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The original documents are located in Box D5, folder "Ford Press Releases, March - May
1972" of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R.
Ford Presidential Library.
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NEWS
CONGRESSMAN
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
Wednesday, March 1, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
The action by a House Commerce subcommittee killing crippling strike pre-
vention legislation for this year proves once again that leaders of organized labor
can call the signals on such legislation in a Congress controlled by the Democratic
Party.
The Democrats don't even have the excuse that nobody wants compulsory
arbitration because they rejected a compromise bill by Rep. James Harvey, R-Mich.
which provided for selective strikes.
In my view, the final offer feature contained in both the Harvey and the
Administration bills does not constitute compulsory arbitration as such but simply
a last resort alternative which would be used when collective bargaining breaks
down completely.
The fact that crippling strikes prevention legislation now has been ruled out
until at least next year is a shocking development which is manifestly unfair to
the American people.
The crippling transportation work stoppages the legislation was aimed at
preventing are a crushing burden on the sountry.
Work stoppages such as the West Coast dock strike cause us to lose foreign
markets we may never be able to recover. Strikes of this kind not only cause
massive unemployment but undermine our entire economy.
The refusal of the majority party to permit a vote by the House on this
legislation this year does injury to the whole country.
###
GERALD FORD LIBRARY
Digitized from Box D5 of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
NEWS
CONGRESSMAN
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
Wednesday, March 1, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
The action by a House Commerce subcommittee killing crippling strike pre-
vention legislation for this year proves once again that leaders of organized labor
can call the signals on such legislation in a Congress controlled by the Democratic
Party.
The Democrats don't even have the excuse that nobody wants compulsory
arbitration because they rejected a compromise bill by Rep. James Harvey, R-Mich.,
which provided for selective strikes.
In my view, the final offer feature contained in both the Harvey and the
Administration bills does not constitute compulsory arbitration as such but simply
a last resort alternative which would be used when collective bargaining breaks
down completely.
The fact that crippling strikes prevention legislation now has been ruled out
until at least next year is a shocking development which is manifestly unfair to
the American people.
The crippling transportation work stoppages the legislation was aimed at
preventing are a crushing burden on the country.
Work stoppages such as the West Coast dock strike cause us to lose foreign
markets we may never be able to recover. Strikes of this kind not only cause
massive unemployment but undermine our entire economy.
The refusal of the majority party to permit a vote by the House on this
legislation this year does injury to the whole country.
###
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NEWS
CONGRESSMAN
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
Wednesday, March 1, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1972, AND THEREAFTER
Rep. Gerald R. Ford Monday introduced a bill he believes will create
thousands of new jobs by expanding American exports at no cost to the U.S. taxpayer.
The bill would boost American exports by using U.S.-owned foreign currencies
to pay foreign import duties charged on American goods and thus make them more
competitive in price with European and Japanese goods in foreign markets.
The savings on import duties would have to be passed along to the foreign
consumer under terms of the bill. In countries where the U.S. has excess and other
foreign currency, foreign buyers could purchase American products duty free under
Ford's proposal.
The export-boosting foreign currencies bill has also been introduced by
Rep. William S. Moorhead, D-Pa., chairman of the House Foreign Operations and
Government Information Subcommittee, and by Rep. William S. Broomfield, R-Mich., a
senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The bill has been sent to the
Foreign Affairs Committee. It is co-sponsored by 15 Democrats and 14 Republicans.
Ford said the plan has the longrange potential of creating 125,000 new jobs,
according to international trade and finance experts in the Library of Congress.
The experts base this estimate on information obtained from the U.S. Labor and
Treasury Departments.
Ford said his bill would not cost the American taxpayer a penny and would
make money for the U.S. Treasury.
He pointed out that the U.S. currently owns and is owed vast amounts of
foreign currencies. America holds more than $2 billion in such currencies. Another
$6 billion in foreign currencies is owed to the U.S. and is in the process of
regular payment. In addition, almost $22 billion in our own currency is owed the
U.S. The overall total is roughly $30 billion.
Since foreign import duties average 10 per cent, these funds would finance
$300 billion worth of American exports over the coming years if used entirely for
foreign duty payments.
Ford also explained how the export-expanding foreign currencies bill would
bring money into the U.S. Treasury. Because of the multiplier tax effects when
U.S. exports increase, every dollar or its equivalent in foreign currency spent to
LIBRAR.
pay import duties would virtually double U.S. tax income.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1972, AND THEREAFTER
Rep. Gerald R. Ford Monday introduced a bill he believes will create
thousands of new jobs by expanding American exports at no cost to the U.S. taxpayer.
The bill would boost American exports by using U.S.-owned foreign currencies
to pay foreign import duties charged on American goods and thus make them more
competitive in price with European and Japanese goods in foreign markets.
The savings on import duties would have to be passed along to the foreign
consumer under terms of the bill. In countries where the U.S. has excess and other
foreign currency, foreign buyers could purchase American products duty free under
Ford's proposal.
The export-boosting foreign currencies bill has also been introduced by
Rep. William S. Moorhead, D-Pa., chairman of the House Foreign Operations and
Government Information Subcommittee, and by Rep. William S. Broomfield, R-Mich., a
senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The bill has been sent to the
Foreign Affairs Committee. It is co-sponsored by 15 Democrats and 14 Republicans.
Ford said the plan has the longrange potential of creating 125,000 new jobs,
according to international trade and finance experts in the Library of Congress.
The experts base this estimate on information obtained from the U.S. Labor and
Treasury Departments.
Ford said his bill would not cost the American taxpayer a penny and would
make money for the U.S. Treasury.
He pointed out that the U.S. currently owns and is owed vast amounts of
foreign currencies. America holds more than $2 billion in such currencies. Another
$6 billion in foreign currencies is owed to the U.S. and is in the process of
regular payment. In addition, almost $22 billion in our own currency is owed the
U.S. The overall total is roughly $30 billion.
Since foreign import duties average 10 per cent, these funds would finance
$300 billion worth of American exports over the coming years if used entirely for
foreign duty payments.
Ford also explained how the export-expanding foreign currencies bill would
bring money into the U.S. Treasury. Because of the multiplier tax effects when
U.S. exports increase, every dollar or its equivalent in foreign currency spent to
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pay import duties would virtually double U.S. tax income.
###
NEWS
CONGRESSMAN
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
-FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
Monday, March 6, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
Prospects for Federal aid to nonpublie schools are the most promising they have
ever been, due to two developments.
First of all, House Ways and Means Chairman Wilbur Mills, D-Ark., and Ways and
Means member James A. Burke, D-Mass., have introduced bills identical with the
Byrnes-Ford bill which calls for a 50 per cent personal income tax credit on
nonpublie school tuition, up to a limit of $400 per dependent.
Second, the President's Commission on School Finance has urged tax credits or
deductions for nonpublic school tuition in a report made public today.
I have been pushing for financial aid to nonpublic schools for more than 10
years. It seems to me that chances for such aid are the brightest now that they
have ever been.
The next step is hearings before the Ways and Means Committee. It is my
understanding that hearings will be scheduled.
BERALD FORD LIBRARY
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CONGRESSMAN
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
Monday, March 6, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
Prospects for Federal aid to nonpublic schools are the most promising they have
ever been, due to two developments.
First of all, House Ways and Means Chairman Wilbur Mills, D-Ark., and Ways and
Means member James A. Burke, D-Mass., have introduced bills identical with the
Byrnes-Ford bill which calls for a 50 per cent personal income tax credit on
nonpublic school tuition, up to a limit of $400 per dependent.
Second, the President's Commission on School Finance has urged tax credits or
deductions for nonpublic school tuition in a report made public today.
I have been pushing for financial aid to nonpublic schools for more than 10
years. It seems to me that chances for such aid are the brightest now that they
have ever been.
The next step is hearings before the Ways and Means Committee. It is my
understanding that hearings will be scheduled.
BERALD FORD LIBRARY
######
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NEWS
CONGRESSMAN
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1972.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has agreed to earmark roughly $100,000 a
year for three years for a fruit pest management pilot project in Michigan's West
Central apple district, Rep. Gerald R. Ford announced today.
The project will be administered by the Cooperative Extension Service of
Michigan State University with the USDA and the Michigan Department of Agriculture
cooperating.
Said Ford: "This is great news for our fruit growers. The program will mean
a big reduction in the cost of pest control to fruit growers. In some cases, the
saving will amount to as much as $50 an acre. The program will also reduce the
danger of environmental pollution."
Ford said California and New York also sought the project but Michigan's
proposal won out. He said he had contacted top-level USDA officials in behalf of
the MSU proposal.
Some 5,000 acres of Michigan apples will initially come under the pest
management program.
Ford noted that the highest cost in growing apples is spraying. This means,
he said, that any innovations that get the job done more cheaply and without loss
of fruit quality will greatly help in reducing growing costs.
Ford concluded: "Michigan's fruit industry is faced with acute financial
difficulties. Fruit growers are caught in a squeeze between high costs and low
prices and profits. An improvement in production efficiency, particularly the
pest control program, can mean the difference between success and failure for many
of our growers."
###
GERAL
LIBRARY
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1972.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has agreed to earmark roughly $100,000 a
year for three years for a fruit pest management pilot project in Michigan's West
Central apple district, Rep. Gerald R. Ford announced today.
The project will be administered by the Cooperative Extension Service of
Michigan State University with the USDA and the Michigan Department of Agriculture
cooperating.
Said Ford: "This is great news for our fruit growers. The program will mean
a big reduction in the cost of pest control to fruit growers. In some cases, the
saving will amount to as much as $50 an acre. The program will also reduce the
danger of environmental pollution."
Ford said California and New York also sought the project but Michigan's
proposal won out. He said he had contacted top-level USDA officials in behalf of
the MSU proposal.
Some 5,000 acres of Michigan apples will initially come under the pest
management program.
Ford noted that the highest cost in growing apples is spraying. This means,
he said, that any innovations that get the job done more cheaply and without loss
of fruit quality will greatly help in reducing growing costs.
Ford concluded: "Michigan's fruit industry is faced with acute financial
difficulties. Fruit growers are caught in a squeeze between high costs and low
prices and profits. An improvement in production efficiency, particularly the
pest control program, can mean the difference between success and failure for many
of our growers."
###
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NEWS
CONGRESSMAN
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
-FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
March 13, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
Mr. Jack Anderson is to be condemned for dragging the name of the President
of the United States before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the basis of evidence
which is so unreliable that it would be barred from every court of law in the
Nation.
Mr. Anderson has used the universally discredited technique of multiple
hearsay to substantiate his charges, a gimmick which involves the presentation of
evidence three or four times removed from the source.
It is virtually impossible to verify the accuracy or the veracity of this
kind of evidence, and Mr. Anderson knows it. He has shown no reservations in using
it to support his charges before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
He has denigrated countless numbers of dedicated public servants over the
years by this illegitimate evidentiary technique, and now his list has been expanded
to include the President of the United States. I am dismayed by the fact that this
irresponsible individual has been permitted to make his charges on such a transparent
basis, virtually unchallenged by members of the Judiciary Committee or his colleagues
in the press. Were Mr. Anderson required to produce substantive evidence of
probative value in the I.T.T. case, he surely would be unable to do so.
Without multiple hearsay evidence, Jack Anderson is a man without a case.
###
BERALD FORD FIBRARY
NEWS
CONGRESSMAN
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
March 13, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
Mr. Jack Anderson is to be condemned for dragging the name of the President
of the United States before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the basis of evidence
which is so unreliable that it would be barred from every court of law in the
Nation.
Mr. Anderson has used the universally discredited technique of multiple
hearsay to substantiate his charges, a gimmick which involves the presentation of
evidence three or four times removed from the source.
