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The original documents are located in Box D5, folder "Ford Press Releases, September -
December 1972" of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
September 5, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
The outrage committed by the Arab terrorists at Munich is a crime not only
against Israel but against the entire world community. This was a hideous act
of the most inhuman sort.
I agree with the action of the International Olympic Committee in suspending
the Olympic Games for 24 hours. I do not see how the Olympic Games can resume
until this situation is resolved.
###
FORD is LIBRARY QERALD
Digitized from Box D5 of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
September 5, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
The outrage committed by the Arab terrorists at Munich is a crime not only
against Israel but against the entire world community. This was a hideous act
of the most inhuman sort.
I agree with the action of the International Olympic Committee in suspending
the Olympic Games for 24 hours. I do not see how the Olympic Games can resume
until this situation is resolved.
###
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
Distribution: House galleriss only
M affice Copy
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
-FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
September 6, 1972
Remarks by Rep. Gerald R. Ford regarding S. Res. 358 for delivery on the Floor of
the House.
Mr. Speaker, the only way despicable acts of murder and terrorism like
that which occurred in Munich will be stopped is if doors all over the world are
shut to such assassins.
While deeply mourning the deaths of the Israeli Olympic team members so
senselessly slain by Arab terrorists in Germany, I agree completely with the action
called for by Senate Resolution 358--that the civilized world ostracize any peoples
or nation giving sanctuary or refuge to international outlaws of the Black
September stripe.
In committing their outrages and delivering their ultimatums, Arab
terrorists ultimately seek escape. They attempt to find their way to a place of
refuge.
In the case of the Munich Affair, the announced destination was Cairo. It
is my information that West German officials contacted the Egyptian Government but
received no satisfaction from them. during the time that negotiations with the
terrorists still were in progress. This, to me, is shocking.
There should be no hiding place for assassins like the Arab terrorists.
There should be no place to which they can flee after executing their hideous
plots. I know of no other way in which such assassins can be stopped.
Mr. Speaker, I urge strong support for Senate Resolution 358.
###
BERALD FORD LIBRARY
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
September 6, 1972
Remarks by Rep. Gerald R. Ford regarding S. Res. 358 for delivery on the Floor of
the House.
Mr. Speaker, the only way despicable acts of murder and terrorism like
that which occurred in Munich will be stopped is if doors all over the world are
shut to such assassins.
While deeply mourning the deaths of the Israeli Olympic team members so
senselessly slain by Arab terrorists in Germany, I agree completely with the action
called for by Senate Resolution 358-that the civilized world ostracize any peoples
or nation giving sanctuary or refuge to international outlaws of the Black
September stripe.
In committing their outrages and delivering their ultimatums, Arab
terrorists ultimately seek escape. They attempt to find their way to a place of
refuge.
In the case of the Munich Affair, the announced destination was Cairo. It
is my information that West German officials contacted the Egyptian Government but
received no satisfaction from them during the time that negotiations with the
terrorists still were in progress. This, to me, is shocking.
There should be no hiding place for assassins like the Arab terrorists.
There should be no place to which they can flee after executing their hideous
plots. I know of no other way in which such assassins can be stopped.
Mr. Speaker, I urge strong support for Senate Resolution 358.
###
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
September 7, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
I am shocked and horrified that Sen. George McGovern would equate the
bombing of North Vietnam by U.S. pilots with the slaying of the 11 Israeli Olympic
Squad members in Munich by Arab terrorists. And yet that clearly is the thrust
of remarks made Wednesday by McGovern before the Southern California Board of
Rabbis in Los Angeles.
McGovern compared U.S. fliers in Vietnam with the Arab terrorists, and when
one of the rabbis challenged this, McGovern made the following comment as filmed
by ABC-TV News:
"What I was trying to do, rabbis, was to express my own
horror and indignation over the kind of killing that is taking
place in various parts of the world, but especially in Vietnam.
My conscience can't live with the kind of pictures we had in the
press here a few weeks ago of those little children running from
a bombed-out school. Now, I know that the pilot who dropped that
napalm is on a different moral level than the terrorists who killed
those young men in Munich yesterday. I personally can't live with
the kind of situation we have right now in Southeast Asia where
tens of thousands of innocent people are being killed, however
inadvertently, by an American military involvement that I think
is against the best traditions of this country and which I think
is not in the interests of the people of Vietnam."
Note that McGovern makes no mention of North Vietnamese atrocities like
the slaughter of thousands of civilians at Hue or the acts of terrorism by the
Vietcong in Saigon from time to time. He also ignores the massive North Vietnamese
invasion of South Vietnam last spring, which is still continuing. He seems only
to be concerned about the U.S. bombing of North Vietnam.
# # #
GERALD LIBRARY
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
September 7, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
I am shocked and horrified that Sen. George McGovern would equate the
bombing of North Vietnam by U.S. pilots with the slaying of the 11 Israeli Olympic
Squad members in Munich by Arab terrorists. And yet that clearly is the thrust
of remarks made Wednesday by McGovern before the Southern California Board of
Rabbis in Los Angeles.
McGovern compared U.S. fliers in Vietnam with the Arab terrorists, and when
one of the rabbis challenged this, McGovern made the following comment as filmed
by ABC-TV News:
"What I was trying to do, rabbis, was to express my own
horror and indignation over the kind of killing that is taking
place in various parts of the world, but especially in Vietnam.
My conscience can't live with the kind of pictures we had in the
press here a few weeks ago of those little children running from
a bombed-out school. Now, I know that the pilot who dropped that
napalm is on a different moral level than the terrorists who killed
those young men in Munich yesterday. I personally can't live with
the kind of situation we have right now in Southeast Asia where
tens of thousands of innocent people are being killed, however
inadvertently, by an American military involvement that I think
is against the best traditions of this country and which I think
is not in the interests of the people of Vietnam."
Note that McGovern makes no mention of North Vietnamese atrocities like
the slaughter of thousands of civilians at Hue or the acts of terrorism by the
Vietcong in Saigon from time to time. He also ignores the massive North Vietnamese
invasion of South Vietnam last spring, which is still continuing. He seems only
to be concerned about the U.S. bombing of North Vietnam.
###
GERALD FORD LIBRARY
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
September 11, 1972
Congressman Gerald R. Ford today announced six openings at the service academies
for interested young men from the Fifth Congressional District. One with the U. S.
Military Academy at West Point, another with the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis,
and four with the U. S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs are being offered to
high school seniors who are U. S. citizens, under 22 years of age, never married, and
able to pass the medical, physical, and scholastic requirements of the respective
academies.
Applications for these positions can be obtained from Jerry Ford's office at
425 Cherry Street, S.E. in Grand Rapids (telephone 456-9747) and from his Washington,
D.C. office. The deadline for filing the applications is September 25.
Appointments are also available to the Merchant Marine and Coast Guard Academies,
but the selection to those institutions is not limited to a Congressional district.
Michigan Congressmen may nominate up to ten candidates for the Merchant Marine
Academy at Kings Point, New York to compete state-wide for 12 available scholarships.
The Coast Guard makes its own selection of cadets to attend the Academy at New London,
Connecticut from a nation-wide competition.
Selection of Fifth District candidates is based on the results of an open,
competitive Civil Service Examination. This examination will be given on Saturday,
September 30 in Grand Rapids and other cities throughout the nation. Make-up tests
for those candidates unable to attend the September 30 examination will be given on
Tuesday, October 31. Application for the make-up test will be accepted as late as
October 27.
These all-expense college scholarships at the Academies lead to a bachelor's
degree in science and a commission in one of the Services. "These appointments offer
a wonderful educational opportunity and an honorable career in the service of our
country," Ford said. "At the present time we have at the academies six young men
from Grand Rapids, three from Wyoming, two from Cedar Springs, and each each from
Ada, Ionia, and Sparta.
#######
GERALD FORD LIBRARY
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(821-2600)
FOR DISTRIBUTION
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5:30pm MON. SEPT. ",
1972
FORD LIBRARY
Release Senator Griffin suggests you put out prior to Sen. McGovern appearing
in Detroit with Ted Kennedy.
