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The original documents are located in Box D37, folder "Ford Broadcasts, 1969-1970" of
the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford
Presidential Library.
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taped 1/8/69
6:15p.m.
MESSAGE TAPED BY REP. GERALD R. FORD FOR PLAYING AT THE KENT COUNTY INAUGURAL BALL
this wonderful to paya word to each and every
one of you tonight
may, very
Hi, everybody, This is Jerry Ford wishing you the best of times at this
Each of
1
and glorious
first Kent County Inaugural Ball. You deserve to have a grand time. You've
by your hard-unrh of fine results
earned it. I take this occasion to thank each and every one of you for the
n
great work you performed in the recent campaign. I thank you not only for myself
but on behalf of the man who two days hence will be sworn in as the 37th President
of the United States -- Richard Nixon. I am only sorry that I could not be
present tonight to shake every hand and personally congratulate each of you on
a job well done.
hasten to assure you that this message does not mark the
kickoff of my 1970 campaign
Now let's all let our hair down and have a good
swell
time
and pledge that we will be getting together for the second Kent County
a great time
Inaugural Ball four years from now Have fun
# #
GERALD R. FORD
Digitized from Box D37 of The Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
NOTES FOR TIME-LIFE FILM
U.S. CONSTITUTION AND PRESENT*DAY PROBLEMS
Taped 1/10/69
The
American people are most fortunate, living as they do in a beautiful
land ble ssed with vast natural resources and living under a form of government
based on
wise precepts of liberty and individual freedom.
The foundation of that government is the Constitution of the United States, drafted
in 1787 -- 181 years ago. The federal constitution is
a splendid document,
one of the greatest public papers ever framed by the hand and mind of man.
Despite its excellence, of course, it was never
contemplated that the
Constitution would not undergo change. In fact, every such document of basic
adopting
take into account
law
spells out the procedure for amendments which
changed conditions in the life of the nation. Up to the present time,
the Constitution has been amended 25 times. In my view, it now is time for us to
adopt a 26th Amendment- an amendment which would modify or abolish the
electoral college system of electing the President of the United States.
Perhaps few Americans realize that they
do not vote
directly for President of the United States. Even if the names of the candidates
appear on the ball ot in their state, that states votes
for President are cast by presidential electors representing that state.
And the electors are not bound by law to cast their votes for the candidate carrying
their state The Constitution
allots each state as many electoral votes as that
state has representatives and senators.
A presidential candidate
must get a majority of the electoral vote or the telection is thrown into the
House of Representatives, where each state has only one vote and none at all if
the congressmen from that state
are
evenly divided as to how to cast the state's vote.
there were
We ran the risk of having the 1968 election thrown into the House, because
On the basis of the Nov. 5 balloting,
three candidates in the race.
It was believed
32 more than the bare majority of 270. So a crisis was averted.
that Richard Nixon had received 302 electoral votes on Dec. 16, when the
electoral college met, an elector from North Carolina cast his vote for George
Wallace indefiance of the wishes of the people of his state. On Jan. 6 the
Congress upheld this elector right to cast his vote as he personally chose.
So this drematized the urgent need to reform the electoral
college system or
abolish it in favor of direct popular election of the President.
GERALD
I am sure the overwhelming majority of House and Senate members feel the need for
electoral college reform. But the difficulty is in mustering a
two-thirds
majority
of both Houses of Congress for a particular plan. and then getting three-fourths of
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the State Legislatures to
ratify the proposed constitutional amendment as
approved by the Congress. I personally am not wedded to any one proposal.
I want to see the matter resolved. I want a solution, not
continued
controversy and the recurring of a situation in which the country may, every
four years, run the risk of having the presidential election thrown into the
House of Representatives because no candidate gets a majority of the electoral
vote.
So I am gratified that hearings are being scheduled in both the House
and the Senate on proposals to reform or abolish the electoral college.
This country
has come a long way since 1787, when the members of the
Constitutional Convention did not
sufficiently trust the people to
allow them to choose their President and
their United States senators
by direct popular election. The Constitution is a great document, but
the
electoral college system
badly needs revising
and this should be done before the next Presidential election.
The President and the Vice-President are the only Federal officials not chosen
by direct
vote of the people. There have been more than 100 attempts
in Congress to alter or abolish
the electoral college.
FORD
&
GERALD
Script for beginning and end of Apollo 8 Film, filmed in recording studio
2/6/69
This is your Congressman Jerry Ford, with a film which I know you will
thoroughly enjoy.
"Each moment in history is a fleeting time, precious and unique. But
some stand out as moments of beginning, in which courses are set that shape decades
or centuries
" With those words President Nixon described the drama of
history in his inaugural address
The film you are about to see was one of
the moments of beginning of which he spoke
the beginning of man's first
voyage to the far reaches of the universe.
The events of Christmas 1968 have begun to fade. But we still recall
vividly that "man then saw the world as God sees it, as a single sphere
reflecting light in the darkness
"
You and I
all of us
are riders on that sphere and as passengers on
a single vehicle we must learn to chart a common course for man and if we
are successful, then the flight of Apollo 8 will be remembered for its
philosophical as well as its scientific breakthrough. Join me now for a rare
"moment in history" the De-briefing of Apollo 8."
FILM
Close: When man first shared a close-up view of the moon through the cameras
of Apollo 8, a poet was moved to write "To see the earth as it truly is, small
and blue and beautiful in that eternal silence where it floats, is to see ourselves
as riders on the Earth together, brothers in that bright loveliness in the eternal
cold
brothers who know now they are truly brothers
"
It has been a privilege to bring this historic moment to you.
RADIO SCRIPT -
February 11, 1969
5 minutin
THIS IS SOL MOSHER SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY FOR CONGRESSMAN DURWARD
HALL WHO IS BACK IN MISSOURI FOR THE TRADITIONAL LINCOLN DAY RECESS.
OUR GUEST ON THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON IS THE DISTINGUISHED REPUBLICAN
MINORITY LEADER IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE HONORABLE GERALD
FORD OF MICHIGAN.
CONGRESSMAN FORD, I KNOW CONGRESSMAN HALL APPRECIATES YOUR TAKING
THESE FEW MINUTES TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. FOR
OPENERS, I THINK THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN YOUR VIEWS ON THE UNIQUE
SITUATION THAT NOW PREVAILS WITH A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT AND A DEMOCRATIC-
CONTROLLED CONGRESS. HOW DO YOU ENVISION YOUR ROLE, OR AT LEAST THE
LEGISLATIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP, THE PRESIDENT
AND THE DEMOCRAT LEADERS IN THE HOUSE?
RESPONSE BY MR. FORD.
MOSHER: MANY TIMES PEOPLE READ OR HEAR ABOUT DECISIONS REACHED BY THE
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP. YET EXCEPT FOR THOSE CLOSELY ATTUNED TO CAPITOL
HILL, MANY PEOPLE AREN'T SURE WHO THE PEOPLE ARE WHO MAKE UP THAT
LEADERSHIP AND WHAT POSITIONS THEY HOLD. WHAT IS THIS LEADERSHIP
STRUCTURE AND WHAT PROCESS IS USED TO FORMULATE PARTY POLICY?
RESPONSE BY MR. FORD.
MOSHER: AS YOU KNOW, CONGRESSMAN HALL SERVED FOR SEVERAL YEARS ON THERD
GERALD R. LIBRARY
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JOINT HOUSE-SENATE COMMITTEE ON ORGANIZATION OF CONGRESS. THIS COMMITTEE
MADE A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONGRESSIONAL REFORM, BUT THUS FAR
THE PACE OF ACTION HAS BEEN SLOW. WHAT PROSPECTS DO YOU SEE FOR MODERNIZING
marrin
AND STREAMLINING THE MACHINERY OF CONGRESS IN THIS SESSION?
