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The original documents are located in Box D5, folder "Ford Press Releases, June -
December 1971" of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
June 10, 1971
It is in the best interests of the United States and the interest of world
peace that the long-standing tensions between the United States and the People's
Republic of China be reduced and that we seek to resolve our differences.
President Nixon's announced steps toward ending U.S. controls over non-
strategic exports to the People's Republic of China are a move in that direction
and are therefore to be welcomed. This move will, I believe, lead to improved Sino-
American relations. It is important in achieving genuine progress toward world
peace. There is a definite need for an improved relationship between the United
States and the People's Republic of China. There is need for a constructive
relationship.
The President is proceeding with commendable caution in relaxing our
restrictions on trade with the People's Republic of China. I am pleased that
locomotives are not on the list, since in my view that item is strategic.
I believe the most important aspect of the President's action is the ending
of control over the shipment of wheat, flour and other grains to not only China but
to Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. This move makes a great deal of sense. It
should benefit the American farmer. In the past we have simply forfeited this part
of the export market to Canada.
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FORD i LIBRARY GERALD
Digitized from Box D5 of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
June 10, 1971
It is in the best interests of the United States and the interest of world
peace that the long-standing tensions between the United States and the People's
Republic of China be reduced and that we seek to resolve our differences.
President Nixon's announced steps toward ending U.S. controls over non-
strategic exports to the People's Republic of China are a move in that direction
and are therefore to be welcomed. This move will, I believe, lead to improved Sino-
American relations. It is important in achieving genuine progress toward world
peace. There is a definite need for an improved relationship between the United
States and the People's Republic of China. There is need for a constructive
relationship.
The President is proceeding with commendable caution in relaxing our
restrictions on trade with the People's Republic of China. I am pleased that
locomotives are not on the list, since in my view that item is strategic.
I believe the most important aspect of the President's action is the ending
of control over the shipment of wheat, flour and other grains to not only China but
to Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. This move makes a great deal of sense. It
should benefit the American farmer. In the past we have simply forfeited this part
of the export market to Canada.
#####
FORD i LIBRARY GERALD
Office Copy
NEWS
CONGRESSMAN
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON TUESDAY--
June 15, 1971
(Note to Editors: A copy of Mr. Ford's letter is attached)
Rep. Gerald R. Ford today released the text of a letter to Grand Rapids
Mayor Robert Boelens and members of the Grand Rapids City Commission urging Federal
revenue sharing as an alternative to a local income tax increase.
Ford noted that the City Commission is considering an increase in the local
income tax in the event the State Legislature adopts a bill permitting Michigan
cities to raise municipal income taxes from 1 per cent to a maximum of 2 per cent.
Ford pointed out that the City of Grand Rapids allocation under the Nixon
Administration's general revenue sharing plan would be $2,215,551. This, he said,
would come close to bridging Grand Rapids' unmet revenue needs for fiscal year 1972.
Said Ford: "While the Grand Rapids revenue sharing allocation would not
totally bridge the dollar gap, it would go far toward doing it. It would seem
entirely possible to effect some economies and thus obviate the need for a municipal
income tax increase."
Ford said prospects are "bright" for a compromise between the Nixon
Administration's revenue sharing bill and a proposal by House Ways and Means
Chairman Wilbur Mills, D-Ark. He declared there "should be an area of reasonable and
responsible compromise."
Ford urged continued support by the Grand Rapids City Commission for Federal
revenue sharing.
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GERALD
(The following is the text of the letter from Rep. Ford to Grand Rapids
Mayor Robert Boelens and members of the Grand Rapids City Commission.)
"I am deeply concerned about the pressure on state and local officials
to raise taxes to meet mounting public service needs.
"It has come to my attention that the City Commission of Grand Rapids is
considering an increase in the local income tax in the event that the
State Legislature adopts a bill permitting Michigan cities to raise
local income taxes from 1 per cent to a maximum of 2 per cent.
"We are all also aware that Governor Milliken has proposed an increase
in state income taxes and that the Grand Rapids Press has proposed a
County income tax in view of the property tax bind in which the County
Government finds itself.
"This prompts me to point out that--in my view--sharing of Federal income
tax revenue with the states and local units of government is the best
answer to the whole problem--the fiscal squeeze on the state and local
governments and the growing tax burden on the local taxpayer.
"Federal revenue sharing is very much to be preferred to continued increases
in state and local taxes. Revenue sharing would ease the pressure on state
and local officials to constantly raise taxes or, on the other hand, to
cut back services.
"Under the Nixon Administration's current plan to share roughly $5 billion
in Federal revenue with the states and local units of government, Michigan
would get $229 million. Of that sum, the State would keep $128,883,405
and the rest would go to local governments. Of the local allocations, the
City of Grand Rapids would receive $2,215,551, and the Kent County Govern-
ment would get $1,363,217.
"I note that City Manager Joseph Grassie has estimated municipal expenditures
of $26.2 million for fiscal 1972, as against anticipated revenue of $22.5
million. That leaves a gap of $3.7 million.
"While the Grand Rapids revenue sharing allocation would not totally bridge
the dollar gap, it would go far toward doing it. It would seem entirely
possible to effect some economies and thus obviate the need for a municipal
income tax increase--in the event Federal revenue sharing were enacted by
the Congress.
"Your continuing support for revenue sharing is needed now more than ever.
Prospects have become bright for a compromise between President Nixon and
the Democratic leaders in the Congress. House Ways and Means Chairman
Wilbur Mills, the chief foe of the Administration bill, has come up with
a modified revenue sharing proposal, and Senate Majority Leader Mike
Mansfield has said he would like to see an "accommodation" between the
Administration and Mills. I share the view of Senator Mansfield that
there should be an area of reasonable and responsible compromise.
"Federal revenue sharing is the answer to steadily increasing needs for
additional state and local revenue. Your support for the Federal legislation
is vital.
/s/ Gerald R. Ford, M.C."
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON THUR SDAY--
June 17, 1971
President Nixon has armed the forces fighting drug addiction with the weaponry
of a national crusade.
That is the thrust of the special message which the President today sent to
the House and Senate.
With this special message, Richard Nixon becomes the first President to
personally lead the battle against drug addiction.
I strongly support his proposal that a new special action office of drug
abuse prevention be established directly under the President.
I also applaud the various objectives set forth in the Presidential message--
the emphasis on treatment and rehabilitation of addicts, anexpanded effort to get
foreign governments to cut off the supply of drugs to our country, intensified law
enforcement in the fight against the drug traffic, and additional education and
information programs.
This is the most comprehensive drug-fighting program ever laid before the
Congress by a President. It deserves the earliest possible action.
######
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NEWS
CONGRESSMAN
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON WEDNESDAY--
June 23, 1971
The cornerstone of the Nixon Administration's program of reforms has been
laid with House passage of the President's welfare reform bill. It now remains
for the Senate to supply the mortar and to cement it in place.
This is one of the most comprehensive and important bills ever to move
through the Congress of the United States. It would completely revamp the obsolete
and chaotic welfare system handed down from the dark days of the Great Depression
of the Thirties.
It will help people. It will help those in need of public assistance and
it will help the states. It will help to keep families together and to move people
off welfare rolls and onto payrolls. It will mean tremendous savings for the
states in annual welfare costs.
What is most important is that it will provide an incentive for people
to work rather than to remain on welfare in perpetuity.
