European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday october 25,1966 gop memo says la. Program might reduce Black vote Newark . A a Republican puny official wrote in a memo about the Louisiana Senate race that the party so called ballot integrity program could keep Down the Blade Vole according to evidence released Friday in Federal court. The disclosure came during a hearing involving a lawsuit brought by the democratic party which charges she programs a deliberate attempt to harass Black voters. The program is designed to uncover voice fraud gop officials say by mass mailings. When mailings arc returned As undeliverable investigators Are sent to the address to determine whether ,1 registered voter lives there. It was targeted at areas that went overwhelmingly democratic in the 1984 presidential race. Polling data indicated those were Black neighbourhoods. On the basis of the Louisiana pro Grair republicans gave voting registrars material challenging 30.000 voters. A state judge in Louisiana issued preliminary injunction slopping the Chal Lenges. Lawyers for the democrats had re Quested the hearing because they said similar program in Michigan violated an agreement by the gop s National com Mittee to discontinue the program. However attorneys for the republicans said they did not run that program. The statement Aboul the program was read by an attorney for he democrats David Boies from a memorandum la Algol lawyers had sought 10 Seal but that was revealed during a hearing before . District judge Dickinson r. Debe Vaiscy. I would guess his program would eliminate at least 60,000 to 80,000 folks from the Rolls said the memo from Kris Wolfe a Midwest regional director for lie Republican National committee. If this is a close race which i assume it is this could keep the Black Vole Down  the memo was sen by Wolfe to Campaign officials for rep. A Henson Moore of Louisiana a Republican run Ning against democratic rep. John b. Breaux. The memo concerned the sept 27 open primary thai propelled the two candidates Inlo a Light race for the . Sen ate. Mark Braden counsel to the Republican National committee denied thai the purpose of the cop plan in Louisiana was to exclude Black voters. The facts Are on our Side. We retrying to keep vacant lots from voting he said. On monday  had ordered All evidence gathered by democrats scaled including depositions by Wolfe and inc memorandum. Republican attorneys said that the documents could be potentially embarrassing and harm gop chances in the nov. Selection. But at Friday s hearing inc judge agreed with Boies argument Hal he needed to disclose the memorandum to question Wolfe properly. Boies argued that he needed Gram. Tricky business Appolo Pudgy a cat belonging to photographer Ron Maxwell of Bislow Maine goes along with his master s halloween trick by Silling on a step to provide a head for inc cake eco Dummy at Maxwell s Home. Now Pudgy h jul