(STANDBYE QUESTION)
MOSHER: AS YOU KNOW, CONGRESSMAN HALL SERVES AS ONE OF THE OFFICIAL
OBJECTORS IN THE CONSIDERATION OF BILLS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. I THINK
HIS CONSTITUENTS MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHY WE HAVE SUCH A
PROCEDURE, AND WHAT IT MEANS TO THOSE WHO ACCEPT THIS RESPONSIBILITY:
FORD:
I'M AFRAID OUR TIME HAS RUN OUT, BUT ON BEHALF OF CONGRESSMAN HALL
AND THE CITIZENS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI, I WANT TO THANK HOUSE REPUBLICAN
MINORITY LEADER FOR TAKING THE TIME TO VISIT WITH US ON THIS WEEK IN
WASHINGTON.
#
SERALD FORD
Broadeast Misc
Special Orders of the "Government Story" March 17, 1969
Statement of the Honorable Gerald R. Ford on the "Government
Story" produced by Operation Government and Westinghouse
Broadcasting Company.
Mr. Speaker:
It has been a very long and arduous task to come to this
day when the completion of the "Government Story" can finally
be announced. I suppose I should be especially pleased, since
my wife, Betty, has spent so much time on this vital project
as co-chair man, along with Betty Vanik, the wife of my
distinguished Ohio collegue, Charles A. Vanik.
These ladies of the Operation Government Committee have
done miracles in their work in helping
Broadcasting Westinglouse Company accomplish,
among members of both parties, what so many of us seek in
endeavors,
regular legislative work.
The bi-partisanship and good will which the members of
this House and the other body have shown in cooperating in this
series promise to make it among the most candid and useful
the federal
educational programs on how legislative process
really works.
I wish to add my thanks and congratulations to Don McGannon,
Dick Pack and all of the Westinghouse staff for their far-
sightedness in supporting this vital project. Without their
cooperation and assistance this serious matter could not have
been produced. While they probably did not realize full what
GERALD LIBRARY
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March 17, 1969
they were getting into when this series started over three years
ago, I could have warned them how tenacious our wives would
be when they pursued goals which firmly they enght It is obvious
believed
on this day of the national premier, of these forty half-hours
of television programing that they have succeeded--and the
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company is still in business. The
nation is the better for the cooperation and work of these
two groups.
I commend to the attention of this body that a national
premiere of the series will be held in the Caucus Room of the
Cannon Office Building tomorrow evening, March 18, at 5:00 p. m.
when a copy of the series will be presented to us for the
Library of Congress. I do hope that you and your wives will
attend this important event.
*
FORD & LIBRAR GERALD
June 20, 1969
Dr. Robert Plekker
Post Office Box 6191
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49506
Dear Dr. Plekker:
Mr. Ford has just completed the tape which
you requested for promotion of "Tall Turf"
and was most happy to do so.
I am forwarding it to you without delay to
insure that it reaches you in plenty of time.
Sincerely,
(Miss) Charlene Krupp
Secretary
Enclosure
FORD LIBRARY & 9E8ALD
Broadeast, Misc
Information taken as per phoncon with Dr. Bob Plekker of Grand Rapids
at 5:20 p.m. June 19, 1969.
He is requesting that Mr. Ford record the following message endorsing a
program called "Tall Turf," which is being handled by the same bunch
of guys who are working on "Project Thank You." The purpose of "Tall
Turf" is to send young kids to camp.
This is Jerry Ford, House Minority Leader. As a native of Grand
Rapids and Representative of the Fifth District, I am proud of my kind of
people who care enough for young people to give them a chance. "Tall Turf"
is a creative step forward in dealing with the problems of inner city. I
personally know the men who are working to make "Tall Turf" the answer to
the needs of our cities. They need your support. Join those who care
enough to take a creative step forward to make "Tall Turf" a reality.
Call in your pledge right now. It's tax deductible.
Dr. Plekker would like to have the tape mailed so that it will reach him
no later than Wednesday. It is to be mailed to: Box 6191, Grand Rapids,
Michigan 49506. His number is 456-9724 (616)
Charlene
GERALD FORD VIGRARY
Script to be used for opening and closing remarks to film, "So Little Time"
July 10, 11969.
OPENING:
Helle, I'm your Congressman, Jerry Ford. Most of you, at sometime,
have been reading the newspaper, eating breakfast, or perhaps simply relaxing
when, in the distance, you heard a elamor like a crowd shogting ... so faint
at first you thought it a dream. But the sound was insistent. You leoked
outside and there above you, in a wavy """ pattern, was a flock of geese
honking at each other.
It is a wild, free sight and sound when birds migrate to and from their
breeding grounds. But it is rapidly being drowned out and repressed by other
sounds and sights -- those of progress.
In the name of progress, America is lesing one of nature's treasures --
its wildlife. Forests are destroyed by bulldeser, chain-saw and careless matches.
Marshlands, meadows and fields are converted into super-highways. And in
attacking the enemies of crops, flowers and trees, we sometimes upset the balance
of nature with insecticides that poison more than bugs and insects.
Conservation is one of the biggest jobs facing people today. We must all
recognize that wildlife is essential to mankind.
BERALO # FORD LIBRARY
The film I wish to share with you now, called "So Little Time," is
about ducks and geese and swans ... and bullfrogs, muskrate and bitterns.
Produced for the Interior Department's Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife,
it is meant to remind you how indispensable our waterfowl are to the spirit of man.
It is also meant to remind you that the very existence of these birds is threatened.
Join me now in viewing "So Little Time."
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CLOSING:
If we are to preserve the remaining wildlife, we must awaken to the
havoc we are causing with our scientific tools and discoverise. Roger Tory
Peterson said it well in this picture: "The future is not much of a future without
waterfowl in it."
He is speaking as a painter and a naturalist. But I believe he also
speaks for the city and suburbia dweller, who once or twice is stirred from
his daily routêne by the faint, fareff sounds of wild, free birds.
Those who enjoy wild things must speak out for things natural, wild and
free. There is still time enough if each of us does his part in the
conservation of wildlife. It is up to all of us -- individuals, families, and
our State and Federal agenices.
Only in this way will ve continue to have the opportunity to see
...
and to hear
...
the beauty of wildlife.
# # #
GERALD 838 ALD FORD NEBRARK
Script to be used for opening and closing remarks to film, "So Little Time"
July 10, 11969.
OPENING:
Hello, I'm your Congressman, Jerry Ford. Most of you, at sometime,
have been reading the newspaper, eating breakfast, or perhaps simply relaxing
when, in the distance, you heard a clamor like a crowd shogting ... so faint
at first you thought it a dream. But the sound was insistent. You looked
outside and there above you, in a wavy "y" pattern, was a flock of geese
honking at each other.
It is a wild, free sight and sound when birds migrate to and from their
breeding grounds. But it is repidly being drowned out and repressed by other
sounds and sights -- those of progress.
In the name of progress, America is losing one of nature's treasures --
its wildlife. Forests are destroyed by bulldoser, chain-saw and careless matches.
Marshlands, meadows and fields are converted into super-highways. And in
attacking the enemies of crops, flowers and trees, we sometimes upset the balance
of nature with insecticides that poison more than bugs and insects.
Conservation is one of the biggest jobs facing people today. We must all
recognize that wildlife is essential to mankind.
The film I wish to share with you now, called "So Little Time,"
FORD is LIBRARY
about ducks and geese and swans ... and bullfrogs, muskrets and bitterns.
