U.S. Supreme Court Limits Travel Restrictions, But Does Not Cutlaw Ban
The Jan. 11, 1967 New York Times reported that the U. S. Supreme Court had ruled unanimously that it is not a crime for a person with an up-to-date passport to visit countries where travel is...
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...11, 1967 New York Times reported that the U. S. Supreme Court had ruled unanimously that it is not a crime for a person with an up-to-date passport to visit countries where travel is prohibited by the State Department...
...Cuba, Albania, mainland China, North Korea, and North Viet Nam) come to its attention...
...companies which are in a position to take advantage of foreign aid subsidies are showing signs of tremendous growth...
...Most Americans don't realize that agribusiness (i.e...
...FORTUNE and FORBES have run lengthy articles on how, as FORBES puts it, ;'the world's starving billions mean millions for U.S...
...Their activities have been facilitated by the foreign aid and economic development funds that are supposed to be helping others to help themselves.' An aid program is at work here, to be sure...
...STARVING BILLIONS BRIGHTEN OUTLOOK FOR U.S...
...An increasing squeeze of population growth against food production in the Third World has stimulated U.S...
...However, the ruling does not leave the Government without means to enforce its ban on travel...A State Department spokesman said the Department automatically cancels the passports of all persons whose unauthorized trips to the communist courtries (i.e...
...But it is an aid program in which the actual beneficiaries are generally overseas extensions of U.S...
...producers of food crops, cattle, fertilizers, drugs and food processing equipment to make their moves abroad...
...agribusiness have recently drawn much attention from the business press...
...corporations...
...The decision removes a psychological deterrent to unauthorized travel," by making it impossible, under -6-existing legislation, to impose jail terms and fines on those who violate travel restrictions...
...The Court ruled on cases involving persons who made "unauthorized ' visits to Cuba...
...the sum total of all operations in the manufacture and distribution of agricultural products and supplies) accounted for $271 billion in transcations, employed about one-third of the American labor force, and involved more than 50% of all corporate and agricultural investment...
...Thus, while U. S. citizens can still lose their passports for "unauthorized'" travel, U. S. troops can now be based in Brazil almost automatically...
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Vol. 1 • February 1967 • No. 1
