L. T. SUSTAIN ING, MONDAY, APR IL , 1 9 6 7 (Maurice Webster , Sub .) GOOD EVEN ING : In Washington an express . ion today o f growing concern; over reports that North Vietnam -- is seriously mistreating American prisoners of war; allegedly using mental and physical pressure -- to obtain, quote, "confessions" critical or U.S. policy ln Vietnam. ' The State Department saying that Hanoi repeatedly claims -- it 1s not mistreating prisoners. And yet -- refuses to permit verification by the Internatlonal Red Cross. In the absence of such proof -- said the State Department -- "Hanoi's professions of humane treat•nt caMot be accepted." The s,atement following publication today in Life Magazine -- of photos taken in North Vietnam. Showing American prisoners of war -- being paraded through the streets of Hanoi. A Life article further charging -- that the prisoners were being "brainwashed" to act 1.ike puppets. C) 'l.! ,l r-:.('ruitin._:: ·1•r_.t 11 L c o n t inuirw to m,, 1 , J t , ,e V i r?t Corir, 3 1'to 1-iunJr·,J, 1 an• :~e 1'?n t., - , ·•m ~lat toda~· b., ;forth Vi.ctnhm: 111 m.1n,Jl .; ·1r.i t u 'Clet a! ceasefire -- a ttl fll .. ~t ~tei., tuwar· • •1Jacc. Howt:vt?r, the Communist:3 calltnr this an ;,,llC u1•agt . mt::nt to u . .; . ,,,. I~ S,,, a£gressor3 ln Vietnam. Tantamow1L -- .;al H an , 1 I to demanJ lng that the Vi~tname s t: l?.y down ti1elr :irm~ -- an d fig11t gi ve Uf' the 'ttg~ wh1 ld nearly a I al1'-milllon U.S. a n d 3Utel11te troop ~ -- dt!ll tr aJ on Vietname~~ J0il. · Han 1 a,]d inr tl1':. t tile C or.1mun ls t..: ar c ..;ure to win complet.e vlctory ln tlmt!. In 1 )a1·t -- ..:atJ t.,1e br a•ca.:;t -- LOIDON A related .item -- from London . An interim report -- on Vice President Hubert Humphrey's current "grand tour" of Europe. The Vice President said to be telling America's critics 1n Europe -- to quit moralizing about the bo■blng of lorth Vietnam; unless they're also ready to pass so• 1110ral judgments -- on terrorist a . ct.1v1ties of the Viet Cong. Rubert Humphrey also quoted as saying -- the carnage could be stopped on both sides; if Hanoi would only show the slightest des . ire -- to negotiate a peace. The lll8SSage -- beginning to get through -- we're told. ADD LONDON More on the same subject from Hubert Humphrey himself 1n an interview broadcast tonight over British television. The Vice President saying "we are prepared to stop bombing -- for one act of mutu . al reciprocity." He added, however, that the bombing -- is not intended to force Hanoi to the peace table; only to stop infiltration of men ad materials -- from lorth to South Vietnam. Cri:.;t;_; In ti1r Cri1r uni . t ;a;orl -- , • L :-t bu ' llnr· uolnt . u ' revi:: on13t rulin1~ c l i tue - · U.S. lmpar~all.3m .., number one accomplice in Vietnam .,a t , J Ra io Pe. t ine. On t· e ··omc:.;tir: ·•ront -- a later broo.Llca:..;t, reporting growing atrene;th -- for Chairman Ma 3 Ju-calleJ cultural revolution. ' Wlth man~ Rec· Army comman d er.;; -- said to have joined in a drive ucalnJt Red Cl ina ;:; Pr0.; t r : ent Liu 3hao-Ch1 ; the later brau-·ecl -- "'lmplj -- ·• a traitor. · Other- DC'purt.:.; reaching lk , ng Kone -- tell1rl[; of Pt-r:..;onal rehabilitatton ;·or F o relc.;n ~llnlJter C 1 1•)11 Y!. !.nd now rlici le accompUsh that~ B .. turnins in 11 1:.~ ,·1ifc -- n.; th3 real revision! t in the fnm11:, · . ' T l 1ft l ,., 1 > , . murler'n[ Twent.v-thr, -yenr-ol Cu.r3 on ~,iurao - - who e.Jcnpi:?d the As ~or the ~eren"~ - - Spec : :a1· to be Jolel~ the no matter who. - - I I 'i x t y - Eight--ccminr un i er special f lrc . With the GCP charging that n PO''Jtble etcrior t ion in e r nc mtc condi tions " -- C'OUl d lea ·i to a cteflC'i t O a:; mu "h ::l :'l Thrit :1 Btllion. Imme 1.ate wi tr c ' rn.wal of the Pr sldent · s requested Jlx per cent ourtax -- on personal and corporatlon incomes best wa y to hea d o!'J."' the ti reat enc 1 ~lum:) -- ~aid the 7A,y ,A" ,, rc-e. R~publlcans. ~ ~ A i P nrtf•ref'a lot m re effort to checl{ the growth. of non-6efens e dpending. The report as erting specificall that so-calle L 1 social f?'Oals" must be achieved "wit~1in the natton 1 s curr nt mean P.11 of w~1tch lcnc1~ up to t11~3 nci.t -- rc,m C n va. \.;L erc one o m n .; greate..; t ~ream.3 · ' la't·1les:, weather pred let ion ..;y;,; t e rn - - lea lng , hope :'ul 1~, , to eventual control of t ' 1a elem0nt..,;. T 1 1J ti1e goal -- oft 1e Fi:'th Congr-•;:;.: uf Meteorogoltcal O:rgan1 ntl1...n. 3u!TI~ .l.