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The original documents are located in Box D21, folder "GOP Dinner, Ridgefield, CT,
September 30, 1966" of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at
the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Pumi al, tebal Jummi Dearyel Aney
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR RELEASE AT 7 P.M.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 30, 1966
EXCERPTS FROM SPEECH BY REP. GERALD R. FORD AT GOP DINNER, RIDGEFIELD, CONN.
The tiny band of 139 Republicans in the 89th Congress may come to be known
in future years as the mighty minority. We need recruits; we need a beefing-up
of our forces to make our presence truly felt in the Congress.
But even with our meager numbers we have on occasion managed to strike a
blow for the good of the nation. The action taken in the House this afternoon
is a case in point.
In voting to suspend the 7 per cent investment tax credit as an anti-inflation
measure, the House approved a Republican move to continue that tax credit for
industry investments in air and water pollution control.
This was done on Republican initiative because Republicans are deeply con-
cerned about the fouling of the air we breathe and the water we drink.
The nation is being suffocated with pollutants in the air. It is no exaggera-
tion to say that those of us who are being subjected to heavy contamination of
the air we breathe are being slowly killed off.
Water is this nation's most precious resource. It has been the key to man's
advancement since the first days of recorded history. But for water to be useful
it must be clean. We have all seen too many of our once-clear rivers and lakes
turn sludgy brown or slimy green with human and industrial waste. We have seen
our beaches fouled by detergents and waste materials.
The combined resources of the nation must be wheeled into line in an all-out
war on air and water pollution. We are faced with a crisis which demands not
only a partnership of federal, state and local governments but the greatest
possible cooperation of private industry and of the entire American citizenry.
That is why House Republicans were determined that the tax credit incentive
for industry in the war against air and water pollution not be removed.
Our states and cities have been fighting a losing battle against pollution.
They need help. They need the help of private industry, with an assist from the
federal government. A continuation of the 7 per cent tax credit for investments
in water and air pollution is a small enough contribution for the nation to make
in the interest of health and safety, the cause of clean water and pure air.
(MORE)
Digitized from Box D21 of The Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
President Johnson's move to suspend the investment tax credit and certain
accelerated depreciation on buildings is a so-called anti-inflation move. It may
prove bad medicine for the country. There is good reason to believe it will have
no appreciable impact on inflation for at least six months. It is intended to
slow down building. What it may do is to aggravate present depressed conditions
in the construction industry and cause widespread unemployment among construction
workers.
* * *
War has become a household word in America under the Johnson Administration.
We are fighting a stalemate war in Vietnam. We see guerilla war being waged
in the streets of our cities. We have seen an Administration war on the farmer
as the scapegoat of inflation. We are engaged in a multi-billion-dollar war on
poverty, with precious little to show for it after two years of effort and the
expenditure of at least $2 billion. We are engaged in a war on crime, but the
crime rate has reached mammoth proportions and keeps right on rising.
We continue to be mired down in Vietnam. We are locked in combat with a
nation about the size of Oregon, with dim prospects for victory or an honorable
peace. An election is coming up. So President Johnson calls a peace conference
with seven Asian nations for late October in Manila, shortly before the election.
A "momentous criminal crisis" confronts this nation today, the FBI has just
reported. This is the same crisis that confronted the nation in 1965-only worse.
An election is coming up. President Johnson has called another conference. Not
in Manila. This one is on crime. It will take place at the University of Maryland
on October 15--three weeks before the election.
Inflation is robbing American workers of their hard-earned wage gains.
President Johnson has failed the country. He failed to cope with inflation early
this year when the time was right, but he feared for political reasons to take
vigorous action. An election is coming up. Mr. Johnson has come forward with
his anti-investment proposals as anti-inflation measures. Nobody can get sore
about that but the businessman. But as a remedy for inflation? Too little and
too late.
An election is coming up, Mr. President. And on Nov. 8 the American people
will let you know they have recognized your Great Society for what it is, nothing
but a political catchphrase--a Great Illusion. They will brand your Great Society
for what it is, LBJ's high-priced, high-interest High Society, a high and mighty
mess.
