zemel rusk argued march decided may country broken diplomatic relations cuba department state eliminated cuba area passports required appellant applied passport validated travel cuba satisfy curiosity make better informed citizen request denied filed suit federal district seeking judgment declaring entitled constitution laws travel cuba passport validated purpose secretary state travel restrictions invalid passport act immigration nationality act unconstitutional addition prayed secretary attorney general enjoined interfering travel granted secretary motion summary judgment dismissed action attorney general held since complaint launched substantial constitutional attack upon two federal statutes prayed operation enjoined properly convened pp passport act grants authority executive refuse validation passports cuban travel pp consistent interpretation department state authority impose area restrictions enactment must given weight courts construing statute pp congress enacted legislation relating passports despite many executive impositions area restrictions left untouched broad authority granted passport act case secretary refusal based foreign policy considerations affecting citizens distinguished kent dulles passport denial based applicant political beliefs associations pp restriction travel cuba abridge appellant constitutional rights pp fact liberty inhibited without due process law mean circumstances inhibited restriction justified weightiest considerations national security pp failure validate appellant passport results inhibition action restriction first amendment right right speak publish carry unrestrained right gather information pp passport act contains sufficiently definite standards action especially since area foreign affairs executive broad authority passport act grant executive completely unrestricted freedom action authorizes passport restrictions fairly argued adopted congress light prior administrative practice pp adjudication reach constitutionality immigration nationality act applied travel violation area restriction must await concrete factual situation pp leonard boudin argued cause appellant briefs victor rabinowitz samuel gruber solicitor general cox argued cause appellees brief assistant attorney general yeagley daniel friedman bruce terris kevin maroney lee anderson edward ennis melvin wulf filed brief american civil liberties union amicus curiae urging reversal isidore englander joseph forer filed brief anatol schlosser amicus curiae chief justice warren delivered opinion questions decision whether secretary state statutorily authorized refuse validate passports citizens travel cuba whether exercise authority constitutionally permissible answer questions affirmative prior passport required travel anywhere western hemisphere january year broke diplomatic consular relations cuba january department state eliminated cuba area passports required declared outstanding passports except held persons already cuba invalid travel cuba unless specifically endorsed travel authority secretary state companion press release stated department contemplated granting exceptions persons whose travel may regarded best interests newsmen businessmen previously established business interests exchange letters early appellant citizen holder otherwise valid passport applied state department passport validated travel cuba tourist request denied october renewed request stating purpose proposed trip satisfy curiosity state affairs cuba make better informed citizen request denied ground purpose trip meet previously prescribed standards travel december appellant instituted suit secretary state attorney general district district connecticut seeking judgment declaring entitled constitution laws travel cuba passport validated purpose travel cuba use passport purpose violate statute regulation passport restriction secretary restrictions upon travel cuba invalid passport act immigration nationality act unconstitutional secretary refusal grant passport valid cuba violated rights guaranteed constitution nations declaration human rights denial passport endorsement without formal hearing violated rights fifth amendment complaint also requested secretary directed validate appellant passport travel cuba secretary attorney general enjoined interfering travel amended complaint appellant added constitutional attack acts prayer secretary attorney general enjoined enforcing appellant motion objection appellees convened summary judgment divided vote granted secretary state motion summary judgment dismissed action attorney general supp postponed consideration jurisdictional question hearing case merits direct appeal district lies ed order granting denying interlocutory permanent injunction civil action suit proceeding required act congress heard determined district three judges thus must deal first government contention improperly convened contention correct lacks jurisdiction appeal phillips section title code requires impanelling case relief sought interlocutory permanent injunction restraining enforcement operation execution act congress repugnance constitution face appellant amended complaint calling upon enjoin enforcement passport act immigration nationality act ground statutes unconstitutional meets requirements solicitor general notes appellant accorded full relief voiding secretary order true appellant argument either secretary order supported authority granted congress statutes granting authority unconstitutional often held litigant need abandon nonconstitutional arguments order obtain joining complaint nonconstitutional attack along constitutional one dispense necessity convene solicitor general apparently conceding three judges agreed appellant fifth amendment attack substantial cf kent dulles aptheker secretary state argues reality attack upon administrative opposed legislative policy