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b7e SF 89-250 RAN/pah:vdj three months after his family had come, and the reason that he came was due to letters he was receiving from his family Saying that it was a paradise in that it was multiracial and there existed nothing but an atmosphere of love and kindness and equality. after his arrival, he was treated with such cordiaility and kindness that he began to fall in love with the Church and its principles. He stated that the philosophy of the Church at that time as he could determine was one of sharing and welfare for alI with equality in all things ay he stayed with the Church and in 1968 JONES began a new type of preaching from the pulpit which was comprised of denunciation of other churches wherein JONES was throwing Bibles on the floor, spitting on the American were eM ey Sere ee we ee ee fled ta Maal Oe ee ce od flag and denouncing generally the United States. JONES com- ' pared the United States to Hitler's Germany and stated that what happened to the Jews in Germany was certainly going to happen to the blacks in the United States (yf a: first JONES did not take offerings in e urch, but that circa 1968, 1969, JONES Stated that other churches were taking money from their members and that it was time for the membership to begin donating. JONES gave a figure of 25 percent as being representative of other churches and stated that it was a voluntary contribution. In 1969, JONES again changed the policy and it became mandatory to give 25 percent of e nenber: (i had in order to stay in the Church as an active member. . In the early seventies, circa 17), nobicewixzredularities in the Church. At this t of os ae en