Commander Birdsong
Crusader
I recall a quote without the source, where Hubbard is sayinf "The IRS wants us to wear collars, then we will"
It is and was all part of the theatrical..a 'show' performed for the benefit of the US Internal Revenue Service.
Quote from my Religious Cloaking page
"I watched with mine own eyes in 1969, as, overnight, "PRE-CLEAR FOLDER ADMINISTRATION" turned into "CONFESSIONAL FORMULARY"! Auditors were asked to wear white "collars" and I watched as a cross was dragged into the building through the front door... WHILE ALL THE STAFF WATCHED AND KNEW IT WAS MERELY A "JOKE" AT THE TIME TO FOOL THE US GOVERNMENT which I later, much later learned was in the Food and Drug Administrations' Article or Device Case about Scientology's subliminal shock inducing E-meter:
I was there, so was Joe Harrington, so was Gordon Bell, so was Alan Walters...
"I attest this to be exactly the truth." says Roger Gonnet - An Ex-director of Scientology in France" LINK
Hubbard Communications Office Policy Letter
(HCOPL) 29 Oct. 1962, "Religion" wrote:
"Scientology 1970 is being planned on a religious organization
basis throughout the world. This will not upset in any way the
usual activities of any organization. It is entirely a matter for
accountants and solicitors."
yes
CoS is refreshingly honest about itself compared to other churches