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The original documents are located in Box D19, folder "Young Republican Training
School, Washington, DC, February 2, 1966" of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press
Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box D19 of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
YOUNG REPUBL ICAN TRAINING SCHOOL
WASHINGTON D&C
FEBRMARY 2 1966
TODAY OUR POLITCAL PARTY FACES FEWER
PROBLEMS THAN IT DID A YEAR AGO. WE HAVE
MANY REASONS FOR BEING OPTIMISTIC.
BEFORE DETAILING THE REASONS FOR GROWING
OPTIMISM, LET ME SAY THAT AS A MINORITY
PARTY, IT IS OUR TASK TO CARRY THE TORCH
OF DISSENT RESPONSIBLY AND CONSTRUCTIVELY.
IN DOING THIS. WE LOOK FORWARD. NOT
BACKWARD.
OUR TASK DEMANDS FROM US ONLY THE STRENGTH
WE POSSESS. REPUBLICANS ARE USING THAT
STRENGTH- REFUSING TO RUN AWAY FROM
CHALLENGES
AND WE ARE GAINING GROUND ALL
ACROSS THE NATION.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN A RESURGENCE OF
STRENGTH, WE MUST CONTINUE TO EXERCISE
SELF-CONTROL,SELF-RESTRAINT
WE MUST
DISCIPLINE OURSELVES TO BE TEAM PLAYERS---
REPUBLICAN TEAM PLAYERS WHO PUT OUR PARTY
AND ITS PHILOSOPHIES FIRST.
YOUNG GOP
2
THERE IS NO PLACE IN OUR RANKS FOR THOSE
INSISTING ON PROMOTING THEIR OWN SELFISH
IDEAS WITHOUT REGARD FOR REPUBLICAN PARTY
IN ITS ENTIRITY.
IN APPROACHING THE JOBS OF THIS YEAR IN
PARTICULAR, I BELIEVE WE CAN TAKE MANY OF
OUR GUIDELINES FROM THE RESULTS OF A
NATIONAL POLITICAL POLL RELEASED NOT SO
LONG AGO.
THE SURVEY SHOWED THAT 57 PERCENT OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE WERE UNABLE TO IDENTIFY
THEIR OWN CONGRESSMAN. ONLY 19 PERCENT
OF THE PEOPLE KNEW HOW THEIR CONGRESSMAN
STOOD ON MAJOR ISSUES.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE DANGERS IN THIS
WIDESPREAD COMPLACENCY. FOR THE HOPES OF
HAVING A BETTER AMERICA CAN BE DIMMED
WHEN SO MANY OF OUR CITIZENS STAND ON THE
SIDELINES WHILE THE REAL STRUGGLE IS FOUGHT
IN THE CHAMBERS OF GOVERNMENT.
YOUNG GOP
3
HOWEVER, THIS LACK OF POLITICAL AWARENESS
AMONG SO MANY AMERICANS OFFERS THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY A CHALLENGE AND AN
OPPORTUNITY.
THE CHALLENGE IS TO SHARPEN THE AWARENESS,
TO REPLACE THE COMPLACENCY WITH AN INTENSE
INTEREST IN GOVERNMENT.
THE OPPORTUNITY IS TO SELL THE IDEA THAT
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HOLDS MORE PROMISE
FOR A BETTER AMERICA, A BETTER SOCIETY, AND
MORE INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM.
WHAT ARGUMENTS DO WE USE IN SELLING THE
REPUBLICAN IDEA?
THEY ARE FOUND IN THE ALWAYS UNFINISHED
TASK OF MAKING AMERICA UNITED, STRONG
AND FREE.
THE THREE TYPES OF PROBLEMS IN DOMESTIC
POLICY, WHICH ARE EITHER UNSOLVED OR
IGNORED BY THE ADMINISTRATION, NEED TO
BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
FORD
YOUNG GOP
4
THE PROBLEMS ARE.
ONE INCREASING JOBS AND PRODUCTION
WITHOUT INFLATION.
TWO---MOVING AHEAD TOWARD EQUALITY
FOR ALL CITIZENS.