therefore cases like phillips ex parte bransford need convened need evaluate contention appellant complaint also attacks acts ground contain standards therefore invalid delegation legislative power allegation brushed aside attack upon actions secretary arguing invalid delegation appellant quite clearly assailed statutes solicitor general therefore meets delegation argument another ground labeling frivolous although accept appellant delegation argument infra pp agree insubstantial compel district read complaint refuse convene compare william jameson morgenthau schneider rusk indeed explicitly noted kent dulles supra held secretary refusal issue passport petitioner case supported acts obliged consider whether acts void invalid delegation complaint therefore launches substantial constitutional attack upon two federal statutes prays operation enjoined cf idlewild liquor epstein hold properly convened therefore jurisdiction appeal ii think passport act stat ed embodies grant authority executive refuse validate passports citizens travel cuba act provides pertinent part secretary state may grant issue passports rules president shall designate prescribe behalf construction act reinforced state department continued imposition area restrictions times war periods peace since period seven months following outbreak war italy ethiopia department declined issue passports travel ethiopia except journalists red cross representatives others able show compelling exigency necessitating travel cases persons include ethiopia applications reason mention applications adjacent countries suspected intending travel therein passports stamped valid use ethiopia iii hackworth supra pp following outbreak spanish civil war passports stamped valid travel spain exceptions newspapermen persons furnishing medical assistance similar restriction placed travel china august view disturbed situation far east passports validated travel china exceptional circumstances case women children march president purporting act pursuant act specifically authorized secretary impose area restrictions issuance passports exec order fed reg secretary state authorized discretion refuse issue passport restrict passport use certain countries restrict use certain countries withdraw cancel passport already issued withdraw passport purpose restricting validity use certain countries area restrictions also imposed numerous occasions since world war ii travel yugoslavia restricted late result series incidents involving american citizens dept state press may travel hungary restricted december may december june state department began stamp passports valid travel czechoslovakia declared passports outstanding time valid travel dept state bull may department issued general order new passports stamped valid travel albania bulgaria communist china czechoslovakia hungary poland rumania soviet union october secretary announced passports longer require special validation travel czechoslovakia hungary poland rumania soviet union stamped invalid travel following areas control authorities diplomatic relations albania bulgaria portions china korea communist control february restriction travel hungary reimposed late passports brief period stamped invalid travel egypt israel jordan syria even passport legislation enacted since act history executive imposition area restrictions well history relevance construction act interpretation expressly placed statute charged administration must given weight courts faced task construing statute udall tallman norwegian nitrogen circumstances congress failure repeal revise face administrative interpretation held constitute persuasive evidence interpretation one intended congress case however inference supported mere congressional inaction congress substantially laws passed first second world wars provided issuance presidential proclamation war national emergency unlawful leave enter without valid passport section immigration nationality act stat solicitor general urges view issuance presidential proclamation national emergency still outstanding travel violation area restriction imposed otherwise valid passport unlawful act correctness interpretation question reach appeal see infra pp whether new legislation intended attach criminal penalties violation area restrictions certainly meant cut back upon power impose restrictions despite years executive interpretation act authorizing imposition area restrictions congress though enacted legislation relating passports left completely untouched broad authority granted earlier act cf norwegian nitrogen supra case therefore like kent dulles supra unable find regard sort passport refusal involved administrative practice sufficiently substantial consistent warrant conclusion congress implicitly approved appellant reminds us summarizing secretary practice kent observed far material cases refusal passports generally fell two categories first questions pertinent citizenship applicant allegiance resolved secretary second question whether applicant participating illegal conduct trying escape toils law promoting passport frauds otherwise engaging conduct violate laws iii concluded secretary state refusal validate appellant passport travel cuba supported authority granted congress passport act must next consider whether refusal abridges constitutional right appellant although case reach question whether act read attach criminal penalties travel area one passport validated must approach constitutional issues presented appeal candidly proceed assumption secretary refusal validate passport given area acts deterrent travel area kent dulles supra held right travel part liberty citizen deprived without due process law fifth amendment see also aptheker secretary state supra however fact liberty inhibited without due process law mean circumstances inhibited requirements due process function extent