###
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON WEDNESDAY--
June 23, 1971
I agree with the Senate's policy resolution on Vietnam in the sense that it
reflects a desire to withdraw from Vietnam at a pace faster than the present
withdrawal rate.
However, I do not believe the Congress should as a matter of policy lay down
any kind of a deadline for the President on total withdrawal from Vietnam. I am
opposed to this because it tends to deprive the President of the flexibility he
needs to manage our withdrawal from Vietnam properly and possibly to bring about
a negotiated settlement. It is deficient in that there is no requirement for a
Communist withdrawal from South Vietnam.
I said earlier that I favor a faster withdrawal from Vietnam. I do believe
the rate of withdrawal can and should be speeded up, and I am urging the President
and the Secretary of Defense to accelerate it.
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NEWS
CONGRESSMAN
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
June 30, 1971
The decision of the Turkish Government to ban the growing of the opium
poppy is the most significant development in the war against drug addiction since
efforts to combat narcotics traffic first began.
It seems clear to me that if trafficking in narcotics is ever to be stopped,
it must be cut off at the source. All the raids that could possibly be staged on
dope peddlers in the United States would be of little significance alongside a
choking off of the original sources of supply.
I congratulate President Nixon for having worked with the Turkish Government
to bring about this momentous step. This is indeed a tremendous advance in the
fight against the international trade in heroin.
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FORD & LIBRARY GERALD s
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
June 30, 1971
The decision of the Turkish Government to ban the growing of the opium
poppy is the most significant development in the war against drug addiction since
efforts to combat narcotics traffic first began.
It seems clear to me that if trafficking in narcotics is ever to be stopped,
it must be cut off at the source. All the raids that could possibly be staged on
dope peddlers in the United States would be of little significance alongside a
choking off of the original sources of supply.
I congratulate President Nixon for having worked with the Turkish Government
to bring about this momentous step. This is indeed a tremendous advance in the
fight against the international trade in heroin.
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NEWS
CONGRESSMAN
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
House Minority Leader Gerald R. Ford announced today that he
has requested Panhandle Congressman Bob Price to accompany House
Speaker Carl Albert on a trip to Southeast Asia.
The primary purpose of the journey will be to attend the third
United States-Korean Interparliamentary Conference in Seoul, Korea,
where Speaker Albert has been invited to address the Korean National
Assembly. The delegation is expected to meet with recently reelected
Korean President Park as well as Members of the Assembly for an
exchange of views between American and Korean Legislators on a broad
range of subjects.
The Speaker's delegation will be meeting with government officials
in Nationalist China and the Philippines. Last year Members of the
Korean Parliament visited in Washington.
"I believe Congressman Price will make a significant contribution
to the trip because of his years of service as an Air Force Combat
Jet Pilot during the Korean War and his understanding, knowledge, and
well-known support of countries that are threatened by the Communists,
Ford said.
"It is perfectly plain that the Asian Allies of the United States,
along with Australia and New Zealand, have been deeply shaken with
regard to the President's proposed visit to China. I know the ways
of the Chinese Communists are not new to the President and he has not
forgotten their many inhumane acts of the past or their intentions
in the future. I have not forgotten these acts or intentions either.
Therefore, I feel it is important that these allies be assured at this
time that we have not forgotten the past acts of the Communists and
that we are not going to abandon them" Price said.
In addition to consultations with government leaders in the
countries to be visited, the delegation will have consulate briefings
and discussions on Asian-Communist affairs by a combined political,
economic, and military team from U. S. Embassies in Asia.
(more)
GERALD
LIBRARY
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"I consider this trip especially important at this time and will
go with the Speaker even' though I had planned to use that time at
home," Price told the Minority Leader. The Panhandle Congressman
thanked Ford for his confidence in asking him to attend these
important meetings.
"I am looking forward to returning to Korea to see what changes
have taken place since I was last there flying combat missions, and
to see what progress has been made in the country since that time,"
Price added.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
Thursday, July 1, 1971
The Supreme Court decision in the Pentagon Papers Case bears out a belief I
have long held--that there is an unhealthy tendency for Government documents to be
overclassified. During the same period covered by the Pentagon Papers, I often
fought with Defense Department officials to declassify testimony presented to the
House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, of which I was a member.
I urge that the Secretary of Defense immediately declassify the Pentagon
Papers so that members of Congress will be under no more restraint than the press
with regard to the information contained in them. I also urge the declassification
of House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee transcripts for the same period.
I do not believe it makes sense for the Defense Department to provide each
member of Congress with a set of the 47-volume Pentagon Papers. This should be
ruled out on the grounds of expense. A few more copies for the House and Senate
would be sufficient.
###
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
Thursday, July 1, 1971
The Supreme Court decision in the Pentagon Papers Case bears out a belief I
have long held--that there is an unhealthy tendency for Government documents to be
overclassified. During the same period covered by the Pentagon Papers, I often
fought with Defense Department officials to declassify testimony presented to the
House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, of which I was a member.
I urge that the Secretary of Defense immediately declassify the Pentagon
Papers so that members of Congress will be under no more restraint than the press
with regard to the information contained in them. I also urge the declassification
of House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee transcripts for the same period.
I do not believe it makes sense for the Defense Department to provide each
member of Congress with a set of the 47-volume Pentagon Papers. This should be
ruled out on the grounds of expense. A few more copies for the House and Senate
would be sufficient.
###
Note to
District Office: Please make this available to WZZM and all Kent
and Ionia County radio stations.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
Thursday, July 1, 1971
The latest North Vietnamese peace proposal is an encouraging development.
Because the United States has remained firm, the North Vietnamese have
moved closer to terms acceptable to us.
The negotiators on both sides should now seek to resolve all problems
standing in the way of a secure and permanent peace.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR
RELEASE
AT 12 NOON-
Thursday, July 15, 1971
Rep. Gerald R. Ford and all other Michigan members of Congress today joined
in introducing a bill to el iminate the 7 per cent auto excise tax effective
immediately.
In co-sponsoring the bill. Ford declared:
Elimination of the auto excise tax would stimula te car sales
and give the entire economy a shot in the arm."
Ford said eliminating the auto excise tax would spur auto sales which in turn
would lead to expanded production and to more jobs.
"Action of this kind is the best
medicine for unemployment," Ford
declared.
Ford said it also must be assumed that car prices otherwise will rise due to
and
and anti-polution
inflationary pre ssures, the added cost of safety devices
El imination of the auto excise tax would be an offset
to this upward push on car prices, Ford observed.
Under the bill introduced
by the Michigan delegation in Congress, the
7 per cent auto excise tax would be eliminated effective today, July 15. That date
was
set to counter any adverse impact on auto sales while the bill is pending in
might
Congre ss, Ford said. Prospective car buyers
wait to make car
purch ases if some future date were picked, he noted.
Under existing law, the auto excise tax is supposed to be phased out over a
10-year period. It would drop to zero as of Jan. 1, 1982.
GERALD FORD LIBRARY
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR EMMEDIATE RELE KX AT 12 NOON-
Thursday, July 15, 1971
Rep. Gerald R. Ford and all other Michigan members of Congress today joined
in introducing a bill to el iminate the 7 per cent auto excise tax effective
immediately.
In co-sponsoring the bill, Ford declared: doing this bee asse: the
needs problem Elimination of the auto excise tax would stimula te car sales
and give the entire economy a shot in the arm."
Ford said eliminating the auto excise tax would spur auto sales which in turn
would lead to e xpanded production and to more jobs.
