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The original documents are located in Box D26, folder "Talk to Osteopaths, Grand Rapids,
MI, May 4, 1969" of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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NOTES FOR TALK TO OSTEOPATHS, SUNDAY, MAY 4, BRAND RAPIDS
1.
Thursday,
May 1, was "Law Day. " If you wish,
you could use this as
a "takeoff point" for remarks
about campus disorders. It also would be
appropriate, of course, to cite President Nixon's
remark to the utional Chamber of Commerce about
college administrators having the backbone to stand up
to those who disrupt and terrorize our colleges and
univegrsities.
2. I would emphasize that a violation of the law is a
violation of the law whether it is committed on
the streets or om a college
campus. Seizure of a college building, occupation of a
FORD i LIBRARY GERALD
college builsding,
holding a college official
"prisoner" all of these are transgressions of the law
and should the punished as such.
2/NOTES FOR OSTEOPATHS
condone
3.
To
one offense is to encourage
the
commission of another. That
principle applies whether
we are speaking of the general field of criminology or
disorders on college campuses.
4.
I doubt whether a cutoff of federal funds to colleges
failing to "maintain
order" is the answer. The
reason I say this is that I
believe this is what
the misnamed Students for a Democratic Society wants. They
want to shut down our colleges and universities if they
cannot take them over and dictate what shall be taught and
who shall teach it.
GERALD
5.
It seems to me
there ar$ a number
of courses that should be pursued:
Digitized from Box D26 of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and
Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
3/ NOTES
a. University administrators should grant the
reasonable demands of student demonstrators.
b. University administrators should seek to
prevent unlawful actions before they occur...or while
they are occurring- as in the case of Eastern Michigan
University at Ipsilanti where
police
cut
chains used to padlock the doors of a
university
building seized by militants and
carted the students off to jail.
FORD
c. There should be declarations by
GERALD
administrators at all schools where disruption is threatened
that students engaging in disruption and violence will be
expelled
and
prosecuted in the courts if the offense justifies
prosecution.
NOTES
d. I think suspensions and
expulsions
should
be carried out even if large numbers of students are
involved.
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You might begin this entire
discourse by using the
quotation from the great British statesman, William Pitt,
who said: Where law ends, tyranny begins." (Jan. 9, 1770).
You could lead from this into a discussion of Nixon's
program, beginning with his attack on organized crime and
the fact that you have co-sponsored his Offensive Against
the Mafia... the anti-gambling bill.
5/
You should cite the local impact of Nixon's efforts to
resolve the urban crisis to wit: His expansion of the
JOBS Program (Job Opportunities in the Business Sector) to
75 more cities (over and above the original 50),
including Grand Rapids,
Your
might recite a little
history in that connection,
how you wrote the President
in February urging that the JOBS program be expanded to
include Grand Rapids and that Fredryk
Meijer has been named "Metro Chairman" for the JOBS
program in the Grand Rapids area.
GERALD
You should also cite the fact that
funds
have been provided by the Nixon Admini istration for the
first phase of the Campau Commons Urban Renewal
Project after you had been in contact
since last
July with the HUD REgional Office in Chicago.
6/ NOTES
I would wind up by citting the progre SS the Nixon
Administration has made during its first three months
in office.
In that connection, I am a ttaching the excerpts from
your rècent Florida speech and also the "Accomplishments"
statement put out by the White House.
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LORD
GERALD
SOME FIRST-QUARTER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
OF THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION
Progress toward Peace
At Paris, in Viet Nam and behind the scenes, the Nixon Administration has
pressed ahead with its first priority -- to secure an honorable peace in
Southeast Asia.
In the Middle East, the Administration has been exercising "preventive
diplomacy" to avert a major crisis in the area.
In Europe, President Nixon's trip to five nations helped bring a new unity
to the Western Alliance.
In relations with the Soviet Union, the Nixon policy of firmness without
belligerence has opened channels of communication between the super-
powers.
Progress toward a Sound Prosperity
The Nixon Administration has moved to hold down the cost of living by
proposing a budget that cuts Federal spending by $4 billion -- taking long-
overdue action to free the American dollar from the dangers of inflation.