I welcome Sen. George McGovern to Michigan if he and his running
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mate Attorney General Frank Kelley are sincerely interested in explaining
to the people of our state where they stand on important issues.
I would like Sen. McGovern and Frank Kelley, who says he supports
McGovern without qualification, to explain to the working men and women of
Michigan why they advocate a giveaway welfare plan that would force higher
taxes on middle income Americans.
I believe Frank Kelley should urge Sen. McGovern to explain to the
people of Michigan why he supports the forced busing of children.
The people of Michigan would also be interested in learning from
Frank Kelley why he can support the pro-busing resolution of the Michigan
Democrats but not the national Democratic Party's platform supporting busing.
Both documents are written almost exactly alike.
I will admit, however, that Frank Kelley made some clarification
on the busing issue last Friday when he told newsmen in Romeo that he would
not support a Constitutional Amendment to stop court ordered busing.
I think the people of Michigan would like to hear Mr. McGovern and
Frank Kelley state why they support amnesty for draft dodgers.
I hope Mr. Kelley and Mr. McGovern explain to the people of Michigan
time an Victuam
why they support the government of Hanoi and do not support PresidentNixon's
efforts to bring an end to the war.
The people of Michigan can expect a lot of political
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double-talk, half-truth and innuendoes from
McGovern and Frank Kelley. And I believe they will recognize the rhetoric
as just that.
Frank Kelley has already established that pattern. Kelley has
flip-flopped on so many positions that no one in Michigan is sure where he
stands. Even Frank Kelley doesn't know what his latest positions are on
some issues until he reads the papers the next day.
###
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
Senator Griffin's office called with the attacked release.
They would like to have your OK to release it either locally in
Michigan or nationally.
Griffin's office in Detroit has connections whereas if you could
read the release over the phone it would be transmitted to
120 radio stations throughout Michigan.
Pete Teeley in Griffin's Detroit office suggested that perhaps
you get in touch with John Scali at the White House to check
on whether he might have something extra to add to the
release.
It was suggested that you get in touch with Senator Griffin if you
have any questions about the release.
Please let me know what you would like done with this
as they are waiting some kind of word from me.
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Fibrosis Research Foundation hopes will happen to its 1972
fund-raising campaign. Here Rep. Gerald R. Ford of Grand
Rapids joins with Ross Mosier, 4-year-old Foundation poster
child, in an appeal for funds. Ross, of San Jose, Calif.,
was diagnosed as a cystic fibrosis child when he was one
year old.
###
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GERALD FORD ABRARA
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON WEDNESDAY--
Sept. 20, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
Congressment
I have today cosponsored a bill aimed at helping to cut the cost of welfare
to the Nation's taxpayers.
The This bill would halt the payment of welfare benefits to illegal aliens. There
ford dechared:
are no accurate figures on how many illegal aliens are getting a ride on the back of
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the American axpayer but I feel certain the cost is huge.
ford said
The cosponsored prohibit the states from making welfare
tohne
payments to illegal alients At the andals it would direct the states to
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establish procedures for identifying illegal aliens.
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare recently compounded the problem
of welfare payments to illegal aliens. In
regulations dealing with Citizamship
and Alienage, H.E.W. proposed that a state
welfare plan may not e xclude
an otherwise eligible individual solely on the basis that he is not a citizen. This
proposed regulation is so broad it would require states to pay financial and medical
assistancë to aliens regardless of whether they are in this country legally or
illegally.
I feel that H.E.W. is overstepping its authority in proposing this all-inclusive
welfare coverage. Congressional clarification of this issue through legislation would
be a sound move in the direction of welfare reform.
######
BERALD FORD LIBRARA
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
-FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON WEDNESDAY--
Sept. 20, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
I have today cosponsored a bill aimed at helping to cut the cost of elfare
to the Nation's taxpayers.
This bill would halt the payment of welfare benefits to illegal aliens. There
are no accurate figures on how many illegal aliens are getting a ride on the back of
the American t expayer, but I feel certain the cost is
large,
The bill I have cosponsored would prohibit the states from making welfare
payments to illegal alienss. At the same time, it would direct the states to
establish procedures for identifying illegal aliens.
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare recently compounded the problem
of welfare payments to illegal aliens. In
regulations dealing with Citizmaship
and Alienage, H.E.W. proposed that a state
welfare plan may not e xclude
an otherwise eligible individual solely on the basis that he is not a citizen. This
proposed regulation is so broad it would require states to pay financial and medical
assistance to aliens
regardless of whether they are in this country legally or
illegally.
I feel that H.E.W. is overstepping its authority in proposing this all-inclusive
welfare coverage. Congressional clarification of this issue through legislation would
be a sound move in the direction of welfare reform.
#####
FORD i LIBRARY GERALD
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these materials.
Remarks by Rep. Gerald R. Ford to be placed in the body of the Congressional
Record of Wednesday, September 20, 1972.
MR. SPEAKER: A few days ago Harry Kipke passed away. He was a
very close personal friend. As my football coach at the University of
Michigan, Harry Kipke had a great impact on my life. I am certain he had
a comparable beneficial impact on the lives of many others who had the
good fortune to know him.
I respected, admired and truly felt great affection for Harry Kipke.
He had friends all over the country and in all walks of life. His death
is a great loss to all of us.
I extend to his wonderful wife Flo and his fine family myddeepest
condolences.
Harry Kipke's great record in athletics, in education, in business
and in civic affairs is best set forth in an article by Dawid Condon of
the Chicago Tribune. I ank that this article be included as a part of
my remarks. The article follows:
Chicago Tribune, Saturday, September 16
MOON M
MY:
In the Wake
BEAT YOU!
of the News
by David Condon
HARRY G. KIPKE, a gentleman for all seasons, will
ceed Tad Wieman in 1929, Kipke apprenticed as assistant at
be burled today after 73 years of delivering 100% to this tricky
Missouri and as head coach at Michigan State.
game of life.
But going home really ushered Kipke into the Big Time.
While we pray, let's mentally retire
In 1929, Stagg still was at Chicago, Zuppke at Illinois,
his number, because the rosters suggest
Rockne at Notre Dame,
no one to replace him. There wasn't
And H. O. [Pat] Page was coaching at Indiana, Burt
meant to be another Harry Kipke.
Ingwersen at Iowa, Dr. Clarence Spears at Minnesota. Dick
Thank God for the one, a bonus citizen.
Hanley was at Northwestern, Jimmy Phelan at Purdue, Glenn
Harry Kipke's fame stretched beyond
Thistlewaite at Wisconsin, Sam Willaman at Ohio State.
the playing fields. His influence and
All had to make room for the Wonderful Wolverine.
leadership were not confined within the
6-C-THE DEIAUII NEWS-Friday, September 15, 1972
Kipke's death rekindles grid memories at Michigan
By LARRY MIDDLEMAS
Somehow Kipke is remem-
and it was interesting foot-
them," Weber said. "We were
As the Depression deepened,
ler. Tom Harmon and Forest
National Football Hall
of
News Special Writer
bered more now for the disas-
ball."
able to draw pretty good
it was harder to provide jobs.
Evashevski headed the last
Fame in 1958 and to the Mich-
In his heyday as Michigan's
trous losing streak at the end
Kipke had been an All-
crowds even when nobody had
of his career, just before he
As the line deteriorated,
football coach, Harry Kipke
much money. The stadium
group brought to Michigan by
igan Sports Hall of Fame in
was fired and replaced by
America halfback himself in
had just been built in 1927 and
Cappy Cappon was deposed as
Kipke.