"Action of this kind is the best medicine for unemployment," Ford
declared.
Ford said it
must be assumed that car prices
will rise due to
and
and
pollution
inflationary pre ssures, the added cost of safety devices and
Bl imination of the auto excise tax would be an offset
to this upward push on car prices, Ford observed.
Under the bill introduced
by the Michigan delegation in Congress, the
7 per cent auto excise tax would be eliminated effective today, July 15. That date
set to counter any adverse impact on auto sales while the bill is pending in
might
Congress, Ford said. Prospective car buyers
wait to make car
purchases if some future date were picked, he noted.
Under existing law, the auto excise tax is supposed to be phased out over a
10-year period. It would drop to zero as of Jan. 1, 1982.
GERALD FORD LIBRARY
Note to District Office: Give this to WZZM and all radio stations.
Jerry
Paul.
NEWS
CONGRESSMAN
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON WE DNESDAY--
July 21, 1971
A school-police liaison project will be launched in Wyoming and
part
of
Kentwood with the help of an $81,495 discretionary grant from the U.S. Law
Enforcement Assistance Administration, Rep. Gerald R. Ford and Sen. Robert P.
Griffin announced today.
Ford said the grant, supplemented with Wyoming schools funds, will provide for six
new Wyoming police officers tobe used in Wyoming and the Kelloggsville School
District. The officers will serve as a liaison between the police, courts, schools,
parents, business and community in general, Ford explained.
Wyoming Police Chief James R. Taylor said recruiting of the six new officers
will begin immediately. One of them will be a woman, he said.
Taylor said he is very ple sed that the Federal grant will be forthcoming.
"We are suffering from a shortage of manpower coupled with a rise in crime,"
Taylor said. "This new program will give us an opportunity to try a preventive,
positive approach to combatting delinquency."
Taylor said he and Kentwood Police Chief Richard Dryer will be "cooperating
100 per cent in connection with the school-police liaison project."
Total cost of the project for the first 12 months is $108,933. The City of
Wyoming and the Wyoming school system wills supplement the Federal funds the first
year and will share the entire cost 60-40 thereafter, Taylor said.
Goal of the school-police liaison project is to create a positive image of
law enforcement by establishing and maintaining police rapport with the youth of the
community. The program is aimed at
law enforcement through prevention rather
than just apprehension and conviction.
The six police officers will be assigned to six junior high schools in
Wyoming, where they will maintain an office and will be in daily contact with
all the schools in their areas. Total
enrollments of the schools involved
is about 16,000, including 1,000 Kentwood students. The officers will work
closely with teachers to determine causes of
delinquent behavior
and to develop new programs for behavior control in certain problem areas such as
drug abuse.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON EDT WEDNESDAY--
July 21, 1971
Rep. Gerald R. Ford and all other Michigan Republicans in the House today intro-
duced a bill aimed at speeding the development of automobile anti-pollution devices by
allowing car manufacturers to work together on them.
The bill introduced by Ford and co-sponsored by the 11 other Michigan GOP congress-
men is identical with a bill introduced in the U.S. Senate July 12 by Sen. Robert P.
Griffin.
The auto manufacturers now are working independently of each other in an effort
to meet Federal auto engine clean air standards set for 1975-76 by the 1970 Clean Air
Act Amendments.
Under a court consent decree issued in 1969, the auto companies are barred from
sharing car engine anti-pollution research discoveries and developments with each other.
The Griffin-Ford bill would have the effect of setting aside this consent decree
on a temporary basis. It would amount to a carefully circumscribed exemption from the
antitrust laws, applicable only to development of auto engine emission control devices.
United Auto Workers President Leonard Woodcock has endorsed this objective.
Woodcock has urged the Justice Department to permit sharing by automotive companies of
their auto engine anti-pollution progress, but the Justice Department has rejected his
proposal.
Said Woodcock in a letter to Attorney General John Mitchell: "There should not be
competition in such vital areas as safety and pollution control. There should not be
added profit for those who can best cut corners and save in these areas. Every car
should be as safe and clean as possible at the lowest possible cost. The labor of a
human being is not an element of competition, neither should the health and safety of
the public be one."
Ford said the competition emong the auto companies in the development of anti-
pollution devices involves costly duplication that "makes no sense whatever."
He said 1975 seems far away but that car designs for 1975 must be locked up about
one year from now.
"Meantime," Ford said, "It seems doubtful the automobile manufacturers can meet
the Federal emission standards set by Congress in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970
as long as they have to work independently of each other on this problem. To me it does
not make sense to force the car companies to work in ignorance of each other's research
on the air pollution problem. We want that problem solved as quickly and as economi-
cally as possible, for the good of the American people. If antitrust laws stand in the
way of doing this, then we must enact an exemption from this law in this particular
instance.'
Some of the auto manufacturers presently are hopeful of meeting the 1975 emission
standards for hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide set under the 1970 Clean Air Act
Amendments. But none of them sees much chance of meeting the 1976 standard for oxides
of nitrogen.
Said Ford: "Congress has given the auto manufacturers a tough deadline to meet.
Congress should help them meet that deadline. Otherwise the chances are we will just
have to extend the deadline, and I fail to see what good that would accomplish."
###
LIBRARY
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON EDT WEDNESDAY--
July 21, 1971
Rep. Gerald R. Ford and all other Michigan Republicans in the House today intro-
duced a bill aimed at speeding the development of automobile anti-pollution devices by
allowing car manufacturers to work together on them.
The bill introduced by Ford and co-sponsored by the 11 other Michigan GOP congress-
men is identical with a bill introduced in the U.S. Senate July 12 by Sen. Robert P.
Griffin.
The auto manufacturers now are working independently of each other in an effort
to meet Federal auto engine clean air standards set for 1975-76 by the 1970 Clean Air
Act Amendments.
Under a court consent decree issued in 1969, the auto companies are barred from
sharing car engine anti-pollution research discoveries and developments with each other.
The Griffin-Ford bill would have the effect of setting aside this consent decree
on a temporary basis. It would amount to a carefully circumscribed exemption from the
antitrust laws, applicable only to development of auto engine emission control devices.
United Auto Workers President Leonard Woodcock has endorsed this objective.
Woodcock has urged the Justice Department to permit sharing by automotive companies of
their auto engine anti-pollution progress, but the Justice Department has rejected his
proposal.
Said Woodcock in a letter to Attorney General John Mitchell: "There should not be
competition in such vital areas as safety and pollution control. There should not be
added profit for those who can best cut corners and save in these areas. Every car
should be as safe and clean as possible at the lowest possible cost. The labor of a
human being is not an element of competition, neither should the health and safety of
the public be one."
Ford said the competition among the auto companies in the development of anti-
pollution devices involves costly duplication that "makes no sense whatever."
He said 1975 seems far away but that car designs for 1975 must be locked up about
one year from now.
"Meantime," Ford said, "It seems doubtful the automobile manufacturers can meet
the Federal emission standards set by Congress in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970
as long as they have to work independently of each other on this problem. To me it does
not make sense to force the car companies to work in ignorance of each other's research
on the air pollution problem. We want that problem solved as quickly and as economi-
cally as possible, for the good of the American people. If antitrust laws stand in the
way of doing this, then we must enact an exemption from this law in this particular
instance.'
Some of the auto manufacturers presently are hopeful of meeting the 1975 emission
standards for hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide set under the 1970 Clean Air Act
Amendments. But none of them sees much chance of meeting the 1976 standard for oxides
of nitrogen.
