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L. Ron Hubbard vs A New Order  (page 3)

On this page I assembled information found in the writings of L. Ron Hubbard somehow relating to the viewpoint of a New Order or New Word Order concept. I relate from information found elsewhere and from personal experiences/observations within the Church of Scientology. Included are topics that may give the impression or could be perceived as having been staged in some manner in order to discredit the subject of Scientology.

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The life and goings of L. Ron Hubbard Jr. (‘Nibs’) aka Ron DeWolf

	Introduction
	A chronology of events
		- The 50's
		- ‘Casualties’ (1959-60)
		- Nibs Hubbard:  Statements made ... and withdrawn again, not once but twice (1967-69 & 1972-73)
		- The Clearwater Hearings (May 1982)
		- Ron DeWolf applies for his ‘inheritance’ (Nov 82)
		- The Penthouse occurrence (1983-84)
		- Ron DeWolf again applies for ‘inheritance’ after official news of the passing of his father (Jan 86)
		- Ron DeWolf renouncing all of his claims (May-Jul 1987)
	Is Ron DeWolf a reliable witness?
	Nibs is being edited ... (an anecdote)

 
Introduction

This may also be a bit sensitive. Various chronologies and overviews that I have seen posted at various places on the Internet and elsewhere are often gloriously missing out on various expects and happenings involving the person Ron DeWolf. As a rule this is for propaganda reasons. The anti-Scientology movement followers are very avid and quick to brief you about the things he had said that were not in favour of Scientology or its founder, but conveniently they also choose to not tell you that he withdrew the things he had said about equally often. If confronted with this argument they are then equally quick stating that this is only because the Scientology organization exerted their control (or sorts) over him, and thus should be disregarded from. This too is a rather convenient rebuttal. The Church of Scientology on the other hand has only made some official statements, or published counter articles if the situation required such an action. Otherwise they have been very quiet about him, and in fact have edited out any and all reference to Nibs Hubbard out of the present version of the materials. Pretty much to the point that as if he never would have existed. Not even video recordings have been spared (see last section entitled: “Nibs is being edited ... (an anecdote)”).
It is because of these reasons that what you find are just bits and pieces, information taken out of context, left out sequences, or simply missing information. It suffices to say that you may have to do some serious digging if you wish to find a more complete tale of his life and goings. I have attempted to present the happenings as they occurred chronologically. These are assembled from the available sources.

 
A chronology of events

• The 50's
• ‘Casualties’ (1959-60)
• Nibs Hubbard: Statements made ... and withdrawn again, not once but twice (1967-69 & 1972-73)
• The Clearwater Hearings (May 1982)
• Ron DeWolf applies for his ‘inheritance’ (Nov 82)
• The Penthouse occurrence (1983-84)
• Ron DeWolf again applies for ‘inheritance’ after official news of the passing of his father (Jan 86)
• Ron DeWolf renouncing all of his claims (May-Jul 1987)

 
The 50's

‘Nibs’ Hubbard , July '57

He was the firstborn child of L. Ron Hubbard (born 5 May 1934). From the beginning in 1949/50 till 1959 he had been an active participator in the subject of Dianetics and Scientology and its organization. His name and his wife's (Henriette) are noted as witnesses in the founding of the first 3 organizations in December 1953. The Scientology periodical Ability makes frequently mention of him during 1956-59, a couple of times even with a photograph. Frequently he functioned as a sideman or the soundman at Dianetics and Scientology conferences, but also as organization secretary. It would appear that he also made himself particular repute as an auditor. In ‘Ability 33’, [Jul 56] we see him referred to as “one of the world's more famous auditors”. Page 5 of this issue of Ability was dedicated to ‘his nibs’ and laid out various of his achievements and goals. Accomplishments that, as per the article, “made Ron Senior sit up and take notice”. He has also been active as instructor/supervisor at courses (amongst other 18th A.C.C.* in Jul-Aug 1957, 19th A.C.C. in Jan-Feb 1958 & 21st A.C.C. in Jan-Feb 1959). In this capacity of being an instructor he, together with John W. Galusha, compiled the course booklet: ‘Scientology Training Course Manual - Field Validation & Hubbard Apprentice Scientologists’ (1957), which publication effectively put in the line of becoming well trained on the socalled TR's*. Things however were in for a change as rather abruptly, in late 1959, he dissociated himself from the Scientology organization and his father, and left. He simply took his belongings, told no one about it, and went elsewhere never to return to the organization.