Produced for the Interior Department's Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife,
it is meant to remind you how indispensable our waterfowl are to the spirit of man.
It is also meant to remind you that the very existence of these birds is threatened.
Join me now in viewing "So Little Time."
-2-
CLOSING:
If we are to preserve the remaining wildlife, ve must awaken to the
havoc we are causing with our scientific tools and discoverite. Roger Tory
Peterson said it well in this picture: "The future is not much of a future without
waterfowl in it."
He is speaking as a painter and a naturalist. But I believe he also
speaks for the city and suburbia dweller, who once or twice is stirred from
his daily routâne by the faint, faroff sounds of wild, free birds.
Those who enjoy wild things must speak out for things natural, wild and
free. There is still time enough if each of us does his part in the
conservation of wildlife. It is up to all of us -- individuals, families, and
our State and Federal agenices.
Only in this way will we continue to have the opportunity to see ...
and to hear ... the beauty of wildlife.
# # #
GERALD FORD
NATIÓNAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION
2000 Florida Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20009
October 28, 1969
Honorable Gerald Ford
House of Representatives
U. S. Capitol, Rm. 230
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Ford:
Enclosed is a transcript and a tape
of your remarks recently broadcast on
"Capitol Hill Today," a weeknight Congres-
sional news feature from 6:45 to 6:55 P.M.
on radio station WRC.
The National Rural Electric Cooper-
ative Association sponsors this show in the
belief that the activities of Congress and
the views of members such as yourself are
of great importance to the nation and of
particular concern to the people of this
area.
We are happy to make this material
available to you.
Sincerely,
Kermit Overby, Director
Legislation and Research
Department
FORD
2
ALD
WRC-AM/FM
NBC RADIO, A DIVISION OF NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC
4001 NEBRASKA AVENUE, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20016, 362-4000
ARCH McDONALD
Manager, Sales
CONGRESSMAN GERALD FORD
22 October 1969
Well, I think that the withdrawals will be accelerated
in the months ahead regardless of whether there is
a solution to the war in Vietnam and in the Paris
peace talks. The Vietnamization on the combat
responsibilities in Vietnam is going ahead very very
well and this of course means that we can phase out
US military personnel and phase in to the combat
responsibility, if combat continues, with South
Vietnamese forces.
FORD i LIBRARY SERALD
HERMAN T. SCHNEEBELI
COMMITTEE ON
17TH DISTRICT, PENNSYLVANIA
WAYS AND MEANS
ROOM 1336 LONGWORTH H.O.B.
408 FIDELITY NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515
Congress of the United States
WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA 17701
1146 FEDERAL BUILDING
HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17108
house of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
sent 3/19/70
by hand
March 16, 1970
Mr. Frank Meyer
c/o Honorable Gerald Ford
H-230 - The Capitol
Frank -
This is a draft of the radio tape (15-20 sec.)
Mr. Ford indicated he would do for us. Change it anyway you
like. I'd appreciate it if it could be done this week.
Enclosed is the blank tape you asked for.
Please return it to me - Jim Terry, 1336 Longworth.
Thanks very much for all your help.
Sincerely,
Jim James A. Terry
/ This is Gerry Ford, Republican Minority Leader in the
United States House of Representatives. I've known your
Congressman, Herm Schneebeli, for many years and he has always
provided energetic leadership for the Republican Party.
I, for one, would like to thank the voters of the 17th
District for continuing to send such an able man to
Washington.
NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION
2000 Florida Avenue, N. W., Washington, D.C. 20009
March 23, 1970
Congressman Gerald R. Ford
House of Representatives
U.S. Capitol, H-230
Washington, D.C.
Dear Congressman Ford:
Enclosed is a transcript and a tape
of your remarks recently broadcast on
"Capitol Hill Today," a weeknight Congres-
sional news feature from 6:45 to 6:55 P.M.
on radio station WRC.
The National Rural Electric Cooper-
ative Association sponsors this show in the
belief that the activities of Congress and
the views of members such as yourself are
of great importance to the nation and of
particular concern to the people of this
area.
We are happy to make this material
available to you.
Sincerely,
Kermit Overby, Director
Legislation and Research
Department
WRC-AM/FM
NBC RADIO, A DIVISION OF NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC
4001 NEBRASKA AVENUE, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20016, 362-4000
ARCH McDONALD
Manager, Sales
March 17, 1970
CONGRESSMAN GERALD FORD
The danger of any recession as far as the future
is concerned is nil. This administration has affirmatively
met the problems of any recession and that from now on
we are going to be building forward on a stable economy
rather than on one such as we have had in the past in the
1950's and the early part of the 1960's.
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MIL MILTKU TKH
BROADCASTS- MISC
(BUEHLER, POBERT D.)
RE: ELEX. TAPES
April 24, 1970
Mr. Robert D. Buehler
Vice President, Public Affairs
National Assn. of Manufacturers
918 Sixteenth Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C. 20006
Dear Bob:
Thank you for your letter of April 21st regarding NAM's
"register and vote" promotion programs.
This is an excellent idea and I will be pleased to tape
the messages to be presented on the radio. As you suggested
to my office, I will try to work them in when I am taping my
program for my Congressional District Wednesday or Thursday
of next week. When they are completed my office will let you
know.
Warmest personal regards.
Sincerely,
Gerald R. Ford, M.C.
GRF:1
SENT TAPE 5/1/70
FORD LIBRARY & GERALD
Robert D. Buehler
Vice President
Public Affairs
NAM
National Association of
Manufacturers
918 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006
202, 737-3630
NAM
National Association of
Manufacturers
Robert D. Buehler, Vice President
Public Affairs
April 21, 1970
ok
Honorable Gerald R. Ford
House Minority Leader
H-230
Washington, D. C.
Dear Jerry:
Each election year, the NAM encourages its members to sponsor
bipartisan, "register and vote" promotion programs directed to their
employees and family. In 1968, the program was entitled, "Prevent Political
Drop-Outs." The attached kit was made available to NAM member companies and
many other civic groups. The program, as you will note, was endorsed by the
national chairmen of both political parties.
As a part of the promotion, your special attention is directed to
the specialized tape-recorded message which was done by the late Senator
Everitt Dirksen. These tape recorded messages were utilized, in the main,
by NAM member companies as a means of stimulating interest in the election
and also by numerous radio stations.
The purpose of this letter is to respectfully request your assistance
in recording the special messages for the promotional kit to be distributed by
NAM this election year. We will utilize essentially the same promotion theme
and materials.
Attached is a draft of suggested messages for the tape-recording.
Obviously, we will be most pleased to have any message which you deem appro-
priate for encouraging the people to register and vote. However, we would
hope that you would make special note of absentee voting and some utilization
of the theme "Don't be a Political Drop-Out."
We will provide a tape-recording machine at any time and place that
would be convenient for you. I sincerely hope that you will be able to assist
us in this important public service venture.
Sincerely yours,
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918 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006
202, 737-3630
recorded 4/30/70
The term "drop-out" has been used in a variety of ways,
and "political drop-out" is just another way of using it.
It's a new nickname for an old political ailment. There's a
cure for this ailment and it was prescribed back in 1776 ---
it's exercising your right to vote. Make sure now that you
are registered to vote in the coming election. If you think
you might be away from home on election day, find out how
you can obtain an absentee ballot. As a public servant, I
might add that the collective American vote is the power
that generates the charge which keeps our government at full
steam. Your vote is also the power that keeps our govern-
ment on the right track. So don't be a political drop-out:
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
Political drop-outs are usually those who yell the
loudest and criticize the most when elected officials attempt
to do their job. Because of business or travelling for some
other reason, you may have to be away from home on election
day. This is no excuse for not voting. You can make an
application for an absentee ballot and still have your vote
counted. Elections have been won and lost because of absentee
ballots because an absentee vote is just as important as if
you were there pulling the lever in person. So be seen and
counted. Don't be a political drop-out. If necessary, vote
an absentee ballot. The important thing
...
is
...
vote
on election day!
