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1117 West 5th Street REALTOR Representing all types of properties in Austin and Central Texas Interesting & unusual property a specialty. 477-3651 CCH Austin, Texas 78703 ers is an affront to all Mexican Americans in the state and that there would be a political price to pay. Moreno told the board that they were meeting “in the hotbed of discrimination in the United States of America. Texas has more laws to protect cattle than to protect farm workers. If TRLA goes down the drain, there will be greater social unrest. We will go to the streets,” said Moreno from his wheelchair, “and I am going to lead it. But there is some question as to whether the LSC board understood the message delivered by Luna, Moreno, and Beatrice Cortes, representing Archbishop Patricio Flores of San Antonio. Legal Services Board chairman Clark Durant of Detroit, a patrician lawyer and Reagan appointee, told those present that lawyers “have a responsibility to be vigorous advocates but also to promote peace and good will. As a lawyer who represents poor people, I know that there may be other groups, other ways to solve the problems. For example, when one of my clients has a threat to cut off the gas, I pick up the phone to call the president of the gas company to involve him in that particular problem.” He obviously comes from another world. BESIDES THE racism implicit in this entire campaign against the rural legal assistance programs, there is a major political struggle involved in this dispute. Mayor Wes Fisher is not only after TRLA because he settled a lawsuit conducted by TRLA, but he is also worried about the Anglo political power in his region. Fifty-five percent of the Hereford population is Mexican American, but its city council and mayor’s seat are Anglo-dominated because they are elected through an at-large system. TRLA is currently involved in a lawsuit challenging that system. A TRLA challenge to the same voting system for the Hereford School Board resulted in victory, a doubling of Mexican American voting in the board elections, and the capturing of several school board seats in Hereford. Clearly, Fisher and his friends do not want such democracy extended to other races. TRLA is fighting for its life. It is also fighting for the possibility for democracy in the Panhandle and South Texas. The tension Combest says TRLA is creating it is instead revealing. There is no telling what kind of tension will roil up if the democratic outlets provided by TRLA for the rectifying of inequality are closed off. G.R. Get Out of Hereford, TRLA! East Dallas Printing Company Full Service Union Printing 211 S. Peak Dallas, Tx 75226 CrtAR I $30 FOR TWO PER NIGHT $79 PER WEEK except Friday & Saturday P.O. Box 8 Port Aransas, TX 78373 In the Panhandle of Texas, which you all know well, There sets two thousand square miles of county which is a living hell. It’s called Deaf Smith. An odd sort of a name. But listen to my story and I’ll try to explain. And of the people there and the problems they share. Some are good, some are bad and some don’t care. Travis McPherson is the Sheriff of this land. He’s fair and he’s honest. A mountain of a man. He’s a friend of those who respect the law. For truth\\and justice, he’s a walkin’ tall. One day out of nowhere, like a storm they came. A group of so-called attorneys trying to make a name. They said, listen here, Sheriff, we are going to explain. An illegal alien and a U.S. citizen are one and the same. We’re going to raise hell and we’re going to sue And when it’s all over, well, we’re going to run. ‘Cause stirring up trouble is our way of fun. 01’ Travis stood tall and said with a grin, You carpetbaggers are not going to win. I aim for justice and the American way. So get out of Hereford, TRLA. Performed by Phil Sciumbata and the Singing Sheriffs. Broadcast on Dimmit radio. From Howard Gault Co. v. TRLA. The Anglo, the Blacks, the Mexican, too, They’re all my people, so to hell with you. Illegal aliens will get the jobs of the people I serve. They’ll take over our country which they don’t deserve. This is America. Don’t give it away. For me and my people, well, we’re here to stay. I remember the meeting at the town hall square. A handful of people with grudges to bear. They came face to face with the law that night. They said, we defy your law, and we’ve got the right. I. sat and I watched as the tension grew. A lawman spoke, as he was asked to do. A voice cried out, “lawmen lie. To live by your law, I’d rather die.” The room grew still, the silence broke, broke, . The Sheriff stood up and in a soft voice, he spoke. I aim for justice and the American way. So get out of Hereford, TRLA. The Anglo, the Blacks, the Mexicans, too. They’re all my people, so to hell with you. Illegal aliens will get the jobs of the people I serve. They’ll take over our country which they don’t even deserve. This is America. Don’t give it away. For me and my people, well, we’re here to stay . 4 JANUARY 24, 1986