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18, 1969" of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald
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FUND RAISING DINNER FOR BILL CAHILL
7 P.M. THURSDAY. SEPT. 18.1969,
CINNAMINSON NEW JERSEY
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WE ARE GATHERED HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE WE
BELIEVE IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
AND WE
BELIEVE IN BILL CAHILL.
I HAVE COME HERE TO TELL YOU THAT
REPUBLICANISM IS THE TIDE OF THE PRESENT
AND THE FUTURE IN AMERICA. I HAVE COME HERE
TO TELL YOU THAT NOT ONLY IS THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY THE MAJORITY PARTY IN
NEW JERSEY BUT IT IS FAST BECOMING THE
MAJORITY PARTY IN THE COUNTRY. NOW, WHY
IS THIS so ?
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THIS IS SO SO/BECAUSE THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY IS THE PARTY OF PROGRESS IN AMERICA
TODAY. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS THE PARTY
OF PEACE AND PROSPERITY. THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY IS THE PARTY OF DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY
THE PARTY OF LAW AND ORDER WITH JUSTICE FOR
ALL.
WHY IS REPUBLICANISM THE DOMINANT
POLITICAL FORCE IN AMERICA TODAY? BECAUSE
FORWARD-LOOKING REPUBLICANS LIKE BILL
CAHILL ARE OFFERING OUR CITIZENS NEW PLANS
OF ACTION AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT /
GENUINE SOLUTIONS FOR PROBLEMS THAT HAVE
BEEN PLAGUING THIS NATION THROUGHOUT THE
DECADE OF THE SIXTIES. IT IS REPUBLICANS
WHO ARE ADVANCING TO MEET THE CHALLENGE OF
THE SEVENTIES
COMING FORWARD WITH
REALISTIC ANSWERS THAT WILL MOVE THIS COUNTRY
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FORWARD.
AMERICANS IN NEW JERSEY AND ELSEWHERE
HAVE COME TO RELAIZE IT IS THE REPUBLICAN
PHILOSOPHY WHICH SERVES THEM BEST / WHICH
MAKES THE MOST SENSE / AND PROVIDES THE
GREATEST GOOD FOR THE GREATEST NUMBER.
THEY ARE EMBRACING THE REPUBLICAN
CONCEPT THAT EVERY MAN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
HIS ACTS/AND FOR HIS OWN PLACE IN SOCIETY
/
THAT NO MAN IS ABOVE THE LAW OR BENEATH IT
THAT EVERY MAN ABLE TO DO SO MUST WORK IF HE
IS TO ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF OUR SOCIETY
AND THE FRUITS OF OUR GREAT FREE ENTERPRISE
SYSTEM.
THEY KNOW THAT OUR INDIVIDUAL AND NAT-
IONAL PROSPERITY FLOWS FROM THE FREE
ENTERPRISE SYSTEM AND THAT IT IS REPUBLICAN
POLICY WHICH ALLOWS THAT SYSTEM TO FUNCTION
AT ITS BEST.
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THEY KNOW THAT THE BEST DEFENSE FOR
AMERICA IS ACHIEVED THROUGH A STRONG MILITARY
ESTABL1SHMENT AND A SOUND NATIONAL ECONOMY.
THEY KNOW THAT REPUBLICANS ARE
CONSTANTLY WORKING FOR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
IN GOVERNMENT AND ARE ALWAYS SEEKING TO
ELIMINATE OVERLAPPING AND WASTE IN
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS.
THEY KNOW THAT REPUBLICANS FROM
PRESIDENT NIXON ON DOWN ARE SEEKING TO
CHANNEL MORE FEDERAL MONEY TO THE STATES
AND LOCAL UNITS OF GOVERNMENT FOR USE AS THEY
SEE FIT IN SOLVING LOCAL PROBLEMS.
REPUBLICANS LIKE BILL CAHILL BELIEVE
THAT MANY PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED AT THE
STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL. THAT'S WHY THEY ARE
FOR FEDERAL REVENUE-SHARING. THAT'S WHY BILL
CAHILL IS RUNNING ON A DO-MORE PLATFORM FOR
GOVERNOR OF THIS GREAT STATE OF NEW JERSEY
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BECAUSE HE KNOWS HOW TO SOLVE STATE
AND LOCAL PROBLEMS.
I FEEL CONFIDENT HERE TONIGHT THAT
BILL CAHILL AS YOUR GOVERNOR WILL MAKE
FEDERAL PROGRAMS WORK IN THE STATE OF
NEW JERSEY. HE WON'T LET FEDERAL PROGRAMS
BOG DOWN IN THE STATE. HE KNOWS HOW TO MAKE
THE WHEELS GO AROUND.
I M HAPPY YOU ASKED ME HERE TONIGHT
BECAUSE IT GIVES ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
ON A SUBJECT CLOSE TO MY HEART... THE NEED TO
ELECT MORE FINE REPUBLICANS TO PUBLIC OFFICE
TO PROMOTE GOOD GOVERNMENT./RESPONSIBLE
GOVERNMENT./GOVERNMENT THAT REACHES AND SERVES
THE PEOPLE.
THAT IS THE KIND OF MAN YOU HAVE
IN BILL CAHILL. LOOK AT BILL'S RECORD. LOOK
AT BILL'S BACKGROUND. IN BILL CAHILL YOU
HAVE A MAN EMINENTLY QUALIFIED FOR THE GREAT
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY, THE VERY
BEST MAN FOR THE JOB.
