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July 1987

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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 . 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 — 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- 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. lieves the Libertarian Party philosophy of minimal for lieutenant governor last year petition signatures needed to put mainder would be obtained by the reaus. YOu just close them down." "The whole idea that a Texan is He believes the 7,000-signature taxed to go over there and protect government and personal freedom will appeal to lost her bid to stay out of prison the organization on North Dakota end of the month, well before the The Libertarian Party believes gov- ballots in 1988, a spokesman said. deadline early next year. requirement was too onerous. ernmentsbould have nothing to do these routes while oil production is American voters. for a pandering conviction Thurs- day when the state Supreme American Indian activist Russell Currently, only the Republicans "It's getting much more difficult with how people behave, as long as destroyed in Texas is something that As vice president, he said, his efforts to reduce gov- ernment would include eliminating the Internal Reve- Court rejected her appeal. Means is among those vying for and the Democratic-NPL Party have for third parties to get on the bal- they don't hurt one another. would.blow their minds if they ever realized what was happening," he nue Service. Justices Stanley Mask, Allen the Libertarian nomination to run guaranteed ballot spots for the pri- lot," Brekke said.. If he does capture the party's 1988 But Schaible said the require- presidential nomination, Paul, a phy- said. • Marrou is in San Antonio this week to visit his fam- Broussard and Marcus. Kaufman, for president in 1988. The party mary and general elections in ily and continue his Texas campaign for the vice presi- one short of the needed majority ment was more liberal than the sician from Lake Jackson, Texas, cr411 "Instead of those sitting ducks in platform includes advocacy of der- 1988, said Robert Schaible, deputy dential nomination. He will speak at the Texas Liber- on the court, voted to grant a nne that had prevailed try to rally Americans he thinks are the Persian Gulf, I'd be happy to have eguldt;on, dliILg ba,..k U.S. de Nurth Dakota secretory of state. for more a navy and put it in the Gulf of Mexico tarian Party's state convention in Houston this hearing on the appeal by Norma fense conunitments overseas and Brekke said he was particularly than 40 years. fed up with the way Democrats and weekend, along with three of the party's seven presi- Republicans have been running the to protect us against Castro," Paul Jean Almodovar, who faces at drastic budget and tax cuts. interested in getting the Libertar- Until 1981, advocates of third dential hopefuls. least a three-year prison term. country. said. "What's wrong with the tradi- Chris Brekke, a party spokesman ians' presidential candidate on the parties needed needed 15,000 sig- Although the Libertarian Party has third-party sta- Almodovar, who worked 10 "There will be the tax people who tional American policy of neutrali- in Grand Forks, said organizers al- ballot. He is not aware of Libertar- natures, he said Friday. ty?" tus in the United States, and therefore little recogni- years for the police department feel they are being ripped off by the tion, Marrou is known for having been a state legisla- IRS, the hard-money movement be- BY lifting every tariff on U.S. im- as a civilian traffic officer, later cause they.understand gold, private ports and shutting down all foreign tor from 1985 to 1987, the highest elective office ever became a self-described prosti- school people, pro-gun people. There and domestic subsidies, Paul believes held by a Libertarian. tute and was the 1.,il_ler.tarian Par- The pandering law requires a are the people who are very scared of the marketplace would weed out infe- As an Alaska House member, Marrou passed only ty candidate for lieutenant gover- prisor. sentence of three, four or a nuclear holocaust, a whole host of rior products while allowing the best one bill, but he said his chief function was killing bills nor last year. six years, and forbids probation. But Los Angeles Superior Court people," Paul said. produced items to be sold, no matter. he considered bad, including one mirroring the Texas Her conviction involved a 1983 As for campaign contributions, where they are made. law that requires adults to wear scat belts. contact with a former department Judge Aurelio Munoz said a three- Paul, 51, says he has more than "I'd get rid of the the income tax. "People said it would save lives and that's probably colleague. An appeals court said year prison sentence for Almodo- $100,000 in the bank and expects to It's only a new 20th century phenome- right," Marrou said. "But there probably are a lot of Almodovar called the other offi- var "is clearly out of proportion "be raising millions." non in order to finance the welfare other laws we could pass. Why not a slippery bathtub cer, told her about a book she was to the acts of the defendant" and He is unconcerned about his only workers state. law outlawing slippery bathtubs? Government should writing and about her income as a would violate the constitutional opponent for the