governmental restriction imposed also extent necessity restriction cuba area western hemisphere controlled communist government moreover judgment state department major goal castro regime export communist revolution rest latin america members organization american determined travel cuba countries western hemisphere important element spreading subversion many therefore undertaken measures discourage travel also forgotten early days castro regime citizens arrested imprisoned without charges think particularly view president statutory obligation use means amounting acts war may think necessary proper secure release american citizen unjustly deprived liberty foreign government secretary justifiably concluded travel cuba american citizens might involve nation dangerous international incidents constitution require validate passports travel right travel within course also constitutionally protected cf edwards california freedom mean areas ravaged flood fire pestilence quarantined demonstrated unlimited travel area directly materially interfere safety welfare area nation whole international travel restriction challenged case supported weightiest considerations national security perhaps best pointed recalling cuban missile crisis october preceded filing appellant complaint less two months appellant also asserts secretary refusal validate passport travel cuba denies rights guaranteed first amendment claim different raised kent dulles supra aptheker secretary state supra refusal validate appellant passport result expression association part appellant forced choose membership organization freedom travel appellant allegation rather travel ban direct interference first amendment rights citizens travel abroad might acquaint first hand effects abroad government policies foreign domestic conditions abroad might affect policies must agree secretary refusal validate passports cuba renders less wholly free flow information concerning country agree factor considered determining whether appellant denied due process law accept contention appellant first amendment right involved extent secretary refusal validate passports cuba acts inhibition unrealistic assume inhibition action restrictions action clothed ingenious argument garb decreased data flow example prohibition unauthorized entry white house diminishes citizen opportunities gather information might find relevant opinion way country run make entry white house first amendment right right speak publish carry unrestrained right gather information finally appellant challenges act ground contain sufficiently definite standards formulation travel controls executive important bear mind appraising argument changeable explosive nature contemporary international relations fact executive immediately privy information swiftly presented evaluated acted upon legislature congress giving executive authority matters foreign affairs must necessity paint brush broader customarily wields domestic areas practically every volume statutes contains one acts joint resolutions congress authorizing action president respect subjects affecting foreign relations either leave exercise power unrestricted judgment provide standard far general always considered requisite regard domestic affairs iv appellant complaint sought order compelling secretary state validate passport travel cuba also declaration appellant entitled constitution laws travel cuba order enjoining secretary attorney general interfering travel read context arguments appellant makes appears intent complaint latter prayers considered event decided secretary lacks authority refuse validate appellant passport cuba however complaint also read incorporate request even find secretary authority go decide whether appellant criminally prosecuted immigration nationality act stat ed travel violation area restriction section provides proclamation provided subsection made published proclamation force shall except otherwise provided president subject limitations exceptions president may authorize prescribe unlawful citizen depart enter attempt depart enter unless bears valid passport circumstances courts properly make exceptions general rule equity interfere criminal processes entertaining actions injunction declaratory relief advance criminal prosecution see evers dwyer terrace thompson however declaratory judgment act ed enabling act confers discretion courts rather absolute right upon litigant public serv wycoff complaint filed case specify sort travel cuba appellant mind whether plans proceed cuba directly travel via one countries tell papers filed whether government event appellant journeys cuba charge leaving carrier bound cuba passport validated cuba leaving passport intent traveling cuba returns home leaving passport journey fact takes cuba passport visited cuba act whether charge whether gradations fact charge make difference criminal liability issue district wisely took position avoid rendering series advisory opinions adjudication reach constitutionality must await concrete fact situation compare federation labor mcadory district therefore correctly dismissed complaint judgment affirmed footnotes florida lime growers jacobsen see also allen grand central aircraft lee bickell sterling constantin see also douglas noble convening case surely coincides legislative policy underlying passage legislative history complement indicates sections enacted prevent single federal judge able paralyze totally operation entire regulatory scheme either state federal issuance broad injunctive order repeatedly emphasized congressional debates heavy pecuniary costs unforeseen debilitating interruptions administration federal law wrought single judge order great burdens entailed coping harassing actions brought one another challenge operation entire statutory scheme wherever jurisdiction government officials acquired judge ultimately