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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box D19, folder \"Westbury, NY, February 12, 1966\"\nof the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford\nPresidential 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 The Council donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain.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\nCONGRESSMAN\nNEWS\nGERALD R. FORD\nHOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER\nRELEASE\nWestbury, N. Y.\nFor release at time speech\nFeb. 12, 1966\nis delivered\nAs a minority party, 1t is our task to carry the torch of dissent responsibly\nand constructively. This is our duty to all Americans.\nRepublicans are leading the way toward making America united, strong and free.\nThis is the always unfinished task.\nThe American people are restless and impatient with problems too long unsolved\nand too often compounded by bad laws and bureaucratic failings.\nThree types of problems in domestic policy need to be solved. The goals are:\nhow to increase jobs and output without inflation;\nhow to move ahead toward equality for all citizens;\nhow to improve government and its services.\nWhile there are courses of action that strike at each of these problems, the\ncommon remedy that effects all three is education.\nUnemployment is particularly the problem of the young, inexperienced, unskilled\nperson of inadequate schooling. More and better schooling will reduce racial\ntensions and speed the Negro's economic and social progress. Improved education\nwill help to solve the problems of government by enlightening the electors and\nthe elected.\nRepublicans believe every youth must be enccuraged to pursue his education as\nfar as his talents will take himo Drop-outs must be encouraged to go back to\nschool for an education or training to fit their ability. Curricula must be\nenriched, People already working should be given the chance to retrain and upgrade\ntheir skills and earning power. Vocational rehabilitation for the handicapped must\nbe expanded.\nThe Federal government alone cannot, and should not, achieve these goals. But\nthere is much that the national government can do without the heavy hand of\nfederal control.\nFor example, the Congress should ease the financial burden of going to college,\nopening the door to education on a wider basis. Therefore, Republicans propose\na federal income tax credit for college students and their parents.\n⑉ more -\nGERALD FORD LIBRARY\nAddress by Congressman Gerald R. Ford, House Republican Leader\nPage 2\n\"Republican Torch of Dissent\"\nWe must liberate the War on Poverty from waste, controversy, and the bad\nodor of political bossism, Management of the poverty program is a national\ndisgrace. Republicans are working very hard to expose the mistakes and the\npoor administration.\nThese are a few examples of poor management of the war on poverty:\n-- in Newport, Rhode Island, enrollees in the Youth Corps included the sons\nof businessmen, a surgeon, an executive, a school official, and Naval\nofficers.\n--- The New York Times reported that in our largest city the Harlem Youth\nproject had overspent $2 million in funds contributed to the program\nby taxpayers.\n--- The director of the Camp Breckinridge, Ky., Job Corps training center\nwas fired when it was learned his wife and the wives of 51 other middle\nmanagement employees were on the payroll. The camp had 350 staff members\nfor the 358 trainees.\nThe poor themselves must have an important role in policy decisions at the\ncommunity level. The States should be partners in this War on Poverty. It is\ntime the poverty fighters stopped fighting each other.\nRepublicans are offering specific proposals to redirect this program to\nachieve its goals without waste, scandal and bureaucratic infighting. Without\nsuch changes, the good will fall with the bad under the fiscal pressures created\nby Vietnam and the massive new domestic spending programs.\n*\n*\n*\nThe Executive Branch of Federal government has become a bureaucratic Jungle.\nIt needs reform, not Presidential repatching or piecemeal creation of new\ndepartments. The time has come to explore its wild growth and to cut it back.\nRepublicans urge a new independent bipartisan Commission, patterned after the\ntwo distinguished Hoover Commissions, to recommend substantial reforms in the\nExecutive Branch.\n*\n*\nHealthy, stedy economic growth with price stability is seriously endangered\nby the threat of inflation. The Eisenhower dollar is now worth 90 cents.\nThe cost of living is 2 percent higher than a year ago. The price rise is a\nsecret sales tax silently stealing some $8 billion annually from the pockets\nof the American people.\n-more-\nAddress by Congressman Gerald R. Ford, House Republican Leader\nPage 3\n\"Republican Torch of Dissent\"\nInflationary policies of the President have a major impact on the cost of\nliving. This Administration uses a double standard. With one hand it creates\nupward pressure on prices and with the other bludgeons workers and businessmen\nfor responding to that pressure.\n*\n*\n*\nCongress and the people have not been given a straight-forward and realistic\nassessment of our Federal budget problems. Republicans are giving the\nPresident's budget a searching examination.\nWhatever is needed---really needed---for national security must be provided.\nUrgent domestic programs that truly help the needy, that contribute to real\neconomic growth, that significantly advance the cause of equal opportunity,\nneed not be sacrificed.