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Information on the President's Meeting with Black Delegates [Notice to Press]
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Digitized from Box 29 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
AUGUST 17, 1976
Office of the White House Press Secretary
(Kansas City, Missouri)
NOTICE TO THE PRESS
The President's Meeting with Black Delegates
The President mostly circulated and shook hands and spoke only briefly,
no more than a minute, and then answered questions.
The President praised Transportation Secretary William Coleman,
Senator Edward Brooke and John C. Calhoun, Special Assistant to the
President for Minority Affairs, all of whom were present.
The President said, more or less verbatim, "III understand some here
support my opposition. But we are all Republicans, and after the Convention
we will all go on to win the election as Republicans." There were cheers.
In response to a question, the President described unemployment among
black teenagers as "one of the most serious problems we have. It's unbeliev-
able and unnecessary. !! The President said that he, Vice President Rockefeller
and the Domestic Council are all working hard on the problem.
There was some confusion at the beginning of the meeting about admitting
black delegates supporting Reagan. When the President heard about this
he said, "I plan to unify the party. He wanted all black delegates and
alternates admitted. They were.
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