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...referendum was opposed by the Catholic Church and some junta members. Eduardo Frei Montalva, the Christian Democrat who was President from 1964 to 1970, broke a long silence to fight the referendum. He charged that the plebiscite was an attempt to confuse patriotism with support for the government, and refused to vote...
...fellow junta members by courting personal political popularity (he frequently doffed his military uniform for a business suit while campaigning for the referendum). His triumph last week had its ugly aspects: after the election, bands of rightist youths chanted insults outside the homes of Christian Democratic Party Leaders Frei and Andres Zaldivar, and Zaldivar's home was stoned. More chilling perhaps were Pinochet's attacks on civilian politicians and his disdain for democratic reforms. Borrowing a military metaphor, he told a cheering Santiago crowd: "Now we have placed the artillery. This battle, which had been a withdrawal...
...Frei opposed the legislation on the grounds that it would "thwart the present federal regulations" and that it would discourage cancer victims from seeking a truly effective treatment...
...addition to the FDA, the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute have both dismissed Laetrile as useless. The evaluation is supported by Dr. Emile Frei, director of the Sidney Farber Cancer Research Center, who branded it a "complete fraud...
...Frei said yesterday that the ban will "complicate treatment," although he assumes that saccharine will still be available through prescriptions...