NIXON ASKS VETO TO SAVE SHIPYARD DIFFERENTIAL

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October 25, 1962
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OCT251962 Approved For Release 2004/01/16: CIA-RDP7 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. [(Cell 0 b""'-- Communist program would' and: " " dictator, !make him a 07 A onent a MOO p is concernea my own roc TAT TAT