WHAT ARE YOUR PROBLEMS? A FAILURE TO
APPLY FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL RESOURCES TO
FIND SOLUTIONS TO STATE AND LOCAL PROBLEMS?
BILL CAHILL WILL CUT THROUGH THE
BUREAUCRATIC JUNGLE AND COME UP WITH THE
ANSWERS.
ARE YOU TROUBLED BY CIVIL UNREST?
DO YOU HAVE IN NEW JERSEY THE REVERENCE
FOR THE LAW THAT ABRAHAM LINCOLN URGED SO
ELOQUENTLY?
BILL
DICK NIXON COOLED IT; SO WILL CAHILL.
CONSIDER BILL CAHILL' S QUALIFICATIONS
AS A LEADER DEDICATED TO RESTORING THE
DOMESTIC TRANQUILLITY SET FORTH AS A GOAL
IN THE CONSTITUTION. PROSECUTOR OF THE
CITY OF CAMDEN. FIRST ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR
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OF THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN. DEPUTY ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. SPECIAL
AGENT OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.
CONSIDER BILL CAHILL'S QUALIFICATIONS
AS A MAKER OF LAWS. MEMBER OF THE NEW
JERSEY LEGISLATURE. MEMBER OF CONGRESS
NOW SERVING HIS SIXTH TERM.
CONSIDER HOW MUCH BILL CAHILL CAN
DO FOR NEW JERSEY AS ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE,
WORKING WITH A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT WHO
IS DETERMINED TO MAKE PROBLEM-SOLVERS OF
THE STATES AND CITIES BY CHANNELING FEDERAL
FUNDS TO THEM WITHOUT STRINGS ATTACHED.
I CAN' T BELIEVE THE PEOPLE OF NEW
JERSEY WOULD ENTRUST THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN
THE STATE TO STILL ANOTHER DEMOCRAT WHO
BELIEVES THE WAY TO SOLVE STATE AND LOCAL
PROBLEMS IS TO RUN TO WASHINGTON AND SEEK OUT
THE BUREAUCRATS. LET THE DEMOCRATS CREATE
A FOOL'S PARADISE OF GOVERNMENT CONTROLS
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AND MACHINERY THAT SERVE ONLY TO
ENTANGLE THE AVERAGE CITIZEN. REPUBLICANS
LIKE BILL CAHILL WILL CUT RIGHT TO THE
HEART OF THE PROBLEM AND COME UP WITH SOME
ANSWERS.
LIKE DICK NIXON, BILL CAHILL
BELIEVES THAT STATE GOVERNMENT IS A VITAL
AND LIVING LINK IN THE COMBINATION OF
GOVERNMENTS NEEDED TO PROVIDE EVERY CITIZEN
WITH NECESSARY SERVICES AND THE OPPORTUNITY
TO REALIZE HIS GOD-GIVEN POTENTIAL.
LIKE DICK NIXON, BILL CAHILL
BELIEVES THAT STATE GOVERNMENTS MUST WORK
WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL
UNITS TO PROMOTE THE ORDER AND STABILITY
WITHOUT WHICH NO AMERICAN CAN ENJOY LIFE,
LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
THAT IS WHY BILL CAHILL WAS THE
CHIEF SPONSOR OF LEGISLATION WHICH
STRENGTHENED THE OMNIBUS LAW ENFORCEMENT
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ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1968 BY PROVIDING THAT
FUNDS FOR THE BEEFING UP OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
IN THE STATES SHOULD GO TO THE STATES AND
LOCAL UNITS ONLY ON THE BASIS OF APPROVED
STATE PLANS. THIS WAS AT A TIME WHEN THE
DEMOCRATS WANTED TO TURN ALL OF THESE FUNDS
OVER TO THE U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL TO
DISPENSE AS HE SAW FIT -- A TYPICAL
BUREAUCRATIC TACTIC AIMED AT KEEPING ALL
POWER CENTERED IN WASHINGTON.
BILL CAHILL STANDS WITH DICK NIXON FOR
THE DECENTRALIZATION OF FEDERAL POWER --
THE REVITALIZATION OF STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.
I HAVE BROUGHT THE PRESIDENT'S NAME
INTO THIS SPEECH FOR GOOD REASON. THE
CHIEF REASON IS/THAT BILL CAHILL FACES
HERE IN NEW JERSEY MUCH THE SAME SITUATION
DICK NIXON FACED IN THE COUNTRY WHEN HE
BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
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ASK YOURSELF IF BILL CAHILL'S
LEGACY AS GOVERNOR WILL NOT BE MUCH THE
SAME AS THAT LEFT TO RICHARD NIXON WHEN
HE ASSUMED THE PRESIDENCY.
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YOU KNOW WHAT DICK NIXON FOUND WHEN
HE ENTERED THE WHITE HOUSE. HE ASSUMED
THE LEADERSHIP OF A COUNTRY ENMESHED IN A
JUNGLE WAR HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD
COUNTRY WHICH HAD SUFFERED ESCALATING
INFLATION FOR FOUR YEARS, COUNTRY IN WHICH
THE CRIME RATE HAD CLIMBED NEARLY 10 TIMES
AS FAST AS THE POPULATION COUNTRY IN
WHICH THE PROBLEMS OF THE CITIES THREATENED
TOTURN URBAN CRISIS INTO FLAMING REVOLUTION
A COUNTRY IN WHICH LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL
TAXES HAD DRIVEN TAXPAYERS TO THE RIM OF
REVOLT WITHOUT PRODUCING ENOUGH REVENUE
TO SOLVE OUR HORRENDOUS PROBLEMS.