Said Ford: "Congress has given the auto manufacturers a tough deadline to meet.
Congress should help them meet that deadline. Otherwise the chances are we will just
have to extend the deadline, and I fail to see what good that would accomplish."
IBRAR,
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON THURSDAY--
July 22, 1971
A wild pony now roaming about on Assatesgue Island off the eastern shore of
Virginia will soon make his home in the Grand Rapids Municipal Zoo, courtesy of
Rep. Gerald R. Ford and the town of Chincoteague, Va.
The town of Chincoteague will make Ford a present of the pony, and Ford in
turn will give it to the City of Grand Rapids. City Recreation Director William
Pries has happily accepted the pony on behalf of the city.
Every year the members of the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Department go to
Assateague Island and round up the wild ponies there. There have been wild horses
on Assateague Island for hundreds of years. The firemen guide the ponies into the
water at low tide, and the ponies swim with their mothers to neighboring
Chincoteague Island. There they are auctioned off by the Town of Chincoteague to
raise money for the Volunteer Fire Department.
The ponies are brought through the sandy streets of Chincoteague to a
corral.
Next Wednesday, July 28, Ford will go to the Chincoteague corral and will
pick out a pony for Grand Rapids from among all those which swim over from Assateague.
The pony then will be taken to the presentation stand and turned over to Ford in a
formal ceremony. Rep. Thomas N. Downing, D-Va., will take part in the presentation.
The ponies' swim from Assateague to Chincoteague is in western roundup style,
with the volunteer firementon horseback guiding the ponies.
Grand Rapids Recreation Department officials will make arrangements to have
the gift pony transported to Grand Rapids.
Prior to the presentation ceremony, Ford and Downing will make a flying tour
of the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, accompanied by J. C. Apple, refuge
superintendent. The plane will be provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
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July 29, 1971
Only three out of 10 Kent and Ionia County residents favor "withdrawal of all
U.S. forces from Vietnam by a fixed date regardless of the effect on negotiations,"
Rep. Gerald R. Ford's 1971 questionnaire results indicate.
Of those responding to Ford's questionnaire, 33.3 per cent said they favor
withdrawal by a date certain regardless of the consequences.
Nearly half--49.3 per cent--said they favor withdrawing U.S. troops on a
monthly basis while continuing negotiations aimed at a political settlement. This
is the policy President Nixon is pursuing.
A smaller number--13 per cent--favor increasing our military effort in hope
of achieving victory in Vietnam.
In answer to a related question, 65.5 per cent said they favor keeping a
residual force in Vietnam until all American prisoners of war are released, while
27.8 per cent said "no."
Ford's questionnaire drew nearly 16,000 responses. All replies were
tabulated, with the work done by a Washington computer firm at no cost to the
taxpayer. The yes and no responses and the multiple choice answers do not add up
to 100 per cent because some respondents did not answer some of the questions or
checked more than one choice.
An overwhelming number-81.6 per cent--favored the welfare reform legislation
already approved by the House of Representatives and now pending in the U.S. Senate.
On the question of what to do about State and local financial problems,
37.7 per cent said a percentage of Federal income tax revenue should be returned to
the States and local units of government; 25.5 per cent favored increasing State
and local taxes and cutting the Federal income tax; 13.9 per cent favored a Federal
takeover of all welfare costs; and 7.8 per cent favored increasing Federal grants
for local matching programs.
The balloting on mandatory wage and price restraints was fairly close, with
53.6 per cent favoring strict controls and 41.6 per cent opposed.
Nearly seven out of 10--68.7 per cent--favor President Nixon's plan to
reorganize the Executive Branch of the Federal Government and reduce the number of
cabinet departments from 11 to eight.
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A huge number 80.5 per cent--are opposed to making food stamps available to
strikers.
Nearly seven out of 10--68.3 per cent--are willing to pay more in increased
prices and taxes to expand efforts to control air and water pollution.
More than 60 per cent (66.4) were opposed to Federal deficit financing to
stimulate the economy.
Nearly eight out of 10--77.5 per cent -- favor Federal legislation requiring
"unit pricing" of food items so the cost per pound of various brands can be easily
compared.
Results of a question on national health insurance were not tabulated because
a typographical error invalidated the question. Since Congress is not expected to
act on health insurance until next year, this question will be repeated in correct
form in Ford's 1972 questionnaire.
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Grand Rapids Junior College and Mercy Central School of Nursing will share in
a $1,253,243 Federal allocation of student loan and scholarship funds to Michigan
schools of nursing for fiscal 1972, Rep. Gerald R. Ford reported.
Mercy Central will receive $14,400 in loan funds and $10,000 in scholarship
money for a total of $24,400. Grand Rapids Junior College will get $7,200 for
loans and $8,000 for scholarships for a total of $15,200.
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CONGRESSMAN
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GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON THURSDAY--
August 5, 1971
Rep. Gerald R. Ford will tour the Fifth Congressional District in his mobile
office during the "August Recess" of Congress.
Ford will visit 18 locations in Kent and Ionia Counties during the periods
August 23-26 and August 30-Sept. 3. Morning hours will be from 9 to 11:30, and
afternoon hours from 2:30 to 5.
"I am looking forward to this opportunity to talk with my constituents," Ford
said in announcing his itinerary. "This will give me a chance to learn more about
their problems first hand."
Places where Ford will be available to constituents in his mobile office are
as follows, with the first community mentioned after each date the morning location
and the second the afternoon location:
August 23--Kent City, Township Hall; Sparta, East Division Parking Lot.
August 24--Cedar Springs, Main at Ash; Rockford, Don's Pharmacy. August 25--
Comstock Park, Lamoreaux Drugs; Standale, Plaza. August 26--Grandville, City Hall
Parking Lot; Rogers Plaza, Schensul's Sign.
August 30--Belding, City Hall; Ionia, First Security Bank. August 31--
Portland, City Parking Lot; Lyons-Muir, Tabor and Superior Streets. Sept. 1--
Saranac, 28 North Bridge; Lake Odessa, BraDee Parking. Sept. 2--Lowell, Main at
Lafayette; Caledonia, Main at Lake Avenue. Sept. 3--Byron Center, Harkema Parking;
and Cascade, Old Kent Bank Parking.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON THURSDAY--
August 5, 1971
Rep. Gerald R. Ford will tour the Fifth Congressional District in his mobile
office during the "August Recess" of Congress.
Ford will visit 18 locations in Kent and Ionia Counties during the periods
August 23-26 and August 30-Sept. 3. Morning hours will be from 9 to 11:30, and
afternoon hours from 2:30 to 5.
"I am looking forward to this opportunity to talk with my constituents," Ford
said in announcing his itinerary. "This will give me a chance to learn more about
their problems first hand."
Places where Ford will be available to constituents in his mobile office are
as follows, with the first community mentioned after each date the morning location
and the second the afternoon location:
August 23--Kent City, Township Hall; Sparta, East Division Parking Lot.
August 24--Cedar Springs, Main at Ash; Rockford, Don's Pharmacy. August 25--
Comstock Park, Lamoreaux Drugs; Standale, Plaza. August 26--Grandville, City Hall
Parking Lot; Rogers Plaza, Schensul's Sign.
