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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1963
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Mark Tells Game Commission
To 'Quit Straddling Fence'
On Inland Waterway Fishery
SALEM .(UPI) An angry Gov.
JIark Hatfield Wednesday ordered
the State Game Commission to
quit straddling the fence and an
nounce its stand on the contro
versial proposal to close the
state's inland waters to commer
cial salmon and steelhead fishing.,
The blast came at the end of'
a 90-minutc meeting of the Gov
ernor's Commjltee on Natural Re
sources. The meeting had been called by
Hatfield to get committee reac
tion to the initiative filed by Save
Our Salmon and Steelhead, Inc.,
to close the state's inland waters
including the Columbia River.
Hatfield had asked Game Com
mission chairman J. W. Smith if
Barry Asks Removal
Of Soviet Forces,
Missiles From Cuba
WASHINGTON (UPI Sen.
Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., pro
posed a nuclear test ban treaty
reservation today which would re
quire Russia to remove all Soviet
missiles and military forces from
Cuba.
The front - running GOP presi
dential contender said in a pre
pared Senate speech that without
this safeguard the treaty "is a
potential peril to peace rather
than a step toward it." His pro
posed recommendation would put
off effectiveness of the pact until
Russia complied with the Cuban
removal step. ,
"This proposed test ban treaty
cannot be a first step toward
peace if it must stumble over So
viet missiles and troops in Cuba,"
Goldwater said. "Its risks cannot
be justified if we are only to give
in and get nothing."
Goldwater also endorsed former
President Dwight D. Eisenhower's
recommendation that a "reserva
tion" be made that the treaty
would not impede U. S. rights to
use nuclear weapons in defense of
its security.
The GOP senator said that
while he is confident the Presi
dent would not be inhibited from
defending "this nation," it should
be made "perfectly clear" that
nuclear weapons could be used to
defend freedom in Europe or Asia
"as well as on or at our own
doorstep."
Goldwater's statement appeared
to indicate that if the Cuban res
crvation that' he said he would
offer later is not adopted he
would vote against the treaty.
Should the Senate adopt any res
ervations, the limited test pact
would have to be renegotiated.
In discussing the pact, Goldwa
ter said: "The Soviets gain from
the treaty an immobilization of
our great nuclear lead, a breath
ing space in which to put to pro
ductive use the data gained from
its own unique series of high
yield nuclear tests, a breathing
space in which to consolidate its
political position around the
world.
"They want the treaty; they
say they want the treaty; they
need the treaty. Well, we need
something, too; we need deeds to
replace doubts."
Overall, the treaty appeared to
be gaining bipartisan Senate sup
port for ratification.
Senate Republican Leader Ev
erett M. Dirksen, 111., all but de
clared his full support for the
Militant Farmers Launch Plan
To Withhold Grain From Market
CORNING, Iowa (UPI) The
militant National Farmers Organ
ization (FiNO), which last sum
mer staged a five - week market
rebellion on livestock, today
launched a holding action de
signed to keep feed grains off the
market.
The action was ordered Wednes
day by NFO president Oren Lee
Staley, who said it was aimed at
"cutting off the lifeline" of grain,
livestock and dairy processors.
The Weather
AIRPORT RECORDS
Fair nights and mornings with
soma afternoon cloudiness today
through Friday.
Highest temp, last 34 hours ... . 95
Lowest temp, last 7.4 hours . 52
Highest temp, any Sept. (55) 102
Lowest temp, any Sept. (54) 32
Precip. last 24 hours 0
Normal Sept. Precip. 1
Precip. from Sept. 1 .04
Excess to Sept. 1 1.94
Sunset tonight 7:42 p.m. PCT
Sunrise tomorrow, 4:43 a.m. PDT
the commission favored closing
the waters.
Smith evaded answering.
Earlier Fish Commission biolo
gist Dr. Don Chapman had closed
his testimony by stating he recom
mended keeping the state's water
ways open to commercial fishing.
Chapman's comments were joy
fully received by two busloads of
commercial fishermen from As
toria who were among the 200 who
attended the meeting.
Chapman said closure of the
Columbia to commercial fishing
would mean the fish would be
caught elsewhere, there would be
a substantial increase in spawn
ing, and an increased death rate
among juvenile fish.
pact after Democratic Leader
Mike Mansfield threw his full
prestige behind the pact which
would ban all but underground
tests.
