Speech #880062306

Anatole Schlosser and Vincent Theodore Lee. trip organizers. were questioned about the tour in Washington by the House Subcommittee on UnAmerican Affairs. Interestingly enough. this is what they wanted the State Department to think. So the State Department and Immigration attempted to close that door. and what happened? These knowledgeable proCommunists or heads of the Permanent Student Committee for Travel to Cuba. formerly the Fair Play for Cuba Committee. announced they were going to Canada. but instead. went to London. Paris. and Prague. Czechoslovakia. and then to Havana. This is rather interesting. because in London. I understand. the Immigration Service confronted some 57 of these students who were on their way to Paris and then to Prague. and only 1 of them would accept service or accept the notification of the Immigration authorities that they would be violating the law if they went to Cuba. Of course. the passports were stamped that if they visited these countries they would be visiting in violation of the law. that is. Korea.