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HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
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FRIDAY, SEPT. 30, 1966
EXCERPTS FROM SPEECH BY REP. GERALD R. FORD AT GOP DINNER, RIDGEFIELD, CONN.
The tiny band of 139 Republicans in the 89th Congress may come to be known
in future years as the mighty minority. We need recruits; we need a beefing-up
of our forces to make our presence truly felt in the Congress.
But even with our meager numbers we have on occasion managed to strike a
blow for the good of the nation. The action taken in the House this afternoon
is a case in point.
In voting to suspend the 7 per cent investment tax credit as an anti-inflation
measure, the House approved a Republican move to continue that tax credit for
industry investments in air and water pollution control.
This was done on Republican initiative because Republicans are deeply con-
cerned about the fouling of the air we breathe and the water we drink.
The nation is being suffocated with pollutants in the air. It is no exaggera-
tion to say that those of us who are being subjected to heavy contamination of
the air we breathe are being slowly killed off.
Water is this nation's most precious resource. It has been the key to man's
advancement since the first days of recorded history. But for water to be useful
it must be clean. We have all seen too many of our once-clear rivers and lakes
turn sludgy brown or slimy green with human and industrial waste. We have seen
our beaches fouled by detergents and waste materials.
The combined resources of the nation must be wheeled into line in an all-out
war on air and water pollution. We are faced with a crisis which demands not
only a partnership of federal, state and local governments but the greatest
possible cooperation of private industry and of the entire American citizenry.
That is why House Republicans were determined that the tax credit incentive
for industry in the war against air and water pollution not be removed.
Our states and cities have been fighting a losing battle against pollution.
They need help. They need the help of private industry, with an assist from the
federal government. A continuation of the 7 per cent tax credit for investments
in water and air pollution is a small enough contribution for the nation to make
in the interest of health and safety, the cause of clean water and pure air.
(MORE)
-2-
President Johnson's move to suspend the investment tax credit and certain
accelerated depreciation on buildings is a so-called anti-inflation move. It may
prove bad medicine for the country. There is good reason to believe it will have
no appreciable impact on inflation for at least six months. It is intended to
slow down building. What it may do is to aggravate present depressed conditions
in the construction industry and cause widespread unemployment among construction
workers.
War has become a household word in America under the Johnson Administration.
We are fighting a stalemate war in Vietnam. We see guerilla war being waged
in the streets of our cities. We have seen an Administration war on the farmer
as the scapegoat of inflation. We are engaged in a multi-billion-dollar war on
poverty, with precious little to show for it after two years of effort and the
expenditure of at least $2 billion. We are engaged in a war on crime, but the
crime rate has reached mammoth proportions and keeps right on rising.
We continue to be mired down in Vietnam. We are locked in combat with a
nation about the size of Oregon, with dim prospects for victory or an honorable
peace. An election is coming up. So President Johnson calls a peace conference
with seven Asian nations for late October in Manila, shortly before the election.
A "momentous criminal crisis" confronts this nation today, the FBI has just
reported. This is the same crisis that confronted the nation in 1965-only worse.
An election is coming up. President Johnson has called another conference. Not
in Manila. This one is on crime. It will take place at the University of Maryland
on October 15--three weeks before the election.
Inflation is robbing American workers of their hard-earned wage gains.
President Johnson has failed the country. He failed to cope with inflation early
this year when the time was right, but he feared for political reasons to take
vigorous action. An election is coming up. Mr. Johnson has come forward with
his anti-investment proposals as anti-inflation measures. Nobody can get sore
about that but the businessman. But as a remedy for inflation? Too little and
too late.
An election is coming up, Mr. President. And on Nov. 8 the American people
will let you know they have recognized your Great Society for what it is, nothing
but a political catchphrase--a Great Illusion. They will brand your Great Society
for what it is, LBJ's high-priced, high-interest High Society, a high and mighty
mess.
###