It is virtually impossible to verify the accuracy or the veracity of this
kind of evidence, and Mr. Anderson knows it. He has shown no reservations in using
it to support his charges before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
He has denigrated countless numbers of dedicated public servants over the
years by this illegitimate evidentiary technique, and now his list has been expanded
to include the President of the United States. I am dismayed by the fact that this
irresponsible individual has been permitted to make his charges on such a transparent
basis, virtually unchallenged by members of the Judiciary Committee or his colleagues
in the press. Were Mr. Anderson required to produce substantive evidence of
probative value in the I.T.T. case, he surely would be unable to do so.
Without multiple hearsay evidence, Jack Anderson is a man without a case.
###
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3/14/72
NEWS
CONGRESSMAN
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
President Nixon has won a tremendous victory in Florida. Following as it
does an equally tremendous victory in New Hampshire one week ago, it
indicates
the support the President enjoys among voters across this Nation-
a support provided by Democrats, Republicans and Independents. The President is
headed for a solid victory in November.
showing teads to support my preduction Humphrey'shathe
On The other side, Hubert
willagain be the Democratic Party's into nominee.
as for muskie he securstor slipping farther
decline after his unimpressive beformance in n.H.
Humphary and Jackson 3rd M 12%;
muskie 43 with 7%-
FORD & LIBRARY
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
Thursday Night
March 16, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, given to the Wire Services, Time-Life Broadcast,
Booth Newspapers, and the Detroit News.
The President has proposed what I have long advocated--a halt to forced busing
to achieve racial balance coupled with the upgrading of disadvantaged schools so
as to provide quality education for all. I fully endorse his proposal.
If the Congress does not enact the President's proposed legislation or if the
courts disregard such legislation, then the only answer is a Constitutional
Amendment.
#####
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
Remarks by Rep. Gerald R. Ford in connection with Special Order of March 21
taken by Rep. Marvin L. Esch.
SENT 70 ESCH'S
OFFICE 3/17/72
Mr. Speaker, all of us who have seen and heard the Hill Top Singers on
television have been filled with a warm feeling generated by the atmosphere
of love and brotherhood conveyed by those young people.
Today I am pleased to join with my colleague, Rep. Marvin Esch, and
others in saluting the Jaycees for taking a cue from the Hill Top Singers and
promoting a worldwide brotherhood sing on this day, March 21.
Gov. William Milliken of Michigan has declared March 21st as Brotherhood
Sing Along Day in Michigan, and I feel sure it is being so observed throughout
the world whether officially or not.
Music is the language of love, and 80 it is most appropriate that the
Jaycees have chosen a "sing along" as the medium for promoting world
brotherhood. I join with them in this worthy mission.
######
FORD LIBRARY i GERALD
NEWS
CONGRESSMAN
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 23, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
It is important that there be as much labor representation as possible on
the Pay Board. I commend Teamsters President Frank E. Fitzsimmons for deciding to
stay on the board and I hope that UAW President Leonard Woodcock will remain. I
also commend the President for continuing the Pay Board with proportional business
and labor membership.
It is in organized labor's best interests to be represented on the Pay Board
since the board is, after all, engaged in making decisions affecting the rank-and-
file worker. It is far better for labor leaders to participate in those decisions
than to stand on the sidelines and then seek to sabotage the decisions after they
have been made.
Fighting inflation is every American's responsibility. Those who abdicate
that responsibility are hurting the Nation, those they represent and themselves.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
March 23, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
It is important that there be as much labor representation as possible on
the Pay Board. I commend Teamsters President Frank E. Fitzsimmons for deciding to
stay on the board and + hope that UAW President Leonard Woodcock will remain. I
also commend the President for continuing the Pay Board with proportional business
and labor membership.
It is in organized labor's best interests to be represented on the Pay Board
since the board is, after all, engaged in making decisions affecting the rank-and-
file worker. It is far better for labor leaders to participate in those decisions
than to stand on the sidelines and then seek to sabotage the decisions after they
have been made.
Fighting inflation is every American's responsibility. Those who abdicate
that responsibility are hurting the Nation, those they represent and themselves.
###
DERALTD R.FORD VIBRARY
Remarks by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, R-Mich., to be placed in the Congressional
Record of march 23,1972. 23,
MR. GERALD R. FORD: Mr. Speaker, March 25 marks the 54th anniversary
of the day when the Byelorussian people proudly proclaimed their independence
only to be overwhelmed by Bolshevik invaders.
In the year 1972 lovers of freedom among the Byelorussians just as proudly
proclaim that the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic established in place
of independent Byelorussia is simply an administrative arm of the Soviet
Union and does not truly represent the Byelorussian people.
I firmly and fervently believe in the right of national self-determination,
Mr. Speaker. The only government worthy of the name is that which governs
by consent of the governed. Let it be noted here and now that thore has never
been a free election in Byelorussia during the 54 years since it first was
absorbed into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
In their dedication to truth and freedom, Americans salute freedom-loving
Byelorussians here and throughout the world on the 54th anniversary of their
independence day. We share with them the hope that one day they will realize
their national aspirations and retrieve the rights which are properly theirs.
######
FORD if LIBRARY GERALD
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NEWS
CONGRESSMAN
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
March 24, 1972
The Welfare Rights Organization is engaging in an irresponsible act in
using the school children of the District of Columbia as political pawns. The
WRO is exploiting D.C. school children as a part of the political games it is
playing to promote ridiculously high welfare payments. If WRO really were
concerned about the welfare of children, it would not expose them to possible
injury by herding them together for a mass march. I believe that in the
interests of the health and safety of D.C. school children, Mayor Walter
Washington should revoke the permit for Saturday's so-called "Children's March
for Survival." I would add that D.C. school officials and those D.C. School
Board members lending themselves to this ridiculous political exercise are to
be condemned for allowing the schools to be used in this propaganda maneuver.
###
FORD is LIBRARY GERALD
NEWS
CONGRESSMAN
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
March 24, 1972
The Welfare Rights Organization is engaging in an irresponsible act in
using the school children of the District of Columbia as political pawns. The
WRO is exploiting D.C. school children as a part of the political games it is
playing to promote ridiculously high welfare payments. If WRO really were
concerned about the welfare of children, it would not expose them to possible
injury by herding them together for a mass march. I believe that in the
interests of the health and safety of D.C. school children, Mayor Walter
Washington should revoke the permit for Saturday's so-called "Children's March
for Survival." I would add that D.C. school officials and those D.C. School
Board members lending themselves to this ridiculous political exercise are to
be condemned for allowing the schools to be used in this propaganda maneuver.
###
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON MONDAY--
March 27, 1972
Rep. Gerald R. Ford today proposed that Kent and Ionia County 18-year-olds
attending high school be given school time to register to vote.
Ford made his proposal in a letter to all of the school superintendents in
Kent and Ionia Counties and sent copies to all of the principals.
"I just think we should make it as easy as possible for our 18-year-olds to
register to vote," Ford said. "Now that the 26th Amendment to the Constitution has
made 18-year-olds eligible to vote, I would like to see them become involved in the
democratic process immediately."
He said the best way to do that would be for school officials to arrange for
18-year-olds to register on school time, either by having an official Deputy come to
the school and register them in class or by busing the 18-year-olds to the nearest
voter registration office.
Informed by Ford of his proposal, Kent Intermediate School Supt. Albert L.
Deal said: "I think it's a tremendous idea. I subscribe to it wholeheartedly. We
want to get this age group involved in government."
Ford is a sponsor of a national program called "Released Time for
Registration," together with six other House Republicans and seven House Democrats.
Ford's letter is as follows:
"Dear Superintendent:
As you know, the 26th Admendment to the Constitution was enacted last
year, making all 18-year-olds eligible to vote.
I think the rest of us should make it as simple as possible for
18-year-olds to register to vote and should encourage them to do SO.
To that end, I am suggesting that school time be made available to
your eligible seniors for registration. This could be an important
civics project for your graduating class. To vote in this year's
Primary Election, your schools' 18-year-olds must register by July 7.
This project could be carried out on school time either by having an
official Deputy register the students in class or by busing all eligible
students to the nearest voter registration office on a field trip.
You probably will be contacted further by your local National Education
Association representative, League of Women Voters, Student Vote
Organization, or other group.
My Congressional Office pledges to you and your 18-year-olds my complete
cooperation in this effort. If I can assist you in any way, please let
me know."
Best regards,
GERALD LIGARAY
Gerald R. Ford, M.C.
# # #
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON MONDAY--
March 27, 1972
Rep. Gerald R. Ford today proposed that Kent and Ionia County 18-year-olds
attending high school be given school time to register to vote.
Ford made his proposal in a letter to all of the school superintendents in
Kent and Ionia Counties and sent copies to all of the principals.
"I just think we should make it as easy as possible for our 18-year-olds to
register to vote," Ford said. "Now that the 26th Amendment to the Constitution has
made 18-year-olds eligible to vote, I would like to see them become involved in the
democratic process immediately."
He said the best way to do that would be for school officials to arrange for
18-year-olds to register on school time, either by having an official Deputy come to
the school and register them in class or by busing the 18-year-olds to the nearest
voter registration office.
Informed by Ford of his proposal, Kent Intermediate School Supt. Albert L.
Deal said: "I think it's a tremendous idea. I subscribe to it wholeheartedly. We
want to get this age group involved in government."
Ford is a sponsor of a national program called "Released Time for
Registration," together with six other House Republicans and seven House Democrats.
Ford's letter is as follows:
"Dear Superintendent:
As you know, the 26th Admendment to the Constitution was enacted last
year, making all 18-year-olds eligible to vote.
I think the rest of us should make it as simple as possible for
18-year-olds to register to vote and should encourage them to do SO.
To that end, I am suggesting that school time be made available to
your eligible seniors for registration. This could be an important
civics project for your graduating class. To vote in this year's
Primary Election, your schools' 18-year-olds must register by July 7.
This project could be carried out on school time either by having an
official Deputy register the students in class or by busing all eligible
students to the nearest voter registration office on a field trip.
You probably will be contacted further by your local National Education
Association representative, League of Women Voters, Student Vote
Organization, or other group.
My Congressional Office pledges to you and your 18-year-olds my complete
cooperation in this effort. If I can assist you in any way, please let
me know."
Best regards,
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Gerald R. Ford, M.C.
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Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, R-Mich., to be placed in the Congressional
Record on Monday, April 10, 1972.
MR. SPEAKER: Cardinal Mindssenti recently celebrated his 80th
birthday in the Pazmaneum in Vienna. Fortunately he is still in good
health. He is busy writing a book on Hungarian history and is making
the final revisions on his memoirs.
This courageous prelate aptly characterises the indomitable spirit
of freedom in Hungary that defies all forms of totalitarianism. He still
feels supported by the moral conscience of the world in his uncompromis-
ing stand for human dignity and individual and church rights, and for the
national independence of his country.
Proof of the respect the Hungarian Cardinal enjoys in his exile is
reflected in a telegram sent him by President Nixon which read:
"It is a pleasure for me to extend to you con-
gratulations and best wishes on the occasion of your
eightieth birthday. May your celebration of this
significant anniversary find you in good health."
Mr. Speaker, I would like at this time to join my colleagues led by
the distinguished gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. PATTEN) in wishing not only
a blessed and happy birthday but also a return to the Archbishoprics of Gran
(Esstergom) to the courageous Cardinal Mindszenty.
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Phone 966-0502
Founded in 1906
AMERICAN HUNGARIAN FEDERATION
3216 NEW MEXICO AVENUE, N.W., WASHINGTON, D. C. 20016
April 3, 1972
HON. ALBERT A. FIOK
Judge, Court of Common Pleas
The Honorable
National President
Gerald R. Ford
Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives
The Right Reverend
DR. ZOLTAN BEKY
H-240, United States Capitol
Chairman of the Board
Washington, D.C. 20515
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
CORNELIUS A. NAVORI, M.D.