THE FIRST THING DICK NIXON DID WHEN
HE CAME INTO OFFICE WAS TO TAKE STOCK AND
THEN CHART A NEW COURSE -- TO SET SAIL
AGAINST A SEA OF PROBLEMS LEFT HIM BY HIS
PREDECESSOR. IT WAS INEVITABLE, THEREFORE,
THAT THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION SHOULD HAVE
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BECOME A REFORM ADMINISTRATION AND SHOULD
MOVE IN TOTALLY NEW DIRECTIONS.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF
THE CHANGE IN NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIONS?
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION HAS MOVED
TOWARD PEACE IN VIETNAM AND ELSEWHERE. WE
ARE EMBARKED ON A POLICY OF VIETNAMIZING
THE VIETNAM WAR. AT THE SAME TIME,
PRESIDENT NIXON HAS SEIZED FOREIGN POLICY
INITIATIVE IN DRAMATIC MOVES AIMED AT
PROMOTING WORLD PEACE. HE HAS LAID THE
GROUNDWORK FOR POSSIBLE NEW BREAKTHROUGHS
IN EAST-WEST RELATIONS. HE HAS LAID DOWN
A NEW U.S. POLICY FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA -- A
DO-IT-YOURSELF POLICY WHICH TELLS US THERE
WILL BE NO MORE VIETNAMS.
ON THE ECONOMIC FRONT, PRESIDENT
NIXON HAS DOGGEDLY PURSUED THE FIGHT
AGAINST INFLATION BECAUSE HE KNOWS, AS YOU
DO, THAT ONLY A SOUND DOLLAR CAN PRODUCE
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GENUINE PROSPERITY. LET ME EMPHASIZE THAT
PRESIDENT NIXON HAS REFUSED TO KNUCKLE
UNDER TO THOSE WHO HAVE TRIED TO PLAY
POLITICS WITH THE PEOPLE'S POCKETBOOK. HE
HAS TAKEN THE LEAD ON TAX RELIEF AND TAX
REFORM -- BUT AT NO TIME HAS HE LET THE
POLITICS OF THE SITUATION SWAY HIM FROM
SOUND ECONOMIC POLICY.
Bur. Please Int. Rev RTWAITE
AGAIN, ON THE DOMESTIC SCENE, PRESIDENT
NIXON HAS ADDRESSED HIMSELF TO ANOTHER OF
OUR MOST PRESSING PROBLEMS. FULLY AWARE THAT
THERE CAN BE NO DECENT PROGRESS WITHOUT
ORDER, THE PRESIDENT HAS STRESSED THE
IMPORTANCE OF PROPER LAW ENFORCEMENT -- A
SYSTEM OF LAW, ORDER AND JUSTICE.
I SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT THE NIXON
ADMINISTRATION AS A REFORM ADMINISTRATION.
PRESIDENT NIXON HAS PROPOSED A SWEEPING
ARRAY OF REFORMS WHICH I BELIEVE THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE HAVE LONG WANTED -- WELFARE REFORM
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WHICH WILL TURN ALL ABLE-BODIED AMERICANS
1
FROM WELFARE TO WORKFARE; DRAFT REFORM WHICH
WILL MAKE THE SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM AS
FAIR AS POSSIBLE UNTIL WE CAN ESTABLISH A
3
TRULY ALL-VOLUNTEER ARMY; POSTAL REFORM
WHICH WILL CREATE A GOVERNMENT-OWNED
SELF-SUPPORTING POSTAL CORPORATION IN
PLACE OF THE PRESENT INEFFICIENT AND
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DEFICIT-RIDDEN SYSTEM; POVERTY PROGRAM
REVORM WHICH KEEPS THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY AS AN INNOVATIVE AGENCY BUT
SPINS OFF SUCCESSFUL ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMS
TO OLD-LINE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS;
5
MANPOWER TRAINING REFORM WHICH CONSOLIDATES
FEDERAL MANPOWER TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR
GREATER FLEXIBILITY AND TURNS OVER THE
ADMINISTRATION OF MANPOWER TRAINING TO THE
STATES WHEN GOVERNORS SHOW THEMSELVES READY
b
FOR IT; TAX REFORM WHICH TAKES MILLIONS OF
POOR CITIZENS OFF THE TAXROLLS, REDUCES
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TAXES FOR MILLIONS OF OTHER LOW-INCOME
AMERICANS AND PREVENTS THE WEALTHY FROM
ESCAPING TAXATION: A NEW FEDERALISM WHICH
PROVIDES AN INCREASING PERCENTAGE SHARE
OF FEDERAL INCOME TAX REVENUE FOR THE
CITIES AND STATES AND GIVES THEM NEW VIGOR
AS SOLVERS OF THE PROBLEMS TO WHICH THEY
ARE CLOSEST.
THIS IS INDEED THE AGE OF REFORM --
IN NEW JERSEY AS WELL AS AT THE NATIONAL
LEVEL. YOU WILL HAVE REFORM HERE IN NEW
JERSEY ONLY IF YOU BRING IN A NEW STATE
ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM...ONLY IF YOU BRING IN
A NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE WHO IS NOT BOUND BY
THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST AND CAN CHART A
BOLD NEW COURSE FOR THE FUTURE. THAT MAN
IS BILL CAHILL.
YOU WILL SEE A NEW DAY IN NEW JERSEY
UNDER BILL CAHILL -- A DAY WHICH WILL SEE
SOLUTIONS FOR THE PROBLEMS OF THE SIZZLING
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SEVENTIES.
