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CITY OF CLEARWATER COMMISSION HEARINGS RE: THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY |
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MR. SHOEMAKER: Mayor, you might ask — Mr. Walters is here — MR. LeCHER: Mr. Walters, would you like to interpret this? We, frankly — I don't know if I mentioned it — we found this in the public library. MR. CALDERBANK: What policies come into effect, i.e., the Suppressive Person? EDWARD WALTERS, a witness herein, having been previously sworn by a Clerk for the City of Clearwater, was examined and testified as follows: MR. WALTERS: All right. What this probably is is this young man probably saw something that he didn't agree with: bad living conditions, unkind or criminal actions being done by higher ups. So — MR. LeCHER: Are you still under oath, sir? Do you consider yourself to be under oath? MR. WALTERS: Yes. Yes. So, he wrote — in Scientology, you have to write a chit, meaning you have to write it up. So — because verbally saying it will get him in the same trouble that this will. So, he wrote it up. It went up to the higher ups. The higher ups saw that he knew about sensitive operations or he was aware of the bad living conditions, et cetera. So, they, as Ron says, attack him. And this is very heavy on an individual because, if he's been in a long time and working fourteen, fifteen hours a day, he is told that if he continues this, attacking the people who are clearing the planet, he will be made a suppressive. The Suppressive Order is put out legally like this, but this Scientologist knows that he is now ready for Fair Game; anything could happen to him. He will get this and quickly be glad to do any condition they give him. And he will be a good boy after this. MRS. GARVEY: Some of the conditions that would be given would be what? MR. WALTERS: Enemy, Treason — MRS. GARVEY: Some of the conditions he would go through to come back into Scientology? MR. WALTERS: Yes. He will have to — if he's lucky, he'll go in the RPF. He won't consider it lucky when it happens, but — MRS. GARVEY: I see. MR. WALTERS: Because the Suppressive Order is the highest thing that can happen to you. The damage to the mind is much more severe than — MR. SHOEMAKER: Mr. Walters, who would that have been signed by, those codes? MR. WALTERS: Yes, they did this to me. MR. SHOEMAKER: No, sir. I mean, who would — what would that represent, the name — in terms of at the bottom with the code? Who is that? MR. WALTERS: All right. "Authorized by AVC," which is Authorization Verification Committee, "for the Board of Directors for the Church of Scientology." This is the people that none of us in Scientology know even who they are. It was put in when the government started — wanted L. Ron Hubbard to show up. So, it appears now that he's not involved in it. The Board of Directors do all these things. This is also sent worldwide, which means he's not safe anywhere. MR. LeCHER: I have another piece of — that I'd like to introduce as evidence. It' s rather hard for me to read because it's very light — a light copy, but I will. Committee of Evidence as relates to Jim Logan. "A Committee of Evidence is hereby convened on interested party Jim Logan. Data to hand is that Jim has been enturbulating execs in the IMC by spreading false reports since he has returned from his extensive leave approximately three weeks ago. "Jim had an approved three-week leave to pretend to record an album with the band, Future Track, in the LA area. Jim did return from his leave on time and was eventually petitioned to extend the leave for an additional period. This was approved, but it does not override the fact that he was off post legally with an undetermined quail MSV. "His production has been reported to be approximately one-quarter of that of other Cramming Officers in Qual," Q-u-a-l, "over the last ten days. He has also reported to HCO a few days ago that he was going to rout out of the SO and demanded a Leaving Staff Routing Form, but later changed his mind. He had refused to write OWs or do conditions of any kind. "Charges: Placing Scientology or Scientologists at risk; two, permitting a section unit department organization zone division to collapse; three, overworking an executive by ignoring one's duties; four, neglect of responsibilities resulting in catastrophe even when another manages to avert the final consequences; five, harmful, flagrant, and continued code break resulting in important upsets; six, knowingly giving false testimony to imperil Scientologists; seven, engaging in malicious rumor-mongering to destroy the authority or repute the higher officers and the leading names of Scientology or to safeguard a position." That's the set of charges. Then it says, "The Committee: Chairman, Sonia Cavella; Secretary, Rusty Hilton; Member, Karen Spencer; Member, Eric Main," M-a-i-n. "The Committee is to look into the crimes above and any others that have been committed. They are here to fully look into this matter with the full sense of HCO, PLO, Look on, Don't Listen, and other applicable PLs on Committees of Evidence in Volume I and elsewhere. Findings and recommendations are to be submitted to the convening authority within seven days." It's again signed, PO 3 Eric Knutsom, INR," et cetera, et cetera, "Board of Directors to the Church of Scientology International." I introduce this into evidence. (A copy of a Committee of Evidence report was marked as Exhibit No. 34, as of this date.) MR. CALDERBANK: So, it's late 1981 and they're still declaring Suppressive Persons, Mayor? MR. LeCHER: This was found in the public library. MR. BERFIELD: Do you know when, Mayor? MR. SHOEMAKER: Around the first of the year.
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