NIXON ASKS VETO TO SAVE SHIPYARD DIFFERENTIAL
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Dixon Asks Veto to Save
Shipyard D*fferential
Wires President to Point.Out Thousands
of Families Get Living From Boat Building
Bit CARL GREENBERG, Times Political Writer
Former Vice President Nixon flatly rejected the
Nixonasked"president Ken- idea. He said:
nedy ofrWed`nesda to veto "All citizens - voters and
legislation repeali4 the"0?1o', candidates alike - have an
differential for Pacific Coast even greater duty to prove
shipbuilding. the strength of our demo-
In a telegra~;to Mr. Ken- cratic system in time of
nedy, the Republican candi- crisis than In more normal
date for governor, pointing times.
out that thousands of Cali- ,It would be a ,distortion
fornia families` derive -their of our system and not in the,
income from shipbuilding, best interest of California
said: to declare a moratorium on
debate because of
enacted as an ,impur-all- - ui uG~.~
tional defense measure. At a ! to support the President's
time when the nation is seri- Cuba polic}l.
41 t I have "a re-
th
Other news of political
campaign on Pages 21 and ~
22, part 1, Pages 1, 2 and
9, Part 2.
ously threatened by the in-
ternational Communist con-
spiracy, it is more necessary
than ever before to maintain
a strong shipbuilding indus-
try on both coasts.
"I urge you to veto the re-
peal of the 6%, differential
that a Senate hearing can
o
a
I feel
sponsibility to the people to
continue to Point out the
deficiencies of the present
s t ate administration. As
these deficiencies relate to
the fight against communism
i not a question of which
s
i
t
candidatemore anti-Com-
munist `tliil'`tho Other but
which candidate has the
most effective program ito
deal with the Commu
menace isi'( lifornla."
Will -Speak Out
Nixon said he won't hesi-
tate to speak out on Interna-
tional events when he feels
he "can make a contribution
to public understanding,"
2d that he first recorded
u
s
be held and the`Joint Chiefsl
of Staff can have an oppor-
tunity to tell the Senate
whether a West Coast dif
ferential is needed in our na-
tional defense effott.
"This bill, passed in the
closing days of Congress, has
never had a hearing before'
the Senate Interstate and
Foreign Commerce Commit-
tee, although this commit-
tee has complete and exclu-
give jurisdiction over such
.
ill-v-
"The Maritime` Commis
lion has stated positively
that there is still a 41/4% dif-
ferentiai in West to East
shipbuilding costs.
Continuous Drive
Informed that Democratic
in
a l
his o - ' andum
g Castro
acon i e t
ttpie C Central Jgtelltgew-le
A ericy a -Frii*.11J59,.
e said he could see "no
effect" of U.S. action on Cuba
on the gubernatorial cam-
articularly in view
"
i
p
gn,
pa
f the fact that President
o
eech
.In a sp
-- -
ence of the League of
T
er
during w ich he
Bowl
,
more
was frequently applauded
Gov. Brown had in effect
suggested a moratorium on
discussion of the internation-
1 situation and that the gov-
a
ernor was planning to cancel
many of hi t~t@i q%r
~ts in this coaitti! .
inspiring 'spontaneota ,uT
days in the name of pea
They have American citiee
who will do their work."
The candidate said the yin-
ternal Communist threat has
been downgraded on the con-
tention that the Redls have
"only" 10,000 Americans. He
asked, "Suppose we had 10j-
000 Russians' to do our bid-
ding?"
Earlier, Nixon addressed
7,000 employees of the
Southern California Edison
uo.;a' 85 locations in. 11 cen-
i
tral and, Southern California
counts from the company's,
;auditorium here, over a mi
cratvave network.
In his talk he declared
that, "Castro is virtually a
madman compared to Khru-
shchev."
2--Declared the people
should not have been denied,
the right to, vote on a Cpn`
lstitutional amendment tax-
ing telephone companies
that, he,said,"would have re-,
placed millions of dollars In
(.revenues lost by' cities be-
cause of court decisions
holding the companies do
hises
.
not require local franc
The candidate lauded h the
telephoned not to oppose
ing ag
such a measure.
Strong Local Laws
3-Slapped at Brown by
saying that after the State
Supreme Court's decision in
the Carol Lane resorting
case the Legislature should
not have been prevented
from redefining jurisdiction
l laws
"so that strong loca
would not have been super-
seded by weaker state laws.,
4-Stated greater conssid
__ s+ be given local
authorities in f ee W ai
ation and
l
oc
structioh and
I design of state buildings.
t a t e
6,-Declared the s
t impose any addi-
no
l
l
oca
tional programs on the
ro-
!
t
h
p
ou
wit
school districts.
viding the, necessary funds,
sed
to pay fox the state-impo
Nixon got a big hand)
when he . saidMthere have
-
e
lie service.
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Communist program would'
and:
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dictator,
!make him a
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