Chairman
Dear Congressman Ford,
LASZLO L. ESZENYI
National Vice-President
DR. JOHN NADAS
Las Wednesday, March 29, Cardinal Joseph Mindszenty celebrated
National Vice-President
his 80th birthday in enforced exile in Vienna after having
BELA TELEKI
lived as a refugee at the U.S. Embassy in Budapest for sixteen
National Vice-President
years.
EDE NEUMAN DE VEGVAR
National Vice-President
On Saturday, March 25, I had the opportunity of visiting with
DR. ELEMER BAKO
National Director
the Cardinal in Vienna, and the officers of our Federation,
EDWARD CHASZAR
including Bishop Beky, our Chairman of the Board, have asked
National Director
me to write to his friends in the U.S. Congress so that he
PAUL ST. MIKLOSSY
may be remembered at this occasion. As a result, Representati-
National Treasurer
ve Edward J. Patten (D., N.J.) has asked for a special order
BELA A. KARLOWITZ, Esq.
on this matter for Monday, April 10, 1972.
Legal Counsellor
MICHAEL HEGEDUS, JR.
National Controller
We would be much obliged if you were to join with the already
DR. JULIUS HOVANYI
numerous members of Congress in remembering the courageous
National Controller
Cardinal by a short personal speech, or if not possible, at
DR. GEORGE NEMETHY
least by a statement and if you were to include the text of
National Controller
President Nixon's congratulatory telegram to him after your
DR. LOUIS FURY
speech or statement. We are enclosing a draft statement which,
National Secretary
of course, you may change in any manner necessary.
DR. Z. MICHAEL SZAZ
Secretary of International
Relations
On April 10 1972 I will be in Washington and will check with
Mr. Miltich in your office in this regard. With best wishes
(it was nice to see you in Montgomery, Ala. in February), I am
Sincerely yours,
Z. Michael Szaz, Ph.D.
Encls.
Secretary of International Relations
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON WEDNESDAY--
April 12, 1972
House Republican Leader Gerald R. Ford today introduced a proposed
Constitutional Amendment providing for the holding of a nationwide Presidential
primary election every four years.
Ford's Amendment is identical with one introduced in the Senate March 13 by
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana and Sen. George Aiken, R-Vt.
It calls for a national Presidential primary the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in August in the year preceding the expiration of the regular term of
the President and Vice President.
The person receiving the greatest number of votes cast by registered voters
of his party affiliation--a plurality of at least 40 per cent--would become his
party's official candidate for President.
If either of the parties failed to give its highest vote-getter at least
40 per cent, a runoff election would be held between the two top vote-getters of
the party on the 28th day after the day on which the primary election was held.
Only persons eligible to vote in the primary election could vote in the
runoff.
To get on the primary ballot in all the States, a major party candidate
would be required to file petitions signed by qualified voters equal to one per
cent of the vote cast in the last election for presidential candidates of his
party in each of 17 States.
For candidates of minor parties--which did not have electors on the ballot
in 17 states but polled at least 10 per cent of the vote cast nationwide--the
requirement would be one per cent of the total vote cast throughout the nation in
the last election.
Only persons registered by party affiliation could vote in the primary, and
there could be no crossovers.
Ford commented: "After observing the antics of presidential hopefuls in
the various State primaries this year, it seems to me we should put an end to this
chaotic situation by having one same-day primary throughout the Nation. Unlike
the present primaries, the national primary I propose would decide something. It
would, with a runoff if necessary, give us our presidential candidates.'
Ford emphasized that the major political parties would continue to nominate
vice presidential candidates and adopt party platforms.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON WEDNESDAY--
April 12, 1972
House Republican Leader Gerald R. Ford today introduced a proposed
Constitutional Amendment providing for the holding of a nationwide Presidential
primary election every four years.
Ford's Amendment is identical with one introduced in the Senate March 13 by
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana and Sen. George Aiken, R-Vt.
It calls for a national Presidential primary the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in August in the year preceding the expiration of the regular term of
the President and Vice President.
The person receiving the greatest number of votes cast by registered voters
of his party affiliation--a plurality of at least 40 per cent--would become his
party's official candidate for President.
If either of the parties failed to give its highest vote-getter at least
40 per cent, a runoff election would be held between the two top vote-getters of
the party on the 28th day after the day on which the primary election was held.
Only persons eligible to vote in the primary election could vote in the
runoff.
To get on the primary ballot in all the States, a major party candidate
would be required to file petitions signed by qualified voters equal to one per
cent of the vote cast in the last election for presidential candidates of his
party in each of 17 States.
For candidates of minor parties--which did not have electors on the ballot
in 17 states but polled at least 10 per cent of the vote cast nationwide--the
requirement would be one per cent of the total vote cast throughout the nation in
the last election.
Only persons registered by party affiliation could vote in the primary, and
there could be no crossovers.
Ford commented: "After observing the antics of presidential hopefuls in
the various State primaries this year, it seems to me we should put an end to this
chaotic situation by having one same-day primary throughout the Nation. Unlike
the present primaries, the national primary I propose would decide something. It
would, with a runoff if necessary, give us our presidential candidates."
Ford emphasized that the major political parties would continue to nominate
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vice presidential candidates and adopt party platforms.
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Remarks by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, to be placed in the Congressmional Record of April 12, 1972.
Mr. Speaker, I have today introduced a proposed Constitutional Amendment providing
for the holding of a nationwide Presidential primary election every four years.
While this primary election would determine the identify of our Pre sidential
candidates, political parties would continue to nominate the Vice-Presidential
candidates and to adopt party platforms.
My propo sed smendment is identical with one introduced in the Senate March 13 by
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana and Sen. George Aiken, R-Vt.
It calls for a national Presidential primary the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in August in the year preceding the expiration of the regular term of
the President and Vice President.
The person receiving the greatest number of votes cast by registered voters
of his party affiliation--a plurality of at least 40 per cent--would become his
party's official candidate for President.
If either of the parties failed to give its highest vote-getter at least
40 per cent, a runoff election would be held between the two top vote-getters of
the party on the 28th day after the day on which the primary election was held.
Only persons eligible to vote in the primary election could vote in the
runoff.
To get on the primary ballot in all the States, a major party candidate
would be required to file petitions signed by qualified voters equal to one per
cent of the vote cast in the last election for presidential candidates of his
party in each of 17 States.
For candidates of minor parties--which did not have electors on the ballot
in 17 states but polled at least 10 per cent of the vote cast nationwide--the
requirement would be one per cent of the total vote cast throughout the nation in
the last election.
Only persons registered by party affiliation could vote in the primary, and
there could be no crossovers.
After observing the antics of Presidential hopefuls in the various State primaries
this year, I feel we should put an end to this chaotic situation by having one same-day
primary throughout the Nation. Unlike the present primaries, the national primary I
propose would decide something. It would, with a runoff if necessary, give us our
Presidential candidates.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON FRIDAY --
April 14, 1972
Rep. Gerald R. Ford has sent a questionnaire into the roughly 150,000
households in the Fifth Congressional District posing queries on everything from
the proposed moratorium on forced busing to a U.S. pullout from Vietnam.
In the question on busing, Kent and Ionia County residents are asked whether
they favor a national moratorium on forced busing to achieve racial balance,
coupled with special Federal aid to disadvantaged schools.
The question on Vietnam offers two alternatives--declaration of a ceasefire
in Vietnam and immediate withdrawal of all U.S. forces; or, withdrawal of all
U.S. forces conditioned on release of American prisoners of war, a ceasefire
throughout Indochina and the holding of an internationally supervised presidential
election in South Vietnam.
Ford's last questionnaire made it possible for a husband and wife to vote
separately, so that each could express a view. His 1972 questionnaire continues
this feature but also offers new young voters, the 18-through-20-year-olds, an
opportunity to express their opinions in special balloting.
Ford said the questionnaire was printed at no cost to the taxpayer and said
compilation of the results also will be paid from private funds.
The complete questionnaire is as follows:
JERRY FORD 1972 QUESTIONNAIRE
HIS
HERS
18-20
(MULTIPLE CHOICE)
HIS
18-20
Yr. Old
Yr. Old
Yes No Yes No Yes No
1. Do you favor a moratorium on forced busing
B. On health insurance, which do you favor?
CHOOSE ONE
to achieve racial balance, coupled with special
Federal aid to disadvantaged schools?
A. An improved nationwide private health
insurance system, with employers required to
2. Do you favor Federal legislation to prevent
pay 65 to 75 per cent of the premiums and
national emergency strikes in transportation
employees the rest, and with insurance com-
(railroads, airlines, shipping and trucking)?
panies placed under Federal regulation and
control.
3. Do you favor diverting some of the highway
user taxes to finance urban mass transit systems?
B. A Federal Government program financed
4. Do you favor sharing of Federal income tax
with special payroll taxes.
revenue with the cities and States on a fixed
percentage basis?
9. On Vietnam, the United States Government
CHOOSE ONE -
should:
5. In the last four years the Soviet Union has
increased its strategic missile capability and great-
A. Declare a consefire within the nation of
by expanded its naval forces. Do you fever an
Vietnam and immediately withdraw all Ameri-
increase in U.S. military spending to offset this?
can military personnel therefrom.
6. Do you favor continuing wage and price con-
B. Withdraw all American forces from South
trols until inflation is curbed?
Vietnam, conditioned on release of U.S.
priseners of war, a ceasefire throughout Indo-
7. Do you favor a substantial increase in Social
china and the holding of on internationally
Security benefits if this means higher Social
supervised Presidential election in South Viet-
Security taxes?
nam,
(SIMPLY DETACH THIS HALF OF CARD, AFFIX STAMP ON OTHER SIDE AND MAIL BACK)
FORD
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON FRIDAY --
April 14, 1972
Rep. Gerald R. Ford has sent a questionnaire into the roughly 150,000
households in the Fifth Congressional District posing queries on everything from
the proposed moratorium on forced busing to a U.S. pullout from Vietnam.
In the question on busing, Kent and Ionia County residents are asked whether
they favor a national moratorium on forced busing to achieve racial balance,
coupled with special Federal aid to disadvantaged schools.
The question on Vietnam offers two alternatives--declaration of a ceasefire
in Vietnam and immediate withdrawal of all U.S. forces; or, withdrawal of all
U.S. forces conditioned on release of American prisoners of war, a ceasefire
throughout Indochina and the holding of an internationally supervised presidential
election in South Vietnam.
Ford's last questionnaire made it possible for a husband and wife to vote
separately, so that each could express a view. His 1972 questionnaire continues
this feature but also offers new young voters, the 18-through-20-year-olds, an
opportunity to express their opinions in special balloting.
Ford said the questionnaire was printed at no cost to the taxpayer and said
compilation of the results also will be paid from private funds.
The complete questionnaire is as follows:
JERRY FORD 1972 QUESTIONNAIRE
HIS
HERS
18-20
(MULTIPLE CHOICE)
HIS
HERS
18-20
Yr. Old
Yr. Old
Yes No Yes No
Yes No
1. De you faver a moratorium on forced busing
8. On health insurance, which do you favor?
CHOOSE ONE
to achieve racial balance, coupled with special
Federal aid to disadvantaged schools?
A. An improved nationwide private health
insurance system, with employers required to
2. Do you faver Federal legislation to prevent
pay 65 to 75 per cent of the premiums and
national emergency strikes in transportation
employees the rest, and with insurance com-
(railroads, airlines, shipping and trucking)?
panies placed under Federal regulation and
control.