August 30--Belding, City Hall; Ionia, First Security Bank. August 31--
Portland, City Parking Lot; Lyons-Muir, Tabor and Superior Streets. Sept. 1--
Saranac, 28 North Bridge; Lake Odessa, BraDee Parking. Sept. 2--Lowell, Main at
Lafayette; Caledonia, Main at Lake Avenue. Sept. 3--Byron Center, Harkema Parking;
and Cascade, Old Kent Bank Parking.
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HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
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--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON--
August 6, 1971
Remarks by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, Minority Leader, U.S. House of Representatives, on
the Floor of the House Friday, August 6, 1971.
Mr. Speaker: Those Americans who have been engaging in an exercise known
as "knocking the economy" have been doing their country a terrible disservice.
Not only does such criticism tend to undermine the steady recovery we are
experiencing but it simply does not square with the facts.
The truth is that the U.S. economy is steadily moving toward full recovery.
As proof of that we have a host of second-quarter earnings reports showing solid
gains in various industries and we have the recent upsurge of sales in the auto
industry, the bellwether of the economy.
The automobile companies reported record retail sales of 260,990 cars during
the July 11-20 selling period. This sales increase was led by General Motors,
which reported a record 10-day volume of 165,663 cars.
The sales pace from June 21 through July 20 represented a seasonally
adjusted annual rate of 8.5 million domestic units--or roughly a 10 million rate
when imported cars are included.
The July automobile sales figures confirm earlier reports of strong retail
sales activity.
Total retail sales from January to June rose at a rate of 15 per cent per
year, and sales for nondurables increased at a 12 per cent per year rate during
this period. These outlays should continue to rise as real incomes enlarge and
the rate of personal saving moves down to more normal levels.
The pace of residential building is also encouraging. Seasonally adjusted
housing starts ran at an annual rate of 1,881,000 units during the first six
months of 1971. This was an increase of 48 per cent over the rate for the
comparable period in 1970.
The expanding rate of spending in these key categories contributed to an
increase of $52 billion in the nation's gross national product during the first
half of 1971.
During that same time, the rate of inflation, seasonally adjusted, averaged
4 per cent per year, well below the 6.2 per cent figure for the first half of 1969
when the present Administration assumed office.
There is also evidence that unemployment has begun to move down from the
peak level reached last winter.
The facts are that we are taking an overheated economy back to a sustainable
growth path during a period of painful transition from wartime to peacetime.
The strong growth of consumer spending is a major factor in making this transition
a success.
A closing note: If all the Americans who were in military uniform or in
defense jobs when the present Administration took office were still thus occupied,
our unemployment rate would be 4.2 per cent. The Republican Party wants prosperity
and jobs without war.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON--
August 6, 1971
Remarks by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, Minority Leader, U.S. House of Representatives, on
the Floor of the House Friday, August 6, 1971.
Mr. Speaker: Those Americans who have been engaging in an exercise known
as "knocking the economy" have been doing their country a terrible disservice.
Not only does such criticism tend to undermine the steady recovery we are
experiencing but it simply does not square with the facts.
The truth is that the U.S. economy is steadily moving toward full recovery.
As proof of that we have a host of second-quarter earnings reports showing solid
gains in various industries and we have the recent upsurge of sales in the auto
industry, the bellwether of the economy.
The automobile companies reported record retail sales of 260,990 cars during
the July 11-20 selling period. This sales increase was led by General Motors,
which reported a record 10-day volume of 165,663 cars.
The sales pace from June 21 through July 20 represented a seasonally
adjusted annual rate of 8.5 million domestic units--or roughly a 10 million rate
when imported cars are included.
The July automobile sales figures confirm earlier reports of strong retail
sales activity.
Total retail sales from January to June rose at a rate of 15 per cent per
year, and sales for nondurables increased at a 12 per cent per year rate during
this period. These outlays should continue to rise as real incomes enlarge and
the rate of personal saving moves down to more normal levels.
The pace of residential building is also encouraging. Seasonally adjusted
housing starts ran at an annual rate of 1,881,000 units during the first six
months of 1971. This was an increase of 48 per cent over the rate for the
comparable period in 1970.
The expanding rate of spending in these key categories contributed to an
increase of $52 billion in the nation's gross national product during the first
half of 1971.
During that same time, the rate of inflation, seasonally adjusted, averaged
4 per cent per year, well below the 6.2 per cent figure for the first half of 1969
when the present Administration assumed office.
There is also evidence that unemployment has begun to move down from the
peak level reached last winter.
The facts are that we are taking an overheated economy back to a sustainable
growth path during a period of painful transition from wartime to peacetime.
The strong growth of consumer spending is a major factor in making this transition
a success.
A closing note: If all the Americans who were in military uniform or in
defense jobs when the present Administration took office were still thus occupied,
our unemployment rate would be 4.2 per cent. The Republican Party wants prosperity
and jobs without war.
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August 16, 1971
The President's prescription for the economy is strong medicine but the
right action for these times. It is a coordinated, constructive combination that
will promote consumer confidence, increase employment, stop inflation and make
American products more competitive in both domestic and world markets.
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GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
August 16, 1971
The President's prescription for the economy is strong medicine but the
right action for these times. It is a coordinated, constructive combination that
will promote consumer confidence, increase employment, stop inflation and make
American products more competitive in both domestic and world markets.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
Thursday, August 26, 1971
Continuing attacks by AFL-CIO President George Meany on President Nixon's
wage-price freeze mark him as an irresponsible obstructionist. He apparently
would rather see the economy wrecked than give a Republican President a chance
to achieve prosperity in peacetime, prosperity with price stability. This country
cannot afford such reckle SS behavior, and it 111 behooves a national labor leader
to conduct himself in this fashion. If the reaction of my own constituents is
any indication of the national temper, Mr. Meany is out of step with the American
people. They are backing the sident. This is a time for statemmanship on the
part of labor leaders, not demogoguery.
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CONGRESSMAN
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HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
September 9, 1971
STATEMENT OF REP. GERALD R. FORD (R-MICH.), HOUSE MINORITY LEADER
I was impressed by the President's nonpartisan appeal to all Americans
to work together for real prosperity without war and without inflation, and
by the strong bipartisan response from the Congress.
President Nixon reassured the nation that all the elements contributing
to our economic strength, including business, labor and agriculture, will be
consulted in planning the system of wage and price stabilization that will follow
the temporary 90-day freeze.
There is no longer any reason for anyone to fear that the sacrifices he
is making will become permanent inequities. I am confident that most Members
of the Congress, Democrats and Republicans, as well as the overwhelming majority
of Americans will cooperate fully with the President in meeting the challenges
of peace to our economy.
Internationally, President Nixon plainly put all nations on notice that
the United States intends to compete vigorously but fairly and to retain its
place as the number one economic power in the world. In this he surely speaks
the united determination of the country.
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CONGRESSMAN
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
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--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
September 9, 1971
STATEMENT OF REP. GERALD R. FORD (R-MICH.), HOUSE MINORITY LEADER
I was impressed by the President's nonpartisan appeal to all Americans
to work together for real prosperity without war and without inflation, and
by the strong bipartisan response from the Congress.
President Nixon reassured the nation that all the elements contributing
to our economic strength, including business, labor and agriculture, will be
consulted in planning the system of wage and price stabilization that will follow
the temporary 90-day freeze.
There is no longer any reason for anyone to fear that the sacrifices he
is making will become permanent inequities. I am confident that most Members
of the Congress, Democrats and Republicans, as well as the overwhelming majority
of Americans will cooperate fully with the President in meeting the challenges
of peace to our economy.
