Gov. Bill Clements spoke to the board of LULAC. Clements tells of protesting alien arrests cl By DAVE McNEELY American-Statesman Staff Gov. Bill Clements said Thursday he has sent letters to President Reagan and U.S. Attorney General William French Smith protesting the mass arrests of illegal aliens in Texas. Clements, who has courted Mexican-American voters during his more than three years in office, chose a breakfast question-and-answer session with the board of directors of the League of Unit- ed Latin American Citizens to make public copies of the letters he had written more than a week ago. In the letters, dated May 11, Clements said he was "disturbed" by reports from Hispanic leaders of the Operation Jobs arrest by the U.S. Immigra- tion and Naturalization Service, and said the raids "brought into sharp focus the need for expeditious passage of an equitable immigration reform act that must address the humanitarian concerns of the undocumented worker and the Hispanic American." "I think they were ill-advised," Clements said. "I think it was destructive, not constructive" to the bill's passage. The governor reiterated his call for a guest- worker program that would document aliens and all American citizens with non-counterfeitable identity cards, similar to a Social Security card, to make proof of citizenship status easier. The governor also chose the appearance to un- veil news that Dr. Guadalupe Quintanilla, a litera- ture professor at the University of Houston, will soon be appointed by Reagan to the U.S. Commis- sion on Civil Rights. The governor and his wife Rita were presented pins making them honorary LULAC members by Lucy Acosta, who said Clements is the first Texas governor "to give us the time of day." She said he has met openly with Mexican-Americans and nev- er left any doubt about where he stands, even when he disagrees. The governor predicted he would get strong Mexican-American support against Attorney Gen- eral Mark White, who as Texas secretary of state In 1975 opposed putting the state under the federal Voting Rights Act — a move that displeased many of the state's minority leaders. White has asked to appear at the convention. Asked what he thought about having White as his Democratic opponent in the Nov. 2 general election, Clements replied: "I'm totally pleased. I think that this is a marvelous opportunity to retire this guy." Clements, who has often been at odds with LU- LAC leaders Ruben and Tony Bonilla, had earlier disagreed with LULAC Deputy Director Johnny Mata of Houston, who said Reagan's budget cuts that affect civil rights enforcement have made him "the most insensitive to civil rights legisla- tion" of any president. hi brief Suspect termed incompetent DALLAS (AP) — Two court-appointed psychi- atrists have concluded that a self-proclaimed preacher is incompentent to stand trial for a shooting spree that killed one man and wounded three other people. A jury will decide next week, however, whether 37-year-old W.K. Rudd Jr. should be tried on one count of murder and three counts of at- tempted murder. He is accused of boarding a city bus March 24, pulling a shotgun from a golf bag and opening fire. Willis Thomas, 37, was killed. Psychiatrist E. Clay Griffith, who diagnosed Rudd as schizophrenic, said the man possesses "a little below average intelligence" and "marked delusional thinking about his religion." Disaster declaration sought AUSTIN (AP) — Gov. Bill Clements formally requested Thursday that President Reagan issue a disaster declaration for Wichita County as a re- sult of flooding May 12-17. The declaration would make federal assistance available to flood victims, including grants up to $5,000 and long-term, low-interest loans. "I deeply sympathize with those who suffered flood losses," Clements said in a statement. "My request to the president is based on damage re- ports, and I hope the assistance requested will be granted." - Houston could lose federal funds ilOUSTON (AP) -An Environmental Protec- tion Agency official says the Houston area could lose up to $240 million in federal funds if the state does not produce an acceptable ozone control plan. - Dick Whittington, regional EPA administrator, said Gov. Bill Clements had been warned of the possible cutoffs if a plan is not approved by July 1. Whittington said federal highway and sewage construction funds could be endangered in addi- tion to an earlier EPA move to shut off pollution- fighting fund.' nd ban construction of major new plants that cc .1 increase ozone pollution. /0- tc•C y ts "I don't agree with your premise," Clements shot back. He said Reagan has supported the latest ! compromise on extending the Voting Rights Act. Clements also took credit for the appointment of Quintanilla to the Civil Rights Commission. "I, as governor, had a small part in that," Clements said. Clements also stood firm against a LULAC di- rector who questioned Clements' judgment in op-1 posing full bilingual education through the 12th' grade. • Clements explained that current Texas educa- tional law calls for full bilingual education 7' through the fifth grade, with accelerated classes 4 in English as a second language for those who need it beyond that point. To have teaching in two languages all the way through high school is fundamentally wrong, Cle- ments said. "It's absolutely wrong." He said children who graduate from high school without full fluency in English are handicapped for the rest of their lives. Clements said it is possible that he would sup- port legislation to give the Texas attorney general authority to prosecute cases of police brutality, an issue that is high on LULAC's legislative agenda. Clements said the legislature has traditionally re- served powers of criminal prosecution to local of- ficials, but said some compromise might be worked out. I 1 If