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Tuesday, April 14, 1981
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White Blasts ILS. Aid And Advisors
Woman Runner Aims At 107-Mile Record
By MARY CRONIN
News Writer
The United States should not have a military role in Central America, according to former Ambassador Robert E. White; however, he said that he does not believe that the United States should fully support laissez-faire policies in Central American countries.
White, a 25-year foreign service veteran, told a three-quarter-filled audience at the Ibis Cafeteria Thursday night that many people believe that the United States should not have a role in Central America — that the U.S. should instead let Latin political results take their course.
“This,” said White,“is an impossibility. Power is not something you turn off or on; power is something you have and can use for good or bad. ”
According to White, Central American countries must keep close watch over their shoulders for any United States reactions to their policies.
"Fear of revolution has been the guiding principle of the United States foreign policy to Latin America since the close of World War II. For El Salvador, this is a sad commentary on a country born In revolution.”
Because of this fear. White believes, the United States government has supported oppressive military regimes because they preach anti-communism. And it is this belief, he said, that has turned guerrilla forces toward Cuba for help rath-United States.
“The reality is that you cannot definitely shore up a government without the support of the people . . . the United States is identified by its past [policies in Latin America]. Anyone who wanted change in their country went to Castro — they knew that the United States would have no sympathy,"he said.
White said that he believes the Reagan administration is making a grave mistake by giving El Salvador military aid and advisors.
Throughout his speech, White condemned the utilization of American military advisors and weapons in El Salvador.
"This is a tragic chapter,” he said. “At a time when the leftists are reeling, President Reagan, one week in office, rushed in military advisors and equipment,thereby getting a military solution when the government [of El Salvador] wanted a political solution.
“To a government wanting economic assistants, we have provided unneeded arms. To a government wanting a political olution we have provided unwanted military advisors,” he said.
The way to solve the problems of El Salvador, he said, is to support the present government and their reforms. “Then the left and right will shrivel and dissappear,” White said.
El Salvador has had over 10,450
dead in its bloody fighting from the mid 1970's to the present day. For a quarter of a century, the economic elite ruled through the military.
"Elections were sponsored, but the results were always the same until 1972, when they |the government] became careless and Duarte won. But the government remedied that situation the next day when Duarte was arrested, tortured, and exiled.”
In 1979 the government of General Romero,“corrupt and atrophied,” came under increased attack by its opposition, according to White.
“In place of political parties, mass paced organizations, many under church auspices, sprang up. The only way to show power was to go into the street. A year ago you could see 20,000 people demonstrating in the streets, bringing the machinery of government to a halt. Now the left cannot get 2,000 people,"White said.
Because the people have rejected the far left as a solution to their problems, he said, the left has lost the support of the people.
“The left was correct in what was wrong and began sound programs. They requested better working conditions — urged on by the church. The response of the Salvadorean government to the left was that at first people were warned, then persecuted, then killed, and driven out of their homes.They sought refuge in remote parts of El Salvador.
“The young leftists," said White, “were among the best qualified people in the country [to bring about change]. They were innocently naive. They honestly believed that they could change the reality of 50 years in days or weeks. Most of these people went abroad or formed the oposition to the second junta.”
However, White did not praise the young leftists; he was simply explaining his reasons for their opposition to the current Salvadorean government. He applauded the government's “far reaching program of agrarian reform.
“The agricultural reform is potentially the most profound reform since Mexico and is 90% complete. They have already started the second part of the reform, already having given out 8,000 provincial titles. They want to give out 100,000. This wijl create a rural middle class — a source of stability.”
Although White praised the reforms the Salvadorean government has made, he condemned their brutality, the cause of much of the uprisings.
“The government has been unable to contain repression. With the murders of the church women and the suspension of aid to El Salvador, there have been military transfers. But, some transfers have not been achieved, and we still have repression. Wednesday, 23 people were horribly massacred,"said White.
