dy of
Exiles to 'War'; Defy U.S. Stand
MIAMI—(UPI)—Spokesmen for a new Cuban underground organization today issued a "declaration of war on all Communist ships that enter or leave Communist Cuba" despite United States efforts to halt anti-Castro raids blamed on this country.
The spokesmen said the group is known as the "Freedom Fighter Commandoes" and will operate out of Mexico.
They sharply criticized the new U.S. crackdown but emphasized that their projected naval war on Communist shipping would not be carried out from United States territory.
The exiles said operation headquarters for the group have been "in the process of formation for some time" and are located "in a certain place in Mexico."
COMMANDER IN CHIEF of the group was identified only as Maj. Liovez. The organization, carrying out attacks under the code name "Operation Wolf," has no Americans among its members, according to the informants.
The announcement came amid a mounting criticism by Cuban exiles in the Miami area of the new U.S. crackdown on raids against the Cuban regime of Premier Fidel Castro and the imposition of tight travel restrictions on certain refugee leaders.
One prominent exile leader, Dr. Luis Conte Aguero, denounced the new policy as "anti-Monroe Doctrine" and said it put American armed forces and officials in the "incredible position of protecting the Russians in Cuba."
RELIABLE SOURCES said 25 to 50 restricting orders had been given but authorities would not confirm this.
U. S. immigration officials fanned through the refugee colony, tracking down past or "potential" raiders. The exile leaders were handed orders restricting them either to the United States or to the 50-by-50 mile area of Dade County, which includes Miami.
The Immigration Department said the orders would "continue to be issued" against persons suspected of planning to violate U.S. policy. Penalties for violation of restriction orders include $5,000 fines and imprisonment up to five years.
In Nassau, the Bahamas government said today the British frigate Londonderry has been ordered to halt refugee attacks against Cuba from British territory. Bahamas colonial secretary K. M. Walmsley said the 2,150-ton frigate left Bermuda Saturday on its way to the Bahamas under a joint decision by the Bahamas and British governments.
Pedro L. Diaz, former commander of Castro's air force, denounced the United States action as "coexistence with Castro."
SURVIVORS of the unsuccessful 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion expressed shock, and one former invader said refugees who want to continue the fight against Castro will have to leave the United States.
"Not even Castro would have done this to us," said one prominent refugee, who would not permit the use of his name.
Havana radio called the U.S. crackdown "another hypocritical maneuver" by the U.S. government.
Spokesmen for the "Freedom Fighter Commandoes" said they had no desire to use U.S. territory for their attacks. But they said the new policy, "by making virtual prisoners out of exiles, for example confining some of them to Dade county, is simply playing right into the hands of the Communists."
Stephenson Hall Wins College Bowl Contest
Four men from Stephenson Hall walked away from the Kansas Union yesterday carrying a model of "The Thinker."
The four men, David C. Scott,
Jackson Heights, N. Y., senior;
Christopher P. Hadley, Prairie Village
senior; Willard E. Hiebert,
Whitewater senior, and James P.
Girard, Wichita freshman, were
Stephenson's College Bowl team.
They were taking the traveling College Bowl trophy, on which the "The Thinker" sits, home for the second time in two years. Stephenpenn Hall is the only champions the College Bowl tournament has had.
BESIDES THE TRAVELING trophy, they also won a permanent trophy for their house and individual medals for each member of the team.
Stephenson won the title this year in a final match with the Beta Theta Pi team composed of George Benson, El Dorado sophomore, William E. Schaefer Jr., Shawnee Mission junior, John W. Tullock, Bartlesville, Okla, freshman, and Robert Clyde. Kansas City senior.
The final match was one of the closest in the tournament. In the last minutes of the round Stephenson successfully answered the final toss-up question to tie the score at 270. The final score was Stephenson 275-Beta Theta Pi 270.
The toss-up question which decided the match asked for the location of a second Douglas County college, Lane College, which once was located in LeCampton, Kan.
Competition in the match got off to a slow start when neither team could answer the first question on the winner of the 100-yard dash in the last Olympic games. Both teams guessed a name, but neither answer was correct, because there is no 100-yard dash in the Olympics.