2 have + always he measured
TRUST IN BILL CAHILL. PUT YOUR
ENERGIES AND ABILITIES TO WORK FOR HIM.
ELECT BILL CAHILL, AND HE WILL PUT THE
AFFAIRS OF NEW JERSEY IN ORDER.
HE WILL GIVE YOU "PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT."
HE WILL WORK FOR A BETTER LIFE FOR ALL THE
PEOPLE OF NEW JERSEY. HE WILL OVERCOME THE
NEGLECT YOU HAVE SUFFERED UNDER THE PRESENT
STATE ADMINISTRATION. HE WILL GIVE YOU
STATE GOVERNMENT WHICH IS CONCERNED ABOUT
THE INDIVIDUAL -- A STATE ADMINISTRATION
WHICH WILL WORK CREATIVELY WITH GOVERNMENT
AT ALL LEVELS, WITH PRIVATE INDUSTRY AND
WITH ALL THE CITIZENS OF NEW JERSEY.
ACT TOGETHER / WORK TOGETHER WITH
BILL CAHILL. IF YOU WILL DO THAT, NOBODY
NEED FEAR FOR THE FUTURE OF NEW JERSEY. A
TRULY GREAT STATE.
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Distribution 20 capies Mr. Ford
/ lopy UPI 9/17/69 (10:00AM) M Office Copy
REMARKS BY REP. GERALD R. FORD, R-MICH.
MINORITY LEADER, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AT A FUND-RAISING DINNER FOR BILL CAHILL
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR governor OF NEW JERSEY
AT CINNAMINSON, NEW JERSEY
7 P.M. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1969
FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
We are gathered here tonight because we believe in the Republican Party --
and we believe in Bill Cahill.
I have come here to tell you that Republicanism is the tide of the present
and the future in America. I have come here to tell you that not only is the
Republican Party the majority party in New Jersey but it is fast becoming the
majority party in the country. Now, why is this so?
This is so because the Republican Party is the party of progress in America
today. The Republican Party is the party of peace and prosperity. The Republican
Party is the party of domestic tranquillity -- the party of law and order with
justice for all.
Why is Republicanism the dominant political force in America today? Because
forward-looking Republicans like Bill Cahill are offering our citizens new plans
of action at all levels of government, genuine solutions for problems that have
been plaguing this Nation throughout the decade of the Sixties. It is Republicans
who are advancing to meet the challenge of the Seventies -- coming forward with
realistic answers that will move this country forward.
Americans in New Jersey and elsewhere have come to realize it is the
Republican philosophy which serves them best, which makes the most sense and
provides the greatest good for the greatest number.
They are embracing the Republican concept that every man is responsible for
his acts and for his own place in our society -- that no man is above the law or
beneath it -- that every man able to do SO must work if he is to enjoy the benefits
of our society and the fruits of our great free enterprise system.
They know that our individual and national prosperity flows from the free
enterprise system and that it is Republican policy which allows that system to
function at its best.
They know that the best defense for America is achieved through a strong
military establishment and a sound national economy.
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They know that Republicans are constantly working for fiscal
responsibility in government and are always seeking to eliminate overlapping
and waste in government programs.
They know that Republicans from President Nixon on down are seeking to
channel more federal money to the states and local units of government for use
as they see fit in solving local problems.
Republicans like Bill Cahill believe that many problems can be solved at
the state and local level. That's why they are for federal revenue-sharing.
That why Bill Cahill is running on a do-more platform for governor of this great
state of New Jersey
because he knows how to solve state and local problems.
I feel confident here tonight that Bill Cahill as your governor will make
federal programs work in the state of New Jersey. He won't let federal programs
bog down in the state. He knows how to make the wheels go around.
I'm happy you asked me here tonight because it gives me the opportunity
to speak on a subject close to my heart --- the need to elect more fine Republicans
to public office to promote good government, responsible government, government
that reaches and serves the people.
That is the kind of man you have in Bill Cahill. Look at Bill's record.
Look at Bill's background. In Bill Cahill you have a man eminently qualified for
the great office of governor of New Jersey, the very best man for the job.
What are your problems? A failure to apply federal, state and local
resources to find solutions to state and local problems? Bill Cahill will cut
through the bureaucratic jungle and come up with the answers.
Are you troubled by civil unrest? Do you have in New Jersey the reverence
for the law that Abraham Lincoln urged SO eloquently?
Dick Nixon cooled it; so will Cahill.
Consider Bill Cahill's qualifications as a leader dedicated to restoring
the domestic tranquillity set forth as a goal in the Constitution. Prosecutor of
the city of Camden. First assistant prosecutor of the county of Camden. Deputy
attorney general of the State of New Jersey. Special agent of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation.
Consider Bill Cahill's qualifications as a maker of laws. Member of the
New Jersey Legislature. Member of Congress now serving his sixth term.
Consider how much Bill Cahill can do for New Jersey as its chief
executive, working with a Republican President who is determined to make
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problem-solvers of the states and cities by channeling Federal funds to them
without strings attached.
I can't believe the people of New Jersey would entrust the highest office
in the state to still another Democrat who believes the way to solve state and
local problems is to run to Washington and seek out the bureaucrats. Let the
Democrats create a fool's paradise of government controls and machinery that
serve only to entangle the average citizen. Republicans like Bill Cahill will
cut right to the heart of the problem and come up with some answers.
Like Dick Nixon, Bill Cahill believes that state government is a vital and
living link in the combination of governments needed to provide every citizen
with necessary services and the opportunity to realize his God-given potential.
