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The original documents are located in Box D16, folder "Caledonia High School
Commencement Address, June 1962" of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary
and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Throughy enjoy comminements. It in n pleasure interesting to friend to begin projects new one but it is always
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Commencement - The word itself indicates a beginning
rather than an enting. The depree you
receive tonight is r license to tachle
new challenges + opportunities ams a
broad spectrum.
Commencement aldress
Caledma H.S.
1962
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Digitized from Box D16 of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
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of one is a PESSIMIST Today There is evidence
that we as indusdrate + our nation face
service problems + awarma The
shy is not all clear. T here are some, omenone storm
clouds Inday and There will be others tomm
1). Right now - our men in the army, Mary
air York & arints are
Sint
in
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a). Patrolling the wall in Berlin
1). Instructions. supplying, transporting
+ accompaning Vut Namese TT harband
form in the Huggrd jungles or me patties.
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2) Today all our citizens are paying the
hearist Tax burden in our Nations history,
3) Our farmers are confronted with even
increasing problems of penanding the cost
Janks equipment
price squaped is working of The
threat of encreased mother than decreasing
government intervention.
, Lerge & Sull who have put their savings in
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
stock & securities have suffired services
lemmic losses with The wide fluctuations
in the stock market.
5) Businessmen at all levels are faced with
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increased competition at home & aboved.
b). The workingmen, with apprehenoion, Alls the
threat of automation - machines replacing
men in The production process.
W. Our national lenders are concerned with
our apparent instality to substantially reduce
unemployment of elemente underemployment or
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chronic economic destriss in some geopropheread
amm.
8). all americans view with alarm The broad challing
a The materialistic, actheristic declatorship in the Kremban
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Despite such difficulties, some temporary &
some of long duration, 2 am an OPTIMIST,
about The future of AMERICA + YOUR apportunt
to make your way successfully t happely
Let me not be fearful of the date omynous clouds.
Let us have faith & trust in america.
GERALD LIBRARY R. FORD
In my lifetime, wen within my memory, are
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as citizens of this great land, have been
Our nations of are people have movil to
higher x higher plateous. Certainly on a
relative or comparature lasis we have
confronted with igually serons stress of stains.
achieved an all time pennacle
a) There who the "call to arms" in W.W. I
W.W.II
Korea
b). There were the trink & torbulations of the Depassm
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In The 1930s
c). Them who The challenge f Hith in in Fermany
These were days that "tredy mens souls."
Musschine on staly.
This and no Tube Im sunghine coldins + summer patroto
you There were personal tragetics but our people + they nation responded successful
so TODAY we move to Righer Plation + are at the Pinnache.
20 costonies by has why This have we steady climb from 13 pm struggling
america had
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States come from obserview to the peah in less
nation to Mustay the v greated Word,
Than 200 year?
Because in america we have:
1). The frest from of Government ever drafted.
2/. The prest iducational system in the history 8 man
3). Cityins constructively working on The problems
of the day.
4). a deep + abiding faith in moral
specitual & religious values
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Chucation - The history of education in
2) We have the firest education system because it to thop and been m
The
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america rune the gament from:
m The
1). The me room school house with a singh tuch,
to the Nast school facilities with the finist
component 4 most highly trained X specialized
teaching staff
2). Rudementary coursh in "reading, writing + anthmatic
to a currentum that coulve The vast unknown
in the atmomphere, the depths of the sear + the
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day to day luring in world they.
3). a few small colleges prestally undowed to the
hugh publicty supported Universities such so U.GM. AMSU.
Heatony of Education in america is The instructive
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story of training our People to meet The NEEDS
of our times. This is The true test
Our educational system in The 4.5. has
produced to mention a few: : Thomas Chim
Henry and
O.r it. 20 night
Dr. Jonas fach
Col. John Them.
R. FORD traditionally
most importantly however Education in american
GERALD
The Problems of our Times. # Your your are knowledge J the best
has turned out Citizans who are with mahrid to mut
ofthe high calebre of america's educational Anystem
america has come from the depths post The Pennach, bleance.
3 Ar Cityins constructively whong at soling the problems of thrDay 14
In The pat 30 days - 2 have from to Change San Francisco
Detrott
19886
1). San Francisco - defense semier
Stablem
(miles
Calebran Dis morning
Industry of military - better weapons, faster
at less cost.
2). Change - political meeting.
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How citazens can actively participate in the
political party of their choise.
The breath 7 life in the still Green of a Constitutional system
Politic T Ptylicians - put blood in the very &
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3). Detant - service dula convention
How cityens & their total civic organization
can make r greater contaction to the welfare
of Their community.
4). Stobbles - conference of representatives
How free nations of the Wastern Worl can
better organize Themselves community + prectically
I meet the challenge of The fruit 4mm & its sateth
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5). California - a muting of cityens to pay tubute to
The youth of Cemerian as they embark on new career
it
There meetings are only typeal of what
145 million americans are doing & have done to
make our curlystime what it is today.
We must WORK was though progress is slow
d smitemes discouraging
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a deep of abiding FAITH in moral, spiritual
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& religious values.
C/A 1 interview
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Compratitution to you all, good luck, of Godspul, in a
generation of lay that holds brythter promise Than any that
wer confrontal humankink