Paris

	Kremlin Palace, Russia

     Needless to say, when word of Mr. Hubbard’s discoveries began to spread, the response was considerable: more than 30 thousand copies of Dianetics sold immediately off the press, while bookstores struggled to keep the text on shelves. As evidence of the workability grew—the fact that Dianetics actually offered techniques anyone could apply—response was even more dramatic. “Dianetics Taking US by Storm,” read newspaper headlines in the summer of 1950, “Fastest Growing Movement in America.” By the end of the year, some 750 Dianetics groups had spontaneously formed from coast to coast, and six cities boasted Dianetics foundations to help facilitate Mr. Hubbard’s advancement of the subject.