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| WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.-—-(P)-—
dican campaign managers in the
Continuing conferences with repub-
feast, Herbert Hoover today w:
/assemblying information upon
which to base a decision ax to the
;extent he will participate person-
ally in the presidential fight there,
Witiam H. Hit, chairman of rhe
New York state Hover commit-
tee. had an engagement with the
‘republican standard bearer to
isupplement the advices given him
ivesterday by Charles D. Hilles, na-
fional coamniitteeman for New
York, and Naniel B. Pomeroy, vice
jchairman of the New Jersey com-
, mittee.
Urge Eastern Campaign.
‘Reports received by Hoover
since his return from the west in-
dicate that the eastern situation is
jone requiring attention and his ad-
ivisers ure urging him 9 go inte
INew York, Massachusetts and New
i Jersey for at least one speech for
each state and more if time can
be found for them,
| Should Hoover decide to make
ja Lavbor day address next Mon.
{day wit WH be in Washington, with
fa radio hookup, it was stated today
at his office. However, the candi
date thinks the time is too short
[for the preparation of an address
i Looking for Headquarters.
Representatives of the remibli.
can candidate still were seeking [0
day to secure a bullding in whieh
io open his personal headquariers.
There has been some delay in wh-
taining the home of the late Repre
sentative Forthingham, of Massa
echusetts, and some other building
nearby may have to be leased.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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 Cle-
mente, Calif,, retreat, has been getting
Some money back in the form of rent
associated with Nixons Key Biscayne,
Fla,, place.

A moath ago the White House had
listed $39,000 in federal funds for
improving the.Western White House
at San Clemente since Nixon baught

aa See
 —Ht-in-1960,

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
‘wextensive. audit put .the.totalfedaral
expenditure at San Clemente at $703,-
367 over four fiscal years beginning
July 1, 1969, ‘This included only the re-
Sidence there, not the White House
office space, °

GSA listed for the first time the
federal expenditure for improve-
ments, equipment, operation and main-
tenance at the White House complex
at Key: Biscayne, including both resi-

 

dence and offlcé space - $1,180,522,
spread over five fiscal years begin-
ning 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 sald 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 re-
lated improvements 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 year 1970 for interior
security and communications at San
Clemente, It also included $3,303 in
fiscal 1970 for golf carts for the Se-
eret Service patrol at Key Biscayne,
- ‘Two years later there appears ano-
ther item of $5,230 for. three Secret
Service golf carts there.
 