Goldwater said the Cuban mili
tary withdrawal "could be com
plied with in a few months" and
"could make the treaty proposal
perfectly acceptable even to its
harshest ' critics." His proposal
called for on-the-spot inspection
to determine Soviet compliance.
He concluded: "For, as the
treaty now stands, devoid of hard
and fast safeguards and clarifica
tions, and devoid also of advan
tage to America equal to the ex
isting advantage to the Soviets,
it is a potential peril to peace
rather than a step toward it."
He described his proposed res
ervation this way:
"That the effectiveness of the
treaty be deferred until the
U.S.S.R. has removed all nuclear
weapons, all weapons capable of
carrying nuclear warheads, and
al military and military-technical
personnel from Cuba and until ar
rangements have been made for
international inspection within
Cuba to determine and confirm
such removal."
Fire Crews Battle
Myrtle Creek Blaze
The Myrtle Creek Fire Depart
ment and the South Douglas crew
of the Douglas Forest Protective
Association battled a 45-acre blaze
Wednesday three - quarters of a
mile from Myrtle Creek on North
Myrtle Road.
Starting at 4 p.m., the firemen
had the blaze under control by 9
p.m. Firemen remained at the
scene patrolling the area through
out the night, and the fire was re
ported to be burning itself out to
day. The fire burned in a logged-over
area' of brush and grass. The land
was privately owned involving sev
eral parties.
Cause of the fire is undetermin
ed. Officials reported that quick ac
tion by the Myrtle Creek Fire De
partment and the DFPA prevented
the fire from covering more acre
age. The DFPA sent a caterpillar
to the scene, and with the aid of
the firemen the blaze was quickly
trailed and brought under control.
Effects of the new boycott were
not expected to be felt immedi
ately. The NFO will concentrate first
on soybeans, and move to other
crops as they are ready for har
vest. The plan calls for members of
the 19-state farm organization to
withhold soybeans, corn and
grain sorghum from market until
the NI-0 signs contracts for high
er prices with processors.
Seeks Virtual Control
j Along with the withholding ac
i tion, members were being asked
i to sign grain sales agreements
! which would give NFO leaders
virtual control of the marketing
I of soybeans.
The agreements authorize NFO
officials to sell members' soy
beans "at not less than S2.75 a
bushel," Staley said. That is
about 11 cents above the nominal
quotation Wednesday on the Chi
cago cash grain market.
"Shut the granary door," Staley
said. "If the market wants the
j grain it can bring the crowbar
1 a fair price to farmers.
He said an increase in the
spawn would not necessarily in
crease the fish harvest substantial
ly because of the condition of the
spawning grounds.
Hatfield told Smith, "I think it's
time - you restudy the individual
agency positions and responsibili
ties, there is a great interest in
this issue. I want an answer from
the (game) commission."
Meanwhile, an appeal was filed
in the Oregon Supreme Court Wed
nesday protesting Atty. Gen. ' Ro
bert Y. Thornton's ballot title for
the proposal to close inland wa
ters. The appeal was filed by William
E. Westcrholin, secretary of the
Columbia River Fishermen's Pro
tective Union. James C. Cellars,
secretary of the Columbia River
Salmon and Tuna Packers Assn.,
and by the association.
secretary of the Columbia River
Fishermen's Protective Union,
James C. Cellars, secretary of the
Columbia River Salmon and Tuna
Packers Assn., and by the asso
ciation. The title reads: "Purpose: Pro
hibits commercial fishing for sal
mon and steelhead in all Oregon
inland waters, including bound
ary rivers. Prohibits all commer
cial dealings in fish taken illegal
ly." The appeal asks that the last
sentence read: "Prohibits all
commercial dealings in such fish
taken in prohibited areas."
North Umpqua
Work Scheduled
Douglas County Road Depart
ment Engineer Al May said today
Beckley & Thomas Contractors
from Roseburg plan to move onto
a rock quarry site on the North
Umpqua Highway in the next few
days to begin preparations for the
final stage of paving the highway
from Roseburg to Diamond Lake.
Beckley & Thomas are subcon
tractors for Morse Bros. Construc
tion Co. of Lebanon, which has
the prime contract for paving the
final 8.7-mile section of the high
way. The actual paving is to be
done early next year.
