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Affidavit of Sam Moskowitz (14 April 1993)

Source: http://groups.google.com/group/alt.religion.scientology/msg/e6da2601d258d66b
Source: http://www.whyaretheydead.net/krasel/aff_sm_930414.html (Mike Gormez's web site)
Source: PDF version with signature on Mike Gormez's web site


AFFIDAVIT

STATE OF NEW JERSEY  )
                     )  ss.:
COUNTY OF ESSEX      )


SAM MOSKOWITZ, being duly sworn, deposes and says:

1. My residence is 361 Roseville Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07107, USA.  I am fully familiar with the facts stated herein, and I submit this affidavit for use in a lawsuit which I understand is pending in the Federal Republic of Germany.

2. On November 7, 1948, I attended a meeting of the Eastern Science Fiction Association which was held at the Slovak Sokol located at 358 Morris Avenue, Newark, New Jersey, USA. There were approximately 23 persons present at the meeting.

3. I was the Director of the Eastern Science Fiction Association and had invited Mr. L. Ron Hubbard to speak at the November 7, 1948 meeting.

4. After speaking for about an hour at the meeting, Mr. Hubbard answered questions from the audience.  He made the following statement in response to a question about making money from writing:

"You don't get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion."

5. After the meeting, a number of us took Mr. Hubbard to dinner at the Hickory Grill in Newark, New Jersey.

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Sam Moskowitz

Sworn to before me this
14th day of April 1993.

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Notary Public