Bishop Roman was not the first nor the last victim of the tyrant who has ruled Cuba for 36 years. As we saw in this summers rafter exodus. millions of Cubans still linger in the misery and oppression which Fidel Castro and his band of goons have imposed on the island. Most of these Cubans have fled the island this summer and risked their lives in hopes of reaching the shores of freedom. and they remain today detained like common criminals behind the barbed wire of their Guantanamo Base refugee camps. This policy by the Clinton administration has been a very unfortunate shift in U.S. policy toward Cuba. which previously gave the oppressed Cuban people the opportunity to begin a new and productive life in the United States. and at the onset of this policy the President promised tougher sanctions against Castro. But as todays front page story in the Washington Post reports. advisers to the President are considering proposing a plan to the President which calls for the easing of sanctions against Cuba and which promises Castro to consider further relaxation of the embargo if Castro makes what they consider to be a positive move toward democracy.