To the editors:
I read the article entitled, “The Straight Dope” by Cecil Adams [May 12] and I was appalled that someone who was passing himself off as a source of information would write such outrageous lies and generalities in an obvious attempt to color his readers’ views on a particular subject.
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I say this because a question was put to Mr. “Adams” about Dianetics. Adams responded and brought up Scientology as well. Nowhere in his response was there any mention of Adams speaking with Scientologists or Dianeticists about these subjects nor did he say that he had even read “Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health” himself. Yet he seemed to be trying to set himself up as an expert on both topics.
Recently, on the Donahue show, Sammy Davis Junior attributed Dianetics to helping him through some hard times. Sammy had just gotten ahold of the book, read it and applied the techniques laid out in the book with the help of a friend. Simple as that. The same has been done by millions of other people from all walks of life.
