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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 7, folder \"4/16/75 - White House News\nPhotographers Association\" of the President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at\nthe 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. Gerald Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain.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 7 of President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nTHE PRESILENT HAS SEEN def.\nTHE WHITE HOUSE NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION\nWEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1975\n- 1 -\nLADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE WHITE HOUSE NEWS\nPHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION -- SURVIVORS OF VAIL -- GUARDIANS\nOF THE FRONT GATE AT BURNING TREE -- FOLLOWERS OF\nERIC ROSENBERGER -- AND MY VERY GOOD FRIENDS.\nAS I LOOK\nABOUT ME TONIGHT, ALL I CAN SAY IS: I'VE HEARD OF STAKE-OUTS --\nBUT THIS IS RIDICULOUS!\n- 2 -\nI AM DELIGHTED TO BE HERE TONIGHT AT THIS FIFTY-FOURTH\nANNIVERSARY OF THE WHITE HOUSE NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION.\nIT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU ALL so RELAXED AND UNRUSHED.\nIN FACT,\nI THINK ONE OF YOUR MEMBERS WAS TRYING TO TELL ME SOMETHING\nABOUT MY SCHEDULE.\nHE SAID IT'S EASY TO TELL A WHITE HOUSE\nPHOTOGRAPHER THESE DAYS BECAUSE YOU ALL CARRY A LITTLE CARD\nIN YOUR WALLET.\nIT SAYS: I AM A WHITE HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHER.\nIN CASE OF ACCIDENT, DON'T DO A THING.\nI NEED THE REST!\n- 3 -\nLET ME THANK PRESIDENT BOSTON FOR THAT VERY KIND\nINTRODUCTION.\nPRESIDENT BOSTON -- THAT REALLY HAS A RING\nTO IT, DOESN'T IT?\nPRESIDENT BOSTON AND I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH\nOF AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER TONIGHT, BUT WE\nDID EXCHANGE A FEW WORDS BEFORE THE AWARDS.\n- 4 -\nI ASKED PRESIDENT BOSTON, \"DO YOU SKI?\"\nHE SAID, \"NO.\"\nI SAID, \"DO YOU PLAY GOLF?\"\nHE SAID, \"NO.\"\nI SAID, \"HAVE YOU EVER PLAYED FOOTBALL?\"\nHE SAID, \"NO.\"\nI SAID, \"DO YOU MAKE YOUR OWN BREAKFAST?\"\nHE SAID, \"NO.\"\nI DON'T WANT TO CAUSE ANY TROUBLE -- BUT LADIES AND\nGENTLEMEN, I ASK YOU -- THIS IS A PRESIDENT?\n- 5 -\nI'M ONLY FOOLING.\nPRESIDENT BOSTON HAS DONE\nAN OUTSTANDING JOB AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE WHITE HOUSE\nNEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION.\nIN FACT, HE WAS TELLING ME\nTHAT HE RECENTLY COMPLETED HIS FIRST TERM AS PRESIDENT, AND\nHAS JUST BEEN RE-ELECTED -- UNOPPOSED -- TO HIS SECOND TERM\nAS PRESIDENT.\nBERNIE, ALL I CAN SAY IS -- YOU SURE KNOW\nHOW TO HURT A FELLA!\n- 6 -\nAS YOU ALL KNOW, PHOTOGRAPHY IS BOTH AN ART AND\nA SCIENCE -- AND ITS PRACTITIONERS ARE ALWAYS STRIVING FOR THE\nULTIMATE -- FOR THE PERFECT PHOTOGRAPH.\nIN FACT,\nMY FAVORITE PHOTOGRAPHIC STORY WAS TOLD TO ME BY FRANK BORMAN,\nTHE ASTRONAUT.\nHE SAID WHEN HE WAS FIFTY-THOUSAND MILES UP,\nHE REACHED FOR HIS CAMERA AND TOOK A PICTURE OF THE ENTIRE EARTH\nAND ALL THE PEOPLE ON IT.\nI ASKED FRANK, \"HOW DID IT COME\nOUT?\"\nHE SAID, \"NOT so GOOD.