Evening star., 1961-09-28
NIXON
GoIdWoter and Rockefeller
Praised but Not Indorsed
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This is a Nixon statement. 1t
means just what it says. I shah
not be a candidate in 1864 and
I know that the people of,
America will take me at my
word"
Gov. Brown was quick to hit
at the seeming ambiguity. His
statement said that his pros
pective rival is seeking an Of
flee he really does not want,
under a four-year contract he
does not intend to fulfill"
Democratic National Chair
man John M. Bailey said today
he wonders whether Mr.. Nix
on's candidacy for Governor
will produce the old Nixon,
the new Nixon or a new, new
Nixon" He issued a statement
which gibed at what he called
Mr.. Nixon's months of "vacil-
lation, uncertainty and double
talk" over his candidacy.
The former Vice President
praised both New York Gov.
Nelson A. Rockefeller and Sen
ator Goldwater, Republican of
Arizona, but said he expected
others to emerge as candidates
for the presidential nomination
after 1862 and would make no
Endorsements at this time.
AS for 1868, he won a laugh
by saying, Il expect and hope
to be supporting the Republi-
can who will have been elected
in 1854"
Mr.. Nixon'S announcement,
though not unexpected in view
of the heavy pressure he had
received to make the race and
his own well-known preference
for public life, was a closely
guarded secret.
He said he and his family
talked over the matter much of !
Tuesday night before reaching
a final decision. The only
people he told prior to the l.
public announcement, he said.
were Gen. Eisenhower and
Kyle Palmer, the ailing former
political editor of the Los
Angeles Times.
Raps Brown Record
In his formal statement, Mr..
Nixon hit out at Gov. Browns
record in fiscal affairs, law en-
forcement, education and eco
nomic development. He said
the State needs a new Gov :
ernor to clean up the mess :
for which he Brown is par
TALLY, and in some instances,
substantially responsible" y,
Mr.. Nixon declined an invi- +
tation to tee off against his
Republican primary rivals, who :
include Mr.. Knight, former 1t. ;
Gov. Harold j. (Butch) Powers y
and AsSemblyman Joseph C. 9
Shell, saying he would be glad r
to support any one Of them Q
who won the nomination. He r
denied he had sent an emissary 9
to Mr.. Knight to urge him to +
quit the race. y
Knocking down reports that @
San Francisco Mayor George
Christopher would seek the t
lieutenant governorship as his C
running mate, Mr.. Nixon said, a
There will be no states; we S
want no part of boss rule" v
Asked if he would accept
support from the John Birch
Society, Mr.. Nixon said he
would not permit ANY indi- =
vidual or any group which uses +
tactics in fighting political !
battles that I do not approve i
of" to take part in his cam '
paign. t
He opposed Gov. Browns :
stand against capital punish
ment, saying it was dead
wrong" to talk of eliminating q
the death penalty when crime v
was major problem in the U
State.
Mr.. Nixon Joined the Gov :
ernor, however, in his opposi- =
tion to a State right-to-work ;,
law and said he would "use all = r
Of my influence" to keep a =
referendum on right-to-work n
off the ballot in 1862. =
The right-to-work issue was b
a major one in the 1858 Cali
fornia governorship fight, when e
Gov. Brown defeated a right @
to-work supporter, ex-senator a
William F. Knowland, by more "
than l million votes. v
Explains Land Deal
The only show of emotion in q
last nights Los Angeles press r
conference came when a ques- l
toner said the TeamSters Union |
headed Dy James R. Hoffa had
held a $4,000 trust deed On a
lot in an exclusive Los Angeles
residential section, which Mr..
Nixon bought early this year
for $4,000, and asked him to
explain the difference.
The former Vice President
said he had paid what had