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nT tti ti a ju IN IK i 1 ii II II UJ.1 1 SINGLK COPY Mr Home L)eliered Davs 134TH YEARNO. 122 FINAL EDITION FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 9, 1974 wmmmmmm i 1 On The Inside I On Page 2: I 1 1 1 On Page 2: 6 v. fit From Associated Press and The Enquirer Wires WASHINGTON President Nixon resigned Thursday night, effective at noon today, telling the nation "America needs a full-time President and a full-time Congress" freed of the pressures of Watergate and impeachment. Mr. Nixon, in his final address from the Oval Office of the White House, said he leaves without bitterness toward his foes, with thanks for those who have supported him through the months of Watergate disclosures and crises.

He thus relinquished the White House to Vice President Ford, who is to take the oath of office at noon today. "The leadership of America will be in good hands," Mr. Nixon said. Mr. Nixon, his face grim but his voice steady, said he was stepping aside in the national interest.

His base of support in Congress, he said, had eroded to the point at which he would not have backing for the crucial decisions that confront the President. In that situation, he said, the constitutional process that would have been served by impeachment has been fulfilled, and there is no longer a need to prolong the struggle. Mr. Nixon said he would have preferred to fight to the end for the job he won in an historic landslide nearly two years ago. "But the interests of the nation must always come before any personal consideration," Mr.

Nixon said. "I have never been a quitter," Mr. Nixon declared. "To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every Instinct in my body, but as President I must put the interests of America first." He said his family approved resignation. Mr.

Nixon said he did so in resigning the job he had sought through nearly two decades of setbacks and comebacks. It was six years to the day after his triumphant Republican nomination for a second try at the White House, a 1968 campaign he won narrowly over Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey. In 1972, the AP wirepnoro Gerald takes oath of presidency at noon today Secretary Kissinger Will Stay In Cabinet Richard stepping down is a safer place.

"This more than anything is what I hope will be my legacy to you, to our country, as I leave the presidency," he said. Mr. Nixon noted that Watergate was implicit in much of what he said, but he acknowledged no misdeeds, saying only that some of his judgments had been wrong and that he made them "in what I believed at the time to be in the best interests of the nation." The President's momentous address lasted but 17 minutes. "To have served in this office is to have felt a very personal sense of kinship with each and every American," he said. "In leaving it, I do so with this prayer: May God's grace be with you in all the days ahead." With that, he ended his solemn address.

There was not the formal closing that had concluded his 36 prior speeches from the White House, the "Thank you, and good night." There was, Instead, silence, as Mr. Nixon ended almost three decades in public life as congressman, senator, vice president, citizen campaigner, and ultimately, 37th President of the United States. It was the first time the 185-year chain of Presidents that a Chief Executive resigned his office. And it was the first time that the office would be filled under the presidential succession decreed by campaign scarrea oy waiergaie, mi. Nixon trounced Sen.

George McGov-ern, sweeping 49 of the 50 states. Mr. Nixon vowed that he will continue to work for the "great causes" to which he has been devoted throughout his political life. Mr. Nixon said he began his presidency 5'A years ago by dedicating his service to the furtherance of peace.

"I've done my very best to be true to that pledge," he said. The President said he believes that because of his quest, the world Arabs, Israelis worried. On Page 4: Nixon and the presidency. On Page 10: Criminal charges possible On Page I I.Nixon economics. On Page 20: Ohioans favor impeachment.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1936, captured 523 out of 531. The President was still basking in the acclaim for two of the major foreign policy triumphs of his administration when the five burglars were caught aprowl in the Democratic Party national headquarters. Mr. Nixon met with House and Senate leaders and Secretary of State Henry A.

Kissinger immediately before he went on television and radio. Walking alone to the meeting in the Executive Office Building with his head down, Mr. Nixon heard a crowd of spectators outside the gates of the White House singing "America." He stopped briefly, looked in their direction, and then continued on his way. Aides said Mr. Nixon and his family would gather their staff together for final farewells this morning, then board a helicopter on the south lawn for the first leg of their sad trip back to San Clemente, Calif.

"Nixon wants to leave the White House while he is still President," an aide said, adding that he would leave before the swearing-in of Mr. Ford. By the time he arrives in California, Mr. Nixon will be a private citizen again. Asked Nixon pardons for Haldeman, Ehrlichman and Charles W.

