Evening star., 1960-12-04
MIAMI COPING WITH THOUSANDS
US. Widens Cuban Refugees Aid

this in the United States since
the Civil War.
Don't worry. We know the
enemies among US no matter how
loudly they beat their breasts
about our causes" said q member
Of the Democratic Front, one of
the largest of the anti-revolution-
ary factions.
I'VE know when they're coming
and what they are supposed to do
in Miami before they get here.
We know because we have our own
reliable informers among Castro's
so-called friends"
The Busy Underground
Besides passing information and
people from one country to an
other. the underground. through
antirevolutionary Cubans, keep the
FBI informed about the where
abouts and activities of Castro
sympathizers in Miami.
The FBI's role in Miami is to
find the pulse Of the intrigue and
keep Uncle Sam informed. Pre-
venting mayhem among the vio-
lently opposed Cuban groups,
tracking down am munition
thieves, etc.. falls to Miami's har-
ried police department. So big
has this job become in recent
months that City Manager Melvin
Reese ordered a six-day week for
policemen, adding another $4,000
a year to the taxpayers bill.
Cases Of Castro mems revenge
against Cuban defectors have
fallen of recently. But violencs
hasn't. Raiders claim that Fidel
sympathizers are laying low in
self defense. The raiders aEe u
group of teen-age Cubans and ad-
venturous American pals who are
busily intimidating them. They
happily boast of breaking into
homes, smashing the bearded Gu
ban hero's picture and beating up
his supporters in the back streets.
Almost no Cuban refugee is neu-
tral or a-political now. More than
so different political factions have
organized among them, but uniting
has been nearly impossible, says
one man who has tried. Each has
diversified political ideas for Cuba
which swing full circle from ex-
treme right to extreme left with
little room for compromise.
They drill and dream" says
Dade County Manager o. w.
(Hump) Campbell, because they
haven't got jobs to occupy their
time"
Indeed they do dream, march
and shoot to the alarm of Mi
amians who live in the vicinity Of
the isolated areas where various
revolutionary factions keep in
military practice.
Piles Of Artillery
At a rambling white house with
a "for sale" sign tackled to it, is
young men (six of them Ameri-
CAM and two women were moving
out. One of the women was 30-ish.
fat and sullen. The other was q
girl. II. tiny and awkward in the
late stages of pregnancy. Her
husband had been shot in Cuba
last month. The antirevolution-
aries were rolling up tar paper,
stacking neat piles of artillery,
carrying out cartons of canned
goods. The men were expecting
a truck which was to carry them
to a new barracks. q farmhouse
south of Miami big enough for 400
soldiers.
Miami's Mayor Robert King
High has tried to set an example
of compassion for the refugees
plight without aligning with their
political causes.
Although humanely concerned
for their welfare. many Miarhians
fear that Cuban refugees willing
to work temporarily, may eventu-
ally jeopardize job opportunities
and wage scales. But Harry
Tyson, director Of Florida State
Employment Services new Latin
employment center, asserts he
doesn't intend to let this happen.