May said Beckley & Thomas hope
to have the base rock in by the
first of October. The Hamer Corp.
is expected to complete grading
on the project this week, he said.
The final section of tile North
Umpqua Highway to be paved
runs 8.7 miles from Clearwater
Camp to Briggs Camp. Present
construction work has caused a
detour in that area.
May said travelers to Diamond
Lake can choose one of two routes
around the construction. They can
cut off at Copeland Creek and go
through Big Camas to the resump
tion of paved highway at Briggs
Camp. Or, they can travel on the
paved highway to Clearwater Camp
then cut off at the detour and go
through the Toketee power plant
area and back to the paving at
Briggs Camp.
WAVING ON HIGH
PHILADELPHIA (UPI) Two
window washers, stranded seven
stories high when their scaffold
motor failed, waved at passers
by for two hours Wednesday for
help but got only waves in re
turn. One man finally figured
they were stuck and called fire
men. The men, Reginald Mason and
Preston Satterfield, also tapped
on the sealed windows but the of
fice workers inside only waved
back.
Harvesting of soybeans begins
next week in some parts of the
NFO membership area. Old crop
grains already in storage are in
cluded in the "store and hold"
program.
A successful boycott, Staley
said, "will siphon from normal
market channels a sufficient per
centage of the soybean crop to
leave the Nto the only volume
seller of soybeans by spring or
early summer 1984.
Outlines Goals
Staley said the immediate goal
is a signup of agreements cover
ing 50 million bushels of soybeans
within the next two weeks. The
ultimate goal is 200 million bush
els signed up by the time harvest
is completed.
Withholding grain. Staley said,
can be more forceful in the mar-
iket place than holding actions on
I livestock and milk, and in the
lend can be the controlling factor
in getting contracts on all com-
modities.
j He said the NFO would contin
ue to press for higher prices in
I the dairy and livestock industries.
Mather Refused
Blood Tran fusion
Prior To Death
A Jehovah's Witness from Rose
burg, following his interpretation
of his faith, turned down a blood
transfusion Wednesday before dy
ing from injuries suffered when lie
was run down by a former mental
patient, the Upited Press Interna
tional reported Thursday.
Harold Mather, 38, of 726 NE
Fulton St., Roseburg, was rushed
to the hospital late Tuesday night
after police said he was intentional
ly struck by a car on a downtown
street. He died early Wednesday
morning.
According to the UPI, hospital
attendants said Mather's wife,
Neva, also a Jehovah's Witness,
told him before he died not to ac
cept a blood transfusion that was
offered. Authorities said the cou
ple's 9-year-old daughter pleaded
with her father to sign a release
for the transfusion, but he refused.
One Jehovah's Witness official
explained later that the Mathers'
position was "in harmony with the
law of God" in regard to the use
of blood, other than that which a
person possesses within his own
body, the UPI report said.
George Albert Rivera, 38, of Los
Angeles, was arrested on suspicion
of murder following the incident.
Rivera stopped a, charter Grey
hound bus returning from a ses
sion of the Jehovah's Witnesses
convention at the Rose Bowl Tues
day night.
Investigators said Rivera shout
ed to the bus driver: "I've got hot
orders from above for you to re
turn to the yards."
Detectives said Rivera sped off
in his car as the driver and Mather
stepped out of the bus. He then
turned around and bore down on
the two men, striking Mather.
Rivera was identified by pas
sengers aboard the bus. When
Questioned bv police he said:
have orders from above to stop all
smog violators at all costs.
Cuban Exile Withdraws Tale
Of Being A Spy For Castro
MIAMI (UPI) Cuban exile
Fernando Fernanded Barcenas
took back his story of being a
Castro spy Wednesday and told
police he was tortured for 12
hours and forced to make "false
statements."
"All the statements in my con
fession, including the part where
I said I was going to be sent
to Cuba as a spy for the counter
intelligence agency, were false,"
the 34-year-old exile told Miami
police. "The whole thing was
false."
He said he made the confes
sion after being, tortured for 12
hours while a 45-caliber automa-
Road Crash Victim
Dies Of Injuries
David Ray Watson, 20, of Eu
gene, critically injured in a one
car accident about 10 p.m. Mon
day south of Roseburg, became
Douglas County's 24th traffic fa
tality of the year.
Watson died in a Eugene hospi
tal Wednesday night. He was trans
ferred there from Douglas Com
munity Hospital that day.
