Tuesday, May 13, 1975
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By BILL PERRY heavy
THE POLITICAL grapevine with
branching out from W a s h- heart
ington is a-buzz with excite- cause
ment: rumor has it that Pies- freedo
dent Ford will soon give a dochin
speech of great consequence to heart
the nation. With-incredible good becau
fortune, this reporter has ob- reflec
tained a transcript of this dra- and s
matic speech, and is proud to foreig
present it in this column renew
Foreign Policy Speech . . - sidiow
(Camera fades is on i-resi- (Car
dent Ford standing behind a close-i
lectern in the bathrorm of the plumb
White House. On the lectern is
a copy- of his speech, as well "YE
as his customary pitciher of our p
grape Kool-Aid.) once
"My fellow Americans, I come Ameri
to you tonight with a heart into a
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hope. This heavy-light
is heavy with sadness be-
of the recent collapse of
om and democrtacy in In-
na. But this light-heavy
is also light with hope
se we can snw pause and
t on what has happened,
et a new course in ',ur
n policy, to battle with
ed spirit and vigor the in-
s communist threat."
mera superimposes a
up of the baihroon's
ing facilities.)
S, WE can flush away
ast transgressions and
again turn this great
can melting pot of ours
tidy-bowl for democracy.
ed by the simplistic and shop-
worn dogma of tie Domino
Theory. We now know that the
communist mentality is too so-
phisticated to rely on such a
straightforward plan of attack.
I have concluded, after great
deliberation, that a new theory
of communist aggression is cal-
led for, one which transcends
the old Domino Theary and puts
the threat to our freenom in a
proper light."
(Camera shot of Ford polling
out a pocket-sized set of tiddly-
winks.)
"My fellow Americans, this is
my personalized, deluxe set of
tiddly-winks. I often plac this
challenging game to pass the
long, boring hours spleit flying
have found that it keeps my
mind alert and ready for those
tedious decisions that al prosi-
dents must make now and hen.
But watch . .."
(He pulls out a man of the
world and places a re 'iddly-
wink on South Vietnam.)
"THE COMMUNIST menace
no longer has to e'i(rcach upon
our freedom by conquering the
world country by coun'r7. like
dominoes."
(He flips the tiddly-winnc
across the Pacific ocean. It
lands squarely on Muscle Beach,
California.)
"You see, with tn Tiddly-
Wink Theory, the communists
can easily leap over g r e a t
oceans and entire continents to
threaten us in ou: own back-
yards!
"Therefore, we must no w
pursue a course in fireign af-
fairs which will beat th,' com-
munists' new and denrastating
tactic. I am asking Congress to
appropriate an unlimited amount
of money to research and de-
velop a proper counerforcc to
this terrible threat.
"My fellow Americans, we
must not allow our adversaries
to create a tidily-wink g a p .
Thank you, and g )3d night."
(President Ford takes a sip
of Kool-Aid, and the camera
fades out.)
Bill Perry is an LSA junior
majoring in History.
Government harasses AIM members
(aontinued from Page 4)
murders and shootings at Pine
Ridge are being investiga-ed by
the "same FBI agents who serv-
ed as adverse witnesses in the
Wounded Knee trials. '
Finzel feels there is a strong
effort to annihilate 'he radical
Indian movement. As proof, he
cites 26 arrests of ,IM adher
ents in the past month, six
deaths of AIM supporters --- in-
cluding a prime defense wit-
ness in a murder case -- )n
the Pine Ridge Reservation M
two weeks and the issuance of
50 "John Doe" warrants for
AIM members.
The efforts are not lim ted to
Pine Ridge, and appear to be
carefully coordinated Within a
24-hour period last , a r c h,
federal and local police arrested
17 AIM members in 'hree states.
IN DENVER, Bill Means and
four others were stoped by the
police and held for "'suspicion
of a controlled substance" -
marijuana - then freed 72
hours later without charges.
In Rushmore, Nebraska, Tom
Poorbear was arrested on s -
picion of driving a stolen san.
The vehicle was registered to
Douglas Durham, FBI inform-
er, and not stolen. The charge
was changed to possession of
an unserialized pistol.
Near Hot Springs, SI) , for
men and three women, all AIM
members, were stopped at a
roadblock for a "licens plate
check". Met by foar separate
state and federal law enforce-
ment agencies, they were held
on a variety of charges includ-
ing "criminal syndicatison," last
used in 1918 against Eugene
Debs.
That same weekend, Russell
Means and Richard Marshall
were arrested and charged with
shooting a man in a saloon n
Scenic, S.D. When the victis-
died five days later, the cherge
was changed to murder Means
aid Marshall admit stopping at
the bar with five others to use
the restroom, but deny that they
shot anyone.
ThERE HAVE bee, other ar-
rests, including five in connec-
tion with the AIM-supisorted oc-
cupation of the Alexian Broth-
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Defense lawyers say they ex-
pect the majority of these charg-
es to be dismissed at trial, cit-
ing the 91 counts already dis-
missed in the Wounded K n e
cases.
Two of the government's
strongest official critics h a v e
been removed from key posi-
tions. First, Judge Nichol dis-
qualified himself fr-n future
AIM trials at the government's
request.
A week later, Albert Trimble,
the BIA Superintendent on Pine
Ridge Reservation, was "re-as-
signed" because he openly op-
posed the federally supported
tribal administration on lice
Ridge.
"The American Indias Move-
ment - or Oglalas who syim
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systematically murdered, h a
assed, intimidated and put :n
jail since Wounded Knee," Rus-
sell Means said.
AIM LEADERS fee t h e s e
tactics are a direct response
to their demands for equal civ-
il rights and an examitation of
371 treaties between the federal
government and Amer can Ind-
ians. If the treaties are upheld,
AIM says, the. Oglala i aCu x
alone would own at least 511
million acres in five sta.es and
become holder of the worli's ce-
cond largest uranium reserves,
and accrue vast mineral, o i I ,
water and timber rignts.
Earlier this year, U.S. Dis-
trict Judge Warren K. Urbom
ruled the Sioux would have to
negotiate with the U. S. Cor-
gress for treaty rights. tn his
decision Judge Urbom said
". the official policy of the
United States was imp iled by
a resolute will to control sub-
stantial territory for its west-
ward-moving people. Whatever
obstructed this movement, in-
cluding the Indians, was to be
- and was - shoved aside, do-
minated or destroyed.
"Wars, disease, treatins pock
ed by duplicity and decimation
of the buffalo by Whites drive
the Sioux to reservatins, shriv-
eled their populations and 6is-
embowled their corporate body.
"THEY WERE left a people
unwillingly dependent in fact
upon the United States. it is an
ugly history. White Americans
may retch at the recolleenan of
it."
Judge Urbom's wor iwere
not lost on the Oglala Sioux who
crowded his courtroam.
"All we ask is independence
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