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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box D19, folder \"Ivy Baker Priest Dinner, Los\nAngeles, CA, November 9, 1965\" 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 The Council donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain.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.\nDigitized from Box D19 of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nREADING TEXT\nLos Angeles\nIvy Baker Priest dinner\nNovember 9, 1965\nThe distinguished lady we salute tonight has handled more money\nthan any woman in the history of the world.\nAnd, for at least eight years, everyone with a dollar bill had\nher autograph.\nShe describes herself as an un-hyphenated Republican. I wish\nmore Republicans would describe themselves the same way!\nAs any thinking man knows, it isn't wise to ask a woman about her age.\nThe lady we honor says she was \"born in an appropriate time in\nhistory\". .All that matters is that she is here in our era to serve her country.\nIvy Baker Priest Stevens\nI am very grateful for the opportunity\nto have a part in saluting you tonight. And, I predict Californians\nwill set a precedent by electing a woman. a very talented, dedicated\nwoman to a state constitutional office for the first time' in the\nstate's history!\n-more-\nLos Angeles\n-B-\nComing here from Washington, I can tell you that life in the\nGreat Society on the banks of the Potomac is far from simple. The\nother day I noticed a sign on a door of a government building.\nIt read: \"General Services Administration, Region 3, Public Building\nService, Building Management Division, Utility room, custodial.\"\nBehind the door was a -broom closet!\n-\nThe news media reports that President Johnson is catching up on\nhis sleep while he recuperates in Texas. It seems he had been\nstaying up late writing speeches for Jack Valenti.\n-\n-\nIn making my own speech tonight, I will follow the advice of\nthe\nlate Calvin Coolidge\nA friend once told him that his secret\nending\nfor a good speech was to have a good opening and a good\nas\nclose together as possible Mr. Coolidge looked at the man a\nfull minute and said, \"Why be SO windy?\"\nINTO GOP SPEECH\nSome items in this folder were not digitized because it contains copyrighted\nmaterials. Please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library for access to\nthese materials.\n2-E-THE DETROIT NEWS-Thursday, Oct. 7, 1965\nDollars Do Double\nDuty in Campaign\nof Ex-U.S. Treasurer\nLOS ANGELES, Oct. 7. -\nof Ivy Baker Priest-signed dol-\n(AP)-For eight years or more,\nlar bills.\neveryone with a dollar bill in\nIn her trips throughout the\nhis pocket had Ivy Baker\nstate, Mrs. Stevens has a kind\nPriest's autograph.\nword for everyone and a pol-\nished manner developed in\nIn the neat hand learned in\nyears as Utah's national GOP\na mining town school at Bing-\ncommitteewoman and assistant\nham Canyon, Utah, she signed\nRepublican national chairman.\nIVY BAKER PRIEST\nHas her opponent done a bad\nfi . 1\nthe nation's currency as treas-\nurer of the United States dur-\njob in his six-year administra-\n1\ntion? \"I'd rather not get into\ning the entire Eisenhower ad-\nthat,\" she replies - adding it's\nministration.\ntoo early in the campaign to\nsi\nNow she lives in California,\ncriticize him.\nSt\nand has the optimistic expec-\nGOLDWATER SUPPORTER\ntation that her well-knwon auto-\nye\nNov.9\ngraph will help elect her to an-\nDemocrats claim she's an\nou\nother office - treasurer of the\narch-conservative, noting she\nsi\nnation's most populous state.\nwas a member of the Barry\ncc\n\"Many people said, put my\nGoldwater delegation at last\nPt\nexperience as treasurer to work\ncon Netionel"
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