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Former Recalls BY KITrY McCASKULL Staff Writer An ex-member of Fidel Castro's government, a man w h o s e life reached the point of danger as he disagreed more and m o r e with Cuba's turn toward Communism, has for four years now been a political science p r o f e s s o r at Carolina. Dr. Nestor Moreno is a native Cuban who attended the Univer sity of Havana, getting a degree in law and political science. He also taught at a university in Havana. In an interview he was asked to look back over 10 years at the events leading up to Cuba's revo lution and Communist turn-over. Dr. Moreno called the government of Fulgencio Batista, the military dictator against whom Castro re volted, "a sort of tyranny. We were trying to get rid of a tyrant. The people had very little say so, and B lo -UNDERSTANDING COMES FASTER WITH CLIFF'S NOTES' OVER 175 TITLES $1 EACH AT YOUR BOOKSELLER INCOLN NEBFiASKA 68501 CAMELS: SOON TO BE ON YOUR CA We're talking a camel of this La soft wool flannel Camel/brown. SCENEON-2 FASHION SECONI RRIJK OF COL.UM1 Castro Cuban there was very little they could do about it." lie said that people either participated actively against Batista or they participated by in action. When asked what were his feel ings during the 1956-59 period in which the bearded leader Castro led his guerrilla warfare against Batista, Dr. Moreno replied, "I was pro-revolution rather than pro Castro. I felt for different reasons a need to get rid of Batista. Most people aspirei to a democratic re gime. We wanted the basic demo cratic institutions as in the United States although not necessarily a copy."9 After Castro's take-over on Jan. 1, 1959, Dr. Moreno decided to re main in his native Cuba and did stay until after the Bay of Pigs on April 17, 1961. He became a member of Castro's government serving as un(er-secretary of pub lic works and as secretary of the bank for social security. Discussing the change to Cot snunism, he said, "Today it ap pears to be a radical one. Now it looks as if it had takent place all at ontce-it did not. It was slowly "If I'd had Vogue Stylon I wouldn't need this silly cap." Whistler's Mother 256-935 (ZD * & * MPUS 001* bout the color nz Original. A for sizes 5-15. 40.00 RIA Official Revolt developed. In 1959 and 19 6 0, there was an increase of authori tarianism. The government tried to hold everything. We saw the possibility of the government lead big toward a Communist regime." "I was dissatisfied at the end of 1959. 1 think many people felt the necessity to stop the turn to. ward Communism." The government realized this dissatisfaction. After the Bay of Pigs, the unsuccessful invasion of Cuba, he was tried "in absentee ism" meaning he was not present at his trial. During this time he was still a free man. Dr. Moreno c a l m l y reported, "They decided I should die." Thus five (lays after the Bay of Pigs he took refuge in the Vene zualian Embassy. There he was safe; he had already sent his sons to America. For six months he waited until finally the government gave him a safe conduct to the United States. From 1961 to 1964 he remained in Miami and then moved to Columbia. Today in Cuba he has an aunt and uncle and some cousins. lie can correspond with them although letters take about three months to be delivered. Ile said the Cuban goverivnment samples about I per cent of the mail. As Dr. Moreno talked, he puffed on a cigar which he said was un fortunately not from Havana. MINI ... ~... 'SIZ YE INSTANTLY Bmnaca CoNk NTRAllDi GO! t'[N PRRFA10O Dot bf Vick' &$,ENO Al"11 IN Faculty Footm Seventy-w Carolina has 72 new f a e u I t y mnembers on campus as the fall semester gets underway. With 15 new members, the De partment of F o r e i g n Languages and Literatures has the most new faces. The School of Education haq 10 and the College of Business Administration eight. A* * Dean Albert T. Scroggins of th School of Journalism was elected recently to the executive committee of t h e American Association of Schools and Departments of Jour nalism. Dean Scroggins also served AW" -ON SO UT H DOI M IS C( ~. tO 5TIME 10 V5;C tvAy. So(t:-T WEAPONMI eS I )T (M 5f11 W4Ct P(ST"i !I F INS1 otes 7wo Join as chairman of the nominating committee for the Association for Education in Journalism. William C. McCall of the USC School of Education retired Aug. 31 after serving on the faculty for 44 years. Earlier this year, he was given a plaque by USC's c h a p t e r of Kappa Delta Epsilon and was hon ored at a banquet given by the School of Education freulty. * * * Political Science P r o f e ss o r Hardy Wickwar has prepared a National IAnd To Is Offerir Spe( MONDAYS TUESDA1 WEDNESD THURSDAY - FRIDAY Shc I BEl )N 7-N 07 itJG /VT It ,rI(L JUsr ArM< 14 -to -M e w6 oF jNCON%PIC JOU5 JTVW Q (014er roof F Iacul repor during t summ r W h ' n c l a p p i c t iA t e r c J o aS. s SUe ni Drt. 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