Also generally remarked upon in reference to L. Ron Hubbard’s work through the 30s was his truly astounding versatility and rate of production. If one needed a story on a Monday, explained Standard Magazines’ editor Jack Schiff, one only had to telephone Ron Hubbard on a Friday—and the statement was no exaggeration. With a regular production of one hundred thousand words a month, Mr. Hubbard became the undisputed king of high-speed production writers (and that at only three days a week, and in every major genre).