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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box D13, folder \"Republican State Convention,\nGrand Rapids, February 19, 1949\" of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and\nSpeech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. The Council donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nInterduction 8 Sen Ives - 2/19/49\nRepublican State Convention\nЗИАЯЕТЕ Hrand Ropids 2/19/49\nMOITAIDOA\nSpirit-that's what our party needs rosae SPIRIT. To go forward, to sound\na clear and courageous call-WE AS REPUBLICANS must not falter.\nOn t is occasion I'm reminded of a story, an inspirational story. Let me\ntake a moment and tell it to you.\nOnce on the battlefield, Napoleon Bonaparte lost his confidence. The\nbattle was going poorly. Troops were in retreat and it looked like the invincible\neneral was about to suffer a terrible defeat.\nIn his mind the great general was ready to call it quits. In desparation\nhe called his drummer boy.\n\"Drummer boy,\" he said, \"the battle is lost-beat a retreat! #\nThe little drummer boy stood there for a moment looking aghast at Bonaparte.\nFinally he spoke.\n\"Sire, I was with you at the Battle of Marengo. I was with you in the\ngreat campaign in Italy. I was with you in Egypt. And sire, you never\ntaught me to beat a retreat. But I can beat a charge. I can beat a charge that\nwill make the dead fall in line!\"\nNapoleon looked at the boy and said,\n\"Boy-beat that charge!\"\nAnd when the day was over they had won the battle!\nThe spirit of the drummer boy should be the' spirit of the Republican Party\non this OCC, sion. We must not let ourselves be downcast. We must not even\nadmit that we know how to beat a retreat.\nSince the lae unpleasantness on November second, there has been a dimming of the\nstar of one Republican leader from the great state of New York; but at the same\ntime, we have observed anew and possibly greater leader emerging from the Empire\nState. This bright new star is the kind of a man we desparately need in our\nFORD i LIBRARY GERALD\nDigitized from Box D13 of The Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nACIELUM Help\n-2-\nRepublican ranks. He is the man who will lead the charge rather than beat a\nretreat. He has always been forward looking. He has blazed new trails in the\nstate of New York and he is carrying the torch in Washington.\nI give you Senator Irving M. Ives-an inspired leader for a moment of\ngreat crisis.\nСКУИД KVbID?' WICHIEVM\na-osor Ext to\nBostq of Equesqou гф HOOL\nIИDEЬENDEИL ЛЕГЕКУИ?\nFORD i LIBRARY GERALD\nINDEPENDENT VETERANS\nASSOCIATION\nSERVED\nTRANSIT\nBoard of Education Building, 5th Floor\nsoun\n9-0201 Ext. 40\nGRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN\nRest 256\nRigreg Taylort 557 407\n382\nlos\nKing\naug\n717\nHe\nTO\n\"To Help the Veteran Help Himself\""
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