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The original documents are located in Box D27, folder "Women's National Press Club
Inaugural, Washington, DC, September 9, 1969" of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press
Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Women's National Press Club Inaugural/7pm Tuesday Sept. 9,1969
Caucus Room, Cannon HOB
MADAME PRESIDENT, MIKE, HONORED GUESTS AND
WOMEN'S NATIONAL PRESS CLUB MEMBERS:
IN VIEW OF THE DEATH OF SEN. DIRKSEN, I HAD SOME
MISGIVINGS ABOUT TAKING PART IN THIS INAUGURAL PROGRAM. BUT
THEN I REMEMBERED THAT EV DIRKSEN ALWAYS LOVED THE LADIES,
AND IT SEEMED TO ME THAT HE WOULD HAVE WANTED US TO GO AHEAD
AND OFFICIALLY INDUCT INTO OFFICE AT THIS TIME ONE OF THE
FINEST NEWSPAPERWOMEN EVER TO COVER THE WASHINGTON SCENE.
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AS I RECALL, EV NEVER HAD ANY TROUBLE WITH WOMEN REPORTERS,
TERRIBLY INQUISITIVE THOUGH THEY ARE. I HAVE ALWAYS FELT
THAT ONE REASON WOMEN REPORTERS ARE so SUCCESSFUL IS THAT
THEY ARE NOT ONLY INQUISITIVE BUT INTUITIVE. YOU KNOW WHAT
INTUITION IS, NO DOUBT. INTUITION IS SUSPICION IN SKIRTS.
SPEAKING OF EV REMINDS ME HOW HE PINCH-HIT AS A
SPEAKER ON JUST SUCH AN OCCASION AS THIS IN 1965. AS I
RECALL, THEN-VICE-PRESIDENT HUBERT HUMPHREY WAS TO HAVE
BEEN YOUR SPEAKER BUT LYNDON JOHNSON SENT HIM TO LONDON AS
Digitized from Box D27 of The Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
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THE OFFICIAL U.S. REPRESENTATIVE AT THE FUNERAL OF WINSTON
CHURCHILL. AT THE REQUEST OF YOUR WOMEN'S NATIONAL PRESS
CLUB PRESIDENT, EV DIRKSEN FILLED IN FOR HUBERT AND SAVED
THE DAY. as he always did.
I MENTIONED THAT EV LOVED THE LADIES. I MIGHT
have the ilentreal affection
ADD THAT I-AM NO SLOUCH IN THAT DEPARTMENT MYSELF, ALTHOUGH
I NEVER MANAGED TO GET MY PICTURE IN THE PAPERS LIKE EV
PLANTING A BIG
KISS ON THE NEAREST FEMALE AT SOME PARTY,
BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I ADMIRE YOU ALL.
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take the opportunity
MARJORIE SUGGESTED THAT MAYBE I MIGHT WANT TO POKE A LITTLE
FUN AT THE PRESS TONIGHT, BUT INSTEAD I'D LIKE TO SAY A WORD
OF PRAISE FOR CAREER WOMEN. I KNOW THE STAY-AT-HOME GALS
SOMETIMES MAKE SNIDE REMARKS ABOUT YOU. BUT I ADMIRE CAREER
WOMEN. AFTER ALL, WHAT THEY DO IS TO GO OUT AND EARN A MAN'S
SALARY INSTEAD OF SITTING AT HOME AND TAKING IT AWAY FROM
HIM. WITH THAT, I WILL YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME TO
A CAREER GAL WHO I KNOW IS GOING TO MAKE A WONDERFUL
LIBRARY
WOMEN'S PRESS CLUB PRESIDENT. MARJORIE. Huntive
NOTE CARDS
SEPT. 9, 1969
Congress of the United States
Office of the Minority Leader
Herald R. Ford
house of Representatives
M.C.
Washington, D.C. 20515
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OFFICIAL BUSINESS
TUESDAY
7 P.M.
WOMEN'S NATIONAL PRESS CLUB
INAUGURAL
CAUCUS Room, CHOB
GERALD