Progress toward Effective Decision-Making
The Executive Office of the President was shaped by revitalizing the
National Security Council and by establishing a new Urban Affairs Council,
and Office of Intergovernmental Relations, and a Cabinet Committee on
Economic Policy.
Progress toward Responsible Government
Departments have been revamped to meet the needs of today: The Manpower
Administration in the Department of Labor has been reorganized, a new
Minority Business Enterprise Program has been created in the Department
of Commerce, and an Office of Child Development has been set up in the
Health, Education and Welfare Department.
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The field operations have been revamped for five departments and agencies
which deal with social problems; this reform will provide for uniform
boundaries and regional centers, enhancing cooperation among the depart-
ments themselves and between the federal and the state and local governments.
Progress toward Efficient Government
After 190 years of increasing inefficiency in postal service, the
Administration has moved to take the Post Office Department out of politics.
It has set up a new mechanism for selecting postmasters and is preparing
further far-reaching reforms in department organization.
Progress toward Combatting Crime
In Washington, D. C., where the Federal Government should set the
national example, an anti-crime program was launched to put more police
on the streets and more judges in the courts; the Attorney General authorized
the use of electronic surveillance to combat crime throughout the nation.
Progress toward Tax Reform
After careful study, the Nixon Administration is proposing far-reaching
tax reform legislation that makes certain that every well-to-do American
pays some tax, and that poor Americans pay none at all.
Progress toward National Security
After a deep review, the President decided that the national security required
a modified anti-ballistic missile to defend the deterrent that defends the
peace. The Safeguard system he recommended will protect against either a
deliberate or accidental nuclear war for the next decade.
Progress toward Rebuilding our Cities
After visiting the Seventh and T Street ghetto in Washington, D. C., the
President determined that riot-damaged areas must be rehabilitated and he
directed that federal programs toward that end, involving over $200 million,
be implemented or accelerated.
A responsible, overall approach to our urban problems is underway. The
Job Corps and other less-than-successful projects of the War on Poverty
have been transferred and reorganized -- to deliver better results for the
taxpayer's dollar.
March 24, 1969
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
Arthur F. Burns
13/3/25/69
I talked to a group of Republican Congressmen today on domestic
policy. The following outline, which I used as the basis for my
talk, may perhaps be helpful to you.
1. There is a need to stop inflation. To accomplish this ob-
jective, we aro:
A. Pursuing a restrictive monetary policy.
B. Reducing LBJ's budget for fiscal 1970 by
4
billion
dollars.
rate for another 6mo's Thereduce at to
C.
Going to request the Congress to extend the surcharge at full
II. There a need to check urban decay and reduce racial strife.
D. Repeal the 7% investment tax credit.
To accomplish this objective, we are adopting new approaches:
she We
make For wore affective
are intend re vamping to the OHO. anti- poverty prog. to
B. We shall launch, tunder Presidential leadership, a vast
voluntary program to improve the condition of our cities
by providing jobs for disadvantaged people, by expanding
training programs, by supplementing the education fur-
niched by our schools to youngsters.
C. By establishing a computer job bank.
D. By devising tax credits to stimulate job training pro-
grams in smaller onterprises and business invests
ment in plant and equipment in poverty areas.
III.
There in a need to make our streets and parks safe.
A. enime in the District of Columbia Jine
Weare great ly x paindring lowerfor co wint
outlined DE approach which 10 ie hoped will make
Washington a model city.
B.
The We of a Le massive attack on
Dopartment Justice now working on a compre-
bensive anime organized on me -
C. We plan legislation to deal with the narcolics problem
and with the dissemination of obscene material to
youngsters.
IV.
There is a need to enlarge freedom for the individual,
A. We are moving to toward a bold step the toward removal the did
monthing of present controls on U. S. investing and
londing abroad.
B. A Presidential Commission will mnsuneed within
form by develop specific plans for moving the
Nation toward an all-volunteer Armod Force as soon
as conditions in Vietnam make this possible.
V.
There is a need to strengthen competitive enterprise. We
are pursuing this objective by
A. Looking into the conglomerate problem through Justice
Department action.
B. By introducing legislation on one-bank holding companies
with a view to preserving the traditional separation be-
tween business and banking.
