An important victory for freedom of travel was won this Dec 20 when the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the State Department could not enforce its travel restrictions by refusing to issue pass—ports to persons who travel to certain “off limits" coutries. The ruling cam out of an appeal brought by Staughtm Lynd, former professor at Yale University, who had his pass-port revoked after he visited Hanoi in 1966, 4 peculiar aspect of the decision was that it specifically stipulated that while present federal statutes do not give the State Department the right to control a persm's travel, it can say where that person may or may not take his pass-port. Thus the State Department can require a person to leave his pass-port in an ‘app roved" country while he ventures into a restricted area, Despite the ruling, the right to travel is still in great danger because the Johnson administration is already pressing Congress to pass a bill making it a crime punishable by a year in jail and a 1000 dollar fine to travel . to banned countries like Cuba, China, or North Vietnam
The WeekThe Week Vol. 9, No. 1, c. 3 January 1968
Sya Uteton Lynd --anti-war Leader Vins Pass.-port Back Against Travil Ban
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