 
‘Casualties’ (1959-60)

	“There are a few casualties along the line of getting off overts*, and by my telling you about them, you may be able to prevent others and to better understand what is going on.
	Only about eight people have ‘run for the brush’ to date because of an unwillingness to reveal their overts against Scientology. There may be a few more but the data is not to hand. The overwhelming majority of Scientologists have embraced these new techniques and measures with enthusiasm.
	Factually, those that blew were not in possession of much data on overts. I feel that if they had been they would have stood up to it.
	In early November I ordered all organizations to give an E-Meter check on all staffs preliminary to auditing these on the new overt/withhold—responsibility combination. I also forbade Central Orgs to employ persons with hidden social crimes that might be used to hurt Scientology (blackmail) until expiation could be accomplished and auditing completed.”          LRH

	“This began by suspending one Doug Moon in HASI Melbourne until he had been cleared since he was such a social liability. ...
	The day I returned to Saint Hill Norma Webb, a Peter Stumbke and another non-Scientologist named Dinah Day resigned and ran away.
	On November 23rd at the urgings of Nina West, close friend of Webb, Nibs Hubbard* deserted his post in Washington and left no forwarding address. It transpires that he had been caught up in the Moon—Webb—West connections. He tried to find nerve to face an E-Meter the Saturday he left but did not report for his scheduled session with his Washington auditor on that day. He has since been heard of here and there borrowing money and staying out of sight.”          LRH

“As Nibs Hubbard was probably being blackmailed it is creditable that he removed himself from post before he could be made to harm the Washington Organization.*”          LRH

“Nina West's certificates and awards in Scientology and Dianetics are hereby cancelled, due in part to evidence of use of PDH* on Central Org Personnel.”          LRH

*  PDH: ‘Pain Drugs Hypnosis’. A person is put into a trance through use of pain, drugs and hypnosis and is told things. Roughly it means you have become stimulus response without really having control of yourself anymore.

Does this PDH may explain why he behaved erratically (changing his mind time after time) in later years? It has been suggested by some.

 
Nibs Hubbard:  Statements made ... and withdrawn again, not once but twice (1967-69 & 1972-73)

1967-69:  It is reported that in 1967 he had made “statements to the Internal Revenue Service” and made a “sworn testimony against the church”. Then “on September 22, 1969” he “then changed his mind” and “recanted” these.

♦ The above listed data from 1967-73 has been summarized and is extracted from an article that appeared in magazine ‘Penthouse’, Jan 84, consult here (link will open as a pop-up window). If you have alternate sources for this information from that time period (1967-73), the actual video recording or other, please contact me.

In 1972 L. Ron Hubbard Jr. (‘Nibs’ Hubbard) changed his last name in ‘DeWolf’. The variation ‘De Wolf’ was the maiden name of his great grandmother from his fathers side. In a newspaper article Nibs revealed that he had done so due to having been subjected to harassment by the Church of Scientology (see ‘County, Press-Enterprise’, 13 Nov 82).

 
The Clearwater Hearings (May 1982)

The initial establishing of the Scientologists in downtown Clearwater (Fl) in late 1975 had already been met with some mistrust by its citizens. During the late 70's and early 80's Scientology was getting various further unfavourable attention (raid on the Scientology's headquarters in Washington, DC and Los Angeles, July 1977; Guardian Office incidents, 1979-81). The city commissionaires of Clearwater and their mayor that felt alarmed by the growth of the organization in their town then approached the attorney Michael Flynn to help them to perform an investigation of this Scientology. This resulted in the Clearwater Hearings that convened 5 to 10 May 1982. They were held in public and were even locally broadcasted life on television and could be viewed in its local library. Ron DeWolf testified on 5 & 6 May of these hearings. Basically his testimony appears to be an attempt to utterly demolish the reputation of his father, he called him a liar (99% of all his father had said about himself was a lie), violent (hit his wife), a drug user/abuser/pusher, that the creation of Scientology only and always had been about the money, and so on. It may be found noteworthy that Ron DeWolf attacked with full force by discrediting about any and all relating to his father. His testimony was thus no mild criticism.

