[Fair Play for Cuba Committee, Amis du Peuple Cubain]; Al Purdy; Doroty Steeves; Fidel Castro; - Fair Play for Cuba Committee, Summer '64 ; Featuring a Report on the Canadian Students' Work Tour to Cuba, A Poem by Al Purdy, Impressions by Dorothy Steeves including excerpts from Castro's May Day Speech '64

Toronto, Fair Play for Cuba Committee, Amis du Peuple Cubain, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 36. 12mo. measuring 5.5" x 8.5". Illustrated, twice-stapled, card covers. No detectable flaws, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine. Contents include: Al Purdy writes on his visit; Unionists visit to Canada; Amigos de Cuba; Hurricaine Relief Fund; Poem to the Sailors on the "Oxford"; Portion of Castro's May Day Speech, and much else. Scarce in commerce. On June 30th the first group of Canadian students will leave from Eastern Canada for Cuba where they will spend from six to eight weeks working with and talking to Cubans from all walks of life. The second group leaves on July 3rd from points west of Winnipeg and will join up in Mexico City before proceeding to Havana. A total of 45 students will participate in the program and will be led by Captain David Middleton, a retired Canadian army officer. The group are representative of Canadian university students from Fredericton and Halifax on the east coast to Victoria on the west coast. Th students represent fifteen campuses in eight provinces and courses in engineering, science, accountancy, medicine, political science, philosophy, liberal arts, psychology, sociology, law, school teaching, library and theology. Some of the students are in post-graduate studies. The objective of the tour is two-fold: to work as a group on some project or projects alongside Cubans, thereby creating a bond of friendship leading to a better understanding between Cubans and Canadians, and secondly, to provide an opportunity for the group to assess the Cuban experiment in social reconstruction.

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