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Digitized from Box 31 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SEPTEMBER 25, 1976
OFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
(Lutcher, Louisiana)
THE WHITE HOUSE
REMARKS OF THE PRESIDENT
ABOARD THE SS NATCHEZ
LUTCHER-VACHERIE FERRY LANDING
9:54 A.M. CDT
Thank you very much, Hanson. Before I make any
remarks, may I introduce to you my bride, Betty Ford.
Congressman Moore, Congressman Treen, Senator
Thurmond, distinguished members of my Cabinet, distinguished
guests, Skipper of this great ship, Doc Hawley, ladies
and gentlemen:
Betty and I are delighted to be in Louisiana,
in Lutcher, and in Grammercy.
In Kansas City, I said that I would not concede
a single State; I would not concede a single vote. I said
I would campaign from the snowy banks of Minnesota
to the sandy plains of Georgia. We are going to be in
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, and we are
going to win.
Let me thank you from the bottom of my heart for
your warm and wonderful welcome on behalf of both Betty and
myself. We are delighted to be here in the South. As I
said, we are delighted because I want to talk affirmatively
about what we are going to do and what we have done in the
last two years. Your President believes that the Federal
Government spends too much money. Your President tried to
cut the rate of growth of Federal spending by 50 percent.
We made a little headway, but in the next four years, we
will do even better, so you can have more money in your
pocket and not in the Federal Treasury.
I believe that by holding the rate of spending
down, we can give to the taxpayers of this country the kind
of tax reform that makes sense. It makes sense to you.
That is why I recommended a $28 billion tax decrease with
an increase in the personal exemptions from $750 to $1,000
so you will have more of your hard earned cash in your
pockets.
All of you, I know from talking to Congressman
Dave Treen and Congressman Hanson Moore, that you are as
concerned as I am that the United States be strong
militarily. Let me say that in the two years that I have
been your President, I have recommended to the Congress
the two strongest military budgets in the history of this
nation and we are going to keep America number one, period.
MORE
Page 2
One way we have tried to hold down the spending
of the Federal Government is to veto 56 bills passed by
the Congress. Forty-two of those vetoes have been sustained,
and we have saved you, the taxpayers of this country,
$9 billion. I might add a postscript. The Vice Presidential
candidate on the other side, who is a big spender, has
voted to override every veto that I have made, which
proves without any doubt he is the biggest spender in
the United States Senate.
On the 4th of July, we had a wonderful celebration
of America's 200th birthday. We have had a tough two years.
We were divided. We have healed those divisions and America
today has a new spirit -- a new spirit that has given us
the capability to move out of our troubles into brighter
skies.
Now, we have some new problems to solve to improve
the quality of our lives -- a job for everybody who wants
to work; a house for everybody who will work and save
so he can have that home in a decent neighborhood; the
best health care in the world; the solution of the problem
of crime and greater opportunities for recreation.
Those are the visions and the goals of all
of us in Lutcher, in Grammercy, in Louisiana, in Michigan,
in California and in Texas. We have the greatest form
of Government in the history of mankind. I have faith
in the strength and. character of the American people,
and if we work together, then we can have the brightest
100 years ahead of us this country has ever had.
Thank you. I want your vote.
I want to thank the Governor's wife, Elaine
Edwards, who, I am proud to say, indicated publicly she
thinks President Ford will be a good President for the
next four years. I thank you, Elaine. I thank you from
the bottom of my heart and I will prove it to you in the
next four years.
END
(AT 10:00 A.M. CDT)