Memorandum: The Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation, Incorporated Cooperation, Detroit Police Department Research (Crime Records) (May 29, 1953)

Reurlet May 22 1953 requesting information from Bufiles concerning captioned organization.

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The stated purpose of the Foundation is to “study and conduct research in the field of the human mind and of human thought in action” through the medium of “dianetics,” which may be likened to psychotherapy with certain differences as to method and concept. In this connection, in March, 1951, the Board of Medical Examiners of the Department of Law and Public Safety, State of New Jersey, was taking to trial in the Union County District Court, Elizabeth, New Jersey, a case against the Foundation. The basis for the case was that the Foundation allegedly conducted a school teaching a branch of medicine and surgery without a license.