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vwv tV’.u local Battalion/Page 3 October 6, 1982 anythin; lUl-Kh mericacjo "nplybtt,' )r because as and ( -wealli for the 0. J tlers|i f; 3ick allies rest and ■'’idly tfei ■1 have i ^ Israelis! ountry!)|| w to pr# I call for, a similtr the Pale rab natii illing! natty ht! U.S. policy ignores real Latin problems staff photo by David Fisher Robert White, former ambassador to El Salvador, talks vith members of the MSC Political Forum committee. by David Johnson Battalion Reporter Since World War II, Amer ican policy in Central America has been formed by a fear of revolution. Robert White, for mer ambassador to El Salvador, said Tuesday night in a presen tation at Rudder Theater that U.S. policy in the region has cen tered around the use of military force to counter revolutions and has ignored the central issues of poverty and repression that are at the root of Latin American problems. White spoke before a crowd of about 200 on the causes of Latin American problems and what could be done to solve them. White has served as a career diplomat for 25 years and has seen duty in Nicaragua, Honduras, the Dominican Re public, Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Uruguay, Barbados and Grenada. He is presently a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. White charged that the Reagan administration’s policy of backing Central American re gimes with military aid and advisers is “simplistic” and said that such policies do the U.S. a great disservice in the region. White said that since World War II, every President except John F. Kennedy and Jimmy Carter has “winked” at corruption and repression in Latin Amer ica. He said that Kennedy’s Alliance for Progress and Car ter’s human rights policies were effective in achieving real prog ress towards solving the gras sroots problems of poverty, mal nutrition, and human rights violations. Change, said White, must be accomplished by supporting moderate democrats who refute the policies of revolutionaries supported by Fidel Castro, and the policies of right-wing mili tary juntas that have ruled many Central American coun tries for decades. The people of Central.Amer- ica, White said, are desparate for stability and an end to economic and social repression. White blamed economic stagnation in Central American countries on the flight of hard currency into the U.S. from the wealthy land- owners who invest it in Amer ican property or keep it in American banks to save for the day, he said, when they will be forced to flee their homelands because of the wrath of the com mon people who have revolted against them. Attacks on Central American clergy and lay missionaries re sulted from the adoption in 1968 by the Catholic Church of a doctrine of supporting the right of the poor to share in the wealth of the country and to participate in the government. Several priests, nuns and lay missionar ies including Americans have been murdered by right-wing “death squads” over the past 2 years. 'T^’M-merald Forest has its problems of Israeli [thatonlj 'itostnati recognfc ightofl! ig the I 2—the'. lOSt Of US: rs now Board can’t decide on park area by-Maureen Carmody _ Battalion Reporter first StejnHirhe College Station Parks and ddle East %aeation Board remained in- sI||!|l] , tjedsive in a special meeting Tuesday night to discuss the placement of the 2.5 acres for a firaim <wM 0 P osed P ark in the Emerald , JJprest area. The land is to be a 1 . e . 1 dedicated by Allen Swoboda, shenes Sopp head developer for Emerald Forest. Board member Stephen Beachy said Swoboda is com plying with the city’s subdivision ordinance which requires at de veloper to donate one acre to every 133 dwelling units de veloped. Swoboda now has 236 units, Beachy said. The area being considered is south of Bee Creek off Highway 6 between Emerald Parkway and Raintree. There are no pre sent facilities in this area. “This is one of the main reasons we’ve proposed Emer ald Forest Park,” Beachy said. Some of the problems with the area are that it is near flood ing areas, surrounded by power lines and has limited road access. Although nothing was de cided at the meeting and no votes were cast, there was a gen eral consensus to accept land in this area if road access can be obtained. The issue will l^e consi dered again at the Board^s regu lar meeting next week. ^Smoking tortilla sets ire alarm in library off by Beverly Hamilton Battalion Staff H Heat and smoke in a custodial the press closet on the Fifth floor of Sterl- > people. Ig Evans Library was intense ts were# enou gh Tuesday to set off a lib- h Leader m y kire alarm - r i i A tortilla had been left on a ) °_, hot plate to cook inside the tin. Inet ^ oset sa i f i Thomas R. Parsons, ment was director of security and traffic of the University police. The smoke from the cooking set off the alarm. Charles Smith, a reference librarian who accompanied police to the fifth floor, said no thing was on fire but “something was getting ready to ignite.” “The alarm did its work,” Smith said. “It could have been a potentially big fire.” There was no damage to the closet, Smith said. Students left the library when the alarm rang around 12:15 and could not re-enter the build ing until University police and library officials gave the OK — about 15 minutes later. 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