HCO Bring Order
It was 1974 and time for another big NY "event." The travelling speaker in this case was Alex Sibirski, and again it was in a hotel ballroom rented for just two or three hours. Maybe the sour taste of the previous event, or maybe the fact that it was on a Saturday morning, but for some reason only a couple of hundred showed up. By the time things got started, time was already short.
Siberski was on stage, not really far into his presentation yet, when the sound of arguing came from the back. The hotel manager had another event booked, and they were ready to come in, as it was now their time slot. If they'd only understood that we were gathering for the Purpose of Clearing the Planet, they surely would have deferred and rescheduled their wedding or bar-mitzvah for another day.
Alex pointed majestically from the podium at the plump, balding man in the business suit. "HCO, bring order!" Several Sea Org members physically escorted the hotel manager out of his ballroom. I believe his feet were off the floor. As Siberski continued his talk, I didn't think this would fly.
Just minutes later, a contingent of NY's Finest, uniformed police, arrived to clear the ballroom. This took very few minutes. Considering the disappointing number of attendees, it was decided to bring the event to the NY Org courseroom, a few blocks away. In impressive leadership fashion, every staff member was mobilized. David Light handed me a 3'X4' photo of Ron to bring to the Org, which I did.