1968.
had the greatest recruiting
Fritz Crisler after the 1937
1922 for Yost, earning special
if we hadn't been able to fill it,
the line coach, but the Kipke
In addition to his business
Funeral services for Kipke
gimmick of his time.
season.
fame as a punter. In the 1922
we might have gone broke.
will be held at 1 p.m. tomor-
era was over.
success, Kipke was elected a
He could guarantee a kid a
But when Kipke died yester-
Ohio State game, he punted
row at the First Congrega-
job during the Depression.
nine times and put eight of
"But after those great
day at 73, it was recalled that
After four years of champi-
university regent for eight
tional Church, Port Huron.
he coached the Wolverines to
them out of bounds inside the
seasons, we started having
onships, Michigan suffered
years, 1939-47. He was a lieu-
Burial will be in Lakeside
trouble recruiting tn
Distribution House 1:10p.m. Hallvis orly 9/20/78 M Office Copy
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
September 20, 1972
JOINT STATEMENT BY REP. GERALD R. FORD, (R-MICH.) REPUBLICAN LEADER OF THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND SENATOR ROBERT P. GRIFFIN, (R-MICH.) ASSISTANT REPUBLICAN
LEADER OF THE SENATE.
While Senator McGovern is campaigning in Michigan, we feel he owes the
people of our state a candid explanation of how he plans to vote on the
House-passed Anti-Busing Bill which is pending on the Senate calendar.
This is no longer a hypothetical question nor one which can be obscured
in campaign rhetoric. It is one which will require a "Yea" or "Nay" vote in
the United States Senate, if Senator McGovern cares to be present for that
roll call. The voters of Michigan deserve a straight answer to the question:
Is Senator McGovern for or against the Anti-Busing Bill, H.R. 13915?
###
LIBRARY
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
September 20, 1972
JOINT STATEMENT BY REP. GERALD R. FORD, (R-MICH.) REPUBLICAN LEADER OF THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND SENATOR ROBERT P. GRIFFIN, (R-MICH.) ASSISTANT REPUBLICAN
LEADER OF THE SENATE.
While Senator McGovern is campaigning in Michigan, we feel he owes the
people of our state a candid explanation of how he plans to vote on the
House-passed Anti-Busing Bill which is pending on the Senate calendar.
This is no longer a hypothetical question nor one which can be obscured
in campaign rhetoric. It is one which will require a "Yea" or "Nay" vote in
the United States Senate, if Senator McGovern cares to be present for that
roll call. The voters of Michigan deserve a straight answer to the question:
Is Senator McGovern for or against the Anti-Busing Bill, H.R. 13915?
###
GERALD FORD LIBRARY
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON WEDNESDAY--
Sept. 20, 1972
FOR RADIO AND TV--
House Speaker Carl Albert today named Dr. Arend D. Lubbers, president of Grand
Valley State College, to
U.S. Commission on the Organization of the Government
for the Conduct of Foreign Policy, on recommendation of House Minority Leader
Gerald R. Ford. The commission will include 12 members in all--four appointed by
the President, four by the Speaker of the House, and four by the President of the
Senate. The commission will study the organization, methods and powers of all
departments, agencies, independent establishments and instrumentalities of the U.S.
Government engaged in
formulating and implementing American foreign policy.
The commission then will make recommendations as to how the implementation and
formulation of U.S. foreign policy can be improved.
####
E FOR TV ONLY
Congre ssman Gerald R. Ford today cosponsored a bill which would halt the payment
of welfare benefits to illegal aliens. Ford said the bill is aimed at helping to cut
the cost of welfare to the Nation's taxpayers. Ford declared: "There
are no
accurate figures on how many illegal aliens are getting a free ride on the back of the
American taxpayer but I feel certain the cost is large." Ford said his bill would
prohibit the states from making welfare payments to illegalm aliens--and would also
direct the states to establish procedures for identifying illegal
aliens.
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
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air Mail 3:45p 9/25/72
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE UPON RECEIPT--
September 26, 1972
Congressman Gerald R. Ford is resuming his highly popular program of
"phone-ins" to Fifth District high schools.
Under the program, Ford talks with government classes and other students
via special telephone equipment at high schools scheduling a "phone-in." He
usually calls from Washington.
Ford's call is amplified by means of portable telephone equipment plugged
into a jack in one of the rooms at the school. The equipment makes it possible
for students to speak into a microphone and ask Ford questions. Ford has been
spending up to an hour with groups of students in this fashion, engaged in spirited
and timely give-and-take.
Ford phone-ins which are upcoming in the near future are: Northview High
School, Ted Burba's class, 9:30 a.m. Oct. 4; Godfrey-Lee High School, Jack
McKinley's class, 9 a.m. Oct. 9; and Central High, Dick Hoek's class, 10 a.m.,
Oct. 9.
Ford may also do some phone-ins from his district office during October
since he will be in Grand Rapids so much of the time that month.
Ford said he wants to make himself as "accessible as possible" to the young
people in his congressional district. He said he enjoys "rapping with the
students and helping them get things off their chests."
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. The students may ask Ford any question they wish.
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--to the extent his time permits.
###
GERALD FORD LIBRARY
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE UPON RECEIPT--
September 26, 1972
Congressman Gerald R. Ford is resuming his highly popular program of
"phone-ins" to Fifth District high schools.
Under the program, Ford talks with government classes and other students
via special telephone equipment at high schools scheduling a "phone-in." He
usually calls from Washington.
Ford's call is amplified by means of portable telephone equipment plugged
into a jack in one of the rooms at the school. The equipment makes it possible
for students to speak into a microphone and ask Ford questions. Ford has been
spending up to an hour with groups of students in this fashion, engaged in spirited
and timely give-and-take.
Ford phone-ins which are upcoming in the near future are: Northview High
School, Ted Burba's class, 9:30 a.m. Oct. 4; Godfrey-Lee High School, Jack
McKinley's class, 9 a.m. Oct. 9; and Central High, Dick Hoek's class, 10 a.m.,
Oct. 9.
Ford may also do some phone-ins from his district office during October
since he will be in Grand Rapids so much of the time that month.
Ford said he wants to make himself as "accessible as possible" to the young
people in his congressional district. He said he enjoys "rapping with the
students and helping them get things off their chests."
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. The students may ask Ford any question they wish.
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--to the extent his time permits.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
Tuesday, September 26, 1972
House Republican Leader Gerald R. Ford today named Rep. Robert D. Price
of Texas to an at-large vacancy on the House Republican Policy Committee.
A spot opened up on the Policy Committee when Rep. Jack Edwards of Alabama
was named secretary of the House Republican Conference, succeeding Rep. Richard
Poff of Virginia. Poff has left the House to become a justice of the Virginia
Supreme Court.
In appointing Price to the Policy Committee, Ford commented: "Bob Price
is one of the outstanding young Republican members of the House. I felt I should
recognize his abilities by giving him this opportunity to serve on the group
which determines policy for House Republicans. He is highly qualified for the
post by background and experience.'
Price is completing his third term in the House of Representatives. He
is a member of the Agriculture Committee and its Livestock and Grains
Subcommittee and its Cotton group. He also serves on the Science and
Astronautics Committee and its NASA Oversight, Manned Space Flight, and Space
Science and Applications Subcommittees.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
Tuesday, September 26, 1972
House Republican Leader Gerald R. Ford today named Rep. Robert D. Price
of Texas to an at-large vacancy on the House Republican Policy Committee.
A spot opened up on the Policy Committee when Rep. Jack Edwards of Alabama
was named secretary of the House Republican Conference, succeeding Rep. Richard
Poff of Virginia. Poff has left the House to become a justice of the Virginia
Supreme Court.
In appointing Price to the Policy Committee, Ford commented: "Bob Price
is one of the outstanding young Republican members of the House. I felt I should
recognize his abilities by giving him this opportunity to serve on the group
which determines policy for House Republicans. He is highly qualified for the
post by background and experience. "
Price is completing his third term in the House of Representatives. He
is a member of the Agriculture Committee and its Livestock and Grains
Subcommittee and its Cotton group. He also serves on the Science and
Astronautics Committee and its NASA Oversight, Manned Space Flight, and Space
Science and Applications Subcommittees.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
October 3, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
Ralph Nader's charge that the Nixon Administration is "corrupt" is
absolutely false, completely unfounded. There is no evidence to substantiate
such a charge.