 
Ron DeWolf applies for his ‘inheritance’ (Nov 82)

“Son of Scientology believes Hubbard dead or ill   Petition filed requesting estate trustee The oldest son of L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the Church of Scientology, believes his father is either dead or mentally incompetent, according to a petition filed in Riverside Superior Court. The son, Ronald E. DeWolf, also claims in the court papers filed Wednesday that officials in the church have stolen millions of dollars, gems and securities either from his 71-year-old father or from Hubbard's estate in the last 12 months. DeWolf, 48, of Carson city, Nev., is asking the court to appoint him as trustee of his father's affairs to protect the assets. DeWolf, a former Scientologist who now manages an apartment complex in Carson City, claims the worldwide organization is now run by David Miscavige, described in the petition as a ‘22-year-old with a ninth-grade education.’ He alleges Miscavige and another church official, James Isaacson, forged Hubbard's signature to loot the accounts. ‘I am not attacking LRH (L. Ron Hubbard) in a legal sense,’ DeWolf said yesterday in a telephone interview, ‘because no one has ever been able to do that successfully . . . The only way he can contest all of this is to show up physically in court. But I expect he may have trouble doing that because I don't think he is alive.’ The son said he has not seen his father since 1959, but DeWolf said he has kept track of the inner workings of the secretive church ‘through conversations with attorneys, friends and a loose-knit network of former cult members.’ ... Hubbard laid out secret plans for his death, according to DeWolf. Hubbard instructed Douglas to ‘bury him in the date fields’ in the area and not to disclose his death. ‘shortly thereafter,’ DeWolf states in his petition, ‘my father disappeared.’”      (from ‘County, Press-Enterprise’, 13 Nov 82)

“Hubbard wife to oppose try to rule church founder dead  The wife of L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of scientology, filed notice yesterday that she will oppose an attempt to have her husband declared legally dead or mentally incompetent. ... The notice was filed in Riverside County Superior Court in an effort to prevent Hubbard's son, Ronald E. DeWolf, 48, of Carson City, Nev., from being appointed trustee of Hubbard's estate.      (from ‘County, Press-Enterprise’, 20 Nov 82) Although she has not seen Hubbard since 1979, her attorney Litt said: ‘She hears from him regularly by correspondence and she is comfortably supported by her husband on a monthly basis.’ Litt said Mrs. Hubbard's action is not meant to substitute herself for DeWolf as a trustee. ‘But, under California statutes,’ he said, ‘if a trustee were to be appointed, she would be the presumptive person to be trustee since state statutes give preference to a spouse.’”

This all actually introduced and started the time period in which serious questions are being raised about if in fact L. Ron Hubbard still would be alive. Attention was given to it on television shows and newspapers.

In the same article it is responded to with:
	“Not so, retorted the publishers of several of Hubbard's manuscripts ... The publishers insist that Hubbard is still writing, not just books but correspondence. But no one, including top church officials, has produced Hubbard. And the mysterious founder of Scientology and its allied philosophy, Dianetics, is not talking.”

 
The Penthouse occurrence (1983-84)

 
Ron DeWolf again applies for ‘inheritance’ after official news of the passing of his father (Jan 86)

“Hubbard's Son Planning to Seek Inquest, Contest Will  A Boston attorney representing the estranged son of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard said Wednesday that he will request a coroner's inquest into the death of the reclusive multimillionaire and plans to contest the will Hubbard signed the day before he died. ... In the letter, made public by his office, Flynn said he wants to know whether the science fiction writer's vast wealth ‘would provide a motive for individuals close to Hubbard to engage in potential wrongdoing.’ Flynn insisted that he was not accusing anyone of wrongdoing but said Hubbard's closest associates should be ‘made to answer questions surrounding’ the death on a remote ranch in Central California. ... Hubbard's will was dated one day before his death, according to Whiting. Flynn said he will attempt to have the will invalidated on grounds that Hubbard may have been coerced or mentally incompetent. ... Church officials said that although he had suffered a stroke the week before his death, Hubbard was lucid when he amended the will, providing additional money to some family members. Hubbard also left the church he founded three decades ago ‘tens of millions of dollars.’ DeWolf apparently received nothing. ... Getting Ready to Die Church spokesman Hoden said Hubbard's will was dated shortly before his death because he had made a decision to leave his body and was getting his affairs in order. Four days before his death, Hubbard also signed a certificate saying it was against his religious beliefs to have an autopsy performed. No autopsy was conducted, and his remains were cremated.      (from ‘Los Angeles Times’, 30 Jan 86)