\n*\n*\n*\nLaws passed last year, supposedly reducing taxes, actually impose a net\nincrease in Federal taxes for 1966 of $32 billion. The President now advocates\nadditional tax burdens to finance added costs both at home and abroad.\nWith prudent restraint on spending, we believe no new taxes are now\nneeded.\n*\n*\n*\nWays must be found to eliminate vote fraud, curb the cost of political\ncampaigns, and expand the franchise. Republicans propose:\n* to guard against abuses in the raising and use of political funds;\n* to raise the ceiling on political expenditures to realistic levels;\n* to bar effectively political contributions from corporations and unions;\n* to require meaningful reporting of political contributions and spending.\n*\n*\n*\nThe Congress has enacted four civil rights acts since 1957. There is a need\nto review these laws, and especially tighten those designed to prevent violence\nand intimidation of citizens who exercise their constitutional rights. Hesitant\nadministration of existing laws has made them less effective than they should be.\n*\n*\n*\nWe are outnumbered two to one in this Congress. But we will continue to\nspeak out for the things in which we believe.\nWe will not sacrifice the ideals that make us Republicans!\n#####\nCONGRESSMAN\nNEWS\nGERALD R. FORD\nHOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER\nRELEASE\nFor release at time speech\nis delivered\nAs a minority party, it is our task to carry the torch of dissent responsibly\nand constructively. This is our duty to all Americans.\nRepublicans are leading the way toward making America united, strong and free.\nThis is the always unfinished task.\nThe American people are restless and impatient with problems too long unsolved\nand too often compounded by bad. laws and bureaucratic failings.\nThree types of problems in domestic policy need to be solved. The goals are:\nhow to increase jobs and output without inflation;\nhow to move ahead toward equality for all citizens;\nhow to improve government and its services.\nWhile there are courses of action that strike at each of these problems, the\ncommon remedy that effects all three is education.\nUnemployment is particularly the problem of the young, inexperienced, unskilled\nperson of inadequate schooling. More and better schooling will reduce racial\ntensions and speed the Negro's economic and social progress. Improved education\nwill help to solve the problems of government by enlightening the electors and\nthe elected.\nRepublicans believe every youth must be enccuraged to pursue his education as\nfar as his talents will take himo Drop-outs must be encouraged to go back to\nschool for an education or training to fit their ability. Curricula must be\nenriched, People already working should be given the chance to retrain and upgrade\ntheir skills and earning power. Vocational rehabilitation for the handicapped must\nbe expanded.\nThe Federal government alone cannot, and should not, achieve these goals. But\nthere is much that the national government can do without the heavy hand of\nfederal control.\nFor example, the Congress should ease the financial burden of going to college,\nopening the door to education on a wider basis. Therefore, Republicans propose\na federal income tax credit for college students and their parents.\n- more -\nGERALD FORD LIBRARY\nAddress by Congressman Gerald R. Ford, House Republican Leader\nPage 2\n\"Republican Torch of Dissent\"\nWe must liberate the War on Poverty from waste, controversy, and the bad\nodor of political bossism. Management of the poverty program is a national\ndisgrace. Republicans are working very hard to expose the mistakes and the\npoor administration.\nThese are a few examples of poor management of the war on poverty:\nin Newport, Rhode Island, enrollees in the Youth Corps included the sons\nof businessmen, a surgeon, an executive, a school official, and Naval\nofficers.\nThe New York Times reported that in our largest city the Harlem Youth\nproject had overspent $2 million in funds contributed to the program\nby taxpayers.\n- The director of the Camp Breckinridge, Ky., Job Corps training center\nwas fired when it was learned his wife and the wives of 51 other middle\nmanagement employees were on the payroll. The camp had 350 staff members\nfor the 358 trainees.\nThe poor themselves must have an important role in policy decisions at the\ncommunity level. The States should be partners in this War on Poverty. It is\ntime the poverty fighters stopped fighting each other.\nRepublicans are offering specific proposals to redirect this program to\nachieve its goals without waste, scandal and bureaucratic infighting. Without\nsuch changes, the good will fall with the bad under the fiscal pressures created\nby Vietnam and the massive new domestic spending programs.\n*\n*\n*\nThe Executive Branch of Federal government has become a bureaucratic jungle.\nIt needs reform, not Presidential repatching or piecemeal creation of new\ndepartments. The time has come to explore its wild growth and to cut it back.\nRepublicans urge a new independent bipartisan Commission, patterned after the\ntwo distinguished Hoover Commissions, to recommend substantial reforms in the\nExecutive Branch.\n*\n*\n*\nHealthy, stedy economic growth with price stability is seriously endangered\nby the threat of inflation. The Eisenhower dollar is now worth 90 cents.\nThe cost of living is 2 percent higher than a year ago. The price rise is a\nsecret sales tax silently stealing some $8 billion annually from the pockets\nof the American people.\n-more-"
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