BILL April ll, l968 Aspen, Colorado (orlgillOl lost - talleJlfrom "TIie v oice of freedom - speaks again." So saitr/~ar6ott) Preside,at Jolutson today - as lie sig,aed t,1to law tlle just-passed Civil Riglrts Act of Ninetee,a-Sixty-Eigllt. Tl,e Pres ide,e t addi,ag tl,a t "ot,en I, ous i,ag for all - all "•"'a" be iflg• tlaat Hr,e ,,. tlais cou,.try - is Now a part of t•• AtNerlca• .,., of life. " T•e Preside,., al•o referri•g to tl,e fflNrder of Morli• L•t••r Kiflg - followed by lootl,eg aJtd b•r"'"•· A•••rllflg ,,,,,, tie "fl,aly road to t,'rogress - is tllro•1• '"• I process of law." A t,roces• lie 11rgetl Co,agress to •fl••tl alo•, - tl1ro•gla passage of •o•e Seve,ety-Billio11 ,,. major tlo•••llc p rogra,,., still p e,ediflg. CAPE KENNEDY From Cape Kennedy -- a post-mortem today on that ill-fated Saturn-Five moon-shoot of last week. U.S. space officials laying a part of the blame -- to crossed wires. Another part -- to a leaky fuel line. But · • . - -- that remains a mystery. Calling for a possible third unmanned test of the Saturn launch vehicle -- before it is deemed safe enough for astronauts. PEN'l'AGOtf While the dialogue continues -- so does the war. Forcing an additional call-up today -- of nearly twenty- five thousand Army, lavy and Air Force reservists. About ten thousand of these -- destined for service in Vietnam -- said Defense Secretary Clark Clifford. Raising total ~ ...... -s.~...,""'~ U.S. CE ;ar" inhat part of the world -- to a new high ot about tive hundred and fifty thousand men. At the aaae time -- Clfttord aaaerting that eneay troops start~pulllng out or Khe Santi -- fully a - t h age. lot because of any de-escalation -- rather because of massive U.S. air and artillery strikes -- said he. Adding ttmt enemy positions were "increasingly untenable" -- because they were "in the process of being destroyed." LANCASTER Here's one -- a point of law -- from Lancaster, e r- Pennsylvania. Where convicted murde~Rance Lee Via -- is currently trying to get a new trial. Charging that police who captured him authorized an illegal search of his person -- "without warrant and court order." Thereby o1-ain1ng evidence later used against him -- in alleged violation of his Constitutional rights. In light of recent Supreae Court rulings -- an open ~ , - -SA-vV and shut case;..;;, or so lt would see■ z 7 a for the following: The so-called "search" -- was pertol'lled by doctors; the evidence they found -- a number of bullets rrom ther or a pol1■eman. was convicted of killing. The sa■e police•n -- Via A legitimate beef -- or na mockery of Justice" -- as police claim ? We'll Just have to wait and see. TOBA From Toba, Japan, comes• story today -- of saving face, American-style. With a group of visiting U.S. governors dining on sukiyaki -- a Japanese beef dish. When host- Governor Satoru Tanaka boasted that the best beef in the world - . - comes from local Matsuzaka cattle. Governor Boe of South Dakota -- who was closest at hand -- agreeing diplomatically that the beef was wonderful. Governor Samuelson of Idaho -- another major cattle-producing state -- also admitting that the sukiyaki was excellent. Except that the meal -- seemed to lack a certain something said he. · With that -- the Govemor of Idaho passing out souvenir lapel pins to one and all . Each in the shape -- of an Idaho potatoe. POLITICS Turning to politics ■••• at ■,,,,;;;--__ the name Hubef Humphrey looms larger than ever ithe Democratic race. Senator Mondale of the Vice President's home state -- Minnesota today announcing formation of a new ca~paign "United Domcrats for Humphrey." Honorary chairman -- Harry S. Truman. Elsewhere in Washington -- retiring Postmaster General Lawrence O'Brien was indicating touy -- he will becoae a top Kennedy campaign