3. Do you favor diverting some of the highway
user taxes to finance urban mass transit systems?
B. A Federal Government program financed
with special payroll taxes.
4. Do you favor sharing of Federal income tax
revenue with the cities and States on a fixed
9. On Vietnam, the United States Government
CHOOSE ONE
percentage basis?
should:
5. In the last feur years the Soviet Union has
A. Declare a ceasefire within the nation of
increased its strategic missile capability and great-
Vietnam and immediately withdraw all Ameri-
ly expended its navel forces. Do you favor on
can military personnel therefrom.
increase in U.S. military spending to offset this?
B. Withdraw all American forces from South
6. Do you faver continuing wage and price con-
Vietnam, conditioned on release of U.S.
trols until inflation is curbed?
prisoners of war, a ceasefire throughout Indo-
7. Do you favor a substantial increase in Social
china and the holding of an internationally
Security benefits if this means higher Social
supervised Presidential election in South Viet-
Security taxes?
nam,
(SIMPLY DETACH THIS HALF OF CARD, AFFIX STAMP ON OTHER SIDE AND MAIL BACK)
FORD
GEROLD
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CUTLINES
FIRST IN WASHINGTON -- Godfrey Lee High School seniors, 43 strong,
were the first senior class from the Fifth Congressional District (Kent and
Jonia Counties) to visit Washington this spring. Shown with them at lower
right are Rep. Gerald R. Ford, second from right, and class sponsors, from
left, Henry Shisler, Mrs. Lynn Johnson, Mrs. Petra Taylor and Edwin Dely.
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NLFP . 11/4/77
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford for the publication, "The Asian World."
4/14/72
Events have transpired which have shocked the world as the United States has
altered its attitude toward the Peoples Republic of China and opened lines of
communication to the Chinese mainland.
We have taken steps to improve relations with the Peoples Republic of China.
But TID have in no way weakened our defense commitment to the Republic of China.
That commitment is contained in the Mutual Defense Treaty of 1954, which commits the
United States to act to meet an external attack against Taiwan and the Pescadores.
Our relations with the Republic of China will continue to be close despite our
initiative toward the Peoples Republic of China.
It is an established fact that the United States took the most emergetic efforts
to keep the Republic of China in the United Nations.
And there is no question that it was U.S. sid, effectively used, which made it
possible for the Republic of China to become one of the first countrie 8 in Asia whose
growth and development have been 80 remarkable that such aid is no longer needed.
The Republic of China has become a modern industrial society. The standard of
living of the average citizen of Taimn has improved strikingly and is continuing to
do 80.
Our friendship with the Republic of China continues undiminished.
Our dialogue with Peking will not be at the expense of our friendship with Taiwan.
We will continue to honor our 1954 treaty commitment.
That commitment is essentially defensive.
It is impo sible to predict how the differences between Taipsi and Peking will be
resolved, but time must ultimately yield a solution--and peaceably.
Meantime we will continue our relationship with Taiwan, one that is vital_and
most cordial.
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Diredads M YAP PhD.
Pres i Editor
Capital Publisher Inc
P.O. Box 6235
GERALD NAKORO
5306 Belt Rd.
wash A.C. 20515
CAPITAL PUBLISHERS, INC.
POST OFFICE BOX 6235
5306 BELT ROAD - WASHINGTON 15. D. C
Telephones: EMerson 2.6212, EMerson 2-3769
DIOSDADO M. YAP, Ph.D., LL.B.
President and Publisher
April 10, 1972
The Honorable Gerald R. Ford
Minority Floor Leader
U. S. House of Representatives
Washington, D. C. 20515
Dear Representative Ford:
May I respectfully beg to call your attention to the forthcoming
special edition of our publication, THE ASIAN WORLD, which will feature
information concerning the present status of the relationship between
the United States and the Republic of China.
Since its establishment sixty years ago, The Republic of China
has been our steadfast ally in the preservation of democracy in Asia.
For over 22 years the United States has recognized it as the official
government of China. We have always maintained close and friendly
association with them as evidenced by the existing bilateral treaty
agreements for the mutual benefit of both countries.
However, since its expulsion from the United Nations and the
admission of the People's Republic of China to this world organization,
an overwhelming desire of the American people to know the status of the
present relationship has prompted our Editorial Staff to dedicate this
special issue to this great country.
Realizing the prominent role that you have played in this paramount
issue we would greatly appreciate it if you would favor us with a message
or a statement for inclusion in this special edition. Would you be good
enough to enclose a glossy photograph of yourself that we will use in
conjunction with your statement. We will release excerpts of your mes-
sage to the major communication media as soon as it comes out of the
press.
With assurances of our gratefulness for your cooperation in this
regard, we remain.
Very respectfully yours,
Diasdato DIOS DADO M. YAP Myap
President and Editor
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
With few exceptions, the statements made about me by Roobert Winterberger
in his book are outrageous fabrications.
Any implication that Winterberger actually worked out of my Washington
office or that I did special favors for him is totally lacking in fact.
The story that Winterberger tells of our initial meeting immediately casts
his credibility into doubt. According to Winterberger, he paid a longtime friend
of mine, Alice Weston, $1,000 as a kind of "fee" for an introduction to me. Miss
Weston flatly denies any such transaction and is considering a libel suit against
Winterberger.
I accepted Winterberger as a reputable person because of the fact that Miss
Weston, whom I had known for 40 years, introduced him to me and vouched for him as
a disgrunteld Democrat who wanted to do something for the Republican cause.
Winterberger never made a contribution to me personally or to my campaign
fund. If he made any contributions to the Republican Party, that was his
privilege. But there was no "quid pro quo" involved--no payment for favors
received.
The one case I remember helping Winterberger was an immigration case
involving a Dutch doctor--and that individual was recommended by the dean of the
Harvard University medical school.
We were successful in that case but only because it was meritorious.
I am willing to assist in any meritorious case brought to my attention, and
certainly a case involving an individual recommended by the dean of the Harvard
University medical school is a meritorious one.
It is not unusual for me to help individuals who do not live in my
congressional district. Because of my position as Republican leader of the House,
I receive requests for assistance from individuals throughout the country--principally
G.I.'s and Social Security recipients. We have handled many cases involving persons
living outside my congressional district. In fact, one-third to one-half of my
correspondence is from people outside my district.
Winterberger implies that I sought to hide my relationship with him and
therefore never wanted to have lunch with him. To my recollection, we never even
discussed having lunch together. I rarely have individual luncheon dates with
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anyone except persons from my Congressional District.
In sum, the Winterberger book--as it relates to me--is a bunch of innuendoes and
fabrications.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
April 17, 1972
The U.S. raids on Hanoi and Haiphong are a completely justified and
justifiable response to the North Vietnamese invasion of South Vietnam.
Hanoi has offered to resume the Paris peace talks if we will halt the
bombing. Our answer to that should be that we will stop the bombing if Hanoi will
stop the invasion.
This is a most logical quid pro quo. After all, it was the invasion that
triggered the bombing.
We should also be mindful of the fact that North Vietnamese and Viet Cong
negotiators have been meeting with the allies in Paris for three years with no
appreciable results. Resumption of such stalemated talks is an inadequate
exchange for a bombing halt.
Nothing less than a halt in the invasion would justify a halt in the
bombing.
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NEWS
CONGRESSMAN
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
April 17, 1972
The U.S. raids on Hanoi and Haiphong are a completely justified and
justifiable response to the North Vietnamese invasion of South Vietnam.
Hanoi has offered to resume the Paris peace talks if we will halt the
bombing. Our answer to that should be that we will stop the bombing if Hanoi will
stop the invasion.
This is a most logical quid pro quo. After all, it was the invasion that
triggered the bombing.
We should also be mindful of the fact that North Vietnamese and Viet Cong
negotiators have been meeting with the allies in Paris for three years with no
appreciable results. Resumption of such stalemated talks is an inadequate
exchange for a bombing halt.
Nothing less than a halt in the invasion would justify a halt in the
bombing.
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Remarks by Rep. Gerald R. Ford re: resignation of F. Bradford Morse
April 18, 1972.
MR. SPEAKER: my feeling of pleasure over the appointment of our colleague,
Brad Morse, as United Nations Under-Secretary General for Political and General
Assembly Affairs is offset by a sense of loss.
All of us regret the departure of Brad Morse from this Chamber because
certainly he is oneof the most outstanding members of the House, a most capable
legislator who has made many valuable contributions to the overall performance of
the House of Representatives during the more than 11 years that he has served in
this body.
We are all familiar with Brad's capabilities. We know him to be intelligent
and articulate, keen and aware, sensible and sensitive, probing and perceptive,
solid but willing to experiment. In short, he is the kind of man we need in the
Congress, and his absence will be deeply felt.
Brad Morse takes with him to the UN a rich background. An attorney, he has
served successively as law clerk to a Massachusetts Supreme Court chief justice, a
Boston University Law School faculty member, a Lowell, Mass., City Council member,
attorney to the Senate Armed Services Committee, executive secretary and chief
assistant to former Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, U.S. deputy administrator of Veterans
Affairs, and member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
We are all sorry to see Brad go. To employ a cliche', our loss is the UN's
gain. We know Brad will do well in his new post. He enters upon his new
responsibilities with the well wishes and the blessing of every member of this
House.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE IN FRIDAY PM's--
April 21, 1972
(For further information
contact: Paul Miltich
225-3831.)
I am astounded that members of the Congress of the United States would
respond to a full-scale enemy invasion, an invasion which threatens the lives of
American forces, by condemning the government of the United States. It is not the
American government that invaded another country, it is not the American government
that covets anybody else's territory or threatens anybody else's freedom. It is not
the American government that has nearly its entire military forces operating beyond
its own borders in calculated aggression against another people. It is Hanoi.
What, then, is the reasoning behind the condemnation of the American government?
There can be no reasoning based on the military realities in Vietnam. The
facts there speak for themselves -- telling us who seeks to destroy freedom in
South Vietnam, and who seeks to defend it.
The reasoning must be sought elsewhere, and I believe it is to be found in
the realities of domestic politics in a campaign year.
Unfortunately a majority of the Democrats are now doing what Richard Nixon
has always steadfastly refused to do --- they are injecting politics into the war.
It is a fundamental fact of the long survival of this nation that politics
has always stopped at the water's edge. How much more critical it is that we stand
united now --- that politics stop at the water's edge when the President is doing
everything in his power to end a war and preserve a people's freedom. I don't
think that deserves condemnation. I think it deserves praise.
In these last crucial months, while Vietnamization and American withdrawal are
going through their final phases, let us keep partisanship out of the war.
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GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
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contact: Paul Miltich
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I am astounded that members of the Congress of the United States would
respond to a full-scale enemy invasion, an invasion which threatens the lives of
American forces, by condemning the government of the United States. It is not the
American government that invaded another country, it is not the American government
that covets anybody else's territory or threatens anybody else's freedom. It is not
the American government that has nearly its entire military forces operating beyond
its own borders in calculated aggression against another people. It is Hanoi.
What, then, is the reasoning behind the condemnation of the American government?
There can be no reasoning based on the military realities in Vietnam. The
facts there speak for themselves -- telling us who seeks to destroy freedom in
South Vietnam, and who seeks to defend it.
The reasoning must be sought elsewhere, and I believe it is to be found in
the realities of domestic politics in a campaign year.
Unfortunately a majority of the Democrats are now doing what Richard Nixon
has always steadfastly refused to do -- they are injecting politics into the war.
It is a fundamental fact of the long survival of this nation that politics
has always stopped at the water's edge. How much more critical it is that we stand
united now -- that politics stop at the water's edge when the President is doing
everything in his power to end a war and preserve a people's freedom. I don't
think that deserves condemnation. I think it deserves praise.
