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...Crimson has once again mixed together two different documents to give a very skewed and false picture of a speaker invited by the Black Students Association (BSA). They state "in his writings and in his Harvard speech, Martin alleges the existence of a Jewish conspiracy that seeks to thwart Black progress" ("Clarke Was Wrong to Endorse Martin," staff editorial, Dec. 7, 1994) I have not read Martin's book, The Jewish Onslaught, in its entirety, so I will limit my remarks to the speech...
...writings and in his Harvard speech, Martin alleges the existence of a Jewish conspiracy that seeks to thwart Black progress. That contention is obviously wrong. It was strongly condemned by Wellesley's president in a letter circulated to all students, faculty and alumni, as well as by half of that college's full-time faculty, who signed a statement expressing a similar sentiment. Still, Martin's opinion is shared by some, both inside and outside our community...
...statement, Connolly said he was confident the courts will find the vote constitutional. He warned against efforts "to thwart the will of the voters...
...thwart the will of the people on this issue will be a mistake," the secretary of state added. He insisted that the voter information guides sent to state voters, and the paper summaries, sufficiently informed people at the polls...
California Governor Pete Wilson took his anti-immigration re-election strategy one step further by suggesting that in order to thwart illegal aliens, state residents should be required to present official identity cards to get a job, go to school or obtain nonemergency health care. His Democratic opponent, Kathleen Brown, promptly called it a "Big Brother" proposal. Meantime, Senate G.O.P. candidate Michael Huffington -- another strong anti- immigrationist -- acknowledged that he had employed an illegal-alien nanny for five years...