strategist; perhaps -- within the next few days. He needs the time -- said he -- "to resolve some personal matters." One o4hese -- obviously -- his pending departure from the Johnson Administration. WHITE HOUSE On tl,e bllmf,y road to t,eace - another delaying detour today. North Vietnam suggesting Warsaw - as a possible site for Preliminary talks. Only to draw a tentative "tluonbs down" - from Presid P. nt Jollnson. Wllite House Press Secretary George Cl,rislia11 - q11oti11g tire Preside•I as saying we would prefer - "a 11eulral ahnost,lrere - fair to both sides." TIits a11 at,pare11t reference to tlae fact tllat Pola11d - llas openly laelt,ed to sut,t,ly tlae Nortlr Vietftamese war maclai,ae. Clrrislia11 f11rtlier notlri•g tl,al first .,ord of Ra•oi's I cll.otce - laad come from Ille Soviet11efl1s age11cy Tass. Addi•g I tlrat tlte "U,ailed States llas proposed a ,aumber of 11er,tral sfi., - o,a wlrich we have heard nollli11g as yet. C 1,ris tia11 e11df,ag with tll.e admo,aitio,a tllatY,,,ose acting in good Jaftl, - .,;u not seek t" make this a matter of propaganda." BELL Fitting, final dateline for tonight -- Bell, California. Where a thirty-eight-year-old widow by the nae of Margaret Smith -- will be married tomorrow night to a Texas oll driller by the name or Minlford [McCoy. With Mra. Sllith's three teen-age daughters -- sharing si■w.taneoualy in the taaily joy. Raebel -- nineteen -- Laura -- eighteen -- and ldna -- sixteen -- getting aarr1ed at the sue tiae; to three sailors t'rom the U.S. lavy Destroyer lladdox -- just retumed fro■ the Pacific. The four "belles" of Bell, California -- ch1■1ng together for four double-ring ceremonies. So ask not tor whoa the bell tolls -- it tolls for everybody. WARSAW Speaking of Warsaw -- as I was a 110ment ago -- that city still ln a state of ferment today. With the election of Defense Minister Marian Spychalsk1 -- as new President C OMff\ • Is'"' o ~ Poland; followed quickly by the firing of three Cabinet ~~Co/ m1n1aters --~key econ011lc posts. The new !■proved Polish regi• thu continuing a •Jor government purge -- sparked 41 tJct.t:,--: by those......, ; ; - de11onatrat1ona or last 110nth. PRAGUE FOLLOW WARSAW At Prague in nearby Communist Czechoslovakia -- that country's new reform govemment was complaining today about .... well, I guess you'd have to call it -- a "credibility gap." The message -- aimed at the newly-uncensored Czech press; accused of abusing its freedom -- by speeading, quote, "unconfirmed matters and half-truths." This -- according to Party Chieftain Alexander Dubcek, "w"1ess. Dubcek adding that Czech "Journalists have a tremendous responsibility" -- to "avoid shortoomings and one-sidedness." SAIGON FOLWti PENTAGON Clifford's contention apparently borne out -- by latest casualty figures reported today from Saigon. Enemy losses for the pa•t week -- set at two thousand, two hundred and flfty~ 'it:ttf'-one dead. Many of them said to be victims of that successful American push -- to lift the siege at lhe Sanh. This compares with American losses -- set at two hundred and seventy-nine men. However, the U.S. casualty toll also 1ncluling -- so■e three thousand wounded. Perhaps a better gauge -- we are told -- of the scope and range of the en•y's harrassing tactics. NEW YORK FOLLOW POLITICS On the Republican side -- a double-barreled thrust today for Governor Rockefeller of New York. In Washington -- Senator Morton of Kentucky announcing that "nineteen or twenty" of the nation's twenty-six Republican governore -- are now solidly in the Rockefeller cup. In lew York CltJ -- the g~vernor hiuelf reaft1ra1ng his availablllty for the R~publican noa11nat1on. "I am available" -- said he -- "tr the party wan~ternative." Rockefeller adding: "I thlnk I~uld wln."