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
Will you be a political drop-out on election day?
This depends on you. It could be that your vote for your
state legislators will determine who your United States
Congressman will be for the next ten or more years. Due to
the 1970 Census, many states will be reapportioning their
U. S. Congressional districts. This will be done by your
state legislature. In recent history, about 76 percent of
our U. S. Congressmen have retained their seats in office
each election year. Many political experts think this
retention rate will be even higher in the future. If ever
your vote is important
...
1970 is the year. Make sure
you are registered and eligible to vote and then vote on
election day. Don't be a political drop-out!
FORD is LIBRARY 0ERALD
We Americans live at a pretty fast pace and we're on
the move a lot. I've heard that a fifth of the nation is
on wheels, moving every year
...
Unfortunately, some Ameri-
cans, again this year, will fall into the unnecessary role
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Political drop-outs are usually those who yell the
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to do their job. Because of business or travelling for some
other reason, you may have to be away from home on election
day. This is no excuse for not voting. You can make an
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Will you be a political drop-out on election day?
This depends on you. It could be that your vote for your
state legislators will determine who your United States
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the 1970 Census, many states will be reapportioning their
U. S. Congressional districts. This will be done by your
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on wheels, moving every year ... Unfortunately, some Ameri-
cans, again this year, will fall into the unnecessary role
of being political drop-outs. Are you registered to vote
in the coming elections? Why not take the time right now
to check with your registrar ... and, permit me also to
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political drop-out!
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The term "drop-out" has been used in a variety of ways,
and "political drop-out" is just another way of using it.
It's a new nickname for an old political ailment. There's a
cure for this ailment and it was prescribed back in 1776 ---
it's exercising your right to vote. Make sure now that you
are registered to vote in the coming election. If you think
you might be away from home on election day, find out how
you can obtain an absentee ballot. As a public servant, I
might add that the collective American vote is the power
that generates the charge which keeps our government at full
steam. Your vote is also the power that keeps our govern-
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This is Everett Dirksen
Americans have always
This is Everett Dirksen
Will you be a political
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VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT
The main reason more people don't vote by absentee ballot is that it takes
more time and energy than to vote in the regular manner. There are far too many
American citizens who refuse to exercise the privilege of voting at all, let alone
when some extra effort is required. For this reason, it is essential that every-
thing be done to make absentee voting as easy as possible, within the law of the
state in which the individual resides.
HOW AMERICA VOTES, PART I AND PART II give the essential information of the
absentee voting requirements within every state of the union. Beyond this, there
are two essential points to bear in mind in maximizing the absentee vote every-
where:
1. START EARLY!
This point cannot be overemphasized. Although many states are moving to
simplify absentee voting procedures, much remains to be done. Typically, someone
wishing to vote absentee may have to pursue the following steps:
a. Write or apply in person to the proper state or local official at the
proper address for an Absentee Ballot Application form.
b. Upon receipt of the form, complete and mail it to the indicated proper
public official.
C. Upon receipt of the absentee ballot, vote.
d. Enclose the marked ballot in a sealed envelope and have it notarized.
e. Return the sealedenvelope to the proper public official.
All of these steps require time, even under the best of circumstances, but
extra time must be allowed if the individual wants to be sure of the opportunity to
vote. The mails are not always as fast as one might wish and after all, it is not
unheard of for a political appointee of one party to delay in processing work that
he thinks is likely to produce votes for a candidate opposing the official who
appointed him to his job.
Not all of the above-listed steps are required in every state, but the impor-
tant thing to remember in any case is to allow plenty of time.
2. WHEN IN DOUBT, REQUEST AN ABSENTEE BALLOT
If you are a businessman who is out of town a fair percentage of the time, play
it safe and apply for an absentee ballot whether or not you expect to be required to
use it. If you do happen to be at home on election day, so much the better. You
will probably have the option of voting absentee or of returning your absentee ballot
unmarked and voting at your regular polling place.
If you play the odds the other way, and let the final deadline for an absentee
ballot slip by without taking any action and are then called out of town, you will
have forfeited the opportunity of voting altogether.
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3. MAKE IT EASY
ARKANSAS - Registration is permanent if elector voted at least once during the four years
If you are in a position to do so within your own company, make it as easy as
previous to January first.
possible for the average employee to vote absentee. There are several ways to do
this:
The members of the family of an absentee voter may return the completed official
application form to the County Clerk but write very early for this form.
a. If possible, have one or more locations within your plant, where all the
necessary information on absentee voting for your own area is available. Per-
haps local authorities will even provide you with a supply of absentee voting
CALIFORNIA - Registration is permanent if the elector votes at each General Election.
applications you can make available to employees at an advertised location.
Otherwise, perhaps you can prepare pre-addressed postcards with the proper
official's name and address to be included in employees' pay envelopes.
COLORADO - Registration is permanent if elector votes at each General Election.
b. Make a given company official responsible for the overall direction of an
absentee voters' program, and have him appoint absentee voting managers at
CONNECTICUT - Registration is permanent.
every plant location or within every division.
C. Send an absentee voters' memo to key people having logical access to large
DELAWARE - Registration is permanent unless elector changes name or residence.
numbers of potential absentee voters within your company, i.e. personnel
managers (those dealing with overseas employees, retirees, the sick, etc.),
To secure an absentee ballot an affidavit must be filed with the Department of
travel department managers, editors of company publications, and don't forget
Elections stating that because of illness, a physical handicap or because of
the "old man" himself.
business the elector will require an absentee ballot. This affidavit must be
executed and dated between the 30th and 10th day prior to an election.
d. Post reminders of absentee voting application deadlines on company bulletin
boards and notices in company publications well in advance.
FLORIDA - Registration is permanent if elector votes at least once each two years, and
does not move out of the county.
GEORGIA - Registration is permanent if one votes at least once each three years or has
SPECIAL VOTING DATA
requested the continuation of such registration, or has not been disenfranchised
under the laws of the state.
Members of an absentee elector's family may apply for the ballot.
ALABAMA - The office of the Board of Registrars must be open for registration on the 1st
and 3rd Mondays of every month except during the 10 days before an election.
The ballot material must be opened in the presence of the postmaster or his
assistant or an American consul or his assistant. The voted ballot must be
Closed for Primary - April 27
mailed by the official.
Closed for General Election - October 26
These counties have additional registration periods:
HAWAII - On June 1, 1968 a Constitutional Election of 82 delegates will be held.
Calhoun
Jefferson
Montgomery
Registration is permanent unless elector fails to vote in Primary or General
Etowah
Mobile
Tuscaloosa
Election.
Registration is permanent.
A registered voter who expects to be absent from place of residence on election
day may vote in person within the 10 days prior to election.
ARIZONA - The official application for absentee ballot must be received by the County
Recorder within the thirty days prior to the Saturday before an election.
IDAHO - Registration is permanent unless elector failed to vote in preceding General
Election.
For Primary - Between August 9 and September 6
For General Election Between October 4 and November I
Voted ballot must be returned by registered or certified mail.
The letter requesting such form may be written before August 9 and October 4.
ILLINOIS - Registration is permanent unless elector failed to vote at least once during
Registration is permanent if elector voted at preceding Primary or General
last four years or a re-registration is set up by local officials.
Election.
Write letter early requesting official application form.
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MISSOURI - Registration permanent unless elector changes name or residence.
