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Washington, Aug. 9§,—(/P)—Con-
tinuing conferences with republican |
campaign managers in the east,
Herbert Hoover today was assembly- |
ing information upon which to base.
a decision as to the extent he will
‘participate personally in the presi-
dential fight there.

William H. Hill, chairman of the
New York state committee, had an
engagement with the republican
standard bearer to supplement the
‘advices given him yesterday by
Charles D. Hilles, national com-
mitteeman for New York, and Daniel
FE. Pomeroy, vice chairman of the
New Jersey committee.

Reports received by Hoover since
his return from the west indicate
that the eastern situation is one re-
quiring attention and his advisers
‘are urging him to go into New York,
Massachusetts and New Jersey for
at least one 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 time. It is certain that
he will take advantage of his swing
back to his home in California to
vote for making a series of ad-
dresses. .

| May Speak in Chicago

5+ Before:that time he very probably
will go into the middle west, speak.
ing at Chicago and some other cities,
and: also into the border states, bul
these addresses are likely ‘to follow
-thesexinetheceast..-Some of his ad

visers think hé should speak in New
York and nearby states not late:
than early October.
. Should Hoover decide to make ¢
Labor Day address next Monday, i
will be in’ Washington, with a radio
hookup, it was stated today: at his
office. However, the candidate thinks
the time is too short for the prepara
tion of an address.

 

 

 
 
PPV PEELE YB RENAE CES?

WASHINGTON (UPI) — The federal
government says it has spent nearly $2
million improving President Nixon’s
homes in'Florida and California, all of it
relating to ‘“‘security.”

The White House also disclosed that
businessman Robert H. Abplanalp, who
helped the President buy his San Clemen-
te, Calif., retreat, has been getting some
money back in the form of rent associated
with Nixon’s Key Biscayne, Fla., place.

A month ago the White House had
listed $39,000 in federal funds for im-
proving the Western White House at San
Clemente since Nixon bought it in 1969.

Last week, after a further search of
record, it raised this figure to $460,302.

On Thursday, General Services Ad-
 ministration (GSA), the government’s
housekeeping agency, said a still more ex-
tensive audit put the total federal expen-
diture at San Clemente at $703,367 over
four fiscal years beginning July 1, 1969.
This included only the residence there,
not the White House office space.

GSA listed for the first time the federal
expenditure for improvements, equip-
ment, operation and maintenance at the
White House complex at Key Biscayne,
including both residence and office
space— $1,180,522, spread over five fiscal
years beginning July 1, 1968.

Included in the Key Biscayne figure
was $161,463 for renting two houses in the
complex for the Secret Service and White
House communications staff.

The White House said one of these
 houses is owned by Abplanalp and the
other is owned in the name of Edwin H.
Underwood, trustee for the Indiana
National Bank, Indianapolis.

The White House said all of the tax-
payers’ money spent in San Clemente and
Key Biscayne was for security-related im-
provements and that all work was done at
the request of the Secret Service, not the
President.

The GSA data showed items such as
$53,644 in fiscal 1970 for interior security
and communications at San Clemente. It
also included $3,303 in fiscal 1970 for golf
carts for the Secret Service patrol at Key
Biscayne.

Two years later there appears another
item of $5,230 for three Secret Service golf
carts there.
 