THREE - I MPROVEMENT OF GOVERNMENT AND
ITS SERVICES.
ALTHOUGH THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO WORK
TOWARD SOLVING THESE PROBLEMS. ONE COMMON
REMEDY AFFECTS ALL THREE
THAT REMEDY
IS EDUCATION.
REPUBLICANS BELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT IS A
PROBLEM OF THE YOUNG, I NEXPERIENCED, UNSKILLED
PERSON WITH INADEQUATE SCHOOLING.
REPUBLICANS BELIEVE MORE AND BETTER
SCHOOLING WILL CALM RACIAL TENSIONS AND
SPEED ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROGRESS FOR ALL
AMERICANS.
REPUBLICANS BELIEVE IMPROVED EDUCATION WILL
HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF GOVERNMENT BY
ENLIGHTENING THE ELECTORS---AND THE ELECTED.
YOUNG GOP
5
EVERY YOUTH MUST BE ENCOURAGED TO PURSUE
HIS EDUCATION AS FAR AS HIS TALENTS AND
ABILITY WILL TAKE HIM----THATS WHAT
REPUBLICANS BELIEVE!
DROP-OUTS MUST BE ENCOURAGED TO RETURN TO
SCHOOL FOR AN EDUCATION OR TRAINING---
THATS WHAT REPUBLICANS BELIEVE!
PEOPLE ALREADY WORKING SHOULD BE GIVEN THE
CHANCE TO SHARPEN THEIR SKILLS OR TO LEARN
NEW ONES TO STRENGTHEN THEIR EARNING POWER-
THATS A REPUBLICAN IDEA!
THESE, AND OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS, CANNOT---
AND CERTAINLY, SHOULD NOT---BE DONE BY
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALONE.
HOWEVER, OUR NATIONAL GOVERNMENT CAN
PROMOTE THESE EFFORTS WITHOUT CLAMPING
IRON-FIST CONTROL AROUND THE THROATS
OF STATES. CITIES. COMMUNITIES---AND THE
INDIVIDUALS OF AMERICA.
YOUNG GOP
6
CONGRESS SHOULD FIND A WAY TO EASE THE
FINANCIAL BURDEN OF GOING TO COLLEGE.
REPUBLICANS HAVE THE ANSWER.
WE PROPOSE A FEDERAL INCOME TAX CREDIT
FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS.
OUR HUMAN INVESTMENT ACT WOULD DO MUCH
MORE THAN EASE THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF
EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.
IT WOULD BRING PRIVATE ENTERPRISE MORE
EFFECTIVELY TO BEAR ON THE PROBLEM OF
CREATING PRODUCTIVE JOBS FOR THE POOR.
I WOULD LIKE TO INJECT A FOOTNOTE HERE
IN SELLING OUR REPUBLICAN PHILOSOPHY YOU
CAN SHOW THAT WE BELIEVE IN LIBERATING THE
WAR ON POVERTY FROM WASTE, CONTROVERSY AND
THE TENNACLES OF POLITICAL BOSSISM.
REPUBLICANS BELIEVE IN COMBINING COMPASSION
WITH COMPETANCE. WE WILL NOT SACRIFICE
POOR PEOPLE.
YOUNG GOP
7
THE LESS FORTUNATE MUST BE HELPED TO HELP
THEMSELVES
THEY MUST HAVE SOMETHING TO
SAY ABOUT POLICY DECISIONS AT THE COMMUNITY
LEVEL
THE STATES SHOULD BE PARTNERS
WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE WAR
ON POVERTY, NOT PAWNS IN THE HANDS OF
WASHINGTON CZARS AND GREEDY POLITICAL
BOSSES.
TOO OFTEN UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION RULES
IN WAGING A WAR ON POVERTY, STATES AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS FIND THEMSELVES HELPLESS TO
OVERCOME THE OVERBEARANCE OF FEDERAL
ADMINISTRATORS. LOCAL COMMUNITY VOICES
AND OPINIONS ARE SMOTHERED BY ADMINISTRATION
POWER
IT IS TIME FEDERAL POVERTY FIGHTERS STOP
FIGHTING EACH OTHER
IT IS TIME THE
WAR ON POVERTY IS CONDUCTED MORE PROPERLY
AND IN A MORE ORDERLY, RESPONSIBLE WAY.