Colson, who is serving a one to three-year sentence for seeking to obstruct justice by defaming Pentagon Papers defendant Daniel Ellsberg. Democratic leaders in the Senate and House said they opposed any legislation to immunize Mr. Nixon from prosecution. House Republican leader John J. Rhodes said such an attempt would be legally worthless but might be justifiable on moral grounds.

Brooke's resolution would carry the moral weight of congressional opinion in calling on federal, state and local officials to initiate no criminal or civil prosecutions against Mr. Nixon. But it would not carry the force of law. Brooke told reporters he sought "resignation with confession." he said he would not push for adoption of his resolution if Mr. Nixon failed to confess his full involvement upon resigning.

R. Ford "After all, whoever it is might easily become President," he said. The source said although a number of persons close to Mr. Ford have strongly urged that Rockefeller be, the choice, Mr. Ford is unlikely to; select the veteran millionaire politi-.

clan. Also reportedly being considered for important posts in the new; administration are Minnesota's Sen. Hubert Humphrey; Mr. Nixon's secretary of the Interior, Rogers C. B.

Morton, and Donald Rumsfeld, former director of the Office of Economic Opportunity and director of the Cost of Living Council. Ford Limited To VA Terms Knight News Wire WASHINGTON Under the Constitution, Gerald R. Ford is eligible to serve only a term-and-a-half as President. The 22nd Amendment provides that a person who succeeds to the presidency during the first two years of the preceding President's term can be elected only once on his own-to fill the office. This means Mr.

Ford could run in 1976 to succeed himself. But he would not be eligible to run in 1980. If he had succeeded President Nixon on or after January 21, 1975, Mr. Ford would have been eligible-assuming he won in 1976 to run for two full terms, and thereby serve nearly 10 years as President. Amerj'can economists think the midterm change of Presidents will produce few, if any, additional problems for the economy.

Some believe it might produce a psychological lift bringing an immediate impact on the stock market and other areas of business that were disrupted by uncertainty. Analysis on Page 10. The ealher Considerable cloudiness with a chance of showers through, High today and Saturday, mid 80s. Low tonight, mid 60s. Air Pollution Index, 92, fair.

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24-27 Gallup 40 I oral and Area New Paqm 34 35 AP Wirephoto M. Nixon as Chief Executive the 25th Amendment, ratified in 1967. Hence, with Mr. Ford's choice of a new vice president to come, the country will have at its helm two men not selected in a nationwide vote. Mr.

Nixon shared with Franklin D. Roosevelt a unique record that of having run five times for national office. Roosevelt was unsuccessful as a vice presidential candidate, but was elected President four times. In all of U.S. history, only Mr.

Nixon had been elected twice as vice president and President, although three previous vice presidents were elected to the top job after completing tkeir terms. E)ght others became President through death of the incumbent. For Mr. Nixon, it marked the end of a remarkable political career that began 28 years ago in California when he won a bruising battle for the congressional seat held for 10 years by Democrat H. Jerry Voorhis.

Three voting generations of Americans had known Mr. Nixon as a national figure. To the generation of the '40s he was the tenacious, fiercely anti-Communist member of the House Un-American Activities Committee who pushed the case against Alger Hiss, a former State Department official accused of having belonged to the Communist Party. The children of that generation cast their first votes in the election where he was Dwight D. Eisenhower's running mate, heard his "Checkers speech" when he was accused of having a secret slush fund, saw him as a take-charge guy when Eisenhower suffered' a heart attack, and finally knew him as the unsuccessful candidate for President against John F.

Kennedy. And the voters of the '60s watched his losing race for California governor in 1962, his re-emergence as a political powerhouse through his mid-60s speaking tours for Republican candidates and finally his elections in 1968 and 1972, Running for his second term in 1972, Mr. Nixon received more popular votes than any other President and his 520 electoral votes out of a possible total of 537 was the second Congress To Spare WASHINGTON (UPI) Republican Sen. Edward W. Brooke introduced a congressional resolution Thursday urging that President Nixon be spared prosecution if he resigned.

Democratic congressional leaders opposed it. BROOKE TOLD REPORTERS he hoped a rapid resignation by Mr. Nixon would foreclose the possibility of his granting pardons to H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman, who go on trial September 9 in the Watergate cover-up conspiracy.

