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t ) con- ■ulf of as the ■am of isal of K that Being enior if the have Aus- ublic an to Fort s and The The ation Rail- five icter om- ege- ?gu- i on nest d is i tas ked he ‘Tortilla Curtain’ THE BATTALION Page 3 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1978 Demo candidates to meet ■fives in ections. accord- ervices, f of stu- ■oe and aid that and student vailable ided. istimu- ■d. The iecrea- mntain nytime tickets Second United Press International SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Immigration Commissioner Leonel Castillo told a newspaper Tuesday he approved of the so-called “Tor tilla Curtain” plan to fence out Mexican aliens on the border at key crossing points in Texas, Arizona and California. Castillo said he “inherited” the idea of the fences from the Ford Administration and Congress, but that he probably would have made the same decision had it been up to him. “I’m required by my oath to control and prevent (illegal) entry,” Castillo told the San Antonio Light. “We are told to regulate entry and this (fencing) is one option. "In an urban area, such as El Paso, this fence may be effective. We've had a lot of violence in California with aliens being beaten, robbed and murdered. Maybe the fence will help out there. WeTl just have to see.” Three weeks ago, Castillo let a $2 million contract to build fences along the U.S.-Mexico border at El Paso and San Diego, Calif., the two busiest ports of entry for illegal aliens. He said Congress also approved construction of a similar fence at San Luis, Ariz., two years ago. .and con United Press International CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — “The Tortilla Curtain,” the Immi- ation and Naturalization Service’s proposed fence to prevent illegal aliens from crossing from Juarez, Mexico, to El Paso, is a contradic- onofthe Carter administration’s human rights policy and a symbol (“oppression and repression,” Mexican-American leaders say. Several Chicano leaders Monday also denounced the planned $1.4 Imillion, 6.5-mile long, 12-foot tall steel and mesh barrier — and a Isimilar structure proposed for San Diego, Calif — as financially im- jpractical. I After discussing the matter with LULAC leaders, Ruben Bonilla, ■state director of the League of United Latin American Citizens, Na- Itional LULAC President Eduardo Pena and Rep. Paul Moreno, D-El ■Paso, issued a statement of "unanimous outrage” and said the wall is I'a politically naive decision that could prove to be a colossal political Iblunder.” “It astounds me to no end that our administration should talk in the Imost evangelical terms about human rights abroad while still ignoring Ihuman rights of persons of Mexican ancestry,” Bonilla said. olunteers to test vaccine Castillo said construction of the 5.98-mile fence at San Diego and the 7.7-mile fence at El Paso should begin within 60 days, while the Arizona contract will be awarded later. The 12-foot tall steel and wire mesh fence to be built at El Paso will be slanted toward Mexico and made so it will wobble to prevent easy climbing, INS officials said. Mexican-American officials angrily de nounced the fence as another “Berlin Wall” and said the idea of fencing would deter illegal crossing and was “asinine” because the fences cover only a miniscule stretch of the 1,933-mile long border. “Even though we think the fence will be somewhat of a deterrent, we aren’t naive enough to think this will stop people from crossing who really want to come to this country,” Castillo said. “We hope it will cause people (aliens) to use more smugglers so we can concen trate our efforts on smugglers instead of spending all our resources on the individuals.” Castillo added the fences may cause aliens to cross the Rio Grande at areas where there are no fences, such as Laredo. “We just don’t know what the effect of it will be yet. We have to test it out.” “A wall is symbolic of oppression and repression. A wall of the type being proposed has no place in a free society.” Mario Compean, La Raza Unida Party candidate for governor, likened the Tortilla Curtain to World War II concentration camp tactics and called it a blatant waste of money. “The ridiculous part is, here we re talking about saving money, how hard it is on people to pay taxes and then they’re going to flush that much down the toilet on a fence,” he said. Bonilla said the idea was so “preposterous” that he thought it was some kind of joke when he first heard it. “We were beginning to think we were off base in criticizing the administration on maladministration of justice. Then just when we had our hopes up, here comes a decision almost barbaric in its over tones- Bonilla said it was naive for the INS to think that after Mexicans had traveled 400 miles that they would be deterred from crossing into the United States by a 6.5-mile long wall, when more than 1,900 more miles of border could be crossed. Many Democratic candidates or their representatives will meet Thursday with the public to answer questions and discuss election is sues. The meeting, sponsored by the local Mexican-American Democrats organization, will begin at 7:30 at the La Fiesta ballroom. The meeting is open to anyone, MAD chairman Daniel Hernandez said. Phil Gramm, running for the U.S. House of Representatives from the Sixth Congressional District, will be there. Hernandez said that repre sentatives for U.S. Senate hopeful Bob Krueger and gubernatorial candidate Johmill will attend. A representative for Mark White, candidate for state attorney general, may also attend, Hernandez said. Local candidates who will be there include Dick Holmgreen, county judge candidate; Travis Bryan III, candidate for 85th district attorney; Bobby Yeager, county sheriff candidate; and Buddy Winn, running for County Tax Assessor- Collector. John Barron Jr., county attorney candidate, and W.T. McDonald Jr., 85th district judge candidate, may also be there, Hernandez said. There will be a reception for the candidates following the speeches. A&M stalks Russian By BECKY DOBSON Battalion Reporter |More than 3,000 volunteers are eded to help doctors from Texas University and the Baylor pllege of Medicine test a Russian i vaccine. This is the biggest and most de rive study of the vaccine, ” said Dr. bhn M. Quarles, a virologist with Texas A&M’s College of Medicine. is a culmination of 15 years of prk.” jThe vaccine, made up of virus l/fivated in eggs, will be tested in lo phases. ' ' llhe first phase will begin Monday Id will involve 200 volunteers. Jipervision of Phase I will be more Itense than the second part of the pdy, Quarles says. Volunteers will ! given the vaccine in the form of bse drops. I For the next seven days, the re- Jarchers will take a throat swab nple from each participant, who be observed for side effects, od samples of 20 cubic centimet- ne and one half tablespoonfuls) pl be taken as each person enters study and after three to five leeks. A third blood sample will be |en several weeks later. Side effects of the vaccine are similar to the symptoms of a cold. Quarles said a slight temperature and runny nose may be experi enced. The researchers plan to study the blood samples to find the degree of immunity which the vaccine pro duces and to see how many of the participants contract the flu if there is an outbreak this winter. The experiment has been ap proved by Texas A&M’s committee for review of research with humans and by human experiment commit tees at Baylor College ot Medicine and the National Institute of Health. Volunteers for the study must be between the ages of 18 and 25, have no acute or chronic illness and no allergy to feathers or eggs. Compen sation will be up to $75. No preg nant women will be allowed to par ticipate in the study. Dr. Claude Goswick, director of Beutel Health Center, will assist Quarles in directing the study along with Dr. Robert Couch and Dr. Tom Cate from the Baylor College of Medicine. A similar study was run last year on two preventative medications for the Russian flu. Quarles said he was pleased with the results of that study. The study determined that one of the medications, amantadine, was effective and the other, riman tadine, was not. Only two people were dropped from 454 participants in that study because of side effects, Quarles said. Quarles will hold two informa tional meetings on the study this week in Heldenfels Hall. One will be today at 1 p.m. in Room 118. The other is scheduled for Room 111 Friday at 10 a.m. MSC Free U is Proud to Announce the Birth of ... 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