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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
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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
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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."
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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."
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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
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Doukhobor funds, promising
to found a new home for the
sect.
Founds Empire
Instead, he founded a real
estate empire and continued
to supply the Freedomites
with spiritual guidance, by
mail, receiving in return con
tributions which by 1958 were
estimated to total $300,000.
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.
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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.
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