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By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited by Linda Feldmann

September 6, 1983

The Libertarian Party elected California attorney David Bergland as its 1984 presidential candidate Saturday. The party platform: abolition of most of the main government departments and the public education system; an end to welfare and Social Security payments; allowance of unrestricted use of drugs and alcohol; withdrawal of all US troops from abroad; and severe cuts in defense spending.