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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box D20, folder \"Republican Fund-Raising Dinner,\nTowanda, PA, June 10, 1966\" of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and\nSpeech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. The Council donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nDigitized from Box D20 of The Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nCONGRESSMAN\nNEWS\nGERALD R. FORD\nHOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER\nRELEASE\nFOR RELEASE AT 6:30 P.M.\nFRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1966\nSPEECH EXCERPTS--REPUBLICAN FUND-RAISING DINNER, TOWANDA, PENNSYLVANIA.\nAgriculture Secretary Orville L. Freeman is a very confused man. That is the\nonly conclusion you can come to when you consider the statements Mr. Freeman has\nmade on recent occasions.\nMost recently Mr. Freeman warned that food prices will go higher unless the\nfarmer gets a fair shake for his products. He said farm prices must be fair or\nfarmers will leave the farm.\nMind you, this is the same Mr. Freeman who made the farmer the whipping boy\nof inflation and recently told newsmen he was \"pleased to report\" declines in\nfarm prices. You would think it was a different man talking, wouldn't you, if\nyou weren't familiar with the devious tactics of the Johnson-Freeman Administration.\nMr. Freeman said he was \"pleased to report\" that farm prices were dropping\nfrom \"cyclical highs which have accounted for most of the consumer food increases.\"\nAfter the Johnson-Freeman Administration had succeeded in driving down farm\nprices, Mr. Freeman began wailing that farmers are quitting dairying because of\neconomic pressures. He ought to know; he has contributed to those pressures.\nIt was the Johnson-Freeman Administration that substituted margarine for\nbutter in the government's relief feeding programs and in Army and Air Force\nrations.\nIt was the Johnson-Freeman Administration that refused to make use of open\nmarket pruchase authority for milk and dairy products.\nIt was the Johnson-Freeman Administration that tried to chop back school\nlunch and school milk appropriations.\nIt was the Johnson-Freeman Administration that sharply increased cheddar\ncheese imports.\nIt was the Johnson-Freeman Administration that refused to restrict imports\nof cream, junex, grapex, colby cheese and swiss cheese.\nIt was the Johnson-Freeman Administration that refused to hold nationwide\nhearings aimed at permanently increasing Class I milk differentials in federal\nmilk markets.\nLemited hide exports *\nBERALD FORD LIBRARY\n(MORE)\n-2-\nSPEECH EXCERPTS--FARM\nIs the Johnson-Freeman Administration the friend of the farmer? I'm sure\nyou're aware that the Johnson-Freeman Administration has taken a number of actions\naimed at depressing farm prices. These actions were taken under the guise of a\nwar on inflation. Unfortunately, the American farmer became the first casualty.\n* *\nThe Johnson-Freeman Administration rode to power in the farm states in 1964\nwith promises of \"parity of income\" and \"90 per cent of parity price supports.\"\nWhat is the latest parity ratio? For May it was only 79.\n***\nIt is the Johnson-Freeman Administration's inflationary policies that are the\npush behind the steady rise in the cost-of-living--not today's farm prices.\nIt is excessive Johnson-Freeman Administration spending that is fanning the\nflames of inflation, and inflation is stealing three to five dollars out of\nevery hundred an American earns this year.\nThe farmer is the victim of inflation, along with other consumers--not the\nvillain the Johnson-Freeman Administration would make him out to be.\nThe truth is that farm prices today are 6 per cent lower than in the Korean\nWar year of 1952, but food prices have gone up 16 per cent since then.\nDuring the same period, farm costs have gone up 15 per cent.\nWhat does this all add up to? It means that farmers are caught in a vicious\ncost-price squeeze that leaves them on the short end while the Johnson-Freeman\nAdministration's policies generate mounting inflation.\nIt means the Johnson-Freeman Administration has blamed farmers for high food\nprices despite the fact that farmers are not getting their fair share of the food\ndollar. Official federal government figures show that prices received by the\nfarmer account for only 39 per cent of the grocery store price tag for foodstuffs.\nThe other 61 per cent is added after the food leaves the farm.\nHow can we change this? I'll tell you how--by electing a strong Republican\nCongress in 1966. Farmers will have an opportunity in November to vote for a\nparty that aims to make sure the farmer shares adequately in the nation's\nprosperity--the Republican Party. Farmers will have an opportunity to reject the\nDemocratic Party, which has proved itself long on farm promises but short on\nperformance. And I'm sure that's just what they'11 do.