I am amazed that Nader would make a partisan attack against the
Administration. It undermines the credibility of his entire investigation of
the Congress. It makes him an echo of Sen. McGovern and betrays his own political
leanings. Even the words are the same. I would hope that Ralph Nader would
retract his allegations, because he has severely damaged his credibility.
I have long felt that Congress could and should upgrade itself, particularly
by professionalizing its committee staffs. But the Nader charges that Congress
has abdicated its responsibilities and is a tool of the special interests are
utterly ridiculous. I know many fine members of Congress--both Democrat and
Republican- and they are neither the tools of big business or of big labor.
As for calling a special session of Congress as a reform session, this is
completely unnecessary. Whatever reforms might be needed can be carried out in
the course of regular business.
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NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
October 3, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
Ralph Nader's charge that the Nixon Administration is "corrupt" is
absolutely false, completely unfounded. There is no evidence to substantiate
such a charge.
I am amazed that Nader would make a partisan attack against the
Administration. It undermines the credibility of his entire investigation of
the Congress. It makes him an echo of Sen. McGovern and betrays his own political
leanings. Even the words are the same. I would hope that Ralph Nader would
retract his allegations, because he has severely damaged his credibility.
I have long felt that Congress could and should upgrade itself, particularly
by professionalizing its committee staffs. But the Nader charges that Congress
has abdicated its responsibilities and is a tool of the special interests are
utterly ridiculous. I know many fine members of Congress--both Democrat and
Republican--and they are neither the tools of big business or of big labor.
As for calling a special session of Congress as a reform session, this is
completely unnecessary. Whatever reforms might be needed can be carried out in
the course of regular business.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY--
October 6, 1972
Remarks by Rep. Gerald R. Ford at the Latviah Hall, Grand Rapids, Mich., 8 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 6, 1972.
Anyone who has ever known Latvian-Americans recognizes that they are the
finest of people--honest, industrious, conscientious, and patriotic.
I would like to pay tribute to Latvian-Americans tonight as individuals who
are dedicated to the highest American ideals--to the principles of freedom and
justice.
It is in keeping with allegiance to those principles that Latvian-Americans
have never given up their dream that their native land will once again be free.
I share that dream. In that sense, I am a Latvian too.
We will never abandon that dream--none of us. That is why we observe
Captive Nations week with all the fervor it deserves. That is why we repeatedly
call for debate in the United Nations on the subject of Soviet imperio-colonialism
and the injustice that is being done to Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and all of the
nations behind the Iron Curtain. I will never cease calling for the Soviets to
withdraw from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. We must bring the force of world
opinion to bear on the restoration of rights to the Baltic peoples. Our cry must
always be freedom for Latvia and the other Baltic nations, freedom for all of
those who are suffering in Communist bondage.
I salute Latvian-Americans tonight, too, because they have always insisted
that America should be strong. They have always believed that the way to peace
is through strength. They have always known that the only way to deal with the
Soviet Union is from a position of strength. For that reason they have backed
those members of Congress who fight any attempts to cut the muscle out of our
national defense.
Latvian-Americans know that America cannot retreat her way into peace.
This is why I feel sure you are opposed to the proposed $30 billion cut in our
defense budget. You know that such a cut would put the United States in the
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position of abandoning its commitments all over the world. You know that such a
cut would make the U. S. militarily inferior to the Soviet Union. You know that
it would mean slashing our strategic bomber forces, halting some of our missile
programs, cutting our forces in Europe by more than half, reducing our Navy and
Air Force tactical air wings by roughly a third, cutting the number of our
aircraft carriers by more than a half, and reducing our armed forces by 40 per cent.
You are my friends. You and I are fighting for freedom together. I pledge
to you tonight that I will resist with every last ounce of my strength any move
to make the U. S. second to the Soviet Union in military strength. I place myself
with you--on the side of liberty.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY--
October 6, 1972
Remarks by Rep. Gerald R. Ford at the Latviah Hall, Grand Rapids, Mich., 8 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 6, 1972.
Anyone who has ever known Latvian-Americans recognizes that they are the
finest of people--honest, industrious, conscientious, and patriotic.
I would like to pay tribute to Latvian-Americans tonight as individuals who
are dedicated to the highest American ideals--to the principles of freedom and
justice.
It is in keeping with allegiance to those principles that Latvian-Americans
have never given up their dream that their native land will once again be free.
I share that dream. In that sense, I am a Latvian too.
We will never abandon that dream--none of us. That is why we observe
Captive Nations week with all the fervor it deserves. That is why we repeatedly
call for debate in the United Nations on the subject of Soviet imperio-colonialism
and the injustice that is being done to Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and all of the
nations behind the Iron Curtain. I will never cease calling for the Soviets to
withdraw from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. We must bring the force of world
opinion to bear on the restoration of rights to the Baltic peoples. Our cry must
always be freedom for Latvia and the other Baltic nations, freedom for all of
those who are suffering in Communist bondage.
I salute Latvian-Americans tonight, too, because they have always insisted
that America should be strong. They have always believed that the way to peace
is through strength. They have always known that the only way to deal with the
Soviet Union is from a position of strength. For that reason they have backed
those members of Congress who fight any attempts to cut the muscle out of our
national defense.
Latvian-Americans know that America cannot retreat her way into peace.
This is why I feel sure you are opposed to the proposed $30 billion cut in our
defense budget. You know that such a cut would put the United States in the
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position of abandoning its commitments all over the world. You know that such a
cut would make the U. S. militarily inferior to the Soviet Union. You know that
it would mean slashing our strategic bomber forces, halting some of our missile
programs, cutting our forces in Europe by more than half, reducing our Navy and
Air Force tactical air wings by roughly a third, cutting the number of our
aircraft carriers by more than a half, and reducing our armed forces by 40 per cent.
You are my friends. You and I are fighting for freedom together. I pledge
to you tonight that I will resist with every last ounce of my strength any move
to make the U. S. second to the Soviet Union in military strength. I place myself
with you--on the side of liberty.
###
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
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'I'M WITH YOU' -- Former world heavyweight boxing champion Archie Moore pledges
his support for President Nixon at a get-together in Washington, D.C., with Congressman
Gerald R. Ford. Moore said he will do everything he can to promote the President's
reelection.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
October 11, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
George McGovern's formula for peace in Vietnam is simply a formula for a
Communist takeover in Saigon.
George McGovern is unreal.
He would cut off all aid to Saigon while Soviet and Communist Chinese aid to
Hanoi continued. He says not a word about a cease-fire. He would leave South
Vietnam to sink.
There would be no coalition government in Saigon under McGovern's peace
plan. The Communists would simply move in.
We have ended our ground combat role in Vietnam, and yet George McGovern
talks as though we still had more than half a million men there instead of 35,000.
If George McGovern had been elected President in 1968, all of Indochina would
now be in Communist hands.
George McGovern clearly prefers the Communist government in Hanoi to the
Saigon government of Gen. Thieu. It obviously does not concern him whether all of
Southeast Asia comes under Communist rule.
George McGovern calls the Vietnam War a "wrong war" but never explains why
it is wrong to try to halt Communist aggression.
The election of George McGovern as President would be an open invitation to
Communist aggression throughout the world.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
-FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
October 11, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
George McGovern's formula for peace in Vietnam is simply a formula for a
Communist takeover in Saigon.
George McGovern is unreal.
He would cut off all aid to Saigon while Soviet and Communist Chinese aid to
Hanoi continued. He says not a word about a cease-fire. He would leave South
Vietnam to sink.
There would be no coalition government in Saigon under McGovern's peace
plan. The Communists would simply move in.
We have ended our ground combat role in Vietnam, and yet George McGovern
talks as though we still had more than half a million men there instead of 35,000.
If George McGovern had been elected President in 1968, all of Indochina would
now be in Communist hands.
