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2 B A Misunderstanding Proxmire Defeats Own Proposal With Complicated Explanation By DICK WEST Washington -(UPD- During debate on the tax revision bill, Sen. William E. Prox mire Introduc ed an amend ment which received only 16 favorable votes. It has since become appar V il l ent why the con- Demo- weu crai s propos al failed so overwhelmingly. There was a misunderstand ing. The other senators under stood the amendment all right, but they didn't under stand Proxmire's explanation of it. Except for that, it might have received 17 favorable votes. ' The amendment would have deprived utilities of in vestment credits provided in the bill. In support of this move, Proxmire cited a study entitled "Private Investment in the Electric Power Indus try and the Acceleration Prin ciple." The study, complete with tables, algebraic symbols and 37 footnotes, filled eight pag es of the Congressional Rec ord with small print. It seems to have baffled a large por tion of the Senate. At least it baffled Sen. Ro bert S. Kerr, who is by al most any measurement a large portion. Two days after tht study appeared in print, tht Ok lahoma Democrat aroia to DURING The Big $ New Pick OB ? PARSONS 5th and Riverside THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. 1962 report that ha couldn't com' prahend anything about it In fact, ha couldn t even pronounce the names of its authors. He was, however, able to spell them. K-i-s-s-c l-g-o f f I and M-o-d-i-g l-i-a-n-i-. Kerr also had trouble with the term "econometrica." "The first lime I looked at the expression I thought it was Metrecal," he comment They'll Do It Every lUE NURSES HAVE NO SVMPATI4V FOR THE PATIENTS WHO COMPLAIN ABOUT BEING ON A STARVATION DIET 7heaWON y -T DON'T KNOW Jt A THE MASHED SECONDS ) r,Pi ATiuFtM I WHAT YOU'RE Sj) POTATOES AND ll qm THE WS1 ( icj tuat ) COMPLAINING Jr- URAVy,ALDOyfcUTLETS,1IC STEAL A OUR '62 Dodge Custom Compact Dodge Lancer -sjy Size Dodge Dart A Price ! Pick A Site ! Steal A Dodge From . . . Med ed. Mainly, however, he was baffled by the equations that K-i-s-s-e-l-e-g-o-f-f and M-o-d-l-g-l-i-a-n-i used to illustrate economic concepts. In one place, Kerr pointed out, "I-A T equals 18 9 minus .162 IIR-A T plus 62.9RT." But In another place, "I-A T equals 297 minus. 909 IIRA-A 5-1 plus 61.6RT -1." "Exploring through the Time NEW DODGE CLOSE-OUT Why buy a new car when you can steal one! Go ahead. Knock over your Dodge dealerl He's sitting on top of some fabulous loot Dodge Darts, lancers, Custom 880's, and Polara 500's a whole showroomful of easy pickings! Here's why he's such a pushovers He's GOT to slash inventory 50, but quick, to make room for the great new '63 Dodge. So never mind the mask and gun (they'll only slow you down). Steal on down TODAY and pinch a brand-new Dodge, And when you do take along the three best accomplices in the business 1. "YEAR END" DISCOUNTSI Cut-to-the-bone pric es on ALL Dodge '62 models! Savings up to $300.00 on many models, hundreds of dollars on every car in stockl 2. SKY-HIGH TRADE-INS! There isn't a "fence" in town who'll pay you as much as your Dodge dealerl Find out how much more your car's worth on a brand-new '62 Dodge. 3. LONG, LOW TERMSI .lest friend a burglar ever had the long-term, low-cost financing that takes the sting out of new-car stealing! 10T0 ford ramifications of that alge braic equations has given sna mora pleasure than whan I flunked Greek." ha said. If I were keeping score, I would give Kerr 10 points for harpoonery. N e v e r t he less, Proxmire would get the gold star. Replying to Kerr's drollery, Proxmire wryly observed that "should we follow a policy In the Senate of introducing nothing into the record which the senator from Oklahoma cannot understand that might reduce the size of the record." By Jimmy Hatlo But get a gander of them stoking up in the hqspltal CAFETERIA.' WqW.' GLUTTONV, INC.- SALE Phone 773-3687 R GO. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOMw. OREGON Social Warfare Continued Bv Canadian Freedomites By DONALD EICHERT Vancouver, B. C.