The accident occurred on High
way 99 north of Kelly's Korner
at the junction across from the
E. K. Wood Lumber MM. State
police said the vehicle, operated
by Watson, struck the south end
of the divider and flipped over on
its top, throwing Watson from the
auto.
The other Douglas County high
way fatality was Willis Lee Benton,
Sutherlin, killed at 12:30 a.m. Wed
nesday when the motor scooter he
was riding collided with an auto
mobile operated by Eddie Marvin
Gibson, Route 2, Roseburg.
President Sets
Visit To Oregon
PORTLAND (UPI) The aban
doned Tongue Point Naval Station
on the Columbia River near As
toria has been added to the itin
erary of President Kennedy's Ore
gon visit next month.
The announcement was made
Wednesday by Sen. Wayne Morse's
office here. Oregon congressmen
announced earlier that the Presi-
dent also will visit the site of the
proposed Dunes National Seashore
Park and dedicate Northwest
Tower, the Portland Housing Au
thority's new high-rise apartment
house for elderly persons.
More detailed plans on the
President's visit were expected
Friday. The visit to Oregon is
; part of natural resource projects
in California, Washington and Ore
gon. The date of the President's
visit still is indefinite.
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NEGRO ATTORNEY ARTHUR SHORES, (on steps, facing camera) in Birmingham. Ala., dis
cusses the second bombing of his home in two weeks here late Wednesday. The bomb
ing damaged the exterior of the home and broke out all the front windows, and the en
suing melee between the angered Negroes and police left one dead and 19 injured. (UPI
Telephoto)
Embattled Seaside Mayor Says
He Will Not Resign From Office
SEASIDE (UPI) Embattled
Mayor Maurice W. Pysher said to
day he has no intention of re
signing, at least until someone
tells ' him why 69 residents signed
an informal petition Wednesday
night asking him to give up his
office. '
The petition was drawn up aft
er an unofficial meeting of the
Seaside Chamber of Commerce
and Junior Chamber of Com
i merce held in the wake of the
tic pistol was held at his head.
Fernandez sought to nnng
charges of kidnaping and assault
and battery against the Cuban
exile Christian Democrat Move
ment (MDC) which denounced
him as a spy Sunday and turned
him over to the FBI.
The FBI questioned Fernandez
and several "witnesses" Wednes
day. They said the case would
be turned over to the state at
torney if the charges are
substantiated.
They almost strangled me
with a rope," the mustachioed
exile charged, pointing to a mark
on his neck. He said the MDC
had threatened to kill him if he
did not confess.
The MDC said it accepted Fer
nandez into its ranks last July
and discovered he was a "spy"
through "a series of carefully
planned traps."
Fernandez described himself as
neither anti-American nor anti-
Castro." He praised the United
States' "policy of neutrality" to
ward Cuba and said he wanted
to return there "to endure and
suffer with my parents, my sister
and my aunt."
Fernandez said he had spent
most of the past two and a half
years in Kansas City working for
a defense plant the Western
Electric Co.
"You have to be cleared by the
FBI for that," he said.
Before that, he said he worked
as a free lance newsman for the
United States Information Agency.
He had worked for a Havana
television station and newspaper
before coming to the U.S. in 1961,
he said.
Turtle Is Caught ,
In Alaska Area
CORDOVA, Alaska (UPI) Two
fisherman caught one of the big
gest, ugliest and so far as is
known, the only sea turtle ever
landed in Alaskan waters
Wednesday. The turtle weighed
600 pounds.
The fishermen, Dean Kramer
and Glenn Lankard of Cordova,
were netting for silver salmon
near the Copper River flats about
20 miles west of Cordova when
the turtle became fouled in their
net.
Sea turtles normally inhabit
warmer southern waters and this
was believed the first recorded
instance of one being landed so
far north.
The turtle was displayed at the
Alaska Fish and Game Depart
ments dock here before being re
duced to enough turtle soup to
replace the canned variety in
this fishing community of 1,200
for some time to come.
second consecutive year of Labor
Day rioting by youths at the
beach resort.
Chamber President W. A. Ter
Har said 102 persons, the entire
crowd, raised their hands in favor
of requesting the mayor's resigna
tion.
Ter Har said the petition was
drawn up and signed by 69 per
sons after the four-hour meeting
and delivered to Pysher at his
home at midnight.