INDIANA - Registration permanent unless elector fails to vote once every four years.
Last day to register for Primary:
for General Election:
Kansas City
July 10
October 9
IOWA - The registration forms are sent with the absentee ballots.
Jackson County
July 10
October 9
St. Louis City
July 13
October 12
St. Louis County
July 13
October 12
KANSAS - Registration permanent if elector votes at each General Election and does not
change his name or address.
(St. Louis City is independent - not in any county)
KENTUCKY - Registration permanent unless elector does not vote in a Primary or General
MONTANA - Registration permanent if elector votes at each General Election.
Election for two consecutive years.
A completed official application for absentee ballot form must be received by
the County or City Clerk within the forty days prior to an election before the
LOUISIANA - Registration permanent in Parish of Orleans if elector votes at least once
ballot is sent.
every two years; in other Parishes having permanent registration every four
years unless elector changes his name or address. In Parishes that do not have
permanent registration, a new registration is required every four years.
NEBRASKA - Registration is permanent.
Those electors who expect to be absent from place of residence on election day
may vote in person not more than 19 or less than 6 days prior to day of election
NEVADA - Registration is permanent if elector votes in person at each General Election.
at Clerk of Court's office (in Parish of Orleans, at Civil Sheriff's office).
Requests for absentee ballot by qualified electors may be made bymail,
telegraph, telephone or in person to the County Clerk.
MAINE - Registration permanent unless elector changes name or residence.
NEW HAMPSHIRE - Check lists are permanently maintained by the Supervisors of the Check
MARYLAND - Registration is permanent unless elector has not voted in a Primary, General
List of each town or city.
Election or Special Election during previous five consecutive years.
The town or city clerk will send an official application for absentee ballot
form whenever requested.
MASSACHUSETTS - Registration is permanent.
NEW JERSEY - Registration is permanent if elector votes at least once during each four
MICHIGAN - Registration is permanent unless elector moves out of city or township, fails
consecutive years.
to vote regularly, or fails to request a continuance of his registration every
two years.
A letter of application for ballot is sufficient if it contains the signature,
New Jersey registration address, reason why the elector cannot vote in person
and the address to which ballot should be sent.
MINNESOTA - Registration is permanent unless elector failed to vote at least once in four
consecutive years.
NEW MEXICO - Registration is permanent unless elector failed to vote in the last two
Registration is required by state law in all communities over 10,000 population.
General Elections.
It is also required in these communities under 10,000:
Registration affidavits must be completed in triplicate and returned by
Birchwood
Eveleth
Mahtomedi
Northfield
St. Anthony
registered or certified mail.
Chisholm
Finlayson
Maple Grove
North Oaks
St. Mary's Point
Dayton
Gem Lake
Medina
North St.Paul
St. Paul Park
Deephaven
Grand Rapids
Medicine Lake
Plymouth
Shoreview
NEW YORK - Registration is now permanent throughout state if elector votes at least once
Shorewood
Vadnais Heights
each two years and does not change address. Registration may be made by mail
for all qualified persons (and their spouses, parents and children if in
residence with them) whose duties, occupations or business require them to be
MISSISSIPPI - Registration permanent unless re-registration is ordered by County Board of
absent during regular registration periods.
Supervisors. Elector must be registered at least four months before the General
Election to vote in that Election.
NORTH CAROLINA - Registration is permanent unless county calls for a re-registration.
Absentee voters must complete an official application for absentee ballot form.
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NORTH DAKOTA - No state-wide registration.
Official application for absentee ballot form must be completed and returned.
SOUTH DAKOTA - Registration is permanent unless elector fails to vote at least once during
a four year period or changes name, residence or political affiliation.
Voting may be done in office of County Auditor as soon as ballots have been
printed by those who expect to be absent on election day.
A letter containing signature and other pertinent information is sufficient to
secure an absentee ballot if applicant is a qualified elector.
OHIO -
Registration is permanent if elector votes at least once each two years.
TENNESSEE - Registration is permanent if elector votes at least once each four years, does
Request an official application for absentee ballot form.
not change name or fail to transfer registration to new address.
Vote in person at County Election Commission office between the 20th and 5th days
OKLAHOMA - Registration is permanent if elector votes at least once each four years (in
before an election if absent on election day.
Muskogee County once each two years).
If absent during that period write County Election Commission for ballot between
Letters giving full information sufficient (signature, Oklahoma address, reason
the 40th and 5th days before an election.
for absence, present address).
OREGON - Registration permanent unless the "Primary Voters Pamphlet" was returned by
Post Office.
TEXAS - Register annually between October I and January 31. This registration is effective
from March I for a twelve-month period.
Persons absent from home county but within the state may register before any
A husband, wife, father, mother, son or daughter may register for the elector.
County Clerk and request that form be sent to his County Clerk. Persons out-
side of state may make sworn statement before a Registrar or Notary Public
Those becoming 21 after January 31 and those who move into Texas and become
giving necessary information and return statement to home County Clerk prior
to thirty days before an election.
residents after January 31 may register up to thirty days before an election.
Write early to the County Clerk requesting the official application for an absentee
Those new residents completing the state residence equirements or those turn-
ballot. The Registration Certificate must be sent back with the completed applica-
ing 21 after registration closes may register within the thirty days before
tion form.
registration closes.
A cation. letter of application with signature and full information is sufficient appli-
UTAH -
Registration is permanent unless elector failed to vote at least once in the last
two General Elections or Municipal Elections.
PENNSYLVANIA - Registration is permanent if elector votes at least once each two years.
An official application for absentee ballot form must be completed before ballot
will be sent.
Official application for absentee ballot forms will be sent upon request and
must be completed and returned before ballot is mailed.
VERMONT - The Check List is a permanent record revised before each election. The Freeman's
Oath must be taken before name is placed on this local Check List.
RHODE ISLAND - Registration is permanent unless elector failed to vote at least once during
five consecutive years.
The letter requesting the absentee ballot should be in elector's own handwriting.
It should include data proving elector's right to receive absentee ballot.
Request the official application form early or have an individual mail it to
elector. The completed form must be received by the Board of Canvassers by
VIRGINIA - Registration is permanent.
5 p.m. of the 21st day before an election -- by 5 p.m. of October 15, 1968.
Write for the official application for absentee ballot form. When returning the
SOUTH CAROLINA - There is a complete re-registration every ten years; the last re-registra-
completed form, enclose 90c in coins or stamps to cover cost of sending ballot
materials to you (or additional 45¢ in coins or stamps to have such materials sent
tion began January I, 1958. January 1, 1968 begins a re-registration.
by certified mail.)
Register in person during regular Court House hours up to thirty days before an
The voted ballot must be returned by certified or registered mail.
election. Those holding Registration Certificates may re-register by mail through
September 30, 1968.
There is no absentee voting for civilians except for students and Federal civilian
employees working abroad.
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WASHINGTON - Permanent unless elector failed to vote at least once during the four years
prior to April I of an odd-numbered year, or moved or changed name.
A letter containing necessary information is sufficient, if approved, to receive
the absentee ballot. Ballots will be sent by regular mail unless air mail postage
is included.
WEST VIRGINIA - Registration is permanent if the elector votes at least once during a period
covering two Primary and General Elections.
Official application for absentee ballot forms must be completed before ballot is
mailed to elector.
WISCONSIN - Registration is permanent if elector votes at least once each two years.
An official application for absentee ballot will not be not be mailed unless letter
gives sufficient information to prove elector is a qualified elector.
WYOMING - Registration is permanent if elector votes at least once each two years.
The letter must contain sufficient information to prove elector is a qualified
elector. Another voter in Wyoming may give information to the Clerk and request
that a ballot be mailed to elector.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - For the first time there will be an election of eleven members of
the School Board on November 5.
