Speech #930227320

Not only are these type restraints to human liberty repugnant to freedomloving people everywhere. but the very fact that such things as "vagrancy" laws and social codes have become necessary in Cuba clearly indicates that the thirst for freedom has not been entirely quenched by 15 years of arbitrary rule. Further indication of that comes from the fact that Castro has turned from moral to material incentives to help discourage the repeated instances of worker absenteeism and industrial sabotage that precipitated the enactment of the vagrancy laws. Indeed. freedom is a precious thing and I think most every American joins with the 650.000 refugees who have fled Cuba in the hope that. someday. all of the Cuban people will be free. In the meantime. we owe it to freedomloving Cubans everywherebe they in Cuba or Americato do nothing that will interfere with those hopes by giving aid or comfort to any unyielding Castro regime. In recent months. thousands of CubanAmericans have been protesting and peacefully demonstrating against any change in U.S. policy that would give such aid and comfort.