In these last crucial months, while Vietnamization and American withdrawal are
going through their final phases, let us keep partisanship out of the war.
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Wednesday, April 26, 1972
Madame Binh's attempt to win Congress' support for the Communist position
in the Vietnam War is disgusting evidence of how poor the judgment of the Congress
appears to be in the eyes of the Communist world.
It is hard to believe that the Communists would take the liberty of seeking
House and Senate support against our own President at a time when virtually the
entire North Vietnamese Army is engaged in a wholesale invasion of South Vietnam
across the DMZ.
However, the statements made by certain Democratic presidential candidates
and other members of Congress since the onset of the North Vietnamese invasion
must have convinced Mrs. Binh that we are ready to make peace on Communist terms.
We must reject the attempted lobbying by the Communists as wholly
inappropriate, and should say to Madame Binh that her efforts are repugnant to
the people of the United States.
American foreign policy should be made by the President of the United
States, without the interference of Communist lobbyists such as Madame Binh.
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CONGRESSMAN
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR RELEASE AT 6:30 P.M.--
Wednesday, April 26, 1972
Madame Binh's attempt to win Congress' support for the Communist position
in the Vietnam War is disgusting evidence of how poor the judgment of the Congress
appears to be in the eyes of the Communist world.
It is hard to believe that the Communists would take the liberty of seeking
House and Senate support against our own President at a time when virtually the
entire North Vietnamese Army is engaged in a wholesale invasion of South Vietnam
across the DMZ.
However, the statements made by certain Democratic presidential candidates
and other members of Congress since the onset of the North Vietnamese invasion
must have convinced Mrs. Binh that we are ready to make peace on Communist terms.
We must reject the attempted lobbying by the Communists as wholly
inappropriate, and should say to Madame Binh that her efforts are repugnant to
the people of the United States.
American foreign policy should be made by the President of the United
States, without the interference of Communist lobbyists such as Madame Binh.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
April 27, 1972
Remarks by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, Republican Leader, U.S. House of Representatives,
on the floor of the House, Thursday, April 27, 1972.
MR. SPEAKER: We are met in an hour of crisis in the Vietnam War.
The President has risen to meet the crisis with a courage and resoluteness
we would all do well to emulate.
The President has resolved to continue the bombing in the Vietnam War until
the Communists halt their invasion of South Vietnam. I believe that is the right
course for this Nation to pursue.
The President has announced he will continue to withdraw American ground
troops from South Vietnam. Our ability to continue troop withdrawals despite the
enemy invasion gives me confidence in the President's leadership and in the wisdom
of his Vietnam policy.
The President's determination to hew to the course he has set on Vietnam is
tempered by the apprehension that Congress may undercut that policy. Madame Binh
is lobbying the Congress because certain members of the Congress have led Hanoi to
believe the United States will make peace in Vietnam on North Vietnamese terms ---
that we will simply hand South Vietnam over to the North.
Capitulation can be avoided if we demonstrate the same brand of courage
displayed by the President at this time of crisis. Let the Communists know the
Congress wants a peace which is fair and just to both sides. Let the Communists
know we will never hand them at the negotiating table what they cannot win on the
battlefield.
Let the Communists know that peace will come in Vietnam when they are
prepared to negotiate seriously on the basis of the generous terms offered them
by our President.
This we must do, for the credibility of the United States is at stake,
and the future peace of the world hangs in the balance.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
April 27, 1972
Remarks by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, Republican Leader, U.S. House of Representatives,
on the floor of the House, Thursday, April 27, 1972.
MR. SPEAKER: We are met in an hour of crisis in the Vietnam War.
The President has risen to meet the crisis with a courage and resoluteness
we would all do well to emulate.
The President has resolved to continue the bombing in the Vietnam War until
the Communists halt their invasion of South Vietnam. I believe that is the right
course for this Nation to pursue.
The President has announced he will continue to withdraw American ground
troops from South Vietnam. Our ability to continue troop withdrawals despite the
enemy invasion gives me confidence in the President's leadership and in the wisdom
of his Vietnam policy.
The President's determination to hew to the course he has set on Vietnam is
tempered by the apprehension that Congress may undercut that policy. Madame Binh
is lobbying the Congress because certain members of the Congress have led Hanoi to
believe the United States will make peace in Vietnam on North Vietnamese terms --
that we will simply hand South Vietnam over to the North.
Capitulation can be avoided if we demonstrate the same brand of courage
displayed by the President at this time of crisis. Let the Communists know the
Congress wants a peace which is fair and just to both sides. Let the Communists
know we will never hand them at the negotiating table what they cannot win on the
battlefield.
Let the Communists know that peace will come in Vietnam when they are
prepared to negotiate seriously on the basis of the generous terms offered them
by our President.
This we must do, for the credibility of the United States is at stake,
and the future peace of the world hangs in the balance.
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HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
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4/28/72 7n Release
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Kent County local units of government would receive $7,853,197 a year and
Ionia County units $565,527 under a Federal revenue sharing bill to be voted upon
by the House soon, Congre ssman Gerald R. Ford announced Saturday.
Ford is strongly supporting the bill, which would make $5.3 billion a year
available to States and local units of government each year for five years from
Federal income tax returns. Michigan's share would be $243.1 million, with
$152.7 million going to local units of government and $90.4 million to the State.
This would be a fresh, additional distribution of Federal funds, over and above present
categorical grants.
The Kent County distribution would include $2,993,884 a year to the City of
Grand Rapids, $3,149,957 to the County government, $141,355 to East Grand Rapids,
$160,044 to Grandville, $874,083 to Wyoming, $175,243 to Walker, $48,261 to Lowell,
and $49,893 to Sparta. Townships in Kent County would share $169,913. The figure
for Kentwood was not immediately * available.
In Ionia County, the County government would r eceive $271,435; the City of
Ionia, $71,018; Belding, $59,608; Portland, $41,970. Townships in Ionia
County would split $56,414.
Ford emphasized that the se are preliminary figures obtained from the House
Ways and Means Committee and are not "official."
Under terms of the revenue sharing bill, the funds would have to be used
for public safety, including police and fire protection and building inspection;
environmental protection, including sewage disposal, garbage collection, and
pollution abatement; and public transportation, including mass transit systems and
street construction. Any capital expenditures could not be regular and recurring.
Ford commented: "It is true that the Federal government is runninga deficit,
but the needs of local units of government are tremendous and the pressure for
increases in local and State taxes is overwhelming. I therefore believe we
should institute a system of Federal revenue sharing at this time. This will help
to hold down local property taxes, and believe me the taxpayer deserves a break."
If the bill coming up in the House is approved by both houses of Congress
and signed by the President, Federal revenue sharing funds would become available
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during calendar year 1972 and the al locations would be retroactive to Jan. 1. The
funds would be distributed on a quarterly basis.
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GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
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May 2, 1972
Remarks by Rep. Gerald R. Ford on the Floor of the House, Tuesday, May 2, 1972.
MR. SPEAKER: J. Edgar Hoover was one of the most capable public officials
ever to serve the American people in a position of trust. His death is a great
loss to a grieving Nation.
Mr. Hoover was a veritable rock of strength, a man people looked to with
a feeling that here was an individual of the greatest integrity. He was
incorruptible. He was unswerving in his devotion to duty. I cannot think of any
other American who served his Nation more faithfully or steadfastly.
America's debt to J. Edgar Hoover is great. He took over the direction of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1924, when it was a scandal-ridden and
ineffective bureaucracy. Since Mr. Hoover's tenure as F.B.I. director began, not
one F.B.I. agent has been charged with wrongdoing. Himself an "honest cop,"
Mr. Hoover set for the F.B.I. the highest of standards -- and those standards have
never been lowered.
Under J. Edgar Hoover, the F.B.I. achieved a worldwide reputation for
excellence. He was the leader of an organization whose crime-fighting record
was unexcelled.
of Mr. Hoover, it must be said that he almost single-handedly transformed
the F.B.I. into the superlative law enforcement agency it became during the 1930s
and 40s.
Mr. Hoover professionalized the F.B.I. He made crime detection a science.
He brought law enforcement out of the dark ages into a new era presided over by
technicians and experts. He made the F.B.I. a proud organization, and made the
American people proud along with it.
America now mourns the death of a great citizen. J. Edgar Hoover's passing
leaves a large void.
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Remarks by Rep. Gerald R. Ford on the Floor of the House
May 2, 1972.
Mr. Speaker,
J. Edgar Hoover was one of the most capable public officials ever to serve the
American people in a position of trust. His death is a great loss to a grieving
Nation.
Mr. Hoover was XX a veritable rock of strength, a man people looked to with a
feeling that here was an individual of the greatest integrity. He was incorruptible.
He was unswerving in his devotion to duty. I cannot think of any other American
who served his Nation more faithfully or steadfastly.
America's debt to J. Edgar Hoover is great. He took over the direction of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1924, when it was a scandal-ridden and
ineffective bureaucracy. Since Mr. Hoover's tenure as F.B.I. director began,
not one F.B.I. agent has been charged with wrongdoing. Himself an "honest cop,"
Mr. Hoover set for the F.B.I. the highest of standards--and those standards have
never been lowered.
Under J. Edgar Hoover, the F.B.I. achieved a worldwide reputation for
excellence. He was the leader of an organization whose crime-fighting record
is unsurpassed.
C
Of Mr. Hoover, itsp must be said that he almost singlemhandedly transformed
the F.B.I. into the superlative law investigative unforcement agency it became during the 1930s
and 40s.
Mr. Hoover profe ssionalized the F.B.I. He made crime
detection a science.
presided over by
He brought law enforcement out of the dark ages intop a new era technicians and
experts. He made the F.B.I. a proud organization, and made the American people
proud along with it.
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America now mourns a great citizen. J. Edgar Hoover's passing leaves a large
void.
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GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON EDT--
Tuesday, May 9, 1972
Remarks by Rep. Gerald R. Ford on the floor of the House, Tuesday, May 9, 1972.
MR. SPEAKER: Americans were surprised by the President's firm announcement
last night that the United States will mine and blockade North Vietnamese ports
to shut off the supplies feeding the North Vietnamese invasion of South Vietnam.
Now that we have had a chance to reflect on the meaning of this Presidential
action, Mr. Speaker, it seems to me there is only one response which would be
proper and right for the American people--that is, to support the President.
Dean Acheson, a lifelong Democrat and Harry Truman's Secretary of State, has
said he is inclined to "support the President whatever the issue, until we come to
the quadrennial donnybrook and get it out of our system."
I urge today, Mr. Speaker, that Americans back the President because what
he has done is right.
In my view, Mr. Speaker, the President was forced to choose between surrender
and a decisive action aimed at ending the war. I am proud that he chose
the latter. I think all Americans should be.
The alternative was for us to slink out of Vietnam like a beaten dog with his
tail tucked between his legs. At the same time we would have been risking a
Dunkirk-like evacuation of the 60,000 ground troops we still have in Vietnam.
It took great courage for the President to do what he has done. However, I
am sure that more than courage was involved. I am certain the President has made
an informed judgment that the risks attached to his decision are not as great as
feared by those who now are uttering doomsday cries.
Mr. Speaker, the President is proving to the world that the United States is
not a pitiful giant. He is proving to the world that America's word is good, that
it is clothed with integrity. He is proving to the world that Americans are people
who are determined that justice and fair-dealing shall prevail in world affairs as
in person-to-person relationships.
This is a time of crisis, Mr. Speaker. This is a time for all of us to
stand up for America. It is a time when all of us should come forward to be counted.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON EDT--
Tuesday, May 9, 1972
Remarks by Rep. Gerald R. Ford on the floor of the House, Tuesday, May 9, 1972.