Like Dick Nixon, Bill Cahill believes that state governments must work
with the Federal government and local units to promote the order and stability
without which no American can enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
That is why Bill Cahill was the chief sponsor of legislation which
strengthened the Omnibus Law Enforcement Assistance Act of 1968 by providing that
funds for the beefing up of law enforcement in the states should go to the states
and local units only on the basis of approved state plans. This was at a time
when the Democrats wanted to turn all of these funds over to the U.S. Attorney
General to dispense as he saw fit -- a typical bureaucratic tactic aimed at
keeping all power centered in Washington.
Bill Cahill stands with Dick Nixon for the decentralization of Federal
power -- the revitalization of State and local government.
I have brought the President's name into this speech for good reason. The
chief reason is that Bill Cahill faces here in New Jersey much the same situation
Dick Nixon faced in the country when he became President of the United States.
Ask yourself if Bill Cahill's legacy as governor will not be much the same
as that left to Richard Nixon when he assumed the Presidency.
You know what Dick Nixon found when he entered the White House. He
assumed the leadership of a country enmeshed in a jungle war halfway around the
world, a country which had suffered escalating inflation for four years, a country
in which the crime rate had climbed nearly 10 times as fast as the population, a
country in which the problems of the cities threatened to turn urban crisis into
flaming revolution, a country in which local, state and Federal taxes had driven
taxpayers to the rim of revolt without producing enough revenue to solve our
horrendous problems.
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The first thing Dick Nixon did when he came into office was to take stock
and then chart a new course - to set sail against a sea of problems left him
by his predecessor. It was inevitable, therefore, that the Nixon Administration
should have become a Reform Administration and should move in totally New
Directions.
What has happened as a result of the change in national administrations?
The new Administration has moved toward peace in Vietnam and elsewhere.
We are embarked on a policy of Vietnamizing the Vietnam War. At the same time,
President Nixon has seized foreign policy initiative in dramatic moves aimed at
promoting world peace. He has laid the groundwork for possible new breakthroughs
in East-West relations. He has laid down a new U.S. policy for Southeast
Asia -- a do-it-yourself policy which tells us there will be no more Vietnams.
On the economic front, President Nixon has doggedly pursued the fight
against inflation because he knows, as you do, that only a sound dollar can
produce genuine prosperity. Let me emphasize that President Nixon has refused
to knuckle under to those who have tried to play politics with the people's
pocketbook. He has taken the lead on tax relief and tax reform -- but at no
time has he let the politics of the situation sway him from sound economic policy.
Again, on the domestic scene, President Nixon has addressed himself to
another of our most pressing problems. Fully aware that there can be no decent
progress without order, the President has stressed the importance of proper law
enforcement -- a system of law, order and justice.
I spoke earlier about the Nixon Administration as a reform administration.
President Nixon has proposed a sweeping array of reforms which I believe the
American people have long wanted - welfare reform which will turn all able-bodied
Americans from welfare to workfare; draft reform which will make the selective
service system as fair as possible until we can establish a truly all-volunteer
army; postal reform which will create a government-owned self-supporting postal
corporation in place of the present inefficient and deficit-ridden system;
poverty program reform which keeps the Office of Economic Opportunity as an
innovative agency but spins off successful anti-poverty programs to old-line
Government departments; manpower training reform which consolidates Federal
manpower training programs for greater flexibility and turns over the adminis-
tration of manpower training to the states when governors show themselves ready
for it; tax reform which takes millions of poor citizens off the taxrolls,
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reduces taxes for millions of other low-income Americans and prevents the
wealthy from escaping taxation; a New Federalism which provides an increasing
percentage share of Federal income tax revenue for the cities and states and
gives them new vigor as solvers of the problems to which they are closest.
This is indeed the Age of Reform -- in New Jersey as well as at the
national level. You will have reform here in New Jersey only if you bring in
a new state administrative team .only if you bring in a new chief executive
who is not bound by the mistakes of the past and can chart a bold new course
for the future. That man is Bill Cahill.
You will see a new day in New Jersey under Bill Cahill --- a day which
will see solutions for the problems of the sizzling Seventies.
Trust in Bill Cahill. Put your energies and abilities to work for him.
Elect Bill Cahill, and he will put the affairs of New Jersey in order.
He will give you "People's Government." He will work for a better life
for all the people of New Jersey. He will overcome the neglect you have suffered
under the present state administration. He will give you state government which
is concerned about the individual -- a state administration which will work
creatively with government at all levels, with private industry and with all
the citizens of New Jersey.
Act together, work together with Bill Cahill. If you will do that,
nobody need fear for the future of New Jersey, a truly great state.
# # #
REMARKS BY REP. GERALD R. FORD, R-MICH.
MINORITY LEADER, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AT A FUND-RAISING DINNER FOR BILL CAHILL
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY
AT CINNAMINSON, NEW JERSEY
7 P.M. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1969
FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
We are gathered here tonight because we believe in the Republican Party
I have come here to tell you that Republicanism is the tide of the present
and the future in America. I have come here to tell you that not only is the
Republican Party the majority party in New Jersey but it is fast becoming the
majority party in the country.
This is so because the Republican Party is the party of progress in America
today. The Republican Party is the party of peace and prosperity. The Republican
Party is the party of domestic tranquillity -- the party of law and order with
justice for all.
Why is Republicanism the dominant political force in America today? Because
Republicans
are offering our citizens new plans
of action genuine solutions for problems that have
been plaguing
throughout the decade of the Sixties. It is Republicans
who are advancing to meet the challenge of the Seventies - coming forward with
realistic answers that will move this country forward.