\n###\nCONGRESSMAN\nNEWS\nGERALD R. FORD\nHOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER\nRELEASE\nFOR RELEASE AT 6:30 P.M.\nFRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1966\nSPEECH EXCERPTS--REPUBLICAN FUND-RAISING DINNER, TOWANDA, PENNSYLVANIA.\nAgriculture Secretary Orville L. Freeman is a very confused man. That is the\nonly conclusion you can come to when you consider the statements Mr. Freeman has\nmade on recent occasions.\nMost recently Mr. Freeman warned that food prices will go higher unless the\nfarmer gets a fair shake for his products. He said farm prices must be fair or\nfarmers will leave the farm.\nMind you, this is the same Mr. Freeman who made the farmer the whipping boy\nof inflation and recently told newsmen he was \"pleased report\" declines in\nfarm prices. You would think it was a different man talking, wouldn you, if\nyou weren't familiar with the devious tactics of the Johnson-Freeman Administration.\nMr. Freeman said he was pleased to report\" that farm prices were dropping\nfrom \"cyclical highs which have accounted for most of the consumer food increases.\"\nAfter the Johnson-Freeman Administration had succeeded in driving down farm\nprices, Mr. Freeman began wailing that farmers are quitting dairying because of\neconomic pressures. He ought to know; he has contributed to those pressures.\nIt was the Johnson-Freeman Administration that substituted margarine for\nbutter in the government's relief feeding programs and in Army and Air Force\nrations.\nIt was the Johnson-Freeman Administration that refused to make use of open\nmarket pruchase authority for milk and dairy products.\nIt was the Johnson-Freeman Administration that tried to chop back school\nlunch and school milk appropriations.\nIt was the Johnson-Freeman Administration that sharply increased cheddar\ncheese imports.\nIt was the Johnson-Freeman Administration that refused to restrict imports\nof cream, junex, grapex, colby cheese and swiss cheese.\nIt was the Johnson-Freeman Administration that refused to hold nationwide\nhearings aimed at permanently increasing Class I milk differentials in federal\nmilk markets.\n***\nGERALD\nLIBRARY\n(MORE)\n-2-\nSPEECH EXCERFTS--FARM\nIs the Johnson-Freeman Administration the friend of the farmer? I'm sure\nyou're aware that the Johnson-Freeman Administration has taken a number of actions\naimed at depressing farm prices. These actions were taken under the guise of a\nwar on inflation. Unfortunately, the American farmer became the first casualty.\n***\nThe Johnson-Freeman Administration rode to power in the farm states in 1964\nwith promises of \"parity of income\" and \"90 per cent of parity price supports.\"\nWhat is the latest parity ratio? For May it was only 79.\n***\nIt is the Johnson-Freeman Administration's inflationary policies that are the\npush behind the steady rise in the cost-of-living--not today's farm prices.\nIt is excessive Johnson-Freeman Administration spending that is fanning the\nflames of inflation, and inflation is stealing three to five dollars out of\nevery hundred an American earns this year.\nThe farmer is the victim of inflation, along with other consumers--not the\nvillain the Johnson-Freeman Administration would make him out to be.\nThe truth is that farm prices today are 6 per cent lower than in the Korean\nWar year of 1952, but food prices have gone up 16 per cent since then.\nDuring the same period, farm costs have gone up 15. per cent.\nWhat does this all add: up to? It means that farmers are caught in a vicious\ncost-price squeeze that leaves them on the short end while the Johnson-Freeman\nAdministration's policies generate mounting inflation.\nIt means the Johnson-Freeman Administration has blamed farmers for high food\nprices despite the fact that farmers are not getting their fair share of the food\ndollar. Official federal government figures show that prices received by the\nfarmer account for only 39 per cent of the grocery store price tag for foodstuffs.\nThe other 61 per cent is added after the food leaves the farm.\nHow can we change this? I'll tell you how--by electing a strong Republican\nCongress in 1966. Farmers will have an opportunity in November to vote for a\nparty that aims to make sure the farmer shares adequately in the nation's\nprosperity--the Republican Party. Farmers will have an opportunity to reject the\nDemocratic Party, which has proved itself long on farm promises but short on\nperformance. And I'm sure that's just what they'll do.\n###"
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