(Associated Press Staff Writer)
Washington, Aug. 28, (AP)—
Continuing conferences with re-

publican campaign managers in
the east, Herbert Hoover today
was assemblying information up-
on which to base a decision as to
the extent he will partieipate per-
sonally in the presidential fight
there,

William H. Hill, chairman of
the New York state Hoover com-
mittee, had an engagement with
the republican standard bearer ta
supplement the advices given him
yesterday by Charles D. Hilles,
national committeeman for New
York, and Daniel E. 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 requiring attention and his
advisers are urging him to go in-
to New York, Massachusetts and
New Jersey for at least one speech
for each state anq more of time
can ‘be found for them.

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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
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 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 other 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.
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