Americans in New Jersey and elsewhere have come to realize it is the
Republican philosophy which serves them best, which makes the most sense and
provides the greatest good for the greatest number.
They are embracing the Republican concept that every man is responsible for
his acts and for his own place in our society that no man is above the law or
beneath it -- that every man able to do so must work if he is to enjoy the benefits
of our society and the fruits of our great free enterprise system.
They know that our individual and national prosperity flows from the free
enterprise system and that it is Republican policy which allows that system to
function at its best.
They know that the best defense for America is achieved through a strong
military establishment and a sound national economy.
FORD
(more)
GERALD
-2-
They know that Republicans are constantly working for fiscal
responsibility in government and are always seeking to eliminate overlapping
and waste in government programs.
They know that Republicans from President Nixon on down are seeking to
channel more federal money to the states and local units of government for use
as they see fit in solving local problems.
Republicans like Bill Cahill believe country ticket that many problems can be solved at
and
the state and local level. That's why they are for federal revenue-sharing.
That's why Bill Cahill is running on a do-more platform for governor of this great
state of New Jersey because he knows how to solve state and local problems.
I feel confident here tonight that Bill Cahill as your governor will make
federal programs work in the state of New Jersey. He won't let federal programs
bog down in the state. He knows how to make the wheels go around.
I'm happy you asked me here tonight because it gives me the opportunity
to speak on a subject close to my heart -- the need to elect
fine Republicans
to public office to promote good government, responsible government, government
that reaches and serves the people.
That is the kind of man your have in Bill Cahill. Look at Bill's record.
Look at Bill's background. In Bill Cahill you have a man eminently qualified for
the great office of governor of New Jersey, the very best man for the job.
What are your problems? A failure to apply federal, state and local
resources to find solutions to state and local problems? Bill Cahill will cut
through the bureaucratic jungle and come up with the answers.
Are you troubled by civil unrest?
that
so
Dick Nixon cooled it; so will Cahill.
Consider Bill Cahill's qualifications as a leader dedicated to restoring
the domestic tranquillity set forth as a goal in the Constitution. Prosecutor of
the city of Camden. First assistant prosecutor of the county of Camden. Deputy
attorney general of the State of New Jersey. Special agent of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation.
Consider Bill Cahill's qualifications as a maker of laws. Member of the
New Jersey Legislature. Member of Congress now serving his sixth term.
Consider how much Bill Cahill can do for New Jersey as its chief
executive, working with a Republican President who is determined to make
(more)
-3-
problem-solvers of the states and cities by channeling Federal funds to them
without strings attached.
I can't believe the people of New Jersey would entrust the highest office
in the state to still another Democrat who believes the way to solve state and
local problems is to run to Washington and seek out the bureaucrats. Let the
Democrats create a fool's paradise of government controls and machinery that
serve only to entangle the average citizen. Republicans like Bill Cahill will
cut right to the heart of the problem and come up with some answers.
Like Dick Nixon, Bill Cahill believes that state government is a vital and
living link in the combination of governments needed to provide every citizen
with necessary services and the opportunity to realize his God-given potential.
Like Dick Nixon, Bill Cahill believes that state governments must work
with the Federal government and local units to promote the order and stability
without which no American can enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
That is why Bill Cahill was the chief sponsor of legislation which
strengthened the Omnibus Law Enforcement Assistance Act of 1968 by providing that
funds for the beefing up of law enforcement in the states should go to the states
and local units only on the basis of approved state plans. This was at a time
when the Democrats wanted to turn all of these funds over to the U.S. Attorney
General to dispense as he saw fit -- a typical bureaucratic tactic aimed at
keeping all power centered in Washington.
Bill Cahill stands with Dick Nixon for the decentralization of Federal
power -- the revitalization of State and local government.
I have brought the President's name into this speech for good reason. The
chief reason is that Bill Cahill faces here in New Jersey much the same situation
Dick Nixon faced in the country when he became President of the United States.
Ask yourself if Bill Cahill's legacy as governor will not be much the same
as that left to Richard Nixon when he assumed the Presidency.
You know what Dick Nixon found when he entered the White House. He
assumed the leadership of a country enmeshed in a jungle war halfway around the
world, a country which had suffered escalating inflation for four years, a country
in which the crime rate had climbed nearly 10 times as fast as the population, a
country in which the problems of the cities threatened to turn urban crisis into
flaming revolution, a country in which local, state and Federal taxes had driven
taxpayers to the rim of revolt without producing enough revenue to solve our
horrendous problems.
(more)
-4-
The first thing Dick Nixon did when he came into office was to take stock
and then chart a new course --- to set sail against a sea of problems left him
by his predecessor. It was inevitable, therefore, that the Nixon Administration
should have become a Reform Administration and should move in totally New
Directions.
What has happened as a result of the change in national administrations?
The new Administration has moved toward peace in Vietnam and elsewhere.
We are embarked on a policy of Vietnamizing the Vietnam War. At the same time,
President Nixon has seized foreign policy initiative in dramatic moves aimed at
promoting world peace. He has laid the groundwork for possible new breakthroughs
in East-West relations. He has laid down a new U.S. policy for Southeast
Asia -- a do-it-yourself policy which tells us there will be no more Vietnams.
On the economic front, President Nixon has doggedly pursued the fight
against inflation because he knows, as you do, that only a sound dollar can
produce genuine prosperity. Let me emphasize that President Nixon has refused
to knuckle under to those who have tried to play politics with the people's
pocketbook. He has taken the lead on tax relief and tax reform --- but at no
time has he let the politics of the situation sway him from sound economic policy.