\;ur 11un , ~re1 ~rom a hun ·red na t tons -- dra·:, ine pl Ans 'or ::i \·1orl d t · 1eather watcl. ' tT::tne w 0 0.tller ..,::it~llito;, \•:cuther ships giant c~omput0r~ ln Wa..;hin(:tc,n. M ·cm·· an , 1 M e lbourne, ' . ustrnl la . T 1 ~:,::, tc.m plam1c i to be 1n oper:::i t lon __ n.;; ear lj a~ next ~"J:J.r . I · rovlriinr 3c•c~1·at::-> ,-:Lnthor ror e ast.:i -- fot> ttm J . buLln93~. 1n uJtry anr ~ .. arm er:, - - blll1un.~ of' dol~nr.: . M < re th'ln t r .a t - - prov i ling a •. ; e l th of 1 n "orma t ion . Enoug: 1 perhaps - - ,·1i 1i1n ~omL lnd,~ wi tit space-age tee 1nh 1 ucs Ji / ~ to enahlc men at la..i\, to a lter an•~odU'y the weather. To t· e point -- 1:Je hope perfect r1ay. todaJ' 1 n ti 1 BP it t:.: 1 colon:-, u f Ad ~n. Th' t.roopa at tempt inc to breu. up a I emon. trr.tton -- 1u11 , 1re .~ o ~ n'" tlonali sta s treet:J uv 1· loo <lnr; the mob s cen 1.; . lh•..; t, report..; ind teat ing at least two cJe a<.l -- an· m o re t .1 an u.ent~ wounde ·I. / ~ The shooting and shouting -- within '3 arshot of a specJ.al t h ree-man U .N. commiasion . Currently meeting with Br i t ish ofC1cials -- in an effort to 1·etermine how best to bring about in d epen f ence without chaos. M anw h lle, the entire colony remain in the grips of' a paralJ· ing t:c.:neral ... trll-:e - - called b~ n&tionali st gruup3. l PARIS French President Charles DeGaulle -- a big winner today; in the first test of his authority -- ln the new lattonal Assembly. With Gaulllst candidate Jacques Chaban-Delmas -- easily reelected speaker of the A(e■bly. The vote billed in advance -- as a life-or-death political struggle. Wlth the Gaulllsts uJorlty down to one -- because of those recent election losses. However, the new speaker swamping his Co•unlst-backed opponent -- by a margin of forty-seven votes. The apparent result of a number of defections by ant1~aull1sts -- who refused to su . pport the Communist cause. .,,,. ,. 'h 1 ng~ 01, .. c....... \, .. Tur·•.lL:1 o"'"!cl~l -- :--.ni :otn1nc ~1!m tn a 'iuicki0 po.rade; ,-j 1'·' ) through WaJhlnctun .:;tr eeiffe) -- crow1 e r : r:lt h tourtst:,j ..... ......-\ .,,,, The para ? e -- ~horter than usual: becau3e of tl 2t bomb that t··0nt off 11arly t!-11J mornl1 · -- out.3 id€ tha Tur !sh E.~bass in Wa3h!.ngton. r ollce saying thorl:aJ nothing to ln ii cate - - that t1e bomb ha· any connection with Sunay's visi t. But Secret s~rvlcemen -- taking no chances. And lucl{ily -·· nothinr; h~P! ene 1. MUIICH What's in a name? Sometimes -- a lot; as evidenced by news today -- fr011 Munich, Geruny. Telling o , f the marriage of a local noble•n -- to young Hqarian beauty of noble birth. What •kea lt worth aentloning -- the groo■ 'a naae: Baron lllorltz Von Und Zu Prankenateln -- Baron Prankenateln, tor short. Who takes aa his wife -- Cabrlella Jlarian, Countess Zichy zu Zuch Und Vaaonydeoe; to be known troll this day hence -- as the ''Bride of Prankenatein." Which has to be easter than her real naae. r ARCOS P . \ .: f.. i nal i tern - - !' o m ~1 a r c o s lJa , Arr;ent in a . 't'l , 1ere a yo ung !'!r e m e n H2 " arr c stc -'l t o,a;,-· b y pol ice on ch ~ rges of setting fire to t e n h o u·es ; causing ·ama ~ e -- e G tlmateed at Sixty Thousand dollar· . The fireman -- Juan Carlos Roman -- admitting all. And why di he do it? So he coul ".i be a hero -- by n elping to put out the firesj and so, perhaps, to impre3s a girl friend -- who had been giving him a cold shou.lder of late. In e feet.) the young man carry 1ne a torch - - in the worst possible way. T h is is Maur1-Web J ter -- and that 1 s it for tonight.