MR. SPEAKER: Americans were surprised by the President's firm announcement
last night that the United States will mine and blockade North Vietnamese ports
to shut off the supplies feeding the North Vietnamese invasion of South Vietnam.
Now that we have had a chance to reflect on the meaning of this Presidential
action, Mr. Speaker, it seems to me there is only one response which would be
proper and right for the American people--that is, to support the President.
Dean Acheson, a lifelong Democrat and Harry Truman's Secretary of State, has
said he is inclined to "support the President whatever the issue, until we come to
the quadrennial donnybrook and get it out of our system."
I urge today, Mr. Speaker, that Americans back the President because what
he has done is right.
In my view, Mr. Speaker, the President was forced to choose between surrender
and a decisive action aimed at ending the war. I am proud that he chose
the latter. I think all Americans should be.
The alternative was for us to slink out of Vietnam like a beaten dog with his
tail tucked between his legs. At the same time we would have been risking a
Dunkirk-like evacuation of the 60,000 ground troops we still have in Vietnam.
It took great courage for the President to do what he has done. However, I
am sure that more than courage was involved. I am certain the President has made
an informed judgment that the risks attached to his decision are not as great as
feared by those who now are uttering doomsday cries.
Mr. Speaker, the President is proving to the world that the United States is
not a pitiful giant. He is proving to the world that America's word is good, that
it is clothed with integrity. He is proving to the world that Americans are people
who are determined that justice and fair-dealing shall prevail in world affairs as
in person-to-person relationships.
This is a time of crisis, Mr. Speaker. This is a time for all of us to
stand up for America. It is a time when all of us should come forward to be counted.
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GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
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FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1972, AND THEREAFTER
Beginning this week, Kent and Ionia County students will have an opportunity
to "tell it to their congressman."
Rep. Gerald R. Ford Thursday will inaugurate a phone-a-school program which
will allow students in schools throughout the Fifth Congressional District to ask
him questions during half-hour conversations with him.
By previous arrangement, Ford will call a certain school at a designated time
via special telephone equipment which will allow students to respond with questions
or comments of their own. He usually will be calling from Washington.
Ford's call will be amplified by means of portable telephone equipment
plugged into a jack in one of the rooms at the school. The congressman will call a
number assigned to that jack, and his voice will be amplified to all the students
in the room.
The equipment will make it possible for students to speak into a microphone
and ask Ford questions. The students are expected to ask questions covering
everything from how government works to Ford's stands on specific issues.
The half-hour chat will begin with a five-minute review by Ford of what is
currently happening in the Congress. The rest of the session then will be devoted
to questions from the students.
"I am doing this to make myself as accessible as possible to the young people
in my Congressional district," Ford said in announcing the new program. "If some
student has a question to ask me or a bone to pick with me, this will give him a
chance to do it. I hope students will take advantage of my phone-a-class program
to talk or ask about whatever is on their minds."
The first phone-in will take place at 9:45 a.m. Thursday, May 11 at Calvin
Christian High School in Grandville. Ford will talk with William Haverkamp's
government class from his Washington office.
Under the phone-in program, the students may be members of a government or
history class, or the session may be opened up to any student with a free hour at
that particular time.
Schools interested in arranging for a Ford phone-in may do so by calling
Mrs. Marba Perrott at Ford's district office, 456-9607. Ford will accommodate such
requests on a first-core. first-served basis and to the extent that his time permits.
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CONGRESSMAN
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GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1972, AND THEREAFTER
Beginning this week, Kent and Ionia County students will have an opportunity
to "tell it to their congressman."
Rep. Gerald R. Ford Thursday will inaugurate a phone-a-school program which
will allow students in schools throughout the Fifth Congressional District to ask
him questions during half-hour conversations with him.
By previous arrangement, Ford will call a certain school at a designated time
via special telephone equipment which will allow students to respond with questions
or comments of their own. He usually will be calling from Washington.
Ford's call will be amplified by means of portable telephone equipment
plugged into a jack in one of the rooms at the school. The congressman will call a
number assigned to that jack, and his voice will be amplified to all the students
in the room.
The equipment will make it possible for students to speak into a microphone
and ask Ford questions. The students are expected to ask questions covering
everything from how government works to Ford's stands on specific issues.
The half-hour chat will begin with a five-minute review by Ford of what is
currently happening in the Congress. The rest of the session then will be devoted
to questions from the students.
"I am doing this to make myself as accessible as possible to the young people
in my Congressional district," Ford said in announcing the new program. "If some
student has a question to ask me or a bone to pick with me, this will give him a
chance to do it. I hope students will take advantage of my phone-a-class program
to talk or ask about whatever is on their minds."
The first phone-in will take place at 9:45 a.m. Thursday, May 11 at Calvin
Christian High School in Grandville. Ford will talk with William Haverkamp's
government class from his Washington office.
Under the phone-in program, the students may be members of a government or
history class, or the session may be opened up to any student with a free hour at
that particular time.
Schools interested in arranging for a Ford phone-in may do so by calling
Mrs. Marba Perrott at Ford's district office, 456-9607. Ford will accommodate such
requests on a first-come, first-served basis and to the extent that his time permits.
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RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
Wednesday, May 10, 1972
On Tuesday, Senate Democrats meeting in caucus voted 29 to 14 to condemn
President Nixon's decision to mine North Vietnamese ports in an effort to choke off
the supplies feeding the North Vietnamese invasion of South Vietnam.
On Tuesday, 10 Democratic members of the House took the floor to attack the
President for his action while, commendably, eight Democratic House members voiced
support of the President.
I was struck by the appropriateness of a comment made by Rep. Wayne Hays of
Ohio, third-ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Said Mr. Hays:
"I think it is significant there has been no reaction from the Kremlin so far except
for the usual propaganda statements. I think they are waiting to see how much
support they are going to get from the U.S. Congress."
Less than 2 hours after the attacks by some Democrats on the President
of the United States, Soviet Ambassador to the United Nations Jacob A. Malik said:
"I agree with the many American congressmen who condemn the new act of aggression."
I think it is shocking that Ambassador Malik could point to statements made
by some members of the U.S. Congress to back up a statement of censure made by
himself concerning an act by the President of the United States.
I find it incredible that some members of Congress would align themselves
with a nation which is seeking to defeat the United States by supplying the North
Vietnamese with sophisticated weapons of war used to invade a neighboring country
simply fighting for its survival.
Those who are condemning the President in this hour of crisis are clearly
providing the enemy with the basis for propaganda statements.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
Wednesday, May 10, 1972
On Tuesday, Senate Democrats meeting in caucus voted 29 to 14 to condemn
President Nixon's decision to mine North Vietnamese ports in an effort to choke off
the supplies feeding the North Vietnamese invasion of South Vietnam.
On Tuesday, 10 Democratic members of the House took the floor to attack the
President for his action while, commendably, eight Democratic House members voiced
support of the President.
I was struck by the appropriateness of a comment made by Rep. Wayne Hays of
Ohio, third-ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Said Mr. Hays:
"I think it is significant there has been no reaction from the Kremlin so far except
for the usual propaganda statements. I think they are waiting to see how much
support they are going to get from the U.S. Congress."
Less than 2 hours after the attacks by some Democrats on the President
of the United States, Soviet Ambassador to the United Nations Jacob A. Malik said:
"I agree with the many American congressmen who condemn the new act of aggression."
I think it is shocking that Ambassador Malik could point to statements made
by some members of the U.S. Congress to back up a statement of censure made by
himself concerning an act by the President of the United States.
I find it incredible that some members of Congress would align themselves
with a nation which is seeking to defeat the United States by supplying the North
Vietnamese with sophisticated weapons of war used to invade a neighboring country
simply fighting for its survival.
Those who are condemning the President in this hour of crisis are clearly
providing the enemy with the basis for propaganda statements.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
May 15, 1972
The attack upon Governor George Wallace in Laurel, Md., is the most
dastardly of deeds. However strongly Americans may disagree about the issues of
the day, there should never be a resort to the pistol and the bullet. This is the
language only of those who are politically insane. It is a throwback to the lawless
days of the Old West. Our disagreements should be settled with ballots, not bullets.
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CONGRESSMAN
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GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
May 15, 1972
The attack upon Governor George Wallace in Laurel, Md., is the most
dastardly of deeds. However strongly Americans may disagree about the issues of
the day, there should never be a resort to the pistol and the bullet. This is the
language only of those who are politically insane. It is a throwback to the lawless
days of the Old West. Our disagreements should be settled with ballots, not bullets.
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FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1972, AND THEREAFTER
Congressman Gerald R. Ford has scheduled four more "phone-ins" at Fifth
Congressional District high schools.
In response to requests, Ford will speak from Washington via special
telephone equipment to government classes at Caledonia Community High School, East
Christian, Belding High School, and South Christian.
The half-hour chats are slated for 8:30 a.m. May 17 at Caledonia, 8 a.m.
May 18 at East Christian, 10:30 a.m. May 19 at Belding, and 1:30 p.m. May 25 at
South Christian.
Ford inaugurated his school phone-in program last week with a call to Calvin
Christian High School in Grandville. He spoke for a few minutes on legislation
being acted upon by the House at the moment and then answered a series of student
questions focusing primarily on the Vietnam War.
After the half-hour session, instructor William Haverkamp said: "We were
thrilled to be a part of this new program and very pleased to be the first school
involved.'
Ford's call to the students is amplified by a piece of portable telephone
equipment which he is leasing from the telephone company. Students are expected
to ask questions covering everything from how government works to Ford's positions
on various issues.
Ford said the session with the Calvin Christian students was most enjoyable.
"I found my conversation with Bill Haverkamp's class very stimulating," Ford
said. "The students asked excellent questions. It made for a great rap session."
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1972, AND THEREAFTER
Congressman Gerald R. Ford has scheduled four more "phone-ins" at Fifth
Congressional District high schools.
In response to requests, Ford will speak from Washington via special
telephone equipment to government classes at Caledonia Community High School, East
Christian, Belding High School, and South Christian.
The half-hour chats are slated for 8:30 a.m. May 17 at Caledonia, 8 a.m.
May 18 at East Christian, 10:30 a.m. May 19 at Belding, and 1:30 p.m. May 25 at
South Christian.
Ford inaugurated his school phone-in program last week with a call to Calvin
Christian High School in Grandville. He spoke for a few minutes on legislation
being acted upon by the House at the moment and then answered a series of student
questions focusing primarily on the Vietnam War.
After the half-hour session, instructor William Haverkamp said: "We were
thrilled to be a part of this new program and very pleased to be the first school
involved."
Ford's call to the students is amplified by a piece of portable telephone
equipment which he is leasing from the telephone company. Students are expected
to ask questions covering everything from how government works to Ford's positions
on various issues.
Ford said the session with the Calvin Christian students was most enjoyable.
"I found my conversation with Bill Haverkamp's class very stimulating,' Ford
said. "The students asked excellent questions. It made for a great rap session.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON MONDAY--
May 22, 1972
Fifth District residents responding to Rep. Gerald R. Ford's 1972 question-
naire reject an unconditional pullout from Vietnam and endorse the basic terms of
President Nixon's latest peace proposal.
Ford made this report today as he announced the tabulation of his question-
naire results. More than 20,000 Kent and Ionia County residents sent back completed
questionnaires, he said.
On Vietnam, Ford gave his constituents a choice between the referendum
question on the Nov. 2, 1971, Grand Rapids ballot and a withdrawal from Vietnam tied
to release of U.S. prisoners of war, an Indochina ceasefire, and the holding of an
internationally supervised election in Vietnam.
President Nixon's latest peace offer calls for withdrawing all American ground
troops from Vietnam within four months after an Indochina ceasefire and return of
U.S. war prisoners. He has dropped the election provision.