WE CAN ASK HOW MANY OF THE POOR HAVE
THE
ACTUALLY RECEIVED ANY OF THE TWENTY-THREE
HUNDRED MILLION TAXPAYER DOLLARS FROM THE
PRESENT WAR ON POVERTY
TRAGICALLY. VERY
FEW.
YOUNG GOP
8
WE CAN ASK HOW MANY ADMINISTRATION
BUREACRATIC CZARS AND POLITICAL BOSSES
LINED UP AT THE PUBLIC TROUGH HAVE
FATTENED THEIR INCOMES ON THE POVERTY
WAR PAYROLLS
TRAGICALLY, TOO MANY.
WE CAN ASK HOW MUCH OF THE WAR ON POVERTY
EFFORT IS DIRECTED TOWARD WINNING VOTES
FOR THE DEMOCRAT ADMINISTRATION
I
HAVE FAITH IN THE JUDGMENT OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE AND IN THEIR ABILITY TO THROW OFF
THE ATTEMPTS BEING MADE TO BURY THEIR
OPINIONS UNDER A WELTER OF POLITICAL
GIMMICKS AND CATCHY SLOGANS&
WE CAN QUESTION THE OUTCOME OF THE WAR
ON POVERTY UNDER PRESENT CONDITIONS WHEN
THE COMMANDERS ARE MIRED IN THE MUD OF
POLITICAL BOSSISM.
REPUBLICANS WILL OFFER SPECIFIC PROPOSALS
TO REDIRECT THIS PROGRAM SO THAT ITS GOALS
CAN BE REACHED WITHOUT SHAMEFUL WASTE,
SCANDAL AND BUREAUCRATIC DONNYBROOKS.
GERALD R.FORD LIBRARY
YOUNG GOP
9
IN THE AREA OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, REPUBLIC
of
REPUBLICANS----UNLIKE THE DEMOCRATS---
KNOW THAT THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH NEEDS
REFORM.
PLUGGING THE CRACKS WITH POLITICAL PUTTY
IS NOT THE ANSWER...NEITHER IS THE CREATION
OF NEW DEPARTMENTS THAT ONLY SWELL THE
WIDENING SEA OF BUREAUCRACY.
THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH HAS BECOME A POLITICAL
JUNGLE. IT NEEDS TO BE CUT BACK AFTER
ITS WILD GROWTH IS CAREFULLY EXPLORED.
REPUBLICANS URGE A NEW AND INDEPENDENT
BIPARTISAN COMMISSION WITH THE JOB OF
RECOMMENDING SUBSTANTIAL. MEANINGFUL
REFORMS IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF
GOVERNMENT.
LETS TURN TO ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THE FACTS IN FOCUS
FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
YOUNG GOP
10
AMONG MAJOR ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF REPUBLICAN
STEWARDSHIP OF GOVERNMENT IS THE SHARPLY
RISING COST OF LIVING UNDER THE DEMOCRATS.
IT COSTS 2 PERCENT MORE TO LIVE THAN IT
DID A YEAR AGO. AMERICANS HAVE LESS TO
SPEND ON NECESSITIES. WITH HIGHER LIVING
COSTCOMES INFLATION, WHICH IS MAINLY THE
RESULT OF A LEVIATHAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SPENDING BEYOND THE NATIONS MEANS.
THE ADMINISTRATIONS REQUEST FOR $55 BILLION
TO KEEP ITS ALLEGED GREAT SOCIETY SCHEME
FROM FALLING APART COMPLETELY MUST BE CUT
DOWN TO SENSIBLE SIZE. REPUBLICANS PLEDGE
TO DO ALL WE CAN IN THIS EFFORTG $
THE PRESIDENT---AS COMMANDER-CHIEF--IS
RUNNING A WAR IN VIET NAM AT A FANTASTIC
COST TO THE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS. I EMPHASIZE
THAT WHATEVER IS NEEDED---REALLY NEEDED--
MUST BE PROVIDED IN MAINTAINING NATIONAL
SECURITY.