Again, on the domestic scene, President Nixon has addressed himself to
another of our most pressing problems. Fully aware that there can be no decent
progress without order, the President has stressed the importance of proper law
enforcement -- a system of law, order and justice.
I spoke earlier about the Nixon Administration as a reform administration.
President Nixon has proposed a sweeping array of reforms which I believe the
American people have long wanted - welfare reform which will turn all able-bodied
Americans from welfare to workfare; draft reform which will make the selective
service system as fair as possible until we can establish a truly all-volunteer
army; postal reform which will create a government-owned self-supporting postal
corporation in place of the present inefficient and deficit-ridden system;
poverty program reform which keeps the Office of Economic Opportunity as an
innovative agency but spins off successful anti-poverty programs to old-line
Government departments; manpower training reform which consolidates Federal
manpower training programs for greater flexibility and turns over the adminis-
tration of manpower training to the states when governors show themselves ready
for it; tax reform which takes millions of poor citizens off the taxrolls,
(more)
-5-
reduces taxes for millions of other low-income Americans and prevents the
wealthy from escaping taxation; a New Federalism which provides an increasing
percentage share of Federal income tax revenue for the cities and states and
gives them new vigor as solvers of the problems to which they are closest.
This is indeed the Age of Reform -- in New Jersey as well as at the
national level. You will have reform here in New Jersey only if you bring in
a new state administrative team. .only if you bring in a new chief executive
who is not bound by the mistakes of the past and can chart a bold new course
for the future. That man is Bill Cahill.
You will see a new day in New Jersey under Bill Cahill - a day which
will see solutions for the problems of the sizzling Seventies.
Trust in Bill Cahill. Put your energies and abilities to work for him.
Elect Bill Cahill, and he will put the affairs of New Jersey in order.
He will give you "People's Government." He will work for a better life
for all the people of New Jersey. He will overcome the neglect you have suffered
under the present state administration. He will give you state government which
is concerned about the individual -- a state administration which will work
creatively with government at all levels, with private industry and with all
the citizens of New Jersey.
Act together, work together with Bill Cahill. If you will do that,
nobody need fear for the future of New Jersey, a truly great state.
###
O Office Copy
REMARKS BY REP. GERALD R. FORD, R-MICH.
MINORITY LEADER, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AT A FUND-RAISING DINNER FOR BILL CAHILL
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY
AT CINNAMINSON, NEW JERSEY
7 P.M. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1969
FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
We are gathered here tonight because we believe in the Republican Party --
and we believe in Bill Cahill.
I have come here to tell you that Republicanism is the tide of the present
and the future in America. I have come here to tell you that not only is the
Republican Party the majority party in New Jersey but it is fast becoming the
majority party in the country. Now, why is this so?
This is so because the Republican Party is the party of progress in America
today. The Republican Party is the party of peace and prosperity. The Republican
Party is the party of domestic tranquillity -- the party of law and order with
justice for all.
Why is Republicanism the dominant political force in America today? Because
forward-looking Republicans like Bill Cahill are offering our citizens new plans
of action at all levels of government, genuine solutions for problems that have
been plaguing this Nation throughout the decade of the Sixties. It is Republicans
who are advancing to meet the challenge of the Seventies - coming forward with
realistic answers that will move this country forward.
Americans in New Jersey and elsewhere have come to realize it is the
Republican philosophy which serves them best, which makes the most sense and
provides the greatest good for the greatest number.
They are embracing the Republican concept that every man is responsible for
his acts and for his own place in our society -- that no man is above the law or
beneath it -- that every man able to do so must work if he is to enjoy the benefits
of our society and the fruits of our great free enterprise system.
They know that our individual and national prosperity flows from the free
enterprise system and that it is Republican policy which allows that system to
function at its best.
They know that the best defense for America is achieved through a strong
military establishment and a sound national economy.
(more)
-2-
They know that Republicans are constantly working for fiscal
responsibility in government and are always seeking to eliminate overlapping
and waste in government programs.
They know that Republicans from President Nixon on down are seeking to
channel more federal money to the states and local units of government for use
as they see fit in solving local problems.
Republicans like Bill Cahill believe that many problems can be solved at
the state and local level. That's why they are for federal revenue-sharing.
That's why Bill Cahill is running on a do-more platform for governor of this great
state of New Jersey
because he knows how to solve state and local problems.
I feel confident here tonight that Bill Cahill as your governor will make
federal programs work in the state of New Jersey. He won't let federal programs
bog down in the state. He knows how to make the wheels go around.
I'm happy you asked me here tonight because it gives me the opportunity
to speak on a subject close to my heart -- the need to elect more fine Republicans
to public office to promote good government, responsible government, government
that reaches and serves the people.
That is the kind of man you have in Bill Cahill. Look at Bill's record.
Look at Bill's background. In Bill Cahill you have a man eminently qualified for
the great office of governor of New Jersey, the very best man for the job.
What are your problems? A failure to apply federal, state and local
resources to find solutions to state and local problems? Bill Cahill will cut
through the bureaucratic jungle and come up with the answers.
Are you troubled by civil unrest? Do you have in New Jersey the reverence
for the law that Abraham Lincoln urged SO eloquently?
Dick Nixon cooled it; so will Cahill.
Consider Bill Cahill's qualifications as a leader dedicated to restoring
the domestic tranquillity set forth as a goal in the Constitution. Prosecutor of
the city of Camden. First assistant prosecutor of the county of Camden. Deputy
attorney general of the State of New Jersey. Special agent of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation.
