The Nome Nugget

Vice - President Urges Support Of
Foreign Policy And GOP Candidates

Nixon Predicts
GOP Governors
For Five States

FAIRBANKS, (AP) -- A net gain
in the number of Republican gov-
ernors as a result of Tuesday's
elections was predicted yesterday
by Vice President Richard M.
Nixon.

The Vice President, in the 'clos-
ing hours of a campaign tour that
has taken him across the country
and for the first time into Alaska,
named five states in which he
said the GOP stood its best chance
to oust Democratic governors.

He previously had said Repub-
lican hopes were bright in New
York and Rhode Island.

To those, Nixon told newsmen,
he now adds Iowa, Kansas and
Oregon.

The Republican hold on state-
house offices, he said, appeared
most vulnerable in Ohio, Mary-
land and his home state of Cali-
fornia. Thirty-four governors will
be elected Tuesday. There now are
29 Democratic governors and 19
Republicans.

The Vice President had no fore-
cast on the outcome of Senate
and House races.

In Alaska speeches, however
Nixon has repeated that there has
been a great upswing in Repub-
lican feeling in the past few
weeks.

The Vice President spoke at Re-
publican rallies. in Juneau and
Anchorage Saturday and made an-
other appeal for Republican sup-
port in a television talk Satur-
day night at Anchorage. The rally
speeches were broadcast through-
out Alaska. and his TV talk was
filmed for later showings in other
cities.

His visit and talks with party
leaders and candidates, Nixon
said, has given him new hope
Republicans will win the gover-
norship in Alaska. Before coming
here, he said, he had heard there
was no chance for a GOP guber-
natorial victory.

ANCHORAGE, (AP) -- Vice Pres-
ident Richard M. Nixon urged
again Saturday night support of
Eisenhower Admisistration foreign
policy and the election of Repub-
lican candidates who believe in it.

Nixon in a 30-minute television
talk here, spoke immediately after
a news broadcast which reported
former President Harry Truman
said the Administration had made
a mess of foreign policy.

The Vice President, speaking
informally and without notes, said
he admired Truman for fighting
for what he believes. But he
added:

"Mr. Truman should be an ex-
pert on making a mess of things
-- when we took over the Admin-
istration we were at war."

Nixon said the Administration
had ended the war in Korea, and
by its firm stand against
Communist aggression since has
kept the United States at peace.

He called the policy peace with-
out surrender -- and he told audi-
enes both here and at Juneau
that the policy had worked.

While defending criticism of the
Administration foreign policy.
Nixon made strong appeals for the
election in Alaska of Republicans
in the first State elections here
November 25.

His strongest support was given
to former Governor Mike Stepo-
vich, 39, a GOP nominee for one
of two U. S. Senate seats that will
be open to Alaska.

Equally strong
endorsement
went to Territorial Senator John
Butrovich, Jr., 48, who is fighting
an uphill battle for governor.

Stepovich introduced the Vice
President at a Saturday. night ral-
ly attended by an estimated 1,700
persons who did not quite fill the
plush, Anchorage High: School
auditorium.