Evening star., 1961-04-24

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hung today over hundreds of
anti Castro invaders and others
rounded up as "counter-revo-
lutionarieS" during the Inflated
invasion of Cuba.
Counter = revolutionaries
must be shot," announced Fidel
Castro in his first public ap-
pearance in Cuba for a week.
I'VE have to act with hard
hands. Don't let the terroristS
entertain dreams that they can
act with impunity while they
persist in these plans. Let them
not ask for clemency."
A Cuban audience watching
the marathon televiSion-radio
broadcast last night in Havana
cried, ITO the WALL"
The Prime Minister spoke
four hours and % minutes, Will
flying the United States admin
istration, President Kennedy
personally, the Central Intel
| ligence Agency and the United
States way of life. He COM
pared Mr.. Kennedy to Adolf
Hitler, called him an Inter
national bully" and the admin
istration thugs" who threaten
the world with war.
What Mr.. Castro had to say
about the captured rebels-he
said there are 458 of them
and others of the thousands
rounded up in Cuba on charges
of disloyalty to the Communist
dominated regime sent a chill
through the Cuban community
in exile in Florida.
There was a hint that Mr..
Castro might spare some from
the firing squads. He implied
that clemency would depend
on a pledge from the United
States to end any attempt to
ouSt communism from Cuba.
The hint came early in his
address, before he insisted that
it would be necessary to shoot
counter -revolutionaries."
He put it this way:
Now the imperialists are
promoting a campaign in Latin
America to seek clemency (for
the invader captives). Certain
rulers of Latin America are
promoting movement of con-
demnation (of Cuba and a
movement for clemency.
I'VE are going to tell them
first to ask the CIA and the
United States for clemency for
the children who were mur-
dered here, that they have
clemency for the victims of
their bombs, that the bringing
Of weapons to Cuba cease, that
the supply of explosives STOP"
Appearance DiSpels RumOrs
Mr.. Castro's appearance-he
was an hour and a half late on
the air-diSpelled rumors that
he had somehow been put out
Of commission during the inva-
sion.
At first it was difficult for
newsmen monitoring the tele-
vision broadcast here to deter
mine whether it. was an in-per-
son appearance, but Castro's
words. after more than an hour
Of rambling Introductory re-
marks far afield from the inva-
sion incidents, finally indicated
clearly that it was.
He appeared to be in good
health. His speech was accom-
panied by his customary geS-
lures. Occasionally he waved
his arms or thumped the table
with a clenched fist.
Once in a while he walked to
a map to point out the places
figuring in the anti-Catro in
vasion attempt of last Monday.
At one point he paused to light
a cigar.
Mr.. Castro's words often were
violent. but his appearance and
tone Of voice were more sub
dued than the words indicated,
as if he were delivering the talk
with deliberate calmness.
He asserted that his regime
had won over a reactionary,
aggressive, brutal enemy.
The threat of Kennedy is
much like that of Hitler" said
Mr.. Castro. Hitler threatened
small countries. Kennedy
threatens small countries"
Should any new invasion at
;empt be launched, all Latin
America would rise violently
against the United States, Mr..
Castro said. and he called for