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FROM THE FILES OF THE FBI #9

United States Senate
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

CARL HAYDON, ARIZ., CHAIRMAN
RICHARD B. RUSSELL, GA. ----- STYLES BRIDGES
DENNIS CHAVEZ, N. MEX. ----- LEVERETT SALT[____]L, MASS.
ALLEN J. ELLENDER, LA. ----- MILTON R. YOUNG, [__] DAK.
LISTER, HILL, ALA. ----- WILLIAM F. KNOWLAND, CALIF.
JOHN L. MCLELLAN, ARK. ----- EDWARD J. THYE, MINN.
A. WILLIS ROBERTSON, VA. ----- JOSEPH R. MCCARTHY, WIS.
WARREN G. MAGNUSON, WASH. ----- KARL E. MUNDT, S. DAK.
SPESSARD L. HOLLAND, FLA. ----- MARGARET CHASE SMITH, MAINE
JOHN STENNIS, MISS. ----- HENRY DWORSHAK, IDAHO
LYNDON B. JOHNSON, TEX. ----- EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSON, ILL.
JOHN G. PASTORE, R.I. ----- CHARLES E. POTTER, MICH.

EVERARD H. SMITH, CLERK
THOMAS J. SCOTT, ASST. CLERK

February 22, 1957

Mr. Louis B. Nichols
Assistant to the Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington 25, D.C.

Dear Lou:

I do not know how much there is to the enclosed letter but I thought it was something which might bear looking into. You undoubtedly know all about this cult and I would appreciate getting a report from you at your convenience which I could pass along to the writer of the letter.

With best regards,

Sincerely yours,

[signed]
Styles Bridges

SB:MTA
Enclosure

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My dear Senator Bridges:

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The so-called "Art" is labelled "Sciencology" [sic] and at one time was called "Dianetics" - the head of it is an old guy supposedly named "Ronald Hubbard" - and I heard just a little of his chatter on a tape recording

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Senator Bridges -2- February 21, 1957

wherein he griped' about our Government, its lack of this and that, and comments unfavorable about it - until I became so irked that I just walked out of the place. His methods are now being given thru the guise of sort of "religious" ideas - they even send their co-called [sic] students diplomas indicating they are some sort of "Divinity students" ......gosh, I am not sure what they think they are doing, but they even try healing methods, and that sort of thing - and work on the minds of their clientele - which I think is terribly wrong!!

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