Monday, Dec. 28, 1953

From Teeming Shores

By Constellation, helicopter, limousine. jeep, tractor, oxcart and imperial coach, Vice President Richard Milhous Nixon circled the globe. In ten speech-filled weeks he traveled 45,539 miles, visiting 19 Pacific and Asian lands, shaking thousands of hands. Last week Dick Nixon and his wife Pat returned to Washington.

At National Airport, the Vice President stepped from "Speckled Beauty," his name for the Air Force Constellation which had become his home and his only place of refuge from enthusiastic Asians. He fondly patted its shiny fuselage three times, as if it were a trusty steed. Asia, the returning traveler summed up: "has a desperate need and yearning for peace."

As a result of his trip, Nixon is expected to submit a list of suggestions to the Administration. Reportedly among them: 1) U.S. diplomats should behave with less reserve and do more handshaking; 2) the U.S. should make a big enough commitment in Indo-China to enable the French to achieve a military victory; 3) the U.S. should adopt a get-tough policy toward Nehru's India, particularly by ignoring Nehru's objections to U.S. military aid for Pakistan. This week the Vice

President will deliver a televised report. Meanwhile, his trip had earned distinction for Nixon as the Eisenhower Administration official most likely to succeed.

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