Because it proved impossible for me to break away from my Senate work. I sent along an aid to represent me and to greet the large delegation from Connecticut on my behalf. My assistant. who was on the scene at the time of the disturbance. was informed by refugee leaders that the trouble began when the police ruled that they could not approach within 500 feet of the Pan American Building premises. To some of the refugees this restriction appeared arbitrary and intolerable. They had come to Washington from faraway points for the purpose of letting the delegates to the meeting of the OAS know how strongly they felt about the Castro tyranny and for the purpose of urging the OAS to take affirmative action for the liberation of Cuba. They knew. because they have seen these photographs in their newspapers. that pacificists and Communists and American Nazi Party members are permitted to demonstrate right up against the railings that surround the White House grounds.
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