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4. THE FAITH FACTORY
1 “magnetically impregnated”: McWilliams, Southern California, p. 254.
2 An organization called Mighty I AM: Ibid., p. 263.
3 Charlie Chaplin: Epstein, Sister Aimee, p. 420.
4 Milton Berle: Berle with Frankel, Milton Berle, p. 129.
5 nautical outfits: McWilliams, Southern California, p. 260.
6 “They all fell short”: Quinn, The Original Sin, p. 127.
7 “any person important enough”: Hubbard, “Celebrity Defined,” HCO Policy
Letter, Nov. 6, 1980.
8 “If you want one”: Unsigned editorial, Ability magazine, undated. According to the
church, the magazine was published in March 1955. The church claims that
William Burke Belknap, Jr., an early Dianeticist, whose byline is on the article
following the “Project Celebrity” editorial, most likely wrote the article. Robert
Vaughn Young, who was the chief spokesperson for the church but left the
organization in 1989, wrote that Hubbard personally authored the “Project
Celebrity” editorial. Young, “The Cult of Celebrities,” Sept. 27, 1997,
http://www.xenu.net/archive/celebrities/.
9 “make celebrities even better known”: Hubbard, “Celebrity Centre: Major
Target,” HCO Policy Letter, Oct. 19, 1980.
10 “The Master did his Sunday best”: Peggy Conway letter to Gloria Swanson,
Sept. 25, 1956.
11 “Without Scientology, I would”: What Is Scientology?, p. 235.
12 “I AM A SCIENTOLOGIST”: John H. Richardson, “Catch a Rising Star,” Premiere,
Sept. 1993, p. 87.
13 “increase your self-confidence”: Variety, Sept. 9, 1993, p. 7.
14 “make it in the industry”: Ibid., Dec. 22, 1988, p. 22.
15 Scientologists stood outside: Interview with Tom McCafferty.
16 Jerry Seinfeld: “When It Comes to Comedy, He’s ‘All In,’ ” Parade magazine,
www.parade.com/celebrity/articles/071017-jerry-seinfeld.html.
17 Elvis Presley: Interview with Spanky Taylor.
18 Rock Hudson: Interview with Spanky Taylor, and Gary Hart, personal
communication. It is rumored that Hudson’s auditor hit on a homosexual
“withhold,” that Hudson refused to acknowledge, and so he bolted. Interview with
Skip Press. Hart says that as a result of the Hudson fiasco, Hubbard kicked the
auditor off the staff and placed Yvonne Jentzsch in a condition of Danger.
19 fifty thousand documents: Reitman, Inside Scientology, p. 112.
20 “Operation Freakout”: US v. Jane Kember, Morris Budlong, Sentencing
Memorandum, pp. 23–25.