found grant desired injunction kennedy appellant case challenge merely single unique exercise secretary authority cf phillips supra contrary suit seeks paralyze totally operation entire regulatory scheme indeed regulatory scheme designed administered promote security nation secretary state rather president imposed restriction travel cuba however congress provided secretary state shall perform duties shall time time enjoined intrusted president relative matters respecting foreign affairs president shall assign department president turn authorized secretary discretion restrict passport use certain countries restrict use certain countries exec order fed reg cfr cerecedo hermanos compania service dulles labor board gullett gin dept state bull norwegian nitrogen supra costanzo tillinghast midwest oil act may stat act june stat pres proc stat cf exec order cfr pres proc stat issued pursuant stated departure entry citizens governed sections inclusive title code federal regulations cfr ed provided nothing part shall construed prevent secretary state exercising discretion resting refuse issue passport restrict use certain countries withdraw cancel passport already issued withdraw passport purpose restricting validity use certain countries aptheker secretary state supra shachtman dulles app opinion edgerton concurring cf bolling sharpe freedom travel report special committee study passport procedures bar city new york pp chafee three human rights constitution compare kent dulles supra aptheker secretary state supra universal declaration human rights art quoted doc korematsu cuba dept state pub pp see also ball policy toward cuba dept state pub dept state bull see report special committee study resolutions viii eighth meeting consultation ministers foreign affairs pp dept state bull resolution final act ninth meeting consultation ministers foreign affairs ed provides whenever made known president citizen unjustly deprived liberty authority foreign government shall duty president forthwith demand government reasons imprisonment appears wrongful violation rights american citizenship president shall forthwith demand release citizen release demanded unreasonably delayed refused president shall use means amounting acts war may think necessary proper obtain effectuate release facts proceedings relative thereto shall soon practicable communicated president congress indeed precisely sort consideration led us hold kent dulles supra right travel protected fifth amendment see also aptheker secretary state supra douglas concurring solicitor general state particularity government position reach regard area restrictions simply asserts confirms authority secretary impose area restrictions issuance passports prohibits travel violation thereof brief appellees see also justice black dissenting article constitution provides legislative powers herein granted shall vested congress shall consist senate house representatives emphasis supplied doubt provision grants congress ample power enact legislation regulating issuance use passports travel abroad unless particular legislation forbidden specific constitutional prohibition example first amendment see aptheker secretary state concurring opinion cf kent dulles since article however vests legislative powers congress language constitution purports vest power president necessarily follows constitution control president completely devoid power make laws regulating passports anything else power make laws labeling regulations calling laws like brother goldberg accept government argument president inherent power make regulations governing issuance use passports post pp emphatically think properly rejected similar argument advanced support seizure nation steel companies president youngstown sheet tube sawyer regulation passports like regulation steel companies executive function accept government contention passport regulations involved valid passport act unequivocal words delegates president secretary general discretionary power passports act provide secretary state may grant issue passports cause passports granted issued verified foreign countries rules president shall designate prescribe quite obviously government exaggerate saying act provide specific standards secretary delegates president secretary general discretionary power passports power broad fact marked bounds except unlimited discretion plain therefore congress passed law regulating passports merely referred matter secretary state president words say effect delegate constitutional power make laws regulating passports see fit secretary state proceeded exercise power make laws regulating issuance passports declaring issue cuba persons whose travel may regarded best interests views interests congress attempt delegate undefined power secretary president makes applicable act justice cardozo said national industrial recovery act delegation running riot plenitude power susceptible transfer schechter poultry concurring opinion see also panama ref ryan cf kent dulles constitution ordained laws restricting liberty people enacted congress congress think constitution intended vital legislative function farmed large blocks governmental official whoever might governmental department bureau whatever administrative expertise might thought congress created assumption enactment free country laws safely entrusted representatives people congress official government agency people called obey laws constitutional right passed constitutional way right becomes essential person called obey may punishable five years imprisonment fine dares travel without consent secretary one subordinates irksome enough one wishes travel told congress constitutional lawmaker power legislate field go wishes bound far irritating think authors constitution gave legislative power congress intended citizen country told get passport congress given