Internationally, President Nixon plainly put all nations on notice that
the United States intends to compete vigorously but fairly and to retain its
place as the number one economic power in the world. In this he surely speaks
the united determination of the country.
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GERALD R. FORD
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September 15, 1971
Rep. Gerald R. Ford today joined with Rep. William J. Keating, R-Ohio, to
introduce a bill dealing with the problems of runaway youth in the United States.
Ford said the number of runaway youth is approaching one million a year
and that this demands Federal action in an attempt to help both the runaways and
their parents.
Said Ford: "The tragic situations that many of these youth face while on
the run call for Federal action. We must reduce the crime, prostitution, drug
addiction and family heartbreak associated with runaways."
Here is what the Ford-Keating bill would do:
*Provide Law Enforcement Assistance Administration grants to local
and state law enforcement agencies to strengthen the national
communications network, thus helping the families of runaway
youth locate their children
*Establish grants for locally-controlled "Runaway Houses" to
provide shelter, counseling, and medical aid for runaway youths
*Direct the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to develop
a program to deal with the problems of runaway youth, their
families and the entire transient youth population
Ford said the LEAA grants to strengthen locating and reporting services
could help metropolitan areas improve their computer techniques. He said this is
clearly a Federal responsibility, since the phenomenon of runaway youth is
interstate in character and certain areas of the country are visited disproportion-
ately by runaways.
The Runaway Houses to be funded under the bill would give runaway youth a
place to turn to, Ford said. He said such facilities would give the runaways a
means of working out the problems they run away from back home.
"This bill is one approach to solving the problems associated with runaway
youth," Ford said. "It may not be the final answer, but we've got to deal with
this situation, and do it now.
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GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
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--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-
October 7, 1971
Remarks by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, prepared for delivery in the U.S. House of
Representatives, Thursday, Oct. 7, 1971.
Mr. Speaker: One of the most devoted public servants ever to sit in the
Congress of the United States has been taken from our midst by death.
James G. Fulton was a deeply dedicated member of this House--dedicated to
his constituents in the 27th congressional district of Pennsylvania and dedicated
to his country.
Jim Fulton was a distinguished graduate of Penn State University and a
graduate of Harvard Law School. Founder and former owner and publisher of seven
suburban Pittsburgh weekly newspapers, he was serving his 14th term in the Congress.
Jim was a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the ranking
Republican member of the Science and Astronautics Committee and its Manned Space
Flight Subcommittee. Jim was keenly interested in space and completely absorbed by
the subject. He might be called Congress' Space Man. He was a member of the
original Select Committee on Science and Astronautics, on which I also was privileged
to serve. He was adviser on space to the U.S. Mission at the United Nations. In
1970 he won the Silver Quill Award for outstanding writing on science and space.
He could speak for hours about the challenges of space, the need for space
exploration and the benefits of space travel. He was an expert on the subject.
Jim Fulton will be sorely missed in the House of Representatives. He was
one of its hardest-working, most conscientious members. It was said of him that
although he was a bachelor he was married to the Congress of the United States.
This House was his life.
One more word about Jim Fulton. No tribute to him would be complete without
mention of his love for his country. It must be said about Jim Fulton that he was
patriotic even when it was not considered good form to be patriotic--so deep was
his devotion to this Nation.
The country and this House must be reckoned poorer today. Jim Fulton's
death leaves a void among us. We have lost a truly outstanding man. I extend to
Jim's family my heartfelt condolences.
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October 8, 1971
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
President Nixon has outlined the proper course for this Nation to follow
in the months ahead if its citizens are to enjoy price stability once again and
the dollar is to recover its strength.
Phase II of the President's price and wage control program will demand the
highest degree of good citizenship on the part of all Americans. If they respond,
as I feel sure they will, the President's program to achieve price stability and
promote prosperity in peacetime will succeed.
Phase II of the President's program will encourage the consumer. Prices
will be controlled.
It will encourage workers. There will be equity and equality of sacrifices.
It will require sacrifice among businessmen, employes and investors.
The ultimate result will be an expanded and stable economy, with more jobs
and less inflation.
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GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-
October 8, 1971
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
President Nixon has outlined the proper course for this Nation to follow
in the months ahead if its citizens are to enjoy price stability once again and
the dollar is to recover its strength.
Phase II of the President's price and wage control program will demand the
highest degree of good citizenship on the part of all Americans. If they respond,
as I feel sure they will, the President's program to achieve price stability and
promote prosperity in peacetime will succeed.
Phase II of the President's program will encourage the consumer. Prices
will be controlled.
It will encourage workers. There will be equity and equality of sacrifices.
It will require sacrifice among businessmen, employes and investors.
The ultimate result will be an expanded and stable economy, with more jobs
and less inflation.
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GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
Tuesday, October 12, 1971
Comment by Rep. Gerald R. Ford on the President's trip to Moscow
The announcement that the President will visit Moscow the latter half of
next May will be welcomed by the world-at-large.
Hopefully, this summit meeting will prove to be another giant step forward
toward our goal of a generation of peace.
The President's Moscow trip is in line with the basic Nixon premise--that
of negotiation and not confrontation in the conduct of our foreign affairs.
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HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
Tuesday, October 12, 1971
Comment by Rep. Gerald R. Ford on the President's trip to Moscow
The announcement that the President will visit Moscow the latter half of
next May will be welcomed by the world-at-large.
Hopefully, this summit meeting will prove to be another giant step forward
toward our goal of a generation of peace.
The President's Moscow trip is in line with the basic Nixon premise--that
of negotiation and not confrontation in the conduct of our foreign affairs.
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HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
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Tuesday, October 26, 1971
Monday, Oct. 25, 1971, was a day of tragedy in the life of the United
Nations.
The expulsion of the Republic of China from the UN will seriously weaken
that organization in at least two particulars.
The precedent established by the refusal of the General Assembly to regard
expulsion of a member nation an "important question" places the membership of
small present members in danger, and the natural reaction of Americans to expulsion
of the Republic of China from the UN could seriously jeopardize the future
financing of the UN by the United States.
Congressional reaction to the expulsion of a nation that has committed no
wrong could be very adverse.
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CONGRESSMAN
GERALD R. FORD
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RELEASE
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November 6, 1971
A Toast to Sen. Robert P. Griffin on behalf of members of the House, at a fund-raising
dinner Nov. 6, 1971, at Raleigh House, Detroit, Mich.
Tonight we pay tribute to a man who is a close personal friend of mine--a
man everyone here greatly admires. We all admire him because he is a man with
great political courage and wisdom. Bob served in the U.S. House of Representatives
for five terms and proved himself one of the most outstanding members ever to sit
in that chamber. He co-authored the Landrum-Griffin Act and that took courage.
He and Phil Landrum fashioned their labor reform legislation into a product that
benefited all Americans--and that took wisdom. Bob is a man of compassion, a
man who loves people. And so it is natural that people should love and admire
him. On behalf of the members of the House, I join you in saluting a man who is
better equipped than any other person I know to speak for the people of Michigan
in the United States Senate, a man of high intellect and large heart, a man
blessed with great capabilities and qualities of leadership, our own Senator
Robert P. Griffin.
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HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
November 9, 1971
Comment on Pay Board Decision
The Pay Board had no other responsible choice if we are to curb inflation
and bring rises in the cost of living down to the 2 to 3 per cent level by the
end of next year. The decision seems to me to be reasonable and wise.