George McGovern clearly prefers the Communist government in Hanoi to the
Saigon government of Gen. Thieu. It obviously does not concern him whether all of
Southeast Asia comes under Communist rule.
George McGovern calls the Vietnam War a "wrong war" but never explains why
it is wrong to try to halt Communist aggression.
The election of George McGovern as President would be an open invitation to
Communist aggression throughout the world.
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CONGRESSMAN
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GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
October 11, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
George McGovern is a do-nothing senator on busing.
While President Nixon uses his powers of persuasion and Sen. Robert P.
Griffin pulls out every possible stop to push the anti-busing moratorium bill
through the Senate, George McGovern sits in Detroit and tells the Detroit Free
Press in an interview that "there is nothing that either Nixon or I can do" about
busing.
President Nixon has laid before the Congress a bill which would place a
moratorium on busing and provide alternative choices which the courts must select
before resorting to a busing order. And even that last resort busing order could
not take a pupil beyond the school second nearest to his home. Yet George McGovern
insists there is nothing that can be done about busing and stays away from the
Senate where the anti-busing fight is being waged. He is simply evading and
avoiding the busing issue.
Chances are that if George McGovern were not running for President and was
in his Senate seat, he would be assisting in the filibuster which is preventing a
vote on the President's anti-busing moratorium bill. Michigan's up-and-doing
senator, Bob Griffin, is on the Senate floor every minute, fighting those senators
who are trying to filibuster the anti-busing bill to death. And that's what
George McGovern could be doing about busing--instead of telling the people of
Michigan through the Detroit Free Press Wednesday that "there is not one thing
that either Nixon or I can do to stop those buses from rolling."
But McGovern's attitude is not surprising. The Democratic platform
implicitly supports busing by saying that "transportation of students is another
tool to accomplish desegregation," and McGovern himself has called it "a concept
worthy of our support" (Washington Post, Feb. 15, 1972).
###
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
October 11, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
George McGovern is a do-nothing senator on busing.
While President Nixon uses his powers of persuasion and Sen. Robert P.
Griffin pulls out every possible stop to push the anti-busing moratorium bill
through the Senate, George McGovern sits in Detroit and tells the Detroit Free
Press in an interview that "there is nothing that either Nixon or I can do" about
busing.
President Nixon has laid before the Congress a bill which would place a
moratorium on busing and provide alternative choices which the courts must select
before resorting to a busing order. And even that last resort busing order could
not take a pupil beyond the school second nearest to his home, Yet George McGovern
insists there is nothing that can be done about busing and stays away from the
Senate where the anti-busing fight is being waged. He is simply evading and
avoiding the busing issue.
Chances are that if George McGovern were not running for President and was
in his Senate seat, he would be assisting in the filibuster which is preventing a
vote on the President's anti-busing moratorium bill. Michigan's up-and-doing
senator, Bob Griffin, is on the Senate floor every minute, fighting those senators
who are trying to filibuster the anti-busing bill to death. And that's what
George McGovern could be doing about busing--instead of telling the people of
Michigan through the Detroit Free Press Wednesday that "there is not one thing
that either Nixon or I can do to stop those buses from rolling."
But McGovern's attitude is not surprising. The Democratic platform
implicitly supports busing by saying that "transportation of students is another
tool to accomplish desegregation," and McGovern himself has called it "a concept
worthy of our support" (Washington Post, Feb. 15, 1972).
###
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
SPECIAL TO THE GRAND RAPIDS TIMES
"AND A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL' Members of the XYZ Senior Citizens Group
recently visited that Nation's Capital. They are shown here with Congre suman
Gerald R. Ford in the congressman's office in the Capitol Building.
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NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
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Oct. 13, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
If Phil Hart and other northern liberal senators had voted to end the filibuster
over the Equal Educational Opportunities Act, we wouldn't have
a problem with
busing. legislation.
Unless these senators are willing to let the Senate majority work its will,
it makes no sense to keep Congre SS in session. And the evidence is--on the basis
of three attempts to invoke cloture--that they are determined to prevent the
Senate majority from working its will on the busing question.
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CONGRESSMAN
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct. 13, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
If Phil Hart and other northern liberal senators had voted to end the filibuster
over the Equal Educational Opportunities Act, we wouldn't have a problem with
busing. legislation.
Unless these sanators are willing to let the Senate majority work its will,
it makes no sense to keep Congress in session. And the evidence is--on the basis
of three attempts to invoke cloture that they are determined to prevent the
Senate majority from working its will on the busing question.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
Tuesday, October 17, 1972
FOR RELEASE ON THE ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS
The 92nd Congress could have been a great Congress. It was not.
The 92nd Congress should have been a reform Congress. It was not.
The reason the 92nd Congress failed to become a reform Congress and to
achieve greatness is that it was the most political Congress of modern times.
There is no question that the 92nd Congress has a number of noteworthy
achievements to its credit. But at the same time, this Congress passed into
history with its record blotched by failure after failure.
President Nixon was a reform president. The Congress, unfortunately,
refused to follow his lead in domestic affairs. Roughly half of his major
legislative initiatives died on the shelf.
Congress endorsed the President's general revenue sharing plan but refused
to act on his various special revenue sharing programs.
Congress acceded to the President's plan for reorganizing the volunteer
Federal agencies but refused to enact his sweeping provisions for a general
overhaul of the Executive Branch's administrative machinery.
Congress approved the most ambitious, most expensive and most stringent
Water Quality Act in history but refused to act on a large number of Presidential
environmental proposals such as power plant siting.
The President proposed a comprehensive health insurance plan which
promised better health care for all Americans, but the Congress failed to follow
through.
The President proposed sound legislation to provide vesting for pensions
but the Congress failed to come to grips with this problem.
The President proposed a sweeping reform of this Nation's scandalous
welfare system but Congress failed to deal with the welfare mess.
Why is the record of the 92nd Congress so riddled with failures, in con-
trast with the very real achievements on the other side of the ledger? Because
this Congress was determined not to bestow credit on a President from the
opposition party. This Democratic-controlled Congress was working for the defeat
of President Nixon. A Congress, so dedicated, can only emerge with a partisan
political record in the domestic area and therefore has failed the American
people.
What President Nixon needs is a Republican Congress--and I am hoping the
voters will recognize this on Nov. 7.
# # #
LIBRARY
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
Tuesday, October 17, 1972
FOR RELEASE ON THE ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS
The 92nd Congress could have been a great Congress. It was not.
The 92nd Congress should have been a reform Congress. It was not.
The reason the 92nd Congress failed to become a reform Congress and to
achieve greatness is that it was the most political Congress of modern times.
There is no question that the 92nd Congress has a number of noteworthy
achievements to its credit. But at the same time, this Congress passed into
history with its record blotched by failure after failure.
President Nixon was a reform president. The Congress, unfortunately,
refused to follow his lead in domestic affairs. Roughly half of his major
legislative initiatives died on the shelf.
Congress endorsed the President's general revenue sharing plan but refused
to act on his various special revenue sharing programs.
Congress acceded to the President's plan for reorganizing the volunteer
Federal agencies but refused to enact his sweeping provisions for a general
overhaul of the Executive Branch's administrative machinery.
Congress approved the most ambitious, most expensive and most stringent
Water Quality Act in history but refused to act on a large number of Presidential
environmental proposals such as power plant siting.
The President proposed a comprehensive health insurance plan which
promised better health care for all Americans, but the Congress failed to follow
through.
The President proposed sound legislation to provide vesting for pensions
but the Congress failed to come to grips with this problem.
The President proposed a sweeping reform of this Nation's scandalous
welfare system but Congress failed to deal with the welfare mess.
Why is the record of the 92nd Congress so riddled with failures, in con-
trast with the very real achievements on the other side of the ledger? Because
this Congress was determined not to bestow credit on a President from the
opposition party. This Democratic-controlled Congress was working for the defeat
of President Nixon. A Congress, so dedicated, can only emerge with a partisan
political record in the domestic area and therefore has failed the American
people.
