Pynchon in '68

[Ed Folger]

>Apparently TRP in Jan '68 was included on a list of prominent people
>who refused to pay their 10% War surcharge tax and thus risked up to
>a year in prison (fairly unlikely) or a ten grand fine.  The list also
>included Mr Spock himself, Susan Sontag and a whole heap of others...
>Has anyone heard about this?
>
It was refusing to pay the % of Federal income tax calculated to be
channeled to the Viet Nam war effort. Folksinger Joan Baez's husband (forget
his name) actually went to jail for some time over this issue. Her sister
Mimi was married to Richard Farina. Anyone with a mind in the US at that
time was outraged and obsessed by that war. 

 Ed Folger
 Interface Construction, inc.
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