YOUNG GOP
11
BUT...WE MUST REDUCE NON-ESSENTIAL
DOMESTIC SPENDING OR HAVE A GENERAL
TAX INCREASE. REPUBLICANS SEE NO NEED
FOR NEW TAXES AT THIS TIME.
IN OUR CRUSADE FOR REPUBLICANISM, WE
SHOULD REMIND AMERICANS THAT LAWS PASSED
LAST YEAR BY THE DEMOCRAT-DOMINATED
CONGRESS ACTUALLY INCREASES TAXES
THE
LAWS DO NOT---AS THE ADMINISTRATION
ATTEMPTS TO CLAIM REDUCE TAXES.
IN THIS CRUCIAL ELECTION YEAR, VOTERS
SHOULD BE REMINDED THAT REPUBLICANS
PROPOSE TO LEAD THE WAY IN THE REFORM OF
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS.
REPUBLICANS BELIEVE IN:
---GUARDING AGAINST ABUSES IN THE
RAISING AND USE OF POLITICAL FUNDS
---RAISING THE CEILING ON POLITICAL
SPENDING TO REALISTIC LEVELS
---EFFECTIVELY PROHIBITING POLITICAL
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CORPORATIONS AND
LABOR UNIONS
---MEANINGFUL REPORTING OF POLITICAL
CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES
YOUNG GOP
12
ANOTHER STRONG ARGUMENT ON THE SIDE OF
REPUBLICANISM IS OUR PARTYS BELIEF IN A
SYSTEM OF TAX SHARING. THIS WOULD RETURN
TO THE STATES A PERCENTAGE OF PERSONAL
INCOME TAX WITHOUT IRON-CLAD FEDERAL
CONTROLS.
THE MONEY WOULD HELP LOCAL COMMUNITIES
TO SOLVE THEIR OWN PROBLEMS IN THEIR OWN
WAYS.
IN CONTRAST, THE ADMINISTRATION WANTS
CENTRALIZED AUTHORITY. IT PREFERS TO
IGNORE, BYPASS AND UNDERMINE STATE
RESPONSIBILITIES BY CONCENTRATING THE
IN
BULK OF POWER AND CONTROL
WASHINGTON.
IN THE AREA OF CIVIL RIGHTS, REPUBLICANS
VIEW RECENT PROGRESS AS ENCOURAGING. IT
IS NOT ENOUGH.
WE BELIEVE NO CITIZEN SHOULD BE SATISFIED
WITH ONLY PROMISES OF A BETTER TOMORROW.
YOUNG GOP
13
EVERY CITIZEN HAS THE RIGHT TO EXPECT
THAT THE CONSTITUTION BE PUT IN EFFECT
EVERYWHERE.. NOW. HESITANT ADMINISTRATION
OF EXISTING LAWS MAKES THEM LESS EFFECTIVE
THAN THEY SHOULD BE.
REPUBLICANS INSIST ON ONE KIND OF JUSTICE--
THERE SHOULD NOT BE TWO KINDS OF JUSTICE
ONE FOR WHITES, ANOTHER FOR NON-WHITES.
FINALLY, REPUBLICANS WILL NOT SACRIFICE
OUR IDEALS. WE BELIEVE THAT GOVERNMENT
SHOULD SERVE THE PEOPLE.
I HAVE GIVEN YOU SOME SOUND ARGUMENTS IN
SUPPORT OF REPUBLICANISM. TOGETHER WE
SHOULD USE THEM IN SELLING AMERICA ON
RETURNING GOVERNMENT TO THE PEOPLE BY
ELECTING MORE REPUBLICANS.
LETS APPROACH OUR JOB WITH OPTIMISM
SHOULDER-TORSHOULDER. VICTORIES ARE
WITHIN REACH. AS WE WIN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
WIN&.SHOULD WE LOSE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
WOULD LOSE
I
PREDICT VICTORIES--THANKS
TO THE EFFORTS OF YOU AND ALL OTHER
REPUBLICANS.