, By James L. West, Associated Press
i : Staff Writer.)

Washington, D. C-—Continuing
jconferences with Republican cam-
paign managers in the east, Herbert
Hoover today was assembling infor-
mation upon which to bafe a decision
as to the extent he will participate
personally in the presidential fight
"there,

William H. Hill, chairman of the
'New York state Hoover committee,
had an engagement with the Repub-
hean standard“bearer to supplement
the advices given him yesterday by
Charies D. Filles, national commit-
feeman for New York. and Daniei E.
Pomeroy, vice chairman of the New
Jersey committee.

Reports received by Hoover since
his return from the west imdicate
that the eastern Situation 1s one Te-
‘quiring attention and his advisers are
lurging him to go into New York Mas-
sachusetts and New Jersey for at
least oue speech for each state and!
more if time can be found for them

After he has canvassed the eastern |
situation, he will be in a position to
fairly well map out his campaign up
to election tame. It is certam that he
will take advantage of his swing back
to tus hotne in’ California to vote, to
make a series of addresses,

MAY INCLUDE WISCONSIN

Whether he will take the northern
route home, through Wisconsin, Min-
nesota, Montana and Oregon. or the
southern route remains to he deter-
mined.

Before that time he very probably
will fo into the middle west, speaking
at Glicago and some other cities, and
also into the border states.

Shnuid Hoover decide to make a
Labor day address next Monday. it |:
will be in Washington, with a radio|
hookup, it was stated today at his of- |
fice. ;

Revresentatives of the Republican |
candidate still were seeking today to
secure @ building in which to open |‘
his personal headquarters. ‘There has|{
been some delay in obtaining the |.
home of the late Representative |:
frothingham. of Massachusetts, and

some other building nearby may have
ha Senent.
 
WASHINGTON (UPD —
President Nixon and Soviet
Yeader Leonid 1. Brezhnev
pledged today to avoid military
confrontations and threats of
force that might lead to nuclear
war between their two nations.

In a poucy declaration, the
leaders of the two nuclear
superpowers agreed to “‘im-
mediately enter into urgent
consultations with each other”
 should the risk of a nuclear
conflict arise.

Nixon and Brezhnev signed
the agreement —the eighth
since the start of their summit
talks —in a ceremony in the
East Room of the White House
a few hours before their
scheduled departure aboard the
presidential jettiner for San
Clemente, Calif., fot the conclu-
sion of their week-long con-
ference.

In the agreement. the two
 leaders promsed that the
United States and the Soviet
Union “will act in such a
Thaoner as to prevent the
development of situations capa-
ble of causing a dangerous
exacerbation of their relations,
as to avoid military confronta-
tons, and to exclude the
outbreak of nuclear war be
tween them and between either
of the parties and other
counties.”

The accord also calls for the
 signatories to proceed from the
premise that each will refrain
“from the threat or use of force
against the other party, against
the allies of the other party,
and against other countries, in
circumstances which may en-
danger international peace and
security.”

In advance of the signing,
Nixon briefed congressional
leaders of both parties on the
declaration, which 1s a state

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