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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box D23, folder \"Ohio 11th Congressional District\nGOP Fund-Raising Dinner Honoring Representative J. William Stanton, Painesville, OH,\nNovember 13, 1967\" of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at\nthe 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 The Council donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain.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.\nPanamille ahis\nFORD & LIBRARY GERALD\nDigitized from Box D23 of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and\nSpeech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nDistribution Full + 20 Mr. Ford\n2:00pm. 11/13/67\nCONGRESSMAN\nNEWS\nGERALD R. FORD\nHOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER\nRELEASE\n--FOR RELEASE AT 6:30 P.M. MONDAY--\nNovember 13, 1967\nExcerpts from a Speech by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, House Republican Leader, at an\nOhio 11th Congressional District GOP Fund-Raising Dinner, Monday,\nNov. 13, 1967, in honor of Rep. J. William Stanton.\nPresident Johnson recently repeated a favorite theme of his--that the\nUnited States is rich enough to fight a costly war halfway around the world and\nto fight poverty at home at the same time.\nI agree--to a point--and thereafter I find myself in sharp disagreement with\nthis country's chief executive.\nWe should be fighting poverty, and now, even while we are forced to fight\nCommunist aggression in Vietnam. But there is a better way than LBJ's, and he\nrefuses to admit it.\nWe are rich enough to battle poverty while fighting in Vietnam, but not\nwith extravagant outlays of taxpayer dollars. We are rich in other resources--\nin the strength of our private enterprise system, the ability of private\nemployers to train men and women for good-paying jobs and in the power of our\nprivate enterprise system to create those jobs.\nCurrently the enemies of the Republican Party are peddling the big lie--the\nlie that Republicans want retreat in the war on poverty. That is the grossest bit\nof deception that any political party ever tried to palm off on the American people.\nRepublicans simply agree with the American people that the anti-poverty\nprogram as directed and administered by the Johnson Administration is a big\nboondoggle in some instances and a fouled-up flop in others. Where success has\nbeen achieved--and there are some good local programs--it is primarily due to\ngood local leadership.\nThe federal anti-poverty program as presently operated attests to the\nfact that never before has an American president spent so much of the taxpayers'\nmoney and produced such meager results.\nRepublicans want an anti-poverty program, but they want to move it in a\nNew Direction. We would use it to train people for jobs and to place them in\nthose jobs, to make them taxpayers instead of tax-eaters. We would accomplish\nthis by enlisting private enterprise as a full-fledged partner in a crusade\nagainst poverty. The federal outlay would be less; the results far greater in\n(more)\n-2-\nbenefits to the poor and to the Nation. It would be a people's program, not an\nexclusively government program, dominated and directed by Washington.\nIt's true that we can't afford the Johnson Administration's war on poverty.\nWe can't afford it because some of its programs are a fraud and a failure. Let's\nrevamp it. Let's redirect it. Let's make it a success.\nIf we don't, the cost of the failure must be counted in more than the tax\ndollars shot directly into the anti-poverty war.\nWe must remember that some of the cities hardest hit in last summer's riots\nhad received huge amounts of anti-poverty aid. We can only conclude that the\nkind of aid they received was not the answer. The federal dollars poured into\nthose cities did not give the underprivileged a stake in our society. And we\nmust give the poor a stake in our society if we want to build a good society.\nOne of the myths the Democratic Party has tried to sell to the American\npeople is that the more federal dollars are spent on a program the better. A\ncorollary to this has been that any and all cuts in a Democratic president's\nspending request are a move to \"gut\" a program. What nonsense! These are\nblatant falsehoods, repeated by Democratic politicians from the President on\ndown in an attempt to mislead the people.\nBut the people are wise to this phony baloney. They have finally realized\nthat federal dollars alone are not the answer to America's problems. And they\nare sick of a President who wastes their dollars on ineffective programs, spends\nthe country deeply and dangerously into debt, and then stretches out his hand\nfor an income tax increase.\nDo you know why the President finds it so difficult to sell his tax increase\nto the American people and the Congress? Because he's not being honest about it\nand because the American people are fed up with the Johnson Administration.\nThe people are fed up with the Johnson Administration because Johnson\npolicies have produced a situation where larger paychecks in 1967 won't buy as\nmuch as slimmer paychecks two years ago. They won't buy the tax increase because\nPresident Johnson says the tax rise is necessary to \"avoid\" inflation, ignoring\nthe fact that the cost of living right now is rising at an annual rate of more\nthan 4 per cent. Mr. Johnson talks of \"avoiding\" inflation through a tax\nincrease when he knows full well that inflation is here, it was brought on by\nhis policies, and a lot of people are going to be hurt no matter what we do.