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VI.
There is a need to restore good government in our Nation.
To rebuild faith in governmental processes, we are:
A. Running an open Administration.
B. Putting the Post Office on a merit basis.
C. Simplifying governmental structure and programs.
Governmental programs have become so complicated
that it is impossible at present to grasp intellectually
what government is doing. That which we cannot under
stand, we surely cannot evaluate properly. When citi-
zens and even experts are in such a state, good govern-
ment surely no longer exists. To deal with this diffi-
culty, we are moving strongly in the direction of block
grants (the first concrete instance is our handling of
the Hill-Burton Amendments) Another device that can
prove of enormous help is revenue sharing.
24 knion - position - Chin
Speaking for myself, Lintend to ne it.
waste, confision t overlapping - if
3) Comolidating programs to eliminate
Congren concurs.
AFB:ap
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY--
8:30 p.m. Friday, April 18, 1969
[MAY 4, 1969 folder]
Excerpts from a Speech by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, R-Mich., Republican Leader, U.S.
House of Representatives, before the Sarasota, Fla., Metropolitan Dinner Club,
at 8:30 p.m. Friday, April 18, 1969, at the Sarasota (Fla.) Motor Hotel.
After careful study and deep thought, President Nixon has sent Congress
the outlines of his domestic program -- a program which I believe marks a turn-
ing point in American life.
The President's program marks a turning point because if it is implemented
by the Congress it will take this Nation into new paths leading to a better life
for all our citizens.
After seeing America explode in bitter frustration because ambitious
programs have fallen far short of objectives, President Nixon has charted a
new course. It is a common sense course directed toward attainable goals.
To reach those goals, the President has assumed the role of crusader and
reformer
The President is blazing a new trail into the jungle of the urban crisis,
a trail he believes will cut through to the hard core of our urban problems.
To get the fullest possible aid from business and industry in attacking
our social ills, Mr. Nixon has asked Congress to provide tax credits to businesses
tackling urban and ghetto projects. The aim is to bring massive amounts of
private funds into a large-scale attack on this country's most urgent social
problems.
Nixon the crusader also seeks to give the states and cities more financial
muscle to fight problems that have plagued them for decades. And so he has
proposed the sharing of Federal income tax revenue with the states and local
units of government, confident that administrators at those levels know best
how to use the additional funds.
These are New Directions -- a course the Congress may resist unless the
American people strongly support a President seeking new solutions for persistent
problems that have defied total government approaches.
fund
FORD
(more)
GERALD
LIBRAR,
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Nixon the reformer has taken up the sword against another wide range of
problems which continue to plague the American people.
He is the first President to personally tackle the thorny problem of tax
reform.
He has set forth a responsible tax policy and has lopped $4 billion from
President Johnson's fiscal 1970 budget. The goal: To bring inflation under
control and save the dollar. President Nixon will be successful in battling
inflation only if Americans join the fight, recognizing as Mr. Nixon does that
if we do not save the dollar we will be inviting economic collapse and deep
unemployment.
Nixon the reformer has set out to revamp the Nation's welfare system and
end the dismal cycle of dependency.
Nixon the reformer is determined to reorganize the Post Office Department
from top to bottom and improve mail service for us all.
Nixon the reformer is determined to shackle the mobsters, the narcotics
traffickers, and the pornography peddlers and he has already moved to expand
the FBI and other Federal law enforcement forces in his drive to do SO.
Nixon the reformer has consolidated the eight manpower training programs
operated by the Department of Labor and has greatly expanded the on-the-job
training program directed by the National Alliance of Businessmen, knowing full
well that the way to bring a dropout citizen into our society is to give him a
stake in it.
Our new President has carefully studied the staggering array of problems
he inherited and has come up with a carefully planned domestic program after
dealing initially with problems demanding immediate action.
Promptly upon assuming office, President Nixon began laying down and
pursuing a strategy designed to end United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
Peace has been his first priority. And, I am sure the American people agree,
properly so.
There is a new atmosphere of calm and confidence in America despite the
great problems facing us and the fresh crises that arise. That atmosphere
emanates from the new man in the White House. Let us help him move America
forward.
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