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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box D15, folder \"House Speech Ukrainian Congress\nCommittee and Ukrainian Independence, January 22, 1959\" of the Ford Congressional\nPapers: Press Secretary and Speech 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 The Council donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain.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.\nDigitized from Box D15 of The Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nREMARKS OF REP. GERALD R. FORD, JR.\nJanuary 22, 1959\nMr. Speaker:\nI want to congratulate the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America\nfor its service in helping to keep alive the spirit of freedom among its\npeople.\nOn this 41st anniversary of the Ukrainian independent state, it is\nencouraging to know that the drive for liberty and self-determination\ncontinues among these people, most of whom have been subjugated by the\nCommunist conspiracy.\nThe struggle of men for freedom of opportunity and development\nthrough the years of recorded history always has been inspiring. The\nUkrainians are carrying on a great tradition and have our support.\nOur nation today is expending terrific sums for the maintenance of\na free world. We are resolved to defend and protect all free people from\nany encroschment by those despotic forces which would destroy the very souls\nof men.\nBut the task of the free nations will not be complete until all\npeoples who are capable of handling their own affairs realize the goal of\nan independent national existence. This principleiis consistent, also,\nwith the Charter of the United Nations.\nGERALD FORD LIBRARY\nREMARKS OF REP. GERALD R. FORD, JR.\nJanuary 22, 1959\nMr. Speaker:\nI want to congratulate the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America\nfor its service in helping to keep alive the spirit of freedom among its\npeople.\nOn this 41st anniversary of the Ukrainian independent state, it is\nencouraging to know that the drive for liberty and self-determination\ncontinues among these people, most of whom have been subjugated by the\nCommunist conspiracy.\nThe struggle of men for freedom of opportunity and development\nthrough the years of recorded history always has been inspiring. The\nUkrainians are carrying on a great tradition and have our support.\nOur nation today is expending terrific sums for the maintenance of\na free world. We are resolved to defend and protect all free people from\nany encroschment by those despotic forces which would destroy the very souls\nof men.\nBut the task of the free nations will not be complete until all\npeoples who are capable of handling their own affairs realise the goal of\nan independent national existence. This principleiis consistent, also,\nwith the Charter of the United Nations.\nFORD is LIBRARY 07V830\nHkrainian Congress Committee of America, Inc.\nPUBLICATIONS: \"THE UKRAINIAN QUARTERLY\" & \"THE UKRAINIAN BULLETIN\"\n302 WEST 13th STREET, NEW YORK 14, N.Y.\nTelephone: WAtkins 4-5617\nJanuary 14, 1959\nThe Honorable Gerald R. Ford, Jr.\nHouse Office Building\nWashington 25, D. C.\nDear Congressman Ford:\nOn Thursday, January 22, friends of freedom everywhere will be observing the 41st\nanniversary of the independence of Ukraine. In the profound faith that Moscow's deceitful\ncampaign of \"smiles and trade could never cause you to forget the aspirations of the cap-\ntive nations and their fundamental importance to the security of our Nation, we respectfully\nask that you join with us in this observance,\nToday, more so than in years past, your statement on the floor and in the Record,\ncommemorating this event, will help enormously to keep the spirit of freedom alive in the\nhearts of 40 million Ukrainians. Your message in behalf of this captive nation will serve\nnotice, too, of your sustained faith in the eventual liberation of all nations enslaved by im-\nperialist Moscow. It will also clearly demonstrate to the Menshikovs, Mikoyans, and\nKhrushchevs that American memories of their crimes and our standards of civilized decen-\ncy and justice cannot be erased by their calculated genteel antics or by spurious promises\nof trade.\nThe reception given Mr. Mikoyan by some of our wealthy Americans is food for ser-\nious thought. It indicates the spiritual climate in some quarters. Twenty years ago, the\nNazi, Dr. Hajlmer Schact, was completely ignored for what he represented. Today, des-\npite his personal crimes, the Armenian quisling is widely feted. The thousands of patrio-\ntic Armenians, Azerbaijani, Don and Kuban Cossacks who were annihilated by his orders\nin 1917-21; the millions of Ukrainians who starved to death in the man-made famine of the\n30's while Mikoyan shipped grains abroad; the role he played in the liquidation of Hungarian\npatriots - these and other facts no longer seem to bestir the consciences of some of us.\nOnly two months ago, before the Moscow City Soviet, Mikoyan delivered a violent anti-\nAmerican speech; today, without self-respect, some accept him as a deliverer of peace.\nYour message on the captive nation of Ukraine will be greatly appreciated as a\nmessage with an American conscience, not to say one of political sagacity. We shall be\nmost grateful for it and, in gratitude, shall deliver to you this Friday an interesting bro-\nchure on Ukraine's quest for freedom.\nSincerely yours,\nfer E. Dobrismeky\nLev E. Dobriansky\nFORD is LIBRARY GERALD\nGeorgetown University\nMEMBER: All-American Conference to Combat Communism"
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