European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 13, 1969 the stars and stripes Page t . Ter Horst in you set water standards so High you might really hinder Industrial development.1walter j. Hickel is q Nixon flaw Var despite the adjusting of the straps and the tailoring of the hem the hint of a credibility Gap is threatening to peek out be Ntah the skirts of the incoming Nixon administration. The cause May be the same for Richard Nixon As it has been for Lyndon Johnson a Case of promising More than was delivered. Ever since the nov. 5 election the president elect has been say ing in his own Way that the top men in is administration would include not Only True Blue republicans but even democrats. Aides convinced reporters who naturally wrote it that women and at least one negro undoubtedly would be included. It Nixon kept that Promise alive. Even on the night he unveiled his Alt Republican Cabinet he authorized his press spokesman to say specifically that the Fob of ambassador to the United nations not then ready for announcement would go to a  so it was natural that Eye brows went up when Nixon gave the . Post to Charles w. Yost a career Diplomat without recognizable party affiliation. His name is not exactly a household word among democrats. When he introduced his cab inet choices Nixon went beyond the usual accolades to their competency. In selecting men for the High est positions in government he said there has to be an extra dimension on extra dimension which is the difference Between Good leadership and Superior or even great  it was in that vein that he extolled among others Alaska gov. Walter j. Hickel a poor boy who struck it Rich in the alas a contracting business As his Choice for Secretary of the Interior. Hickel Nixon told the nation via to had never been involved in any of the Public versus Pri vate Power struggles that have marked the use of natural re sources of America. He said Hickel has a great and deep concern for american indians and Eski mos among the country s most oppressed minorities and Nixon said Hickel would bring to the Interior department a new sense of excitement a new sense of  Hickel at least lost no time in adding an extra dimension of excitement about his plans. In his very first news conference he touched off a controversy by say ing he was t for conservation for conservation s  his re Marks have been interpreted by some private and government people to mean the Nixon administration would rather see Public lands and water be used by business entrepreneurs and Oil the opinion exp my in the columns and Miteon of thl pm  oth authors and a in a Way to a Cit or or Erm 199, i till features s rid it