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OCR Page 1 of 17FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SEPTEMBER 23, 1971
OFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
(Detroit, Michigan)
THE WHITE HOUSE
REMARKS OF THE PRESIDENT
IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS AT
THE ECONOMIC CLUB OF DETROIT
COBO HALL
AT 8:00 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Mr. President, members of the Economic
Club of Detroit, all of your distinguished guests who are with you
here tonight, and all of those who are listening on national
radio and also on television:
I first want to express my appreciation to this dis-
tinguished organization for inviting me back. I have appeared
on two occasions in other capacities. I am honored to be here
for the first time as President of the United States.
I particularly appreciated, too, the warm welcome that
not only we have received in this hall, but as we drove in from
the airport. The signs that we saw on some of the buildings, and
all the other various activities that we witnessed, were
something that we deeply appreciated.
Let me say, too, that having spoken to this club on
other occasions, I have recognized that the usual format is for
the speaker to speak a while and then to answer questions. I know
that those members of the club, however, who greatly favor the
questions and the answers, certainly the questions, more than
they favor the speaking. So tonight I am following the format, a
format that all of those listening on radio and television should
know -- you in the hall have already been informed -- of making
this an entire question period.
I will not take the time of the questioners except to
pay tribute to some of those who have come from Michigan to
Washington to work with this Administration and have made con-
tributions to it. They have come with me on the plane tonight.
First, to the former Governor of this State, the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, George Romney, one
of the trusted Members of our Cabinet, a man who is one of my
top advisers on domestic matters, and also one who is the
driving spirit behind one of the greatest housing booms this
country has ever had, with, incidentally, a new high this month
as well.
Second, the Chairman of the Council of Economic
Advisers, one of the architects of the new economic policy,
Dr. Paul McCracken.
And third, from the Congress of the United States,
first the Republican Leader of the House, Congressman Gerald
Ford from Michigan, a man who has been of enormous assistance
to this Administration in some of the very close and tough
fights we have had on some legislation that seems to have
been of great interest to the nation as well as to the people
of Michigan.
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