It be noted here that the above article does state some things that could be considered somewhat odd or suspect. For example “he had made a decision to leave his body” (thus to actually die). I've listed and investigated various additional arguments that could be forwarded in regards to these circumstances in an article that I wrote about this: “The official version (Jan 86)”, consult here (link will open in a separate window).

Either way Ron DeWolf's bid for an inquest had been rejected for reason of :
	“‘It is our belief that the physician of record has sufficient knowledge to reasonably state the cause of death,’ Whiting said. ‘There is no information obtained during the inquiry to suggest death resulted from other than the cause stated by the physician.’” (from ‘Los Angeles Times’, 5 Feb 86)

 
Ron DeWolf renouncing all of his claims (May-Jul 1987)

It is reported that Ron DeWolf died on September 16, 1991. Some persistent rumours tell that he died because of the injuries he developed while being run over by a car when crossing a street. Another source says that he would have died from cancer.

 
Is Ron DeWolf a reliable witness?

	“And not all professionals in the ‘anti-cult’ field trust DeWolf, either, Scientology officials, while reluctant to admit DeWolf's very existence, when faced with his accusations distribute a transcript of a videotape which DeWolf made in 1972. On tape, DeWolf says he had no personal knowledge of any wrong-doing or illegal acts or brutality against people by members of Scientology, and that he lied in earlier testimony.
	DeWolf now says the tape was made ‘under duress...I did a lot of talking to a lot of people, and nobody believed me. They thought what I had to say was as far out as Scientology itself. But I can't expose L. Ron Hubbard without exposing myself. So I had to reach a point where I was ready, willing, and able to in actual fact let everything – everything – hang out. The whole ball of wax – the good, the bad, the beautiful, the ugly...It wasn't really until 1978, in fact, that I got out from under it. I didn't have all kinds of counselors or ‘deprogrammers.’’”

 
Nibs is being edited ... (an anecdote)

In July 1958 when L. Ron Hubbard gave the Clearing Course lectures, it was his son Nibs that assisted him on the podium. In the 1987 video release he can still be seen. However in the 2006 DVD release he is gone.

For me this is pretty much up to the point of getting ridiculous. First it was the hand of Nibs that brought the books onto the podium and then took them away again. Suddenly now it has become an invisible hand doing these things and rather mysteriously pushed the books on the podium and subsequently removed them again. The edited version looks rather humorous when viewed. And then, who would actually recognize this as being Nibs Hubbard? Would anyone? Pictures of him are indeed very scarce. Thus in regards to that it does not bear any particular significance to have had him edited out from this video. It has now drawn the attention because it was edited like this. Instead the focus has now gone to why the present Church of Scientology does this. It also raises the question that if this can be edited like that, then what else has been edited that we have not discovered yet?

Either way as from the perspective of the intent and purpose of the subject of Scientology and Dianetics there is in fact some oddness or rather inconsistency involved with this. One could simply define the expression ‘as-is’: “To view anything exactly as it is without any distortions or lies, at which moment it will vanish and cease to exist.” (from ‘Scientology Abridged Dictionary’, 1965). This indeed is very basic for these subjects.

 
‘Bare-Faced Messiah’:  The No. 1 book of the anti-Scientology movement  or  A matter of sheer anti-propaganda

	Foreword
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in progress...

