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Ypi 1=-4'1) PNPW R IF Ypi 1=-4'1) PNPW R The Liberty Pledge Newsletter is a monthly publication for the contributors in the National / Libertarian Party's Liberty Pledge Program, Independence '88 and the Torch Club. It is also distributed to National Committee Members and State Party Chairs, in appreciation of their involvement as well as to network information on activities at Headquarters and libertarians in the news. aippingS zad other stoner of interest are appecated Libertarian Party National Headquarters 301 W. 21st St. Houston, Texas 77008 713/880-1776 HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOUR PLEDGE? WANT TO RAISE IT? CALL 1-800-682-1776 By: Terry Von Mitchell National Director, LNC July 1987 THINGS SHAPING UP FOR CONTRIBUTOR LUNCHEON On Friday the 4th of September, there will be a luncheon for the Torch Club and monthly pledgers. Steve Dasbach, who's coordinating the luncheon, says that special arrangements have been made to save the diners time and reduce distractions from the planned program. Torch Club members will sit at a special place of honor at the front. Further details will be in special invitations to be mailed in early August. Watch for it! 1-800 LINE RINGING OFF WALL Inquiries are increasing at a rapid rate. We are now getting over one hundred phone requests per month for information,* about the LP. Written and phone requests are currently totalling, over 275! FUNDING As predicted in last month's issue, June was a good month with receipts of $24,537.08. (See graph below) This time of year is historically a low income period for the Libertarian Party. Please send your pledges promptly to help us avoid financial stresses that would hinder this incredible head of steam we're building. Member Dues See you in Seattle! Direct Mail 4.92% 35.87% Miscellaneous 2.28% Sales 5.22% Total = $ 24,537.08 Monthly Pledges 27.89% Telephone Fundraising 23.81% Russell Means urges free open world trade izrir-:cst)PaoLiouRNAL Libertarians struggle for candidate with appeal By PEG McENTEE Means, 47, is touring Utah and take up a gun," Means said in an Those purist in pliTiEs, the Liber- But 1988 must look like a terrific op- energy and activism he would bring. Associated Press Writer surrounding states in an effort to interview Monday. taJiarLs,.are having a real struggle IDAHO STATESMAN portunity to make an impression. Not Their reaction suggested the Idaho gain the party's nomination as its Means, an Oglala Lakota Sioux with purity. Boise ID only is the presidential race wide Libertarian Party still includes mem- SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Indian The scene of anguish moves with bers whose strongest reasons for standard-bearer for individual and cofounder of the American open, but the party actually has the activist Russell Means, pursuing the the party's state conventions. A week chance to select a nationally-known joining come from the left, from the Libertarian Party's presidential rights. His major opponent is former Indian Movement, in 1971 led hund- ago it came to Idaho with Russell Randy person. Means has been in headlines people most upset at government in- nomination, says free and open trade Texas congressman Ron Paul. reds of Indians in a 71-day oc- Means and Ron Paul. Stapiius for 15 years, and Paul is well-known trusion in social liberties. is one way to stop the spread of "In a free market, when people cupation of Wounded Knee, S.D., the They are the party's two leading iliMMIONIONSIME1.111011.61110T.M1•31h1¢12112i nationally in conservative, economic' But two of three pro-Means dele- are trading, their hands are so busy site of a 1890 7th Cavalry massacre presidential contenders; the field Commentary and business circles. gates lost, and both pro-Paul contend- totalitarianism in the United States also included, at last count, about five giving and taking, they're too busy to of 200 Indians. But they don't particularly like ers won. Some of them argued that and abroad. dark horses. each other — a chill runs through the Paul, a more polished politician, Means is the Indian activist most abortion and arms control. air when both are in the same room would make a better impression on widely known as a leader in the 1973 If you're a Libertarian, you've — and would not run on one ticket. mainstream America. armed occupation of Wounded Knee, lived with a lot of frustration. The So whom do you nominate? The vote also suggests the Idaho Libertarian Pat S.D. Iron-willed and uncompromising party first fielded presidential candi- The assembled Idaho Libertarians, party has more members who come Libertarian Paul runs on — he still wears his hair in braids and dates in 1976, when it was a fledgling, having heard speeches from both at the anti-government philosophy traditional jewelry around his neck — barely-noticed organization. Reagan candidates, spent close to two hours from the right, who most dislike the VP hopeful he had presence that could rivet a landslides obliterated