(By a Birninghah Correspondent.)
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Last. ieee 'phesident Kennedy put a, ban on ships trading with thé Islandof Cuba. Port facilities wero to be refusad to any shi p that had carried cargoes from Cuba.since Jan, Ist.It seom that this embargo is hiv‘ ‘ng no effect. all, Two réasons account for this, First, freight traffic is so poor gémerally that many ship | owners are willirg +5 take tHe risk so longs as they can keep their vessels carrying cargo and so bringing in a profit As the saying goes, "bisiness is business", especially when times are hard.
The second reason for the failure of the ban is that thé USSR is also a large enough cargo fleet fo cope with this situation, Bécaiss of their increase of.trade with other countries, the USSR is also increasing ics merchant fleet. It has been reported that recently sereral Liberty shits built during the bast war, and for some time laid up for lack of work ty neve been bought by the TSsii to hélp cope with—ths~srowine éemanid-on-dte— > se, shipping, All in all, this is a significant weve lopment » because 1%, demonstrates. that Us imperialism is unable to" throttle Cuba's “revolution by economic MGSNS, ‘and is a good pointor for’ fine © situations af a sifiilar © kind. Although this does not, of course, mean ‘that the ~hoyeatt is not inflicting harm on Cuba, it does mean that it” is bs 2rém, “having the fatal consequences that were intended.
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