Fifth District residents voted 68 per cent in favor of withdrawal tied to an
Indochina ceasefire and return of American POW's and only 22 per cent for the
referendum proposal.
The referendum question, which had passed by a large margin, urged that the
U.S. "declare a ceasefire within the nation of Vietnam and immediately withdraw all
American military personnel therefrom.'
Ford said he believes his questionnaire results show conclusively that Fifth
District residents prefer a withdrawal linked with return of American POW's and
declaration of an Indochina ceasefire by both sides.
Ford drew up his questionnaire so that newly eligible voters, 18 through
20 years old, could have their views tabulated separately from those of persons
21 years and older. On Vietnam, the 18-20-year-olds voted 53 per cent in favor
of the Administration's peace plan and 27 per cent for the referendum proposal.
The percentages do not add up to 100 because the remainder did not answer
the question one way or another.
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Summing up the questionnaire results, Ford found that Fifth District
residents responding favor a moratorium on forced busing to achieve racial balance
coupled with special Federal aid to disadvantaged schools (64 per cent to 31), favor
Federal legislation to prevent national emergency strikes in transportation
(80 to 17), oppose diverting some of the highway user tax revenue to finance urban
mass transit systems (57 to 38), favor Federal revenue sharing with the states and
local units of government (63 to 28), favor an increase in military spending to
offset advances made by the Soviet Union (52 to 43), favor continuing price and
wage controls until inflation is curbed (82 to 13), favor--slightly--a substantial
increase in Social Security benefits if it means higher Social Security taxes
(49 to 47), prefer the Administration's health care proposal (requiring employers
to pay 65 to 75 per cent of health insurance premiums and placing health insurance
companies under Federal regulation) to Sen. Kennedy's plan for a Federalized health
insurance system paid for through Federal payroll taxes and the Federal treasury
(58 to 19).
On health care, Ford learned that many Fifth District residents are opposed
to both the Administration and the Kennedy plans. They want the Federal government
to stay out of health care altogether.
Because so many persons hold this view, more than 20 per cent of the Fifth
District respondents did not answer the health insurance question.
Ford is a primary sponsor of the Administration's health insurance bill,
but with an amendment providing Federal financial help for small businessmen who
would find it a heavy burden to pay the bulk of their employes' health insurance
premiums.
Ford also has cosponsored legislation which would prevent crippling strikes
in transportation. Under this bill, the President would have the option of
appointing a panel which could order a binding settlement. The panel could choose
the better of the final offers made by labor and management and use this as a
solution.
On busing, Ford favors legislation which would prevent forced busing to
achieve racial balance. He also is backing a proposed Constitutional amendment
which would ban forced busing altogether.
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Report
Serving
From Your Congressman
Kent and Ionia Counties
JERRY FORD
May 22, 1972
MORE THAN 20,000 RESPOND TO QUESTIONNAIRE
I received a total of 20,184 responses to my 1972 questionnaire in time for tabulation by
a computer firm selected by me to add up the answers.
Quickly summing up the results, I find that those Fifth District residents responding to
my questionnaire reject an unconditional withdrawal of U.S. forces from Vietnam, favor the
Administration's health care proposal over Sen. Kennedy's plan for federalizing national health
insurance, approve of President Nixon's proposals for a moratorium on busing to achieve racial
balance coupled with special Federal aid to disadvantaged schools, overwhelmingly favor Federal
legislation to prevent national emergency strikes in transportation, strongly favor a continua-
tion of price and wage controls until inflation is curbed, solidly approve of Federal revenue
sharing with states and local units of government, favor an increase in military spending by
slightly over 50 per cent, reject the idea of diverting a slice of Federal highway user tax
revenue for mass transit, and vote by less than 50 per cent for Social Security increases which
involve an increase in Social Security taxes.
DISTRICT WANTS CEASEFIRE, RETURN OF PRISONERS
In posing my Vietnam question, I offered constituents a choice between the referendum which
appeared on the Nov. 2, 1971, Grand Rapids ballot and a withdrawal of U.S. troops tied to return
of U.S. prisoners of war, an Indochina ceasefire and an internationally supervised election in
Vietnam.
The President's latest peace proposal calls for a pullout of all U.S. ground troops within
four months, conditioned on release of American prisoners of war and a ceasefire throughout
Indochina. He has dropped the election proposal.
The 1971 referendum question simply asked whether the U.S. should "declare a ceasefire with-
in the nation of Vietnam and immediately withdraw all American military personnel therefrom."
Nothing was said about getting back our prisoners of war.
Balloting on my multiple choice Vietnam question showed 67.8 per cent favoring a withdrawal
tied to a ceasefire and return of prisoners and only 21.6 per cent for the referendum proposal.
At the time the referendum was voted on by Grand Rapids residents, I described the ballot
question as poorly drawn because it said nothing about getting back our prisoners of war. I was
later criticized for that by those advocating the proposal. Quite obviously, Fifth District
residents want both sides to enter into a ceasefire agreement, and they want our prisoners back.
HEALTH INSURANCE--BUILD ON PRESENT SYSTEM
A sizable majority--57.8 per cent of those responding--favor the Administration approach of
seeking to solve our health care problems by building on the present system of private health
insurance.
Fifth District residents obviously abhor what many respondents call "Federal interference"
in health matters.
This was indicated when only 19.3 per cent expressed a preference for Sen. Kennedy's
proposed Federal health insurance system financed from Federal payroll taxes and the Federal
treasury.
(over)
It was further pointed up by the fact that 22.86 per cent did not answer the question at
all--many people scrawling across the question the word, "neither."
The Administration plan would require employers to pay 65 to 75 per cent of private health
insurance premiums and would bring health insurance companies under Federal regulation.
I have sponsored the Administration bill but with an added provision or amendment which
gives small businessmen Federal assistance in paying the bulk of their workers' premiums.
DISTRICT OPPOSES FORCED BUSING
District respondents voted 64.4 per cent in favor of a moratorium on forced busing to
achieve racial balance, plus Federal financial assistance to disadvantaged schools. Of the rest,
30.9 per cent opposed the proposal, and 4.7 per cent did not answer.
Many Fifth District residents opposed to busing voted "no" on this question because they
want busing banned altogether, not just placed under moratorium.
I am supporting legislation to prevent forced busing and also a proposed Constitutional
amendment which would ban busing completely.
I do not believe forced busing of students out of their neighborhoods to distant schools is
the answer to quality education. I favor quality education, not racial quotas. The answer,
when it does come, will come through changes in housing patterns.
TRANSPORT STRIKE PREVENTION FAVORED
My questionnaire showed overwhelming support-79.6 per cent--for Administration legislation
which would prevent national emergency strikes in transportation.
One of the options given the President under the measure would be to appoint an arbitration
panel which would order a settlement based on the better of the final offers submitted by both
labor and management. I am a primary cosponsor of this legislation.
YOUTH, ELDERS DISAGREE ON DEFENSE SPENDING
I set up my questionnaire so that balloting by 18-through-20-year-olds could be counted
separately from the votes of those 21 years and older.
The views expressed by the special youth group--the new voters--were substantially the same
on all questions except defense spending. Asked if they favor increased defense spending to
offset advances made by the Russians, the youth group voted 60 per cent against and only
32.6 per cent in favor. By contrast, the 21-and-older respondents voted 53.5 per cent for more
military spending and 41.2 per cent against.
The complete results of the questionnaire voting are shown below, listed in percentages
rounded off to the nearest full digit. Percentages given do not add up to 100 per cent because
the remainder did not answer the question.
JERRY
FORD
1972
QUESTIONNAIRE
18-20
Overall
Yr. Old
Total
18-20
Overall
(MULTIPLE CHOICE)
Yr. Old
Total
Yes
No
Yes
No
1. Do you tavor a moratorium on forced busing
8. On health insurance, which do you favor?
to achieve racial balance, coupled with special
Federal aid to disadvantaged schools?
53
42
64
31
A. An improved nationwide private health
insurance system, with employers required to
2. Do you favor Federal legislation to prevent
pay 65 to 75 per cent of the premiums and
national emergency strikes in transportation
(railroads, airlines, shipping and trucking)?
61
31
80
17
employees the rest, and with insurance com-
panies placed under Federal regulation and
control.
47
58
3. Do you favor diverting some of the highway
user taxes to finance urban mass transit systems?
40
52
38
57
B. A Federal Government program financed
with special payroll taxes.
21
19
4. Do you favor sharing of Federal income tax
revenue with the cities and States on a fixed
percentage basis?
53
35
63
28
9. On Vietnam, the United States Government
should:
5. In the last four years the Soviet Union has
increased its strategic missile capability and great-
A. Declare a ceasefire within the nation of
ly expanded its naval forces. Do you favor an
Vietnam and immediately withdraw all Ameri-
increase in U.S. military spending to offset this?
33
60
52
43
can military personnel therefrom.
27
22
6. Do you favor continuing wage and price con-
B. Withdraw all American forces from South
68
trols until inflation is curbed?
23
82
13
Vietnam, conditioned on release of U.S.
prisoners of war, a ceasefire throughout Indo-
7. Do you favor a substantial increase in Social
china and the holding of an internationally
Security benefits if this means higher Social
supervised Presidential election in South Viet-
Security taxes?
36
54
49
47
53
68
nam.
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON MONDAY--
May 22, 1972
Fifth District residents responding to Rep. Gerald R. Ford's 1972 question-
naire reject an unconditional pullout from Vietnam and endorse the basic terms of
President Nixon's latest peace proposal.
Ford made this report today as he announced the tabulation of his question-
naire results. More than 20,000 Kent and Ionia County residents sent back completed
questionnaires, he said.
On Vietnam, Ford gave his constituents a choice between the referendum
question on the Nov. 2, 1971, Grand Rapids ballot and a withdrawal from Vietnam tied
to release of U.S. prisoners of war, an Indochina ceasefire, and the holding of an
internationally supervised election in Vietnam.
President Nixon's latest peace offer calls for withdrawing all American ground
troops from Vietnam within four months after an Indochina ceasefire and return of
U.S. war prisoners. He has dropped the election provision.
Fifth District residents voted 68 per cent in favor of withdrawal tied to an
Indochina ceasefire and return of American POW's and only 22 per cent for the
referendum proposal.
The referendum question, which had passed by a large margin, urged that the
U.S. "declare a ceasefire within the nation of Vietnam and immediately withdraw all
American military personnel therefrom."
Ford said he believes his questionnaire results show conclusively that Fifth
District residents prefer a withdrawal linked with return of American POW's and
declaration of an Indochina ceasefire by both sides.
Ford drew up his questionnaire so that newly eligible voters, 18 through
20 years old, could have their views tabulated separately from those of persons
21 years and older. On Vietnam, the 18-20-year-olds voted 53 per cent in favor
of the Administration's peace plan and 27 per cent for the referendum proposal.
The percentages do not add up to 100 because the remainder did not answer
the question one way or another.
(more)
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Summing up the questionnaire results, Ford found that Fifth District
residents responding favor a moratorium on forced busing to achieve racial balance
coupled with special Federal aid to disadvantaged schools (64 per cent to 31), favor
Federal legislation to prevent national emergency strikes in transportation
(80 to 17), oppose diverting some of the highway user tax revenue to finance urban
mass transit systems (57 to 38), favor Federal revenue sharing with the states and
local units of government (63 to 28), favor an increase in military spending to
offset advances made by the Soviet Union (52 to 43), favor continuing price and
wage controls until inflation is curbed (82 to 13), favor--slightly--a substantial
increase in Social Security benefits if it means higher Social Security taxes
(49 to 47), prefer the Administration's health care proposal (requiring employers
to pay 65 to 75 per cent of health insurance premiums and placing health insurance
companies under Federal regulation) to Sen. Kennedy's plan for a Federalized health
insurance system paid for through Federal payroll taxes and the Federal treasury
(58 to 19).