\nSOMEBODY MOVED!\"\n- 7 -\nWELL, AT THE WHITE HOUSE, I FEEL WE ALSO HAVE\nA RICHNESS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC TALENT.\nTHERE'S AN OLD SAYING\nHund\nTHAT ONE PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.\nIN DAVE KENNERLY,\n9\nI GET BOTH!\n- 8 -\nI'M SURE YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH DAVE KENNERLY --\nTHE ANSEL ADAMS OF \"M\" STREET.\n...\nDAVID KENNERLY IS ONE OF\nTHE FINEST, MOST TALENTED, MOST CREATIVE, MOST GIFTED\nPHOTOGRAPHERS THIS NATION HAS EVER KNOWN.\nAND THAT'S NOT\nJUST MY OPINION.\nIT'S HIS TOO!\n- 9 -\nBUT AS I LOOK ABOUT ME TONIGHT, I SEE so MANY GREAT\nPHOTOGRAPHIC LUMINARIES.\nTHERE'S CLEVE RYAN, WHO\nWILL BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT BY EXECUTIVE ORDER I HAVE\nJUST NAMED HIM POSTMASTER -- OF AIR FORCE ONE\n.....\n- 10 -\nFRANK \"BABY' \\ JOHNSON, WHO HAS NEVER FALLEN DOWN\nON ANY JOB -- UNTIL WE GOT HIM ON SKIS AT VAIL\nAND GEORGE TAMES, WHO IS PERHAPS BEST KNOWN FOR THE WORK DONE\nBY HIS MOST FAMOUS AND MOST CELEBRATED PUPIL -- MATTHEW BRADY.\n- II -\nPERSONALLY, I'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED BEING WITH YOU ALL BECAUSE\nEXCITING THINGS ALWAYS SEEM TO HAPPEN AROUND NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS.\nLAST YEAR, I WAS IN SAN FRANCISCO AND SUDDENLY THE FLOOR STARTED\nTO TREMBLE, THE WALLS STARTED TO SWAY, AND THE CEILING STARTED\nTO CRACK.\nI TURNED TO WALLY McNAMEE AND ASKED, \"SAN\nFRANCISCO? EARTHQUAKE?\"\nHE SHOOK HIS HEAD.\nHE SAID,\n\"RODDY MIMMS -- JOGGING!\"\n- 12 -\nWELL, TONIGHT LET ME SALUTE RODDY AND ALL YOU OTHER\nHEAVYWEIGHTS IN THE WORLD OF PHOTOGRAPHY.\nYOU ARE THE FREE\nSPIRITS WHO CAPTURE THE MOMENT AND LIBERATE THE IMAGINATION.\nTHROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE POLITICAL LIFE AND BEFORE, I HAVE ALWAYS\nPLACED MY CONFIDENCE IN PHOTOGRAPHY AS A MEDIUM TO GET ANY\nMESSAGE ACROSS.\n- 13 -\nAND NOW AS PRESIDENT, I KNOW THAT THE MEMBERS OF\nTHE WHITE HOUSE NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION, ALONG WITH\nMEMBERS OF OUR OWN WHITE HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHIC DEPARTMENT, ARE\nCREATING A UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION TO THE PRESIDENTIAL RECORD.\nA VITAL, DAY BY DAY, HOUR BY HOUR, AND OFTEN MINUTE BY MINUTE\nPORTRAYAL OF EVENTS ON THEIR WAY TO BECOMING HISTORY.\nYOUR EFFORTS TODAY WILL BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO THE TEXTBOOKS OF\nTOMORROW.\nYOU LEAVE NOT FOOTPRINTS, BUT COLOR PRINTS\nIN THE SANDS OF TIME.\n- 14 -\nON A MORE PERSONAL LEVEL, BETTY AND I THANK YOU ALL\nFOR THE KINDNESS AND COURTESY YOU HAVE SHOWN US.\nIN THE PAST\nEIGHT MONTHS, WE HAVE SHARED MANY HAPPY MOMENTS AND A FEW\nSAD ONES AS WELL.\nBUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH YOUR\nGOOD WILL AND YOUR GOOD WISHES HAVE MEANT TO US.\n- 15 -\nMY WISH TONIGHT IS THAT IT WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE so --\nAND THAT AS PHOTOGRAPHERS, AND AS FRIENDS, YOU WILL NEVER\nHAVE CAUSE TO TAKE A DIM VIEW OF THE WHITE HOUSE.\nTHANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT.\nEND OF TEXT"
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