unlimited discretion executive official viewed practically subordinates decide may go repeat belief congress ample power regulate foreign travel course fact may good adequate reasons congress pass law argument whatever holding valid law written congress executive officials see panama ref ryan supra think act gives lawmaking power congress secretary president therefore violates constitutional command legislative power vested congress therefore reverse judgment stat act june stat stat justice douglas justice goldberg concurs dissenting appellant holder valid passport requested passport validated travel cuba wished make trip satisfy curiosity state affairs cuba make better informed citizen need validation arose department state prior elimination cuba area passports required cfr issuance public notice declaring outstanding passports invalid travel cuba unless specifically endorsed travel authority secretary state fed reg companion press release january stated travel permitted persons whose travel may regarded best interests newsmen businessmen previously established business interests passport office denied appellant request validation referring press release deputy director passport office informed appellant obvious present purpose visiting cuba meet standards validation passport held kent dulles right travel overseas well home part citizen liberty fifth amendment conclusion esoteric one drawn blue reflected judgment peripheral rights citizen first amendment right know converse others consult observe social physical political phenomena abroad well home gives meaning substance freedom expression freedom press without contacts first amendment rights suffer kent dulles supra said freedom movement large social values ability understand pluralistic world filled clashing ideologies prerequisite citizenship peoples world avoid nuclear holocaust late pope john xxiii famous encyclical pacem terris stated idea eloquently men becoming convinced disputes arise resolved recourse arms rather negotiation true historical grounds conviction based chiefly terrible destructive force modern arms nourished horror aroused mind thought cruel destruction immense suffering use armaments bring human family reason hardly possible imagine atomic era war used instrument justice nevertheless unfortunately law fear still reigns among peoples forces spend fabulous sums armaments aggression affirm reason believing dissuade others aggression reason hope however meeting negotiating men may come discover better bonds unite together deriving human nature common may also come discover one profound requirements common nature respective peoples fear reign love love tends express collaboration loyal manifold form productive many benefits fact human beings nature social arises right assembly association agree areas congress restrict ban travel pestilences may rage region making necessary protect traveler might infect return theatre war may dangerous travel like situations put danger present communist regime cuba world however filled communist thought communist regimes one continent part world spectrum know understand must mingle pope john said keeping alive intellectual intercourse opposing groups always important perhaps never important first amendment presupposes mature people afraid ideas first amendment leaves room official whether truculent benign say nay yea ideas offend please believes political objective served keeping citizen home letting go yet decision today allows happen congressional determination cuba area national security demands americans excluded congressional authorization executive make determination according standards fixed congress rather claim congress painted broad brush state department ban travel cuba simply pleased permitting ignores familiar basic principle aptheker secretary state supra governmental purpose control prevent activities constitutionally subject state regulation may achieved means sweep unnecessarily broadly thereby invade area protected freedoms naacp alabama said right travel periphery first amendment rather core largely travel course speech speech brigaded conduct conduct remains subject regulation protection society every case power regulate must exercised attaining permissible end unduly infringe protected freedom cantwell connecticut supra restrictions right travel times peace particularized first amendment right precluded unless clear countervailing national interest stands way assertion time time alert protect first amendment rights exercised context overt action subject governmental regulation series decisions held even though governmental purpose legitimate substantial purpose pursued means broadly stifle fundamental personal liberties end narrowly achieved breadth legislative abridgment must viewed light less drastic means achieving basic purpose shelton tucker see lovell griffin schneider state cantwell connecticut supra martin struthers saia new york kunz new york schware board bar examiners louisiana ex rel gremillion naacp naacp button aptheker secretary state supra justice goldberg dissenting last year approximately americans traveled abroad passports issued renewed nearly obtained journalists phenomenal amount travel demonstrates curiosity things foreign increasing importance indeed often necessity travel also reflects long history freedom movement americans enjoyed since founding republic government encouraged travel example john quincy adams issued passport one luther bradish certified bradish visit foreign countries view gratifying commendable curiosity however appellant requested passport validated might travel cuba satisfy curiosity state affairs cuba make better informed citizen request denied upon basis department state regulations issued alleged authority executive order restricting travel cuba appellant attacks limitation imposed upon validity