-fllPD-When the government displease them, the Sons of Freedom take their own form of re venge: They take off their clothes; Or set fire to their homes; Or go on a hunger strike; Or blow something up. The Freedomites, a splinter group of the Russian-descended Doukhobor religious sect, have conducted their social warfare for 40 years. Their brand of terrorism primarlly taking off their clothes in public and setting fire to their belongings-began in the mid-20's, when author ities seized Freedomite-held land and belongings as pay ment tor fines members had incurred by refusing to send their children to school. When authorities took over the property, the Freedomites began protest bombings, arson attacks and disrobing by men and women. And the battle has been go ing on ever since. New Dimension A few months ago the vio lence took on a new dimension when Freedomites staged ar son and bomb attacks at their special Spring Assizes, or con ferences, near Nelson, B.C. They topped their activities by using 200 sticks of dyna mite to blow up a 366-foot power transmission tower 25 miles east of Nelson, throwing some 1,000 persons out of work as a result of the power loss. Only the arrival of 130 Roy al Canadian Mounted police men kept angry "vigilantes" from marching on the Free- domite "capital" of Krestova, Other Canadians, a Freedom He leader says, just don't un derstand the Freedomites' ide ology. Three weeks later the Mounties staged some dawn raids of their own, rounding up all but one of the Freedom ite leaders. Some were charged with terrorism, while 70 oi tne leaders were ac- niicil nt mnatrminHIno the raids and charged with "con spiring to intimidate parna ment." Launch Drive WhilA th man cat in tail Freedomite women launched a "scorched earth" drive to burn their buildings, appar anllu in nrntMt Thpv rp duced the 130 dwellings In Krestova to fewer tnan a doz en tarpaper and plywood Tn npfmn Iho men fnlk Hifl their part by refusing to eat for IB days, wnen me conspir- apv ihnr0pa ffltrPH tn hold UO in court, and some of the men were releasced, they found little tn return to. Tt man an Artive hut tvDical year for the Freedomite Douk hobors. The Doukhobor sect as a whole originated nearly 250 veat- nffn in Russia over a dif ference among Greek Ortho dox clergy as to whetner tne oinn nf the f.rOSS Should be given with two or with three fingers. The losing faction, branded "Doukhobors" or"spirit wrest lers" by the church, accepted Ue niUnnme hilt let it signify spiritual struggle instead of heresy. Living in isolated farming colonies in Russia, the douk hobors were governed by 12 so-called apostles ana ju m .J., n.hn aenernllv surround uua nu .. 1 ed their decisions with a wall nt unnnvmllv. Gradually the sect began to ;..;e nrimnrllv into the or thodox, the independent and the Freedomite uouKnouurs. n ...-. ihe Freedomites' refus al to do military service which led to a decade of Czarist per secution in Russia ana enaeu in the migration of the group IU Allium... The Freedomite spectacular -nude, hefty women silhou etted ngalnsi buildings which have et nn fire-were be gun in 1895 in Caucasia 2.000 Doukhobors sang psalms ni.r,nn a hnnfire of guns in their village-marking renun ciation of the use oi torce. TUrt ranaHian Doukhobors split sharply after 1924 when sect leader rclcr vengm niw nnpncers aboard a passenger train were killed in a bomb explosion near Far ron. B. C. Verigin s son, Peter II took over the leadership ...;i hrnhr with the law drove him into exile. His policies deepened the ........ - the VreedOnliteS and Canada's 18.000 Orthodox and Independent DouKnooors ...hrt annarentiv wanien i .i -inlenre. Sociologists say the rubllc i n.ii n a ha. a dual mean ing for the Freedomites. On the religious plane, it ex presses the Freedomite's con ception of himself as a naked child ot liofl. But it also embarrasses the daylights out of the autnon It Is believed that the Free domites hit upon this particu lar fnrm of protest after ' watching the effect of nudity on bystanders at their re ligious services. Shocking to non-Freedom- ltes, the practice comes nat urally to people who main tain mixed communal steam baths. The