He said that he believes that the
dismissal of 59 army officers is not the key to ending the repression. "What they really should do," he said, "is dismiss Colonel Moran, head of the Treasury Police.”
White pointed out that the Reagan government has linked its military aid policies to human rights policies, of which, in El Salvador, "human rights improvements are scarcely discernible. Very little progress has been made.
“I don’t think that this administration has a good grasp of what’s going on. They are putting military advisors, trying to solve problems that have no military solution,” he concluded.
6 Harvard Wins Fellowship
By MARK CHESKIN
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DEBBIE WILKER
Hurricane Staff
UM senior Mark A. Wooster was one of 35 national winners to be awarded a $4,500 Fellowship for graduate study by the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.
Wooster, who will be entering Harvard Law school in September, was chosen out of 134 graduating seniors nominated by their respective schools.
“I’m very honored and pleased," Wooster said, “it will help greatly in financing my way through Harvard.”
He has a 4.0 average, and last semester received a perfect score of 800 on his Law School Admissions Test.
Wooster has been involved in many extracurricular activities, including three years on the Hurricane staff.
Wooster has served as News Editor, and has also written for every section of The Hurricane. He presently holds the post of Classifieds Advertising Manager
"I’m glad I had the experience of working for the Hurricane. I met and became friends with many unusual people," said Wooster.
Wooster entered UM in September 1977and has (at last count) been inducted into the Delta Theta Mu and the Alpha Lambda Delta honor societies, and also into the Pi Sigma Alpha fraternity for PPA majors, of which he is currently president.
During the recent Honors Day Festivities, Wooster was “honored" five times — by the Schbol of Arts and Sciences, the departments of Philosophy and Politics and Public Affairs, and by two honor societies.
He is presently the only current UM student to have been honored by so many organizations in ~n» emoster.
During this semester he was kept busy by running the Harry Kane for Student Body .President campaign, which is what Wooster feels he will probably be most remembered for.
“I think Harry Kane had more fum during the campaign than anyone else. We also showed that we could run a campaign on a small budget, and still receive Jfotes," said Wooster.	4
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Guerrillas: White Is Questioned
By JACQUES MORITZ
News Writer
Q: It is often alleged that by our total support of the existing government in El Salvador and the total condemnation of the guerrillas, we radicalize the guerilla movement and force them into the communist camp. Is there any validity to such claims?
A: Well, there may be some validity. What there was was a great variety of compelling historical reasons why those who were willing to take up arms in search of revolutionary change did not believe that the United States was in fear in its desire to bring about, to back the forces of change. It’s also true that a number of these guerrillas are convinced Marxist-Leninists who intend to take power by violence and intend to eliminate all United States influence in the area. And I don't believe that that is a program that the United States can or should support.
Q: What is Cuba’s role in the present situation in El Salvador?
A: Up until now Cuba's role has not been as great as people have seemed to have claimed or wished. Cuba has provided the training for probably a thousand guerrillas. It has undoubtedly sent arms, but as far as I know there is no evidence that any important amount of arms has come from Cuba Nor is there any evidence of any Cuban advisors in El Salvador. This does not mean that Cuba is not actively using resources that it has — propaganda resources, training resources, political resources — to help the Salvadorean leftists. But I regard that as normal and something that we can easily handle if we follow the correct policies.
Q; You are reported as having suggested a coalition government with the participation of the guerillas in El Salvador. Do you think that this could work? Has it ever been successful elsewhere?
A: No, that's a discrepancy indication of my position. There’s a difference between the guerrillas and the left. The guerrillas are those who are committed to a nonpolitical solution — those who intend to cut the pow'er by violence. There was a substantial percentage of the people who supported the guerrillas. That number has substantially diminished. But there still is an important number of people who are convinced that the left should be the answer to El Salvador's problems. It se^ms to me that the left should have the right to participate in the political process in El Salvador, but not in any coalition government. But let them enter candidates in an electoral race, and if they win, fine A
hydrates the system, or milk, because it can produce mucus.
