| WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. —(%)—
Refreshed after a two-day’s rest
at his honie here, Herbert Hoover
today turned his attentlon to map-
ping out his program for the re-
mainder of the campaign.

* The republican presidential
nomince decided to give first at-
tention to the East, and in order
to inform himself fully as to the
situation there he has invited a
number of friends to call on him at

his new headquarters which are to
be set up here. ‘4

He now has under consideration
a visit to both New York, home
state of his democratic opponent,
and Massachusetts, but his Eastern
itinerary will not be decided upon
until after he has conferred fully
with those in charge of his cam-
paign fn that section,

The repuslican candidate's view
is that he ‘should defer further
specch-making for two weeks or
more and then begin an intensive
drive which would carry him into
the border states and the South as
well.as the Kast. He also proba-
bly will make a trip to Chicago be-
fore beginning his final swing
across the continent at the close
of the campaign.

In working out details of his
itinerary Hoover will seck: advice
of Dr. Hubert Work, chairman of
the republican national committee:
Representative Walter Newton of
Minnesota; who has charge of the

national speakers’ bYerau; Repre-
sentative John Q. Tilson, of Cin-
cinnati, director of the eastern
Speakers’ bureau, and James W
Good, of Iowa, western campaign
 
WASHINGTON (UPI) — President
Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid I.
Brezhnev pledged today to avoid
military confrontations and threats of
force that might lead to nuclear war
between their two nations,

In a policy declaration, the leaders of
the two nuclear superpowers agreed to
“immediately enter into urgent con-
sultations with each other” should the
Tisk 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 jetliner for San
 Clemente, Calif., for the conclusion of
their week-long conference.

. In the agreement, the two leaders
promised that the United States and the
Soviet Union “will act in such a manner
as to prevent the development of
situations capable of causing a
dangerous exacerbation of their
relations, as to avoid military con-
frontations, and to exclude the outbreak
of nuclear war between them and
between either of the parties and other
countries,"

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 cther party, and
against other countries, in cir-
cumstances which may endanger in-
ternational peace and security,”

In advance of the signing, Nixon
briefed congressional leaders of both
parties on the declaration, which is a
statement of policy —not a treaty — and
therefore does not require Senate
ratification.

Presidential adviser Henry A.
Kissinger said the intent of the doctrine
was ‘to prevent the outbreak of nuclear
war.”

The decision of the two leaders to hold
a third summit conference in as many
years was announced at a lavish
banquet at the Soviet Embassy. In a
jovial atmosphere, Nixon and Brezhnev
dined and toasted each other after
signing pacts earlier in the day to speed
nuclear arms negotiations and
cooperate in research on peaceful uses
of nuclear energy.

Before they boarded the “Spirit of 76”
for a late afternoon flight to the Western
White House, Brezhnev arranged to
meet with 40 American businessmen to

sell them on expanded trade with
Russia.

(See 2 on Pose Twa)
 