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A # AP 47R k--ELEVENTH FIVE-MINUTE SUMMARY-- HERE IS THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS : (MIAMI BEACH)--PRESIDENT NIXON DISCARDED A PREPARED SPEECH AND SPOKE OFF THE CUFF TO THE AFL-CIO CONVENTION IN MIAMI BEACH TODAY. HE EXPLAINED HE WAS DOING SO BECAUSEt ''YOU LIKE IT STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER.'' NIXON SAID THAT WHETHER OR NOT LABOR PARTICIPATES IN PHASE TWO OF THE ECONOMIC PROGRAM, HE HAS AN OBL IGAT ION TO MAKE IT SUCCEED. PRESIDENT NIXON ASSERTED THE WAGE-PRICE FREEZE WHICH ENDED THIS WEEK HAD BEEN A REMARKABLE SUCCESS. THAT DREW SOME LAUGHS FROM THE UNION LEADERS AUDIENCE. HE SAID HE WANTS A PROGRAM THAT IS FAIR TO ALL SEGMENTS OF SOCIETY-- BUT THAT IT IS HIS DUTY TO DO WHAT HE CONSIDERS BEST FOR THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS. ''THE MAJORITY,'" HE ADDED, "WANT TO STOP THE RISE IN THE COST OF LIVING.''