What President Nixon needs is a Republican Congress--and I am hoping the
voters will recognize this on Nov. 7.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
October 18, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
Last night Sen. George McGovern returned to the Senate from the
Presidential campaign trail to vote against a $250 billion limitation on fiscal
1973 spending.
Last week Sen. McGovern stayed away from the Senate while northern liberal
Democrats filibustered to death President Nixon's bill to lay down guidelines
for the courts and make busing for racial balance a last resort device, restricted
to busing a pupil no farther than the school second nearest a student's home.
At the time that McGovern stayed away from the Senate debate on busing, he declared
in Detroit "there is not one thing that either Nixon or I can do to stop those
buses from rolling."
George McGovern refuses to put a lid on Federal spending, and George
McGovern refuses to do anything to prevent forced busing to achieve racial balance.
These two actions make it unmistakably clear that George McGovern would be
a pro-busing President and a fiscally irresponsible President if by some
horrendous mischance he were elected on Nov. 7.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-
October 18, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
Last night Sen. George McGovern returned to the Senate from the
Presidential campaign trail to vote against a $250 billion limitation on fiscal
1973 spending.
Last week Sen. McGovern stayed away from the Senate while northern liberal
anti-busing anti.
Democrats filibustered to death President Nixon's bill to Lay down guidelines
for the courts and make busing for racial balance a last resort device, restricted
to busing a pupil no farther than the school second nearest & student 10 home.
At the time that McGovern stayed away from the Senate debate on busing, he declared
in Detroit "there is not one thing that either Nixon or I can do to stop those
buses from rolling."
George McGovern refuses to put a lid on Federal spending, and George
McGovern refuses to do anything to prevent forced busing to achieve racial balance.
These two actions make it unmistakably clear that George McGovern would be
a pro-busing President and a fiscally irresponsible President if by some
horrendous mischance he were elected on Nov. 7.
###
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
October 18, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
Last night Sen. George McGovern returned to the Senate from the
Presidential campaign trail to vote against a $250 billion limitation on fiscal
1973 spending.
Last week Sen. McGovern stayed away from the Senate while northern liberal
Democrats filibustered to death President Nixon's bill to lay down guidelines
for the courts and make busing for racial balance a last resort device, restricted
to busing a pupil no farther than the school second nearest a student's home.
At the time that McGovern stayed away from the Senate debate on busing, he declared
in Detroit "there is not one thing that either Nixon or I can do to stop those
buses from rolling."
George McGovern refuses to put a lid on Federal spending, and George
McGovern refuses to do anything to prevent forced busing to achieve racial balance.
These two actions make it unmistakably clear that George McGovern would be
a pro-busing President and a fiscally irresponsible President if by some
horrendous mischance he were elected on Nov. 7.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON WEDNESDAY--
October 18, 1972
Congressman Gerald R. Ford today announced the formation of a Fifth
Congressional District Science Advisory Committee headed by Dr. Vernon J. Ehlers
of Calvin College.
Ford said the committee will advise him, on a permanent basis, on all
matters related to the environment, the sciences and technology.
Other members of the committee in addition to Dr. Ehlers are: Dr. Gordon L.
Van Harn of the Calvin Biology Department; Edwin H. Krug of Lear Siegler, Inc.;
Carl Jay Bajema of the Grand Valley State College Biology Department; and John
Van Zytveld of the Calvin Physics Department.
Areas of expertise of the committee members are as follows: Dr. Ehlers--
physics; Dr. Van Harn--physiology, medical and general environmental; Krug--
engineering; Bajema--population, ecology, environmental issues, and genetics; and
Zytveld--physical science and technology, energy resources, and natural product
resources.
Ford said the committee is Ehlers' brainchild, an idea he conceived early
this year. Ehlers sees the committee advising Ford on any scientific or technical
matters on which he requests such advice and alerting Ford to developments in
science and technology which will require his attention.
Ford urges that Fifth District citizens ..who want the committee to explore
any environmental, scientific or technical questions bring such matters directly
to his attention. Ford then will lay these questions before the committee for-
study and a report. He will carefully weigh any advice the committee gives him.
Dr. Ehlers picked the members of the Fifth District Science Advisory
Committee. He said he employed two basic criteria in choosing the committee
members--that they be good scientists, and that they be socially aware of the
impact of scientific developments on the world.
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NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON WEDNESDAY--
October 18, 1972
Congressman Gerald R. Ford today announced the formation of a Fifth
Congressional District Science Advisory Committee headed by Dr. Vernon J. Ehlers
of Calvin College.
Ford said the committee will advise him, on a permanent basis, on all
matters related to the environment, the sciences and technology.
Other members of the committee in addition to Dr. Ehlers are: Dr. Gordon L.
Van Harn of the Calvin Biology Department; Edwin H. Krug of Lear Siegler, Inc.;
Carl Jay Bajema of the Grand Valley State College Biology Department; and John
Van Zytveld of the Calvin Physics Department.
Areas of expertise of the committee members are as follows: Dr. Ehlers--
physics; Dr. Van Harn--physiology, medical and general environmental; Krug--
engineering; Bajema--population, ecology, environmental issues, and genetics; and
Zytveld--physical science and technology, energy resources, and natural product
resources.
Ford said the committee is Ehlers' brainchild, an idea he conceived early
this year. Ehlers sees the committee advising Ford on any scientific or technical
matters on which he requests such advice and alerting Ford to developments in
science and technology which will require his attention.
Ford urges that Fifth District citizens ..who want the committee to explore
any environmental, scientific or technical questions bring such matters directly
to his attention. Ford then will lay these questions before the committee for
study and a report. He will carefully weigh any advice the committee gives him.
Dr. Ehlers picked the members of the Fifth District Science Advisory
Committee. He said he employed two basic criteria in choosing the committee
members--that they be good scientists, and that they be socially aware of the
impact of scientific developments on the world.
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NEWS
CONGRESSMAN
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
-FOR RELEASE SUNDAY, OCT. 22, 1972--
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
The first half of the Nader profile on me achieves good balance but the latter half
of the report is unfair and smacks of an attempt at a hatchet job.
The report quotes my 1970 and 720Democratic opponent, Mrs. Jean McKee, as saying
that I "take people here (in the district) for granted." They quote this as though it
were a statement of fact. It's a lot of rubbish. I have never taken the peoplè in my
district for granted and I never will.
The report comments that I bring "only $83 per person in Department of Defense funds
to the district as against the U.S. average of $285." That is manifestly unfair. A low
figure for defense dollars brought into a district would be true for any district like
Michigan's Fifth which does not have a military'installation or a high concentration of
defense-oriented industry.
Quoting of Detroit Free Press reporter Saul Friedman's comments on my congressional
questionnaire questions about Vietnam is unfair. Friedman is admittedly anti-Administration
on Vietnam and this is reflected in his comments on my questionnaire. Also, the Nader
researchers omit the fact that I solicited the help of political scieme professors inm
my district on the drafting of my questionnaire questions.
The profile labeled my votes on the SST and the Lockheed loan guarantee as votes
that were pro-business. The vote for the SST was a vote to keep the U.S. preeminent in
the field of commercial aviation and to save jobs. The Lockheed vote was also a vote to
save jobs. The Nader researchers apparently were unaware that the AFL-CIO supported both
the Lockheed loan guarantee and continued funding of the SST.
On women's rights, the Nader researchers quote the "Woman Activist" newsletter as
saying I had a near-perfect anti-feminist record for 1971 but note that I voted for the
Equal Rights Amendment. What they don't say is that in 1970 I persuaded more than a
dozen House Republicans to sign a discharge petition which took the Equal Right S Amendment
away from the House Judiciary Committee and signed the petition myself. It
nonsense
for anyone to accuse me of being anti-feminist.
Finally, the Nader researchers quote copiously from lobbyist Robert Winter-Berger
concerning his relations with me. This is absolutely ridiculous because Winter-Berger
is hardly a credible source and the Nader researchers themselves cast
doubt on his
credibility.