On health care, Ford learned that many Fifth District residents are opposed
to both the Administration and the Kennedy plans. They want the Federal government
to stay out of health care altogether.
Because so many persons hold this view, more than 20 per cent of the Fifth
District respondents did not answer the health insurance question.
Ford is a primary sponsor of the Administration's health insurance bill,
but with an amendment providing Federal financial help for small businessmen who
would find it a heavy burden to pay the bulk of their employes' health insurance
premiums.
Ford also has cosponsored legislation which would prevent crippling strikes
in transportation. Under this bill, the President would have the option of
appointing a panel which could order a binding settlement. The panel could choose
the better of the final offers made by labor and management and use this as a
solution.
On busing, Ford favors legislation which would prevent forced busing to
achieve racial balance. He also is backing a proposed Constitutional amendment
which would ban forced busing altogether.
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Remarks by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, to be placed in the Congressional Record of
May 22, 1972.
MR. SPEAKER: I am today announcing the tabulation of my ouestionnaire
results. More than 20,000 Kent and Ionia County, Michigan, residents sent completed
questionnaires back to me.
Michigan Fifth District residents responding to my 1972 questionnaire
reject an unconditional pullout from Vietnam and endorse the basic terms of
President Nixon's latest peace proposal.
On Vietnam, I gave my constituents a choice between the referendum question
on the Nov. 2, 1971 Grand Rapids, Michigan, ballot and a withdrawal from Vietnam
tied to release of U.S. prisoners of war, an Indochina ceasefire, and the holding
of an internationally supervised election in Vietnam.
President Nixon's latest peace offer calls for withdrawing all American
ground troops from Vietnam within four months after an Indochina ceasefire and
return of U.S. war prisoners. He has dropped the election provision.
Fifth District residents voted 68 per cent in favor of withdrawal tied to
an Indochina ceasefire and return of American POW's and only 22 per cent for the
referendum proposal.
The referendum question, which had passed by a large margin, urged that the
U.S. "declare a ceasefire within the na tion of Vietnam and immediately withdraw
all American military personnel therefrom."
I believe my questionnaire results show conclusively that Fifth District
residents prefer a withdrawal linked with return of American POW's and declaration
of an Indochina ceasefire by both sides.
I drew up my questionnaire so that newly eligible voters, 18 through 20 years
old, could have their views tabulated separately from those of persons 21 years and
older. On Vietnam, the 18-20-year-olds voted 53 per cent in favor of the
Administration's peace plan and 27 per cent for the referendum proposal.
The percentages do not add up to 100 because the remainder did not answer
the question one way or another.
Summing up the questionnaire results, I find that Fifth District residents
responding favor a moratorium on forced busing to achieve racial balance coupled
with special Federal aid to disadvantaged schools (64 per cent to 31), favor
Federal legislation to prevent national emergency strikes in transportation
(80 to 17), oppose diverting some of the highway user tax revenue to finance
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urban mass transit systems (57 to 38), favor Federal revenue sharing with the
states and local units of government (63 to 28), favor an increase in military
spending to offset advances made by the Soviet Union (52 to 43), favor continuing
price and wage controls until inflation is curbed (82 to 13), favor--slightly--a
substantial increase in Social Security benefits if it means higher Social Security
taxes (49 to 47), prefer the Administration's health care proposal (requiring
employers to pay 65 to 75 per cent of health insurance premiums and placing
health insurance companies under Federal regulation) to Sen. Kennedy's plan for
a Federalized health insurance system paid for through Federal payroll taxes and
the Federal treasury (58 to 19).
On health care, I learned that many Fifth District residents are opposed
to both the Administration and the Kennedy plans. They want the Federal government
to stay out of health care altogether.
Because so many persons hold this view, more than 20 per cent of the Fifth
District respondents did not answer the health insurance question.
I am a primary sponsor of the Administration's health insurance bill,
but with an amendment providing Federal financial help for small businessmen who
would find it a heavy burden to pay the bulk of their employes' health insurance
premiums.
I also have cosponsored legislation which would prevent crippling strikes
in transportation. Under this bill, the President would have the option of
appointing a panel which could order a binding settlement. The panel could
choose the better of the final offers made by labor and management and use this
as a solution.
On busing, I favor legislation which would prevent forced busing to achieve
racial balance. I also am backing a proposed Constitutional amendment which would
ban forced busing altogether.
The complete results of the questionnaire voting are shown below, listed
in percentages rounded off to the nearest full digit. Percentages given do not
add up to 100 per cent because the remainder did not answer the question.
JERRY FORD 1972 QUESTIONNAIRE
18-20
Overall
18-20
Overall
Yr. Old
Total
(MULTIPLE CHOICE)
Yr. Old
Total
Yes
No
Yes
No
1. Do you favor a moratorium on forced busing
8. On health insurance, which do you fovor?
to achieve racial balance, coupled with special
53
42
64
31
Federal aid to disadvantaged schools?
A. An improved nationwide private health
insurance system, with employers required to
2. Do you favor Federal legislation to prevent
pay 65 to 75 per cent of the premiums and
national emergency strikes in transportation
employees the rest, and with insurance com-
(railroads, airlines, shipping and trucking)?
61
31
80
17
panies placed under Federal regulation and
control.
47
58
3. Do you favor diverting some of the highway
user taxes to finance urban mass transit systems?
40
52
38
57
B. A Federal Government program financed
with special payroll taxes.
21
4. Do you favor sharing of Federal income tax
revenue with the cities and States on a fixed
53
35
63
28
9. On Vietnam, the United States Government
percentage basis?
should:
5. In the last four years the Soviet Union has
A. Declare a consefire within the nation of
LIBRARY
increased its strategic missile capability and great-
Vietnam and immediately withdraw all Ameri-
ly expanded its naval forces. Do you favor on
33
60
52
43
can military personnel therefrom.
22
increase in U.S. military spending to offset this?
B. Withdraw all American forces from South
6. Do you favor continuing wage and price con-
68
23
82
13
Vietnam, conditioned on release of U.S.
trols until inflation is curbed?
prisoners of war, a ceasefire throughout Indo-
7. Do you favor a substantial increase in Social
china and the holding of an internationally
Security benefits if this means higher Social
supervised Presidential election in South Viet-
47
53
68
36
54
49
nam,
Security taxes?
Distribution Full
Halleries
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
Friday, May 26, 1972
FOR RELEASE UPON SIGNING OF THE SALT TREATY--
The SALT treaty clearly is the most momentous such international agreement
reached by two major powers in modern history.
This, together with the previously-reached agreement on access to Berlin
and the opening of communications with the People's Republic of China, spells an
end to the cold war era.
The President's mission to Moscow has been even more fruitful than the most
optimistic among us might have imagined. U.S. and Soviet agreements have been
reached in the fields of the environment, health, space, scientific cooperation,
and prevention of incidents at sea, as well as in limitation of strategic weapons.
The President is without question a White House diplomat extraordinary.
He has done a superlative job on his Moscow peace mission.
While the SALT agreement will not in and of itself guarantee world peace,
it is the first weapons freeze of the nuclear age and places a check-rein on the
nuclear arms race between the world's two superpowers. As such, it is an
encouraging move toward international stability.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
Friday, May 26, 1972
FOR RELEASE UPON SIGNING OF THE SALT TREATY-
The SALT treaty clearly is the most momentous such international agreement
reached by two major powers in modern history.
This, together with the previously-reached agreement on access to Berlin
and the opening of communications with the People's Republic of China, spells an
end to the cold war era.
The President's mission to Moscow has been even more fruitful than the most
optimistic among us might have imagined. U.S. and Soviet agreements have been
reached in the fields of the environment, health, space, scientific cooperation,
and prevention of incidents at sea, as well as in limitation of strategic weapons.
The President is without question a White House diplomat extraordinary.
He has done a superlative job on his Moscow peace mission.
While the SALT agreement will not in and of itself guarantee world peace,
it is the first weapons freeze of the nuclear age and places a check-rein on the
nuclear arms race between the world's two superpowers. As such, it is an
encouraging move toward international stability.
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distribution: 5th District 5/25/72 a.m.
Maffice Copy
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON MONDAY, MAY 29, 1972, AND THEREAFTER--
Congressman Gerald R. Ford will leave the United States June 23 on a
two-week trip to the People's Republic of China which the State Department calls
"a pathfinder mission on the part of the House of Representatives."
Ford will be joined on the trip by House Majority Leader Hale Boggs, D-La.
The two congressmen's wives will accompany them. The House leaders are making the
trip at the invitation of the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs and
the request of President Nixon.
William Brown, deputy director of the China Desk at the State Department,
said the Ford-Boggs trip will "continue the dialogue begun by President Nixon and
entered into by Senate leaders Mike Mansfield and Hugh Scott and will open wider
the door to China that was swung open by the President."
Brown, who will go to China with Ford and Boggs, said the House leaders'
trip to China "could lead to further exchanges in the medical, scientific, sports
and academic fields." It will, he said, contribute to further normalization of
Sino-American relations.
Ford and Boggs hope to meet with high-level Chinese leaders on their trip,
including Chinese Premier Chou En-lai. Plans also call for visits to industrial
plants and agricultural communes, as well as historical and cultural sites.
Ford and Boggs will depart from Andrews Air Force Base in a military jet at
10 a.m. June 23. They are scheduled to arrive in Shanghai June 26 after stopovers
at Hickam Field, Honolulu, and at Guam.
Their tentative itinerary in China includes Peking, Shanghai, Canton, and
various rural areas. They will leave Canton by rail for Hong Kong on July 4.
Ford and Boggs are due to arrive back at Andrews Air Force Base the evening of
July 7.
Ford and Boggs will report to the House of Representatives and to the
President after their return.
Ford will take three staff members with him: Administrative Assistant
Frank Meyer, Legislative Assistant Robert Hartmann, and Press Secretary Paul
Miltich.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON MONDAY, MAY 29, 1972, AND THEREAFTER--
Congressman Gerald R. Ford will leave the United States June 23 on a
two-week trip to the People's Republic of China which the State Department calls
"a pathfinder mission on the part of the House of Representatives."
Ford will be joined on the trip by House Majority Leader Hale Boggs, D-La.
The two congressmen's wives will accompany them. The House leaders are making the
trip at the invitation of the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs and
the request of President Nixon.
William Brown, deputy director of the China Desk at the State Department,
said the Ford-Boggs trip will "continue the dialogue begun by President Nixon and
entered into by Senate leaders Mike Mansfield and Hugh Scott and will open wider
the door to China that was swung open by the President."
Brown, who will go to China with Ford and Boggs, said the House leaders'
trip to China "could lead to further exchanges in the medical, scientific, sports
and academic fields." It will, he said, contribute to further normalization of
Sino-American relations.
Ford and Boggs hope to meet with high-level Chinese leaders on their trip,
including Chinese Premier Chou En-lai. Plans also call for visits to industrial
plants and agricultural communes, as well as historical and cultural sites.
Ford and Boggs will depart from Andrews Air Force Base in a military jet at
10 a.m. June 23. They are scheduled to arrive in Shanghai June 26 after stopovers
at Hickam Field, Honolulu, and at Guam.
Their tentative itinerary in China includes Peking, Shanghai, Canton, and
various rural areas. They will leave Canton by rail for Hong Kong on July 4.
Ford and Boggs are due to arrive back at Andrews Air Force Base the evening of
July 7.
Ford and Boggs will report to the House of Representatives and to the
President after their return.
Ford will take three staff members with him: Administrative Assistant
Frank Meyer, Legislative Assistant Robert Hartmann, and Press Secretary Paul
Miltich.
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