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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box D25, folder \"Law and Order, Oshkosh, WI,\nJune 14, 1968\" of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the\nGerald 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 The Council donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain.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 D25 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\n--FOR RELEASE AT 6:30 P.M. FRIDAY--\nJune 14, 1968\nExcerpts from a Speech by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, R-Mich., Minority Leader of the\nU.S. House of Representatives, Friday evening, June 14, 1968, at Oshkosh, Wisc.\nA wave of revulsion against violence is sweeping this country as an after-\nmath of the tragic and senseless slaying of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy.\nI think that feeling of abhorrence of violence to attain a political or\nsocial objective signals the beginning of the end of such tactics in America. I\nthink the people will win this contest between the forces of democracy and the\ndevotees of violence and anarchy.\nI see the people of America rising up--in spirit--against the haters, the\ncriminals and the practitioners of violence for political and social goals.\nWe all want progress for America. Each of us wants to get ahead. To do that\neach of us must dedicate himself to the truth that progress can be achieved only\nwithin the framework of law and order. The alternative is anarchy and destruction.\nI believe the American people are going to move ahead. They are going to\ninsist on law and order. They are going to insist on equal justice before the law.\nMost important, they are going to insist that the law be carried out because they\nknow that fear of punishment is a deterrent to law-breaking.\nThe American people are going to insist that every law enforcement agency in\nthe land make it unmistakably clear to every would-be lawbreaker that he will be\nbrought to justice and will be punished whether his crime is car theft or armed\nrobbery, looting during a central city riot, or seizure of a university building.\nTo condone one offense is to invite another.\nWe all want to build a better society in America, but we can build a better\nsociety only if we have a lawful society.\nThe clear-headed individual--be he a liberal or a conservative--recognizes\nthat government must provide security for the law-abiding American, for his life\nand for his property, and that failure to do this endangers the rights and liberties\nof us all. That kind of security has not been provided under the Johnson-Humphrey\nAdministration. The Johnson-Humphrey Administration has failed the American people.\nAnd that is why all law-abiding Americans are in danger today\nas to their persons\nand their property, their families, their homes and their businesses.\nSince 1960 the national crime rate has climbed 88 per cent--nearly nine times\n(more)\n-2-\nfaster than the population of this country. The biggest one-year rise was 16 per\ncent, just last year.\nYet it is only now--in June 1968--that an Omnibus Crime Control Bill has\nfinally passed the Congress.\nThe House passed a Crime Control Bill last August. Why the delay?\nThe facts are plain. Republicans worked hard to push strong anti-crime\nlegislation through the Congress. But the Johnson-Humphrey Administration and\nmistaken liberals dragged their heels and fought fought us because we were\ndetermined to get really tough with law-breakers in this country.\nWhat have Republicans been doing to halt the crime wave? Despite our\nlimitations due to lack of a majority, we beefed up the bill that passed the House\nlast year and helped shape the tough bill that passed both Houses recently.\nWe sponsored and won House passage of an Anti-Riot Act as long ago as July 19,\n1967. It became law last April 10 after President Johnson finally saw the light\nand embraced it.\nWe initiated legislation which will enable federal agents for the first time\nto go in hot pursuit of loan sharks with crime syndicate stripes--and this legis-\nlation recently passed both Houses of Congress.\nIt was Republicans who first pressed for court-supervised wire-tapping as a\nweapon against organized crime as well as subversion, because we know we need that\ntool to get at the Mafia.\nWe must have law and order in America--with justice--and we are going to get\nit.\nWe have been plagued by a crisis of violence in America. At the same time,\na financial crisis of great dimensions threatens us.\nWhat has brought on our financial troubles? Like the crime crisis, the\nfinancial crisis has been building due to Johnson-Humphrey Administration inaction.\nThe dollar crisis has been building up since 1966 when President Johnson and\nthe huge Democratic majority in the Congress refused to practice restraint in\ndomestic spending despite repeated Republican pleas and repeated Republican moves\nin favor of economy.\nNow we are paying the price for the fiscal excesses of the Johnson-Humphrey\nAdministration and the Democratic majority in the Congress. We are paying it in\nhigh consumer prices, high interest rates and a steady drop in the purchasing power\nof the dollar. The farmer is paying in high production costs that have caught him\nin a cost-price squeeze. We are all--and most of all the pensioners and the poor--\nthe victims of Johnson-Humphrey inflation.\nAnd still we must pay--pay with a Johnson-Humphrey tax increase--for that\nwill be the crowning cost of Johnson-Humphrey inflation. That is the full cost of\nJohnson-Humphrey inflation--more taxes on top of higher prices.