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_ —_ ) Page 3 IT a TR WGIGR FT T LEGAL FCTSS cn, D.C. recently ruled in the The U.S. Circuit Court of Arpeals in Vashi: Staughten Lynd passport case that the State 5: his passport to a U.S. citizen tho refuses to promise to abide by travel re- strictions. The Court said the State Departrent dees not have authority to restrict the travel of jineric¢ans under existing lez. The Departrent of Justice has announced that it will take an appeal to the Supreze Court; so, until that court acts the passports of the crew of the Phoenix sho vent te North Vietnam remain revoked. And just recently the Administration has had intredeced into -Congress a bill meking it a crire for U.S. citizers to travel to countries or regions ruled off-lizits by the Secretary of State; the legislation vould im pose criminal penalties. Congressman %.J.B. Dorn of South Carolina has intro- duced in Congress a bill providing for one year in prison ard a maximum fine of 1000 dollars as punishment for violating federal travel restrictions. We urge each of you to write your congressmen and urge him to vote and speak. against infringerent on the basic right to travel. In your letters you may wish to call attenticn to Article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Hunan - Rights, signed by the United States: rizent cannot refuse to issue + ‘Article 13. (1) Everyone has the right + to freedom : . of movement and residence within : - . the borders of each state (2) Bveryone has the right to leave any : Lat _ country, including his ony and to _ — Se return to his country . “Barly in Decenber “AQKG nade ‘application to the “qreasury. Department for release ¢ of funds totaling 1590 dollars frozen in two Fhiladelphia banks by order of the Treasury. We are asking release of the funds to meet present obligations of the committee. If the.funds are not released to AQAG we will initiate a civil - action in the U.S. District Court to compel their release. ” .. We get information that the Treasury Department contimes ‘to assemble infor- , Mation in its effort to build a legal case against the crew of Phoenix that _- ‘went to North Vietnan and possibly ACAG committee members on the grounds of. . -- trading ard conspiring to trade rith the enemy. We understand that Treasury representatives have approached some of those wno were on the voyage to North Vietnam to testify for the governzenit. Of course, the government “already knows about AQAC's efforts to provide a-token of medical supplies to . -the people of North Vietnaa since it,is the policy of AQAG to inform the _ ‘government of its actions before undertaking them. We have always recognized ._ the possibility of the government seeking indictments against the crew and .menbers of the committee. In the neantize, we continue 1 with our efforts to.” ———— bus a world nithout Ware st -— == ++ as