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The original documents are located in Box 12, "7/17/75 - Talking Points: SER National
Board of Directors" of the President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 12 of President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
TALKING POINTS:
SER NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS
THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1975
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1. IT'S A PLEASURE TO JOIN YOU TODAY FOR THIS MEETING OF
THE NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SER (SAIR).
I COMPLIMENT YOU ON YOUR EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE OPPORTUNITIES
OF SPANISH-SPEAKING AMERICANS TO SHARE MORE FULLY
IN OUR NATION'S BLESSINGS.
- 2 -
2. I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU WERE PRESENT WHEN
BILL BAROODY SPOKE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO TO THE LEAGUE OF
UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS AT ITS 46TH ANNUAL CONVENTION.
- 3 -
BILL MENTIONED IN THAT SPEECH THE EFFORTS WE'RE MAKING
ON BEHALF OF SPANISH-SPEAKING AMERICANS, INCLUDING
BI-LINGUAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS FUNDED THROUGH H.E.W.,
AND THE 50 MILLION DOLLAR MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
PROGRAM.
- 4 -
I WOULD SIMPLY ADD TO BILL'S EARLIER COMMENTS THAT THIS
ADMINISTRATION STANDS PREPARED TO DO EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY
CAN, WITHIN OUR BUDGETARY RESTRAINTS, TO HELP HISPANIC
AMERICANS.
- 5 -
3. I KNOW THAT YOUR MAJOR CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS
JOBS -- AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT'S A MAJOR CONCERN OF MINE,
AS WELL.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS STILL THE MOST
DISAPPOINTING OF OUR ECONOMIC INDICATORS.
IT'S AN EVEN
MORE PRESSING PROBLEM WITH MINORITIES THAN IT IS WITH MANY
OTHER SEGMENTS OF OUR SOCIETY.
- 6 -
4. I AM CONVINCED THAT THE BEST THING WE CAN
DO TO HELP HISPANIC AMERICANS FIND JOBS IS TO MAKE SURE
WE HAVE A SOUND AND STRONG ACROSS-THE-BOARD ECONOMIC
RECOVERY.
- 7 -
WHEN THE INFLATION RATE IS CUT IN HALF -- AS IT HAS BEEN IN
THE LAST FEW MONTHS -- THAT HELPS EVERYBODY.
WHEN
ECONOMIC RECOVERY GROWS STRONGER -- AS IT IS DOING NOW -- --
ALL OF US STAND TO BENEFIT.
- -8-
5. THE MOST RECENT ECONOMIC NEWS IS VERY
ENCOURAGING.
PERSONAL INCOME IS UP.
INDUSTRIAL
PRODUCTION IS ON THE INCREASE, AFTER MONTHS OF DECLINE.
INVENTORIES ARE BEING DEPLETED AND THE STOCK MARKET INDICES
ARE ON THE RISE AS CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IS REGAINED.
- 9 -
THESE ARE GOOD, CONCRETE SIGNS THAT REAL ECONOMIC
RECOVERY HAS BEGUN, AND WE INTEND TO MAKE SURE EVERY
AMERICAN SHARES IN THAT RECOVERY.
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6. SER'S JOBS FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM IS CONTRIBUTING
SUBSTANTIALLY TO REACHING THAT GOAL IN THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY.
I THANK YOU FOR THOSE EFFORTS.
THE ROLE YOU PLAY IN THIS
EFFORT IS OF TREMENDOUS IMPORTANCE.
I WANT TO CONTINUE THE
OPEN COMMUNICATION I'VE ENJOYED WITH THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY
SINCE LONG BEFORE I BECAME PRESIDENT.
- 11 -
7. YOU'RE PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP.
WITH THE
HELP OF PEOPLE LIKE FERNANDO DEBACA, BERT GALLEGOS (GUY-A-GOS),
,
ALEX ARMENDARIZ (AR-MAN-DARIS) AND SOME SIXTY OTHER EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS OF SPANISH HERITAGE IN THIS ADMINISTRATION, I'M GETTING
GOOD ADVICE ON HOW I CAN BE OF HELP TO YOU.
MUCHAS GRACIAS,
AMIGOS.
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