The Chamber presidont indi
cated there might be an effort to
make a clean - sweep of an city
officials, but he added "I feel
there should be a complete-investigation
before taking any arction."
Speakers at the meeting were
critical of the mayor's leadership
and the fact that he was out of
town when the riots started.
Pysher today demanded a list
of the reasons behind the peti
tions. "After all, it was just a piece
of scrap paper scribbled on with
a lead pencil and I could hardly
read it," he said. "The names
that were signed were the same
disgruntled, defeated group that
has been against me all along.
Until they accuse me and
draw up this request in legal
form, I can't answer."
Ter Har said he thought someone
might accomodate the mayor to
day. Meanwhile, 25 more court cases
Accidental Gunshot
Injures Woman
Mrs. William (Barbara Lou) Van
Keuren of 644 W. First St., Suther
lin, had planned to enter a Rose
burg Hospital on Friday for Cae
sarean birth. She got there two
days earlier.
Mrs. Van Keuren suffered an ac
cidental gunshot wound Wednes
day and was taken to Douglas Com
munity Hospital. Her condition iff
good.
Investigating sheriff's deputies
reported she was leaving her car to
enter her home at Sutherlin about
2:10 p.m. Wednesday, and was car.
rying a .22 caliber revolver con
tained in a holster.
The gun was accidentally dis
charged. The bullet went through
the holster, entered the rear part
of her left leg, passing through
and then going through a part of
the right leg. The bullet passed
all the way through, leaving a
clean wound.
Commented Mrs. Van Keuren at
the hospital: "1 11 just stay here
now and have my baby."
Boy Clings To His Desk
Till Firemen Free Finger
Firemen from the Roseburg Ru
ral Fire Department participated
in an unusual rescue operation
Wednesday when a Joseph Lane
Junior High School student got his
finger caught in a hole in the bot
tom of a metal desk.
Bill Townsley, 14, 1661 Rutter
Lane, stuck his finger through the
hole in the bottom of the desk
while attending an English class
The boy's finger swelled to a point
where he could not remove it from
the hole.
The school principal contacted
the Rural Fire Department for as
sistance at 3:45 p.m. Firemen re
moved the top from the desk and
took the boy and the base of the
desk to the fire station where a
hole was drilled and the metal cut
away from Townsley's hand.
t
growing out o the riots came up
in Municipal Court Wednesday.
Three youths pleaded guilty, two
pleaded innocent, ana the outer
20 forfeited bail , ranging from
$14.50 to $250.
Only five of the cases involved
Orcaon youths. Two listed Cali
fornia addresses, one a Colorado
home, one no address and the oth
er 16 were from Washington.
Four Nations Draw
Warning By France
PARIS (UPI) France has
warned . Australia, New Zealand,
Chile and Peru that their cam
paigns against French nuclear
testing plans in the Pacific can
damage their friendly relations
with her, the French government
announced today.
The warnings were delivered
by the French ambassadors to
the four countries, the announce
ment said.
They denounced these anti-
French campaigns as "systema
tic" and "discriminatory."
The announcement, released by
the French Foreign Office, said:
'The French government has
drawn the attention of the Aus
tralia, New Zealand, Chilean and
Peruvian governments to the suc
cession of systematic campaigns,
supported by official commu
niques, against plans for French
nuclear tests in the Pacific.
'The French ambassadors in
these countries have emphasized
that such a discriminatory atti
tude with regard to France
would, if continued, risk endan
gering friendly relations between
France and these four countries."
France plans to test her first
H-bomb in the Pacific some time
between 1966 and 1968. No defi
nite date has been announced.
She did not sign the recent Mos
cow agreement between the Unit
ed States, Great Britain and Rus
sia banning nuclear test explo
sions in the atmosphere, outer
space or under water.
Visitor Says Russians Avoid
Wearing Uniforms In Cuba
NW YORK (UPI) Russians
are "all over the place" in Cas
tro's Cuba, an American student
iust back from there reported to
day. They avoid the use of uni
forms, he added.
Dick Riemann, 27, of Yonkers,
N.Y., en route to a San Francis
co Bay area teaching job, said
the Russians traveled in groups
and did not mingle with Cubans.