"THE BETAS gave us the hardest competition of the tournament, but this match was practically a repeat of our match with them last year in the semi-finals." Christopher Hadley, a second year member of the Stephenson team said.
THE SEMI-FINAL MATCHES were also held Sunday, immediately before the final match. The Beta team competed against last
Weather
(Continued on page 12)
The weather bureau predicts brief April showers and cooler weather tonight and tomorrow. Today's high temperature will be in the 70's and tonight's low in the 60's.
Daily hansan
60th Year, No.115
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Monday, April 1, 1963
Folk Singers Awe Crowd—
PETER
PAUL
Peter,Paul,Mary Enjoy Adapting Show to Audience
MARY
By Carol Lathrop
Peter, Paul and Mary played to the largest audience of their careers Saturday night at Allen Field House but it was a snap compared to a special performance before President Kennedy.
Mary, a tall, willowly blonde, compared Saturday's performance before 9,500 to the trio's performance for the second anniversary of President Kennedy's inauguration.
"I just couldn't bear to look at him," she said. The remark was made during an interview when they were asked what type audience they prefer to play for. Peter said all audiences are fun because they are so different from each other.
"However, we like to work with a more intimate audience such as a night club. We can develop a better response with our facial expressions. Much of the comedy in our routine is missed with a large audience." Peter said.
Mary explained the group's basis for selection of music for their folk song repertoire:
"If I find a song that really moves me, I bring it back for Peter's and Paul's approval. They do the same. The three of us sit down with the song and discuss it. Each says what he likes about it, and then, changes are made accordingly. Finally, the song may appear as one of our numbers."
"Of course, we use a lot of comedy material from Paul's former act." Peter said. "In fact, we often build a number around one of Paul's routines."
Paul Stookey was the highest paid comedian in Greenwich Village in 1961. Much of his comedy lies in his ability to create various sound effects.
The three met in the Village in 1961. Mary Allin Travers previously had held jobs in literary and advertising agencies. Peter Yarrow is a graduate from Cornell University in psychology. He was an instructor in folk ballads.
"Al had the idea before he had us. He believes the American people will buy pure beauty and dedication, that this vacuum exists in America, and a lot of people want it filled."
"Our merger was really a dream of our manager, Al Grossman," Paul said. "He is managing such people as Odetta and Joan Baez, but he wanted to try working with a trio who sang folk songs.
"We consider ourselves to be urban folk singers," Peter said. "We can present in a modern musical form the feelings of many ethnic groups, and we try to do it with integrity." Peter tugged on his beard as he continued. "Many folk singers today imitate a certain style or type of people. We
try to be more cosmopolitan and sophisticated in our approach."
Paul summarized folk music as the simple, yet profound way people tell of their lives.
"I believe we are able, sometimes, to say what they want said," Paul added.
The trio was well pleased with the backdrop and staging facilities at Allen Field House.
"The only complaint that I would like to voice, concerns the cracks in the floor of the stage," Mary said as she stood up to demonstrate her point.
"I stepped back in one part of our song, when it came time to return to the microphone, I found my heel wedged tightly in a crack. It's difficult to get out of a crack, and do it gracefully."
When Mary was asked why she wore severely plain dresses, she answered, "Any other type of dress would classify my part. We sing such a variety of songs that I need a dress which can lend itself to any mood. For another reason, we don't want attention drawn to a costume, but rather we want the audience to notice our facial expressions."
Mary was born in Louisville, Ky., and lived on a chicken farm. Paul grew up in Birmingham, Mich. Peter is a native New Yorker.
New York Papers Celebrate Strike End
NEW YORK — (UPI) All major New York City dailies were back in business today for the first time since Dec. 8.
Giant high-speed presses of four morning papers rolled out of their enforced winter hibernation a few hours after holdout photoengravers wrote the finish to the 114-day newspaper shutdown.
The 213-104 vote by photoengravers to approve their contract offer turned the warm spring Sunday into a day of excitement. The costly strike that had a dozen false endings had finally stopped.
THE DAILY NEWS, whose circulation of over two million a day leads the nation, followed with the headline "Well, Hello There! We Have News for You."
"This is the best news story of the year — and no April Fool's Day joke about it," began the Herald Tribune story under the headline "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning."
Some estimates of the economic losses to the city due to the shutdown ranged up to $450 million.