Nixon Says American Troops
Might Be Used in Last-Ditch
Effort to Hold on to Indochina
WASHINGTON, UP)—Vice Pres-<
ident Nixon says American troops
might be used in a last-ditch ef
fort to save Indochina. The state
ment brought prompt challenges
from both Republican and Demo
cratic lawmakers.
The Vice President said he does
not believe such action will be
necessary because he thinks Indo
china can be saved from the Com
munists by other means.- But in
the unlikely event that French
forces withdraw, he said, this
country would have to send in
troops.
Nixon expressed his views in an
off-the-record address to the Am
erican Society of Newspaper Edi
tors. He later permitted newsmen
to report his remarks on condition
they not be attributed directly to
him.
News stories reporting his re
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marks first identified him as a
high Adiminstration official.
But he was connected with the
statements from several sources.
The London Times included in its
story a statement that the only
high Administration sources mak
ing a speech here yesterday was
Nixon. And the Niles (Mich) Daily
Star said* Rep. Hoffman (R-Mich),
expressing opposition to the state
ment, had identified Nixon as its
source.
The disclosure that Nixon was
the Administration source in ques
tion lent added weight to the ex
pression of policy, since he sits in
with the National Security Coun
cil and at Cabinet sessions.
In outlining his views, Nixon
repeated Eisenhower’s words that
“we cannot afford any retreat in
Asia.”
His statement, made yesterday
to newsmen who were cautioned,
not to make public his name, in
cluded a prediction that the
French government is “going to
be putting on the pressure” to
negotiate an Indochina tract with
the Communists at the April 26
Geneva Conference.
It was his opinion, the official
said in a clear indication of Am
erican opposition to such a move,
that such a truce would deliver
Indochina to the Communists.
President Eisenhower told his
news conference on Feb. 10 that
no one could be more bitterly
opposed to getting the United
States involved in a hot war in
Indochina than he was. Conse
quently, he said, every move he
authorized was calculated, as far
as humans could do it. to make
certain that does not happen.
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Prime Minister Yoshida
Of Japan Hangs On to Job
In Midst Of Graft Scandal
TOKYO, (if)—Embattled Wime
Minister Shigeru Yoshida held on
grimly to office today amid loud
er and louder demands that he
and his administration resign en
masse in the midst of Japan’s
shipbuilding graft scandal.
With suspicion pointing at his
top Liberal party leaders, Yo
shida may soon have to reshuffle
his cabinet or purge the party to
satisfy the outcry.
But there was no indication the
veteran political tight rope walk
er planned to resign.
And there seemed to be no'
way for his divided enemies, de
spite their bitterness, to force him
out.
With less than a majority in
the Diet, Yoshida probably still
has enough votes among the three
Conservative parties to block any
non-confidence motion—tjhe only
parliamentary way he can be dis
missed.
For three months Yoshida has
staved off resignation demands as
disclosures linked Diet members
and high party leaders with graft
and kickbacks paid by govern
ment-subsidized shipbuilders and
operators. More than 100 persons
have confessed or been question
ed, arrested or indicted in -the
scandals.
Richardson Highway To Be
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announced today that for the next
six weeks (during the break-up)
no heavy trucks are being allow
ed on the highway between Val
dez and Fairbanks, so that any
freight consigned to his company
by way of Alaska Fast Freight
will go by the Alaska Railroad.
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Hickel Will Take
Flag to Washington
To Plug Statehood
“There are a lot of Congress
men who do not know that Alaska
has a flag,” said Bill Stookey of
the Stoakey Glass Company of
Anchorage as he gave an Alaska
flag to Walter J. Hickel to take
back to Washington, D. C. with
him. Hickel is going to Washing
ton to assist in educating the
members of the House of Repre
sentatives op the merits of state
hood for Alaska.
In accepting the flag Hickel
said, “It is high time we Ameri
cans practice what we preach. We
talk about the dignity of man
and equality throughout the
world. So let Congress start at
home by granting equality to
Americans in Alaska.”
Asked about the chances of the
statehood bill passing the House,
Hickel said, “It’s going to be
a tough battle, but we are going
to fight with all our might.”
While in the states Hickel will
cdnfer with top Republican party
officials, including Leonard Hall,
Republican National Committee
man.