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NEWS
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HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
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ttorney General Frank Kelley says he is "for immediate withdrawal" from Vietnam
and he also says that Americans are "considered warmongers, aggressors and bloodthirsty."
And "I don't, " he says, "think that's Communist propaganda."
By whome are Americans considered warmongers, aggressors and bloodthirsty? I have
only heard Communist leaders, Jane Fonda, Ramsey Clark, George McGovern and McGovern's
leftist supporters speak of America in that vein.
As a matter of fact, two days before Frank Kelley uttered the words I have quoted
here there was a broadcast over Radio Hanoi in which the United States was described
in exactly the same terms employed by Kelley. And yet Kelley says the phraseology he
used ism not Communist propaganda.
What
about
American Prisoners of War? The immediate withdrawal
proposed
by McGovern and Kelley contains not guarantee
that we will
get the
POW's back.
I find it exceedingly interesting that Kelley is for immediate U.S. withdrawal from
Vietnam. This means he has no concern for the fate of the 17 million South Vistnamese
and no concern for the impact of an immediate U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam on our allies
throughout the wrld. It also indicates that Kelley has joined the ranks of the
neo-isolationists in company with their leader, George McGovern. It indicates to me
that
Kelley wuld follow the foreign policy preachments of George McGovern to the
letter, including McGovern's plan to slash our national defense by $32 billion. In
taking this position, Kelley joins McGovern as one of America's dangerous men.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
Thursday, October 26, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
The White House announcement that an agreement is at hand to end the
Vietnam War and bring back U. S. prisoners of war is the greatest possible news.
Tremendous credit is due President Nixon for seeing us through the Vietnam
crisis, achieving peace with honor and assuring that our POW's will be coming home.
George McGovern's statement that we could have obtained the same peace
terms four years ago is pure partisan politics. The basic terms of the agreement
are President Nixon's, offered to the enemy months ago. These are not North
Vietnamese or McGovern terms, which ignored our POW's. Four years ago North
Vietnam was bent only on military victory and a complete takeover of South Vietnam.
Its leaders now are shifting their sights from the military to the political
scene. Under the Nixon peace terms, there is at least a chance that South Vietnam
will survive as a non-Communist entity. These peace terms are in line with
President Nixon's objective that the South Vietnamese be free to choose their own
political future.
Summing up, I think the Vietnam peace agreement plus the SALT agreement
with Russia and the opening of communications with the People's Republic of China
will establish President Nixon as the greatest peacemaker of all American
Presidents.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
Thursday, October 26, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
The White House announcement that an agreement is at hand to end the
Vietnam War and bring back U. S. prisoners of war is the greatest possible news.
Tremendous credit is due President Nixon for seeing us through the Vietnam
crisis, achieving peace with honor and assuring that our POW's will be coming home.
George McGovern's statement that we could have obtained the same peace
terms four years ago is pure partisan politics. The basic terms of the agreement
are President Nixon's, offered to the enemy months ago. These are not North
Vietnamese or McGovern terms, which ignored our POW's. Four years ago North
Vietnam was bent only on military victory and a complete takeover of South Vietnam.
Its leaders now are shifting their sights from the military to the political
scene. Under the Nixon peace terms, there is at least a chance that South Vietnam
will survive as a non-Communist entity. These peace terms are in line with
President Nixon's objective that the South Vietnamese be free to choose their own
political future.
Summing up, I think the Vietnam peace agreement plus the SALT agreement
with Russia and the opening of communications with the People's Republic of China
will establish President Nixon as the greatest peacemaker of all American
Presidents.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Friday, Nov. 3, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford re: MeGovern comments on Vietnam
Sen. George McGovern has reached the heights of irresponsibility in his handling
of the Vietnam War issue.
In saying the tentative agreement to end the Vietnam War "seems to be falling
apart, " McGovern clearly is hoping the agreement comes iinglued.
Amazingly enough, McGovern has made statements throughout the Presidential
campaign which amount to sabotage of America's hopes for an honorable peace.
McGovern's views on Vietnam are so distorted that he seems angered by any prospects
for a peace settlement which is not based on a U.S. surrender.
By contrast, President Nixon is refusing to play politics with the Vietnam War.
He is insisting on tying up all the loose ends of the 9-point peace agreement--and
properly so-before we sign it. He is doing this without any regard for the election
next Tuesday. He wants South Vietnam to have a chance to survive as a non-Communist
entity.
This is yet another reason-if more reasons are needed--why the voters will
overwhelmingly prefer Richard Nixon to George McGovern on Nov. 7.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Friday, Nov. 3, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford re: McGovern comments on Vietnam
Sen. George McGovern has reached the heights of irresponsibility in his handling
of the Vietnam War issue.
In saying the tentative agreement to end the Vietnam War "seems to be falling
apart, " McGovern clearly is hoping the agreement comes Unglued.
Amazingly enough, McGovern has made statements throughout the Presidential
campaign which amount to sabotage of America's hopes for an honorable peace.
McGovern's views on Vietnam are so distorted that he seems angered by any prospects
for a peace settlement which is not based on a U.S. surrender.
By contrast, President Nixon is refusing to play politics with the Vietnam War.
He is insisting on tying up all the loose ends of the 9-point beace agreement--and
properly so-before we sign it. He is doing this without any regard for the election
next Tuesday. He wants South Vietnam to have a chance to survive as a non-Communist
entity.
This is yet another reason--if more reasons are needed--why the voters will
overwhelmingly prefer Richard Nixon to George McGovern on Nov. 7.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
November 8, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
Republicans will build toward a majority in the U. S. House of Representatives.
beginning with the gains we made on Nov. 7.
While the net pickup of seats by the GOP was not all I had hoped for, the
fact remains that we have narrowed the gap.
My guess is that the House Republican leadership will be able to put together
a winning combination for the President on most key votes in the House. We may well
have a working majority while not a numerical one.
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GERATO FORD VIBRARA
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
November 8, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
Republicans will build toward a majority in the U. S. House of Representatives.
beginning with the gains we made on Nov. 7.
While the net pickup of seats by the GOP was not all I had hoped for, the
fact remains that we have narrowed the gap.
My guess is that the House Republican leadership will be able to put together
a winning combination for the President on most key votes in the House. We may well
have a working majority while not a numerical one.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
November 13, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
With the death of Frank Bow, I feel I have personally lost a very close
friend. And I am sure other members of the House on both sides of the aisle
feel the same way.
Frank Bow was one of the finest men ever to serve in the U. S. House of
Representatives. He not only gave excellent service to his constituents, he
also performed splendidly on behalf of all the American people. As ranking
Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, Frank Bow was properly
cognizant of the Nation's needs and at the same time handled the taxpayer's
dollars as carefully as his own. Frank's death is particularly tragic since
it comes at a time when he was about to begin a new career -- that of
ambassador to Panama. The Nation has lost a truly outstanding public servant.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
November 13, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
With the death of Frank Bow, I feel I have personally lost a very close
friend. And I am sure other members of the House on both sides of the aisle
feel the same way.
Frank Bow was one of the finest men ever to serve in the U. S. House of
Representatives. He not only gave excellent service to his constituents, he
also performed splendidly on behalf of all the American people. As ranking
Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, Frank Bow was properly
cognizant of the Nation's needs and at the same time handled the taxpayer's
dollars as carefully as his own. Frank's death is particularly tragic since
it comes at a time when he was about to begin a new career -- that of
ambassador to Panama. The Nation has lost a truly outstanding public servant.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
-FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
Dec. 11, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
I congratulate Sen. Bob Dole on the outstanding job he did as chairman of the
Republican National Committee and the great work he did in the campaign for the
reelection of the President. I wish him the best in his senatorial campaign in 1974.
Bob Dole could have no more qualified a successor than Ambassador George Bush.
George Bush is an excellent choice for the post of Republican National Chairman.
