MISSOURI CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY, appellant,

                                       v.

                     STATE TAX COMMISSION OF MISSOURI et al

                                   No. 77-1568

                       Supreme Court of the United States

                                 October 2, 1978

   Appeal from the Supreme Court of Missouri.

   Facts and opinion, Mo., 560 S.W.2d 837.

     The appeal is dismissed for want of a substantial federal question.



   Mr. Justice STEVENS would note probable jurisdiction and set the case for

 oral argument.