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17 December 1997:
ZED VS. THE LIBRARIAN-2
In their second encounter playing "Stump the Librarian" (strip version), Zed and The Librarian square off over the question of the IRS tax exemption for Scientology organizations coming soon after Norman F. Starkey had gathered up all of L. Ron Hubbards copyrights—which he would then hand over to the corporation known as "Church of Spiritual Technology" (CST), home of Sherman Lenske and friends. Zed wants evidence. Zed, you came to the right place...
From: nobody@zeta.org.au (The Galactic Overlord Remailer) Subject: ZED VS. THE LIBRARIAN-2 Date: 1997/12/17 Message-ID: <6780st$o7b$1@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology In trying to STUMP THE LIBRARIAN regarding the Public Research Foundation's Press Release, "HIDDEN TIES BETWEEN IRS AND SCIENTOLOGY REVEALED," Zed pointed to the press release, showing me where it said: >> 2. The October 1993 IRS tax-exempt blessing on CST was granted >>just months after Norman F. Starkey, executor of the estate of >>L. Ron Hubbard, had finally secured control of every >>intellectual property ever produced by L. Ron Hubbard. Then Zed commandingly said: >Evidence please? GOOD QUESTION, ZED, BUT...YOU DIDN'T STUMP THE LIBRARIAN! Oh, Zed! I just *knew* somebody was going to ask me that, and now I'll have to *bend over* to pull *lots* of Library of Congress copyright transfer records out of the bottom drawer behind me. Well, oh-h-ka-a-ay. If I *have* to. Watch the desk, for me, will you? Or...whatever. (Lots of bending over later) Phew-weee! <THUMP> Here they are. In chronological order! Now, before you wade through these, you need to know that once Norman F. Starkey set up shop as the Executor of LRH's estate, he called himself all *kinds* of things, so you're really going to have to pay close attention if you want to follow this. What's the matter, did I spill part of my salad down my blouse, or something? Are you paying *attention* here? Please! Now. Here's a list of all the different things he called himself: 1. Norman F. Starkey Executor of the Estate of L. Ron Hubbard & Trustee of Author's Family Trust 2. Norman F. Starkey Executor of the estate of L. Ron Hubbard 3. Norman F. Starkey Executor of the will of L. Ron Hubbard, d.b.a. L. Ron Hubbard Library 4. Norman F. Starkey Executor of the will of L. Ron Hubbard 5. Norman F. Starkey Trustee of Author's Family Trust-B 6. Norman F. Starkey Trustee of the Estate of L. Ron Hubbard & Trustee of Author's Family Trust 7. Norman F. Starkey Trustee of Author's Family Trust-B d.b.a. L. Ron Hubbard Library 8. Norman F. Starkey Trustee of Author's Family Trust Got all that? Are you okay? Dizzy? Do you need some water or something? I know *just* how you feel. You don't think Norm was *trying* to confuse people, do you? Well, look, it's simple: IT'S JUST NORMAN! See? That makes it simple, doesn't it. Feel better? Poor baby! Let me just give you a little hug. There, there. Okay! Now we're ready to see the chronology of how Norman spent seven long years tracking down everybody who ever held any of LRH's copyrights, and got them to hand over the rights! Ready? To keep this as simple as possible, I'm showing you just the names of all the people who transferred their rights, and the dates the transactions occured. All you have to know is that, according to the Library of Congress, all these rights went to Norman in one of his alter-egos listed above. Got it? Here we go: 1. 21 MAY 1986 Ronald DeWolfe, a.k.a. L. Ron Hubbard, Jr. No titles; Memorandum of Agreement 2A. 27 SEPTEMBER 1986 Mary Sue Hubbard No titles for works by L. Ron Hubbard; assignment 2B. 27 SEPTEMBER 1986 Diana Meredith DeWolfe Hubbard Ryan (Diana) No titles for works by L. Ron Hubbard; assignment 2C. 27 SEPTEMBER 1986 Mary Suzette Rochelle Hubbard (Suzette) No titles for works by L. Ron Hubbard; assignment 2D. 27 SEPTEMBER 1986 Arthur Ronald Conway Hubbard (Arthur) No titles for works by L. Ron Hubbard; assignment 3. 10 NOVEMBER 1986 Catherine May Hubbard Gillespie No titles; Assignment and Consent to probate will 5. 13 APRIL 1987 Davis Publications, Inc.-(Unknown transaction) 6. 17 APRIL 1987 Blazing Publications, Inc.-4 titles; By L.Ron Hubbard. Assignment of Copyright. 7. 14 MAY 1987 T S R Inc.-Assignment of Copyright. 8. 18 MAY 1987 the Conde Nast Publications, Inc.-Declaration 10. 15 NOVEMBER 1987 Diamandis Communications, Inc.-23 titles; By L. Ron Hubbard. Assignment of rights. 12. 23 AUGUST 1989 Author Services Inc.-47 titles; fine arts. Assignment. 13. 13 OCTOBER 1989 Author Services, Inc.-Evolution of a science & 6 other titles; Assignment 14. 5 APRIL 1990 Scott E. Sutton.-Assignment 15. 4 JULY 1990 Church of Scientology International d.b.a. Golden Era Studios. -Copyright Assignment 16. 27 APRIL 1993 Beneficiaries of John A. Flory.-10 titles: By L. Ron Hubbard. Quitclaim agreement And that was it! He had them all! Now, that wasn't so bad, was it? Oh, my, now I think I've upset you. You're going to need another hug. There, there. Well, as you can see, once Norm had done his job, in April of '93, then the only thing left, really, was that the paperwork had to get wrapped up, and, well, CST--you know, Meade, and Shermy, and Larry Heller--the non-Scientologists--and Lyman--with that *big* moustache...what do they call that, some kind of a broom? Never mind. I can't remember, but I bet it *tickles*! An-n-ny-wa-a-a-z, CST had to get its "government stamp of approval" (explained to you in another post this date) before it could grab all those copyrights out of Norm's hands (crossing his palms in the process, maybe?), and *that* was going to require a *BIG* event, a slick story, a lot of diversion and hoopla. You know, like the Granada invasion, or something. The only natural choice was the IAS event coming up in October, just a few months away, which would allow time to get everything ready. So Meade's friends over at IRS accomodatingly waited until *one week* before the IAS event--don't you just *love* coincidences like that? I do!--before they wrote their letters, and Davey made *real sure* he didn't *mention* CST, or the fact that Meade had *worked* for the IRS and all (MUM's the WORD) at the *BIG EVENT*. So everybody was, like, *bah-lown* a-way by this *BIG WIN*, so, of course, nobody was paying any attention when November 29th came, and Norm handed over all 7,730 copyrights that he had collected, right over to CST, and to that dedicated non-Scientologist, Sherman Lenske, and his buddies. See? And those guys started "doing business as" the "L. Ron Hubbard Library" the *very same day*! Ha-ha! And they aren't even Scientologists! Ha! What a great joke on old Hubbie, don't you think? Say, I wonder if *they* need a cute, sexy, breathy librarian over *there*? I mean, it's just *got* to pay more than the ARSCC pays. Jeez, I mean, those guys control *millions*!! And there *is* that Lyman moustache to think about... Well, there's the whole miserable tale, Zed. Okay. One more hug. --------------------------------------------------------------- NICE TRY! AND COME BACK *ANY* TIME TO PLAY... STUMP THE LIBRARIAN. Z-z-z-ip, Zed? Come on, Zed. Fair is fair. (I *did* tell you this was a strip challenge, didn't I?) --<The ARSCC Librarian> ---------------------------------------------------------------- *The ARSCC, like its fickle librarian, does not exist. |