passport beyond inherent power executive unauthorized congress beyond constitutional authority either executive congress agree congress constitutional power impose area restrictions travel consistent constitutional guarantees reject appellant arguments contrary deference however agree holding congress exercised power moreover believe executive inherent authority impose area restrictions time peace hold principles established prior decisions inasmuch congress authorized secretary impose area restrictions appellant entitled passport valid travel cuba inherent authority executive constitutional basis right travel importance democratic society led kent dulles supra conclude liberty regulated must pursuant functions congress implicit statement core holding kent dulles rejection argument advanced also made government executive possesses inherent power prohibit impede travel restricting issuance passports kent expressly recognized passport great value also necessary leave country travel parts world kent dulles supra demonstrates kent dulles shall show detail consistent history exercise alleged inherent executive power limit travel restrict validity passports view constitutional basis right travel legal practical necessity passports absence executive practice imposing area restrictions rule kent dulles passport restrictions may imposed congress makes provision therefor explicit terms kent dulles supra consistent constitutional guarantees cf youngstown sheet tube sawyer hold expressly executive inherent authority impose area restrictions time peace ii statutory authority legislative history within knowledge department diplomatic agents foreign governments declined authenticating acts governors state local authorities foreign officers abroad usually require passports granted authorities shall authenticated ministers consuls functionaries thus called upon find embarrassed desire accommodate unwillingness certify officially know necessity uniform practice may remove difficulties sides strongly urged upon department iii moore international law digest preserve proper respect passports necessary guard frauds far possible procuring regret say local magistrates persons pretending authority issue passports imposed upon persons go abroad spurious papers others know entitled passports citizens seek get fraudulent passports thinking protect abroad iii moore op cit supra administrative practice area restrictions imposed arose first world war although americans required law carry passports certain foreign countries insisted americans american consulates embassies abroad therefore authorized issue emergency passports outbreak war secretary state telegraphed american ambassadors ministers france germany great britain italy netherlands denmark issue emergency passports use belgium occupied german armed forces unless applicants obliged go thither special exigency authorized red cross belgian relief commission see iii hackworth digest international law entered world war travel areas belligerency enemy countries restricted passports marked valid travel areas congress provided statute passports necessary order leave enter congressional act requiring passports travel expired soon official end war passports marked valid travel countries see iii hackworth supra hearings senate committee foreign relations department state passport policies hereafter senate hearings thus freedom travel complete prior world war atmosphere congress virtually identical terms statute sole purpose already noted centralize passport issuance congress indicate slightest intent desire enlarge authority executive regulate issuance passports surely travel restrictions imposed war single telegram instructing ministers deny emergency passports brief time travel theatre war show congress act intended authorize executive impose area restrictions upon travel peacetime whenever executive believed restrictions might advance american foreign policy long tradition freedom movement fact passport area restrictions existed prior world war complete absence indication legislative history congress intended delegate sweeping authority executive point precisely opposite direction kent dulles supra held act authorize secretary state withhold passports persons political beliefs associations although argued prior secretary withheld passports communists suspected subversives administrative practice adopted congress found evidence practice insufficient warrant conclusion congressional authorization yet kent dulles government pointed scattered executive interpretations showing upon occasion state department believed authority peacetime withhold passports persons deemed department hold subversive beliefs attorney general knox advised secretary state passport might withheld avowed anarchist op atty orders promulgated passport office periodically required denial passport revolutionary radicals see passport office instructions may state department memorandum may summarizing department passport policy russian revolution passports refused american communists desired go abroad indoctrination instruction etc policy continued isolated instances assumption authority refuse passports persons thought subversive held insufficient show congress intended grant secretary state discretionary authority deny passports persons political beliefs kent dulles supra case presents even attenuated showing administrative practice revealed one isolated instance peacetime area restriction closely connected world war clearly single instance insufficient show congress intended authorize secretary impose peacetime area restrictions moreover numerous instances restriction travel political beliefs associations wartime insufficient show congress intended grant secretary authority curtail travel time peace see kent dulles supra fact area restrictions imposed world war show congress intended grant