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AT 100-5643 RE WILLIAM WORTHY AT T-2 advised on January 4, 1962 that_WILLIAM THY was the main speaker om Cuba at 2 meeting ‘Sponsored by the Fairplay for Cuba Committee on aa December 28, 1961, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. . AT T-2 said that WORTHY was sympathetic to the Castro Cause. \, A characterization for the Fairplay for Cuba Committee is included in the Appendix of this report. . On August 8, 1962, WILLIAM WORTHY, through 1} his attorney, requested the U. S. District Judge of U. S. District Court, Southern District of Miami, Florida, that trial by jury be waived. This request was granted by the Judge and WORTHY was found guilty om August 8, 1962, of entering the United States without a valid passport in violation of Sectiom 1185B, Title 8, U.S. Code, The court deferred semtence pending completion of investigation by the U. S. Probation Officer and WORTHY was released om $5;000 bond. On May 22, 1962, Professor RICHARD L. WALKER, Department of International Studies, University of South Carolina, advised SA that he had received an invitation and had attended a seminar on "American Policy Toward China” at the D6 Atlanta University Center on May 9’ and 10, 1962, Professor bIC WALKER said that the organizer of the seminar, HOWARD ZINN, Professor at Spelman College, réceived a grant from the Ford Foundation to enable the seminar to take place. One of the seminar speakers, WILLIAM WORTHY, described by WALKER as a pro-Castro reporter for the Negro newspaper "Baltimore Afro= American" spoke favorably of the "Black Muslims," praised ROBERT FRANKLIN WILLIAMS, a fugitive being sought by the FBI, “and denounced BU. S. policy toward Cubs. Professor WALKER stated that ZINN appeared to be in complete agreement with WORTHY. a5