its visibility in anguishing over that question. cost of government and its involve- guns, gushers and gold crowd and make you uneasy in your 1980 and 1934, and in none of these Seven Idaho libertarians were ment in the economy. TENNESSEAN/Nashville TN living room. races did the standard bearer have nominated to serve as delegates to That could become more true than 17f.t ANDREW NIANGAN Paul is a long-time conservative any national reknown outside the ' the national convention in Seattle; it is now. Two conservative Idaho Re- • Marrou here Associaled Press - WaiJangtoli activist, a former -Repubiic-an—c-on--p-artYIaithful. Idaho gets four voting delegates. The publicans — Rep. Elizabeth Allan- WASHINGTON — Former Rep. THE LIGHT gressman, a "gold bug" yearning for Libertarianism — which favors as national delegates will pick the nomi- Hodge, Middleton, and former Rep. The Oglala Sioux Indian leader said little government as possible, far less Ron Paul of Texas wants to be presi- By KATHRYN KASE San Antonio TX returning to the gold standard. He nee. Dieter Bayer, Boise — showed up for dent so he can abolish every govern- recently it is natural for an Indian to Staff writer also is low-key, easy-going, a cool and than Republicans or Democrats Of the seven, three supported or much of the convention. If they take mental function that could be per- embrace the Libertarian philosophy polished speaker whose message is would find agreeable — is a consis- leaned toward Means, two leaned to- a more active role or even join the formed by the private sector. because it fits the Indian belief in per- Andre Marrou set himself apart from the political far more polarizing than he is. tent doctrine easy to explain. But its ward Paul and the other two were un- party, the Idaho organization could sonal freedom. pack by joining the Libertarian Party in the late 1970s Both are relatively new Libertar- purity limits its appeal: People who decided. tilt more toward Paul and the right Paul, a conservative who quit the like its views on .little to no economic Republican Party earlier this year . Paul served in CongreEs for four and today is its sole candidate for the vice presidential ians. Russell says he accepts all of Some Libertarians said they liked than it does now. the party's platform; Paul says he regulation might not, for example, and is now a Libertarian, would sessions,•from 1976 through 1984, dur- nomination. Means' willingness to support the Randy Stapilus is political editor of accepts all but a couple of planks on back its scowling at drug laws. whole platform and the sense of uproot the nation's economic estab- ing which he became known far his Marrou. a former San Antonian and brother of - The Statesman. KENS-TV anchorman Chris Marrou, said Tuesday lishment, shaking out the income tax. advocacy of the gold-backed dollar. VENTURA STAR FREE PRESS during an interview that he is seeking an office tradi- monetary system and subsidy pro- Under a Paul administration, mili- Ventura CA grams and creating a wholly free tary activity would be scaled back, tionally reserved for those who lose the presidential market system. with no U.S. ships roaming the far nomination because he believes the vice presidency seas, no bombers circling the globe, could be a powerful force for change. Prostitute who ran Libertarian Party supporters work Tariffs would fall. Entitlement pro- grans would end. Gunboats would be no submarines beneath the poles, and "The last seven vice presidents have ignored the called home. The gold standard no soldiers in Korea, Europe or Cen- constitutional mandate to preside over the Senate," for office must would be reinstituted. tral America. • said Marrou, a former Alaska state representative. "Think of the foolishness we're "Any ex-legislator can tell you that the presiding offi- to get on N.D. ballot in 1988 "I would abolish the Federal Re- serve, create a sound money system, doing in the Persian Gulf for the ben- cer can have very strong control over the Senate. And serve prison time THE FORUM/Fargo-Moorhead ND define the dollar," Paul said in an in- efit of Europe and Japan and how the Senate has been described as the greatest delibera- Bismarck, N.D. (Al') ready had collected some 3,000 Ian candidates who are planning tive body in the world." SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A terview. "You deregulate everything they're sticking it to Texas," Paul said Supporters of the Libertarian Par- signatures. to run for other statewide offices, and you get rid of all the bums, all the in reference to President Reagan's Marrou, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology- former Los Angeles traffic officer such as governor, or for the state who became a prostitute and ran ty are working to collect the 7,000 Brekke said he hoped the re- bureaucrats who are running the bu- plans to protect oil tankers in the gulf trained engineer who works in real estate sales, be- Legislature, Brekke said.
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