 
Foreword

This is another of these sensitive pages that I initially did not plan at all to include. However after various observations made on a certain anti-Scientology newsgroup I realized that we may be facing here some topic that was part of an indeed very carefully planned operation for the sake of anti-Scientology propaganda that were concocted in these 80's. Last but not least it appears also being fairly obvious that this is the No. 1 book about the person L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology that has been and still today is being advocated by various members of the anti-Scientology movement as such. They say “This is a must-read, find out the facts about the scam!”, or something in this order. At that it is then claimed that the documentation provided for in this publication would be so meticulous and accurate. The question that one should ask oneself if this is really the case? People, in particular the propaganda motivated one's, will make many statements to further their aim as ordained by their conviction. This however may not necessarily find their origin in established fact at all. This is just the nature of man behaving like this, this is what he commonly does as history testifies. Hence this article being written.

There are some consequences involved here. If it is found that the referencing as supplied by this publication would not be this meticulous and accurate as claimed, and considering this publication being a frequently used tool of argument provided for by the common anti-Scientologist out there, one in essence would not have to bother too much about the other books they have in their listing. For reason that their present claim will have damaged their credibility sufficiently. And then more people may have come to realize that one then should not so easily adopt matters just because they are being presented by means of statement.

I may hope that I've given you something you'd like to contemplate about... I have done my best to put together relevant information. If you find that I am in error or figure that you have some information that should be included, then please contact me about that.

Vocabulary:

     68R, 68RA:
For example: ‘HCO PL 14 Oct 68R’ & ‘HCO PL 14 Oct 68RA’. The date denotes the first time it has been published in issue-form. The R stands for 'Revision' and would refer to that it has been revised since it was first issued. If it is revised a 2nd time it says RA, a 3rd time RB etc..
     ACC:
‘Advanced Clinical Course’. 1. Basically a theory and research course which gives a much further insight into the phenomena of the mind and the rationale of research and investigation (PAB 71)  2. L. Ron Hubbard's special courses personally taught by him, and sponsored for him by an HCO office. (HCO PL 24 Feb 60). Abbr. ACC.
     audit, auditing, auditor:
The application of Scientology processes and procedures to someone by a trained auditor (listener). The goal of the auditor is to make the receiver of the auditing look at incidents and reduce the mental charge which may lay upon them. The auditor may not evaluate and has to adhere to the Auditor's code.
     Black Dianetics:   (as in Technical Dictionary)
1. Hypnotism. (from lecture given on sept 17, 1951 entitled ‘Black Dianetics’)  2. There are those who, to control, resort to narcotism, suggestion, gossip, slander—the thousands of overt and covert ways that can be classified as Black Dianetics. (from Scientology Journal Issue 3-G, Sept. 1952 entitled ‘Danger: Black Dianetics!’)
     HCO PL or PL:
‘Hubbard Communication Office Policy Letter’: issue-type reserved for L. Ron Hubbard only, these address administrative issues.  One should keep in mind however that at one time not all HCO PL's were written by L. Ron Hubbard.  In present time they are either cancelled or reissued in another issue-type. 
     LRH:
An usual abbreviation for ‘L. Ron Hubbard’.
     original mimeo print-off:
Individually printed issues and distributed from the Mimeo Section of the Scientology organization as opposed to those collected in volumes. These are the issues that you may regard as the real first prints. As a rule these are typed out, mimeographed and distributed as soon as possible after having been compiled or written. They are always legal-sized, 8½ by 14 inches (approx. 21,6 x 35,6 cm). If the issue had 3 or more sides, the pages were collated and stapled together in the upper left corner. More detailed information about this is found here (link will open in a separate window).
     org, orgs:
Abbreviation for ‘organization(s)’.
     PAB:
‘Professional Auditors Bulletin’, Scientology periodical (monthly) send to all members to keep auditors informed about the latest discoveries concerning processing procedures and other.
     Training Routine (TR):
Training regimen or routine. Often referred to as a training drill. TRs are a precise training action putting a student through laid out practical steps gradient by gradient, to teach a student to apply with certainty what he has learned. In particular these are for training of an auditor in regards to communication. The ones presently in use are OT TR 0, TR 0 confronting, TR 0 bullbait, TR 1, 2, 2½, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 100-A, 101, 102, 103 & 104. (for more data see Technical Dictionary & HCOB 17 Jul 69RB)