COB vs. LRH

Click a topic from the list below to compare the words and actions of LRH against those of the COB.

Orgs
Managing by statistics
Which statistics?
Future statistics
Saint Hill size orgs
Ideal orgs
Hats

Buildings & Fundraising
Physical appearance of buildings
Fundraising
Donations
Super Power

Study
Dictionaries
Primary Rundown
Memorization
What to memorize
How to memorize
Paraphrasing
MU’s and confused ideas
Full conceptual understanding

Courses
Pro TRs course
Upper Indocs Course
Pro Metering Course
Class VIIIs

Training
Drills
How to train
Speed of training
Product of academy training
Courses vs. internships
Speed of internships
Retreads and retrains
Training/processing ratio

Processing
Floating needles
Rudiments
Overruns
HCO confessionals

The Public
Dissemination
Handling of new people
Handling of field auditors
Ethics
Mandatory auditing/training

KSW
KSW Points 1 to 10
Hidden data lines
LRH references
Unusual solutions

Summary

L. Ron Hubbard	David Miscavige (COB^*)
“We own a tremendous amount of property. We own a tremendous amount of material, and so forth. And it keeps growing. But that’s not important. When buildings get important to us, for God’s sake, some of you born revolutionists, will you please blow up central headquarters. If someone had put some H.E. [high explosives] under the Vatican long ago, Catholicism might still be going. Don’t get interested in real estate. Don’t get interested in the masses of buildings, because that’s not important.” Tape: The Genus of Scientology Anatomy of the Human Mind Congress 31 December 1960 “In twenty years an enormous amount of experience has been gained regarding the quarters and housing of orgs. From this experience there are only a few clear-cut lessons. These follow: A. VIABILITY of the org… is the first and foremost consideration … not how posh or what repute or what image. … Example: Stockholm took very posh, fancy quarters. Up to that time it has been viable. The overload of expense rapidly upset the salary sum, the staff began to moonlight (work on other jobs), and the org all but collapsed until cheaper quarters were found. Example: Phoenix 1955. A beautiful, big building at small expense was found. It was very prominent … the full reserves of the org went into furnishing these quarters. The area had to be abandoned, losing all reserves. Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1950. The shabby quarters there made lots of money. Beautiful country quarters were under survey for purchase. The psychiatric block… began action [in the area] to invoke a law against medical schools. If the better quarters had been purchased, they would have been lost. … CONCLUSION: Viability of economics must not exceed the income of the org. The SAFE figure for rent and mortgage payments must not exceed 15 percent to 17 percent of the gross income of the org. … C. Image is a secondary consideration. Example: Hotel Reycar Alicante Spain was relatively cheap. It was quite posh. Students complained as it cost a bit more than they were willing to pay. Image in this case worked against the org. Example: Johannesburg’s three old buildings foolishly sold and the money squandered has yet to attain the income it made in its “old, horrible quarters” despite its newer image. … An org which adventures more than 15 percent of its current gross income for rent or purchase payments can get into far more serious trouble than an org with a poor building image.” HCO P/L 23 September 1970 Quarters, Policy Regarding — Historical (OEC Vol. 7, p. 1394)

L. Ron Hubbard

David Miscavige (COB^*)

Founder and Source of Scientology

Leader of Scientology since LRH’s death

Physical appearance of buildings

“We own a tremendous amount of property. We own a tremendous amount of material, and so forth. And it keeps growing. But that’s not important.

When buildings get important to us, for God’s sake, some of you born revolutionists, will you please blow up central headquarters. If someone had put some H.E. [high explosives] under the Vatican long ago, Catholicism might still be going.

Don’t get interested in real estate. Don’t get interested in the masses of buildings, because that’s not important.”

Tape: The Genus of Scientology
Anatomy of the Human Mind Congress
31 December 1960

“In twenty years an enormous amount of experience has been gained regarding the quarters and housing of orgs.

From this experience there are only a few clear-cut lessons. These follow:

A. VIABILITY of the org… is the first and foremost consideration … not how posh or what repute or what image.

… Example: Stockholm took very posh, fancy quarters. Up to that time it has been viable. The overload of expense rapidly upset the salary sum, the staff began to moonlight (work on other jobs), and the org all but collapsed until cheaper quarters were found.

Example: Phoenix 1955. A beautiful, big building at small expense was found. It was very prominent … the full reserves of the org went into furnishing these quarters. The area had to be abandoned, losing all reserves.

Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1950. The shabby quarters there made lots of money. Beautiful country quarters were under survey for purchase. The psychiatric block… began action [in the area] to invoke a law against medical schools. If the better quarters had been purchased, they would have been lost.

… CONCLUSION: Viability of economics must not exceed the income of the org. The SAFE figure for rent and mortgage payments must not exceed 15 percent to 17 percent of the gross income of the org.

… C. Image is a secondary consideration. Example: Hotel Reycar Alicante Spain was relatively cheap. It was quite posh. Students complained as it cost a bit more than they were willing to pay. Image in this case worked against the org.

Example: Johannesburg’s three old buildings foolishly sold and the money squandered has yet to attain the income it made in its “old, horrible quarters” despite its newer image.

… An org which adventures more than 15 percent of its current gross income for rent or purchase payments can get into far more serious trouble than an org with a poor building image.”

HCO P/L 23 September 1970
Quarters, Policy Regarding — Historical
(OEC Vol. 7, p. 1394)

* Chairman of the Board, Religious Technology Center (RTC)