He is a fine former member of the House. Because of his experience as a House member
and his campaigns for the Senate, George Bush knows the importance of Congress. I am
certain he will work closely with the Senate and House campaign committees as
Republican National Chairman.
The 1974 election will be a most important contest. It is vital, therefore,
that we have a fulltime man to steer the Republican Party as national chairman.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
-FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
Dec. 11, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
I congratulate Sen. Bob Dole on the outstanding job he did as chairman of the
Republican National Committee and the great work he did in the campaign for the
reelection of the President. I wish him the best in his senatorial campaign in 1974.
Bob Dole could have no more qualified a successor than Ambassador George Bush.
George Bush is an excellent choice for the post of Republican National Chairman.
He is a fine former member of the House. Because of his experience as a House member
and his campaigns for the Senate, George Bush knows the importance of Congress. I am
certain he will work closely with the Senate and House campaign committees as
Republican National Chairman.
The 1974 election will be a most important contest. It is vital, therefore,
that we have a fulltime man to steer the Republican Party as national chairman.
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Special to Mrs. Esther Van Wagoner Tufty
December 13, 1972
Ford strongly supported Federal revenue sharing, welfare reform,
and a meratorium on school busing. He voted for campaign spending
reform, increased benefits for veterans' education, establishment of
a consumer product safety agency and the three-year $24.7 billion water
pollution control bill. Ford voted for the original higher education
bill as it passed the House but voted against the final version of the
legislation because House and Senate conferees had softened the anti-busing
provisions in it. Insisting that Congress was acting irresponsibly on
Federal spending, Ford fought for enactment of a $250 billion fiscal
1973 spending ceiling and voted to sustain the President's vetoes of
budget-busting Health-Education-Welfare Department appropriation bills.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON WEDNESDAY, DEC. 13, 1972, and THEREAFTER
Rep. Gerald R. Ford will move his district office from its present location
at 425 Cherry Street, S.E., Grand Rapids, to quarters in the new Federal Building,
110 West Michigan Avenue, on Dec. 20.
The office is staffed by District Assistant Gordon Vander Till, Mrs. Marba
Perrott, Therese Turkenberg, and George Ter Horst. Ter Horst, a recently
discharged veteran, is devoting much of his time to military and military-related
casework.
Congressman Ford's new office is located in the top southwest corner of the
new Federal Building--Room 720. The Ford district office phone number will remain
the same, 456-9607.
The Ford district staff hopes to resume full-scale activity the afternoon
of Dec. 21, after the Dec. 20 move to the Federal Building.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON WEDNESDAY, DEC. 13, 1972, and THEREAFTER
Rep. Gerald R. Ford will move his district office from its present location
at 425 Cherry Street, S.E., Grand Rapids, to quarters in the new Federal Building,
110 West Michigan Avenue, on Dec. 20.
The office is staffed by District Assistant Gordon Vander Till, Mrs. Marba
Perrott, Therese Turkenberg, and George Ter Horst. Ter Horst, a recently
discharged veteran, is devoting much of his time to military and military-related
casework.
Congressman Ford's new office is located in the top southwest corner of the
new Federal Building--Room 720. The Ford district office phone number will remain
the same, 456-9607.
The Ford district staff hopes to resume full-scale activity the afternoon
of Dec. 21, after the Dec. 20 move to the Federal Building.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON WEDNESDAY--
December 20, 1972
Federal outlays in the Fifth Congressional District increased measurably
in fiscal 1972 over fiscal 1971, Rep. Gerald R. Ford reported today on the basis
of a report from the Executive Office of the President.
Federal dollars flowing into Kent County in the last fiscal year totalled
$252,867,655, Ford said, as compared with $238,495,734 in fiscal 1971. That is
a rise of $14,371,921.
Federal funds going into Ionia County totalled $26,356,405 in fiscal 1972,
as compared with $23,552,569 in the previous fiscal year--an increase of $2,803,936.
Ford also reported that Federal outlays in Barry County amounted to
$19,800,547 in fiscal 1972, up $1,890,681 from fiscal 1971; in Clinton County,
$24,730,507, greater by $7,747,693 than in fiscal 1971; in Eaton County, $26,452,365,
up $2,690,099 from fiscal 1971; and in Montcalm County, $30,417,119, up $8,371,276
over fiscal 1971.
The Fifth District includes all of Kent County but Bowne Township, all of
Ionia County but Sebewa Township, plus the townships of Thornapple and Yankee
Springs in Barry County; Roxand in Eaton; Lebanon and Dallas in Clinton; and Maple
Valley, Bushnell and Bloomer (except Carson City) in Montcalm.
Large sums going into Kent County from the Federal Government in fiscal
1972 included $130,857,285 from the Health-Education-Welfare Department; $36,281,000
from the Defense Department; $7,667,916 from the Labor Department; $15,330,772
from the Veterans Administration; and $5,647,354 from the Environmental Protection
Agency.
For Ionia County, the largest Federal outlays in fiscal 1972 included
$15,726,789 from HEW; $3,686,971 from the Agriculture Department; and $1,718,408
from the Veterans Administration.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON WEDNESDAY--
December 20, 1972
Federal outlays in the Fifth Congressional District increased measurably
in fiscal 1972 over fiscal 1971, Rep. Gerald R. Ford reported today on the basis
of a report from the Executive Office of the President.
Federal dollars flowing into Kent County in the last fiscal year totalled
$252,867,655, Ford said, as compared with $238,495,734 in fiscal 1971. That is
a rise of $14,371,921.
Federal funds going into Ionia County totalled $26,356,405 in fiscal 1972,
as compared with $23,552,569 in the previous fiscal year--an increase of $2,803,936.
Ford also reported that Federal outlays in Barry County amounted to
$19,800,547 in fiscal 1972, up $1,890,681 from fiscal 1971; in Clinton County,
$24,730,507, greater by $7,747,693 than in fiscal 1971; in Eaton County, $26,452,365,
up $2,690,099 from fiscal 1971; and in Montcalm County, $30,417,119, up $8,371,276
over fiscal 1971.
The Fifth District includes all of Kent County but Bowne Township, all of
Ionia County but Sebewa Township, plus the townships of Thornapple and Yankee
Springs in Barry County; Roxand in Eaton; Lebanon and Dallas in Clinton; and Maple
Valley, Bushnell and Bloomer (except Carson City) in Montcalm.
Large sums going into Kent County from the Federal Government in fiscal
1972 included $130,857,285 from the Health-Education-Welfare Department; $36,281,000
from the Defense Department; $7,667,916 from the Labor Department; $15,330,772
from the Veterans Administration; and $5,647,354 from the Environmental Protection
Agency.
For Ionia County, the largest Federal outlays in fiscal 1972 included
$15,726,789 from HEW; $3,686,971 from the Agriculture Department; and $1,718,408
from the Veterans Administration.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
December 26, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
A great man is dead. With the death of Harry Truman, the Nation is
mourning the passing of one of our truly outstanding Presidents.
Harry Truman was subjected to much criticism while he occupied the White
House, but historians will surely view him as one of the most courageous men ever
to lead the American people.
Harry Truman was called upon to make terribly difficult decisions, probably
some of the toughest ever required of an American President. He made those
decisions with a swiftness and sureness that marked him as a great leader. His
character was deeply engrained with courage.
He is gone from us now, but his spirit lives on--an indomitable spirit
that is an inspiration to all of us in America and to men and women throughout
the world.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
December 26, 1972
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
A great man is dead. With the death of Harry Truman, the Nation is
mourning the passing of one of our truly outstanding Presidents.
Harry Truman was subjected to much criticism while he occupied the White
House, but historians will surely view him as one of the most courageous men ever
to lead the American people.
Harry Truman was called upon to make terribly difficult decisions, probably
some of the toughest ever required of an American President. He made those
decisions with a swiftness and sureness that marked him as a great leader. His
character was deeply engrained with courage.
He is gone from us now, but his spirit lives on--an indomitable spirit
that is an inspiration to all of us in America and to men and women throughout
the world.
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