nomination, Indian "Let's say we did not police the not get involved with making people take care of prostitute, and said she had a ban on cruel and unusual punish- activist Rimell Means, who first world and we had no welfare. Would themselves." male friend who would pay the ment. Among other things, he received national attention in 1973 as we need an income tax? Isn't it inter- other woman to sleep with him. cited her lack of a prior criminal a leader In the 71-day occupation of esting that the income tax came about The other officer took part in a record and recommendations for probation by both the county pro- Wounded Knee, S.D. the time we changed our foreign poli- police investiga lion, tape-record- bation department and the state Means, 47, went to prison for incit- cy and got a central bank and started See you in Seattle in. September! ed phone calls and a conversa- tion, and let Almodovar arrange a prison system. ing a riot but was acquitted of charges fighting wars overseas? In Woodrow Libertarian Presidential Nominating Convention Munoz ordered Almodovar that he aided and abetted a murder. Wilson's day." 111 Seattle Sheraton Hotel • September 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1987 "date," which never too!: place, the court said. placed on three years' probation. • ease ciao sees moos • Libertarians Court decisions may Dromot more cases on plannitip,- laws Two recent buprente Court County document that prohibits require an easement across the hit tracking iecisions on land use policies "historical, archaelogical or open Nollan property for public access "open a window" to more cases space restrictions on private without compensating the of suspects that could turn the tide of in- property without compensation." Nollans. creasing government interference Bruchler echoed Grindle's County Counsel Cameron Reeves believes the first cam. will DENVER (AP) — A proposal on land use, attorney Bruce view that the two cases show developed by a federal panel to Bruchler told a meeting of the judicial notice of public dissatifac- have little impact in Lake County add to a national crime computer Business Association of Lake don with the trend toward new because the court stuck to the the names of suspects as well as County Tuesday. trictive land use policies. historical notion that "all" uses of those charged with crimes or Bruchler's analysis differed "There has been a tragic the property must be deprived to convicted of them would lead to somewhat from County Counsel giveaway by the people of their trigger compensation. He said he "Big Brother," civil libertarians hadn't yet studied the Nollan case Cameron Reeves' view that both property rights," Bruchler said, say. "and it has snowballed into a thoroughly, but press reports in- The 30-member National Advis- cases would have little or no im- pact on county planning policies. tremendous body of law. I think dicated it could have a possible ef- ory Board of the National Crime the court recognized the growing fect on county requirements for Information Center decided last But Bruchler did not go quite pressure among the public that road dedications and easements. week to send the proposal to a as far as Libertarian Party mem- this has gotten bad." The county must show a reLation- research firm to consider the ber Randy Grindle; vrhe. predicted Bruchler toue.nz._ on both the ship between the condition im- sociological, financial and politi- a more drastic judicial swing Supreme Court's reaffirmation of posed and a public purpose but cal implications of the idea, said panel chairman W. Gray Buckley. toward requiring compensation the right to compensation of a Reeves said he thinks "we have It will be six months before the for a reduction of property uses. property owner who is denied all been advising that anyway." board decides whether to recom- Grindle told the Board of Super- use of his land by government "rhe thing that troubles me is mend the change, said Buckley, visors Tuesday that any policy regulators, and the now recent that the reports stated the court agent in charge of the Colorado that goes beyond threats to public case involving public access to the held that if you impose a con- Bureau of Investigation's crime health and safety "are actually coast through private property. dition (with no connection to information center. takings of property for public use Patrick and Marilyn Nollan public purpose) it's a taking," and must be compensated for." Reeves said. "That's inconsistsnt The National Crime Informa- dealt a serious blow to the tion Center is the government Grindle said the Libertarian California Coastal Commission with the historical definition of a computer file that serves as a Party is drafting a Landowners when the Supreme Court agreed taking." clearinghouse for local law en- Bill of Rights similar to a Tehama that the commission cannot Bruchler said that the court forcement officials who need 'in- limited its decision. . on the first formation on such things as indi-' ease, to-requiring compensation Candidacy Was lietpea WALL STREET JOURNAL viduals for whom arrest warrants Anti-Zionist's when "all" uses were deprived, New York NY have been issued and stolen prop- By Jewish Contributors in California leaving open the question of what erty. happens if some or most cases are By JOHN J. FlitzzA About that time. Libortarian-f2arty can- restricted. The advisory board's proposal Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL didate Breck McKinley says he received a also suggests cross-referencing. LOS ANGELES—Edward B. Vallens, a call from Mr. Barnes, who said he repre- BALC President, Burt Harlan 67-year-old retired contractor, is an sented some potential contributors. Mr. said a jurist- friend of his viewed the names of those listed with avowed anti-Zionist. Just how he wound up McKinley says that when he pressed for agencies including the Social Se- with $120,000—much of it from Jewish con- more information, Mr. Barnes said he was the "all" from the opposite per- curity Administration, the Securi- tributors—to stage a television blitz in the working on behalf of Mr. Goland. Mr. spective: that if you are deprived ties and Exchange Commission final hours .of the 1986 California Senate Barnes confirms that he called Mr. McKin- of one use you no longer have all race still bothers him. ley but denies mentioning Mr. Goland's and driver's license bureaus. 8'N-1120,000 might seem like a small name. Mr. McKinley says he rejected the uses and should be compensated. "We're seeking to do a better amount in a race that consumed $24 mil- offer. "I don't think the word "all" lion and is believed to be the most expen- Mr. Vallens says that in mid-October, should really concern us much," job of what we're supposed to be sive Senate race in history. But it is part of as his campaign struggled along with a doing," Buckley said. "I can a larger story that might have affected the few thousand dollars, he received a call Bruchler said. "The real crux is guarantee that our ultimate rec- outcome of the close, bitter race between from Mr. Barnes promising $120,000 from wrongful taking with no Democratic Sen. Alan Cranston and his un- "very conservative Republicans who don't ommendations will be absolutely successful GOP challenger, then-Rep. Ed- want Zschau in there." Mr. Vallens was legitimate public concern. I think reasonable and legal." win Zschau. told to go to a Lor.:Angeles television stu- it could cause (Lake) county sub- A key figure in the story appears to be dio, where he made commercials, asserting stantial problems." But Rep. Don Edwards, D-Cal- Michael Goland, a Los Angeles developer that he, and not Mr. Zschau, was the only if., said the proposal would estab- who is one of the largest donors to the real conservative in the race. Bruchler said the county lish an intrusive "tracking sys- American Israel Public Affairs Committee The commercials ran at least 60 times would have to "do a lot more tem" for people facing no crimi- and who has been active in opposing candi- on Los Angeles and San Diego stations in homework" to justify regulations dates he views as being unfriendly to Is- the final hours before the election. Mr. Val- nal charges. rael. He recently agreed to pay a $5,000 lens, hitherto a political unknown, got 109,- on such things as scenic corridors "I don't want Big Brother • in fine for his role in running television com- 856 votes Mr. Smith claims the ads si- and buffer zones in light of the Washington," said Edwards, who mercials attacking former GOP Sen. phoned off Zschau votes and depressed two decisions. chairs the House Judiciary sub- Charles -Percy of Illinois in Mr. Percy's voter turnout in heavily Republican Or- losing 1984 race; the commercials were il- ange County. Mr. Zschau lost the election 'Neither case directly touches committee on civil and constitu- legal because the source of the financing by 116,000 votes. on the zoning process," Bruchkr tional rights. He said he plans to wasn't disclosed. The Los Angeles Times found two of the said. 'Hundreds of new cases may hold subcommittee hearings on Mr. Goland, who couldn't be reached donors worked for companies controlled by for comment, surfaced in the California flow from this." the board's recommendations. Mr. Goland and another who lived In a TIMES-STAR Jerry J. Berman, legislative race at a May 1986 reception for Mr. house that is owned by Mr. Goland. One Zschau held by Jewish supporters in Los $4,000 check came from'Mr. and Mrs. Mi- Middletown CA director of the American Civil Angeles's San Fernando Valley. According chael Altman. Mr. Altman says he is a Liberties Union, said the changes to the accounts of both Mr. Zschau and close friend of Mr. Goland's and that he is under Consideration would enable campaign manager Ron Smith, he con- treasurer of Young Americans Political fronted the candidate and, in Mr. Smith's Action Committee, a pro-Israel PAC of the government to compile elec- words, "said, 'I'm going to get you just which Mr. Goland is assistant treasurer. tronic dossiers on people who like I got Percy.' " Asked specifically in a second call The Culture may or may not be reasonably A few weeks later, Mark Barnes, the about the donation to Mr. Vallens, Mr. Alt- suspected of engaging in criminal operator of a Los Angeles political consult- man, who (*rates a Sherman Oaks insur- ing firm, was approached to produce and ance agency, was much less expansive. "I of Freedom activity." buy time for a television ad for Mr. Val- don't want to talk about it," he says. "This lens, the Senate candidate of the American atertcnan Prestaereal Nom-cling Coreeneon WIDMER DAILY NEWS has caused me nothing but grief. We got Seattle Sheraton Hole Septen-ber 2 3, rt, a 6, 1987 Independent Party. Mr. Barnes says he some misinformation. Let's just leave it at Whittier CA can't divulge who his clients were. that."