Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

Radical politician
gains visibility
By Stephen llctacr
Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr.. by all
rights, should be a pmty important
politician. lie's more enduring than
Harold Staucn. more riyh|.wing than
Jesse lHm. or Gcorte Wtllace. and
a lot more outspoken than any other
viiiNc political llgure. He wUl run
for preiidcnt for thr fourth lime in
198S, and he hii LaRouchc
Demucratcs (yes. Dcnocnu) running
fcr office in 30 -stes — including
130 in Californi
LaRouche, kader of «hal has long
beat comidcrcd a fairly unimportant
fringe political urbanization, has
rcccnUy gained a (real deal uf
visibility rrom hit show of strength
in rjliaots, where two LaRouchUns
were nominata! to run for liectenant
governor and secretary of state, causing
gubenrlorul favorite Aiilal
Slcvenscn to pull his name front the
ballot. LaRouche's National
Democratic Policy Committee
(NDPO b currently fielding hundreds
of candidates in local and stale
elections nationwide and b causing
local political establishments, particularly
the Democratic Party, considerable
apprehension.
LaRouche's fame b largely due to
\\ dil iiiJ ^
stttttiscnu. The NDPC'a Vty luues
tnchidc support of Stir Wm-type or*
biting adu-mhstf? laser sictiom. wpport
**f nuclear energy, and the coodcuificxiun
of various world political
figurrt as evil. Puuun-backetl conspirators.
Among his shocking
revelations have been former
Secretary of Sale Henry KJuenger's
plot to take over (he world and Queen
Elizabeth W% attempt to destroy
American youth by rrnvfaUng Urjejcalc,
Ulegal drug utpplks.
The LaRouchc organization
ctpouics > formidably eclectic coUcctlon
of poUtkal poutiom and tus been
accused of pandering lo current
pultlic ttttes. LaRcwthc ha, for cx-
,jnptg.c«pitaUicdou«iiti-Sovtetseo-
timent by speaking out againu the
UiSR. and has taken a^vmntage ofb*
creating concern whh the plight of
the American farmer by advocating
aid to form families.
One of LaRouche's mou controverrli!
-•*•'* U his apparent uni*
SemctUrn: be appeal* to the extreme
right wing by declaring that Jen and
ihcir financial muipulatiom are the
cause of farmer** current trouble*.
LaRouche claims his group is not
anti-Scmeti;, tii*-e H has several
Jewish member*; rather, it h ami-
3onm (oppowd to Israel si a free
state occupying old Palestine).
LaRouche teems » have acquired
a nthcr inflated seme of selfimponaocc'.
he refute* to appear in
claims no sffiliaikxi whatsoever with
the Laftooc.iians, who In turn denounce
the Democratic establiihmcnt
u a lacker? of "radical and lesbian
caooues."
LaRoche reportedly pull, in about
S400.000 each w«b from various
contributtutn and ules uf literature.
Several branches or the LaRouche
organization, however, have apparent!}
resorted to some rather u, orthodox
ftimtng measures: allegation*
in pending cnurt aw charge them
with credit cwd fraw!. joining
thousands of doUars rrom unuupecting
people's charge acccunu.
LaRouche's NOPC hu yet lo see
a candiduc risr to an influential of*
fice: tiXHt of it* candidalcs arc cot ••
A poster di-pUjs U*ooche'* poUtloa oa the SUr Wai > Offeree plan.
public for fear of' 'Sovtet-backed terrorist'*
attacV*. ("If I walk out on the
street like a normal candidate. I'm
dead within J week." he said.) As a
result, roost of his public.!? comes
from caniphlei distribution, private
interviews, and his notorious
30-rc.nute television spots—
jdvcrtuenvihi the length of entire
TV progrvjis.
The ma' Avtrtim Detnocraiic pany
pcting, often uncontestcd. in low*
profile local elections. The candidaies
are usually b&antly outspoken: in
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