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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1991
Former Neo-Nazi
Runs For Governor
New York (JTA) — David
Duke, a former neo-Nazi and
grand wizard of the Ku Klux
Klan, has emerged as one of
the two remaining con-
tenders for Louisiana's gov-
ernorship, after edging Gov.
Buddy Roemer out of a tight,
three-way race.
Mr. Duke, a Republican
state legislator shunned by
the White House and the na-
tional GOP, will square off
against former Louisiana
Gov. Edwin Edwards, a
Democrat, in a runoff elec-
tion Nov. 16.
Mr. Edwards, who had an-
ticipated that Mr. Duke,
rather than Mr. Roemer,
would be defeated, had ex-
pressed doubts along the
campaign trail that voters
would take seriously "a
grown man who ran around
for years in a sheet."
Mr. Edwards emerged the
front-runner in the primary
election with 34 percent of
the vote. Mr. Duke garnered
32 percent, and Mr. Roemer
trailed with 27 percent.'
Mr. Duke's rhetoric during
the campaign has not been of
the racist nature associated
with the Klan. Rather than
making overt references to
race or religion, Mr. Duke
spoke in more subtle terms
about the "New York in-
fluence" and its control over
the media, and about the
"rising welfare underclass."
The candidate spoke in
more concrete terms five
years ago when, during a
taped interview with a doc-
toral student researching
the Klan, he said Jews
belong in the "ash bin of his-
tory" and that they should
be resettled outside the
United States.
While the former
Klansman attributes his
past activities to his youth,
there is "no indication that
he has changed his beliefs,"
according to Ted Flaum, di-
rector of the Community Re-
lations Council of the Jewish
Federation of Greater New
Orleans.
Mr. Flaum said Mr.. Duke's
victory indicates that voters
"are looking for scapegoats
and easy solutions to serious
problems."
Lance Hill, executive di-
rector of the Louisiana Co-
alition Against Racism and
Nazism, said Mr. Duke's ap-
peal is "very simple: He
offers an authoritarian
racist solution to crime and
economic deterioration."
Mr. Duke garners support
among whites by saying he
will implement repressive
measures in the black com-
munity, Mr. Hill said.
In fact, a recent poll in
New Orleans detected a so-
called hidden vote among
well-educated whites who
support Mr. Duke but
decline to acknowledge their
support.
Abraham Foxman, na-
tional director of the Anti-
Defamation League, ex-
pressed disappointment that
the "electorate was willing
to either blink their eyes to
this man's racism and anti-
Semitism or to be supportive
of it."
Jerome Chanes, co-director
for domestic concerns at the
National Jewish Commun-
ity Relations Advisory
Council, said the issue of Mr.
Five years ago he
said Jews belong
in the "ash bin of
history" and
should be
resettled.
Duke's candidacy goes far
beyond the candidate and
the state of Louisiana.
Mr. Chanes said Mr.
Duke's candidacy raises two
questions: what Mr. Duke's
success in Louisiana means
in terms of the resurgence of
extremist groups in Ameri-
can society and what it
means in terms of the re-
emergence of anti-Semitism
in the political process.
Mr. Chanes said he be-
lieves Duke's victory is not
reflective of society at large.
"The experience over
many decades has been that,
generally speaking, Ameri-
cans tend to repudiate, to re-
ject out of hand, extremist,
racist and anti-Semitic rhet-
oric," he said.
But Mr. Hill said polls in-
dicate that Duke stands a
good chance of capturing
Louisiana's governorship.
His anti-racist coalition,
which has been credited
with playing a role in Mr.
Duke's defeat in his bid for a
U.S. Senate seat last year,
plans an active television
and radio campaign against
him.
And many of the Jewish
groups, which cannot engage
in partisan activities
without losing their tax-
exempt status, are working
instead to educate the public
about Mr. Duke's
background and agenda and
to get out the vote.