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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1969
Page
5
A CTA CASA survey of 237 tax elections and 227 bond votes from 1968 to 1969 shows 51.1 percent tax approvals and 35.7 percent bond success, with $280 million in bonds passing and $862 million defeated. Taxpayers press for broader support and a shift toward simpler majority rules.
Washington rumor links Clark Mollenhoff, Pulitzer winner and Nixon White House deputy counsel, as top candidate to replace FBI director J Edgar Hoover. Hoover, director since 1924, will be 74 in 1970 but critics doubt retirement plans amid strong office influence. Moratorium demonstrations in Washington November 13 14 face counter protests by land and sea as Peace with Freedom sponsors push back.
The piece notes silent majority supporters joining a confrontation on Veterans Day armed with pickets and bumper stickers reading Vietnam-Communism's War and 45,000-Killed by Communists. Sen Vance Swartee, a dovish Democrat from Indiana, shifts to caution, moving a luxury desk set with M 16 bullets and an artillery shelf to his aide Jack Leroy.
Washington reports this analysis of President Nixon's Vietnam policy as a cautious approach. The piece argues he remains vague in public and private comments to retain options and retreat lines, with a guessed aim to exit the war.
James Reston profiles De Gaulle and argues on the Vietnam withdrawal strategy. He weighs domestic factions including Congress committees and the antiwar movement against Saigon, Viet Cong, and Russia while predicting continued troop withdrawal and a fragile peace policy. The piece notes the president faces competing forces and risks irreversible retreat.
An opinion piece argues Nixon may withdraw forces if opposition cools and Hanoi cannot sustain campaigns. It notes North Vietnam suffers economic ruin, Ho Chi Minh's death cited, and a diplomat’s asylum claim in West Germany. It asserts North Vietnam nears total exhaustion while Saigon strengthens with American air and naval aid.
Taft notes Saigon’s gains and a stronger South Vietnamese army, while Nixon hopes most U S forces can return home. He warns peaceniks may derail a settlement, risking a longer war as Communists push for total victory. The piece questions the wisdom of immediate withdrawal without a stable disengagement.
Nixon’s Vietnam policy speech provided a needed boost for South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu as he faced a no confidence push in the National Assembly and rising public anger over sudden tax increases and soaring prices. Inflation and budget deficits fueled protests from merchants and taxi drivers, while upper house critics called Thieu autocratic. The televised address offered temporary relief as the debate shifted to economic concerns and political strategy.
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