
Management Series set has cards affixed to the front, and 5 additional
cards spread throughout, promoting the Hubbard Colleges around the world!

"The WISE membership is on an all-out over the ramparts drive to put the
new Hubbard College of Administration International Headquarters in place.
In recent weeks your membership fees have been majorly contributing to the
renovations of this model facility. The new building is our cornerstone,
model facility for moving LRH admin tech into the mainstream and your
membership renewal or upgrade is making this college a reality.

"Love,
Don Drader
President"

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