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The original documents are located in Box D8, folder "Ford Press Releases - Population,
1969" 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 RELEASE AT 12 NOON--
FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1969
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, R-Mich., Republican leader, U.S. House of Reps.,
re: President's Message on Population Growth and Control.
President Nixon's proposed Commission on Population Growth and the American
Future cannot begin work too soon.
President Nixon has said what has needed saying by an American chief
executive for many years -- that our planning in relation to population growth has
been woefully inadequate, that such planning is vital if we are to improve the
quality of life in America, and that family planning service should be made readily
available to all women who want it but cannot afford it.
The President's Message on Population Growth is a singular document. It is
the first of its kind ever sent to the Congress. It is a document which should
excite much thought and careful action. The objectives outlined in the President's
Message deserve the full support of the Congress and of the American people.
The President has dramatically set forth the staggering immensity of the
problems posed in projections of U.S. and world population growth. He has focused
on the key to meeting these problems -- planning. He has also called for action.
I subscribe fully to the approach he has outlined.
"Society," the President said, "will not be ready for this growth unless it
begins its planning immediately.'
I agree, and I therefore urge the Congress to implement as soon as possible
legislation establishing the President's proposed Commission on Population Growth
and the American Future. I would add that President Nixon is correct in observing
that the work of this commission will be as much educational as investigative.
Key portions of the President's Message also deal with administrative
actions which President Nixon is taking in advance of any report by the proposed
commission.
There is a clear and present need for the President's moves to expand and
improve domestic family planning services.
I subscribe whole-heartedly to the President's proposal that we establish
as a national goal the providing of adequate family planning services within the
next five years for all American women who want them but cannot afford them.
(more)
Digitized from Box D8 of The Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
-2-
However, I would also underscore my agreement with the President's pledge
that "in no circumstances will the activities associated with our pursuit of
this goal be allowed to infringe upon the religious convictions or personal
wishes or freedom of any individual, nor will they be allowed to impair the
absolute right of all individuals to have such matters of conscience respected
by public authorities."
I endorse at this time Health-Education-and-Welfare Secretary Finch's
plans to reorganize the major family planning service activities of his department
into a separate unit. This plan deserves the support of the Congress.
###
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 12 NOON--
FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1969
Statement by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, R-Mich., Republican leader, U.S. House of Reps.,
re: President's Message on Population Growth and Control.
President Nixon's proposed Commission on Population Growth and the American
Future cannot begin work too soon.
President Nixon has said what has needed saying by an American chief
executive for many years -- that our planning in relation to population growth has
been woefully inadequate, that such planning is vital if we are to improve the
quality of life in America, and that family planning service should be made readily
available to all women who want it but cannot afford it.
The President's Message on Population Growth is a singular document. It is
the first of its kind ever sent to the Congress. It is a document which should
excite much thought and careful action. The objectives outlined in the President's
Message deserve the full support of the Congress and of the American people.
The President has dramatically set forth the staggering immensity of the
problems posed in projections of U.S. and world population growth. He has focused
on the key to meeting these problems -- planning. He has also called for action.
I subscribe fully to the approach he has outlined.
"Society," the President said, "will not be ready for this growth unless it
begins its planning immediately."
I agree, and I therefore urge the Congress to implement as soon as possible
legislation establishing the President's proposed Commission on Population Growth
and the American Future. I would add that President Nixon is correct in observing
that the work of this commission will be as much educational as investigative.
Key portions of the President's Message also deal with administrative
actions which President Nixon is taking in advance of any report by the proposed
commission.
There is a clear and present need for the President's moves to expand and
improve domestic family planning services.
I subscribe whole-heartedly to the President's proposal that we establish
as a national goal the providing of adequate family planning services within the
next five years for all American women who want them but cannot afford them.
(more)
-2-
However, I would also underscore my agreement with the President's pledge
that "in no circumstances will the activities associated with our pursuit of
this goal be allowed to infringe upon the religious convictions or personal
wishes or freedom of any individual, nor will they be allowed to impair the
absolute right of all individuals to have such matters of conscience respected
by public authorities."
I endorse at this time Health-Education-and-Welfare Secretary Finch's
plans to reorganize the major family planning service activities of his department
into a separate unit. This plan deserves the support of the Congress.
###