Freedomites have danced in the nude while set ting fire to buildings, paraded in the nude to protest govern ment actions and ridden 35 miles to jail nude in a railroad boxcar. One parade of naked Freedomites was lead by a pretty, blonde girl, riding nude on a white horse. After being convicted of nudity in public in 1959, some 50 Doukhobors did the only right" thing: they took off their clothes in court. Reject Laws Primarily, the Doukhobors reject man-made laws. They respond only to their leaders who communicate the "Word of God." But pinning the Free domites down as to who the leaders are has been a diffi cult task. There have been few i tual leaders. Peter Verigin I, a disciple of Tolstoy, gave the sect its vegetarian, abstinent way of life. His son helped lace its non-violent philosophy with an obsession for bomb ing and arson. As the terrorism, mostly over the school issue, contin ued into the last decade, a col orful figure from outside the sect presented himself as leader. He was black-bearded Stef an Sorokin, a displaced person Entire Stock TOYS! ! Reduced 50 r I r2gr- univ v i tT Vis. Stop Freezing j I -"i IH n"r - Pin.. I I X' . I W Purchase - AO H WINCHFCTED e' 50 22i?a1?e - B, Lr I automatic 9888 m 5 Gal-1 1 Roll Covar. 17 Ft. f f . 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When a Vancouver Sun re porter exposed Sorokin's ac tivities, 'the newspaper re ceived a letter from a group of Freedomites who wrote: "We know we send money to Sorokin, We get all we want from him in spiritual and intelligent advice." Before this spring's flare-up the Freedomites had been con sidering a move to a more friendly social climate. The Soviet Union offered to settle the sect in Siberia in 1958. and the Canadian government offered . to pay their fare-on the condition they renounce Canadian citizenship. But Russia later backed aown, claiming the move would endanger trade rela tions with Canada. Late last year the Freedom ites were reportedly dickering for a tract of land in Brazil. Members of the sect say they still might go through with the deal. Officials have become a 1 it- SPECIAL THIS DUNHAM'S at the Big Y Medford's Lowest Prices! Tax Increase Small Company To Move; New Auburn, Wis. -IllPD-The New Auburn Screw Products Co., New Auburn's only in dustry, is leaving town be cause of a 260 per cent tax hike. "I can see a normal increase in taxes, but this I can't justi fy," owner Frank Nesvacil said. When the tax notice came I couldn't believe it," he said. But I knew there was no use arguing with them, so I drove to Chicago and hunted up a place." Taxes on the firm went up from $290 to $1,040 in con nection with a new state as sessment for the town of Sampson. The firm was founded by Nesvacil 12 years ago. Sales last year exceeded $50,000. If this is the way to at tract and keep small business in an area, then I m glad I n pulling out before I get it again," Nesvacil said. "The only thing this town has given me in 17 years is one load of gravel for my loading ramp I even plow out my own road in the winter time." A tax assessor disagreed with Nesvacil. "His taxes aren't too high for what he's got there," said Carl Melon. "He's been getting tie reluctant to predict what the Freedomites might do next, and nobody knows whether or not the group is really planning a move. But, as everyone who comes in contact with them will say, if the Doukhobors leave, things in this region will seem pretty dull. Forces by for years with low taxes and certainly has no kick coming." Nancy Kwan Expects First Child in April London - (UPC - Actress Nancy Kwan, currently film ing in London, announced to day that she and her husband, Austrian ski instructor Peter" Pock, expect their first child next April. Miss Kwan and Pock, both 23, were married in cere monies in London, Hong Kong1 and Austria last June. Subscribers To report improper or non- r delivery of the Mail Tribiin in r Medtord, phone 772-6141: Aih land call at 1224 Iowa St., or . phone 482-3002- Montague and . Vreka. phone GLobe 9-3171, be- -for 6 45 p.m. dally and 10 JO -a,m Sunday. 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