secretary authority impose restrictions time peace time war exercise war power restrictions may imposed neither permissible tolerable time peace see kent dulles supra cf youngstown sheet tube sawyer see kennedy thus even state department wartime practice lead conclusion area restrictions time war sanctioned surely show congress wished authorize similar curtailment right travel time peace intimates kent dulles distinguishable present case kent dulles passports denied basis applicants political beliefs ante find little logic opinion support distinction kent dulles based conclusions executive inherent power impose peacetime passport restrictions congress delegate authority executive history passport restrictions constitutional basis right travel mentions dealing beliefs associations ideological matters reading opinion clearly reveals holding turn upon factors moreover importance travel gathering information activity closely connected first amendment right asserted seems major reason holding aptheker kent right travel afforded constitutional protection kent dulles thus seems relevant controlling case presented statute inapplicability problem area restrictions different reasons people wanting travel different reasons advanced government need impose area restrictions reasons vary government says restrictions imposed sometimes political differences countries sometimes unsettled conditions sometimes case part program undertaken together nations isolate hostile foreign country cuba attempts promote subversion democratic nations see senate hearings department state also imposed different types travel restrictions different circumstances newsmen example prohibited traveling china see senate hearings allowed visit cuba see public notice fed reg press release issued secretary state view different types need travel restrictions various reasons traveling abroad importance constitutional underpinnings right travel right citizen free press gather information foreign countries presumed congress without focusing upon complex problems involved resolved adopting broad sweeping statute view confers unlimited discretion upon executive makes distinctions reconciling rights citizen travel government legitimate needs know congress deal complex area focus problems involved whether example light commitment freedom press congress consent circumstances prohibiting newsmen traveling foreign countries faced complete absence legislative consideration complex issues presume congress issued blanket authorization executive impose area restrictions define scope duration nature problem seems plainly call discriminately fashioned statute iii conclusion view different types need area restrictions asserted government various reasons travel abroad importance constitutional underpinnings right citizens free press gather information foreign countries considerations congress focus upon infer congress resolved complex problem area restrictions necessarily involves reconciling rights citizen travel government legitimate needs statute history shows designed centralize authority issue passports secretary state prevent abuses arising issuance unauthorized persons since conclude executive possess inherent power impose area restrictions peacetime congress considered issue granted authority executive reverse judgment district dept state summary passport statistics recently president requested citizens voluntarily temporarily limit travel abroad balance payments difficulties see dept state american passport except years since american law require passport travel abroad currently however immigration nationality act stat ed makes unlawful proclamation national emergency depart enter attempt depart enter without valid passport expresses views upon validity proper interpretation provision currently involved litigation us following changes made wording provision statute present statute placed revised statutes words shall authorized replaced may june provision amended increase list secretary cause grant issue verify passports foreign countries adding words chief executive officer insular possessions stat provision list secretary cause grant issue verify passports foreign countries modified substituting words diplomatic consular officers words diplomatic representatives consul generals consuls vice consuls charge secretary state may designate words passports substituted words passport stat see kent dulles supra implies regulation travel based upon disloyalty country wartime presents quite different question regulation time peace also argues state department imposition area restrictions shows act granted power impose restrictions consistent administrative interpretation must given weight courts ante see norwegian nitrogen deference find consistent administrative interpretation act area restrictions imposed executive time time since see senate hearings executive also indicated doubts authority restrict passports president formally asked congress clear statutory authority prevent americans using passports travel areas means protecting presence conflict foreign policy objectives doc sess report commission government security expressly recommended made unlawful citizen travel country passport declared invalid doc moreover department state announced limitations use passports travel red china accompanying press release stated restrictions forbid american travel areas restricted see senate hearings report association bar city new york freedom travel event believe evidence set congress mean act authorize imposition area restrictions sufficiently strong overcome fact department occasion asserted inherent power impose restrictions see report commission government security although severed diplomatic ties castro government correctly points ante justifiably regards castro regime hostile country state war cuba see banco national de cuba sabbatino