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French Smith, Partner in the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crut-
startling results.
cher, Los Angeles. Purchase: $40.00. Rental: $5.00.
Outline of Company Public Affairs Programs - Examples in
The Velvet Curtain - A 16mm sound black and white motion
brief outline form of specific corporate programs showing table
of organization and specialized in-plant program activities.
picture film on the power of the vote that is not cast. Purchase:
$50.00. Rental: $1.50.
When you Write Your Congressman - An article written by a
Member of Congress on the important "How To" process for
Prices listed are for one copy. If no price is shown, single copy is
writing a meaningful and effective letter to Federal legislators.
free. Quantity price quotations available on request.
Prevent Political Drop-outs
A BI-PARTISAN REGISTER AND VOTE PROMOTION
Permissible Public Affairs Activity
This program is a permissible corporate public affairs activity. The
promotion meets all Federal and State legal requirements. It is endorsed
by the National Chairmen of the Democratic and Republican parties. (See
attached letters). The cost incurred for implementing the program is a
tax-deductible business expense pursuant to Internal Revenue Service ruling:
"Where such a taxpayer makes expenditures and incurs
costs to encourage its employees to register and vote
in Federal, state and local elections by granting
them time off with pay for such purposes, and to con-
tribute to the campaign funds of the party or candi-
date or their choice by maintaining a completely vol-
untary payroll deduction plan for those wishing to
make such contributions, the costs of handling these
items are deductible by the taxpayer under section
l62(a) of the Code, provided such encouragement of
employee political activity is politically impartial
in character and such expenditures are reasonably
related to the maintenance or improvement of employee
morale and otherwise meet the requirements of section
l62(a) of the Code.' IRS Ruling 62-156, September
24, 1962.
Purpose
This promotion designed is primarily for management personnel and
their families. It can be utilized for all employees. You will note em-
phasis is placed on absentee voting if such is necessary due to business
travel or other reasons. Possibly a small percentage of personnel in your
company will be traveling on election day, THIS DOES NOT DIMINISH THE NEED
FOR THE PROMOTION. Even though the employee is not traveling, the promo-
tion will remind all regarding the importance of voting.
Conducting a promotion of this nature can create interest and aware-
ness - two vital ingredients for motivating individuals. To insure success,
the promotion should be carried out in sufficient detail to establish the
theme. The promotional materials designed to carry out the theme offer a
unique approach for stimulating management and their families regarding the
importance of citizenship responsibility.
Even though there will be much publicity regarding the 1968 elections,
this does not diminish the need and importance for this type of public
affairs activity.
It is a proven fact management is interested in what "the company thinks."
No indication by "the company" regarding the importance of voting creates a
Executive Responsibility
negative atmosphere. More time is spend by management "at the office" than
time consumed for other activities, hence, the impact of a voter promotion "at
the office" will far exceed that of a political party or other outside sources.
By means of this program the company can demonstrate its corporate civic
The keystone for a productive promotion is the support and participation
responsibility during a most crucial election year.
of top management. For efficient program execution, one person should be
designated with the over-all task of administering the program. Ideally,
The "PREVENT POLITICAL DROP-OUT" theme is purposely designed for use by
this person should be the public affairs officer for the company.
business firms of all types and sizes. It is flexible enough to be used in
branch plants distribution centers, etc. Also, it can be directed to cus-
The size of the company will determine the need for appointing a special
tomers, independent contract salesmen, and stockholders.
person in each department, office section or division to implement the pro-
gram with fellow employees.
Objective
Planning
To be meaningful, the promotion must convey to the individual:
After the selection and appointment of the individuals who will adminis-
1. The importance of one vote - hence his vote can and does
ter the program, each department, office unit, etc., should conduct an in-
count. (See BACKGROUND INFORMATION PAMPHLET)
formal analysis to determine if the employees are in need of assistance regard-
ing registration and voting information. (The analysis to begin during Phase
2. To have an impact in the election, the individual must be
I (c) - see PROMOTION below)
eligible to vote - hence be registered. (See HOW AMERICA
VOTES)
A schedule of action or timetable should be developed to make certain no
deadline dates are overlooked. HOW AMERICA VOTES and the VOTERS ALERT GUIDE
3. Absentee votes can determine the outcome of an election.
will provide information regarding registration and voting deadlines. A
(See BACKGROUND INFORMATION PAMPHLET)
period of approximately one month should be allowed for planning before actu-
ally embarking on the promotion phase (see below).
4. The only way to achieve a voice, and - "be seen and be
heard" - is to vote.
Local election officials should be contacted and informed of the company
program.
5. The job of registration, obtaining an absentee ballot and
voting can only be accomplished by personal initiative.
It is recommended a letter be sent the County Chairman for both political
parties informing them of the program.
YOUR SUCCESS IN ACCOMPLISHING THESE OBJECTIVES
DEPENDS UPON REPETITION AND CONTINUOUS PROMOTIONAL
Any specialized research necessary should be undertaken during the planning
ACTIVITY
Contacting management on a "one
period.
time" basis is a waste of your time and company
money.
For maximum publicity effectiveness, the program should be coordinated with
the editor of the company employee publication, the training and personnel
The "PREVENT POLITICAL DROP-OUT" theme and promotional materials are tools
departments.
to assist you in achieving success for your voter promotion program.
In the initial stages of planning, all appropriate departments and individ-
uals should be contacted and fully briefed regarding the promotion. The groups
to contact can be determined by the promotion outline (see below). For example,
the transportation or travel office should be asked to "sit-in" on initial
planning meetings. (The airline ticket jacket insert promotional activity -
see Phase II f)
During the planning, keep in mind REPETITION AND CONTINUITY OF PROMOTION
IS A MUST.
Promotion
e. Develop special story for company publication regarding
the importance of one vote and need to register to "be seen
and be counted. (See BACKGROUND INFORMATION PAMPHLET)
f. Using the bulletin board material and the inter-office
communication tape recording, continually promote the theme
For the PRIMARY and the GENERAL elections there are two distinct plans
"Will you be a political drop-out."
of action:
g. In addition to the promotion, the person in charge of
PHASE 1 - REGISTER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE
the program for each department or office section must per-
sonally encourage and "talk-up" the current effort, i.e. -
PHASE II - VOTE, AND IF NECESSARY, VOTE ABSENTEE.
the need to register.
Phase I
For a PRIMARY election Phase I should begin approximately
3 to 4 weeks before the registration deadline.
Phase II
For a PRIMARY election, Phase II should begin at least 4
weeks before the absentee ballot deadline.
For the GENERAL election Phase I should begin in the 2nd
or 3rd week in August (this varies according to absentee
For the GENERAL election, Phase II should begin in the 3rd
ballot deadlines for the States).
or 4th week in September, depending on the absentee vote
application deadline.
For deadline date information check HOW AMERICA VOTES and
the VOTER ALERT GUIDE.
Beginning on Monday, October 28, the program should be
intensified using all the appropriate promotional materials
to highlight the need for everyone to vote.
PLAN OF IMPLEMENTATION
a. A letter sent to all members of management signed by the
PLAN OF IMPLEMENTATION
chief executive officer citing the importance of making cer-
tain you and your family are registered to vote.
a. A letter sent to all members of management signed by the
chief executive officer citing the importance of voting and,
b. Enclose the flyer printed with suitable copy (see PROMOTION
if necessary, voting by absentee ballot. If possible, this
section)
letter should be sent to the home of the employee.
C. Begin the informal analysis as suggested in the PLANNING
b. Enclose the flyer printed with suitable copy. (See
section.