The middle-aged athlete feels competitive toward younger people — nothing more, nothing less. “I don’t feel any malice towards younger people who compete against me,” she said. “They’re going to have to prove they can beat me ... when I'm in competition, I don’t think age."
Stress tests and medical examinations have shown that Pal-lares is probably more fit than most teenagers.
“It’s never too late for young people to start,” she said. "They should explore a lifelong sport.”
While runners around the country are preparing for the 1984 Olympic Games, Pallares has no intention of even trying. The games will be based on marathon running, which involves faster speed and shorter distances.
“I don’t feel ready for marathon running,” she said. “The muscle fibers in my legs are not fit for this ... even if I were 10 years younger, I would not think of it. There are too many things involved, and I do have a family.”
Pallares’ husband, a professor at Jackson Memorial Hospital, also runs. His forte is marathon running; however, according to Pallares, he doesn’t spend quite as much time at it as she.
"Usually he’s the ‘marathon widower,’ ” she said. “He babysits while I’m in competition.”
Pallares, though not absolutely certain of success in her upcoming 100-mile attempt, let herself look beyond the record.
"If I complete an excess of 100 miles, I'll continue running just to see how much more I can do," she said. Then, when done, “I'll try to drink something to replenish body fluids, I'll waik and do some stretching so my muscles won’t turn stiff, and then I’ll definitely take a bubble bath.
"After a good night’s rest, I'll have to take a plane back to Miami, and it’s to my children and half a ton of laundry ."
Lydt Pallares will be featured in a segment of Channel 4’s PM 1 MagazineFriday at 7:30 p.m.
quire a bachelor's degree in art. She hopes to graduate by December of this year.
She also hopes to run 107 miles in 24 hours in June.
Five years ago, at 37, Pallares began running. “I liked the feeling and I had an awareness of my five senses,” she said. ‘‘It’s a freedom sport; I don’t need any implements or partners.”
On February 28, 1979, she broke four U.S. masters' track records at the 24 House Ultramarathon. She ran the 50-kilometer, the 50-mile, and the 100-kilometer, and she covered 89 >4 miles all within a 24-hour period.
Pallares was unable to complete the 100 miles, her goal, because of second-degree burns on the bottom of her feet. “My feet were so badly blistered that doctors had to surgically remove strips of skin and four toenails," she explained.
Pallares added that the cause of the burns may have been too much nylon or acrylic content in her socks.
Pallares will compete again in June at the Rhode Island Track Run, where she hopes to get over the 100 miles in 24 hours.
“I call it unfinished business,” she said. “Eve made other attempts to break the 100 miles before, and I haven’t been successful. I want to break the world record — but it depends on statistics.”
Pallares noted that a South African woman has already covered 106 miles. “To be safe," she said, “I want to run 107.”
Pallares plans to wear cotton socks and a different brand of running shoes in the next race.
Pallares runs periods of training every day under her head coach from Boston, Bill Fquires, who has coached several American record holders. She is also coached by Coral Gables High School Track Coach Rick Stern.
To keep in shape, Pallares lifts weights for her upper body in order to balance the muscles in her legs. She does beach running for ankle buildup, and she runs with fellow members of the Miami Runners' Club.
Pallares claims that she consumes no alcohol, because it de-
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The Hurricanes are currently preparing for their Annual Spring game which will be held at Tropical Park this Saturday beginning at 2 p.m. See Sports, page 9, for more details.
By ELIZABETH BABUN
News Writer
“I’m a doer," said the 42-year-old housewife, a mother of three, a UM art student, and the holder of the masters’ title (over 40) in track.
Artist Lydi Pallares, a realist with a lean toward pop art, is known for her paintings and sculptures. She attended schools in Chicago and Paris to study fashion designing before coming to UM in January of 1980 to ac-