It is now vital that members of Congress determined to lick inflation
knock out of the Economic Stabilization Act of 1971 the committee-approved
provision which would completely undermine the Pay Board decision and destroy
the President's New Economic Policy.
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GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
November 9, 1971
Comment on Pay Board Decision
The Pay Board had no other responsible choice if we are to curb inflation
and bring rises in the cost of living down to the 2 to 3 per cent level by the
end of next year. The decision seems to me to be reasonable and wise.
It is now vital that members of Congress determined to lick inflation
knock out of the Economic Stabilization Act of 1971 the committee-approved
provision which would completely undermine the Pay Board decision and destroy
the President's New Economic Policy.
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HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
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--FOR SIMULTANEOUS RELEASE WITH WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCEMENT--
November 12, 1971
I am greatly encouraged by the President's announcement of a 50 per cent
stepup in U.S. troop withdrawals from Vietnam over the next two months. It points
up the improved military situation in Vietnam and the heightened strength of the
South Vietnamese forces.
It is readily apparent to me why the President has chosen to limit his
withdrawal announcement to a two-month period. He obviously wants to use the
period prior to Feb. 1 to reassess the prisoner-of-war issue and to seek a
settlement of this and other questions with the other side.
Limiting his withdrawal announcement to a two-month period gives the
President flexibility in negotiating with the North Vietnamese and provides an
option for a settlement at the bargaining table.
I congratulate the President on the tremendous progress he has made in
reducing our military manpower commitment in Vietnam, cutting it since he took
office by more than 400,000 while strengthening chances that South Vietnam can
survive.
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CONGRESSMAN
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
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--RELEASED NOVEMBER 20, 1971--
I am amazed by the crude and insulting actions of some labor
leaders, particularly George Meany, toward the President at the
AFL-CIO convention. It was a shocking display of bad manners. I
applaud the President's willingness to go before such a hostile
audience to explain the remifications of Phase 2 of his New Economic
Policy.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON--
November 29, 1971
Remarks by Rep. Gerald R. Ford on the Floor of the U.S. House of Representatives
Nov. 29, 1971.
MR. SPEAKER: On November 19, the Washington Post acknowledged that the
U. S. economy is faring better. And indeed it was right! Revised statistics show
that the real gross national product grew at an annual rate of 3.9 per cent during
the third quarter of 1971, rather than the 2.9 per cent shown in earlier projections.
Simultaneously, inflation, as measured by the GNP deflator, rose at an annual rate
of 3.0 per cent during the third quarter, as compared to 4.0 per cent in the second
quarter and 5.3 per cent in the first. The rise in the Consumer Price Index during
the month of October was .1 per cent, after seasonal adjustment. This was the
smallest monthly rise in the CPI since April, 1967.
It is obvious that President Nixon's New Economic Policy is working.
Phase I -- the freeze -- was a great success. It clamped down hard on the
inflationary spiral which we inherited from the fiscal irresponsibility of the
previous Administration. It united the American people in a massive attack on the
monster which has been eating away at the purchasing power of the American worker.
In constructing Phase II the Administration has sought to incorporate a high
degree of equity into the framework of its policies. Requests for exception to or
exemption from the guidelines of the Pay Board and the Price Commission will be
examined carefully on an individual basis.
Because of these positive, innovative Administration policies, 1972 will
fulfill President Nixon's prediction that it will be a great year economically.
The prestigious Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Secretariat
has predicted that the U. S. economy will grow at a real rate of over 6.0 per cent
during the first six months of 1972. Economic expansion at this rate will
constitute a strong recovery from the economic slowdown which we experienced
during most of 1970 and will return us to a path of steady economic growth in a
climate of price stability.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON--
November 29, 1971
Remarks by Rep. Gerald R. Ford on the Floor of the U.S. House of Representatives
Nov. 29, 1971.
MR. SPEAKER: On November 19, the Washington Post acknowledged that the
U. S. economy is faring better. And indeed it was right! Revised statistics show
that the real gross national product grew at an annual rate of 3.9 per cent during
the third quarter of 1971, rather than the 2.9 per cent shown in earlier projections.
Simultaneously, inflation, as measured by the GNP deflator, rose at an annual rate
of 3.0 per cent during the third quarter, as compared to 4.0 per cent in the second
quarter and 5.3 per cent in the first. The rise in the Consumer Price Index during
the month of October was .1 per cent, after seasonal adjustment. This was the
smallest monthly rise in the CPI since April, 1967.
It is obvious that President Nixon's New Economic Policy is working.
Phase I -- the freeze --- was a great success. It clamped down hard on the
inflationary spiral which we inherited from the fiscal irresponsibility of the
previous Administration. It united the American people in a massive attack on the
monster which has been eating away at the purchasing power of the American worker.
In constructing Phase II the Administration has sought to incorporate a high
degree of equity into the framework of its policies. Requests for exception to or
exemption from the guidelines of the Pay Board and the Price Commission will be
examined carefully on an individual basis.
Because of these positive, innovative Administration policies, 1972 will
fulfill President Nixon's prediction that it will be a great year economically.
The prestigious Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Secretariat
has predicted that the U. S. economy will grow at a real rate of over 6.0 per cent
during the first six months of 1972. Economic expansion at this rate will
constitute a strong recovery from the economic slowdown which we experienced
during most of 1970 and will return us to a path of steady economic growth in a
climate of price stability.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE IN TUESDAY AM's--
November 30, 1971
Statement of Rep. Gerald R. Ford calling for the return of Major League Baseball
to the Nation's Capital:
Several weeks ago, national attention was directed toward the workings of
organized baseball when the American League owners voted to permit the transfer
of the Washington Senators franchise out of the Nation's Capital. Despite strong
and persistent criticism of the way the Washington team had been promoted and run,
many people were surprised to see the franchise removed from one of the founding
cities of the American League based on financial considerations alone.
I have had a life-long interest in sports, and have been an enthusiastic
baseball fan. Personally, I believe that the Washington metropolitan area of some
three million people has the potential and capacity to support major league
baseball. Taking the national pastime out of the national city was a very
unfortunate move. I have joined a large number of Congressmen from both sides of
the aisle in urging the re-establishment of major league baseball in Washington.
Some in Congress have directed attention to the anti-trust status of
organized sports as a result of the Senators' transfer. I, for one, do not think
it is appropriate or necessary to threaten punitive legislation against baseball,
especially since this week, the baseball commissioner and the baseball owners
will have an opportunity to redress this situation. Tuesday a blue-ribbon
delegation of local civic, business and government leaders, including several
Members of Congress, will travel to Phoenix, Arizona to present the case of the
National Capital area to the annual baseball meeting. This delegation is
well-prepared to document the fact that Washington wants baseball, and that
baseball would find Washington a comfortable and profitable city.
Speaking as a fan and as Minority Leader of the House of Representatives,
I urge the leaders of organized baseball to pay close attention to the presentation
of the Washington delegation to Phoenix. I have asked the Congressional members
of this delegation to report back to me on the reception they get in Phoenix, and
I join these men, and the citizens of the Washington, Maryland and Virginia
metropolis in their resolve to see a major league baseball team in the Nation's
Capital on Opening Day, 1972.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE IN TUESDAY AM's--
November 30, 1971
Statement of Rep. Gerald R. Ford calling for the return of Major League Baseball
to the Nation's Capital:
Several weeks ago, national attention was directed toward the workings of
organized baseball when the American League owners voted to permit the transfer
of the Washington Senators franchise out of the Nation's Capital. Despite strong
and persistent criticism of the way the Washington team had been promoted and run,
many people were surprised to see the franchise removed from one of the founding
cities of the American League based on financial considerations alone.