He said they lived in a "walled
city" of their own in Regla, a
fishing village across the bay
from Havana, and had their own
"house of pleasure." The fortified
area in which they live is off
limits to all but a handful of Cu
bans with special passes, he re
ported. Riemann was one of 59 Ameri
can students who spent seven
weeks in Cuba as Castro regime
guests. He said he "volunteered
for the trip "because I knew the
type of group that was going and
wanted to lend some balance to
it."
Also, Riemann said, "I thought
the (Kennedy) administration was
downgrading Cuba which, in my
opinion, is our No. 1 problem ,
I feel integration comes after our
national security ..."
Under Fidel Castro, Havana
Man Killed,
19 Injured
In Alabama
By United Prist International
The Birmingham. Ala., school
board today closed three deseg
regated public schools at the re
quest of Gov. George Wallace.
The action came about ' five
hours after 1,000 Negroes, en
raged by the bombing of a Ne
gro attorney's home, rioted in
Birmingham streets, leaving one
man dead and at least 19 per
sons Injured.
Tho rioting occurred about sev
en blocks from the Graymont El- .
ementary School which two Ne
groes attended Wednesday. The
explosion shook up, but did not
seriously injure, the family of
civil rights lawyer Arthur Shores.
Wallace said early today that
the Birmingham education board
had "acceded" - to his request
that the three schools be closed
temporarily. He said the board
also joined a petition filed by six
persons to stay the federal court
integration order,
Wallace, who had dispatched
200 state troopers to Birmingham
Tuesday and then decided not to
block school integration, called
the violence a "tragic thing."
Sources in the capital at Mont
gomery said 600 National Guards
men had - been put on standby
alert in Birmingham.
Birmingham police refused an
offer of help from the troopers
and brought the situation under
control after two hours of bat
tling between the screaming, rock
ana Dome throwing Negroes, po
licemen and white passersby. Of-
ncers fired rules, shotguns and
submachine guns just over the
heads of the rioters.
The violence imperiled a school
integration program begun
Wednesday under federal court
oruer. mere was some scuttling
between police and segregation
ists at two of the three schools
to .be desegregated. ... ......
Elsewhere in the nation:
Plaquemines La.: Picketing of
downtown stores resumes today
after .Rudy Lombard, national
vice president of the Congress of
Kaciai equality (COKE), prom
ised a rally of Negroes that
CORE had not foresaken them.
"We might do a polite retreat,
but we are coming back," Lom
bard said.
Jacksonville, Fla.: The Florida
Ku Klux Klan set up camp on a
field at the outskirts of the city
today to begin a 10-day member
ship drive and desegregation
protest. ?
Jackson, Miss.! An attorney
for the accused killer of Negro
leader Medgar Evers protested
Wednesday that no trial date has
been set for his client, who has
been held for more than two
months. Hugh Cunningham Said
he may ask a federal court to
order a quick trial for Byron de
la Beckwith, 42-year-old ex-Ma
rino accused of shooting Evers in
the back during the pre-dawn
hours of June 12.
Niihvlltt, Tem.t Five Negroes
were refused admission Wednes
day to Humcfogg Technical and
Vocational High School because
the city's desegregation plan had
advanced only through the 7th
grade, and the lowest grade
taught at Hume-Fogg is the 10th.
Fairfax, Ve.t .. The all
white Fairfax Education Associa
tion has lowered racial barriers
in its membership drive, making
it the second Virginia division to
integrate. Arlington's unit deseg
regated last year.
has become a fortified city, Rie
mann said, fie said quad-40's (ra
pid fire antiaircraft batteries)
dotted the capital and were even
installed atop Havana s hotels.
The food in Cuba "is nothing
short of abominable," Riemann
said. "It has no taste at all." He
said this was true even though
the students, as American
guests, got special rations.
"When the Cubans are down to
rationing rice and beans, their
basic staples, you can imagine
the shape they're in," he said.
With Opm Minds
Riemann said be and Barry
Hoffman, of Brookline. Mass-
were the only two in the group
that made the trip with open
minds. (Hoffman on his re
turn was disclosed to have made
the trip as a researcher for an
author contracted to write a mag
azine article).
It was impossible to make an
"evaluation" of Cuba even in
seven weeks, Riemann said, be
cause the group's principal con
tacts were limited to government
leaders. "Group leaders didn't
make half an effort to establish
contact with the people," he said.
"They made superficial contacts
with picked union, leaders."