Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-13
HEARING
HEARING
Two Demonstrations Follow
Group Leaders Testimony
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warning applied not only to the
students and their sympa-
thizers, but also to groups such
rs George Lincoln Rockwell's
American Nazi Party.
An hour before the hearing
started Mr.. Rockwell and about
is of his associates stood in
front of the hearing room door
to make certain that they
would get front row seats.
A somewhat larger police de-
tail was on hand today. Would
be spectators, including some
congressional employees, were
ordered to stand in a we'll
guarded line outside the COM
mittee room until there was
graduate of Mississippi State
space for them in the COM
mittee room.
Police said that no arrests
were made following the ejec-
ton of demonstrators from the
committee room or the corridor.
No arrests were made at the
Capitol yesterday, although sew
eral Of the demonstrators were
held for about 20 minutes in a
nearby room and a few Of
them were handcuffed.
~ Regarded as Leaders
Mr.. Luce was the second wit
ness regarded by the committee
as one of the leaders of the
group Of SO United States stu
dents who visited Cuba for
several weeks this summer in
defiance of the State Depart
ment's ban on such trips with
out specific authorization.
He identified himself as a
University and as having re-
ceived a masters degree in
political science in 1860 at Ohio
State University.
Unlike Levi Laub, a 25-year-
old New York student who tes-
titled yesterday, Mr.. Luce did
not invoke the Fifth Amend
ment. On several occasions,
however, he was warned by
Chairman Willis that he might
be subj ct to contempt of Con-
greSs charges If he persisted in
refusing to answer questions
about the identity of people
with whom he might have been
associated in planning or con-
ducing the Cuban trip.
Like Mr.. Laub, however, Mr..
Luce insisted that he broke no
law in going to Cuba this sum-
mer. He said he had a valid
passport, but admitted that he
had not specifically obtained
permission to 60 to Cuba.
Chairman Willis replied the
State Departments ban was a
regulation with the force Of law
because it was based on a clear
cut provision in the Federal
Code.
Lawn Meeting
During the committees
luncheon break, a group of
about rs students met on the
lawn at First and Carroll
streets Sc. to hear a report
from some o ftheir companions
on the committee proceedings.
Freddie Jerome, one Of the
students, charged the mem
bers of the committee were
afraid to hear from the stu
dents who visited Cuba.
About 40 Of those who
couldn't get into the hearing
room went to the floor below |
and began a Shutdown in front |
Of the offices of the Commit
tee on Un-American Activities.
Police forced them to line
the corridor walls so they
would not block passage of
persons coming and going in
the corridor.
Capitol Police Chief Charles
Sullivan said his men were
denying entrance to the hear
ing room to people they recog-
nized as participants in yester-
days demonstration.
When they turned aside one
woman, she shouted at officers:
Don't pick on me. You
either arrest me or let me
alone"
But the woman and a COL
lege-age girl with her were
escorted away from the hear
ing room on the third floor of |