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1) ty STUDENT COMMITTEE FOR TRAVEL TO CUBA + "The Columbia Owl", weekly student newspaper of Columbia University, lew York City, December 12, 1962 issue, page one, contained an article entitled, ‘Students te Visit Cuba During Holidays." This article stated in part that the kd Hoc Student Committee for Travel to Cuba was formed October 14, 1962 by a group of students from New York City universities, the University of Wisconsin, Sberlin College and the University of North Carolina, who stated that as students they would like a chance to see and evaluate the situation in Cuba for themselves and had received an offer of transportation and two weeks stay in Cuba from the Federation of University Students in Havana, as guests of the Federation. The Committee accepted the offer and applied to the United States “State Department for passport validation which was refused; however, over fifty students planned to defy the State Department ban and go to Cuba. A source advised on December 6, 1962 that during December, 1962, it was learned that the Ad Hoc Student Committee for Travel to Cuba had recently been formed by the Progressive Labor Group. _ A second source advised on September 13, 1963 that a group of 59 indivi- duals who had assembled in New York City, departed New York City by air on June 25, 1963 and traveled to Paris, France; Prague, Czechoslovakia; and then to Havana, Cuba. The group remained in Cuba until August 24, 1963, at which time they departed by air for New York City via Madrid, Spain. The group arrived in New York City on August 29, 1963. The same source advised that the leader asive Labor and the trip was planned and organize See See |S eoameneaneial s of the group were members of ed by Progressive Labor od ~ ot ‘The Columbia Owl", March 11, 1964 issue, page one, carried an article captioned, "Another Visit to Cuba Students Will Defy.Student Travel Ban This Summer." This article sets forth in part that three members of the Student Committee for Travel to Cuba spoke at an assembly sponsored by the Progressive Labor Club of Columbia University. At this assembly VICKI ORTIZ, Student Committee for Travel to Cuba campus representative, stated that the Federation of University Students in Havana had extended another invitation for 500 students to visit Cuba in 1964. Miss ORTIZ stated that the Student Committse for Travel to Cuba was, therefore, planning another trip to Cuba in July, 1964. Ph a ae ( —_ Naat lh SSA AA OCR RECA Sher Pac tae Heep Sa a ee