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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1969
Page
2
Nixon urged a gradual Vietnamese troop withdrawal with acceleration as South Vietnam can assume more defenses. Press Secretary Ziegler cited high thousands of supportive wires, calling the response from the silent majority a direct show of backing for the plan.
The piece surveys Senate reactions to Nixon's Vietnam speech with Fulbright Gore McGovern and Mansfield urging new hearings while Republicans praise the address. It notes protests planned for mid November and mixed expectations of a peace path amid calls to support or oppose the president's course.
American soldiers at bases and in the field react to Nixon remarks on Vietnam policy. Some express cautious approval for clarity and a push to end the war, others call the speech disappointing and insufficient without a withdrawal timetable. Several say the address aims to inform and persuade the public, while urging careful consideration of consequences of rapid troop withdrawals.
The fight over Reagan's budget produced bipartisan agreement on using surplus funds for education. The administration says $22.1 million is unappropriated and sits in limbo, while $70 million for the 1960 school aid bill will be drawn from a larger surplus. Agencies say overestimated costs and revised accounting inflated the surplus, with plans to place funds into higher education construction or other school needs.
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