Brooke, a liberal from Massachusetts, last November became the first Republican senator to call for Mr. Nixon's resignation. After introducing his resolution, he told reporters he did not believe Mr. Nixon would "go so far" as to grant himself a pardon in advance from criminal and civil convictions even though he might constitutionally be able to do so. "In my opinion," he said, Mr.

Nixon "is probably considering" ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) Gerald R. Ford said Thursday night that President Nixon "made one of the greatest personal sacrifices for the country" by resigning as President. Appearing outside his home shortly after Mr. Nixon's announcement, Mr.

Ford said he plans to continue Mr. Nixon's foreign policies with Henry A. Kissinger remaining as Secretary of State "I want him to be my secretary of State and I'm glad to announce he will be secretary of State," said the man who at noon today will succeed Mr. Nixon as the nation's 38th President. Mr.

Ford said he expects "a spirit of co-operation between the new President and the Congress." "I've been very fortunate in my lifetime in public office to have a great many adversaries in the Congress," he said. "But I don't think I have any enemies in the Congress." Mr. Ford said in praising Mr. Nixon that "I think the President of the United States has made one of the greatest personal sacrifices for the country and one of the finest personal decisions on behalf of all of us as Americans." HAVING WATCHED Mr. Nixon's foreign policy the past 5'i years, he said, "Let me say without any hesitation or reservation that the policy that has achieved peace will be continued as far as I'm concerned as President of the United States." Kissinger's role in smoothing the transition emerged when he spent close to three hours in conferences with Mr.

Nixon at the White House late Wednesday. He left the mansion at 1 a.m. Mr. Ford warmly endorsed both Kissinger and the way foreign policy has been conducted after a meeting the two had Thursday. "Obviously a great emphasis is being put on continuity," said one official who asked that his name not be used.

Mr. Ford called Kissinger to the Executive Office Building at 3 p.m. where, the statement said, "they reviewed the world situation and discussed the foreign policy of the United States as it has been administered for the past five years." MR. FORD IS expected to leave the current Cabinet pretty much intact and ask most top White House aides to stay on at least for the next few months. Although at least a dozen names are under consideration for vice president, a final choice is unlikely to be made for several days, the close associates say.

Among potential vice presidents on a list drawn up by Mr. Ford's staff are former Attorney General Elliot P. former Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird; former New York Gov. Nelson A.

Rockefeller; Sens. Robert A. Taft of Ohio, Mark Hatfield of Oregon, Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts, Robert Stafford of Vermont; Charles Percy of Illinois; Bill Brock of Tennessee; Gov. Ronald Reagan of California; former New York Sen.

Charles Goo-dell, and Reps. Albert H. Quie of Minnesota and John B. Anderson of Illinois. The Ford associate said only a few among those on the staff list are under serious consideration by Mr.

Ford and he predicted extensive investigations would be made into the smaller list over the next few days. A Time For Unity THIS IS THE time for all Americans to join together behind President Gerald R. Ford. We ask this not just for the sake of the man but for the goal of political stability at home and peace in the world. It is the time for all Americans to set aside the bitterness that has developed over former President Nixon's impeachment battles.

Mr. Ford has become the ninth man to succeed to the office of President of the United States without having been elected President by the people. In so doing he faces even greater challenges than all the others. Not only must he govern the nation, he must restore the confidence of the American people and of the world in the ability of the United States to conduct its affairs honorably and effectively. We have witnessed a tortured moment in which constitutional government was severely tested.

It has worked not just because of the wisdom of the framers, but because it is the nature of the American people to support the office of President. More so than when Lyndon Johnson won the support of the American people as he succeeded John Kennedy, Mr. Ford needs a united America behind him. In 1963 a leader was "torn tragically from us; in 1974, a President has resigned because of the inevitability of his impeachment by the House and his conviction and removal by the Senate. President Nixon's decision to be the first American President to resign his office is a bold act of patriotism that will preserve his successes in foreign affairs and enable him to go down in history as a visionary man.

He knew that only his leaving office could ensure that detente with the Soviet Union, a new relationship with the People's Republic of China and the spirit of peace he brought to the world would survive. For him to have remained in office, so weakened by his own admission of deceit, could well have prced the Soviet'Union to take every opportunity to test his ability to stand firm against their aggression. Now his bold act of patriotism must be shared by every American in supporting President Ford. The long night of Watergate is behind us. With a new President must come a renewed spirit of unity for the future of the Republic.

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