“How do you break up an organization? You just tell one section of it how bad another section is until it falls apart. Simple? How do you kill Scientology or Dianetics? Why, just convince everyone that ‘while the work is all right, Hubbard is... well...’ How do you lose business? They tell your potential students and preclears that ‘while the subject may have merit, the people who run that Associate School...’
“Just like many a preclear starts trouble amongst auditors. Auditor A helps him but he tells Auditor B that Auditor A is a dog. Auditor B gets self-righteous and tackles Auditor A. They discover that this pc gave a wrong-end-up account of the whole thing.
“Should you believe a psychotic 1.1 pc? Or does he cause more trouble if you listen? Should you believe the Great American Grapevine? Believe the Martians have landed, believe that the sun has just exploded, believe that water runs uphill, but believe John Public’s favorite comm line? Never!” ...
“So stand steady under rumor fire and know there is not and never will be serious competition or opposition except in our own minds. Stay true to our goals and to truth and we will attain these goals. I think they are worth attaining.”
– L. Ron Hubbard
From HCOB 23 April 1953
Associate Newsletter No. 1