Consider Bill Cahill's qualifications as a maker of laws. Member of the
New Jersey Legislature. Member of Congress now serving his sixth term.
Consider how much Bill Cahill can do for New Jersey as its chief
executive, working with a Republican President who is determined to make
(more)
-3-
problem-solvers of the states and cities by channeling Federal funds to them
without strings attached.
I can't believe the people of New Jersey would entrust the highest office
in the state to still another Democrat who believes the way to solve state and
local problems is to run to Washington and seek out the bureaucrats. Let the
Democrats create a fool's paradise of government controls and machinery that
serve only to entangle the average citizen. Republicans like Bill Cahill will
cut right to the heart of the problem and come up with some answers.
Like Dick Nixon, Bill Cahill believes that state government is a vital and
living link in the combination of governments needed to provide every citizen
with necessary services and the opportunity to realize his God-given potential.
Like Dick Nixon, Bill Cahill believes that state governments must work
with the Federal government and local units to promote the order and stability
without which no American can enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
That is why Bill Cahill was the chief sponsor of legislation which
strengthened the Omnibus Law Enforcement Assistance Act of 1968 by providing that
funds for the beefing up of law enforcement in the states should go to the states
and local units only on the basis of approved state plans. This was at a time
when the Democrats wanted to turn all of these funds over to the U.S. Attorney
General to dispense as he saw fit -- a typical bureaucratic tactic aimed at
keeping all power centered in Washington.
Bill Cahill stands with Dick Nixon for the decentralization of Federal
power -- the revitalization of State and local government.
I have brought the President's name into this speech for good reason. The
chief reason is that Bill Cahill faces here in New Jersey much the same situation
Dick Nixon faced in the country when he became President of the United States.
Ask yourself if Bill Cahill's legacy as governor will not be much the same
as that left to Richard Nixon when he assumed the Presidency.
You know what Dick Nixon found when he entered the White House. He
assumed the leadership of a country enmeshed in a jungle war halfway around the
world, a country which had suffered escalating inflation for four years, a country
in which the crime rate had climbed nearly 10 times as fast as the population, a
country in which the problems of the cities threatened to turn urban crisis into
flaming revolution, a country in which local, state and Federal taxes had driven
taxpayers to the rim of revolt without producing enough revenue to solve our
horrendous problems.
(more)
-4-
The first thing Dick Nixon did when he came into office was to take stock
and then chart a new course - to set sail against a sea of problems left him
by his predecessor. It was inevitable, therefore, that the Nixon Administration
should have become a Reform Administration and should move in totally New
Directions.
What has happened as a result of the change in national administrations?
The new Administration has moved toward peace in Vietnam and elsewhere.
We are embarked on a policy of Vietnamizing the Vietnam War. At the same time,
President Nixon has seized foreign policy initiative in dramatic moves aimed at
promoting world peace. He has laid the groundwork for possible new breakthroughs
in East-West relations. He has laid down a new U.S. policy for Southeast
Asia -- a do-it-yourself policy which tells us there will be no more Vietnams.
On the economic front, President Nixon has doggedly pursued the fight
against inflation because he knows, as you do, that only a sound dollar can
produce genuine prosperity. Let me emphasize that President Nixon has refused
to knuckle under to those who have tried to play politics with the people's
pocketbook. He has taken the lead on tax relief and tax reform -- but at no
time has he let the politics of the situation sway him from sound economic policy.
Again, on the domestic scene, President Nixon has addressed himself to
another of our most pressing problems. Fully aware that there can be no decent
progress without order, the President has stressed the importance of proper law
enforcement -- a system of law, order and justice.
I spoke earlier about the Nixon Administration as a reform administration.
President Nixon has proposed a sweeping array of reforms which I believe the
American people have long wanted --- welfare reform which will turn all able-bodied
Americans from welfare to workfare; draft reform which will make the selective
service system as fair as possible until we can establish a truly all-volunteer
army; postal reform which will create a government-owned self-supporting postal
corporation in place of the present inefficient and deficit-ridden system;
poverty program reform which keeps the Office of Economic Opportunity as an
innovative agency but spins off successful anti-poverty programs to old-line
Government departments; manpower training reform which consolidates Federal
manpower training programs for greater flexibility and turns over the adminis-
tration of manpower training to the states when governors show themselves ready
for it; tax reform which takes millions of poor citizens off the taxrolls,
(more) -
-5-
reduces taxes for millions of other low-income Americans and prevents the
wealthy from escaping taxation; a New Federalism which provides an increasing
percentage share of Federal income tax revenue for the cities and states and
gives them new vigor as solvers of the problems to which they are closest.
This is indeed the Age of Reform -- in New Jersey as well as at the
national level. You will have reform here in New Jersey only if you bring in
a new state administrative team only if you bring in a new chief executive
who is not bound by the mistakes of the past and can chart a bold new course
for the future. That man is Bill Cahill.
You will see a new day in New Jersey under Bill Cahill -- a day which
will see solutions for the problems of the sizzling Seventies.
Trust in Bill Cahill. Put your energies and abilities to work for him.
Elect Bill Cahill, and he will put the affairs of New Jersey in order.
He will give you "People's Government." He will work for a better life
for all the people of New Jersey. He will overcome the neglect you have suffered
under the present state administration. He will give you state government which
is concerned about the individual -- a state administration which will work
creatively with government at all levels, with private industry and with all
the citizens of New Jersey.
Act together, work together with Bill Cahill. If you will do that,
nobody need fear for the future of New Jersey, a truly great state.
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