\nThat's why I say we need a New Direction in Washington. Some Democratic\nliberals are saying it, too. I believe we will see a repudiation of this\nAdministration and its policies in the 1968 elections. America desperately\nneeds and wants new leadership.\n# # #\nCONGRESSMAN\nNEWS\nGERALD R. FORD\nHOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER\nRELEASE\n--FOR RELEASE AT 6:30 P.M. MONDAY--\nNovember 13, 1967\nExcerpts from a Speech by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, House Republican Leader, at an\nOhio 11th Congressional District GOP Fund-Raising Dinner, Monday,\nNov. 13, 1967, in honor of Rep. J. William Stanton.\nPresident Johnson recently repeated a favorite theme of his--that the\nUnited States is rich enough to fight a costly wa haliway around the world and\nto fight poverty at home at the same time.\nI agree--to a point--and thereafter I find myse in sharp disagreement with\nthis country's chief executive.\nWe should be fighting overty, and now, even while we are forced to fight\nCommunist aggression in Vietnam. But there a better way than LBJ's, and he\nrefuses to admit it.\nWe are rich enough to bastle poverty while fighting in Vietnam, but not\nwith extravagant outlays of taxpayer dollars. We are rich in other resources--\nin the strength of our private enterprise system, the ability of private\nemployers to train men and women for good-paying jobs and in the power of our\nprivate enterprise system to create those jobs.\nCurrently the enemies of the Republican Party are peddling the big lie--the\nlie that Republicans want retreat in the war on poverty. That is the grossest bit\nof deception that any political party ever tried to palm off on the American people.\nRepublicans simply agree with the American people that the anti-poverty\nprogram as directed and administered by the Johnson Administration is a big\nboondoggle in some instances and a fouled-up flop in others. Where success has\nbeen achieved--and there are some good local programs--it is primarily due to\ngood local leadership.\nThe federal anti-poverty program as presently operated attests to the\nfact that never before has an American president spent so much of the taxpayers'\nmoney and produced such meager results.\nRepublicans want an enti-poventy rogram, but they want to move it in a\nNew Direction We would use to train people for jobs and to place them in\nthose jobs, to make them taxpayers instead of tax-eaters. We would accomplish\nthis by enlisting private enterprise as a full-fledged partner in a crusade\nagainst poverty. The federal outlay would be less; the results far greater in\nLIBRARY\n(more)\n-2-\nbenefits to the poor and to the Nation. It would be a people's program, not an\nexclusively government program, dominated and directed by Washington.\nIt's true that we can't afford the Johnson Administration's war on poverty.\nWe can't afford it because some of its programs are a fraud and a failure. Let's\nrevamp it. Let's redirect it. Let's make it a success.\nIf we don't, the cost of the failure must be counted in more than the tax\ndollars shot directly into the anti-poverty war.\nWe must remember that some of the cities hardest hit in last summer's riots\nhad received huge amounts of anti-poverty aid. We can only conclude that the\nkind of aid they received was not the answer. The federal dollars poured into\nthose cities did not give the underprivileged a stake in our society. And we\nmust give the poor a stake in our society if we want to build a good society.\nOne of the myths the Democratic Party has tried to sell to the American\npeople is that the more federal dollars are spent on a program the better. A\ncorollary to this has been that any and all cuts in a Democratic president's\nspending request are a move to \"gut\" a program. What nonsense! These are\nblatant falsehoods, repeated by Democratic politicians from the President on\ndown in an attempt to mislead the people.\nBut the people are wise to this phony baloney. They have finally realized\nthat federal dollars alone are not the answer to America's problems. And they\nare sick of a President who wastes their dollars on ineffective programs, spends\nthe country deeply and dangerously into debt, and then stretches out his hand\nfor an income tax increase.\nDo you know why the President finds it so difficult to sell his tax increase\nto the American people and the Congress? Because he's not being honest about it\nand because the American people are fed up with the Johnson Administration.\nThe people are fed up with the Johnson Administration because Johnson\npolicies have produced a situation where larger paychecks in 1967 won't buy as\nmuch as slimmer paychecks two years ago. They won't buy the tax increase because\nPresident Johnson says the tax rise is necessary to \"avoid\" inflation, ignoring\nthe fact that the cost of living right now is rising at an annual rate of more\nthan 4 per cent. Mr. Johnson talks of \"avoiding\" inflation through a tax\nincrease when he knows full well that inflation is here, it was brought on by\nhis policies, and a lot of people are going to be hurt no matter what we do.\nThat's why I say we need a New Direction in Washington. Some Democratic\nliberals are saying it, too. I believe we will see a repudiation of this\nAdministration and its policies in the 1968 elections. America desperately\nneeds and wants new leadership.\n####"
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