PROMOTION section)
d. After allowing sufficient time for chief executive officer
C. Send memo using special letterhead "Will you be a political
letter to be received by employee, by means of the inter-office
drop-out" stationary to provide:
communications system, send a memo, signed by person in charge
of the company voter promotion, to each member of management.
1. If necessary to vote absentee, deadline for
It is suggested the "Will you be a political drop-out" special
obtaining ballot and returning ballot.
letterhead stationary be used. The memo should provide:
2. Where to get ballot and how to obtain such.
1. The deadline for registration.
3. Name of person in his department, unit, etc.,
2. Where and how to register.
in charge of promotion.
3. Name of person in his department, unit, etc.,
4. Telephone extension to call for additional
who is in charge of this promotion.
information.
4. Telephone extension to call for additional
information.
d. Develop special story for company publication regarding
VOTER ALERT GUIDE - A calendar showing the deadline for registration and
importance of one vote and the significance of absentee
for making application to vote absentee by date and month, also a listing of
ballots. (See BACKGROUND INFORMATION PAMPHLET)
primary elections by date and month. Basically the GUIDE is designed to be
placed on the wall of an office to assist the persons in charge of the over-
e. Using the bulletin board materials and the inter-office
all voting promotion in making certain no deadline dates are missed. This
communication tape recording, continually promote the theme
is particularly important for individuals in a company with a multi-state
"Will you be a political drop-out."
operation or a company having employees residing in several states. Merely
circle the states and dates affecting the employees of the company, and plan
f. Inform and equip the travel or transportation office
accordingly.
regarding the special insert for airline ticket jackets (see
PROMOTION section). The special insert is designed to fit
BACKGROUND INFORMATION PAMPHLET on the importance of one vote, the signi-
all airline ticket jackets. It is recommended for at least
ficance of absentee votes and two special articles for use as promotion
one month to six weeks BEFORE the absentee ballot deadline
pieces.
the staff of the travel office place an insert in every
airline ticket issued. Even though the individual knows he
PROMOTION SECTION: (All items available in supply - see price list and
will not be traveling on election day, this serves as a
order form)
constant reminder to vote. Further, it will tend to create
interest and "talk" among all employees. This is important,
Reprint from the front page of November 17, 1960, The Los
to motivate you must have people "talking".
Angeles Times
g. In the PROMOTION section is a check-book size blotter,
"Going to be Away Election Day - Don't Forget, Vote
(could be used as place mat for coffee on desk). As a means
Absentee" - specifically designed to fit in an airline
of generating added interest and "talk" the blotter should
ticket jacket, however can be used for customer letters,
be distributed in the offices a week or ten days before the
stockholder reports, etc.
election.
Bank check-book size blotter - "I'm Not a Political Drop-
h. In addition to the promotion, the person in charge of
Out, I Voted!" - to be used as a final reminder regarding
the program for each department or office section must per-
voting. Suitable for use just before the deadline to vote
sonally encourage and "talk-up" the need to vote absentee,
absentee. Can be given wide distribution as a public
etc.
service.
i. The desk calendar sheet, "today you can become a politi-
Flyer - designed to fit a # 10 business envelope, together
cal drop-out, is another item designed to create interest,
with suggested copy for use in the flyer.
awareness and generate "talk". They should be distributed
in the offices a week or 10 days before the election.
Letter-head stationary - "Will You Be a Political Drop-
Secretaries can place them on the desk and bulletin boards.
Out?" - To be used for memos, bulletin board announce-
ments, letters and special promotions.
Kit Contents
Desk calendar sheet - "Today You Can Become a Political
Drop-Out" - For use with all office employees, suitable
for bulletin boards to generate awareness regarding voting.
Special message can be printed on back advising whom to
ENDORSEMENTS from Chairman John Bailey, Democratic National Committee and
contact for voter information, etc.
Chairman Ray C. Bliss, Republican National Committee. (Quotation permitted,
pictures of the Chairmen available on request.)
HOW AMERICA VOTES Part I and Part II - detailed voting information alpha-
betically by State.
*
Samples of promotional posters. (In addition to size en-
closed, posters are available in a larger size - 11 X 17)
*
The Kit Cover is available for bulletin board and promo-
tional use in color or black and white as shown with the
imprint, "Prevent Political Drop-Outs" or plain with no
imprint.
Description of a special TAPE RECORDING by Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen of
Illinois, for use on company inter-com system or company inter-office telephone
extension.
EXAMPLES OF VOTER PROMOTION conducted by companies during the 1966 elections.
PRICE LIST, ORDER FORM and post card for the voter promotion materials. List-
ing of other NAM Public Affairs Department materials and publications.
Be Seen and Be Counted -- Vote
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GOING TO BE AWAY
ELECTION DAY
DON'T FORGET
VOTE ABSENTEE
WILL YOU BE A POLITICAL DROP-OUT?
D
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THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE
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JOHN M. BAILEY
Chairman
February 21, 1968
Mr. Robert D. Buehler
Director, Public Affairs
National Association of Manufacturers
918 Sixteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
Dear Mr. Buehler:
The Democratic National Committee is very pleased to
aid your outstanding efforts in pointing up the necessity
for remembering to cast an absentee ballot.
This type of public service is in the finest tradition
of democracy.
As one views the world around us, the importance of a
vote -- and the privilege of being permitted to cast it --
is undeniably one of the finest accomplishments of mankind.
The Democratic Party wishes you every success and stands
ready to be of any assistance which you may require.
Sincerely,
John John Bailey
JMB/feh
Enclosure
2600 VIRGINIA AVENUE N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20037 202/333-8750
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
1625 EYE STREET NORTHWEST
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20006
NAtional 8-6800
RAY C. BLISS
CHAIRMAN
February 15, 1968
Mr. Robert D. Buehler
Director, Public Affairs
National Association of Manufacturers
918 Sixteenth Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C. 20006
Dear Mr. Buehler:
As Chairman of the Republican National Committee, I want to give my
endorsement to the absentee voter campaign being conducted this year by
the Public Affairs Department of the National Association of Manufacturers.
This bi-partisan appeal to the millions of Americans who will be
unavoidably away from their regular voting places on election day to
cast absentee ballots is a valuable public service. A nation totally
committed to seeking solutions for the massive problems now confronting
it should demand that each eligible voter exercise his franchise on
election day.
None of us must ever lose sight of the danger of one political party
becoming so strong that it dominates our government year after year, from
one generation to the next, without fear of being held accountable for its
performance in office. A maximum expression of the voters is needed for
the maintenance of a strong two-party system. Your absentee voter project
will help encourage that maximum expression.
With very best wishes for a successful campaign, I am
Sincerely yours,
Ray Ray Blin
GERALD R. LIBRARY FORD
RCB/faf
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Attn: Robert D. Buehler, Director
Public Affairs Department
SUGGESTED
IT IS POSSIBLE
COPY
YOU
Copy A
FOR
IF
you fail to VOTE on elec-
if
tion day!
Copy B
TO BE A
IF
you are traveling and don't
vote
DROP-OUT
VOTE BY ABSENTEE BALLOT
Copy c
Will you need to vote absentee,
because of business travel? Don't
become a political drop-out, call
for information. Be seen
and be counted with YOUR VOTE!
Copy D
Are you registered to vote? Don't
become a political drop-out. For
information on where and how to
register call
Be seen
and be counted with YOUR VOTE!
Copy E
The decision is up to you. Just
don't bother about voting. "Politi-
POLITICAL
cal drop-outs" help the other side
win. For voting information call
BE SEEN AND BE
,
DROP-OUT
COUNTED WITH YOUR VOTE!
