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              The Loyola MAROON Volume 70 N0.5 Loyola University New Orleans, Louisiana 70118 September 27, 1991 '■ Students Protest Salvadoran Aid By Chris Raphael Assistant News Editor Protesting what they consider American-sponsored corruption, poverty and war, members of the Loyola community assembled outside the Hale Boggs Federal building in downtown New Orleans on Friday, September 20 in an effort to halt the estimated $85 million in U.S. military "aid" to El Salvador; aid, they say, which has kept the highly opposed Chris taini "death machine" rolling for over a decade. Sponsored by the Loyola University Community Action Program (LUCAP) in cooperation with the New Orleans chapter of Pax Christi, a social justice organization, the protest comes in the wake of the currently debated McDermott Bill and other resolutions calling for the termination of all U.S. military aid to El Salvador. Last year, three Loyola students, a professor and a Jesuit were sentenced to 20 hours of community service and one year's probation for obstructing the entrance to the Federal Building. Several members of Pax Christi were also arrested and Fined. This year, however, the protesters were less radical. On an unusually windy New Orleans day, members of sr^So^r^ss™^"-a"""",o make a—""abow us-miii^ Wilder wins support for his campaign By Lisa Burns Assistant News Editor Intelligent, charismatic, impressive and even good looking were some of the words buzzing around the audience, used to describe Virginia Governor L. Douglas Wilder. Wilder, a Democratic presidential hopeful, was in New Orleans delivering the first Emest N. Morial Public Affairs Lecture at Xavier University on September 19. Describing himself as "the longest of long shots,,. Wilder presented a brief but thorough speech addressing his ideas for fiscal reform and giving his view of the failures of the Bush administration. Wilder proposed what he called the "Put America First" initiative, which encompasses his political goals if elected as president. The campaign includes working to lower the projected federal deficit, which he believes would in turn stimulate the economy. Attempts would also be made to cut the tax burden on the middle class, better educate children and provide adequate and affordable health care. He said the initiative was necessary in order to combat recession and to get the economy moving toward restoring fiscal order. While the audience listened, attentive to his every word, he stressed that "as a direct result of Washington's gross fiscal mismanagement, the American "pie" continues to shrink. And as it does, there are fewer jobs and other opportunities for the American people." Wilder accused President Bush and his allies in Washington of "cultivating the poisonous weeds of racial intolerance."Government officials, clergy and men and women of various racial and ethnic backgrounds sat quietly, listening to Wilder's proposals, unaware that his first step towards creating a harmonious America had already been taken by the mere fact of their presence. Wilder said that Bush, instead of offering healing leadership, offers divisive rhetoric which can result only in pitting groups of Americans against each other instead of pulling together to accomplish a common goal. Wilder appeared to capture the audience just as he had when he became the first black governor of a southern state, much to the chagrin of his political foes. He is confident that he can win the affections of voters in the same way that John F. Kennedy did in 1960. His strategy is to touch the pulses of the people by returning to the grass roots politics that led John F. Kennedy to victory. He plans to accomplish this by visiting even the most destitute of neigborhoods. Hampton University, Virginia, student, Louie Wilson 111, called Governor Wilder the "ultimate politician." "Our governor is one of the most conservative Democrats in the country," he said. Even as racist as some people in Virginia still arc, they appear comfortable with him because they label him as not being "too black," while blacks are satisfied with the fact Alumnus threatens high court By Chris Raphael Assistant News Editor Former Loyola Law School graduate C. Edward Karst says he will assassinate members of Louisiana's Supreme Court if he is not elected governor. "I'm seeking military authority to obviate military measures," he quoted from a letter he wrote to President Bush. "If Idon'tgetelectcd, I'll kill them." An independent candidate with one issue to fight — judicial corruption—Karst qualified for the race simply by paying a $750 dollar filing fee. But he has a long, if not deadly, axe to grind. Removed from the Louisiana Bar for accusing a judge of forging a trial record in case he lost, Karst's eleven year battle with the courts, which has left him disbarred and distraught, has upset him to the point of potential violence. During that period, Karst said his lawyer "sold him down the river," and a "media conspiracy," comprised of Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes and The Times-Picayune, is working against him. By not exposing judicial corruption, he said, the media are "telling lies" and avoiding their First Amendment duty. "How can you live in a free society where a judge is permitted to forge a trial record?" Karst kept on asking. "The day of reckoning will come one day.... when I run out of money. There will be carnage on the Supreme Court floor." Karst claims he has real evidence to support his allegations — testimony from a Cornell computer science Ph.D. establishing the court record as "fake." In addition, he claims that attorneys for the state have lied and have inflated and distorted evidence, especially his psychological evaluations. Karst has since filed a complaint to the FBI, which has allegedly referred the charge to the U.S. Justice department, but the process could take a long time. According to a report in The Times-Picayune, Karst— a former intelligence operative in Korea — was detained for six weeks in 1990 for threatening the lives of state justices and has since purchased an uzi to carry out this See El Savador /page 3 See Wilder /page 5 See Alumnus /page 5 dfdsfdf