\n# # #\nDistribution House side\n9.30pm\nmailing 20 Copies Mr ford\n6/13/68\nM\nOffice Copy\nCONGRESSMAN\nNEWS\nGERALD R. FORD\nHOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER\nRELEASE\n--FOR RELEASE AT 6:30 P.M. FRIDAY--\nJune 14, 1968\nExcerpts from a Speech by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, R-Mich., Minority Leader of the\nU.S. House of Representatives, Friday evening, June 14, 1968, at Oshkosh, Wisc.\nA wave of revulsion against violence is sweeping this country as an after-\nmath of the tragic and senseless slaying of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy.\nI think that feeling of abhorrence of violence to attain a political or\nsocial objective signals the beginning of the end of such tactics in America. I\nthink the people will win this contest between the forces of democracy and the\ndevotees of violence and anarchy.\nI see the people of America rising up--in spirit--against the haters, the\ncriminals and the practitioners of violence for political and social goals.\nWe all want progress for America. Each of us wants to get ahead. To do that\neach of us must dedicate himself to the truth that progress can be achieved only\nwithin the framework of law and order. The alternative is anarchy and destruction.\nI believe the American people are going to move ahead. They are going to\ninsist on law and order. They are going to insist on equal justice before the law.\nMost important, they are going to insist that the law be carried out because they\nknow that fear of punishment is a deterrent to law-breaking.\nThe American people are going to insist that every law enforcement agency in\nthe land make it unmistakably clear to every would-be lawbreaker that he will be\nbrought to justice and will be punished whether his crime is car theft or armed\nrobbery, looting during a central city riot, or seizure of a university building.\nTo condone one offense is to invite another.\nWe all want to build a better society in America, but we can build a better\nsociety only if we have a lawful society.\nThe clear-headed individual--be he a liberal or a conservative--recognizes\nthat government must provide security for the law-abiding American, for his life\nand for his property, and that failure to do this endangers the rights and liberties\nof us all. That kind of security has not been provided under the Johnson-Humphrey\nAdministration. The Johnson-Humphrey Administration has failed the American people.\nAnd that is why all law-abiding Americans are in danger today as to their persons\nand their property, their families, their homes and their businesses.\nSince 1960 the national crime rate has climbed 88 per cent--nearly nine\nRAVO R. times FORD LIBRARY\n(more)\n-2-\nfaster than the population of this country. The biggest one-year rise was 16 per\ncent, just last year.\nYet it is only now--in June 1968--that an Omnibus Crime Control Bill has\nfinally passed the Congress.\nThe House passed a Crime Control Bill last August. Why the delay?\nThe facts are plain. Republicans worked hard to push strong anti-crime\nlegislation through the Congress. But the Johnson-Humphrey Administration and\nmistaken liberals dragged their heels and fought fought us because we were\ndetermined to get really tough with law-breakers in this country.\nWhat have Republicans been doing to halt the crime wave? Despite our\nlimitations due to lack of a majority, we beefed up the bill that passed the House\nlast year and helped shape the tough bill that passed both Houses recently.\nWe sponsored and won House passage of an Anti-Riot Act as long ago as July 19,\n1967. It became law last April 10 after President Johnson finally saw the light\nand embraced it.\nWe initiated legislation which will enable federal agents for the first time\nto go in hot pursuit of loan sharks with crime syndicate stripes--and this legis-\nlation recently passed both Houses of Congress.\nIt was Republicans who first pressed for court-supervised wire-tapping as a\nweapon against organized crime as well as subversion, because we know we need that\ntool to get at the Mafia.\nWe must have law and order in America--with justice--and we are going to get\nit.\nWe have been plagued by a crisis of violence in America. At the same time,\na financial crisis of great dimensions threatens us.\nWhat has brought on our financial troubles? Like the crime crisis, the\nfinancial crisis has been building due to Johnson-Humphrey Administration inaction.\nThe dollar crisis has been building up since 1966 when President Johnson and\nthe huge Democratic majority in the Congress refused to practice restraint in\ndomestic spending despite repeated Republican pleas and repeated Republican moves\nin favor of economy.\nNow we are paying the price for the fiscal excesses of the Johnson-Humphrey\nAdministration and the Democratic majority in the Congress. We are paying it in\nhigh consumer prices, high interest rates and a steady drop in the purchasing power\nof the dollar. The farmer is paying in high production costs that have caught him\nin a cost-price squeeze. We are all--and most of all the pensioners and the poor--\nthe victims of Johnson-Humphrey inflation.\nAnd still we must pay--pay with a Johnson-Humphrey tax increase--for that\nwill be the crowning cost of Johnson-Humphrey inflation. That is the full cost of\nJohnson-Humphrey inflation--more taxes on top of higher prices.\n###"
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