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ol p el ae’ SS Cary hyd Tilrk COMMITTEE FOR NON-VIOLENT ACTION ‘ \ "'The Cuba of 1958 ~ the Cuba tne exiles left behind - has ceased to exist,’ Dellinger ‘said, ‘And 1£ the U.S. State Department would recognize Fidel Castro's regime, you could travel there freely and see for yourself.' “ge was interrupted five times by shouts from jrate exiles. "But the fireworks really began in the question ~ answer period which Followed. The Cubans attending, both students and professors, jumped to their feet, shouting questions, struggling to be recognized. "Many sought to refute the, speaker's statements that ‘Cuba's reputed 25 per cent illiteracy has practically been wiped out .s<. Nobody 18 going hungry'... ‘Everybody - except what used to be the upper class - is clothed and housed better. ' ‘hen one bifocaled Latin American student called Dellinger a “dirty liar and a Commmist,' & group of the American women walked out. | ; ‘and when Dellinger, a Yale graduate and former Oxford scholar, said ‘The State Department has been wrong in just about everything they've said about Guba,’ the Cubans shook their fists and shouted denuncistions. Myhen asked to explain the refugees, rich and poor, who flee Cuba in daring escapes, Dellinger answered: ‘If the Negroes in Hariem ever get their full freedom...many poor whites will be opposed, ' He added that. the American Revolution of the 1700's was supported by only 4 third of the colonists. i