The BACKGROUND INFORMATION PAMPHLET will provide examples of close elections and the im-
portance of one vote and absentee votes. You may deem it appropriate to include an example in
the flyer.
The NAM Public Affairs Department can provide flyers without copy (as enclosed-see price list) or
the Department will provide on request price quotations for flyers containing the suggested copy. For
a price quotation merely detach:
PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
National Association of Manufacturers
Please send a quotation for the Political drop-out flyer using
Copy A
Copy B
Copy C
Copy D
Copy E
for
flyers and the cost for additional thousands.
To
Name
Address
City
State
Specialized
TAPE RECORDED MESSAGES
for
COMPANY INTER-COMMUNICATION OPERATIONS
and
INTER-OFFICE TELEPHONE SYSTEM
by
SENATOR EVERETT McKINLEY DIRKSEN
of Illinois
There are five different messages each offering the "Do not be a political drop-out" theme. The
length of time for the messages are: Recording #1-1 minute; #2-58 seconds; #3-57 seconds;
#4-1 minute 11 seconds; #5-1 minute 10 seconds. The speed of the recording is 7 1/2 i.p.s. All
messages are recorded on one tape. The following is the text of two of the scripts:
This is Everett Dirksen
Americans have always
This is Everett Dirksen
Will you be a political
been courageous in defense, valorous in attack and
drop-out-well, that depends on you. It could be that
oftentimes roll dice with destiny and overcome odds
the decision for electing the President of the United
with wit and daring Unfortunately, some Americans
States will be the responsibility of the United States
again this year will fall into that unfortunate and un-
House of Representatives because no candidate received
necessary role of the Political Drop-Out. My friend, are
a majority in the Electoral College. You know, there is
you registered to vote in the coming election? Why not
a third party presidential candidate which may make this
take the time right now to check with your registrar.
possible. If ever your vote was important-1968 is the
and, permit me also to suggest that you obtain an ab-
year. Make sure you're eligible to vote and then vote
sentee ballot if you feel there is even the slightest
on election day. Be seen and be counted by casting your
chance you may be away from your district on Election
ballot. Don't be a political drop-out!
Day
. as a fellow American wedded to our political
structure, I implore that you join with others in exer-
cising your right and privilege to vote.
Flexible for many varied uses-telephone message using notices in company publications and bulletin
boards
"Will you be a political drop-out? Dial extension
I
Suitable as a public service an-
nouncement for mass media.
Public Affairs Department
National Association of Manufacturers
918 16th Street N.W.
Washington, D. C. 20006
Please send
copies of Senator Dirksen's "Don't be a political drop-out" tape recording (one
recording tape contains five different messages) @ $2.00 per tape recording. Postage and shipping
charges included. Mail to:
Please invoice
Check enclosed
NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION
2000 Florida Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20009 Area Code 202 265-7400
December 7, 1970
Congressman Gerald Ford
U.S. Capitol
Room H-230
Washington D.C.
Dear Congressman Ford:
Enclosed is a transcript and a tape of
your remarks recently broadcast on "Capitol Hill
Today," a weeknight Congressional news feature
from 6:40 to 6:50 P.M. on radio station WRC.
The National Rural Electric Cooperative
Association sponsors this show in the belief that
the activities of Congress and the views of members
such as yourself are of great importance to the
nation and of particular concern to the people of
this area.
We are happy to make this material avail-
able to you.
Sincerely,
Kermit Kermit Overby Overby, Director
Legislation & Communications
Department
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WRC-AM/FM
NBC RADIO, A DIVISION OF NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.
4001 NEBRASKA AVENUE, N. W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20016, 362-4000
ARCH McDONALD
October 15, 1970
Manager, Sales
CONGRESSMAN GERALD FORD
It is really tragic that the Congress couldn't
be better organized to conclude the necessary legislation
our
earlier than we have and I deeply regret that the
e
democratic leadership has failed to get the President's
legislative program through promptly. I think it is
most unfortunate that we are going to have a lame
duck session after the election. This combination of
failure to do the job on time and a lame duck session certainl
would argue persuasively that President Nixon needs a
Republican Congress for the next two years so we can
work with him and get the job done effectively and promptly.
GERALD R. FORD
WRC-AM/FM
NBC RADIO, A DIVISION OF NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.
4001 NEBRASKA AVENUE, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20016, 362-4000
ARCH McDONALD
Manager, Sales
11/4/70
CONG. GERALD FORD
Well, it is not as good as we would have
liked but I think on valance when you look at
history and find that losses were usually much
much greater that the situation in 1970 can be
looked upon as reasonably satisfactory. I can
say this, with redistricting and with the control
that we have in some of the very major states
where there will be some benefits I think because
of reapportionment that in 1972 we can look
forward to some significant gains in the House
particularly but also in the Senate.
FORD LIBRARY & GERALD s
WRC-AM/FM
NBC RADIO, A DIVISION OF NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.
4001 NEBRASKA AVENUE, N. W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20016, 362-4000
ARCH McDONALD
11/4/70
Manager, Sales
CONGRESSMAN GERALD FORD
I thought the Vice-President was
refresheningly frank and he made some people
sqeal. You obviously saw that the shoe that
was suggested to them fitted so I think that
he stirred up a lot of interest and got
out some of the apathy and I think he was
an asset in the overall campaigns throughout
the country.
FORD LIBRARY is 028876
Taped Message by Rep. Gerald R. Ford in support of the Child Evangelism Fellowship's
"Treehouse Club" television program.
tape sent 12/16/70
This is Congressman Jerry Ford, Republican of the United States House
of Representatives.
I am speaking with you today to tell you how great I think the Child Evangelism
Fellowship's new Treehouse Club television program is.
This is a program which
offers
to nourish alli of the spirtually disadvantaged
children in our Nation. It is a program which not only helps to build the church
but can save a child.
Television has often been called "a vast wasteland." R program like the Treehouse
Club is an oasis in that wasteland, a
time when the spirit can grow and
bloom.
More than 40 million of the children in America do not belong to a church.
Most of them watch television an average of 40 hours a week. I would like to see the
Treehouse Club become a regular part of their viewing schedule.
All decent Americans love children. They should therefore be interested in
seeing them develop into fine Human beings. One way they can do that is to support
the Child Evangelism Fellowship's Treehouse Club.
It is written in Proverbs: "Train up a child in the way he should go: And when
he is old, he will not depart from it."
This quotation from the Bible vividly illustrates how important it is that a
child be made aware of healthful influences, influences which can shape his character
in the proper way.
It is important that God be part of a child's life, even if the child is reluctant
to admit Him as a companion.
We know that a child forms his opinions and his outlook on life during
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early years. We know that his early instruction and the guidance given him in
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matters of morals are most important in determining how he will conduct himself
in later life. We know that the course of a man's entire life often is charted
during his childhood years. As the poet William Wordsworth said, "The Child is
father of the Man."
And so those of us in other fields of endeavor look to Child
Evangelism
to reach our and help our children-to give them the great guidance that flows
from the truths of Christianity and the wisdom of its founder, Jesus Christ.
This is what the Child Evangelism Fellowship is doing with its TV program,
the Treehouse Club.
Child Evangelism reaches children because it approaches them on a level they
can understand. It offers them guidance. It offers them strength. It offers them
the emotional security
without which every man is lost.
And so I am mosta
pleased to endorse the Child Evangelism Fellowship's
Treehouse Club TV program--because I think the Fellowship is doing a great job of
serving us all, children and adults. To the Fellowship I say...continue
and
expand your wonderful work and the best of luck to you in your fine new TV
program, the Treehouse Club.
This is Congre ssman Jerry Ford, speaking to you from the Nation's Capital.
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GLRALD FORD LIBRARY