I have had a life-long interest in sports, and have been an enthusiastic
baseball fan. Personally, I believe that the Washington metropolitan area of some
three million people has the potential and capacity to support major league
baseball. Taking the national pastime out of the national city was a very
unfortunate move. I have joined a large number of Congressmen from both sides of
the aisle in urging the re-establishment of major league baseball in Washington.
Some in Congress have directed attention to the anti-trust status of
organized sports as a result of the Senators' transfer. I, for one, do not think
it is appropriate or necessary to threaten punitive legislation against baseball,
especially since this week, the baseball commissioner and the baseball owners
will have an opportunity to redress this situation. Tuesday a blue-ribbon
delegation of local civic, business and government leaders, including several
Members of Congress, will travel to Phoenix, Arizona to present the case of the
National Capital area to the annual baseball meeting. This delegation is
well-prepared to document the fact that Washington wants baseball, and that
baseball would find Washington a comfortable and profitable city.
Speaking as a fan and as Minority Leader of the House of Representatives,
I urge the leaders of organized baseball to pay close attention to the presentation
of the Washington delegation to Phoenix. I have asked the Congressional members
of this delegation to report back to me on the reception they get in Phoenix, and
I join these men, and the citizens of the Washington, Maryland and Virginia
metropolis in their resolve to see a major league baseball team in the Nation's
Capital on Opening Day, 1972.
GERALD
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
December 6, 1971
Remarks by Rep. Gerald R. Ford on the Floor of the U.S. House of Representatives
Dec. 6, 1971.
Mr. Speaker, the fighting between India and Pakistan intensifies while
efforts to bring about a cease-fire and a mutual troop pullback are blocked in
the United Nations Security Council by the Soviet Union.
Mr. Speaker, it is imperative that the United States take the lead in
shifting the India-Pakistan cease-fire resolution away from the Security Council
and placing it before the General Assembly. Only there can the peace-loving
nations of the world work their will.
If this tragic war is to be ended, it is clear that there must be a with-
drawal of Indian and Pakistani troops to their own territories. In short, we must
implement the provisions of the U.S. resolutions introduced in the United Nations.
The Soviet veto does not alter the facts of the situation. Any political settlement
between India and Pakistan can only come about after the fighting stops.
Mr. Speaker, there is $184,350,000 in economic assistance for India in the
pending foreign aid bill. I am sure India will appeal to the United States for aid
in dealing with problems she herself is now creating. I do not believe that the
American public and its representatives in the Congress will be receptive to such
appeals should India continue to employ her troops in efforts to take over
Pakistani territory. I therefore endorse the action of the State Department in
suspending aid to India.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
December 6, 1971
Remarks by Rep. Gerald R. Ford on the Floor of the U.S. House of Representatives
Dec. 6, 1971.
Mr. Speaker, the fighting between India and Pakistan intensifies while
efforts to bring about a cease-fire and a mutual troop pullback are blocked in
the United Nations Security Council by the Soviet Union.
Mr. Speaker, it is imperative that the United States take the lead in
shifting the India-Pakistan cease-fire resolution away from the Security Council
and placing it before the General Assembly. Only there can the peace-loving
nations of the world work their will.
If this tragic war is to be ended, it is clear that there must be a with-
drawal of Indian and Pakistani troops to their own territories. In short, we must
implement the provisions of the U.S. resolutions introduced in the United Nations.
The Soviet veto does not alter the facts of the situation. Any political settlement
between India and Pakistan can only come about after the fighting stops.
Mr. Speaker, there is $184,350,000 in economic assistance for India in the
pending foreign aid bill. I am sure India will appeal to the United States for aid
in dealing with problems she herself is now creating. I do not believe that the
American public and its representatives in the Congress will be receptive to such
appeals should India continue to employ her troops in efforts to take over
Pakistani territory. I therefore endorse the action of the State Department in
suspending aid to India.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
Thursday, December 9, 1971
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
All the world is saddened by the death of Dr. Ralph Bunche. Dr. Bunche
was a force for peace in the world. His work at the United Nations was symbolic
of the thirst for peace that is experienced by all Americans.
No other person was ever more deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize than
Dr. Bunche. His contribution to peace and stability in the world can never be
overestimated.
The world now mourns the passing of one of the most dedicated men ever
to serve the cause of peace. I extend my condolences to the Bunche family and
to all of Dr. Bunche's many friends.
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CONGRESSMAN
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
-FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-
Tuesday, December 14, 1971
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
With the assumption that we will not reepen the gold window, I accept favor devaluation
step toward
of the dollar as a
solving the United States' trade and monetary problems.
An increase in the price of gold will not have an a dverse impact on the United
States as long as we do not resume the purchase or sale of gold.
Devaluation of the dollar therefore is a small price to pay for a big advance
toward the solution of weighty problems involving
world monetary
exchange rates and U.S. trade.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
STATEMENT BY REP. GERALD R. FORD
FOR RELEASE ON ADJOURNMENT OF THE CONGRESS
The record of the 92nd Congress during its first session was spotty and
uneven-a few pieces of major legislation enacted but generally a lack-luster
performance.
Congress deserves high marks for passing the Revenue Act of 1971, the
extension of wage and price controls, the 18-year-old vote amendment, health
manpower legislation, campaign spending reform legislation, and a draft extension
with provisions pointing toward the establishment of an all-volunteer army.
But the failures of the 92nd Congress are also notable--failure to put
general and special Revenue Sharing into effect; failure to reform the obsolete
welfare system; failure to enact new measures for dealing with national emergency
labor-management disputes in transportation; failure to reorganize Federal
cabinet departments; and failure to abolish the Electoral College system and
provide for a better method of electing the President.
The first session of the 92nd Congress was marred by presidential
politicking in the Senate, and the second session promises to be worse.
The Senate also acted irresponsibly in rejecting the foreign aid
authorization and playing politics with President Nixon's efforts to wind down
the Vietnam War.
The Senate mischievously delayed enactment of urgent tax cuts and kept
the American economy groping in doubt by attempting a partisan grab for taxpayers'
dollars to finance the Democratic Party's 1972 presidential campaign.
The House, while not always embracing the President's proposals, usually
dealt responsibly with them. The House, for instance, passed an historic welfare
reform bill only to have it held up in the Senate.
Viewed in terms of enacting the President's proposals, the 92nd Congress
has a poor record on major items. The Democrats have failed to complete action
on more than three-fourths of the 56 major measures President Nixon has tagged
as "must" legislation.
The answer is for the voters to reelect President Nixon next year and give
him Republican majorities in both the House and the Senate.
GERALD LIBRARY
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE ON RECEIPT--
Rep. Gerald R. Ford has received the Sixth Biennial Distinguished Service
Award presented by Americans for Constitutional Action (ACA).
ACA bestowed the award on Ford for his cumulative and continuing voting
record in support of legislation which strengthens the principles of the Constitution
of the United States.
In announcing the award, ACA President Charles A. McManus stated: "This
Biennial Distinguished Service Award is given to those legislators whose voting
records support legislation which serves to strengthen and defend the spirit and
principles of the Constitution of the United States. The Award essentially is
bestowed for an outstanding record in the Congress and devotion to those fundamental
principles of good Government which serve to promote individual rights and
responsibilities, a sound dollar, a growing economy, and a desire for a strong
national defense."
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